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This week, we are thrilled to welcome Coss Marte to the show! Coss Marte is an entrepreneur from the Lower East Side of Manhattan. By the age of 19, he was running a multi-million dollar drug dealing operation, which eventually led to his incarceration.While in prison, he experienced a pivotal moment when doctors warned him about his poor health. Determined to change his life, he developed a fitness routine using only his body weight and the confines of his cell. He lost 70 pounds in six months and helped 20 other inmates improve their fitness.Upon his release, Coss founded Conbody, a prison-style boot camp fitness program that employs more than 50 formerly incarcerated individuals. He is now running Conbud, a cannabis dispensary that provides opportunities for formerly incarcerated individuals and creates an educational space highlighting the impact of the war on drugs on communities of color.Follow Coss and his ventures:@cossmarte@conbody@conbud

On this special bonus episode of #LatinosOutLoud #RachelLaLoca sits down with Founder and Owner of #ConBod and #ConBud on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, Coss Marte. They discuss how his incarceration lead to the creation of his businesses, and how he's giving back to the community that made him. As a business owner who served his time, he is now serving the ex-con community with job opportunities at his businesses, in an effort to truly course-correct lives. The two Dominicanos converse on-location at Con Bod, a jailhouse-type gym that serves attendees with prison-style bootcamp exercise classes daily. After you get your body right, you can head right next door to Con Bud, the dispensary, where you can get your mind right. Follow Rachel   https://www.instagram.com/rachellaloca/ Follow Coss and his businesses https://www.instagram.com/conbud/ https://www.instagram.com/conbody/ https://www.instagram.com/cossmarte/ HAPPY 4/20! #LatinosOut #ConBody #RachelLaLoca #GetYourMindRight Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Coss Marte started selling drugs at a young age and quickly became a millionaire. Years later, he was sent to prison and in prison he created a workout regiment that helped him lose weight. After leaving prison he was unable to find an employer that would hire him and so he started a workout company called ConBody. His Website:  ⁠https://conbody.com/⁠ 

Coss Marte created a prison-based workout program in solitary confinement, then turned it into a thriving business called Conbody that employs ex-inmates. Their recidivism rate is zero.Debra Granik, the brilliant Oscar-nominated director of films including Winter's Bone and Leave No Trace, tells the story in Conbody vs Everybody, premiering today at Sundance. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Coss Marte, a native of New York City, went from being a kingpin in criminal activities to serving multiple years in state prison, where he underwent a transformative experience. During his time in prison, he had a profound realization and decided to change his life. Using his prison experience as inspiration, he created the ConBody fitness program, a unique initiative that provides effective workouts and fitness training while offering second chances to formerly incarcerated individuals, helping them reintegrate into society. Additionally, Marte established the ConBud dispensary, likely focusing on legal cannabis products, showcasing his commitment to creating opportunities for those who have faced obstacles in their past. His journey from a life of crime to becoming a fitness innovator and community leader is a powerful testament to redemption and positive transformation. Hosted, Executive Produced & Edited By Ian Bick: https://www.instagram.com/ian_bick/?hl=en https://ianbick.com/ Big thanks to Find A Great Attorney for sponsoring this episode. If you are injured anywhere in the country, visit https://findagreatattorney.com, a free service that can find you one of the best lawyers in your area. You focus on getting better and they'll do the rest. Connect with Coss Marte: IG: https://www.instagram.com/cossmarte/?hl=en Buy Merch: https://lockedinbrand.com Use code lockedin at checkout to get 20% off your order Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Intro 00:04:40 - Growing up in the Neighborhood 00:07:05 - Overcoming Challenges and Changing Narratives 00:11:39 - Growing up in the Dominican Republic 00:16:21 - Rearrested Multiple Times 00:21:00 - The Rise of the Empire 00:28:12 - The Drive for Wealth 00:32:49 - Arrested in the Stash House 00:39:44 - Operating a Business 00:51:33 - Starting a Business 00:56:18 - Working Out in Prison 00:58:30 - Overcoming Doubters and Inspiring Change 01:00:58 - From Advocacy to Working with Mike Tyson 01:03:22 - Carrying the Brand and Overcoming Hurdles 01:07:59 - Advice for Former Prisoners Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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When New York legalized recreational cannabis for adults, it didn't just want to fling the gates wide open for anyone to take part. Instead it specifically aimed to help out and give priority to individuals who were previously harmed by the war on drugs. However, more than two years after the law was signed, there are just a handful of legal, licensed shops. Meanwhile, there are thousands of un-licensed shops that proliferate across New York City. At the same time, red tape and legal challenges have hampered the efforts of those going down the legal, regulated path. On this episode, we speak with two entrepreneurs who are trying to go down the regulated path: Coss Marte and Alfredo Angueira of Conbud. They've spent over a million dollars getting ready to launch their dispensary in Manhattan's Lower East Side, but have been unable to actually open it on schedule due to various last minute glitches and legal challenges. We discuss what they've encountered in their efforts, and what it's been costing them to go down the legal path. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On The Gate!  A podcast hosted by two jailbird/recovering drug addicts and active comedians Geo Perez and Derek Drescher, who talk each week about their times in jail, what they learned, what you should know, and how they are improving their life or slipping into recidivism each day! Episode 79! This week we got KC Shornima, and Coss Marte  ON THE GATE! ENJOY!#jail #convicts #comedy #podcast #onthegate #onthegatepodcast #geoperez #derekdrescher #kcshornima #cossmarte #relationships  #pause #ayo #recovery #addiction #opiate #fart #ireland #boston #impressions #bronx #mentalhealth #socialjustice #brooklyn #tampa #florida #polio #milf #amputation #mexico #chatterbate #statenisland #tree #hockey #newjersey #longisland #lgbtq #disability #golf #tampa #teenagemutantninjaturtles #nickkerr #alabama #colorado

Before states started legalizing weed shops, most of the legacy growers, transporters, and dealers who got arrested for running the underground cannabis economy were Black and brown entrepreneurial-minded men trying to make a better life for themselves. In states that have adopted cannabis social equity laws, people formerly incarcerated for selling weed before it was cool are now able to get assistance to enter the legal market first.So what's life like now for legacy dealers who can bring legal cannabis shops to their neighborhoods? And what did they have to build and go through to get us cannabis before there was a legal market?In this episode, host Brit Smith talks to Coss Marte, a formerly incarcerated New York City drug kingpin who is now the CEO of CONBUD; NYC's first cannabis dispensaries that will soon be staffed entirely by formerly incarcerated individuals.Coss discusses his upbringing in NYC's lower east side, and how he ran a multi-million dollar drug delivery network that led to his 7-year-stint in New York's notorious Rikers Island Prison where he continued dealing and endured solitary confinement.Coss talks about why he set up CONBODY; a fitness regime that got New Yorkers into shape like they do in prison, what he's done to get back into the cannabis industry now it's legal in his city, and which legacy strains he's bringing back to his neighborhood with his two CONBUD cannabis stores, which are set to open at the end of the summer in the Bronx and the Lower East Side.Get your issue of Different Leaf magazine at DifferentLeaf.com or find your local in-person retailer at DifferentLeaf.com/on-the-newsstandFollow us on social media @DifferentLeaf and find host Brit Smith @BritTheBritishCheck out our new merch line at xDifferentLeaf.com

En este episodio tomamos una Ruta muy diferente y transformadora. Conversamos con Coss Marte, quien, a pesar de haber estado encarcelado en múltiples ocasiones, su última sentencia y experiencia en la cárcel cambió su Ruta de vida por completo. Coss nos comparte sobre el conflicto existencial que enfrentó en la cárcel con su salud física, sus creencias religiosas y sus deseos de ser un padre ejemplar.  En una conversación amena, Coss nos relata cómo fueron sus años en la prisión por posesión de drogas, el cambio radical que logró para mejorar su salud y la de muchos convictos, su negocio al salir de la prisión, y sus nuevas Rutas. En esta interesante Ruta, además, hablamos sobre el proceso judicial de la ciudad de Nueva York y de algunas reformas que se están haciendo al sistema. Invitado: Coss Marte Conducido por Rebeca Espinosa, Verónica Montenegro y Andel Nicasio. Conecta con Coss Marte: Instagram | ⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/cossmarte/ Instagram Conbody (Gimnasio) | https://www.instagram.com/conbody/ TE RECOMENDAMOS VER: TEDTalk: "Making a living out of prison" | https://youtu.be/3npsu-wnL6o TEDtalk: "From kingpin to entrepreneur" | https://youtu.be/zbNbiIW6hQM Entrevista en el programa "Ellen De Show" (Ellen DeGeneres) | https://youtu.be/XHQQyCRtl-4 ACERCA DE 3 RUTAS: Música: Oscar Almonte | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/oscaralmontofficial ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Arte gráfico: Analía Gómez | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/2zmusas⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Edición: Rebeca Espinosa | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/rebecaespinosareyes/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ SÍGUENOS, COMUNÍCATE Y ÚNETE A LA COMUNIDAD DE 3 RUTAS: Enlace a nuestras plataformas | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/3rutaspodcast ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Instagram | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/3rutaspodcast ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Facebook (GRUPO) | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/groups/3rutaspodcast ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Facebook (Página) | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/3rutaspodcast ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Twitter | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/3rutaspodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ YouTube | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjyExNjF4UoRJexbDuAWL9w/videos⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Gmail | 3rutas.podcast@gmail.com ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Agradecemos si nos dejas 5 estrellas todas las estrellas que quieras y un comentario de lo que más te gustó y/o aportó a tu Ruta este episodio o el podcast.

Coss Marte is a lifelong entrepreneur and the founder of CONBODY, a workout program he created in prison that employs formerly incarcerated fitness instructors. He also founded CONBUD, a legal cannabis dispensary that's taking advantage of licenses being given to people convicted of marijuana-related offenses. Coss talked about why being in prison can be so expensive, and how finding a job post-incarceration is so difficult. Follow Coss Marte at:Instagram: @cossmarteInstagram: @conbudnyInstagram: @conbody conbody.comconbud.com Follow Maya Lau at:Twitter: @mayalauInstagram: @itsmayamoneyTikTok: @itsmayamoneySee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Former hustler and drug dealer Coss Marte comes on the podcast to tell his epic story of going from small-time corner boy to making $5 million a year delivering high-end cocaine all over Manhattan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Former teenage kingpin, Coss Marte, explains how he made millions off of celebrities in NYC, how he got out of kingpin charges, survived prison, and created a physical fitness empire. WELCOME TO CAMP.Thanks to Morgan & Morgan for sponsoring today's episode!Mark Gagnon is our HostWill Schwartz is our Content Producer and Lead EditorSudhanshu Kumar Jha provides Additional EditingSpencer Weinstein & Gabriel Reyes are our Community ManagersKostis Zacho, Gabriel Reyes, & Theodore Bukvic are our Clips Editors

“It's hard when you want to pay attention to what the system is saying or what your lawmakers are saying, or what the regulation is saying, and they're not making it, I guess, accessible or fair or really understanding.” - Coss MarteIn this episode, Coss Marte shares his inspiring journey from being a multimillion-dollar drug ring leader to becoming an entrepreneur in the cannabis industry. He shares his experience in advocating for the cannabis space and applying for dispensary licenses in Massachusetts and New York. Coss also discusses the complexities of cannabis legislation in New York, such as vertical integration restrictions and branding regulations.[00:00 - 08:07] From Multimillion Dollar Drug Ringleader to Cannabis Entrepreneur [08:08 - 16:20] Coss Marte's Transformative Journey [16:21 - 24:55] From Illicit to Legalized in New York [24:56 - 32:45] A Look at New York's Unique Licensing System [32:46 - 40:17] Navigating the Cannabis Legalization System in New York [40:18 - 47:52] From Solitary Confinement to Founding a Cannabis Coalition [47:53 - 56:52] ConBud on the Horizon Coss Marte, once a multi-million dollar drug operation ringleader, transformed his life while in prison by losing 70 pounds through bodyweight exercises. He launched CONBODY, a prison style bootcamp, hiring 50+ formerly incarcerated individuals as trainers, with over 70,000 clients. Coss won major pitch competitions and founded Second Chance Studios, a non-profit that trains formerly incarcerated individuals in media production. He's now working on CONBUD, hiring those affected by the war on drugs to build a presence in the cannabis market through dispensaries in New York.Connect with Coss Marte:Social Media: InstagramShayda Torabi has been called one of the most influential Women in WordPress and now she's one of the women leading the cannabis reformation conversation building one of Texas' premier CBD brands. She's currently the CEO and Co-Founder of RESTART CBD, a female-run education first CBD wellness brand. And has formerly held marketing positions at WP Engine and WebDevStudios. Shayda is the host of a podcast for cannabis marketers called To Be Blunt, where she interviews top cannabis brands on their most successful marketing initiatives. When Shayda's not building her cannabiz in Texas, you can find her on the road exploring the best hikes and spots for vegan ice cream. Follow Shayda at @theshaydatorabi SPONSORSHIP is brought to you by Restart CBD. Check them out for your CBD needsLEAVE A REVIEW + help someone who wants to join me for episodes featuring some serious cannabis industry by sharing this episode or click here to listen to past episodesRESTART CBD is an education-first CBD wellness brand shipping nationwide.Check out my new website

00:45 Growing up, environment 09:25 COSS STARTS HIS OWN DRUG-DEALING OPERATION 13:35 STICK-UP MEN & RIVAL DEALERS 16:15 Adjustments made to operation & dealing w/ cops18:15 Coss' dealer try to steal 19:35 FEDS PHONE TAP 20:55 Amount of $$$$ being made 22:45 FEDS PHONE TAP II  24:45 HOW TO SPOT AN UNDERCOVER FED 25:35 Getting caught 34:15 PRISON 37:35 PRISON GUARDS 38:45 PRISON II & Setting up CON-BODY For this episode I spoke with Coss Marte, owner of Con Body, an NYC gym employing ex-convicts as trainers.Coss told me about his growing up in the drug-invested Lower East Side of NYC during the late 80s and 90s, how he became involved in drug dealing from a young age and his progression up the ladder to the point of making $2million a year from his own drugs-delivery service. Coss tells about dealing with DEA, stick-up men, wire-taps, betrayal from within his team and how he eventually ended up doing a long prison stretch, where he turned his health and life around. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChtciipyjckL-asTVYecsMQ https://www.tiktok.com/@thegoodlistenerpodcast?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pchttps://linktr.ee/TheGoodListenerPodcasthttps://www.instagram.com/thegoodlistenerpodcast/https://open.spotify.com/show/6841FNScEdMyfJhgEUHDfD?si=rZ8nT3-oT9Os1p_EbpU99whttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-good-listener-podcast/id1580379332mosaic: Exploring Jewish Issuesmosaic is Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County's news podcastListen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify

Today we will look back to our interview with Coss Marte, an ex-inmate who is now a successful entrepreneur and founder of ConBody.Speaking to Coss has been so incredible. His raw honesty, incredible journey, and desire to make something good out of something so bad has been very moving. During our interview, we touched upon a wide variety of issues, but the one story that stayed with me was our discussion about redemption. Coss shared with us how hard was to start from scratch when he was out of prison.“Giving people a second chance that was one thing that I was struggling with when I came home.” “Three felonies on my record … It was like a stamp for life. So ConBody was basically born out of desperation,” he said. In this short excerpt from the interview you will hear his thoughts on inmate redemption and what could society and large corporations do to help bring them back to positive ways once they are out.

Here's one of my favorite recordings from our archives: Today we're talking to Coss Marte, the founder and CEO of CONBODY, a prison fitness-style boot camp offering in-person and virtual classes based out of NYC. Coss developed the idea of CONBODY based on his own experiences in prison, where he turned to fitness after becoming overweight and at a high risk for cardiac problems. Since founding CONBODY, Coss has hired over 40 formerly incarcerated individuals as trainers, and he's also become an advocate for prison reform and former inmates looking to build new lives. We talk about Coss' inspiration for CONBODY while in solitary confinement, what to expect from their high-intensity workouts, and much, much more.

Coming soon: bestselling author Dave Crenshaw's all new podcast!DCSP is the show where Dave Crenshaw teaches his children how to be successful through the stories of others, and you get to come along for the ride!Listen and learn from guests like Chris Nikic, the first person with down syndrome to complete an Iron Man, Orion Jean, Time Magazine's Kid of the Year, and Coss Marte, former drug lord turned fitness guru.Dave dives deep into their backstories stories and ask the challenged questions others don't to  get beneath the surface. Then he breaks these amazing success stories into action steps that anyone can take today to achieve more. Subscribe now to receive the first full episode when it goes live in early 2023!Dave Crenshaw develops productive leaders in Fortune 500 companies, universities, and organizations of every size. He has appeared in Time magazine, USA Today, FastCompany, and the BBC News. His courses on LinkedIn Learning have been viewed tens of millions of times. His five books have been published in eight languages, the most popular of which is The Myth of Multitasking—a time management bestseller. As an author, speaker, and online instructor, Dave has transformed the lives and careers of hundreds of thousands around the world. DaveCrenshaw.com

On The Gate!  A podcast hosted by two jailbirds and active comedians Geo Perez and Derek Drescher, who talk each week about their times in jail, what they learned, what you should know, and how they are improving their life each day. This week Geo and Derek kick it with 2 of their favorite Ex-Cons! Founder and CEO of Conbody, Coss Marte, and Fitness Entrepreneur, Peter Roman! #jail #convicts #comedy #podcast #onthegate #onthegatepodcast #geoperez #mikefigs #derekdrescher #cossmarte #peterroman #conbody #ayo

Learn how to be the voice of change in your industry Did you ever wish you had a second chance at something? Ever wonder what its like for someone who lives their whole life making sure other people get second chances? Today's conversation is with Coss Marte who was in jail for 6 years, came out to start a business that gives second chances to people that have been to prison. His voice and his mission is entirely focused on that. In this episode you will: Learn how Coss Marte got featured on the Ellen Degeneres Show Understand the journey of someone that making sure his voice is heard Learn to be spontaneous how to roll with change Take a deeper look at ConBody and how a convict started a fitness company We answer a question about how to bootstrap it when demand increases Rethink how you use your voice by using it Understand how we take for granted our freedoms of using our voices Hear us talk about taking NO for an answer Learn how the foundations of good work ethic is the key to making progress Think differently about people that come out of the prison system We talk in-depth about how Coss is now going to testify in Congress to change laws around the people he serves. All this and more, on this week's episode of  Should I Start A Podcast. Make sure you listen to the end … I'll break down this episode to give you 3 small steps you can execute right now to help you take this listening experience into execution experience. Also, if you know a business owner that needs to hear an episode about why a podcast is the best business development tool, please share an episode with them. Pretty Please. Enjoy the show. After you listen to this episode I would love you to take these 3 small steps that will help you Be the voice of chance: Be grateful for the opportunity Get the truth in people's faces and catch the eyes of the right people Take no for an answer and Be the overworked fool What you pick as your strategies to grow will depend on where you are at in your business. Pick the right strategy for where you are at and not where you want to be. These are 3 small steps that if you execute, irrespective of where you are at in your business and podcasting journey will make a huge impact on your making your podcast more profitable & more impactful. If this is the first episode you've listened to all the way to the end or if you are a regular, thank you … I love that you are here. Check out our back catalogue on  ShouldIStartAPodcast.com, subscribe to the show and give me a review and rating, it really helps us get found more. If you are a business owner podcaster and want to join others just like you in a group where we share tactics & ideas on what's working (or not) for us when it comes to using our podcast in the best possible way. For more on that go to wearepodcast.com/group … it is free. We Are Podcast 2022 - It is happening this year. For the latest announcements on Australia's first podcasting conference for business owners, join the free group wearepodcast.com/group Stay tuned next week when we going to cover having conversations with people you might not agree with, featuring Kiri-Maree Moore. We cover lots including the perspectives different conversations give us and the impact of having 2 podcasts. So, don't forget to subscribe to the show to get that episode as soon it gets released. Until then, much love.

Learn how grief can be a gift for your audience Wondering how to have difficult conversations with your audience? Want to know how to approach it without getting onto a soapbox? This episode with Dr Sherry Walling goes into depths of how to approach talking about difficult topics on your podcast. Why it is important and the trust it builds with your audience who are going through similar things. In this episode you will: Learn how Sherry has evolved as a podcast and learn her podcasting journey Understand why evolving as a podcaster is part of the journey Learn to evolve your podcast when you learn more with every episode Take a deeper look at how you learn as a podcaster We answer a question about maturing through the modality of podcasting Rethink your creation as a podcaster by doing the reps Understand how to become an information disseminator Hear us talk about how to present your information and when you are supposed to say nothing Learn how the foundations of news jacking and how you can get caught in what others are doing Think differently about writing a book and how to create with meaning We talk in-depth about covering topics that are taboo and are hard to talk about All this and more, on this week's episode of  Should I Start A Podcast. Make sure you listen to the end … I'll break down this episode to give you 3 small steps you can execute right now to help you take this listening experience into execution experience. Also, if you know a business owner that needs to hear an episode about why a podcast is the best business development tool, please share an episode with them. Pretty Please. Enjoy the show. After you listen to this episode I would love you to take these 3 small steps that will help you can turn grief into a gift your audience loves: Journal … keep track in real time of the facts. We distort the truth, especially if we are hurting. Ask the question, “what does this mean for my audience” … see what comes up. Nothing might, but if it does, honour it. Make a list of 3-5 things you want to cover as a result of this event. What you pick as your strategies to grow will depend on where you are at in your business. Pick the right strategy for where you are at and not where you want to be. These are 3 small steps that if you execute, irrespective of where you are at in your business and podcasting journey will make a huge impact on your making your podcast more profitable & more impactful. If this is the first episode you've listened to all the way to the end or if you are a regular, thank you … I love that you are here. Check out our back catalogue on  ShouldIStartAPodcast.com, subscribe to the show and give me a review and rating, it really helps us get found more. If you are a business owner podcaster and want to join others just like you in a group where we share tactics & ideas on what's working (or not) for us when it comes to using our podcast in the best possible way. For more on that go to wearepodcast.com/group … it is free. We Are Podcast 2022 - It is happening this year. For the latest announcements on Australia's first podcasting conference for business owners, join the free group wearepodcast.com/group Stay tuned next week when we going to cover being a representative of the people who don't have a voice with Coss Marte. We cover lots including the responsibilities of speaking up and showing up for the people you represent. So, don't forget to subscribe to the show to get that episode as soon it gets released. Until then, much love.

On The Gate!  A podcast hosted by two ex cons and active comedians Geo Perez and Derek Drescher, who talk each week about their times in jail, what they learned, what you should know, and how they are improving their life each day.  This week the guys are coming to you from Staten Island and catch up with Formerly Incarcerated Business Owner & Prison Reform Activist, Coss Marte!#jail #convicts #comedy #podcast #onthegate #onthegatepodcast #geoperez #cossmarte #derekdrescher #ayo 

LifeBlood: We talked about the value of a prison workout, the life-changing event of being incarcerated and committing to fitness, helping remove the stigma of being an ex-con, helping others, and what the future holds, with Coss Marte, Founder and CEO of CONBODY and CONBUD.  Listen to learn why you've gotta ask for what you want! You can learn more about Coss at ConBody.com, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube and LinkedIn. Thanks, as always for listening! If you got some value and enjoyed the show, please leave us a review here: ​​https://ratethispodcast.com/lifebloodpodcast You can learn more about us at LifeBlood.Live, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, YouTube and Facebook or you'd like to be a guest on the show, contact us at contact@LifeBlood.Live.  Stay up to date by getting our monthly updates. Want to say “Thanks!” You can buy us a cup of coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/lifeblood

In this episode, Natalia, Neil, and Niki discuss the history of U.S. national parks. Support Past Present on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/pastpresentpodcast Here are some links and references mentioned during this week's show:  Yellowstone National Park turned 150 years old this year. Natalia recommended historian Rachel Louise Moran's book Governing Bodies; American Politics and the Shaping of the Modern Physique. Niki cited historian Sarah Phillips' book This Land, This Nation: Conservation, Rural America, and The New Deal and this Atlantic essay by David Treuer. Neil discussed this Smithsonian magazine article. Natalia recommended historian Megan Kate Nelson's book Saving Yellowstone: Exploration and Preservation in Reconstruction America, and Neil talked about the exclusionary policies in national parks outlined in this USA Today article.   In our regular closing feature, What's Making History: Natalia shared her latest column for Observer, “Coss Marte's CONBODY Combined Fitness and Social Justice. Now He is Adding Legal Cannabis.” Neil discussed the Netflix series Keep Sweet: Pray and Obey and his 2008 Slate essay, “Short Creek's Long Legacy.” Niki recommended Katherine Rosman's New York Times article, “That Voice You're Hearing? It Might Be Hers.”

Dave Ursillo speaks to entrepreneur and prison reform activist Coss Marte, founder of ConBody and ConBud, which employ formerly incarcerated persons as part of a wider social mission to de-stigmatize the formerly incarcerated community, ease their integration back into society, and change the systemic inequity of the criminal justice system.Coss is also the author of ConBody: The Revolutionary Bodyweight Prison Boot Camp, Born from an Extraordinary Story of Hope.Nonprofit organizations helping formerly incarcerated people: Defy Ventures, Thrive for Life, and Fortune Society.Coss's brother, Christopher Marte, who was elected to District 1's City Council in New York City in 2021.Support our authors, help our show, and local/independent bookstores at our Bookshop.org Affiliate Bookstore Visit The New Story Company to leave feedback or nominate a future guest for our series.Our theme song is by Coma Media.Affiliate Disclosure: Our show is supported by listeners, including small commissions that we may earn through affiliate links. If you make a purchase after clicking an affiliate link, we may earn a small commission. This helps support the costs of our show's production and hosting. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this interview we speak with Coss Marte, who was once leading one of the largest illegal drug delivery rings in New York City. Today he runs a fitness business that employs over 60 formerly incarcerated individuals and has helped over 70,000 people improve their health. This was not a fast journey and one that included childhood adversity, arrest, prison time, remorse, redemption, and self-realization. I was moved by Coss's heart and motivation to that allowed him to navigate a system and society riddled with bias and inequity, ultimately giving him the leverage to begin reshaping the system itself.

Coss Marte is a former multi millionaire drug kingpin turned legitimate millionaire businessman. In 2009 he was sent to prison where he served 4 years and came out with a brilliant business called Conbody. It's a “prison style” bootcamp that hires formerly incarcerated individuals to teach fitness classes. You might have seen him on countless media outlets from Ellen to multiple Ted Talks to Vice documentaries and so on… https://conbody.com/ https://www.instagram.com/conbody/

Brian Thompson chats with Coss Marte, a former inmate turned business magnate. Coss is the founder of CONBODY, the first fitness method developed in prison. Through CONBODY and his two other ventures, Coss is fulfilling his mission to aid and uplift the formerly incarcerated community. On the episode, Coss shares how he found his passion for fitness after losing 70 pounds during his incarceration as well as his struggle to start a company as someone in and out of the prison system. He also discusses how his “figure it out and survive” motto has spurred him to create three ventures, including one in the legal cannabis industry. Episode Highlights Mission-driven businesses do good from front to back. Coss defines a mission-driven business as one that doesn't just say it's doing good upfront -- but also does something good on the back end. “You want to make money and do good as well,” he said. For Coss, the tripartite mission of CONBODY is to destigmatize the formerly incarcerated community, ease their transition back to society, and change the criminal justice system -- all barriers he's faced as a formerly incarcerated person himself. “I saw the pain I had to go through, and I really didn't want people who were my friend or my people that were coming out of the system to go through that,” he said. You don't need a formal business plan. Coss created his business plan for CONBODY while in solitary confinement. He didn't have a formal mission, list of values, or vision statement. But he did write down the extensive workout he used to get fit while incarcerated and how he could turn that into an opportunity. “I did what I wrote,” Coss said. “I came home and I started doing it in the local park where I grew up, and eventually, one person turned to two, to three, to five, to six, and my mission started evolving.” If you don't ask, you don't eat. Coss's mother always told him: If you don't ask, you don't eat. It's a strategy he took to heart when developing CONBODY. “When I came home, I validated by getting one customer in the street, and just stopping them and talking to them and telling them what I'm doing,” Coss said. “I got a gazillion nos, but fortunately enough, I've had a few yeses.” Coss eagerly shares his mother's advice with fellow entrepreneurs who have smart but unvalidated business plans. That includes Ivy League MBA students who have incredible, technical business ideas but have yet to ask whether anybody wants their products. “You gotta ask,” Coss said. “If you go to the market and nobody wants this shit you just lost a lot of time.” Resources + Links CONBODY: Website, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube Second Chance Studios: Website, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn  CONBUD: Instagram, Facebook, Forbes write up Conbody the book Coss's Social Media: Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn Brian's Social Media: Twitter, Instagram, Facebook  About Brian and the Mission Driven Business Podcast Brian Thompson, JD/CFP, is a tax attorney and certified financial planner who specializes in providing comprehensive financial planning to LGBTQ+ entrepreneurs who run mission-driven businesses. The Mission Driven Business podcast was born out of his passion for helping social entrepreneurs create businesses with purpose and profit. On the podcast, Brian talks with diverse entrepreneurs and the people who support them. Listeners hear stories of experiences, strength, and hope and get practical advice to help them build businesses that might just change the world, too.

Our guest this week on the pod is Coss Marte.  Coss is the Founder of Conbody, an impact oriented fitness brand that uses non-stop, bodyweight, prison-style workouts. They proudly hire formerly incarerated individuals as their instructors. Resources mentioned in this episode include: Conbody site Conbody Instagram Fortune Society site Tom Vozzo episode Fathers Building Futures site Saybrook Business Administration programs

Are the skills from dealing drugs transferable to the world of legal entrepreneurship? We review the evidence and meet Coss Marte, a former drug dealer who built a successful fitness routine business after a long time in prison.

On this episode of Investor Connect, Hall welcomes Coss Marte, Founder, and CEO at CONBODY. Headquartered in New York, NY, and founded in 2014, CONBODY is a prison-style boot camp that employs formerly incarcerated individuals as fitness instructors.  CONBODY was founded by Coss Marte, a former drug kingpin who created the CONBODY method while serving time in prison. Now, CONBODY uses fitness to raise awareness for criminal justice reform and provide opportunities for this marginalized group. CONBODY has hired over 50 former inmates and has a 0% recidivism rate. Its mission is to bridge a gap between two communities: young professionals and formerly incarcerated individuals and to normalize their reentry into society. While serving prison time, Coss developed a unique and effective exercise program that doesn't rely on equipment. Having battled weight issues, he faced life-threatening complications associated with obesity. Coss is ardently committed to supporting people in making changes to their lifestyle that results in individuals reaching and maintaining their fitness goals. Coss discusses how he sees the fitness industry evolving, and some of the challenges he has faced in running his company. He speaks about the benefits of hiring incarcerated individuals and his internship program. You can visit CONBODY at , on LinkedIn at , and on Twitter at .   Coss can be contacted at , on LinkedIn at , and on Twitter at .  ___________________________________________________________________ For more episodes from Investor Connect, please visit the site at:    Check out our other podcasts here:   For Investors check out:   For Startups check out:   For eGuides check out:   For upcoming Events, check out    For Feedback please contact info@tencapital.group    Please , share, and leave a review. Music courtesy of .

Coss Marte's story is going to blow your mind!  You will not believe what happened to him in solitary confinement at the end of a 7-year prison sentence.  So, if you think you can't change your circumstance or better your life, think again!   In 2009, Coss Marte was sent to jail as the ringleader of a multi-million-dollar drug operation. He was also grossly overweight and warned by his physician that his current lifestyle if left unchecked, would likely kill him.   Faced with this grim prognosis, Coss started to get in shape using the tools he had -- his prison cell and his own body weight. Within six months he lost 70 pounds and replicated his successful formula of bodyweight exercises with 20 other inmates.    Then he launched CONBODY, a prison-style boot camp that has gained over 70,000+ clients and has hired 50+ formerly incarcerated individuals to teach fitness classes.    Since the launch of his company, he's been featured in over 200 major media outlets such as NBC, CNN, The New York Times, Men's Health, and has been a 3-time TED Talk Speaker, and The Ellen DeGeneres Show.   You will believe in miracles after listening to Coss!      … #miracle #overcome #recovery #addiction #drugs #selflove #love #mentalhealth #mentalhealthawareness #depressed #mentalillness #mentalhealthmatters #healing #hope #beliefcast #toddinspires #tsinspires   .... You can connect with Coss here: www.conbody.com  @cossmarte @conbody https://linktr.ee/CossMarte   .......... Special thanks to our sponsors: Siegfried & Jensen @siegfriedandjensen Wasatch Recovery @wasatchrecovery Drew Peterson - Entrepreneur   Mountain West Spine & Orthopedics  Living Recovery Interventions @living_recovery_interventions

By the age of 23, Coss Marte was making over $2 million dollars a year in NYC selling cocaine. After getting caught & sentenced to 7 years in jail, Coss decided it was time to make a change.  Listen to his inspiring story of how he created a fitness empire while in prison, and now helps reformed prisoners with employment!

Coss Marte grew up in New York's Lower East Side, where he began dealing drugs at a young age, with his first arrest at only thirteen years old. In prison, Marte was told by doctors that if he didn't start eating right and exercising, he was likely going to die within five years. This wakeup call for Marte motivated him to do calisthenics with his own body weight, losing over 70lbs in 6 months. Gaining the attention of others, Marte began training inmates, helping them lose over 1000 pounds collectively. It was in solitary confinemJoy Keys,podcast,women podcasters, black podcasters,Philly podcasters,Philadelphia,Saturday Mornings with Joy Keys,nt where Marte created a business plan to take his fitness program outside of his cell upon release; which became a reality in 2016 with the launch of CONBODY's first fitness studio, located on the same NYC street corner where Marte was arrested. CONBODY hires formerly incarcerated trainers de-stigmatize the formerly incarcerated community and ease their integration back into society. Through the CONBODY FOUNDATION,.

The crew sit down with Coss Marte who went to prison 10 years ago, he was faced with not one, but two big challenges: lose weight and discover a legitimate career upon release. Luckily for him, overcoming the first obstacle helped him find the answer to the other. The 29-year-old former drug kingpin is helping others get into shape through his fitness company, Coss Athletics, which markets a "prison-style" boot camp based on his prison workout routine. And at the same time, he's finally putting that business sense to good use. Coss Marte is a former drug dealer who admits to pocketing $2 million a year on the sales of cocaine and marijuana by the time he was 19. But these days, as the founder of Conbody, Marte is selling exercise in $14-per-month increments (or $29 for each in-studio class), and rehabilitating formerly incarcerated people in the process (almost all of his staff and trainers have also served time). To that end, the Conbody website boasts that the company has worked with more than 100 previously incarcerated individuals with a 0 percent recidivism rate. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

On today's Finding Freedom Rewind we revisit an inspiring episode with Coss Marte. Coss has made two appearances on the show, this is the most recent one.  Coss is the perfect example of how an individual put in the work to find their freedom. At the age of nineteen Coss was making more than $2 million per year selling illegal drugs using an elaborate delivery system. He reinvented how drugs were sold in his neighborhood and became the "Uber of the drug trade" before Uber even existed. At twenty-three Coss was arrested and convicted and spent more than 7 years in prison. During his incarceration Coss transformed his life. He lost 70 lbs in prison and changed his outlook on life. He shares how he went from running boot camps in the park to becoming a wildly successful entrepreneur and owner of a successful fitness company, ConBody. He also shares how he quickly pivoted when the pandemic hit and by doing so expanded his business when most of his competitors were closing down. Coss also co-hosts a podcast called Ex Dealer Ex Junkie.

At 19 years old, Coss Marte made over $2 million as a drug dealer. At 23, he was charged as the kingpin of one of the largest cocaine operations in New York City. Now, he is the founder of CONBODY, a prison-style fitness studio taught by former convicts reintegrating into society. Coss's story is an inspiring testament to a person's ability to change and the power of second chances. When Coss was sentenced to 7 years in prison, his doctor told him that he had 5 years to live due to his unhealthy weight—that math didn't work in his favor. He developed workout routines within his 9x6 cell, lost weight, then helped other inmates do the same. At Coss's bleakest point in prison that landed him in solitary confinement, one moment changed his life, prompting him to make what is sometimes the most difficult decision we face: choosing a better path. Story Bites: New York, New York: Growing up poor in the Lower East Side in the 80's surrounded by drugs and crime. (1:46) Side Hustles to Selling Drugs: From innocent side hustles as a kid to selling weed at 13 and spiraling to cocaine-dealing. (8:42) A Deadly Sentence: Realizing he might die behind bars, Coss became dedicated to exercising… despite the “Fat Forrest” taunts. (14:16) Fork in The Road: While in solitary confinement, one moment opened Coss's eyes to the harm he'd caused and trade drug dealing for helping others. (17:00) CONBODY: Creating a business plan in his cell and the obstacles Coss overcame to accomplish his mission. (23:55) Advice to My Younger Self: What Coss would say to his younger self and lessons he's learned about the capacity to change. (24:35) Toast to the Moral of Coss's Story: Stay open-minded, never discount another person, and believe in second chances. (30:07) DO THE TIME and book a class now: conbody.com Follow CONBODY on social: @conbody Do you or some you know have a good story to share on the show? Contact us at goodstories@sowginc.com! Good Stories on Youtube https://thisissowgood.com/ Host: Lexie Gutierrez-Goldfarb Guest: Coss Marte

My guest today is Coss Marte born and raised on the lower east side in New York, the son of Dominican immigrants and raised by a single mother who struggled to support her family.

Coss Marte interview: Former Drug lord making 2mil a year to starting up and being the CEO of Conbody --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Had a fantastic time spilling the tea with Coss Marte. At 19 years old, Coss was a former druglord making millions. Now he is the CEO of Conbody, a prison-themed fitness company.

In 2009, at the age of 23, Coss Marte was arrested as the leader of a multi-million dollar cocaine operation. At the time, he was grossly overweight and was warned by his physician that if left unchecked, his lifestyle was likely to kill him. Faced with this prognosis, Coss started to get in shape using the tools he had, his prison cell and his own bodyweight. He has since turned this formula into CONBODY, a prison-style boot camp that hires formerly incarcerated individuals to teach fitness classes. In this episode, we discuss how growing up in poverty led to the hustle, the importance of mentorship through re-entry, and the impact of employment on recidivism. For more information on Coss: Instagram: @cossmarte Twitter: @CossMarte Website: conbody.com For more information on the Field: Instagram: @the.field.podcast Website: thefieldpodcast.com Support the show on Patreon And if you enjoyed this episode, be sure to rate, review, and subscribe!

Jeff Shafer, CEO of CommonGood Capital, is joined by Coss Marte, Founder and CEO of CONBODY – to talk about his younger years selling drugs on the streets of New York which led to a series of prison sentences, being told by a prison-doctor at age 24 that he was so overweight he was already a […]

On this episode: We are joined by Coss Marte, Owner of ConBody, as We Pull Back the Curtain on his story of transformation and much more!Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/pulling-back-the-curtain-podcast/donations

On today's show Coss Marte returns. Coss was on the show way back on Episode 21. Back when Felony Friday was just building an identity. Now he returns as Finding Freedom is just getting started. Coss is the perfect example of how an individual put in the work to find their freedom. At the age of nineteen Coss was making more than $2 million per year selling illegal drugs using an elaborate delivery system. He reinvented how drugs were sold in his neighborhood and became the "Uber of the drug trade" before Uber even existed. At twenty-three Coss was arrested and convicted and spent more than 7 years in prison. During his incarceration Coss transformed his life. He lost 70 lbs in prison and changed his outlook on life. He shares how he went from running boot camps in the park to becoming a wildly successful entrepreneur and owner of a successful fitness company, ConBody. He also shares how he quickly pivoted when the pandemic hit and by doing so expanded his business when most of his competitors were closing down. Coss also co-hosts a podcast called Ex Dealer Ex Junkie. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

HAPPY FIRST MONDAY OF 2021!!! In the week's episode, Coss and I discuss his massive profits as a drug dealer in his teen years in NYC, how the feds eventually caught him, his 6 year prison sentence, and his 2 successful businesses that hire ex cons and help keep them out of the prison system. Don't you dare miss this episode! AS ALWAYS, PLEASE LIKE, SUBSCRIBE, AND SHARE!! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rafael-pinsky/message

Ex-con Coss Marte has used his knack for business to survive and even thrive in a series of oversaturated markets. Now he runs ConBody, a fitness company built around prison-style workouts. The Passion Economy has a newsletter! Go to passioneconomy.com to sign up - for free! This episode is sponsored by NetSuite. Get your free guide and schedule your free product tour at NetSuite.com/passion . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Coss Marte,  former inmate,  developed CONBODY, a prison style fitness bootcamp that hires formerly incarcerated individuals to teach fitness classes. It's the ultimate no-equipment, hardcore workout program using military-style bodyweight training techniques that he learned in prison. Coss was able to lose 70 pounds in six months with nothing but the walls and floor of his 9-by-6 prison cell. In this episode Coss reveals his 'spiritual awakening'' while locked in solitary confinement just weeks before he was scheduled to be released (after an altercation with a prison guard), and being faced with additional time to his sentence. He explains how his real message is about prison reform and changing the stigma between young professionals and formerly incarcerated individuals.

Want to totally change your life? Coss Marte tells us how he went from drug kingpin to fitness entrepreneur using a regimen he developed in prison, and gives us your new gym playlist for becoming a total beast. We go to Scary Corner with newsman Lawrence O'Donnell to learn about why people are so effing scared of socialism, and Lawrence joins us for Upgrade of the Week, where Melissa recommends a life-changing bike accessory and Alice announces a new fitness plan of her own. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Coss Marte grew up without a stable family and turned to selling drugs to make money. He grew his business and was a kingpin on the streets of New York. But then his operation was busted, and he was thrown in prison. Marte used his time in prison to change his personality and life, and once he was released in 2013, he was on a new track. Hear about his transformation and how he became the founder of ConBody in our latest episode!Coss Marte is a former drug kingpin who served time in prison for dealing drugs. He was released in 2013, and now he's the founder of ConBody, a “prison-style boot camp” and has trained several celebrities and stunt actors. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/the-unmistakable-creative-podcast.

Host Jessica Harris talks with Peter Diamandis, founder of the XPrize Foundation. Harris also talks with Coss Marte, founder of ConBody.