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A Nespresso Machine for Whiskey
Bespoken Spirits claims it can reproduce the taste of barrel-aged booze in days.
Cincinnati’s Secret Sauce to Help Minority Businesses Succeed
This Midwestern city is succeeding at turning medium-sized minority businesses into massively successful ones.
The Inconvenient Truth About the Ed Tech Boom
The sector's biggest boys are gobbling up most of the investment — and could soon be chomping on their smaller rivals.
How to Confront Racism in Philanthropy
Aaron T Walker, founder of Camelback Ventures, which serves as an accelerator for underrepresented founders, is taking big foundations to school about racial equity.
The Carlos Watson Show
The Carlos Watson Show brings bold, impactful conversations with culture-defining celebrities, intellectual pioneers and changemakers, spotlighting the voices you need to hear to make sense of this important time in American history.
Last Unicorn Standing: Can This Self-Driving Innovator Survive?
The granddaddies of the auto industry are buying up self-driving firms.
A Power Couple With a $50M Venture Fund for the Overlooked
Candice Matthews Brackeen and Brian Brackeen fell in love at an event for Black tech entrepreneurs and then formed a powerful new venture fund for people of color.
Why Insurers Are Daring to Run at Even Bigger Risks
A wave of upstart insurers are trying to solve the industry's greatest risk.
She Is Putting the Black Dollar to Work
Jewel Burks Solomon is investing in Black entrepreneurs when others won't.
Open Source Moves From Rebel to Mainstream
Open-source software has an image of radicalism.
How Soap Saved My Life
Suicidal after Afghanistan, Navy Corpsman Max Moore decided to do something sweet.
When Katty Met Carlos
From the BBC and OZY comes a fresh perspective on the debate about America’s future as a nation and its relation to the world during the 2020 US election.
How No-Code Tools Open Startups for Everyone
Launching tech startups has long been tough and expensive unless founders knew coding.
Eco Miles: How to Get Free Coffee Just for Taking the Train to Work
This app rewards commuters for the money and time they’ve invested into getting to work.
