Sweetgreen, the $1.78 billion salad chain founded in a Georgetown dorm room, is set to IPO Sweetgreen’s IPO announcement came after years of steady growth and $670 million in venture capital raised, a milestone for the salad chain unicorn. Ivan De Luce 11.18.21 3:00 PM Markets
If you own a pet you’ve heard of Chewy — here’s why Ryan Cohen and Michael Day succeeded where Pets.com failed Personalized customer service, as well as timing, helped the founders grow Chewy into a $31 billion specialty pet retail brand. Amy Lamare 11.17.21 10:28 PM Markets
What Bored Apes and CryptoPunks tell us about Meta’s future as a “headless brand” If the company formerly known as Facebook really wants to plunge into the metaverse, it may need to embrace a new concept of intellectual property. Joon Ian Wong 11.15.21 3:09 PM Crypto
This week in Business Twitter: Bill Ackman’s account wasn't hacked, Elon Musk’s $26 billion Twitter poll, and Balaji Srinivasan on YIMBYism High stakes this week with Elon Musk polling Twitter on selling $26 billion worth of stock, and a famed hedge fund manager takes a stand on the Kyle Rittenhouse trial. Christie Smythe 11.12.21 11:05 PM People
What does luxury site TheRealReal have in common with Pets.com? A founder who refused to quit. Julie Wainwright, founder of TheRealReal, was told her career as a Silicon Valley entrepreneur was over in 2000. But she has made an inspiring comeback. Amy Lamare 11.12.21 6:55 PM Features
Used car seller TRED just raised $25 million. Here’s why the deal was a no brainer for investors. With supply chains in a crunch, making it difficult for manufacturers to build enough new cars, demand and prices for used cars have been turbocharged. Christie Smythe 11.9.21 9:45 PM Markets