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  • How Sudden Coffee Is Taking on the Market "Instantly"

    The co-founder of Flickr is taking on a new challenge...trying to convince consumers instant coffee can beat pour-over. Caterina Fake, chairman of Sudden Coffee, is an early investor in the company which is using crystalized coffee to speed up the brewing process, while maintaining flavor. Sudden...

  • Gearing Up for the U.S. Open with Tennis Legend Tracy Austin

    Two-time U.S. Open champion Tracy Austin, once the top-ranked female tennis player in the world, was with Cheddar to predict the winners of this year's tournament. Tracy was the youngest player to ever win the U.S. Open and did it at age 16. She tells us what it's like competing at such a high le...

  • Is ClassPass Eyeing an IPO?

    Fritz Lanman, CEO of ClassPass, discusses how the fitness network is using its newest round of funding to innovate technology within the app. He explains how videos-on-demand and social interaction help engage and retain users. Plus, will ClassPass IPO soon? Lanman says the company doesn't necess...

  • Breaking the Advertising Industry's Glass Ceiling

    The advertising industry is often associated with images of Mad Men - Don Draper and male colleagues sitting around, smoking cigarettes, and making all the decisions. While the show takes place in the 60s, advertising's "boys' club" is still alive and well.

    The Geena Davis Institute on Gender ...

  • Why Wall Street Is Beating Silicon Valley in the Culture Wars

    The firing of a Google software engineer has reignited conversations about discrimination in the workplace. Dan Primack, Business Editor at Axios, and Nick Wingfield, Technology Correspondent at the New York Times, join to discuss the culture wars in Silicon Valley. Primack says Wall Street beats...

  • Breakdancing for a Cause

    You've never seen breakdancing like this before. Legendary b-boy Richard ""Crazy Legs"" Colon brings his crew to perform some incredible moves live outside the Flatiron Building. He's the lead judge at this year's "McDonald's B-Boy Royale," NYC's biggest breakdancing tournament.

    It's an annua...

  • How to Use Your Laptop Battery to Power Your Home

    The DIY community is figuring out a way to power your home using your recycled laptop batteries. "DIY Powerwalls" take Tesla's Powerwall electricity storage tech to more powerful and efficient levels using discarded batteries.

    Motherboard's Louise Matsakis takes us inside this thriving commun...

  • Bath Time Just Got Better Thanks to These Teen Entrepreneurs

    Sisters Isabel and Caroline Bercaw turned an idea for an art fair contest into a multi-million-dollar business. The sisterprenuers co-founded "Da Bomb Bath Fizzers" at the ages of 10 and 11, right in their home. Fast forward four years, and the hand-made bath bombs are sold in over 7,000 stores, ...

  • Networking and Business Tips From Tiki Barber and Jared Augustine

    Thuzio Executive Club is a networking company that offers high-end events and celebrity meet-and-greets for an annual subscription fee. Businesses can use these unique events to build and maintain relationships with clients. Thuzio co-founders, Former NFL star Tiki Barber and Jared Augustine, dis...

  • PGA Winner Billy Horschel Talks the FedEx Cup Playoffs

    PGA Star Billy Horschel discusses the upcoming FedEx Cup playoffs in New York, and his chances of winnning the title again, after his 2014 victory. Cheddar's Kristen Scholer and Jon Steinberg talk with Horschel about how the heat and weather might affect the game, and the PGA's decision to move t...

  • Microsoft Stings with Xbox One X: Project Scorpio Edition

    Microsoft announced a special edition Xbox One X at Gamescom in Germany on Sunday. Anyone who preorders the console will receive the Project Scorpio Edition with a special gradient design. Aaron Greenberg, head of Xbox Games Marketing at Microsoft joins Cheddar live from Gamescom to break down wh...

  • Rep. Donald McEachin (D-VA): President Trump Needs to Go Back to Elementary School

    Fights are brewing across the country over the issue of taking down Confederate statues, with much of the discussion centered in Virginia. Rep. Donald McEachin (D-VA) says most of his constituents in the Richmond area want the statues to come down. He also takes issue with President Trump equati...

  • Deepak Chopra Welcomes Everyone Home

    "Home: Where Everyone Is Welcome," is a new book featuring poems and songs inspired by American immigrants. Co-authors Deepak Chopra and Kabir Sehgal tell us about some of the famous contributors to the book, including Google co-founder Sergey Brin. Brin, an immigrant from Russia, wrote a poem e...

  • Biggest Viral Videos of the Week

    Storyful's Head of Video, Toby Bochan, joins us with the videos everyone's sharing most this week. Animals got their fair share of screen time, from a hamster-wheel pileup to a dog that just can't catch a frisbee, to a rare white moose spotted in the wild.

    We also get a look at an amazing ...

  • Keep Calm & Eat Chocolate: Why Snacking is Winning

    Hershey has taken second place in the snacking market place, but how is the company expanding the last-minute candy purchase business to e-commerce? Brian Kavanaugh, Senior Director of Insights Driven Performance and Retail Evolution at Hershey, explains how it's working with retail partners to l...

  • Is President Trump All Alone In Washington?

    President Trump appears to be running out of people to alienate in Washington. House Speaker Paul Ryan and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell have both distanced themselves from the president after his comments about Charlottesville sparked outrage throughout the country.

    President Trump ...

  • Netflix's 'Ozark' Renewed for Season 2

    Netflix original series "Ozark" is making the cut for a second season on the streaming service. The announcement coming just one month after the series release. Ozark's Executive Producer, Chris Mundy, says he thinks the family issues addressed in the series resonated the most with viewers. On We...

  • McDonald's Turns Up the Heat

    The Golden Arches is tapping into millennial palates by adding the Signature Sriracha Burger to its menu.

    Zoe Hamburger, Director of Marketing for McDonald's New York Metro area, stops by Cheddar to let us try the newest offering, which is part of the restaurant's nationwide rollout of Signat...

  • Can a $10-a-Month Movie Ticket Package Save the Movie Theater Industry?

    MoviePass is a company that offers customers nearly unlimited movie tickets for just $10 a month. The subscription service, led by Netflix co-founder Mitch Lowe, is trying to get people off their couches and back into movie theaters. Just this week, Helios and Matheson analytics announced it's ...

  • The Man Behind the Infamous "Google Memo"

    Former Google engineer James Damore joined Cheddar to defend his 3,300 word essay claiming that women were "biologically" unfit to work in tech. What started out as just a Google document, meant to stay within company walls, turned into a viral and controversial memo that has caused significant t...

  • Rep. Demings: Trump's Condemnation of White Supremacists was Lukewarm

    Rep. Val Demings is not impressed with President Trump's response to the white supremacists in Charlottesville. During tragic times, she tells Cheddar, great leaders step up and unite the people. She believes President Trump fell short of delivering an effective response. While she is disappoint...

  • TYT Network CEO On What Cable News Companies Are Doing - "Who Cares?"

    TYT Network has raised $20 million in a new round of funding. The progressive digital news network has more than 3 million subscribers on YouTube, and millions of views each week.

    Cenk Uygur, CEO and Founder of TYT Network, says "news is red hot" right now, but if someone's gonna come on and ...

  • Why All of Uber's Problems Are "Self-Inflicted"

    Sarah Lacy, Founder and Editor-In-Chief of Pando Daily, discusses why she thinks Benchmark's lawsuit against Travis Kalanick is all about money and will settle outside of court, even though we all want to see a juicy courtroom showdown. She predicts that Benchmark knows something about Uber and K...

  • First Lady of Charlottesville Emily Blout on Moving Forward After Tragedy

    Protests turned deadly in Charlottesville, Virginia, killing one and injuring 19. Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe called a state of emergency as hundreds of armed white supremacists marched through the streets, inciting violence.

    “This is not unique to Charlottesville,” the city’s first lad...