Founders Project
“You are making a valiant effort to do something that, in the long run, could be very important.”
THE MENTOR
Gary Hirshberg
Hirshberg helped put organics on the map when he launched Stonyfield Farm in 1983. These days, he’s focused on sustainability issues and nurturing the next generation of entrepreneurs.
“I want to take that purpose-driven philosophy and apply it to this new category.”
THE MENTEE
Emily Darchuk
A food scientist armed with an MBA, Darchuk has a bold idea for a new kind of liquor.
the first third-party creator of video games, was launched in 1979 by disgruntled Atari employees. In its first decade, it grappled with a patentinfringement suit, the collapse of the console game
