Startup Explorer

Welcome our guest, Abigail Forsyth! We’ll learn how she went from running a cafe business in Melbourne to building KeepCup, a company on a mission to replace disposable cups with a well-designed reusable alternative. Learn more about KeepCup at www.keepcup.com. Feedback or comments on this episode? Send them to startupexplorerpodcast@gmail.com

Welcome our guests, Aaron Shinn and Gina Zupsich! How do a designer and a french professor end up starting a tea company? Hear the story behind August Uncommon Tea. Learn more and purchase their amazing teas at www.august.la Feedback or comments on this episode? Send them to startupexplorerpodcast@gmail.com

Welcome our guest, Natasha Case! Natasha is the co-founder of Coolhaus- a company blending ice cream with architecture. She originally came up with the concept "Farchitecture" (Food + Architecture) during grad school at UCLA. The Coolhaus journey began at Coachella in 2009 with an ice cream truck found on Craigslist. Now their tasty architecturally inspired frozen treats can be found at over 4,000 stores nationwide. You can find the Coolhaus Ice Cream Book on Amazon here: http://amzn.to/1QjsT5Y Feedback or comments on this episode? Send them to startupexplorerpodcast@gmail.com Music was kindly provided by The Degs titled "Here They Come", licensed under CC BY 2.0.

Welcome our first guest, Bernie Roth! In addition to co-founding the d.school (and teaching at Stanford for over 52 years), he's also written a new book. Called the Achievement Habit, it describes how to use design thinking to improve your own life. Here's the book on Amazon: http://goo.gl/q30uRg Feedback or comments on the first episode? Send them to startupexplorerpodcast@gmail.com