The Next Step: Competition Win Meant CreditCliq Had Money To Register For Business

Editor’s Note: This story is part of an occasional series called The Next Step that follows startup founders who have been part of university competitions sponsored by Sunstone Management, Inc. The Sunstone principals have created the Sunstone Community Fund, a donor-advised fund, to help sponsor nonprofit organizations and educational institutions through charitable donations. In 2022, Angel Idusuyi and two of…

The Next Step: Online Marketplace For Artisan Foods Gets Boost From Stella Zhang Competition

Editor’s Note: This story is part of an occasional series called The Next Step that follows startup founders who have been part of university competitions sponsored by Sunstone Management, Inc., and one of its partners, Stella Zhang. The Sunstone principals, including Zhang, have created the Sunstone Community Fund, a donor-advised fund, to help sponsor nonprofit organizations and educational institutions. Dan…

Founder Focus: Parrots Works To Transform Neurological Care 

Tyler founded Inked Sports to help connect college athletes to brands who want to engage and reach Gen-Z customers. The company aims to streamline brand ambassadorship marketing, creative management, and sponsorship promotions at scale by connecting brands, underserved college athletes, and universities. 

Friends of Sunstone: Walter Larkins Provides Template For Successful Serial Entrepreneurs

“When I started, there were no black entrepreneurs, no women,” Walter Larkins says. “Someone helped me, and it’s my obligation to help others; particularly those who look like me. Women, people of color can’t get people to tell them the rules of the game. That’s where I come in.” 

Founder Focus: Inked Sports Connects College Athletes to Brand Opportunities 

Tyler founded Inked Sports to help connect college athletes to brands who want to engage and reach Gen-Z customers. The company aims to streamline brand ambassadorship marketing, creative management, and sponsorship promotions at scale by connecting brands, underserved college athletes, and universities. 

Founder Focus: Gotchoo.com Makes Gift-giving Easier And More Personal

No matter your culture or background, gift-giving is a ubiquitous and shared part of our celebrations. But finding the right gift isn’t always easy, and sending a gift card might be too impersonal.  

Founder Focus: Productions.com Connects Film Brands To Production Talent

An interactive web platform engages physical therapy patients in a way written instructions cannot match.

Founder Focus: How An Injury Led To A Business Idea

An interactive web platform engages physical therapy patients in a way written instructions cannot match.

Founder Focus: Magic Kids Turns Learning Into An Interactive Game

Augmented reality and virtual reality can create what amounts to magic for both adults and children – a reality Toly Sherbakov and Marianna Alpatova leaned on to create Magic Kids, a computer-based game platform designed to educate 4- to 8-year-olds. 

Founder Focus: GoFlyy Takes At-Home Delivery Service To Next Level

I just remember thinking, it's funny, we work at a fashion company, people shop all the time, you see all these packages coming in, and there has to be a way where someone can just purchase something online, and someone picks it up and brings it to them." And GoFlyy was born.