This one’s all about trust and belief in each other. Jill and Jeff sit down with Kate and Nick Carter, founders of the creative agency Saint Friend. They’re in the thick of it — new parents to a baby girl, growing and guiding their business thr

Managing Partners® - 0203 - Justin Miller & Mike Mendiola - Cultured Kindness

May 27th, 2021 54m 29s

Jeff and Jill connect with the husband team behind vegan cheesemaker Cultured Kindness. We learn about their love story (it started with set up by coworkers, 16:51), how Mike eventually gave up fast food and joined Justin in plant-based eating

Managing Partners® - 0202 - Mallory Smith & Martin Skegg - Sunday School Wine

Apr 6th, 2021 55m 18s

Managing Partners®Season 2, episode 2Mallory Smith & Martin Skegg: Sunday School WineIn this episode, Jeff and Jill catch up with the founders of Sunday School Wine. Mallory Smith and Martin Skegg teach people how to enjoy wine in real life thr

Managing Partners - 0201 - Malcolm Hoover & Mirabai Collins - Black Futures Farm

Mar 2nd, 2021 1h 1m

Managing Partners Season 2, Episode 1: Malcolm Hoover & Mirabai Collins, Black Futures Farm To kick off season two, Jill and Jeff sit down with Mirabai Collins and Malcolm Hoover of Black Futures Farm. These two run a community farm in Portland

Managing Partners - 08 - Yoonjung Lee & Jesse Hammond, BindlePDX

Oct 27th, 2020 59m 24s

Episode 8: Yoonjung Lee and Jesse Hammond, BindlePDX (https://www.bindlepdx.com/)Jill and Jeff sit down with Yoonjung and Jesse, the brains behind BindlePDX, the local online presence connecting communities to local artisans and small businesse

Managing Partners - 07 - Sachi & Lee LeFever, Common Craft

Sep 18th, 2020 1h 2m

Jill and Jeff sit down with Sachi and Lee LeFever, the co-founders of Common Craft, the originators of the (now) ubiquitous whiteboard explainer video. Despite massive success, they’ve remained small, a two-person shop – Lee’s book on the subje

Managing Partners - 06 - Sheri & Tom Eckert, Innerwork/Oregon Psilocybin Society

Aug 31st, 2020 57m 6s

Jill and Jeff sit down with therapists Sheri and Tom Eckert. They run a counseling practice together. But they’re better known as the couple pushing for Oregon to legalize therapy using psilocybin, a.k.a. the hallucinogen found in “magic mushro

Managing Partners - 05 - Ayomide & Kian Nikzi, Portland Chocolate Laboratory

Jul 23rd, 2020 50m 25s

Ep. 5: A conversation w/ Ayomide & Kian NikziAyo and Kian Nikzi of Portland Chocolate Laboratory join Jeff and Jill to talk shop. Literally, as in their Sellwood storefront Milieu, and figuratively, in fate calling their business into being. We

Managing Partners - 04 - Trista Okel & Michele White, Empower BodyCare

Jun 19th, 2020 56m 28s

Jill and Jeff chop it up with Trista Okel and Michele White of Empower BodyCare, a LGBTQ+ and woman-owned pioneer in the CBD industry. Topics include why “wife” can be a fraught term, how the cannabis business has changed in a short amount of t

Managing Partners - 03 - Genevieve & Dan Brazelton, The Bitter Housewife

Jun 12th, 2020 54m

Jeff and Jill sit down with Genevieve and Dan Brazelton of The Bitter Housewife, a line of artisanal cocktail bitters. Topics include why the CEO is not the boss, finding security in scale, and the decision not to call their first product “Braz

Managing Partners - 02 - Jennifer Johnson & Carl Hickerson, Trestle

May 22nd, 2020 1h 10m

Jill and Jeff are joined by Jennifer Johnson and Carl Hickerson of Trestle, an e-commerce company that helps consumers support businesses with missions and values that match their own. Topics include how hard it really is to start a business, g

Managing Partners - 01 - Talie & Scott Smith, Smith + Connors

May 13th, 2020 1h 14m

Jill and Jeff are joined by Talie and Scott Smith of Smith + Connors, a strategic brand agency that positions organizations for growth. Topics include roles, the pandemic (duh) and stepping out of a shower and “all of the sudden, you’re in a me

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