Ginger is a cosmetic chemist who developed a new lip balm inspired by an interaction with Shark Tank’s Daymond John. Listen to Ginger’s idea from Episode 116 of How Cool Is This? and read a transcript of the full 5 minute podcast episode.
Read more(115) James Simmons: GameApart
James, his brother, and a few friends built a way for anyone to play games together online, which they have since pivoted to supporting company team building events and virtual conferences. Listen to James’ idea in Episode 115 of How Cool Is This? and read a transcript of the full 5 minute podcast episode.
Read more(98) Heather Li: It's Nice To Hear You
Heather started a voice only dating service to help lonely people connect during the pandemic. Listen to her submission featured in Episode 98 of How Cool Is This? and read a transcript of the full 5 minute podcast episode.
Read more(96) Charlie Holtz & Sam Beck: ShlinkedIn
Charlie and Sam think LinkedIn has room for improvement. Listen to their submission featured in Episode 96 of How Cool Is This? and read a transcript of the full 5 minute podcast episode.
Read more(94) Amy Giddon: Daily Haloha
Amy Giddon is a tech entrepreneur who built a social and mindfulness app inspired by Post-It Notes. Listen to Amy’s submission featured in Episode 94 of How Cool Is This? and read a transcript of the full 5 minute episode.
Read more(91) Ian Ross: The Daily Dilly
Ian created a tool to help local businesses promote daily specials. Listen to Ian’s submission featured in Episode 91 of How Cool Is This? and read a transcript of the full 5 minute episode.
Read more(90) Lee Uehara: Dog Poop Droop Scoop
Lee has an idea that helps dog owners collect hard to pick up dog poop. Listen to Lee's submission featured in Episode 90 of How Cool Is This? and read a transcript of the full 5 minute episode.
Read more(88) Don Stein: Roomkey
Don developed a new way to virtually recreate the random connections we have in real life. Listen to his submission featured in Episode 88 of How Cool Is This? and read a transcript of the full episode.
Read more(87) Jill Schuller: Sundayy, The Mindful Social Network
Jill created an app that helps you reverse the negative effects of every other app. Listen to her submission featured in Episode 87 of How Cool Is This? and read a transcript of the full episode.
Read more(82) Mark Nadal: Party.lol Encryption Tool
Mark Nadal created a browser extension that encrypts the conversations you have online.
Listen to Mark’s submission featured in Episode 82 of How Cool Is This? and read a transcript of the full 5 minute podcast episode below:
Read more(79) Ian Pauley: Pauley's Pockets
Ian Pauley thinks pockets can bring more pizzaz to t-shirts than they already do. Can his custom pockets turn otherwise banal tees into elegant fashion statements?
Listen to Ian’s submission featured in Episode 79 of How Cool Is This? and read a transcript of the full 5 minute episode.
Read more(78) Golda Velez & Khailill Knight-Papaioannou: What's Cookin' App
Golda and Khailill developed an app that helps communities come together over home cooking.
Listen to their submission featured in Episode 78 of How Cool Is This? and read a transcript of the full episode.
Read more(77) Eran Thomson: Song Saga Game
Eran Thompson created a Zoom-friendly card game based on something that almost everybody thinks is cool: music. Listen to Eran’s submission featured in Episode 77 of How Cool Is This? and read a transcript of the full episode.
Read more(76) Dr. Andrea Molberg: "Fogging" To Find Common Ground
Andrea has created an emergency kit for getting along during this divisive political period and joined the show to highlight one specific technique for preventing defensiveness. Listen to Andrea’s submission featured in Episode 76 of How Cool Is This? and read a transcript of the full episode.
Read more(75) Stephanie Kaplan: Corporate Workplace
Stephanie thinks “woke” culture has gone too far and has started a blog to push back against political correctness in the workplace. Is woke orthodoxy a suppressive force? And more importantly, is fighting against it cool?
Listen to Stephanie’s submission featured in Episode 75 of How Cool Is This? and read a transcript of the full episode.
Read more(74) Golda Velez: Door-to-Door Affidavits
Golda has an old-school way to double check the accuracy of votes: ask people in person. In a country with over 100 million voters, is that even possible? And more importantly, is that cool?
Listen to Golda’s submission featured in Episode 74 of How Cool Is This? and read a transcript of the full episode.
Read more(73) Dan Wolf: Actual Vote, App for a Crowdsourced Election Audit
Dan Wolf’s non-profit tech company Democracy Counts has created an app that allows anybody with an iPhone or Android phone to participate in a crowdsourced audit of an election.
Listen to Dan’s submission featured in Episode 73 of How Cool Is This? and read a transcript of the full episode.
Read more(72) Lulu Friesdat: SMART Elections
Lulu wants to create a coalition to maintain the integrity of elections. If a bunch of smart people work together, can our elections work better for us? And more importantly, is that cool?
Listen to Lulu’s submission featured in Episode 72 of How Cool Is This? and read a transcript of the full episode.
Read more(71) Richard Davies: The 50/50 Vote
Richard thinks that we should not get rid of the electoral college, but make the popular vote just as important. Is that more feasible than completely changing electoral politics? And more importantly, is that cool?
Listen to Richard’s submission featured in Episode 71 of How Cool Is This? and read a transcript of the full episode.
Read more(70) Michael Sinatra: Feed The Polls
Michael and his team at The Infatuation teamed up with The Migrant Kitchen to provide free food to people at polling places. Will that remove a barrier to voting? And more importantly, is that cool?
Listen to Michael’s submission featured in Episode 70 of How Cool Is This? and read a transcript of the full episode.
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