Guests

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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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 Rarick is the owner of Cantina di Rosina, an organic vineyard and winery in southern Abruzzo, Italy. His family produced wine in the region since the 1800s, and after World War I devastated his grandfather's vineyards, Rarick returned to Italy to continue the family winemaking tradition.

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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 is the founder and CEO of Mat Zero, a company that makes low-voltage heating mats designed to warm people rather than spaces. Raised in developing countries, she created Mat Zero to bring safe, sustainable, and efficient warmth to vulnerable communities worldwide.

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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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Antonio Swad is the founder of Wingstop and Pizza Patrón, a restaurant veteran who started as a 15-year-old dishwasher. He launched Wingstop in 1994 in Garland, Texas, growing it to over 2,500 global locations through a focus on simplicity and operational excellence.

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Angie Bastian is the co-founder of Angie's BOOMCHICKAPOP, a natural kettle corn brand she started with her husband Dan in 2001. What began as a small operation to fund their children's education grew into one of America's fastest-growing natural snack brands, based in Mankato, Minnesota.

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Dan Bastian co-founded Angie's BOOMCHICKAPOP with his wife Angie in 2001, operating from their Mankato, Minnesota garage. After spotting an internet ad for kettle-corn equipment, he launched a weekend venture that grew into a leading natural popcorn brand, which the couple sold in 2017.

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