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oneKIN & the soon-to-be launched Twiine have BIPOC founders, which everyone says they want to fund. These ventures accelerate BIPOC businesses and help close the wealth gap, which everyone says is needed. In this episode, Marvin Francois, co-fo
Have you ever wondered how a big bunch of bananas that are gown in & transported from another hemisphere can cost under $2? Jennie Coleman, from the Fairtrade Certified banana co. Equifruit, details how this tropical fruit became a staple in no
Perhaps the answer to many intractable problems is to use technology to bring back the things from our past that worked. Beth Esponnette, co-founder of Unspun, is using tech to take us back to the day when clothing was custom made and built to
What's the difference between a $5 t-shirt made by a large reputable company that talks about good wages and protecting the environment, and a $30 t-shirt made by a small brand that actually uses sustainable practices & pays well throughout the
We all know the apparel & fashion industry exploits people & the environment, but who can say no to cheap & abundant clothes. For decades, the industry has said they are improving but then comes another tragedy or revelation. We have yet to tal
Would you use a search engine called BackRub? That was Google's original name. Had they gone to Brad Flowers, a naming expert & author of The Naming Book, or just followed the 5 steps from Brad's book, which he details in this episode, they wou
Your tax dollars help pay for home-delivered meals for the elderly that can either be cooked & delivered within a recipient's community, or cooked, frozen, and delivered from across the country? Adrienne Fudge, of 40 Dreams Catering, provides t
Our earliest thoughts and aspirations are shaped by what we see and read in books, but the publishing industry has been a constricting force by hiring homogenous authors telling homogenized stories. Marietta Zacker, of the Gallt & Zacker Litera
Amazon & Etsy require advertising capital just to be seen on their platforms. So, where are people of color, whose communities have lower levels of investment capital available, supposed to go to sell their retail products? Enter Marvin Francoi
Wall St is detrimentally too white and male. Women & minorities, who achieve 60% better returns than their white male counterparts, manage a mere 1.3% of the $69 trillion in financial portfolios (Bloomberg). While Wall St says the lack of diver
We kick off our second year with one of our favorite guides on our journey, Charles Rosen. Through his diverse experiences, but especially through Ironbound, Charles now realizes that his success is tied to the success of everyone around him. T
Jill Johnson spends her days figuring out how to bridge the gap between the social equality white Americans easily get behind for Black Americans, and the economic opportunity and access to capital that Black Americans need for any kind of last
Fair wages and benefits, like paid time off (PTO), are not the first things most people think of when they think of McDonald's. Kari Swenson, who owns & operates 8 McDonald's with her husband, Kenny, can't think of running her restaurants witho
The coronavirus caused millions of growing businesses to screech to a stop as if a deer just stepped onto their road to success. Sharon Rowe of ECOBAGS has been on that road for 30 years which has provided her with wisdom that prompted her to a
What you think of as leadership is really authority, and authority is crucial in a time of crisis. Authority figures, like those in gov't, business & in your home, will get us to the other side of the corona crisis. Leaders will find ways to us
As one of the few remaining manufacturers in the US, Mitch Cahn & Unionwear are trying to fill the void left by all of the cost cutting, outsourcing companies that have contributed to our crippled supply chain for lifesaving healthcare products
Farmers markets are unexpectedly coming to our rescue. Dan Lipow, of The Foraged Feast, is learning that as the restaurant portion of his business is disappearing, another part is surprisingly thriving...farmers markets. They don't rely on long
Ironbound Hard Cider, founded by Charles Rosen, is a company that straddles every strata of American society: farmers, urbanites, suburbanites, the economically well-off, and everyone else. And, Charles thinks deeply about everyone and how we a
Among the first things to go when the coronavirus arrived were big annual events like SXSW, Jazz Fest, and countless St. Patrick's Day parades (not to mention smaller and more meaningful events like weddings). Doug Zacker checked in with Matt G
Most entrepreneurs don't start their businesses intending to exploit workers, the environment, customers or their community. At some point though, good intentions can crumble under the financial stresses of running a business and dealing with i
Until she started a commercial construction company, Marjorie Perry had no idea what she wanted to be when she grew up. She had tried a few other things based solely on opportunities that materialized in front of her. Construction was no differ
Who says that the only way for a manufacturer to make money is to send production outside of the USA? Not Mitch Cahn. After graduating from Wharton and working on Wall Street, Mitch decided he wanted to create something. So, in the early 1990’s
This podcast explores how everyone can be included in capitalism’s prosperity in a time when too many people are left out, especially people of color and women. Jill Johnson, who founded the Institute for Entrepreneurial Leadership (IFEL) and t
Why are we not getting leadership from our leaders? It's because we conflate leadership with authority, and those who are in positions of authority are rarely great leaders. All this is based on a definition of leadership that includes taking r
Since he was 12 years old, John Gallucci has been enthralled by the idea that an effective physical therapist can bring a patient from the crushing defeat of a serious physical injury to the victory of returning to the game of life. He started
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