Sarah Kaeck is the founder and CEO of Bee’s Wrap. For many years before starting her successful food storage product, people noticed her entrepreneurship spirit. She always had new ideas and was open to different thoughts and tips. She was smart and hardworking. Her company, Bee’s Wraps was founded in 2012 where she started her little shop right from her garage. Bee’s Wrap is made with machines that infuse a beautifully designed organic cotton cloth from Indonesia with beeswax, tree resin and jojoba oil to make it safe and very flexible for users. Her motivation for creating this product was reducing the plastic packaging used in the kitchen with materials from nature. The wraps are ingenious.
Kaeck says, “It took a lot of educating to get people to understand what this wax wrap was for and to explain why you would use this instead of plastic wrap. I felt like I needed a name that was in some way descriptive, and something that everyone could relate to. Hence Bee’s Wrap.”
What can you do with these wraps? Bee’s Wraps are perfect for sealing containers, wrapping bread, snacks, sandwiches, and so much more. It is a simple yet beautiful design. Not only are her products safe for people, but they are safe for the environment as they are reusable, compostable, and biodegradable. They are also waterproof, airtight, and hand-washable- not to mention come in adorable and creative designs. Her company has become an enormous success with her products selling in more than 3,000 stores in the United States including Amazon. Bee’s Wraps are also sold in 41 countries throughout Europe, Asia, and South America. Yearly revenue falls between $5 million to $10 million. Her company now has partnerships with National Geographic, Patagonia, and her products were even endorsed by the American cook and television personality, Rachel Ray. Sarah Kaeck is a great example of someone who saw a problem (literally in her own kitchen!) and sought out a way to solve it for others to benefit as well.
Check out the Bee’s Wrap website and products here.
Ben Pasternak looked like an ordinary teen, but behind the scenes, he was creating viral apps in his bedroom and would eventually start a multimillion-dollar tech company. Many teenagers play video games and enjoy the apps on their phone, but Ben did not just enjoy using technology, he wanted to know how it was created and why people enjoyed it. At only age 15, he designed his first gaming app called Impossible Rush. After only a few weeks of its release, it had gained over a million downloads. People with more power started to become interested in Ben’s work. Ben decided to drop out of high school and move to New York City after receiving numerous offers from tech investors including Greylock Partners and Tumblr’s former president, John Maloney. In 2016, Ben founded Flogg, an online marketplace for young adults to buy and sell products and network with others. Flogg grabbed even more people’s attention, and Ben received more funding as a result. The app, Sup, became Ben’s next tech business endeavor. This social networking app allowed friends online to meet in real life. The focus, ironically, was to encourage face-to-face conversations rather than virtual connections. A few years later in 2019, Ben focused on combining the food industry with the tech industry and co-founded NUGGS. NUGGS was a food technology company that made plant-based nuggets. They have since rebranded NUGGS and renamed it Simulate. They expanded to make a variety of foods with meat alternatives.
