Paige Bueckers has kicked off her partnership with Madison Reed by going from blond to “sparkling rose.” Courtesy: Madison Reed The latest women’s college sports deal comes with a splash — of color. The University of Connecticut has struck a deal with beauty brand Madison Reed in a wide-ranging partnership that includes court-naming rights; name, … Read more
Most mornings, Jacob Heitmann wakes up, eats breakfast and heads to his family’s computer in the basement to see if his 3D-printing business received any orders. If so, he pulls up the design someone ordered — his favorite is a rainbow plastic skull — and puts his 3D printer to work. Most prints take at … Read more
Kelly Gordon remembers her first time on a yacht in 2007: She climbed up the metal ladder rungs, stepped one foot on the back deck and caught a whiff of saltwater air. “I didn’t even know port from starboard,” Gordon, 42, tells CNBC Make It. But for the next four years, she worked toward becoming … Read more
Former Republican presidential candidate and biotech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy has purchased a minority stake in Buzzfeed, the digital publishing company that shut down its media outlet last year. Shares of the company skyrocketed more than 50% before the market open on Wednesday. Ramaswamy acquired a 7.7% stake in Buzzfeed, according to a filing with the … Read more
In college, Edward Tirtanata had a brewing love for coffee, so much so that he’d order “one huge cup” every day from either Dunkin’ Donuts or 7-Eleven. Today, the 35-year-old CEO and co-founder of venture-backed unicorn coffee company Kopi Kenangan, still has his cup of joe daily — except that he’s upgraded it to three … Read more
When I first visited Finland back in 2017, I was enchanted by the marshmallow-like trees, picturesque landscapes and lakes, and the season of midnight sun — but it wasn’t just the country’s natural beauty that impressed me. Public spaces and homes were outfitted with a variety of recycling options. During my trip, I didn’t witness … Read more
Nobody expected Bernadette Joy to shut down her successful business. Not even Joy herself. Joy ran Charlotte, North Carolina-based Dressed, which started as a side hustle connecting people who owned bridesmaid dresses with people who wanted to rent them. It helped her pay off her student loans, quit her full-time job, hire employees and open … Read more
After leaving engineering jobs at Amazon three years ago, Brett Skaloud and Jeff Feiereisen built a showerhead startup with social media virality, thousands of customers and $5 million in projected annual revenue. They still couldn’t land a deal on Friday’s episode of ABC’s “Shark Tank” due to making what billionaire investor Mark Cuban referred to … Read more
The story of Matt Scanlan, Diederik Rijsemus and cashmere apparel brand Naadam reads like an adventure novel. During a globetrotting vacation in 2013, the two college friends found themselves stranded among Mongolian goat herders in the Gobi Desert for three weeks. They learned about the wool trade, and came away with a business idea: Make … Read more
This story is part of CNBC Make It’s The Moment series, where highly successful people reveal the critical moment that changed the trajectory of their lives and careers, discussing what drove them to make the leap into the unknown. Sometimes, the ride to school for Ritu Narayan’s children arrived on time. Sometimes it didn’t. Whenever her kids’ … Read more