Daniel Kane on the Rise of the Skinny Wallet and How to Build a Moat Around Your Business

Daniel Kane was a 19-year-old student at UC Santa Barbara when he launched the skinny wallet company, The Ridge.

The $100k-a-Year Franchise Opportunity Helping Small Businesses Grow

Have you ever wanted to create your own podcast? How about one that brings in $100k a year while helping small businesses grow?

Mental Health Tech Enters its ‘Golden Age’

What you need to know: Over 40 million Americans suffer from mental illness, including depression and anxiety, with 1 in 5 saying they have an unmet need. In 2018, over 100 deals in this space amounted to $800M in funding, up over 150% YoY.

The REIT Champion: RealtyMogul CEO Jilliene Helman on Building a $2B Fund, the Entrepreneur ‘Disease,’ and How Climate Change Could Impact Your Investments

Jilliene Helman is all about the Real Estate Investment Trust, or REIT. She is the 32-year-old CEO of RealtyMogul, an LA-based commercial real estate investing platform with over $2B in assets.  

James Reinhart on Turning Trash into Treasure in the Resale Industry

In 2009, long before the “resale market” had picked up steam, thredUP incorporated. Now, 10 years later, they’ve raised over $300m in funding, including a new $175m round announced in August. They also introduced a new platform powering apparel resale for retailers and brands.

Check Out Signals, Our New Feature That Highlights Fast-Growing Trends

Each week we send out a handful of data points that we’re tracking, explaining what they mean and how you can use that data to your advantage. We’ll alert you to early-stage concepts, businesses, and apps so you won’t miss out on the latest opportunities.

The Future is Female Pleasure

See the necklace pictured above? Surprise, it’s a vibrator.

Gumroad Founder and Viral Sensation Sahil Lavingia Riffs on the Future of Work, Failure, and How to Build an Audience

Pinterest hired Sahil Lavingia to build its iPhone app in 2010. He was 19, a college dropout and a self-taught coder. His stock options would end up being valued around $40m. 

The Year of the Job Board

If you haven’t launched a job board in 2019, you’re missing out.

The Tech Boom in the Beauty Business

Beauty YouTube hit 168 billion views in 2018—nearly double the previous year’s—and investors pumped $303m into beauty tech startups in early 2018. Now, beauty businesses are investing in tech that lowers the barrier to online skincare purchases.