LIFToff Business Pairing Program: Bansen Labs
LIFToff Business Pairing Program: Bansen Labs
Charles Haggerty
Sports News For Women and By Women: Welcome to The GIST
Sports News For Women and By Women: Welcome to The GIST
It all started over dinner. Ellen Hyslop was waxing poetic about the Toronto Maple Leafs’ improbable run into the NHL playoffs despite having a young, rebuilding team. Her friends Roslyn McLarty and Jacie deHoop weren’t big sports fans, but they found themselves mesmerized by Hyslop’s story. Her storytelling had a millennial voice and felt like a breath of fresh air compared to today’s typical (meaning, primarily male) sports culture.
Sick of Hitting Paywalls? Get Your Teams All the News they Need with NICKLPass
Sick of Hitting Paywalls? Get Your Teams All the News they Need with NICKLPass
Sumorwuo Zaza is tackling one of journalism’s toughest problems: monetizing content. In the old days, people bought physical newspapers and magazines and those revenues — combined with advertising sales — made publishers profitable.
Inside Molly Beck’s Bold Plan to Take Podcasting Mainstream
Inside Molly Beck’s Bold Plan to Take Podcasting Mainstream
Founder Molly Beck has a plan to make podcasting easy for everyone by making it as uncomplicated as launching a blog. Her startup Messy.fm is an all-in-one podcast production platform that makes it possible for even the most novice podcasters to record, edit, publish, publicize, and monetize podcasts without ever leaving the Messy.fm site — and without buying fancy equipment.
eyecandylab Raises $1.5 million Seed Round
eyecandylab Raises $1.5 million Seed Round
Big news for eyecandylab — a participant in the 2018 Comcast NBCUniversal LIFT Labs Accelerator, powered by Techstars! The startup just raised a seed round of $1.5 million, less than one year since graduating from the accelerator.
Regulatory Hacking
Regulatory Hacking
Erica Williams Simon Explains How to Create the Life You Really Want
Erica Williams Simon Explains How to Create the Life You Really Want
On paper, Erica Williams Simon’s life was flourishing. She regularly appeared on the TV news circuit, speaking on CNN, MSNBC, and Real Time with Bill Maher. She traveled the world spreading messages of empowerment and justice with the Center for American Progress. She had a happy marriage to the love of her life. And did it all by the age of 25.
Make Smarter Decisions With These Mental Models From Gabriel Weinberg and Lauren McCann
Make Smarter Decisions With These Mental Models From Gabriel Weinberg and Lauren McCann
Gabriel Weinberg and Lauren McCann are expert problem-solvers and decision-makers. But that ability didn’t just come naturally. They actively worked at those skills by implementing a long list of mental models.
Startups Selected for Second Comcast NBCUniversal LIFT Labs Accelerator, Powered by Techstars
Startups Selected for Second Comcast NBCUniversal LIFT Labs Accelerator, Powered by Techstars
Eleven startups from around the world were selected among hundreds of applications focused on the next generation of connectivity, media, and entertainment
Two Philly Entrepreneurs Offer Advice on Investors, Stress, and Thinking Bigger
Two Philly Entrepreneurs Offer Advice on Investors, Stress, and Thinking Bigger
Tammi Jantzen and Apu Gupta have lived through experiences that any young startup founder would relish. They’ve received millions in venture capital funding, founded buzzworthy startups, and employed hundreds of people combined.