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One 2021 TikTok now a brand growing 57% a year
Mia Lind posted a video about "hot girl walks" four years ago. Inc. reports the idea now runs as a business with a 57 per cent annualised growth rate and brand work with Nutella and Spotify.
Podcast agency offers 90-day launch guarantee as 42% of new shows die
Podcast Launch Lab is selling done-for-you and done-with-you launch programmes into a market where, on Podchaser's 2026 figures, only one show in fifteen still publishes. The pitch: build the show for clients, not downloads.
Gumroad cut 75% of staff, then became a good business
Sahil Lavingia raised $8m at 19 to build a billion-dollar company. He ended up running it alone from Utah — and says that was the better outcome.
GoPro's best reviews in a decade arrive as founder lends it money
The product press spent June praising a $599 8K camera. The business pages spent it reading a 26% revenue fall and a founder financing his own company.
Teen influencers pick the products in indu's £50 skincare bundle
London skincare brand indu beauty gave three teenage sisters control of its first creator collaboration: they chose the contents, named it, and one of them designed the box.