{"blog_posts_section":"\u003cdiv class=\"tags-show-blog_posts_section\" data-rc=\"tags/show/blog_posts_section\"\u003e\u003ch3 class='s-fontSize24 u-fontWeight400 u-colorGray2'\u003e\nBlog posts\n\u003cdiv class='s-marginLeft0_5 u-colorGray9 u-fontWeight200 u-displayInlineBlock'\u003e\n22\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='s-marginTop1_5 s-marginPullBottom2'\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"blog-posts-shared-posts_list\" data-rc=\"blog/posts/shared/posts_list\"\u003e\u003cdiv class='s-grid u-textCenter'\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='s-marginBottom2 u-textLeft s-grid-colSm12'\u003e\n\u003ca class=\"c-link c-link--unstyled u-displayBlock blog-posts-shared-post_card\" href=\"/insights/founders/ellison-eyewear-founder-story-lose-yourself-to-find-something-great\" data-rc=\"blog/posts/shared/post_card\"\u003e\u003carticle\u003e\n\u003cfigure class='u-borderRadius3 blog-posts-shared-post_card__cover-photo-wrapper'\u003e\n\u003cimg srcset=\"https://uploads.republic.com/p/blog/posts/cover_photos/medium_retina/000/000/044/44-1545261648-8d1af765d1452dd922174736bc596a37b50b5cca.jpg 2x\" alt=\"Aristotle Loumis, Ellison Eyewear\" class=\"blog-posts-shared-post_card__cover-photo\" src=\"https://uploads.republic.com/p/blog/posts/cover_photos/medium/000/000/044/44-1545261648-fbced3e5d66e7898eec2fcc25d1e6136f93f4bbf.jpg\" /\u003e\n\u003c/figure\u003e\n\u003ch4 class='c-condensedTitle s-fontSize14 u-colorBlack blog-posts-shared-post_card__category'\u003e\nFounders\n\u003c/h4\u003e\n\u003ch3 class='s-fontSize30 u-lineHeight1 u-fontWeight900 u-colorBlack blog-posts-shared-post_card__title'\u003e\nAristotle Loumis, Ellison Eyewear\n\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class='s-paddingRight1 s-fontSize14 u-fontWeight400 u-colorGray6 blog-posts-shared-post_card__excerpt'\u003e\n Aristotle Loumis, founder of Ellison Eyewear, wants you to go on an adventure. Not only that, but he wants you to do it in style, without worrying about losing expensive glasses. Aristotle shares how a trip to Greece inspired Ellison Eyewear, the socially-...\n\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003c/article\u003e\n\u003c/a\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='s-marginBottom2 u-textLeft s-grid-colSm12'\u003e\n\u003ca class=\"c-link c-link--unstyled u-displayBlock blog-posts-shared-post_card\" href=\"/insights/founders/roomi-founder-story-i-knew-there-needed-to-be-an-easier-way-to-find-shared\" data-rc=\"blog/posts/shared/post_card\"\u003e\u003carticle\u003e\n\u003cfigure class='u-borderRadius3 blog-posts-shared-post_card__cover-photo-wrapper'\u003e\n\u003cimg srcset=\"https://uploads.republic.com/p/blog/posts/cover_photos/medium_retina/000/000/047/47-1545237631-17c9e2acde4d91d23d812f872e564d3112fafb9f.jpg 2x\" alt=\"Ajay Yadav, Roomi\" class=\"blog-posts-shared-post_card__cover-photo\" src=\"https://uploads.republic.com/p/blog/posts/cover_photos/medium/000/000/047/47-1545237631-e1ec47e6118e55f5af847dad236f8f1a974d199b.jpg\" /\u003e\n\u003c/figure\u003e\n\u003ch4 class='c-condensedTitle s-fontSize14 u-colorBlack blog-posts-shared-post_card__category'\u003e\nFounders\n\u003c/h4\u003e\n\u003ch3 class='s-fontSize30 u-lineHeight1 u-fontWeight900 u-colorBlack blog-posts-shared-post_card__title'\u003e\nAjay Yadav, Roomi\n\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class='s-paddingRight1 s-fontSize14 u-fontWeight400 u-colorGray6 blog-posts-shared-post_card__excerpt'\u003e\n Ajay Yadav, CEO of Roomi, is on a mission to make shared housing safer, easier, and more convenient to find. With a continually rising trend of renting housing instead of owning homes, more young people are looking for shared housing solutions. Ajay tells ...\n\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003c/article\u003e\n\u003c/a\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='s-marginBottom2 u-textLeft s-grid-colSm12'\u003e\n\u003ca class=\"c-link c-link--unstyled u-displayBlock blog-posts-shared-post_card\" href=\"/insights/founders/silkroll-founder-story-every-minute-of-this-journey-is-exciting-and-alive\" data-rc=\"blog/posts/shared/post_card\"\u003e\u003carticle\u003e\n\u003cfigure class='u-borderRadius3 blog-posts-shared-post_card__cover-photo-wrapper'\u003e\n\u003cimg srcset=\"https://uploads.republic.com/p/blog/posts/cover_photos/medium_retina/000/000/049/49-1545237680-4c39312b7472b052f224f3204d476ed6f8f6915d.jpg 2x\" alt=\"Janet Wu, SilkRoll\" class=\"blog-posts-shared-post_card__cover-photo\" src=\"https://uploads.republic.com/p/blog/posts/cover_photos/medium/000/000/049/49-1545237680-2672eaafd774a7d549385b09d520d5b4ebffa727.jpg\" /\u003e\n\u003c/figure\u003e\n\u003ch4 class='c-condensedTitle s-fontSize14 u-colorBlack blog-posts-shared-post_card__category'\u003e\nFounders\n\u003c/h4\u003e\n\u003ch3 class='s-fontSize30 u-lineHeight1 u-fontWeight900 u-colorBlack blog-posts-shared-post_card__title'\u003e\nJanet Wu, SilkRoll\n\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class='s-paddingRight1 s-fontSize14 u-fontWeight400 u-colorGray6 blog-posts-shared-post_card__excerpt'\u003e\n If your closet is full of clothes you hardly ever wear, you’re not alone. Janet Wu, Founder of SilkRoll, wants to change this phenomenon by applying the core tenets of a sharing economy to the fashion world. SilkRoll\u0026amp;nbsp;is a peer-to-peer online exchange ...\n\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003c/article\u003e\n\u003c/a\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='s-marginBottom2 u-textLeft s-grid-colSm12'\u003e\n\u003ca class=\"c-link c-link--unstyled u-displayBlock blog-posts-shared-post_card\" href=\"/insights/founders/founder-story-i-want-to-make-cannabis-part-of-mainstream-conversation\" data-rc=\"blog/posts/shared/post_card\"\u003e\u003carticle\u003e\n\u003cfigure class='u-borderRadius3 blog-posts-shared-post_card__cover-photo-wrapper'\u003e\n\u003cimg srcset=\"https://uploads.republic.com/p/blog/posts/cover_photos/medium_retina/000/000/043/43-1545262051-eb07a5a5ca5d840999ee1757558698252418326d.jpg 2x\" alt=\"Michael Lui, RMR Laboratories\" class=\"blog-posts-shared-post_card__cover-photo\" src=\"https://uploads.republic.com/p/blog/posts/cover_photos/medium/000/000/043/43-1545262051-4cdbe32e16936fcf2739558f1357401410b26b4c.jpg\" /\u003e\n\u003c/figure\u003e\n\u003ch4 class='c-condensedTitle s-fontSize14 u-colorBlack blog-posts-shared-post_card__category'\u003e\nFounders\n\u003c/h4\u003e\n\u003ch3 class='s-fontSize30 u-lineHeight1 u-fontWeight900 u-colorBlack blog-posts-shared-post_card__title'\u003e\nMichael Lui, RMR Laboratories\n\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class='s-paddingRight1 s-fontSize14 u-fontWeight400 u-colorGray6 blog-posts-shared-post_card__excerpt'\u003e\n Michael Lui, an army veteran and the founder of RMR Laboratories, is tackling the ongoing opioid crisis with cutting edge medical technology. With their first product group, topical creams, RMR Laboratories offers safe, effective solutions to consumers see...\n\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003c/article\u003e\n\u003c/a\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='s-marginBottom2 u-textLeft s-grid-colSm12'\u003e\n\u003ca class=\"c-link c-link--unstyled u-displayBlock blog-posts-shared-post_card\" href=\"/insights/founders/mighty-well-founder-story-transform-the-patient-experience-through-fashion\" data-rc=\"blog/posts/shared/post_card\"\u003e\u003carticle\u003e\n\u003cfigure class='u-borderRadius3 blog-posts-shared-post_card__cover-photo-wrapper'\u003e\n\u003cimg srcset=\"https://uploads.republic.com/p/blog/posts/cover_photos/medium_retina/000/000/052/52-1545152811-519b9ad9f4b9189fbdf770b03af27632101694c4.jpg 2x\" alt=\"Emily Levy, Mighty Well\" class=\"blog-posts-shared-post_card__cover-photo\" src=\"https://uploads.republic.com/p/blog/posts/cover_photos/medium/000/000/052/52-1545152811-d69008c6c48e32ecc095763af55889e0218b7672.jpg\" /\u003e\n\u003c/figure\u003e\n\u003ch4 class='c-condensedTitle s-fontSize14 u-colorBlack blog-posts-shared-post_card__category'\u003e\nFounders\n\u003c/h4\u003e\n\u003ch3 class='s-fontSize30 u-lineHeight1 u-fontWeight900 u-colorBlack blog-posts-shared-post_card__title'\u003e\nEmily Levy, Mighty Well\n\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class='s-paddingRight1 s-fontSize14 u-fontWeight400 u-colorGray6 blog-posts-shared-post_card__excerpt'\u003e\n A chronic Lyme disease diagnosis inspired Emily Levy, founder of Mighty Well, to build a business with patients in mind. Her medical fashion company blends athletic apparel \u0026amp;nbsp;tailored for patients undergoing medical care to create products that cover m...\n\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003c/article\u003e\n\u003c/a\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='s-marginBottom2 u-textLeft s-grid-colSm12'\u003e\n\u003ca class=\"c-link c-link--unstyled u-displayBlock blog-posts-shared-post_card\" href=\"/insights/founders/true-gault-founder-story-we-want-to-support-and-empower-women\" data-rc=\"blog/posts/shared/post_card\"\u003e\u003carticle\u003e\n\u003cfigure class='u-borderRadius3 blog-posts-shared-post_card__cover-photo-wrapper'\u003e\n\u003cimg srcset=\"https://uploads.republic.com/p/blog/posts/cover_photos/medium_retina/000/000/053/53-1545152742-26e117dd3ba76c78d6729b7eaf236eb5d03a4a5a.jpg 2x\" alt=\"Sandra Gault, True Gault\" class=\"blog-posts-shared-post_card__cover-photo\" src=\"https://uploads.republic.com/p/blog/posts/cover_photos/medium/000/000/053/53-1545152742-39ae29a1b33f460a5b1e708df9f320da1b18cd45.jpg\" /\u003e\n\u003c/figure\u003e\n\u003ch4 class='c-condensedTitle s-fontSize14 u-colorBlack blog-posts-shared-post_card__category'\u003e\nFounders\n\u003c/h4\u003e\n\u003ch3 class='s-fontSize30 u-lineHeight1 u-fontWeight900 u-colorBlack blog-posts-shared-post_card__title'\u003e\nSandra Gault, True Gault\n\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class='s-paddingRight1 s-fontSize14 u-fontWeight400 u-colorGray6 blog-posts-shared-post_card__excerpt'\u003e\n Sandra Gault, Founder of\u0026amp;nbsp;True Gault, decided that the women’s shoe industry could use an upgrade. Using 3D imaging technology, True Gault ditches traditional sizing to produce shoes that are custom tailored to your feet. Determined to produce comforta...\n\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003c/article\u003e\n\u003c/a\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='s-marginBottom2 u-textLeft s-grid-colSm12'\u003e\n\u003ca class=\"c-link c-link--unstyled u-displayBlock blog-posts-shared-post_card\" href=\"/insights/founders/freshmynd-founder-story-determined-to-reduce-exposure-to-harmful-chemicals\" data-rc=\"blog/posts/shared/post_card\"\u003e\u003carticle\u003e\n\u003cfigure class='u-borderRadius3 blog-posts-shared-post_card__cover-photo-wrapper'\u003e\n\u003cimg srcset=\"https://uploads.republic.com/p/blog/posts/cover_photos/medium_retina/000/000/054/54-1545152606-8ec9ff1e0d13915a5779ffd68bd876ac4f01f9a8.jpg 2x\" alt=\"Seema Lindskog, FreshMynd\" class=\"blog-posts-shared-post_card__cover-photo\" src=\"https://uploads.republic.com/p/blog/posts/cover_photos/medium/000/000/054/54-1545152606-55eef807e708242ee92569e1611bcc5dc0896031.jpg\" /\u003e\n\u003c/figure\u003e\n\u003ch4 class='c-condensedTitle s-fontSize14 u-colorBlack blog-posts-shared-post_card__category'\u003e\nFounders\n\u003c/h4\u003e\n\u003ch3 class='s-fontSize30 u-lineHeight1 u-fontWeight900 u-colorBlack blog-posts-shared-post_card__title'\u003e\nSeema Lindskog, FreshMynd\n\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class='s-paddingRight1 s-fontSize14 u-fontWeight400 u-colorGray6 blog-posts-shared-post_card__excerpt'\u003e\n ADHD affects 100M children globally. Bringing together more than 20 years of marketing leadership experience, FreshMynd’s founder, Seema Lindskog, is on a mission to provide a natural therapy alternative to children diagnosed with ADHD. Seema tells us abou...\n\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003c/article\u003e\n\u003c/a\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='s-marginBottom2 u-textLeft s-grid-colSm12'\u003e\n\u003ca class=\"c-link c-link--unstyled u-displayBlock blog-posts-shared-post_card\" href=\"/insights/founders/everytable-founder-story-reinventing-fast-food\" data-rc=\"blog/posts/shared/post_card\"\u003e\u003carticle\u003e\n\u003cfigure class='u-borderRadius3 blog-posts-shared-post_card__cover-photo-wrapper'\u003e\n\u003cimg srcset=\"https://uploads.republic.com/p/blog/posts/cover_photos/medium_retina/000/000/060/60-1545149832-2b2e9faf0d6b2d9e6897fc08e1f45e275cd1d4a2.jpg 2x\" alt=\"Sam Polk, Everytable\" class=\"blog-posts-shared-post_card__cover-photo\" src=\"https://uploads.republic.com/p/blog/posts/cover_photos/medium/000/000/060/60-1545149832-6c8aa348e2c74e07b3aa63675233f6dc9a30bc94.jpg\" /\u003e\n\u003c/figure\u003e\n\u003ch4 class='c-condensedTitle s-fontSize14 u-colorBlack blog-posts-shared-post_card__category'\u003e\nFounders\n\u003c/h4\u003e\n\u003ch3 class='s-fontSize30 u-lineHeight1 u-fontWeight900 u-colorBlack blog-posts-shared-post_card__title'\u003e\nSam Polk, Everytable\n\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class='s-paddingRight1 s-fontSize14 u-fontWeight400 u-colorGray6 blog-posts-shared-post_card__excerpt'\u003e\n Sam Polk, Co-Founder of Everytable, left the Wall Street trading floor to start a nonprofit focused on providing low income families with healthy, affordable food. Upon discovering that many communities lack access to healthy food, Sam made it his mission ...\n\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003c/article\u003e\n\u003c/a\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='s-marginBottom2 u-textLeft s-grid-colSm12'\u003e\n\u003ca class=\"c-link c-link--unstyled u-displayBlock blog-posts-shared-post_card\" href=\"/insights/founders/building-a-technology-company-for-the-next-generation-of-girls-preemadonna\" data-rc=\"blog/posts/shared/post_card\"\u003e\u003carticle\u003e\n\u003cfigure class='u-borderRadius3 blog-posts-shared-post_card__cover-photo-wrapper'\u003e\n\u003cimg srcset=\"https://uploads.republic.com/p/blog/posts/cover_photos/medium_retina/000/000/070/70-1545146580-70ed4340a3c36ebd1453c072ba22d22806790c68.jpg 2x\" alt=\"Pree Walia, Preemadonna\" class=\"blog-posts-shared-post_card__cover-photo\" src=\"https://uploads.republic.com/p/blog/posts/cover_photos/medium/000/000/070/70-1545146580-a8a130f032cf24dc425371376c9b2da2800a4619.jpg\" /\u003e\n\u003c/figure\u003e\n\u003ch4 class='c-condensedTitle s-fontSize14 u-colorBlack blog-posts-shared-post_card__category'\u003e\nFounders\n\u003c/h4\u003e\n\u003ch3 class='s-fontSize30 u-lineHeight1 u-fontWeight900 u-colorBlack blog-posts-shared-post_card__title'\u003e\nPree Walia, Preemadonna\n\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class='s-paddingRight1 s-fontSize14 u-fontWeight400 u-colorGray6 blog-posts-shared-post_card__excerpt'\u003e\n Pree Walia, Co-Founder of Preemadonna, wants her company to disrupt the beauty industry. She’s taken her experience in political organizing and connected hardware, along with her passion for gender equality, to launch Preemadonna’s first product, the Nailb...\n\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003c/article\u003e\n\u003c/a\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='s-marginBottom2 u-textLeft s-grid-colSm12'\u003e\n\u003ca class=\"c-link c-link--unstyled u-displayBlock blog-posts-shared-post_card\" href=\"/insights/founders/making-smart-cool-are-na-founder-story\" data-rc=\"blog/posts/shared/post_card\"\u003e\u003carticle\u003e\n\u003cfigure class='u-borderRadius3 blog-posts-shared-post_card__cover-photo-wrapper'\u003e\n\u003cimg srcset=\"https://uploads.republic.com/p/blog/posts/cover_photos/medium_retina/000/000/073/73-1545145750-2086532d8f9c25922972e3b19186947bbf604d2a.jpg 2x\" alt=\"Charles Broskoski, Are.na\" class=\"blog-posts-shared-post_card__cover-photo\" src=\"https://uploads.republic.com/p/blog/posts/cover_photos/medium/000/000/073/73-1545145750-3d7415517c058d24994f750c51b298435c9fe079.jpg\" /\u003e\n\u003c/figure\u003e\n\u003ch4 class='c-condensedTitle s-fontSize14 u-colorBlack blog-posts-shared-post_card__category'\u003e\nFounders\n\u003c/h4\u003e\n\u003ch3 class='s-fontSize30 u-lineHeight1 u-fontWeight900 u-colorBlack blog-posts-shared-post_card__title'\u003e\nCharles Broskoski, Are.na\n\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class='s-paddingRight1 s-fontSize14 u-fontWeight400 u-colorGray6 blog-posts-shared-post_card__excerpt'\u003e\n We were first motivated to build Are.na out of personal necessity. Three of the founding members were web-based artists and we wanted to build up a body of research that justified why we made our work in a certain way or with a certain meaning. We needed a...\n\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003c/article\u003e\n\u003c/a\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='s-marginBottom2 u-textLeft s-grid-colSm12'\u003e\n\u003ca class=\"c-link c-link--unstyled u-displayBlock blog-posts-shared-post_card\" href=\"/insights/founders/crowdfunding-drug-development-cns-founder-story-1\" data-rc=\"blog/posts/shared/post_card\"\u003e\u003carticle\u003e\n\u003cfigure class='u-borderRadius3 blog-posts-shared-post_card__cover-photo-wrapper'\u003e\n\u003cimg srcset=\"https://uploads.republic.com/p/blog/posts/cover_photos/medium_retina/000/000/077/77-1545145222-e6709c8c57b0f62c5d37e34a8dba0b9d4707e8f7.jpg 2x\" alt=\"John Climaco, CNS Pharma\" class=\"blog-posts-shared-post_card__cover-photo\" src=\"https://uploads.republic.com/p/blog/posts/cover_photos/medium/000/000/077/77-1545145222-d53d42dcf8195b7f6e8455cf6da9472ba92e4958.jpg\" /\u003e\n\u003c/figure\u003e\n\u003ch4 class='c-condensedTitle s-fontSize14 u-colorBlack blog-posts-shared-post_card__category'\u003e\nFounders\n\u003c/h4\u003e\n\u003ch3 class='s-fontSize30 u-lineHeight1 u-fontWeight900 u-colorBlack blog-posts-shared-post_card__title'\u003e\nJohn Climaco, CNS Pharma\n\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class='s-paddingRight1 s-fontSize14 u-fontWeight400 u-colorGray6 blog-posts-shared-post_card__excerpt'\u003e\n John Climaco started CNS Pharmaceuticals in search of a simple goal: to cure glioblastoma and other cancers of the brain and central nervous system. To accomplish this, our team is developing anticancer agents that target cancers of the central nervous sys...\n\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003c/article\u003e\n\u003c/a\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='s-marginBottom2 u-textLeft s-grid-colSm12'\u003e\n\u003ca class=\"c-link c-link--unstyled u-displayBlock blog-posts-shared-post_card\" href=\"/insights/founders/helping-college-students-land-jobs-paragon-one-founder-story\" data-rc=\"blog/posts/shared/post_card\"\u003e\u003carticle\u003e\n\u003cfigure class='u-borderRadius3 blog-posts-shared-post_card__cover-photo-wrapper'\u003e\n\u003cimg srcset=\"https://uploads.republic.com/p/blog/posts/cover_photos/medium_retina/000/000/100/100-1545141440-8d0a42edd18dc4c64708c7cfa93d85239c4ec038.jpg 2x\" alt=\"Matt Wilkerson, Paragon One\" class=\"blog-posts-shared-post_card__cover-photo\" src=\"https://uploads.republic.com/p/blog/posts/cover_photos/medium/000/000/100/100-1545141440-7aba7519362bfe3662ef184d33c3ddf21fb56c96.jpg\" /\u003e\n\u003c/figure\u003e\n\u003ch4 class='c-condensedTitle s-fontSize14 u-colorBlack blog-posts-shared-post_card__category'\u003e\nFounders\n\u003c/h4\u003e\n\u003ch3 class='s-fontSize30 u-lineHeight1 u-fontWeight900 u-colorBlack blog-posts-shared-post_card__title'\u003e\nMatt Wilkerson, Paragon One\n\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class='s-paddingRight1 s-fontSize14 u-fontWeight400 u-colorGray6 blog-posts-shared-post_card__excerpt'\u003e\n Matt Wilkerson, CEO and Co-Founder of Paragon One, wants to help college students and recent graduates land jobs—not just jobs they’ll tolerate, but jobs that will\u0026amp;nbsp;lead them down a promising career path. He’s driven to do this because he knows what it...\n\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003c/article\u003e\n\u003c/a\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='s-marginBottom2 u-textLeft s-grid-colSm12'\u003e\n\u003ca class=\"c-link c-link--unstyled u-displayBlock blog-posts-shared-post_card\" href=\"/insights/founders/on-demand-smartphone-numbers-ring4-founder-story\" data-rc=\"blog/posts/shared/post_card\"\u003e\u003carticle\u003e\n\u003cfigure class='u-borderRadius3 blog-posts-shared-post_card__cover-photo-wrapper'\u003e\n\u003cimg srcset=\"https://uploads.republic.com/p/blog/posts/cover_photos/medium_retina/000/000/096/96-1545141948-4c9e0defbb888576b262cd787a77def1b7755949.jpg 2x\" alt=\"Alex Botteri, Ring4\" class=\"blog-posts-shared-post_card__cover-photo\" src=\"https://uploads.republic.com/p/blog/posts/cover_photos/medium/000/000/096/96-1545141948-6ed5b424c8f00a7010cfff2886fda1ff028b281e.jpg\" /\u003e\n\u003c/figure\u003e\n\u003ch4 class='c-condensedTitle s-fontSize14 u-colorBlack blog-posts-shared-post_card__category'\u003e\nFounders\n\u003c/h4\u003e\n\u003ch3 class='s-fontSize30 u-lineHeight1 u-fontWeight900 u-colorBlack blog-posts-shared-post_card__title'\u003e\nAlex Botteri, Ring4\n\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class='s-paddingRight1 s-fontSize14 u-fontWeight400 u-colorGray6 blog-posts-shared-post_card__excerpt'\u003e\n Alex Botteri, CEO and Founder of Ring4, sees the gig economy as an opportunity for people to take hold of their destinies. He knows a thing or two about this, given he traded in a stable career in business development and software engineering\u0026amp;nbsp;to pursu...\n\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003c/article\u003e\n\u003c/a\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='s-marginBottom2 u-textLeft s-grid-colSm12'\u003e\n\u003ca class=\"c-link c-link--unstyled u-displayBlock blog-posts-shared-post_card\" href=\"/insights/founders/stories-should-be-personal-rhymella-founder-story\" data-rc=\"blog/posts/shared/post_card\"\u003e\u003carticle\u003e\n\u003cfigure class='u-borderRadius3 blog-posts-shared-post_card__cover-photo-wrapper'\u003e\n\u003cimg srcset=\"https://uploads.republic.com/p/blog/posts/cover_photos/medium_retina/000/000/074/74-1545145604-71af6ec82a485216472e2f9ab0d84f7b59b4e710.jpg 2x\" alt=\"Megan McElroy Rzezutko, Rhymella\" class=\"blog-posts-shared-post_card__cover-photo\" src=\"https://uploads.republic.com/p/blog/posts/cover_photos/medium/000/000/074/74-1545145604-e19a57b85c8bae850bb453d1fc3a7cb1ee0a7868.jpg\" /\u003e\n\u003c/figure\u003e\n\u003ch4 class='c-condensedTitle s-fontSize14 u-colorBlack blog-posts-shared-post_card__category'\u003e\nFounders\n\u003c/h4\u003e\n\u003ch3 class='s-fontSize30 u-lineHeight1 u-fontWeight900 u-colorBlack blog-posts-shared-post_card__title'\u003e\nMegan McElroy Rzezutko, Rhymella\n\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class='s-paddingRight1 s-fontSize14 u-fontWeight400 u-colorGray6 blog-posts-shared-post_card__excerpt'\u003e\n What is your business, and what problem you are solving? \n Rhymella is an automated platform for creating original, custom children’s stories. Rhymella weaves user photos and specifics from a particular experience into an imaginative story that features ea...\n\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003c/article\u003e\n\u003c/a\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='s-marginBottom2 u-textLeft s-grid-colSm12'\u003e\n\u003ca class=\"c-link c-link--unstyled u-displayBlock blog-posts-shared-post_card\" href=\"/insights/founders/navigating-with-a-group-wolfpack-founder-story\" data-rc=\"blog/posts/shared/post_card\"\u003e\u003carticle\u003e\n\u003cfigure class='u-borderRadius3 blog-posts-shared-post_card__cover-photo-wrapper'\u003e\n\u003cimg srcset=\"https://uploads.republic.com/p/blog/posts/cover_photos/medium_retina/000/000/071/71-1545146189-2b2908529c766952a3b05bcba7e219720b98ff25.jpg 2x\" alt=\"Jonathan Chashper, WolfPack\" class=\"blog-posts-shared-post_card__cover-photo\" src=\"https://uploads.republic.com/p/blog/posts/cover_photos/medium/000/000/071/71-1545146189-1696d1fe06dd68800c00ca0510977f5abc326f85.jpg\" /\u003e\n\u003c/figure\u003e\n\u003ch4 class='c-condensedTitle s-fontSize14 u-colorBlack blog-posts-shared-post_card__category'\u003e\nFounders\n\u003c/h4\u003e\n\u003ch3 class='s-fontSize30 u-lineHeight1 u-fontWeight900 u-colorBlack blog-posts-shared-post_card__title'\u003e\nJonathan Chashper, WolfPack\n\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class='s-paddingRight1 s-fontSize14 u-fontWeight400 u-colorGray6 blog-posts-shared-post_card__excerpt'\u003e\n Jonathan Chashper founded WolfPack to solve the problem of communication and navigation for groups. His company\u0026#39;s first product came out a problem he himself faced – how to keep track of everyone on a group ride. \n How would you describe your business and ...\n\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003c/article\u003e\n\u003c/a\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='s-marginBottom2 u-textLeft s-grid-colSm12'\u003e\n\u003ca class=\"c-link c-link--unstyled u-displayBlock blog-posts-shared-post_card\" href=\"/insights/founders/improving-the-lives-of-prisoners-after-being-one-himself-pigeonly-founder-story\" data-rc=\"blog/posts/shared/post_card\"\u003e\u003carticle\u003e\n\u003cfigure class='u-borderRadius3 blog-posts-shared-post_card__cover-photo-wrapper'\u003e\n\u003cimg srcset=\"https://uploads.republic.com/p/blog/posts/cover_photos/medium_retina/000/000/067/67-1545147320-37dfb4f7ae5f172887a60731a1d0348cda164449.jpg 2x\" alt=\"Frederick Hutson, Pigeonly\" class=\"blog-posts-shared-post_card__cover-photo\" src=\"https://uploads.republic.com/p/blog/posts/cover_photos/medium/000/000/067/67-1545147320-d1ccc16768566e25ed1a7d30e4204e57d8cc8067.jpg\" /\u003e\n\u003c/figure\u003e\n\u003ch4 class='c-condensedTitle s-fontSize14 u-colorBlack blog-posts-shared-post_card__category'\u003e\nFounders\n\u003c/h4\u003e\n\u003ch3 class='s-fontSize30 u-lineHeight1 u-fontWeight900 u-colorBlack blog-posts-shared-post_card__title'\u003e\nFrederick Hutson, Pigeonly\n\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class='s-paddingRight1 s-fontSize14 u-fontWeight400 u-colorGray6 blog-posts-shared-post_card__excerpt'\u003e\n For most people, a prison sentence would be the end of a story. For Frederick Hutson, it was only the beginning. \n Growing up in Brooklyn, New York, Hutson acted as the unofficial handyman of his apartment building. He would make a few extra dollars week f...\n\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003c/article\u003e\n\u003c/a\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='s-marginBottom2 u-textLeft s-grid-colSm12'\u003e\n\u003ca class=\"c-link c-link--unstyled u-displayBlock blog-posts-shared-post_card\" href=\"/insights/founders/it-s-time-to-liberate-cannabis-jane-west-founder-story-1\" data-rc=\"blog/posts/shared/post_card\"\u003e\u003carticle\u003e\n\u003cfigure class='u-borderRadius3 blog-posts-shared-post_card__cover-photo-wrapper'\u003e\n\u003cimg srcset=\"https://uploads.republic.com/p/blog/posts/cover_photos/medium_retina/000/000/062/62-1545149039-cbccd8f89b2399345096b3599f60fc12db2462ed.jpg 2x\" alt=\"Jane West\" class=\"blog-posts-shared-post_card__cover-photo\" src=\"https://uploads.republic.com/p/blog/posts/cover_photos/medium/000/000/062/62-1545149039-76d7399d3cf1e429be87a4985507c4dd6711490f.jpg\" /\u003e\n\u003c/figure\u003e\n\u003ch4 class='c-condensedTitle s-fontSize14 u-colorBlack blog-posts-shared-post_card__category'\u003e\nFounders\n\u003c/h4\u003e\n\u003ch3 class='s-fontSize30 u-lineHeight1 u-fontWeight900 u-colorBlack blog-posts-shared-post_card__title'\u003e\nJane West\n\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class='s-paddingRight1 s-fontSize14 u-fontWeight400 u-colorGray6 blog-posts-shared-post_card__excerpt'\u003e\n Jane West, Founder and CEO of\u0026amp;nbsp;Jane West, is on a mission to bring high quality accessories and home goods for the mainstream cannabis consumers. Always honest about her own positive experience of using cannabis for a healthy approach to life, Jane was...\n\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003c/article\u003e\n\u003c/a\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='s-marginBottom2 u-textLeft s-grid-colSm12'\u003e\n\u003ca class=\"c-link c-link--unstyled u-displayBlock blog-posts-shared-post_card\" href=\"/insights/founders/founder-series-my-story-is-one-of-resilience\" data-rc=\"blog/posts/shared/post_card\"\u003e\u003carticle\u003e\n\u003cfigure class='u-borderRadius3 blog-posts-shared-post_card__cover-photo-wrapper'\u003e\n\u003cimg srcset=\"https://uploads.republic.com/p/blog/posts/cover_photos/medium_retina/000/000/029/29-1545272969-6e08e1e71d7f56fbe11d892b5b3975daba7bc2e5.jpg 2x\" alt=\"Fatima Dicko, Jetpack\" class=\"blog-posts-shared-post_card__cover-photo\" src=\"https://uploads.republic.com/p/blog/posts/cover_photos/medium/000/000/029/29-1545272969-35e07d76ef5f7db6fda01df10bce59e8ab388a0c.jpg\" /\u003e\n\u003c/figure\u003e\n\u003ch4 class='c-condensedTitle s-fontSize14 u-colorBlack blog-posts-shared-post_card__category'\u003e\nFounders\n\u003c/h4\u003e\n\u003ch3 class='s-fontSize30 u-lineHeight1 u-fontWeight900 u-colorBlack blog-posts-shared-post_card__title'\u003e\nFatima Dicko, Jetpack\n\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class='s-paddingRight1 s-fontSize14 u-fontWeight400 u-colorGray6 blog-posts-shared-post_card__excerpt'\u003e\n Fatima Dicko, founder of Jetpack, shares her journey from Mali to Stanford. Jetpack is the first on-demand service built specifically for university students. \n\n \n  \n  \n What inspired Jetpack? \n Jetpack was spun out of mybestbox, a health and wellness subs...\n\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003c/article\u003e\n\u003c/a\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='s-marginBottom2 u-textLeft s-grid-colSm12'\u003e\n\u003ca class=\"c-link c-link--unstyled u-displayBlock blog-posts-shared-post_card\" href=\"/insights/founders/sylvia-kampshoff-kanthaka\" data-rc=\"blog/posts/shared/post_card\"\u003e\u003carticle\u003e\n\u003cfigure class='u-borderRadius3 blog-posts-shared-post_card__cover-photo-wrapper'\u003e\n\u003cimg srcset=\"https://uploads.republic.com/p/blog/posts/cover_photos/medium_retina/000/000/466/466-1626108155-19eddd36c39a25b889f108f1944a39526c07060f.jpg 2x\" alt=\"Sylvia Kampshoff, Kanthaka\" class=\"blog-posts-shared-post_card__cover-photo\" src=\"https://uploads.republic.com/p/blog/posts/cover_photos/medium/000/000/466/466-1626108155-e5574de11460c7098780fba8326cc1664758bd17.jpg\" /\u003e\n\u003c/figure\u003e\n\u003ch4 class='c-condensedTitle s-fontSize14 u-colorBlack blog-posts-shared-post_card__category'\u003e\nFounders\n\u003c/h4\u003e\n\u003ch3 class='s-fontSize30 u-lineHeight1 u-fontWeight900 u-colorBlack blog-posts-shared-post_card__title'\u003e\nSylvia Kampshoff, Kanthaka\n\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class='s-paddingRight1 s-fontSize14 u-fontWeight400 u-colorGray6 blog-posts-shared-post_card__excerpt'\u003e\n What’s the inspiration behind Kanthaka?  I’ve always been passionate about fitness. When I worked in a big law firm, I found it super hard to keep up a healthy lifestyle. I was always looking for a way to schedule a trainer on short notice when time opened...\n\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003c/article\u003e\n\u003c/a\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='s-marginBottom2 u-textLeft s-grid-colSm12'\u003e\n\u003ca class=\"c-link c-link--unstyled u-displayBlock blog-posts-shared-post_card\" href=\"/insights/founders/max-goldstein-union-electric\" data-rc=\"blog/posts/shared/post_card\"\u003e\u003carticle\u003e\n\u003cfigure class='u-borderRadius3 blog-posts-shared-post_card__cover-photo-wrapper'\u003e\n\u003cimg srcset=\"https://uploads.republic.com/p/blog/posts/cover_photos/medium_retina/000/000/473/473-1627519715-6710d86f299cece5a2f6ad3be066d88a1df7435c.jpeg 2x\" alt=\"Max Goldstein, Union Electric\" class=\"blog-posts-shared-post_card__cover-photo\" src=\"https://uploads.republic.com/p/blog/posts/cover_photos/medium/000/000/473/473-1627519715-2026ee29e2f7944feb693a5c015bfee72940d38e.jpeg\" /\u003e\n\u003c/figure\u003e\n\u003ch4 class='c-condensedTitle s-fontSize14 u-colorBlack blog-posts-shared-post_card__category'\u003e\nFounders\n\u003c/h4\u003e\n\u003ch3 class='s-fontSize30 u-lineHeight1 u-fontWeight900 u-colorBlack blog-posts-shared-post_card__title'\u003e\nMax Goldstein, Union Electric\n\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class='s-paddingRight1 s-fontSize14 u-fontWeight400 u-colorGray6 blog-posts-shared-post_card__excerpt'\u003e\n What’s the inspiration behind Union Electric?  Union Electric was founded in California in 2020, aimed at an underserved market: the working class cannabis customer. The name Union Electric was inspired by the punching-in and punching-out aspect of working...\n\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003c/article\u003e\n\u003c/a\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='s-marginBottom2 u-textLeft s-grid-colSm12'\u003e\n\u003ca class=\"c-link c-link--unstyled u-displayBlock blog-posts-shared-post_card\" href=\"/insights/founders/marcel-benson-benson-watch-company\" data-rc=\"blog/posts/shared/post_card\"\u003e\u003carticle\u003e\n\u003cfigure class='u-borderRadius3 blog-posts-shared-post_card__cover-photo-wrapper'\u003e\n\u003cimg srcset=\"https://uploads.republic.com/p/blog/posts/cover_photos/medium_retina/000/000/481/481-1629231777-fb98c97bba6286a51616d88aa65e48fa03ac5689.png 2x\" alt=\"Marcel Benson, Benson Watch Company\" class=\"blog-posts-shared-post_card__cover-photo\" src=\"https://uploads.republic.com/p/blog/posts/cover_photos/medium/000/000/481/481-1629231777-ffad655a5681dd9c47ec577a8aee9d21a10810ca.png\" /\u003e\n\u003c/figure\u003e\n\u003ch4 class='c-condensedTitle s-fontSize14 u-colorBlack blog-posts-shared-post_card__category'\u003e\nFounders\n\u003c/h4\u003e\n\u003ch3 class='s-fontSize30 u-lineHeight1 u-fontWeight900 u-colorBlack blog-posts-shared-post_card__title'\u003e\nMarcel Benson, Benson Watch Company\n\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class='s-paddingRight1 s-fontSize14 u-fontWeight400 u-colorGray6 blog-posts-shared-post_card__excerpt'\u003e\n    What’s the inspiration behind Benson Watch Company?  I have always been passionate about watches. I got my first one at age 7, and since then I’ve collected about 100 of them. It took me a long time to understand why I was drawn to them—I had to live a ...\n\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003c/article\u003e\n\u003c/a\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='s-marginBottom2 u-textLeft s-grid-colSm12'\u003e\n\u003ca class=\"c-link c-link--unstyled u-displayBlock blog-posts-shared-post_card\" href=\"/insights/founders/melanie-kahn-poppilu\" data-rc=\"blog/posts/shared/post_card\"\u003e\u003carticle\u003e\n\u003cfigure class='u-borderRadius3 blog-posts-shared-post_card__cover-photo-wrapper'\u003e\n\u003cimg srcset=\"https://uploads.republic.com/p/blog/posts/cover_photos/medium_retina/000/000/517/517-1635621535-72465d3cd3531a89680c1c71b557c36d919a755a.jpg 2x\" alt=\"Melanie Kahn, Poppilu\" class=\"blog-posts-shared-post_card__cover-photo\" src=\"https://uploads.republic.com/p/blog/posts/cover_photos/medium/000/000/517/517-1635621535-ac6c69ce67dbc0411fde8fc6a34440d920785d0f.jpg\" /\u003e\n\u003c/figure\u003e\n\u003ch4 class='c-condensedTitle s-fontSize14 u-colorBlack blog-posts-shared-post_card__category'\u003e\nFounders\n\u003c/h4\u003e\n\u003ch3 class='s-fontSize30 u-lineHeight1 u-fontWeight900 u-colorBlack blog-posts-shared-post_card__title'\u003e\nMelanie Kahn, Poppilu\n\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class='s-paddingRight1 s-fontSize14 u-fontWeight400 u-colorGray6 blog-posts-shared-post_card__excerpt'\u003e\n What’s the inspiration behind Poppilu?  Melanie and Zachary  While pregnant with my second child, I was craving citrus—but couldn’t find a healthy, great-tasting lemonade on the market to satisfy me. I’d waddle with my pregnant belly to my local Whole Food...\n\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003c/article\u003e\n\u003c/a\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e"}