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Second Snuggles: Rescuing plushies, restoring them, and finding them new homes
Mr. Big Stuff, a rainbow teddy bear, came to Second Snuggles hard and bumpy. To make him snuggly again, Amy Crank, the plushie restoration business founder, had to cut him open, a…
Sola Cosmetics: How a solo founder built a foot cream brand that ships across Brazil
“It’s a deep desire I’ve had since I was a little kid. I always told people, ‘One day I’ll have my own business,’” says Fernanda Ito Toda, founder of Sola Cosmetics. After grad…
How La’Oda turned Black Friday into its biggest growth story yet
For La'Oda, Black Friday began as a winning experiment in 2023, bringing in over €16,000 in November revenue. A year later, that number had almost doubled, and by 2025, it reached…
From a local shop to a brand shipping across India: the story of Shripad Steel Home
Every year, in homes across parts of India, families clear a small corner in their home and build a tiny house. Just five by five feet, decorated with miniature pots, pans, and co…
Bitten Tech: 400,000 subscribers, one person, and an operation that runs itself
Some careers start with a big plan. Ansh Bhawnani's started with a friend who refused to share a cheat code. Back in ninth grade, Ansh watched a classmate bypass restrictions i…
Ocean Material: How Toni’s love for the ocean grew into a circular economy business
For more than 30 years, the ocean has been Toni Kienberger's happy place. But by around 2018, the beaches he visited and the waters he dove in were increasingly littered with plas…
Arts by Trinity: An architect’s side project that outgrew her day job
Trinity Shiroma started Arts by Trinity as a side venture while working full-time as an architectural designer. Today, it’s a full-blown art business with an online shop and a sub…
Parlons French: Opening doors to French learners around the world
While searching online for a trumpet teacher for her son, Estelle Materne kept running into the same problem: every platform expected payment before she knew if the teacher was th…
OliveAura: From a home cook’s pantry staple to a growing olive oil brand
Prem Pithwa spends his days on aerospace and automotive engineering. Off the clock, he's working on his passion project: delivering high-quality extra virgin olive oil through Oli…
Girl on a Zebra: How Oliver and Carae built a travel blog with 156K monthly readers
Oliver and Carae had no shortage of business ideas. Over the years, the travel-loving couple experimented with everything from an eco-friendly swimsuit brand to plans for opening …