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The $20 Earbud Company That Sells in a Blue Box You Cannot Miss
Founded in 2005, JLab turned cheap earbuds and a bright blue box into a top-selling audio brand. Here is how a company that refuses the rockstar price built a business worth $370 million.
Three Brands, One Screen Protector Empire Built in a Utah Suburb
Long before your phone had a case, a Utah startup was selling shields for your PDA. Two decades later, BGZ brands turned scratch anxiety into a three-label accessory house - and a quiet pivot toward packaging you can recycle.
Hasti Nazem
Hasti Nazem is the Co-CEO and Head of Product and Education at Kindra, a New York-based, science-backed women's health brand building estrogen-free solutions for menopause, vaginal health and intimate care. With roughly a decade at the intersection of life sciences, consumer brand-building and wellness, she co-leads the company alongside Afshan Dosani, grounding products in 160+ clinical studies and patent-pending peptide technology. She came to the work through a winding path: a family of physicians, a pre-med start, a detour into finance before the 2008 crash, and a return to school that led her to build wellness companies focused on sleep and, later, women's health.