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☆ Mark Cuban loved this 'Shark Tank' company's mission—but the CEO made a $40 million mistake: 'You blew it'
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-09 | by ( Ashton Jackson | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

A powerful mission alone isn't enough for Mark Cuban to invest seven figures in a company. "Micah, you blew it," Cuban told Truman. CEO Truman, alongside Return Home services manager Katey Houston, asked the Sharks for $2 million in exchange for 5% of their business — a deal that would value the company at $40 million. At the time of its most recent fundraise, "about a year" prior, Return Home was only valued at $20.6 million, Truman said. This is not about land grab, it's about brand grab," Truman responded.

Persons: Mark Cuban, Micah Truman, —, Micah, Cuban, Truman, Katey Houston, Kevin O'Leary Organizations: Dallas Mavericks, —, Home, Sharks, Truman Locations: Auburn, Washington, Houston

☆ ‘Young people are going to teach us to die better’: How ‘human composting,' already legal in 6 states, could help the planet
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-16 | by ( Natasha Piñon | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

The 31-year-old is a client of Return Home, a Seattle-area human composting facility. The first five people to sign up for Return Home's pre-planning services were under age 35, according to CEO Micah Truman. Human composting is legal in six states and countingOn a rapidly warming planet, the somewhat fringe concept is inching toward the mainstream. Human composting, also called "natural organic reduction," is now legal in six states and counting. Detractors are increasingly voicing their concernsNina Schoen first learned about Recompose in 2017, two years before human composting was even legal in Washington.

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