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Scraps In, Sauce Out: Ecotone is Transforming Food Waste into Valuable Soil

Scraps In, Sauce Out: Ecotone is Transforming Food Waste into Valuable Soil

by Gretchen Weaver | Mar 5, 2026

With food waste accounting for nearly a tenth of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions, Ecotone Renewables was launched in 2019 with a clear mission to make sustainability both practical and profitable. The company’s roots trace back to a collaborative aquaponics...
Pressed for Success: Lead-In Record Rewires the Vinyl Supply Chain

Pressed for Success: Lead-In Record Rewires the Vinyl Supply Chain

by Gretchen Weaver | Jun 18, 2026

Despite vinyl’s resurgence into a multi-billion-dollar market, the infrastructure behind it remains outdated. Fragile supply chains and legacy production cycles that stretch from six to twelve months create a systemic bottleneck for artists. With physical sales...
The Missing Link: Innovation Works Helped Revitalize Eye Care’s Supply Chain

The Missing Link: Innovation Works Helped Revitalize Eye Care’s Supply Chain

by Gretchen Weaver | Aug 20, 2026

A Dorm-room Diagnosis Guinness, founder of Revitalize Eye Care, was a student at the University of Pittsburgh when the idea found him, right as the pandemic was taking hold. “The concept of eye fatigue from digital devices became a problem that was much more...
Vaera’s Re-Engineered Hardware Elevates At-Home Dermatology

Vaera’s Re-Engineered Hardware Elevates At-Home Dermatology

by Gretchen Weaver | Oct 12, 2026

Vaera Skincare is building a handheld microneedling pen engineered to close the gap between expensive in-office treatment and unreliable consumer devices. With support from Innovation Works, AlphaLab, and the Robotics Factory, founder Justin Seth has taken the Vaera...
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