Month: November 2025
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Meet UCLA alum Anthony Waller, Founder Athlete to Athlete
Tell us about your company: Athlete To Athlete is a marketplace connecting youth athletes with current college athletes for mentorship. What inspired you to start your business? I have been an athlete my entire life and was on the football team at UCLA when NIL was passed. We saw this platform as an opportunity for…
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Meet USC alumni Shelby Sims, Co-Founder Quincy
Tell us about your company: Quincy offers the ideal ratio of olives to premium, from-the-barrel brine, makes the perfect dirty martini for every occasion. With zero waste. What inspired you to start your business? As martini enthusiasts, my Co-Founder Halli Sigel and I noticed the lack of an easy, sustainable option for making premium-quality dirty…
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Meet Northwestern alum Tathyane Vosgerau, Co-Founder Gifted Breads
Tell us about your company: Gifted Breads is a women-owned artisan bakery based in Chicago. What began in a local food incubator has grown into a company with products now available nationwide. From the start, our goal has been to create bread that delivers the same joy and experience as traditional bread—without sacrificing taste or…
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Meet UC Irvine alum Willy Kwak, Founder Krack’d Snacks
Tell us about your company: Krack’d Snacks is a clean-label snack company reinventing candy bars with real taste and texture, under 1g sugar, and no compromise. What inspired you to start your business? After nine years on keto, I was still craving sweets that actually satisfied. Every “better-for-you” snack fell short, so I started making…
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Meet UCSB alum Lindy Pearson, Founder of Oxygen Yoga & Fitness Agoura Hills
Tell us about your company: We are a FAR-Infrared yoga and fitness studio empowering our community to discover movement, mindfulness, & gratitude. With over 24 different formats to choose from we always have a class for you to join. Far infrared is a type of radiant heat that is invisible to the naked eye. Unlike the…
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