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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…
Rajut Nusa: Transforming discarded plastic bags into sustainable livelihoods
Natalia Wibowo, better known as Lia, witnessed the growing plastic waste problem in her hometown of Yogyakarta, Indonesia. While practical solutions remained few and far between, …
TASTIK: Reimagining our everyday source of protein
After years of working as a project manager in the public sector, Greta Budreikė spent the 2020 pandemic lockdown exploring new ideas at home. Somewhere in that search, she cam…
Retro Shop: Turning a shared passion for fashion into a vintage clothing business
After studying fashion in Florence, Karim Faour had a stable career ahead of him at Zara. His girlfriend, Sofia, was working at Ferragamo, helping manage product lines for one of …
Inkfire: Turning barriers into opportunities (and better websites)
Inkfire is a 100% disabled-led business support agency handling marketing, IT, virtual assistant work, and website design. But they're not looking for a pat on the back. When c…
Dance With Sarah Powell: How a lifelong passion became an African dance startup
For months, the same conversation kept resurfacing between Sarah and her husband, Josiah Powell. After more than a decade as a professional African street dancer, Sarah kept ru…
World Football Food: 48 countries, 288 recipes, one very hungry football fan
Will Gray is an author, journalist, and brand builder. He’s the kind of person who's always got three business ideas on the go, and just enough energy to see them through. He’s…
MuseDuo: Started by two people, bringing many together
Munich draws people from multiple places, but staying connected is another story. Hannah and Nina created MuseDuo to close that gap – a safe space for people to come in as strange…
SECURITYSQUAD: How a security consultant finally got his website to match the business behind it
René Karcher spent two years paying developers to build him a website. Two different developers, two different results, and neither one came close to what he actually wanted. M…
Secrets de Miel: From a family beekeeping legacy to a business for 3,000 women
“I was born into a pot of honey,” is a line Elise Hernaez-Iweins has said so often that it’s become her signature. As a fifth-generation beekeeper, honey wasn’t just part of her c…