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Mark Cuban, Kevin O'Leary Rejected Poppi On Shark Tank, Pepsi Just Paid $1.9 Billion To Acquire Company
Monday, March 17, 2025 - 7:29pm | 1056"Shark Tank" is full of success stories and failures with investors like Kevin O'Leary and Mark Cuban investing in companies that appear on the popular investment pitch show for entrepreneurs. A $1.9 billion acquisition by PepsiCo (NASDAQ:PEP) announced Monday traces its roots back to an appearance...
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Poppi Faces Class-Action Lawsuit Over Misleading Gut Health Claims, Soda Maker Calls Allegations Unfounded
Wednesday, June 5, 2024 - 12:15am | 457Poppi is being sued for allegedly misleading consumers with its prebiotic soda health claims, which a customer argues are not as effective as advertised. Filed in the U.S. District Court in San Francisco, the lawsuit contends that the soda’s prebiotic content is insufficient for the health...
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Netherlands: Check Out the World's First MDMA 'Demo Shop'
Friday, July 15, 2022 - 5:56pm | 491A few kilometers outside Amsterdam, the world’s first trial for an MDMA store, named “De XTC Winkel”—or “The Ecstasy Shop” in English—will be open to public until mid-September, as Gemma Ross reported on Mixmag. The new shop is located in the city of...
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Josh Richards, TikTok Influencer And Entrepreneur, Joins REMUS As Venture Partner
Tuesday, December 8, 2020 - 12:21pm | 538REMUS, an early-stage venture capital firm that invests and builds on disruptive innovation, formally announced Tuesday that Josh Richards, a TikTok influencer, investor, entrepreneur, and podcast star, will join the firm as a Venture Partner. What Happened: As part of a vision to hone in...