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Toby Corey Interviews Ethan Brown, Beyond Meat

Ethan Brown is the founder, president and CEO of Beyond Meat. In this talk, Stanford lecturer Toby Corey interviews Brown about how his company has redefined “meat.” A startup story for all times, exploring some of the pivotal moments of his journey from idea to IPO.

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PPP: Perils, Pitfalls, and Problems

So you've finally made it through the PPP application process with your bank and you're about to get the PPP loan, or you got it already.  Congratulations.  But did you read the fine and not-so-fine print?

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Digital NEST, Rises to The Challenges of COVID-19

Digital NEST, a youth workforce development and empowerment center located in Watsonville and Salinas, CA, has moved all of their in-person classroom curricula online and has found new ways to support a community in need.

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Twitter Employees Can Work From Home Forever

Twitter will allow employees to work from home for as long as they want. Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey told his employees Tuesday that many of them will be allowed to work from home in perpetuity, even after the coronavirus pandemic ends, according to a company spokesperson.

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Taking care of business - GetVirtual

UC Santa Cruz–based nonprofit enlists student interns to help small businesses weather the COVID-19 lockdown by advising them in making the pivot from analog to digital during economic downturn

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