Category: USC
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Meet UCLA & USC alum Camille Lasker, Co-Founder of Holi Scoops
Tell us about your company: Holi Scoops is an innovative frozen dessert brand that empowers consumers to live holi(stically) while enjoying life’s indulgences. Having pioneered the perfect balance between clean ingredients, less sugar, and snackable portions, Holi Scoops is bringing joy back to the freezer. What inspired you to start your business? Holi Scoops was…
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Meet USC alum Loren Castle, Founder of Sweet Loren’s
Tell us about your company: Sweet Loren’s exists to challenge the status quo and transform the way people enjoy food, by crafting delicious, clean, and allergen-free treats that make everyone feel good inside and out. Infused with a trailblazing spirit, Sweet Loren’s transforms the ordinary into the extraordinary, blending time-honored techniques with daring new and…
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Meet USC alum Riya Daga, Founder of P1 Skincare
Tell us about your company: P1 is a 3-step under 1-minute skincare routine that doesn’t require a sink or user’s fingers to touch their face; perfect for using post-workout or on-the-go. The solution features facial cleansing wipes, a facial mist, and a moisturizing stick. What inspired you to start your business? I came up with…
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Meet USC alum Eileen Spitalny, Founder of Fairytale Brownies
Tell us about your company: Specialty food ecommerce company specializing in premium brownies, blondies and cookies in various varieties. Worldwide shipping of everyday occasion gifting and branded logo gifting for business gift giving. All natural kosher dairy treats; sugar-free and gluten-free too. What inspired you to start your business? Kindergarten friend and I wanted to…
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Meet USC alum Valerie Zweig, Co-Founder of Cookstix
Tell us about your company: Cookstix is an instant chicken stock in powder form, made with real ingredients to make every day cooking easier and less wasteful. Instead of heavy cartons or overly salty cubes, we offer clean-label cooking stock in small stick packets that deliver chef-quality flavor.Each stick lets you use exactly what you…
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Meet USC alum Malia Caskurlu, Co-Founder of Peppertux
Tell us about your company: Peppertux is a pistachio-obsessed food company giving pistachios the PR they deserve. From creamy spreads to drizzles and drinks, we turn premium Turkish pistachios into dangerously delicious things you’ll want to put on… pretty much everything. What inspired you to start your business? We started Peppertux because we genuinely love…
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Meet Penn State alum Iman McDonnaugh-Brown, Founder of WAWM
Tell us about your company: WAWM® (We Are Wonderfully Made, LLC) offers unique, high quality hot sauces that are delicious and healthy. We do this by bringing customers our Trinidadian recipes using only Non-GMO, Vegan, GF, and low sodium ingredients. What inspired you to start your business? My family. My family is everything to me…
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Meet USC alum Tom Henkenius, Founder of Henkey’s
Tell us about your company: Henkey’s, named for my grandpa, is a curated men’s grooming retailer, think Sephora for men. It’s born from a simple idea: when men take care of themselves, they show up better for everyone else. Because we all know about the “paradox of choice”, Henkey’s handpicks high-performance products that meet rigorous…
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Meet USC alum Tyler Binafard, Founder Green Generation
Tell us about your company: Green Generation is a sustainable products company on a mission to drive consumers from traditional products to sustainable alternatives by offering high quality, eco-friendly products at affordable prices, coupled with beautiful and elegant design. Green Generation is driven to create a world where consumers can convert their entire households to…
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Meet USC alumni Jessica Koosed Etting & Amanda Roessler, Co-Founders JAM
Tell us about your company: Jam is a family management platform that simplifies scheduling and coordination for busy working families struggling with the complex logistics of modern family life. Jam merges calendars, to-dos, driving schedules, and more into a single app, with AI-enabled scheduling and integrations, allowing for seamless coordination with family members, caregivers, and…
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