execs

Critical Role Execs Say This Is How They Built the Brand

When the cameras start rolling at the Critical Role studio in Los Angeles, Ed Lopez and Ben Van Der Fluit are never in front of them.There are eight far more famous faces that front the operation. Critical Role’s cofounders, a team of self-professed nerdy voice actors, have been streaming their…

Ex-Hinge Execs Built Rodeo App to Help You Be a Better Friend

Making plans with your friends should be easy.However, between the various group chats, stacked schedules, and endless distractions, those plans can often fall to the wayside.Enter Rodeo, a new app from former C-suite executives at dating app Hinge. Cofounders Sam Levy (who was Hinge’s COO) and Tim MacGougan (CPO), who…

A New Plastic Surgery Uses Fat From Dead People. Execs Love It.

In his plush Upper East Side office earlier this year, Dr. Sachin Shridharani was at work on a patient’s breasts: applying a local anesthesia, making an incision, ensuring the final result sat just right.Through it all, his patient — an executive — had her AirPods in. She was on a…

Oregon Brewery Founded by Ex-Nike Execs Files for Chapter 7 Bankruptcy

Last call has come for a beloved, nearly four-decade-old Oregon brewery founded in part by three former Nike executives.Oregon Brewing Company, the parent company of Rogue Ales & Spirits, filed for Chapter 7 liquidation proceedings in the state’s federal bankruptcy court this week.The Monday bankruptcy filing follows the craft beer…