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Startup founded by ‘Survivor’ champ debuts airless bike tires based on NASA rover tech

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SMART, which is co-founded by “Survivor: Fiji” champion Earl Cole and engineer Brian Yennie, worked with Padula and Creager, along with former NASA intern Calvin Young, to apply the benefits of SMA to the consumer market. 5 consumer hardware VCs share their 2021 investment strategies.

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How to Win the Story Wars

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Vanity – The audience should be the heroes of our story not us as brands. Sachs highlighted the example of the Fiji Green marketing campaign, where consumers quickly learned that Fuji’s practices weren’t "green" at all. What do you stand for that you can teach your audience and that will resonate with them.

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This startup is betting that you want to binge remote-work content

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The biggest challenge ahead for wrkfrce, according to Chambers, is building a healthy and sustainable audience. The reality is, for the vast majority of people, even if they want to pick up and go take a laptop to Fiji, they couldn’t do it,” Chambers said. It declined to disclose how much it will charge companies.

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The Station: Uber’s new battles in the UK, Lucid Motors’ second life plans and Cruise acquires Voyage

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SMART’s co-founders, Survivor: Fiji” champion Earl Cole and engineer Brian Yennie, are targeting the cycling market first with their METL tire, which is set to become available to the general public by early next year. Use code “TCARTICLE” at checkout to get 20 percent off tickets right here.