Entrepreneur of 2024

Ryan Duey and Michael Garrett took the "ice bath" trend and turned it into the "cold plunge movement" with their company Plunge.

Zeera's audio app has the same clinical outcomes as one-on-one therapy, but is done anonymously, which makes more people want to seek out help.

Lin Qiao's company Fireworks AI lets customers build generative AI products with simple prompts.

Hari Ravichandran's Aura helps its customers avoid situations like the one he found himself in 10 years ago.

Optoro helps giant retailers like Ikea and Best Buy manage online returns. Now, CEO Amena Ali is rolling out their at-home pickup service.

Russell Gong and Achal Patel founded Cabinet Health with the belief that, "When you start to unpack where the actual social problem is, the business will follow."

Allison Lee didn't plan to start a sustainability-driven business. But she started (Re)vive when she heard retail customers talking about their biggest problem: returns. "They were like, 'I need to fix this, like, yesterday.'"

Ishan Patel saw a big business opportunity, and a way to change people's lives. But to get into the country's biggest retailer, his company Audien Hearing needed to jump through some serious hoops.

Derek Richardson thought it should be as easy to change light switches as it is to change light bulbs. Now his company Deako's smart modular lighting is being installed in 10,000 homes a month.

Louisa Schneider punctured the market, so to speak, by treating piercing like a medical procedure.