May 13, 2026
Most edible gifting businesses don't work at scale, the logistics are brutal, the margins get squeezed, and the moment quality slips, the whole experience breaks. Rachel Solomon Fascitelli built Boarderie anyway, and it worked.
Rose
Hamilton, CEO of Compass Rose Ventures and
co-host of The
Story of a Brand Show, sits...
May 12, 2026
Ramon Vela sits down with Dan Kessler, COO of The Mind Company, for a conversation that starts with a sobering question: what's actually happening to the human brain right now and what can we do about it?
The Mind
Company is the only company in the world to win App of the Year
twice, from both Apple and
Google, and...
Apr 30, 2026
Ramon Vela sits down with Mahsa Vazin, PhD, Founder & CEO of PawCo, for a conversation that's as much about love and purpose as it is about pet nutrition.
Mahsa didn't set out to disrupt the pet food industry — she set out
to take better care of her dog, Paco. What follows is a story of
science, conviction, and a...
Apr 29, 2026
Rose Hamilton, CEO of Compass Rose Ventures and co-host of The Story of a Brand Show, sits down with Ben Zvaifler, Founder & CEO of Cloud Water Filters, for a conversation that cuts right to the heart of one of the most overlooked categories in consumer wellness.
Cloud
isn't just a better water filter, it's a...
Apr 28, 2026
Ramon Vela sits down with Ron Schneidermann, CEO of Acely, for a conversation that spans two decades of startup building, a category-defining exit, and a brand-new mission to help high school students conquer the SAT and ACT.
Ron is the kind of founder who doesn't just build companies he
transforms categories. From...