Chobani: Sour Milk Never Tasted So Sweet
How a Turkish farmer grew a 90-year-old abandoned Kraft factory into the world’s largest yogurt plant.
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The Honest Company: No Smoke & Mirrors
E-commerce startup turned global lifestyle brand refines model to create a culture of honesty
23andMe: Evolution of a genomics company
What started as at-home DNA testing has evolved into the next generation of personalized medicine.
PeekaBOO Pop-up Stores: Spirit Halloween
The scariest day of the year is actually the most fun, and most profitable, for Spirit Halloween. With its remarkable prowess among Halloween pop-ups, it has boasted the number one spot in Halloween retail, an $8 Billion industry, for the last several years.
ClassPass: Shaking up the traditional workout regimen
Creating optionality and excitement in the sometimes staid exercise space, ClassPass fitness memberships have driven rapid growth and challenged the traditional gym model, yet sustainability questions linger.
sweetgreen: a healthy dose of operating model alignment
At the innovative new salad chain sweetgreen, operating and business models align for delicious results. Kale yeah!
Rent The Runway: Giving You the Chance to Wear the Dress of Your Dreams
Rent The Runway provides women with the opportunity to rent expensive clothing and accessories, which are typically outside of their budget, for a fraction of the cost
YouTube: Struggling to Monetize Cat Videos
After ten years and over one billion active users, YouTube’s ad model is still unprofitable.
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Recurring payments on top of crowd-sourced content.
Bolthouse Farms: Turning a Billion Pounds of Carrots into a Billion Dollars
An agricultural business that was highly effective at aligning its operating and business models after repositioning its strategy.