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Seizing Opportunities: How Economic Downturns Create Lucrative Opportunities for Investors
Seizing Opportunities: How Economic Downturns Create Lucrative Opportunities for Investors
Economic downturns are inevitable. Woven into the ebb and flow of economic cycles, these periods of decline can bring…
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How To Turn Your Clients Into New Business Machine
How To Turn Your Clients Into New Business Machine
Read the entire story on Forbes Oftentimes, brands tend to hyper-focus on acquiring new business from the outside…
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A Thought on Managing Your Team When They Ask For Help
A Thought on Managing Your Team When They Ask For Help
When asked for help, encourage your team to come with thoughtful questions and potential answers. Do not set up the…
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Chris Van Dusen reposted thisChris Van Dusen reposted thisSame amount of water. Different results behind the wheel. In a controlled simulator study with 20 professional drivers, total water intake was similar whether drivers used a traditional drinking tube or FluidLogic’s prompted, hands-free system. With FluidLogic, drivers drank smaller amounts more consistently throughout the race. That pattern was associated with better hydration status and faster lap times when the car’s handling changed after a pit stop. In our latest Substack article, Jon Osborne breaks down the study, the performance data, and what the findings suggest about hydration strategy in racing. Read the full article at the link in the comments.
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Chris Van Dusen reposted thisChris Van Dusen reposted thisMoments like this signal a brand’s move into mainstream culture. SkyPop Protein Soda featured on The Price is Right, in front of more than 4 million viewers. An iconic show, a massive audience, and another meaningful step in building and leading an emerging category. Keurig Dr Pepper Inc. Walmart Publix Super Markets Kroger Albertsons Companies CVS Pharmacy Dave Cohen Solyco Capital Chad Cunningham Christian (Tovar) Moreno, MBA Adam Beier Madison Square Garden Entertainment Corp. Taste Tomorrow Ventures
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Chris Van Dusen reposted thisChris Van Dusen reposted thisSolyco Capital Founder and Managing Partner John Garcia joined Scott Joseph's podcast for a conversation on private-market investing and why the most compelling opportunities rarely appear in a traditional brokerage account. They discussed the widening gap between public markets and the private deals that drive outsized returns. And what individual investors should understand before allocating to them. Full episode: https://lnkd.in/gZkQg-5u
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Chris Van Dusen reposted thisChris Van Dusen reposted thisHow can AI democratise access to opportunity? AI can help organisations make more objective decisions and identify talent beyond geography, background or access to traditional pathways. Together with TED Conferences, we are bringing together leading thinkers and innovators to explore how new AI-powered innovations are shaping the future. In this short film, sports innovator Richard Felton-Thomas joins Lilia Christofi and Tom Karkeek to explore how AI-powered biomechanics is transforming talent identification in sport. Watch the full film: https://pwc.to/4xlUFqh #AI
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Chris Van Dusen reposted thisChris Van Dusen reposted this🥤SkyPop Protein Soda from LA Libations SkyPop Protein Soda packs 10g of whey protein and 45 calories into a zero-sugar can built to taste like real soda. Check out the link below for the full article. ⬇️ #Bevlab #SkyPop #Protein #Soda
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Chris Van Dusen reposted thisChris Van Dusen reposted thisThank you BevLab for this feature on SkyPop Protein Soda and for highlighting what’s driving our leadership in the category. https://lnkd.in/gj_U89TQ Keurig Dr Pepper Inc. LA Libations iHeartMedia Madison Square Garden Sports Corp. Solyco Capital Taste Tomorrow Ventures Albertsons Companies Target Walmart Publix Super Markets Kroger CVS Pharmacy Danny Stepper Chad Cunningham Christian (Tovar) Moreno, MBA Dave Cohen Adam Beier Joseph Escobar
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Chris Van Dusen reposted thisChris Van Dusen reposted thisSkyPop Protein Soda has hit 10,000 doors eight months after launch. Worth knowing the fuller story, because this wasn't a standing start. The business was founded as Don't Quit back in 2020. Distribution was built under that name for years, then rebranded to SkyPop in January and dropped the shakes line entirely to go all in on protein soda. So the eight months bought focus. The doors were already being built. The technical part is what I find most interesting. Getting whey protein into a carbonated drink without foaming, gelling or going cloudy is genuinely hard. Keeping it shelf-stable without artificial preservatives is harder. Simply Good Foods has just written off around $200m on a protein RTD that degraded on shelf. SkyPop's moat is that exact problem solved.
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Chris Van Dusen reposted thisChris Van Dusen reposted thisMy friend Chris Van Dusen wrote a sharp piece last week on the end of the soda binary — PepsiCo buying Poppi, protein sodas backed by Keurig Dr Pepper, a category headed toward $240B by 2031. Reposting it below. Here's where I'd add to it. The formulation was never the hard part. One of our portfolio companies, Halfday, spent five years learning what actually was. My take on what separates a functional beverage that becomes a habit from one that becomes a fridge-cleanout candidate. https://lnkd.in/dT4f42hM #MisfitVenturePartners #CPG #FunctionalBeverages #ConsumerProducts #Beverages #VentureCapital #FoodAndBeverage
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Chris Van Dusen reposted thisChris Van Dusen reposted this🍻 SkyPop Protein Soda from LA Libations 45 calories, 10g whey protein isolate, 0 sugar. Available in 7 unique flavors: Root Beer, Ice Pop, Strawberry Cotton Candy, Orange, Grape, Fruit Punch, and Peaches & Cream. I love this emerging sparkling/soda protein RTD format. All of the delicious flavors and satisfying carbonation of an energy drink with a nice hit of protein, and no caffeine. SkyPop has been exploding in distribution lately. Recently landing in Hy-Vee, Inc., Kroger, and Publix Super Markets to name a few. Many thanks to Mark French for sending these over! #SkyPop #ProteinSoda #RTD #Bevlab
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Chris Van Dusen liked thisChris Van Dusen liked thisSame amount of water. Different results behind the wheel. In a controlled simulator study with 20 professional drivers, total water intake was similar whether drivers used a traditional drinking tube or FluidLogic’s prompted, hands-free system. With FluidLogic, drivers drank smaller amounts more consistently throughout the race. That pattern was associated with better hydration status and faster lap times when the car’s handling changed after a pit stop. In our latest Substack article, Jon Osborne breaks down the study, the performance data, and what the findings suggest about hydration strategy in racing. Read the full article at the link in the comments.
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Chris Van Dusen liked thisChris Van Dusen liked thisMoments like this signal a brand’s move into mainstream culture. SkyPop Protein Soda featured on The Price is Right, in front of more than 4 million viewers. An iconic show, a massive audience, and another meaningful step in building and leading an emerging category. Keurig Dr Pepper Inc. Walmart Publix Super Markets Kroger Albertsons Companies CVS Pharmacy Dave Cohen Solyco Capital Chad Cunningham Christian (Tovar) Moreno, MBA Adam Beier Madison Square Garden Entertainment Corp. Taste Tomorrow Ventures
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Chris Van Dusen liked thisChris Van Dusen liked thisAlumina Tulum, Tulum a Solyco portfolio company is now taking reservations beginning February 2027. https://aluminatulum.com/ John Garcia Ajoy Sharma Sara Blackmer Greg Khachatrian Natalie M Alvarez Chris Van Dusen #longevity #wellness #tulum #venturecapital
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Chris Van Dusen liked thisChris Van Dusen liked thisI will be attending Training Ground Guru Live '26 today at Old Trafford. Myself and the ai.io & aiScout team will be there. If you want to find out how we can help to take your Scouting Department capability to the next level, feel free to grab one of us for a chat.
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Chris Van Dusen liked thisChris Van Dusen liked thisSolyco Capital Founder and Managing Partner John Garcia joined Scott Joseph's podcast for a conversation on private-market investing and why the most compelling opportunities rarely appear in a traditional brokerage account. They discussed the widening gap between public markets and the private deals that drive outsized returns. And what individual investors should understand before allocating to them. Full episode: https://lnkd.in/gZkQg-5u
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