Data-driven iteration helped China’s Genki Forest become a $6B beverage giant in 5 years – TechCrunch

Data-driven iteration helped China’s Genki Forest become a $6B beverage giant in 5 years – TechCrunch

More contributions from this contributor Factories don’t die taking your order and other hardware startups Cooperation with a Chinese factory, Hardware Entrepreneur Edition China’s e-commerce and The industrial ecosystem is as different from the western world as its culture. It took the country decades to earn its reputation as the world’s factory, but it now … Read more

Close connections and remote work: Investor in Seattle helped Ohio dad land at portfolio company

Close connections and remote work: Investor in Seattle helped Ohio dad land at portfolio company

Ben Gilbert, left, and his father Alan Gilbert while backpacking the Olympic Peninsula, Washington state. (Courtesy photo by Ben Gilbert) As the co-founder and CEO of Seattle-based venture capital firm Pioneer Square Labs, Ben Gilbert spends a lot of time helping businesses start and finding the key people they need to succeed. When PSL spinout … Read more

Dolly Parton, who helped fund the Moderna vaccine, gets a ‘dose of her own medicine.’

Dolly Parton, who helped fund the Moderna vaccine, gets a ‘dose of her own medicine.’

Country star Dolly Parton has another new appearance: singing the praises of the coronavirus recordings and getting vaccinated in front of the camera. Last year, Ms. Parton donated $ 1 million to Vanderbilt University Medical Center, which worked with drug maker Moderna to develop one of the first coronavirus vaccines approved in the United States. … Read more