Aaron Gailmor named his company Brass Roots Food as a nod to his New Orleans heritage. His dad was a music teacher for years in New Orleans and believed his role was not to just teach music but to empower the kids he taught. Aaron feels the same way about his business and he gives […]

Russell Gong and Achal Patel started Cabinet to combat the single use plastics problem in the pharmaceutical industry. 90% of plastic prescription bottles end up NOT getting recycled and they break down into microplastics. The average human being consumes 5 grams of microplastics per week. That’s like eating a credit card! Yuck! Their solution is […]

Nichole Powell created Kin Field because she was concerned about DEET. DEET or N,N-diethyl-meta-toluamide, is a chemical found in most mosquito repellents. She wanted no part of putting that on her body because overusing it can have serious side effects. As an outdoorswoman, she needed a good mosquito repellent, so she set out to make […]

MT Strickland, Braxton Davis and Ecleamus Ricks invented The Metric Mate to provide an easier way for people to have accountability for their workouts. Whether you’re doing cardio or lifting weights, if you’re serious about working out, you keep a log of your activity. The Metric Mate will change that. It’s an app that, when […]

Rosa Li created Wild Wonder, her line of pre and pro biotic sparkling beverages, from recipes she learned from her grandmother. It seems grandma was always brewing up tonics when Rosa was a kid and they helped her with her gut health. Unlike many pre biotic drinks, WildWonder contains no apple cider vinegar. She actually […]

Husband and wife entrepreneurs and wine lovers Lisa and Randall Pawlik invented the VoChill because they didn’t like it when their wine got warm. Since they live in Texas, that was a regular occurrence, until now. Their product actually chills the glass from the outside with the wine in it rather than putting something inside […]

Sam Taylor created Long Table Pancakes to hand down a better world to his children. The Shakespearean actor believes the modern food system is broken. Refined grains make up most of the grains consumed in the USA and Taylor doesn’t think it’s a healthy option. He uses heirloom grains like sorghum flour, blue corn flour […]

Kudos Diapers creator Amrit Saigal is a big proponent of “elegant sustainability,” a concept that revolves around sustainable products being more functional than their non-sustainable counterparts. She did a three year stint at Proctor and Gamble in a variety of roles – that’s important to know down the road a bit – after graduating MIT […]

Jica Foods entrepreneurs Xin and Melissa Wang were introduced to Jicama, otherwise know as the Mexican turnip or Mexican potato, on a trip to Mexico back in 2015. They were served the root vegetables sliced into sticks with cilantro and lime and they loved it. They returned home and Melissa began experimenting with different ways […]

Zip String entrepreneurs Stephen Fazio and Austin Hillam barely knew each other when they went into business together. The two were introduced over dinner with some missionaries and their bishop during a break from their respective colleges. After dinner, Fazio showed Hillam his invention and they started collaborating on perfecting it. They moved into Hillam’s […]