Awkward Essentials, founded by Frances Tang, offers a unique after-sex cleanup product called the dripstick. Despite initial challenges and skepticism, the business has grown into a $1.4 million per year enterprise. The company now sells primarily through its D2C store and has expanded its product line while maintaining a focus on humor and practicality.

Janosch Herrmann and his co-founder Thomas created Bestcourses, an online course comparison platform designed to help users easily find online courses from various learning platforms. They successfully grew the platform to 600,000 monthly impressions by focusing on search engine optimization (SEO) and building strong partnerships with course providers. Although the business became profitable from the start, it was eventually shut down in 2023 due to unspecified reasons.