{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Investing in Impact | Impact Investing","title":"How Gross Labs Is Building a New Model for Culture, Capital, and Impact","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2158,"description":"In this episode of Investing in Impact, we speak with Nick Gross, founder of Gross Labs and Gross Labs Foundation, about his journey from musician to entrepreneur, investor, and philanthropist.Nick signed a record deal with Sony Epic Records while still in high school and later founded the Noise Nest, a five studio music campus in Los Angeles. His experience in music introduced him to artists, athletes, entrepreneurs, and emerging founders, eventually leading him into startup investing and business building.Today, Gross Labs operates as a family enterprise and cultural investment platform spanning education, sports, media, entertainment, wellness, hospitality, and philanthropy.Rather than functioning as a traditional family office, Gross Labs takes an active role in helping founders build companies, strengthen brands, access partnerships, and connect with a broader ecosystem of operating businesses and social impact initiatives.Nick also explains how Gross Labs Foundation evolved from Find Your Grind Foundation and now serves as the impact layer across the Gross Labs portfolio.The conversation explores how capital, culture, education, brand building, and philanthropy can work together to create both financial value and meaningful social outcomes.About Nick GrossNick Gross is the founder of Gross Labs, a family enterprise and cultural investment platform focused on building, investing in, and supporting companies across education, sports, media, entertainment, wellness, and other culture shaping sectors.He is also the founder of Find Your Grind, an education technology platform helping students develop career awareness, confidence, future readiness, and a clearer understanding of how they want to live and work.Through Gross Labs Foundation, Nick supports initiatives focused on youth opportunity, education, workforce development, sports, wellness, environmental stewardship, and community impact.Before becoming an entrepreneur and investor, Nick signed a record deal...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/xH2V0wRai2vSs5BEN2Ofr_Xx5JRthVsX0ReYVPkrd1k/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8xZmE5/Y2UyMDQzMGQwZGMx/YmI2ZjgyOTViYzcy/MTViMC5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}