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

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5 consumer hardware VCs share their 2021 investment strategies. 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.

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

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The strategy of targeted, niche advice blogs has worked well in categories that never lose importance, such as personal finance or mental wellness. 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.

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Inside the secretive Silicon Valley startup trying to save the oceans with tech

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Page and his family are reported to have spent much of the pandemic in Fiji. 14 climate tech investors share their H1 2022 strategies. “I wonder about what sorts of accountability are in place, what sorts of power they might be exercising over what’s being done and how.”.

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Liquid Death lands $75 million more to expand the brand

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Still, he’s particularly proud of Liquid Death’s organic growth strategy, one that has enabled the outfit to compete and even thrive in a world rife with other water brands. Indeed, asked how much Liquid Death spends on marketing compared with other beverage brands, Cessario insisted there is no comparison.

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