It's never to late to bake your loved one a sweet treat for Valentine's Day, and it's even easier if it comes in a cup. Miss Jones Baking Co.'s Sarah Jones joins Cheddar to discuss her company's new line of Desserts-in-a-Cup. She explains the benefits the single-serving, portion-controlled confections.
The new line will be available on Amazon later this year. Jones weighs in on how the e-commerce giant's new shipping policy will impact her business. She also discusses why her company puts such a premium on high-quality ingredients.
Miss Jones Baking Co. also has its own line of apparel featuring the company's signature catchphrases. Jones considers whether she's positioning the business to be a lifestyle brand. Finally, she reveals the best treats to bake this Valentine's Day.
One month after its launch, new streaming venture CNN+ announced it was shutting down. Seth Schachner, the managing director of StratAmericas and digital business executive, joined Cheddar News to talk about the high-profile media flop. "That's a really, really different beast than what HBO Max is, which is video streaming, entertainment features," he said. “It's a tough sell when you really look at these things in the cold light of day as to whether or not they actually fit together."
Meta wants creators to make money from the metaverse, but it's going to take a large chunk of the cut. The tech giant is planning to keep nearly 50% of all digital asset sales within Horizon Worlds, the virtual reality platform that's considered an integral part of the company's unfolding metaverse. Rolf Illenberger, Co-founder and Managing Director of VRdirect, joined Cheddar to discuss why Meta is taking heat for this move, and what it could be doing as an alternative to help support creators, small businesses, and consumers.
Grayscale recently launched its Future of Finance ETF ($GFOF) for investors to benefit from innovative businesses that it sees as critical to building the digital economy. CEO Michael Sonnenshein joined Cheddar to discuss the fund, companies making the most impact, and ways in which investors can expand holdings in the digital economy. “When we think about how investors should be building out their portfolios, we felt that there was a really important opportunity to also provide investors with access to the broadly defined digital economy, really, that confluence between technology and finance," he said.