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Ben Luntz ha compartido estoProud investor here :) #nontoxic #madebetterBen Luntz ha compartido estoYou deserve kitchenware with high standards. Six years ago, Caraway was just an idea and a lot of conviction. We didn’t have scale. We didn’t have retail distribution. We definitely didn’t have subway ads in New York. I remember walking around the city looking at other DTC brands with eye-catching campaigns and thinking, one day...🗽 But what we did have was a belief that “good enough” wasn’t good enough. The category was built for margins and low quality kitchenware. We chose to build to higher standards. That means longer product development cycles. It means factories that aren’t always excited to work with us because we're asking them to change how they've done things for decades. It means spending more on materials and packaging when it would have been easier not to. We’re building something meant to last 100 years. ✨ Today, we’re launching 'Made Better', our largest brand campaign since our founding in 2019 ✨ For me, this moment isn’t just about creative or media scale. This is not a product drop or a promotion. It’s a stake in the ground. After six years of building a performance-led cookware brand, this marks our evolution into a scaled, omni-channel, non-toxic home brand. We’re in retail. We’re on registries. We’re in more homes than I ever imagined when we started (over 2.5MM can you believe that?!). And we’re still holding to 3-5yr product development cycles in a category that rarely waits that long. 📍Launching this OOH takeover in New York feels personal and is a "pinch me" moment. Caraway was born here. Seeing our message live at 59th Street and across subway cars is one of those moments you pause to take in. I used to look up to the brands running those kinds of campaigns. Now we’re one of them. The broader conversation around PFAS, microplastics, and material transparency is finally mainstream. Legislation is advancing. Documentaries are being released. Consumers are asking better questions. We didn’t pivot into non-toxic because it became popular. We built the company around it from day one. This is Caraway’s second course. 🍽️ We’re not trying to build a cookware brand. We’re building the first generation of non-toxic homes. Grateful for the team and partners who helped us get here. Shoutout to our entire Caraway team for bringing this to life! 🙏🚀 Check it out: https://lnkd.in/gegP9ZMZ #CarawayHome #MadeBetter #Entrepreneurship #BrandBuilding #NonToxic
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Ben Luntz ha compartido estoBen Luntz ha compartido estoToday marks an incredible milestone for Bombas: our first retail store. We’re thrilled to open our doors at 345 Bleecker Street in New York City, where customers can experience our products, brand, and mission in person for the first time. In the coming weeks, we’ll add two more locations at Town Center at Boca Raton, FL, and The Domain in Austin, TX. I couldn’t be prouder of this team for bringing our next chapter to life with such care and creativity. From our products to our customers to our mission, and now our stores, everything we do starts with purpose. If you’re in the neighborhood, stop by and say hi. Forbes: Bombas Takes Next Big Steps Opening Flagship Store in NYC and Entering Target, DSW https://lnkd.in/eKQ-zjnvBombas Takes Next Big Steps Opening Flagship Store In NYC And Entering Target, DSWBombas Takes Next Big Steps Opening Flagship Store In NYC And Entering Target, DSW
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Ben Luntz ha compartido estoBen Luntz ha compartido estoThrilled to share our journey with Walmart! From winning digitally to expanding to over 3,000 Walmart stores, we’re making an impact in the cleaning industry. Join the movement and become a proud no-plastic fanatic as we keep our clean mission going strong! Read more about our partnership in this Forbes article. #Cleancult #Walmart #NoPlasticFanatic #SustainabilityWalmart Marketplace BrandVoice: How Businesses Can Leverage Marketplaces For Innovation And Explosive GrowthWalmart Marketplace BrandVoice: How Businesses Can Leverage Marketplaces For Innovation And Explosive Growth
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Ben Luntz ha compartido estoGolden nuggets here! #remoteworkBen Luntz ha compartido estoToday's the day! 🎉 We just launched The Modern Work Method. It's a playbook of the best-kept secrets of high performing remote teams. A culmination of the 5k+ interviews we conducted over the last 18 months. A solution to the modern work crisis of meeting and message overload, chaotic collaboration, and a lack of connection and trust. And it's available right now, for free. Only on Almanac: https://lnkd.in/g-XC56hf
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Ben Luntz ha compartido estoCongrats to Jordan Nathan and to the entire team at Caraway Home. I couldn’t be more proud to be an early backer of this amazing company #angelinvesting #vcfunding #environmentallyfriendlyBen Luntz ha compartido estoWe have BIG NEWS at Caraway Home today! I am thrilled to announce that Caraway Home has raised a $35M investment led by McCarthy Capital - a partner who brings decades of invaluable expertise to support our next phase of growth! 🥳 We’ve come a very long way since November 2019 when we launched our first collection: our non-toxic ceramic-coated Cookware Set. Nearly three years later, we have expanded into three new kitchen categories (with a soon to be fourth on the way 😱), are now available in hundreds of retail stores across the country, and have built an all-star team that has grown to over 40+. We're grateful to have this opportunity (especially in this uncertain macroeconomic environment) to continue bringing non-toxic kitchenware to even more homes over the coming years, and can't wait to see what our team will continue to cook up - we are only getting started! 🍳 Read more about our milestone here from Ann Gehan at Business Insider: https://bit.ly/caraway-mc #dtc #fundraising #carawayhomeDTC cookware brand Caraway raises $35 million to add retail partnerships and products as it builds out its 'ecosystem' of home essentialsDTC cookware brand Caraway raises $35 million to add retail partnerships and products as it builds out its 'ecosystem' of home essentials
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Ben Luntz ha compartido estoCongrats to the entire team at Major League Hacking for the continued success in supporting #Diversity in #Tech Proud to be backing such an incredible companyBen Luntz ha compartido estoExciting news: Major League Hacking has acquired TechTogether, the leading organizer of gender-inclusive hackathons! When MLH first started, only 15% of community members identified as women or non-binary. Thanks to lots of hard work, today nearly 47% of our community identifies as a underrepresented gender in technology. One organization who has been a big part of that journey is TechTogether, which is why we're excited help scale their impact even further as part of MLH. Congratulations to Fiona Whittington, the TechTogether board, and everyone who made this possible. You can read the full details of the acquisition in my latest letter to our community: https://lnkd.in/eDP_-FDJ #mlh #acquisition #diversityintech #hackathons #techtogether #community #gender
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Ben Luntz ha compartido estoAs the very first institutional investor to hear the Almanac pitch and participate as a seed investor it is with tremendous pride and enthusiasm that I share this incredible news today. Massive congrats to Adam Nathan N. Taylor Thompson Dan Bartlett and the entire Almanac team!! #humbled #remotework #vcfunding #proudinvestor #LFGBen Luntz ha compartido estoI'm THRILLED to announce Almanac's $34 million Series A, which will help us to replace meeting-centric office culture with infrastructure that reflects how management & collaboration happen in today's new distributed era.Docs startup Almanac raises $34 million from Tiger as remote work shift hardens | TechCrunchDocs startup Almanac raises $34 million from Tiger as remote work shift hardens | TechCrunch
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Ben Luntz ha compartido estoGreat article from TechCrunch on why Almanac is THE OS for the Future of Work #futureofwork #OS #remotework #digitalaccelerationBen Luntz ha compartido estoGrateful for the opportunity to chat with Lucas Matney for TechCrunch about why Almanac is the OS for the future of work. Replace meetings, messages, and emails by 80%, and free up hours each day to focus on the work that really matters.
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Ben Luntz ha compartido estoLooking for an amazing Cheif Program Officer for Experience Camps for Grieving Children Please share to anyone you think might be an great candidate and for more information follow the link below #giveback
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Ben Luntz ha recomendado estoBen Luntz ha recomendado estoTIME has named Alumni Ventures (AV) one of America’s Top Venture Capital Firms of 2025 (#20 out of 350). We enable individual investors to access the same highly-competitive venture investments as other leading firms such as a16z, Sequoia, Khosla, Accel, and more. Deal-by-deal investing through our Syndicates, or outsource the investment decisions to us via our Funds. 👉 Join the 11,000 other individuals who already trust AV as their venture investing partner.Vetted Venture Deals. AV Diligence Memos. Free to Join.Vetted Venture Deals. AV Diligence Memos. Free to Join.
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Ben Luntz ha recomendado estoBen Luntz ha recomendado estoI got a DM that changed how I think about business. Here’s why I always check my messages and why you should too... Most people ignore cold emails. But almost everyone checks their DMs. Because most people still run their own social. A random guy once DMed me: “Send me your logo. I’ll print you a custom hat, shirt, and pencil with it for free. If you like it, great. If not, no worries.” No catch. No pressure. Just value. I had plenty of friends in the merch business. But this guy stood out. A no-lose offer in my inbox. I sent him the logo. A week later… I got a package with custom gear. It looked great. So I gave him my entire company’s merch business. All from ONE DM. The lesson? Don’t underestimate DMs and ALWAYS lead with value In a world of noise… genuine value still wins. DMs might be your fastest shortcut to opportunity.
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Ben Luntz ha reaccionado a estoBen Luntz ha reaccionado a estoWe’re raising the standard for what cookware can look like, both in your kitchen and on your keyboard 👏 Sign our Change.org petition: https://lnkd.in/gaHdDxZz
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Ben Luntz ha recomendado estoBen Luntz ha recomendado estoThree weeks ago, my son Henry was born. He’s already reshaping the way I think about leadership. Over the last few years, life has changed fast. I became a husband. A dad to two kids under two. And the owner of a business that still needs me every day. At 25, I could work 7 days a week without blinking. At 32, life looks very different. And this season has reminded me of something I think a lot of leaders misunderstand: Capacity and dedication are not the same thing. Someone on your team right now is navigating a season you probably cannot fully see. A new baby. A sick parent. A struggling marriage. Burnout. Loss. Something heavy at home. And eventually it shows up at work. They contribute a little less in meetings. They stop volunteering for every stretch project. They leave a little earlier than they used to. The version of “all-star” you became used to suddenly looks different. Most managers misdiagnose this moment. They assume the person cares less. But often that’s not true at all. Their capacity changed. Their dedication didn’t. The best leaders understand that performance is not static because people are not static. Seasons change people. Needs change. Energy changes. Life changes. Leadership requires staying close enough to understand how your people are changing in real time so you can support them accordingly. Sometimes your best employee hasn’t changed nearly as much as the season they’re carrying has.
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Ben Luntz ha reaccionado a estoBen Luntz ha reaccionado a estoThey sell 5 PFAS-free alternatives. They sued us anyway. Three months ago Groupe SEB and Meyer filed a federal lawsuit against Caraway Home. Here's what I want them to know. 👇 An open letter to Stanislas de Gramont Thierry de La Tour d'Artaise Oguzhan Olmez Stanley Cheng Greg Cairo: Your brands have been in American kitchens for decades. All-Clad. T-fal. Rachael Ray. Hestan. Farberware. Anolon. Circulon. Real brands, with real heritage, that real people have cooked with for years. We have deep respect for what you've built. Which is why we were surprised when you sued us. We didn't name your brands. We didn't run ads targeting your customers. We simply built a product without forever chemicals and told people about it. Here's what makes this hard to understand: You already sell Ceramic (and market it as PFAS-free 👀). Stainless steel. Carbon steel. Copper. Cast iron. Five PFAS-free alternatives — already in your portfolio, already on shelves, already proving you know exactly how to make cookware without forever chemicals, across all price points. You have the capability. You have the products. You have the resources. Eight states have moved to restrict PFAS in cookware. The EU is moving. Your largest retail partners are already sourcing alternatives. The market has spoken. 🤝 We'd like to extend a genuine offer: Drop the suit. Commit to reducing PFAS across your product lines. We'll share it with our community. We'll treat it as the win it would be for American consumers. Because this was never about us versus you. It's about what belongs in people's homes. The consumer is watching. Your employees are watching. Your shareholders are watching. Your families are watching. Your communities are watching. What side of history will you be on? We'd love to hear from you. Not your lawyers. Not the Cookware Sustainability Alliance (CSA). YOU. — Jordan Nathan, Founder & CEO, Caraway Home ------------------- ✍ Sign the petition: https://lnkd.in/gAbBUJNT 🗞 Read the full story: https://lnkd.in/gc_d8Vcf
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Ben Luntz ha recomendado estoBen Luntz ha recomendado estoThis SIMPLE RULE has changed my life 👇 It’s called “KEVIN’S RULE” (named and coined from my friend Kevin) Every other month you take a day or so and schedule a mini adventure or activity you normally wouldn’t have done. So, Instead of watching the football game on Saturday… you go to a conference, run a race, visit a friend, etc. The math works. If you do that simple rule from age 30 to 70 you will have banked 240 mini adventures that you otherwise wouldn’t have done. That’s how you BUILD A GREAT LIFE RESUME. #KevinsRule
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Ben Luntz ha recomendado estoBen Luntz ha recomendado estoWaze is great for directions. But it has no idea how to get you to happiness. Because happiness isn’t on any map. And the moment you start trying to “arrive” there you’ve already missed the exit. So how do you find happiness? I don’t have your answer. But here’s what works for me: - My wife’s laugh - My kids seeing something awesome for the first time - A song that brings back a memory - Finishing something hard I trained for - Helping someone… being honest… doing good That’s the real stuff. But we forget to look for it because we’re too busy trying to navigate to happiness like it’s a destination. If you want my advice? Turn off Waze. Put your phone on airplane mode. Take someone you love on a drive to nowhere. Stop for a smoothie bowl. Root for a team you hate. Ask an old person what made them happy. Rip up your to-do list. Watch Super Dave on YouTube. And most importantly: Choose to be happy. Not when you hit your goals or buy a house. Choose it today. For no reason. Final thought: Happiness isn’t something you find. It’s something you PRACTICE. The more you choose it… the easier it becomes. Now go turn off Waze.
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Ben Luntz ha reaccionado a estoBen Luntz ha reaccionado a estoIT'S NOT A GAME. l've seen a lot of people I know grow old at 40... - Can't move. - Stopped doing the physical things they used to love to do. - On 3 or more daily prescriptions. - High on that fancy designer food program. I'm 57. I'm not playing that game. EVER. I'm staying active, running, playing hoops, going on adventures and feeling OFF THE CHARTS...for decades to come. Man.. I'm playing sets of tennis in the desert in July when I'm 90!!! Man was NOT designed to turn old at 40. The good news is... it's never too late to reverse course. These are the words of my diet... fresh air, walks, nature, FRUIT, vegetables, lakes, oceans, juices, mountains, smoothies, friends, cold baths, breathing and sunshine. What's your diet look like? I swam back and forth across the lake 10 times last summer. It felt amazing and it's even better when all your friends do it too. Throw a 👊 below you want to keep climbing as you age!
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Surfrider Foundation
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Beach Clean Up Volunteer - Rincon, Puerto Rico
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Experience Camps for Grieving Children
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Proyecto Nacer, Inc.
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Donor and supporter of this incredible organization driving women's rights and justice reform in Puerto Rico.
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