Reading Time: 4 minutesMajor sporting events bring new opportunities for local food businesses, but the benefits do not always last. How can cities turn temporary demand into stronger, more resilient food systems long after the final whistle?
Riana Lynn - (Journey Foods)
Riana Lynn is the founder and CEO of Journey Foods (Journey AI), an intelligence and action platform for the global consumption economy. Journey AI helps companies find, understand, and build with the world’s food, ingredient, supplier, and product intelligence. Journey has generated more than 110 billion personalized recommendations and built an intelligence graph spanning millions of ingredients, products, and suppliers, connecting food science, supply chains, and consumption intelligence. A fourth-generation food entrepreneur, former Track & Field athlete, and patented technologist, Riana’s work spans North America, Europe, Asia, Africa, and Latin America. She has been recognized by Forbes, MIT Technology Review’s Innovators Under 35, and the World Economic Forum as a Technology Pioneer. A former Google Entrepreneur in Residence, investor, and educator, she has taught at Stanford and Harvard and explores global food economics through her podcast.
Goals, grills and growth: What the World Cup meant for local business
Reading Time: 12 minutesMajor sporting events can bring huge crowds and investment to host cities, but how much of that opportunity reaches local businesses?