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Impossible Foods CEO Describes His Vision for a Meatless Future
It’s a little strange that I’m here purporting to be a kind of business expert because I’m still a complete freshman in the business world. I think half the people in the audience probably could teach me more than I could teach them about how to function in that world. I definitely have as much to learn as anyone here. Ten years ago, the last thing that I would imagine myself doing was founding a business…because I had essentially no interest in business. My only interest in food was, you know, just eating it. When I wasn’t eating it, I was just not that interested in it.
How to Tap Into China’s Live Streaming Shopping Craze
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Dollar Stores Struggle to Adapt to the E-Commerce Age
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The Million-Dollar Business You Can Build From Your Living Room
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How to Build a $750+ Million Business: 6 Takeaways from Jack Smith
Private equity giant Blackstone acquired the video advertising startup Vungle last week in a reported $750m deal.
Prepaid Phone Service Moves Into the Mainstream
Billions of people looking for reliable, unlimited data at reasonable rates are expected to help the prepaid phone business grow by 4% a year through 2026. It might not sound like huge growth, but consider the market:
Warren Buffett for Startups, Andrew Wilkinson
Andrew Wilkinson has sold only two of the 20-plus companies he has founded. In a different world, one where private equity groups and hedge funds didn’t act like the private equity groups and hedge funds they are, he might have sold all of them.
Selling Bibles to Young People: How One Company Created a Niche Market for Fancy Bibles
What you need to know: Inspired by faith and minimalist design, a pair of Christian millennials launched Alabaster, a photography-focused Bible publishing company. Early investment capital came from Daniel Fong, founder of $70m furniture business Million Dollar Baby.