# Sharing the 2023 HIBT Lab Highlight Reel

- Show: [How I Built This](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/how-i-built-this)
- Published: 2024-01-04
- Length: 56m
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/how-i-built-this/2024-01-04-sharing-the-2023-hibt-lab-highlight-reel

## Summary

Guy Raz reviews highlights from the 2023 How I Built This Lab, featuring Pinky Cole, founder of Slutty Vegan, who rebuilt her business after a fire destroyed her first restaurant. Nuseir Yassin, founder of The Nas Company, discusses scaling his media empire into a tech ecosystem with NASIO and NAS Academy. Finally, Whitney Wolfe Herd, founder of Bumble, shares her vision for using AI to improve human connection and reduce loneliness in dating.

## Chapters

- [0:00](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/how-i-built-this/2024-01-04-sharing-the-2023-hibt-lab-highlight-reel#t=0) Introduction: 2023 HIBT Lab Highlights
- [1:46](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/how-i-built-this/2024-01-04-sharing-the-2023-hibt-lab-highlight-reel#t=106) Pinky Cole and the Rise of Slutty Vegan
- [19:39](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/how-i-built-this/2024-01-04-sharing-the-2023-hibt-lab-highlight-reel#t=1179) Nuseir Yassin and The Nas Company Ecosystem
- [37:43](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/how-i-built-this/2024-01-04-sharing-the-2023-hibt-lab-highlight-reel#t=2263) Whitney Wolfe Herd on the Future of Dating and AI

## Topics

- [Direct-to-consumer & e-commerce](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/direct-to-consumer)
- [AI & machine learning](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/ai-and-machine-learning)
- [Scaling production](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/scaling-production)
- [Marketing & brand](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/marketing-and-brand)

## Most relevant to

companies scaling up

## Mentioned

- Slutty Vegan (product)
- Pinky's Jamaican (product)
- The Nas Company (company)
- Nas Daily (product)
- NASIO (product)
- NAS Academy (product)
- Bumble (product)
- Impossible (product)
- U.S. Bank (company)

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