Nate Skid
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New York, NY, United States
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Past articles by Nathan:
How I built a food start-up called Goldbelly
The founding story behind start-up Goldbelly, a nationwide overnight delivery food service. → Read More
Staying in a $30,000-per-night villa at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas
Caesars Palace Hotel & Casino invited CNBC Make It to take a peek at one of its 25 opulent villas in Las Vegas. → Read More
How these 2 college roommates and musicians built a $4 billion start-up called Patreon
The online membership platform, valued at $4 billion last year, is one of the internet's most well-known sites. Here's how co-founders Jack Conte and Sam Yam built it. → Read More
How I retired at 41 in Nashville with $850K
When Lakisha Simmons retired in May 2021, it wasn't just the end of her professorial career, it was also the first time she had stopped working since she was 14. The 41-year-old mother of two says she always considered having a job to be a matter of financial security. → Read More
We tried $180 Alaskan red king crab legs to see if they're worth the money—here's what happened
At $66 for 2 pounds, snow crab legs are the most common variety. But the pinnacle of all crab legs are the wild-caught Alaskan red king crab, costs nearly $180 for 2 pounds. → Read More
Here's why top CEOs make more than 100x than their workers
In 2020, CEOs at the top 350 firms in the U.S. made $24.2 million, on average. The CEO-to-worker pay gap has expanded exponentially over the past several decades. The Economic Policy Institute estimates that CEO compensation has grown 1,322% since 1978, while typical worker compensation has risen 18%. This inequality is creating anxiety for families across the country. According to Pew, a… → Read More
How a free Harvard fellowship helped launch my tech start-up called Sweeten
There is something about Harvard. The Ivy league school has an undeniable mystique giving its name outsize influence and importance. The stamp of approval of merely getting accepted to the prestigious institution, let alone graduating from it, opens untold doors. It wasn't until Jean Brownhill, the founder of home renovation company called Sweeten, received a fellowship at the ivy league school… → Read More
How Abhi Ramesh built a $1 billion start-up called Misfits Market
Misfits Market is an online grocery delivery service that sells "ugly" organic produce for cheap. In the first four months of 2021 alone, Misfits Market has rescued the same amount of food as it saved in 2020 as a whole. In 2020, Misfits Market shipped 77 million pounds of food to more than 400,000 households across the US. Since launching in 2018 Misfits Market has expanded to both coasts and… → Read More
How I sold my tech-based fitness start-up to Lululemon for $500 million
Meet Brynn Putnam. The CEO and founder secured $3 million in venture capital to fund her tech-based fitness company MIRROR on the same day that she gave birth to her son. In the summer of 2020, Putnam sold MIRROR for $500 million to Lululemon. The pandemic has been good for business. MIRROR ads are plastered across New York's subway, airing on TV and clogging up social media channels. But… → Read More
We tried a $450 Kobe steak to see if it's worth the money
This is the best Kobe steak ever imported to the United States. It costs $450 for 13 ounces and if it was sold in a restaurant it would cost $900. That's about $90 a bite. That's because It's an A5 Kobe steak with a BMS of 12. In the Japanese beef rating system BMS stands for Beef Marble Score. The BMS scale ranges from 3 to 12, with 3 being a normal amount marbling. The highest rating is 12.… → Read More
How Carhartt became an American fashion icon
Carhartt started in Dearborn, Michigan outfitting railroad workers with overalls in 1889. In 2019, it generated $1 billion in revenue, with no sign of slowing. → Read More
How Etsy built a nearly $14 billion handmade empire
When Etsy launched in 2005, it reported $1 million in gross merchandise sales. By 2019, that number had grown to $5 billion. But the company has also gone through a massive evolution as it transitioned from a private business to a publicly traded behemoth. → Read More
I tried a top-grade $240 Olive Wagyu steak to see if it's worth the money
As a former food writer, I've eaten a lot of expensive steak. But an A5 Olive Wagyu — a top quality, hard-to-get steak from Japanese cows that are fed toasted olive peels — stood apart from all the others. → Read More
2 pounds of truffles sold for $85,000 — here's the real reason they're so expensive
Truffles are known as the "diamonds of gastronomy," and last year, less than two pounds sold for about $85,000. Here's why they are so expensive. → Read More
Video: Mute Melania Is Our Meme of the Week
Meme of the Week: The Handslap Heard Around the World Since ascending to the highest office in the land, Donald Trump's brand has been defined as much by what the people around him do as by what he personally does. Think Kellyanne. And Sean. And Steve. Largely mute First Lady Melania Trump? Not so much. But in accompanying The Donald on this week's overseas trip, she made headlines around the… → Read More
VIDEO: Inside the Wienermobile as Oscar Mayer Touts New Dogs
Oscar Mayer is driving its six Wienermobiles across the country this spring and summer to hype its reformulated hot dogs. The products now contain no added nitrates or nitrites (well, except those naturally occurring in the celery juice that Oscar Mayer uses to preserve product quality instead), no artificial preservatives and no by-products. The promotional effort kicked off in early May and… → Read More
Explain It Like I'm Eight: Near Field Communication
While NFC technology has been around for a while, it’s just starting to take off. So what does this mean for mobile marketers? → Read More
Explain it Like I'm Eight: Geofences
A geofence is a GPS-enabled electronic barrier that allows marketers to send location-specific messages to potential customers’ smartphones once they enter into the defined geographic area, which can range in size from a single store to an entire city. → Read More
Do Smarter Devices Mean Smarter Marketing?
The key aspect of the connected home is the unmolested collection of authentic human behavior and the deep insights that result. This is the data that marketers dream about: authentic behavioral insights collected over long stretches of time without manipulation and free of fear of an observer effect. But what is the smartest use of that unadulterated data? Here's a hint: It has nothing to do… → Read More
Bringing Digital Analytics To TV
While Amazon's Alexa and Google's Dot get all the ink in the connected world, a small piece of technology found inside of connected TVs is forever changing the future of marketing. TVs enabled with Automatic Content Recognition technology can recognize when a specific ad is played and how long a viewer watched it. And as long as the TV is connected to same IP address as other devices in the… → Read More