How Barb Stegemann built 7 Virtues Perfume

Following on the principles outlined in her book “The 7 Virtues of a Philosopher Queen,” Barb Stegemann set out to build an ethical, sustainably-sourced perfume company. Motivated by a vicious attack on her friend in Afghanistan, Barb realized Afghan farmers needed guaranteed markets for crops that weren’t heroin poppies.

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How Adam Harris built C-Therm

C-Therm was pegged to be a billion-dollar company when it emerged from a lab at the University of New Brunswick. Investor money poured in. The sky was the limit – but then it wasn’t. In fact, it crashed.