Guests

Eric Ryan co-founded Method, the eco-friendly cleaning products company, with Adam Lowry in 2001. The San Francisco-based brand revolutionized sustainable home care with design-forward products.

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James Chambliss is the founder of Pidgin Toes, a sustainable children's footwear company based in Tustin, California. Pidgin Toes creates custom flip flops from recycled materials, combining eco-friendly practices with playful design for kids.

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Daniel Lubetzky is the founder of KIND Snacks, a healthy snack company he launched in 2004 and sold to Mars for $5 billion. A Lithuanian-Mexican-American entrepreneur, he is also a Shark Tank investor and author.

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Alec Merlino builds Surfing Cow from his kitchen in Cardiff-by-the-Sea, California, crafting natural skincare products with simple ingredients. His beef tallow-based sunscreen and moisturizers are handmade for people who live and play outside.

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Chieh Huang co-founded Boxed in 2013, building a wholesale delivery leader from his parents' garage. A former lawyer and Zynga executive, he funds employee college tuition and runs the company with no layoffs. Huang has been recognized by Bloomberg Businessweek and Goldman Sachs among others.

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Eli Mash co-founded Makor Coffee, an organic coffee brand that blends coffee with anti-inflammatory spices like turmeric, cinnamon, chaga, ginger, and cayenne to help fight inflammation. Based in Minneapolis, he runs Makor with co-founder Eli Rosenberg while working in tech and raising three kids.

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Jessica Dubin is a California-based polo player and founder of Tail Cinch, creating sustainable equine products born from real barn problems.

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Colin Angle co-founded iRobot in 1990 and served as CEO, growing the company from an MIT startup into the world's leading consumer robotics firm. Under his leadership, iRobot sold over 50 million robots and brought robotics into homes worldwide with the Roomba.

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John Conti is the proprietor of Cantina di Rosina, an Abruzzo winery. His family produced wine in the region for generations before emigrating to the US after WWI; John returned a century later to revive the vineyard, crafting approachable wines that capture Abruzzo's spirit.

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Rebecca Smith is part of the team at Streaky Bay Distillers, a premium small batch distillery on South Australia's Eyre Peninsula. She was featured on How I Built This discussing the challenges of making craft spirits stand out in a crowded market.

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Sri Hollema founded Mat Zero, creating heated mats for humanitarian and sustainable heating. A Loughborough University product design graduate, she won the Innovate UK Women in Innovation Award for delivering warmth to underserved communities.

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Steve Ells founded Chipotle Mexican Grill in 1993 after culinary school, building it into a billion-dollar chain focused on sustainably raised ingredients. He served as CEO until 2018 and executive chairman until 2020, pioneering the fast-casual, food-with-integrity model.

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