Podcast appearances and mentions of parker clay

In this episode of Good Life Television, host Dean Wilson speaks with Ian Bentley, founder and CEO of Parker Clay, about his journey from Southern California to Ethiopia. Ian shares his experiences with adoption, the founding of Parker Clay, and the mission to create jobs for women in Ethiopia. Ian discusses the impact of Parker Clay on the lives of women and their families, emphasizing the value of dignity and hard work. The conversation highlights the importance of community, empowerment, and the intersection of business and purpose. Want More GLTV? YouTube! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCT-xnmnZGor9syqTpFp7wyw Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/6DqCCMylVOpTxfBQ19YePK Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/good-life-conversations-with-dean-wilson/id1554400073 Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/goodlifetelevision/ Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/GoodLifeTVSantaBarbara --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/goodlifeconversations/support

Comedian, Musician & Classical Music Aficianado, Parker Clay listens to Absolution for the first time and learns about the making of the album! ⭐️MERCH STORE: https://www.teepublic.com/user/musecast?ref_id=1072 LISTEN TO MUSECAST ON:

Curate Conversations | Episode 018 Debrief Episode 018 was a special one. I have the privilege of getting to interview Stephanie Barron Hall, who is the expert behind one of the most popular Enneagram accounts on instagram: Nine Types Co. I've consumed her content for YEARS and I'm sure you've seen/shared at least a few of her posts. In our conversation, we talked about as much of the enneagram as we could — which was definitely not enough time, so we'll have to have her back. Here's the debrief. Join the Curate Community Membership (code PODCAST, 20% off) to join our global community. Special thanks to our sponsors, Parker Clay (code CURATE15), SeaVees (code CURATE20), and The Artists' Lawyer (code CURATE). Music created by Queentide.

Curate Conversations | Episode 017 Debrief In episode 017, I interviewed Lulu Cordero, founder of Bomba Curls — a hair care company specializing in ancestral hair care secrets for those with kinks and coils. We talked about all kinds of things — from exclusive and harmful beauty standards, to how authenticity drives repeat business, to the invisible costs of taking funding, and more. Here are a few of my favorite moments from the conversation, inside The Debrief. Join the Curate Community Membership (code PODCAST, 20% off) to join our global community. Special thanks to our sponsors, Parker Clay (code CURATE15), SeaVees (code CURATE20), and The Artists' Lawyer (code CURATE). Music created by Queentide.

Curate Conversations | Episode 016 Debrief In episode 016 I interviewed Kim Anderson and Aaron Olson — owners of Handlebar Coffee. My personal favorite coffee shop, a CWco. staple, and a growing client favorite. My conversation with Kim and Aaron was amazing. I totally caught them off guard and asked them to step out of their comfort zone to answer all my questions, and they delivered. What strikes me most is how genuinely humble, committed, and driven they are — it's no wonder their coffee shop and micro-roastery is so successful. Here's the debrief. Join the Curate Community Membership (code PODCAST, 20% off) to join our global community. Special thanks to our sponsors, Parker Clay (code CURATE15), SeaVees (code CURATE20), and The Artists' Lawyer (code CURATE). Music created by Queentide.

In this episode, we learn just how much good can be put back into the world by buying a bag!We hear from Ian Bentley, co-founder of the California-based brand, Parker Clay. Although, the Parker Clay manufacturing hub is across the globe in Ethiopia, where Ian and his family set out to create training and employment opportunities for communities there.We learn about the Parker Clay journey and its mission to combat human trafficking and social injustices in the native home of their adopted daughter. Ian tells us why Parker Clay is not just a brand, but a business helping to elevate the economy and people in its locality. As well as providing sustainable and ethical sourcing options for the leather goods trade.Find out more about Parker Clay at https://www.parkerclay.com/ and if you're interested in share opportunities with this growing and positive business, they currently have a funding round open till mid-November 2023, learn more and get in there quick at https://invest.parkerclay.com/We'll be bringing more conversations from the world of sustainable fashion regularly, so remember to follow and invite your friends for a listen. Connect with me on LinkedIn linkedin.com/in/sebastianvolneyFollow us on Instagram www.instagram.com/jaymesbyrontalentFollow us for jobs and news in sustainable fashion at https://www.linkedin.com/company/jaymesbyrontalent/

Curate Conversations | Episode 015 In episode 015 of Curate Conversations, I interviewed Éva Goicochea. Founder / CEO of Maude, a sexual wellness company built on quality, simplicity, and inclusivity. This was one of the richest conversations I've had this year, Éva made me feel like we were best friends, and everything Maude does isn't just marketing genius; it's so simply human. There were so many incredible things she said that stood out to me, so it was hard to pick just a few, but I did my best. Here's the debrief. Join the Curate Community Membership (code PODCAST, 20% off) to join our global community. Special thanks to our sponsors, Parker Clay (code CURATE15), SeaVees (code CURATE20), and The Artists' Lawyer (code CURATE). Music created by Queentide.

Ian Bentley is the Co-Founder and CEO of Parker Clay, a lifestyle brand committed to making a better bag for a better world through a brand built to showcase the finest Ethiopian leather and craftsmanship while providing meaningful job opportunities, vocational training, and living wages for at-risk women. After adopting their daughter from Ethiopia, Ian and his wife Brittany relocated to Addis Ababa to work with vulnerable women and children. Having realized the potential impact, they created Parker Clay to showcase the beauty of premium Ethiopian leather while creating safe, dignified employment for at-risk women. Having established a successful business in a foreign country built on the foundation of social impact, Ian can share with your audience the powerful stories of making his dream a reality. Ian knows from experience the struggles of building a brand while expanding your family and is eager to share his story. He can help your audience understand what it's like to go against the grain and stand up for something right in a big way. He wants people to realize that it's possible to make a change through business and marry people, profit, and purpose.   More of Ian:  Linkedin: linkedin.com/in/ianwbentley Website: https://www.parkerclay.com/ Instagram: @ian.w.bentley Twitter: SteadfastLoveET  

Curate Conversations | Episode 014 Debrief In Episode 014, I had the distinct pleasure of interviewing Briana Kurtz — founder of 0xx, past Curate client, and in general, wonderful human being. Briana is incredibly knowledgeable about web3 and crypto, having been in the space long before it gained popularity in more recent years. We talked about how crypto is about more than money, how the concepts people are wary of when it comes to crypto are actually not new concepts at all, what's coming in the future of Crypto, decentralized work teams, and so so SO much more. There were a few things from our conversation that stuck with me. Let's dig in. Join the Curate Community Membership (code PODCAST, 20% off) to join our global community. Special thanks to our sponsors, Parker Clay (code CURATE15), SeaVees (code CURATE20), and The Artists' Lawyer (code CURATE). Music created by Queentide.

Curate Conversations | Episode 013 In Episode 013, I talked with Shauna Armitage, co-founder of Odo, about barriers to investing. A fundamental pillar of Odo, is democratizing wealth — in other words, taking the opportunities given to the 1% when it comes to building wealth, and making it available to the masses. Here's the debrief. Join the Curate Community Membership (code PODCAST, 20% off) to join our global community. Special thanks to our sponsors, Parker Clay (code CURATE15), SeaVees (code CURATE20), and The Artists' Lawyer (code CURATE). Music created by Queentide.

Curate Conversations | Episode 012 Debrief In this episode of the Curate Conversations Podcast, I talked with Topsie Vandenbosch, an Emotional intelligence consultant for corporate leaders and a Mindset coach helping biz owners do the inner work. Topsie is a licensed master social worker and former clinical therapist who owned a successful B/M private practice — making her a clear stand-out from the many mindset coaches you see on social media these days. She's a first-generation immigrant, true-crime lover (same!), and host of her own podcast: Crush the Mindset Spiral. I thoroughly enjoyed our conversation; here's the debrief. Join the Curate Community Membership (code PODCAST, 20% off) to join our global community. Special thanks to our sponsors, Parker Clay (code CURATE15), SeaVees (code CURATE20), and The Artists' Lawyer (code CURATE). Music created by Queentide.

Curate Conversations | Episode 011 Debrief Debrief of Episode 011 In Ep 011 of Curate Curate conversations, I had the pleasure of getting to interview Magi Fisher — Curate client, our legal counsel, and also the founder of several legal businesses and several creative businesses. We talk about integrity as a business owner, and I hope you liked it as much as I did. Here's my debrief. Join the Curate Community Membership (code PODCAST, 20% off) to join our global community. Special thanks to our sponsors, Parker Clay (code CURATE15), SeaVees (code CURATE20), and The Artists' Lawyer (code CURATE). Music created by Queentide.

Curate Conversations | Episode 010 Debrief Debrief of Episode 010 In Ep 010 of Curate Conversations, I had a conversation with Brooke Taylor — corporate dropout turned thought leader on her proprietary phenomenon, "The Success Wound" We talk about everything from sobriety in your 20s (and currently) to our socialized selves, to our motivations for how we show up, and what it's going to take to shift the success paradigm. Here's the debrief. Join the Curate Community Membership (code PODCAST, 20% off) to join our global community. Special thanks to our sponsors, Parker Clay (code CURATE15), SeaVees (code CURATE20), and The Artists' Lawyer (code CURATE). Music created by Queentide.

Here is a very lightly edited transcript of the SuperCrowdHour for July, The Power of a Purpose Round with Parker Clay CEO Ian Bentley, DealMaker CEO Rebecca Kacaba and Renew Venture Capital's Mark Hubbard.Devin: I have just the most extraordinary panel discussion organized today, and I just couldn't be more excited about it. Rebecca Kasaba is the CEO of DealMaker, which is one of the fastest-growing companies in North America. I mean, Rebecca, you're just killing it. You're absolutely crushing it. We're thrilled to have you here to take a minute to be on the show. Ian Bentley is the CEO of Parker Clay, and he's working with help from Rebecca. He's in the middle of a $15 million goal of a crowdfunding campaign. We're excited to talk to him about that. He's got an incredible social mission. I just love what he's doing. And Mark Hubbard, who is the managing director of Renew Venture Capital, he's playing a vital role in putting that together. And so they've created, and they are sort of walking their talk, eating the dog food, as folks in Silicon Valley like to say, they are actually modeling the use of what they've started to call a purpose round. And I'm excited to talk to them about that because their crowdfunding campaign is really centered on fulfilling their mission.Devin: So with that, Ian, let me invite you to just take a minute and tell us about the mission, the social purpose behind and the motivation and purpose for Parker Clay.Ian: Thanks, Devin. Yeah, and doing it in a minute would be a little bit tricky, but I can try. I just got home, back to California, where our headquarters are here in the US. But I just got back from our factory in Ethiopia; I was there for actually about a month. A little bit longer than I'm normally there. But we so as you can imagine, we've got both an Ethiopian headquarters and a US headquarters. And it started back in 2012 when my family and I bought one-way tickets, left California, left our careers, moved to Ethiopia; and we moved there primarily to help women who had been caught in trafficking and really looking for more dignified employment opportunities. That was not that line of work. And we were doing skills training, and job training, discovered the leather industry while we were living there, and saw it as primarily being exported to the world, like Europe. And we thought we could create jobs for women. And really, that was the purpose of why we were there to create opportunities for women to thrive. And we are doing that through business. So really kind of changing the model around even aid that has been poured into the country for many, many years and shifting that to a trade model and doing business at scale. And we'll talk more about the manufacturing opportunities and all that we're doing there. But we've got a team now of about 200 people, 80% of whom are women. And we are proud of the impact and the work we get to do every day through that.Devin: Yeah, it is just really inspiring what you're doing. And I was shocked by the story when I heard it and thrilled and really admire the work that you've been doing. You've been at this for a while now. It's been a decade or so since you, the roots of this effort, began. Is that right?Ian: Yeah, Yeah. We officially started in 2014. That's when we set up the entity. So it's been almost ten years. I have lost all my hair and gotten a few more gray hairs, and working alongside my wife is the creative director of Parker Clay, and we've got five kids, so a very full life as well. But it's been it's an exciting time at the moment really for what we're doing because a lot of the hard work we've put into the foundation over these past few years is now really ripe to scale. So that's why we're doing what we're doing.Devin: Yeah. Well, Rebecca, as you have, you know, worked with Ian, one of the things that I've observed from our past conversations about this, and we've had an opportunity to talk about it a few times, I think you have a real passion for this. I wonder if you tell us a little bit about how you feel about this and how you're working to DealMaker to support Parker Clay.Rebecca: Devin, I'm happy to. Yeah, we're really excited about what Parker Clay is doing. Remember when my team first met Ian, we were so excited about the company and the mission and the way they're having such a transformative impact on Ethiopia that we were like, Okay, this is one deal we've got to get for the system. We've got to win this one. So what DealMaker does is essentially give companies the technology infrastructure they need to raise capital digitally online. And so traditionally, in my background as a capital markets attorney, I saw a lot of paperwork being exchanged in order to get capital raising done. And when the Jobs Act came out, I saw the opportunity for all of this capital raising to move online. And, you know, like Ian, it's been a short ten-year journey where we've watched the legislation transform, and we've really seen digital marketing take a huge foothold now in this industry and give entrepreneurs a way to communicate their message to all the four corners of the Internet, to people who their message might appeal to and build up a community behind them and don't want to get too into it because I know we'll continue to chat about it for the next hour, but it's something I'm really passionate about, the impact that people today want to have with their investments, especially when they see companies like Parker play, and they want to do things, you know, they see what Mark and Renew are doing. And this whole trend of impact investing is something that we're all fortunate to be a part of and get to propel forward, which really just makes the world a better place and gets better businesses funded.Devin: Yeah. Well, Mark, I want to turn to you now for a second. We've it's my sense, and I may be wrong, forgive me if I am, but it's my sense that you played a really vital role in pulling this together for both your capital and your concept. So what I'd like to do is to invite you to talk a little bit about your role in all of this and why it is that what Ian does resonates with you.Mark: Sure. I guess it goes back to sort of the genesis of the term purpose around for us, you know, what we were trying to accomplish. And then Ian became sort of part of the first use case for that, not the total piece, but certainly the proof case for, for why we want to do it. As Rebecca said, everything we do is impact. We have a venture studio and a venture capital firm, and it's all either social impact companies or it's women and historically excluded founders. And those don't have to be impact companies. And we want to, I mean, look, we're part of, as Rebecca mentioned, this sort of global shift and what I sort of call a movement. It's kind of a paradigm shift where more and more people want to align what they say they believe about the world with what their money does in it. Right. Or what their effort does in it. A lot of people will shift professionally in those ways. I mean, I guess I am in some ways, it's taken me 20 years, but in some ways, I'm part of that shift as well. And so, you know, we looked at the look, any time you do investing, you're a two-sided marketplace. Right. So I have investors that I invest on behalf of, and I have companies and founders that we invest in. And so the thing we saw was really twofold, both sides of that marketplace. One, that it was really frustrating that only rich people, you know, only accredited investors, could... I mean, they still, to this day, right in the fund, I can't take anybody who's not accredited. I have to see your tax statements.Mark: So I really can't take anybody who's not accredited. And so that's frustrating, like in and of itself, just sort of from an investing standpoint that you can't invest in early-stage companies; you can't really do VC. When you couple that with the idea that this is an effort to align your values with what your money does, like, that's a justice issue that a non-accredited investor is not allowed to do. We're only going to let rich people do that. You know what? What is the what's the power that we leave on the table and in that dynamic? So that's one issue, right? Then the other was, what do we do about--and Ian will probably be okay with me saying this--there's a whole lot of companies that could be big, huge, successful companies that the founders are dynamic, that people want to support, that people align with aspirationally, that it's not just a product that they buy and that it's really something they want to be a part of themselves. But it's hard to figure out how you put those companies into a venture fund. And because they're too capital intensive, or the timeline is too long, or they're just not in vogue, or they're systemic issues, you know, as it comes down to like a lot of women and historically excluded founders. And so, how do we open pathways? How do we support these kinds of purpose-focused companies to allow them to go raise expansion capital, real, real money? Like ten, 20, $70 million. By being able to tell their story of their purpose and what they're trying to accomplish more broadly and involve a much bigger community in that discussion.Devin: And. I want to just pause here for a moment to say a couple of things. First off, if you are here in the Zoom room with us, please, we invite you to begin thinking about thoughtful questions you have for these extraordinary individuals who are on the panel today. We're going to welcome your questions. You can use the Q&A function in Zoom to ask those questions most readily. And I also want to reiterate the invitation. If you're watching on YouTube and would like to ask a question, just hit on.s4g.biz to register and hop into the call. We'd love to have you join us here in the Zoom room, where you can ask a question. So now, continuing on the discussion, I hate to interrupt the flow, but you know,Devin: It really is, I think, exciting to think about what this means. You know, Rebecca, you've got this technology that you're deploying, and you hinted at this already, that allows people like Ian to begin to connect with people who are not yet part of the community. That's a pretty exciting thing. Tell us about your technology.Rebecca: Yeah. So the way we set up an offering, if you've got a brand like Parker Clay, a really nice high-value brand, you want to allow them to control the buying experience so that an investor coming in has the same high-end experience to buy shares as they would to buy a purse or some similar product from Parker Clay. And so, we allow them to set up a standalone website with an Invest Now button. And our goal is to really make it as easy for investors to buy shares online as it is to buy a pair of shoes. So get them through the securities law exemption, get their payments, their investments funded, get contracts signed, get the securities law exemptions and background checks, run all very streamlined purchasing experience at the click of a button and then allow the companies to have access to their funnel and really to treat their capital raise the same they way they would if they were digitally marketing a product so they can see who their buyers are, where their interest level stems from, and they can really then start to identify the community that is interested in their capital, raise and build a community around that profile and then reach more people. And our goal is to really expand this, to make capital raising global so that we can right now allow people to raise across North America as well as into different other regions so that they can find all the different folks that might be interested in what they're doing and really leverage the power of the Internet to its fullest capacity.Devin: It is exciting to think about this. And Mark, you know, it's I kind of credit you again, I apologize if I'm getting this wrong, but I kind of credit you with thinking of this and identifying the possibility that purpose can be a connector that Rebecca can kind of leverage with her technology to benefit someone like Ian, an entrepreneur like Ian to attract capital. I wonder. How did you develop this idea? Because it got I got to say, the traditional view of crowdfunding is you leverage your community to raise capital. And what you're doing is you've changed the thesis and say, we're going to leverage our purpose to build a community from which we can build raise capital. What where did that idea come from, Mark?Mark: Yes, like, like all my great ideas. I assume it came from somewhere else. Yeah. Look, the history of the crowdfunding world started with a lot of crowd talk, right? That. That, in general, just you want to get to the people, whatever that means. And it's not a particularly strategic idea necessarily, but you just go out to the crowd. And then there became this idea of community. Right. That really, when you look at what happens in a crowdfunding scenario, what happens is really your community for the most part, right? You may broaden it some, but a lot of it is leveraging people that were already in the community or are sort of on the edges and will come in and feel an affinity. And that's all like that's really useful stuff. It's exciting to take a community. I mean, even before you get to any purpose discussion, right? They have this community that is just deeply identified with what they do. And, you know, thousands and thousands of people who would do who would drive anywhere or go anywhere or just, you know, to be associated with their business. And so that kind of crowd or community thing is useful and helpful and can help one of these campaigns be successful. My thought was just as great as that is. If you can take a community and you can activate that community around a purpose, that's a different thing. Like that is maybe it feels like a nuanced difference, but that's there's a power in that's different than the whole rest of the activities. And so, therefore, yes, there ought to be an opportunity to have all kinds of people who would who do want to make an investment.Mark: That's why you know, this is this bespoke landing page thing. Right. That's an interesting animal because, although functionally, it should be as easy as buying a product, right? It's not quite like buying a product. And so but you do want to tell a story about the business and the product, but you do want to tell the impact story. Like, that's a lot of stuff to balance and a lot of needles to thread. But if people can get into that, if people can who do want to invest in something that will be successful, who want this to be part of what they're, you know, money makes possible in the world, can also then connect with this story of transformation. You know, that's really, really powerful. And I do believe that that could be broadened far beyond sort of just your normal customer base. And look, then, the flip side of a crowdfund, right? What's so great about that idea is that if you that every person that you can align with you that wasn't a customer before. Not only do they probably become a customer, but they become the whole process is taking customers and the community and turning them into owners and advocates. And so when they became owners, they become advocates in a way that could really drive sort of the underlying fundamentals of the business going forward. And so it seemed to be for me like the, you know, sort of the perfect storm of possibility there.Devin: Well, it is exciting to think about how this has the potential to work. And of course, now, Ian, you're living in the middle of it, right? You're in the middle of this campaign. You've been you launched this. I'm trying to recall, was it early this year that you launched the campaign or late last year?Ian: It was late last year. Yeah, November of last year.Devin: So you've had enough of a run now, I guess, to see how it's working. Are you seeing actually some people who were outside your community that have been drawn in by purpose to invest? And then the parallel question, and I'm curious about, is, are we also seeing are you also seeing those folks who come in as fresh members of the community, as investors? Are they also becoming customers?Ian: Yeah, we are the, and I think the way Mark was describing it is, is true. The power of community is is is a big deal. And I mean, I'm even reminded in coming back from Ethiopia how important community is for all of us. The word that I kept hearing over and over in Ethiopia was resilient, resilient, resilient. And sometimes, you know, you've got some people that are strong, some people that are weak. How do we help each other? How do we help each other through those challenges and the good and the bad? And it's a beautiful thing that I get to see, perhaps sometimes more when I'm in Ethiopia, but reminded that even here in the US and other parts of the world where we have even adopted this proverb that it's an African proverb that says If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together. And we're constantly saying that. It's become such an ingrained part of our DNA at Parker Clay, where we look through decisions with the business with regards to whether we go together; what does that look like? And I can tell endless stories of even just these last few weeks in Ethiopia of doing just that. And you know, what we get to do, and I think even just what Mark was saying with regards to how we thread all these stories together, that we are a business, we're a for-profit, purpose-driven business, right? We're a legal public benefit corporation that has the idea baked into it that we are benefiting the public in some way.Ian: And so driving that purpose every day at Parker Clay is essential. But we're also building, you know, an exciting business. And so the question I think that comes up as we approach the community, you know, and it's a little bit more of a newer idea, is can you be kind of can you focus on both profit and purpose? And I think, historically, we have separated these things very distinctly, right? Where we have kind of charitable giving, charitable donations, aid, things that we're doing which are not bad and are needed. But then we have for-profit, right? And then we have businesses that are just purely about profit. And I think that that has been the model for many, many years. And only really, and I would say the last ten or so years, have businesses been looking at more of a purpose-driven structure. And, you know, we've seen that because we've been doing it from the beginning. And so I think that's where as we approach the community, we get to certainly bring that out of more of our existing customers. And we've seen a significant amount of people interested in this round. For many, it might be their first type of investment like this, right? Because this is still a new space. And I think opportunities like this webinar and the education around it are important because, for a lot of people, they just haven't had the opportunity unless they've been, like Mark said in the beginning, more of institutional investors who have that experience. And so for customers who have been buying our bags, this might be the first type of investment.Ian: And one practical way to share that. We had a warehouse sale here in Santa Barbara at our warehouse, and the community came out. They were excited to buy bags and drove from kind of all over California to come. And this one woman came up to me and said, Hey, I'm one of your shareholders. And she said, I'm with a big smile with a ton of excitement, and that just would never be possible before, right? Where she was saying it with pride as an owner, I'm a shareholder in the company. I'm excited not just about your bags, which I love, but also being part of this in a deeper way with you. And so, you know, we have seen both the existing community base, which I think has been a big part of our strength, and that's also brought in some new faces who have then converted to customers, some people who maybe own businesses now kind of come in and go, hey, one of my gifts for my employees or my clients. And so it really has allowed us to stretch that out and the opportunities out with our offering, not only from the investment side but from the product side. And that is a benefit, I would say for sure, with this type of route is if you are a consumer brand, you get to bring in this customer base, and if you have a product, it's also fun to share because you kind of get both investment and customers who are buying your product.Devin: Yeah, it's really exciting to think about the synergy between the investment and the product sales. Of course, I've dated myself just by using the 90s word synergy, but that's where, you know, it was ingrained. It was beaten, I think. You know, many of us in business school back in the day got a tattoo on an arm. Um, so anyway, sorry. I apologize for using the word synergy. But there is some exciting interplay between the investors and the customers. Rebecca, I want to talk to you a little bit more broadly about investing in these kinds of deals. I know you're a broker-dealer, and you have to be careful. You're an attorney. You're smarter than I am. Help us understand. How sort of anyone now can invest as easily almost in a deal like Parker Clay Let's be a little bit nonspecific so you can stay a little bit out of some of the regulatory scrutiny for a minute. So you're not recommending a deal, but tell us a little bit about how people can get comfortable that it's okay to invest. It's a new thing. Ian made it very clear. Right? It's new to people. How do people get comfortable with that as investors?Rebecca: Yeah. Thanks, Devin. And I will disclaim that because I'm not licensed in the broker-dealer. Our broker-dealer helps the issuers' side rather than being the type of broker-dealer that works for the investors. But I think what we're seeing is investors are getting comfortable with the purpose and the mission of the business. And, of course, the regulations are very well designed to make sure that investors have access to all the information they need. So they have fully standardized offering documents that tell them prescriptively about the business and the business plan and who the founders are. And there are bad actor checks run on all the founders before the offerings get set up. And then there are caps on the amount of money that investors can invest in these deals because it is supposed to be for investors to build a portfolio of investments and not, you know, bet the farm on one investment that they're making. And so what we are doing is bringing that awareness to folks so that they can participate in these kinds of offerings and build that kind of portfolio. If you look at it according to Global Impact Investor Network, the impact investing global portfolio stands at 1.2 trillion assets under management. And so there's a lot of capital out there that's looking for deals like Parker Play where people want to be making an impact, as Mark described, with their money and the key trends that we're seeing as part of that impact investing. Ian really described the most important one to me, which is as millennials and the younger generation view the world, they don't view it the same way some of the older generations do with charity and business, and business is out to make a profit, and charity does good in the world.Rebecca: They really see business as a better change agent than charity, and charitable charities need to be able to have a more sustainable business model. And so the two are really blending together in a really interesting way, with Parker Clay being the perfect example of that. We've also seen, you know, statistics like six out of every ten millennials have actually done impact investing, so they know what it is. The people who do it feel good about it. They do it repeatedly. And so we see it really as this snowball that's rolling down the hill where you've now had, you know, ten years ago, the online buying ecosystem was not what it is today. It was almost at zero. People went into bricks and mortar stores to buy everything they needed. Fast forward ten years. That's grown into a $16 trillion industry. And so as we see investing, moving online in the same way, moving out of the boardrooms and the, you know, physical handshakes and online, we've also seen a really nice change in the types of founders that are getting funded with increased female and minority founders because of the way the messaging is being presented. So all of that to say, I think investors are this is resonating with investors. They want to do this. We're seeing the upward trend, and the legislation's been around for over ten years now and has gone through a number of iterations to make sure that it's safe for investors.Devin: Yeah, it's it is exciting to see, you know, in the last, I think, seven or eight quarters, we've seen venture capital decline every quarter. You know, there was some buzz around AI and notwithstanding the buzz around AI, venture capital investment still declined. And uh, but we're seeing Crowdfunding and Reg A plus kinds of deals are pretty solid. We haven't seen the same declines in that space. There's real resilience, and it is exciting to see. And I'm hopeful that as we get a little more confident in markets recovering, we'll see real growth in investment Crowdfunding going on. Mark, I wonder if you would just take a minute and talk a little bit about it. You're thinking about investing as well. I want to make sure that--I know there are entrepreneurs, and we'll come back to that. There are entrepreneurs listening who desperately want to figure out how they, too, can raise $15 million. But all of them are also investors, and others are here primarily because they're interested in investing in Parker Clay or another deal. And your vision, right for this, was driven in no small part by the idea that ordinary investors should have the same opportunity that wealthy investors have. Talk to us a little bit about that.Mark: Sure. Well, I mean, I can do my philosophy of investing, but the two of them just did it. So I'm surprised. I'm surprised they didn't share my deck to make the point. Yeah, there has been historically this two, you know, classically called the two-pocket idea, that in one pocket, I put all the money in the world, and in the other pocket, I give it away to make good things happen. Right? And so that purpose and the context of profit is bad and distracting, and profit in the context of purpose is bad and distracting. Right. And that's just not the world anymore. I mean, it's fine. That was the world for a long time. Friedman messed a bunch of people up. But it's not. I mean, the world now is a bunch of founders who don't see trade-offs, who don't come out of the nonprofit world. We want to build big, giant companies that do really well, that have purpose at the center of what they do, and that the purpose is not a distraction from the profit.Mark: It's that I make my profit via, like, “What are you talking about?” Like, “The purpose drives my profit.” Those aren't competing ideas, and I won't like to give up all my profit because that's business, and that's what makes the purpose possible. Like, what are you even talking about, right? Like, they don't even know how how to put it in that context. And that's how younger investors are, too, right? Like, that's the way they want to think about things. And so so yeah, that's just sort of a new-ish idea. But it's now the water everybody swims in, and everybody better adjust. You know, I always attribute to this, I've always heard it attributed to Marc Andreessen, you know, fellow, fellow purpose warrior who said that impact companies were were like houseboats, right? They're not a good boat and not a good house. And my response was always, that seems kind of weird coming from somebody who spends a bunch of time on a yacht.Devin: So, you know what? There are companies like Parker Clay that are both good houses and good boats, and I don't even know what you're talking about, man. And so, um, so yeah, so that is the future. And I think we're just going to see sort of a massive shift. And although this is new, you know, you know, it's my job generally to, to, to break up assumptions, although this is new and it's hard like I don't you watch any of the meme stock stuff that happened in the last couple of years. I mean, nobody had heard of Robinhood before. And everybody's got mutual funds, and everybody knows what the stock market is, and everybody owns private shares and companies, and people want to go to Berkshire Hathaway's, you know, annual like, no, this isn't new. This is a highly, highly regulated marketplace for people to do what they constantly do all the time. Otherwise, in other places, it just opens up a little slice of the market. Right? It opens up this early stage, mid-stage growth, stage investment in private companies that you didn't have access to before, and now you do so. So take all that comfort you have from all the rest of it, right? And apply it to this new asset class that you just were cut out of before.Devin: Yeah, it's an interesting point. You know, a meaningful part of diversification is to add some private assets to the the mix of things that you're holding. So that's a great, great point. Now, Ian, as you think about your offering, I wonder if you would just take a minute with, you know, we've been kind of talking about the focus on investors, and you, more than anyone, are authorized to speak about your deal. Tell us why you would like why you think it's a good idea for an investor to participate.Ian: Yeah. No. Thanks for that opportunity to share that. Look, one of the wealthiest individuals on the planet right now is in the fashion space. Actually, he is the wealthiest individual on the planet. And it's only been, I would say, in the last 20 or so years that, you know, or 20 plus that that's really kind of launched into the stratosphere with what he's done. The fashion space is really exciting. Africa is really exciting. And when we look at it through this lens when we were living in Ethiopia. It was really an aha moment where everything we were talking about profit, purpose, all those things really aligned when I'm there, and my family and I are working really towards this effort of saying hearing over and over from women saying we don't want handouts, we want jobs, we want opportunities. And when we discovered this raw material, which source--think about ten years ago, we didn't know where things were made or how they were made. We weren't looking at tags. This whole awakening of the conscious consumer was born about ten years ago. And it wasn't just a moment in time. It's a movement. And the movement has been picking up a lot of energy over these last ten years to the point where even, as Rebecca said, with millennials and younger generations. They are investing and spending where their values are. And I think that that is seen today more than ever before in history. And so when we created Parker Clay, we both looked at it and said in order and just to build on what Mark was saying, in order to have the impact we want to see in the world, which we believe women should not have to compromise and choose these really terrible, you know, routes to provide for themselves and their families.Ian: And if we can change that through economic empowerment, then watch out because these women are reinvesting 90% of their incomes back into their communities, into their families, and their kids' lives are going to change. Schools are going to change. These are the next leaders of the world. It's a good investment. And if we can make really beautiful products that, frankly, the world wants, then the combination of those things is so powerful. We're in a space that is approaching $300 billion in terms of the market. So the leather space for fashion brands, both in bags and shoes, kind of become the cornerstone of and building blocks of these fashion brands. And when it comes to Africa. It's an exciting, exciting time. I really cannot stress this enough, for me, spending weeks and months of my year in Ethiopia and in East Africa, the manufacturing world is changing dramatically. If you think about the Industrial Revolution at the peak, it was about 20 million jobs. And right now, there is a shift happening of about 100 million manufacturing jobs that are leaving China and looking for a new home. And when you think about Africa, by 2050, a quarter of the population is going to live on the continent of Africa.Ian: These are incredibly resourced, capable, young, vibrant workers that are looking for opportunities. And so when we look at Africa, we're also, and that's what is exciting about Parker Clay is that it's not just the brand that is selling into a market that is approaching 300 billion. We're also a brand that has taken on the manufacturing opportunity to become vertically integrated. And so we have the opportunity as a manufacturer and as a brand to really press into this market. And we've got the track record. We're 20 plus million in historical sales where we have, again, we've been selling and creating opportunity primarily here in the US and starting to tiptoe into international markets as well. And so there are a lot of very exciting pieces that this raise and why we're doing it. One is to bring the community into it. This would be our typical series A round, and to say, rather than going that traditional institutional round, we want to bring the community to be part of this with us because we see where we're going. We see the potential of building this company into a multinational, really significant brand that can compete on the global level with the other well-known fashion brands in the world who, by the way, might be buying leather from Ethiopia but stamping "made in" somewhere else with it. And that's where we're excited to bring people into that story with us to be part of this with us and truly, again, live up to that value of we go together where you get to be part of it, not just from a financial side with the investment, but also the impact side.Ian: And we are absolutely, and I can tell you that, just literally coming back days from Ethiopia. The way that we are transforming lives is humbling. It's just humbling from my position to be part of that and to see. I'll give you an example. We had a celebration that we've created this called we call it our Center of Excellence, where women can come in with no experience in the leather industry. We can give them job training, skills training along with it. We've partnered with a local bank called Anat, which means mother, and they do financial literacy training. We have a subsidized lunch program. We have a food pantry where we subsidize meals. We have a huge bus that we transport people to be back and forth from home to work because transport is a problem challenge. And we also consistently look at livable wages in the country and are constantly leveling up with regard to that because inflation is a challenge for them. So we take all these impact pieces, and we set that as a priority. We've also become one of the highest-ranked certified B Corps, and we're the top in the world in terms of the leather space. And that also allows us to be third-party accredited with regard to this impact. So it's not just us saying it, it's saying, hey, we're putting our proof through this accreditation as well.Ian: And we're really proud of that. And the vision really for us is to create millions of opportunities, not only through Parker Clay but through the network and showing people that the opportunities here are endless with regards to these women and what can happen in a place like Ethiopia and Africa. Um, so that's, you know, that's where we're at, and we're excited to be able to offer this to the community, to those people that are listening in. Um, and also, you know, I just want to add in with Mark, Rebecca and even Devin, you as well. You guys are part of that community, and really grateful for the contributions that you guys make in lending your voice and the efforts because what we're doing and the power of this whole thing is really we go together. And I think that it is an exciting time where we get to prove that we can do this and put really meaningful opportunities in front of people, not just from the investment side but from the impact side. And I can tell you because I've been in both a nonprofit and a for-profit siloed space, that this space that I'm in now, I've never been more motivated and on fire to work towards the success of this mission and purpose. And I think that we're going to see more people who are aligned with those things motivated and doing similar things as well.Devin: That's great. And we've got.Devin: A great question that came in from Gretchen. She said, Um, do you foresee institutional investors making this mind shift toward purpose investing? Or will it take continuous reg CF and reg growth to lead this new investment world? And Mark, maybe we can start with you, and then Rebecca and Ian, maybe you can close us out on this, but I think it's a great question.Mark: Yeah, I mean, they have–really, if you're old like me, you remember a 2010 research report from JP Morgan back when. Sort of, you know, that long ago, right? So it was sort of a social entrepreneurship, social enterprise. We didn't quite know what the thing was yet. And the argument was that whatever this thing was, this impact thing could potentially be a $1 trillion asset class. That was their argument someday. And you know how asset classes work. Asset classes are like defined verticals of kinds of companies. So small companies, big companies, other kinds of assets, real estate. Right. That's an asset class. And so they said there could be one of those. That's impact, depending on how you define impact. Now, it's something like a 20 to $50 trillion market. And so they were wrong, but they were wrong because what we found out is that it's not the institutional world did not respond to it as an asset class. How we responded to it is as a lens, right? And so it didn't it wasn't like, Oh, I'm going to invest in small-cap stocks and impact stocks. It was, How do I look at small-cap stocks through the lens of impact investing? Because in the institutional world, all impact framework is a risk-adjusted return framework. So they're trying to say, what are the risks associated with this? If I don't look at the impact pieces of it. And so it's become this lens.Mark: Now, what I think is so interesting about CF and Reg A and what I do right early stage investing is that you can do that, you know, on a big global scale. It's just really hard. Like it's hard to figure out how you run a giant multinational corporation in a way that's ethical, and it's just hard, especially if you're trying to turn those around and you have things like ESG and then the backlash to ESG and. Right. And so that's it's incredibly important. Everybody needs there need to be brilliant people working in that world. I just sort of punt on that and say, you know, where it's not all that complicated is in relatively early-stage investing. Look at the kind of control and focus that Ian's able to have right because of this company is what it is. And because it's at the size and stage that it is. And then we can help them build companies that look different in the end than the ones that maybe we have now, even when they're big and giant. And so that's just a meme more satisfying, a more interesting sort of place to play to sort of one-to-one almost what I believe with what I'm making happen. And so, yeah, institutions do do it. It's just a more complicated sort of world in the big high-end, global, national.Devin: Great, great thoughts. Rebecca, do you want to add anything to that?Rebecca: I think Mark covered it well. So the only thing I would add is what we see is typically people really connecting to the specific purpose of the company, and think Reg A gives an investor the ability to connect on a very personal level. And so when you see impact investing in a fund, it's going to be certain high-level defined parameters. Whereas an individual can say, I love what Ian's doing in Ethiopia, and that mission speaks to me. So I want to invest in that company versus like a bucket of companies that have a certain mission. One other thing that I want to add that Ian jogged in my mind that I want to call out. I think it's really interesting how he said it's our series A, but we're about community, and so we're going to choose to do this. There are a lot of companies historically that have similarly made that choice, who think the way Ian thinks. A lot of people don't know that Peloton--huge company today--started out as a crowdfunding campaign. And you've got companies like Substack, you know, going out around a Series B saying we're a community-driven company, and so we want to do this everything down to, you know, the Green Bay Packers, an NFL team who says we're all about our community, we're fan owned, and they're the number one brand in the NFL because they've been doing this for over 60 years. So it is out there. It is a trend that's happening. A lot of those stories we need to just bring to light so people understand that people do think this way and feel this way.Devin: Yeah, great. I think if.Ian: Devin, if I could add to, I think, you know, what's interesting too, is. It's more touchable like it's more connected in that sense. Like I'm available. If anyone has questions, reach out. Right. Like, and I think with these bigger investments and you typically, it feels more unreachable or untouchable. And like the woman coming up to me and saying, Hey, I'm one of your shareholders, that's so exciting. Or I get emails from people saying, I just invested, I respond, and we communicate. I love that. And I think that's another piece that's really powerful because, again, we were just believing also, as a philosophy, we were designed to be in community together. And this is just one more extension of doing just that.Devin: Yeah, that's a great point.Devin: Carl Deacon is asked a great question. And, you know, I'll ask you to tackle this first and then Rebecca and Mark, you may want to jump in and add something. But the question is, how are you attracting people to become investors? Messaging, and communication channels targeting investor candidates. Describe some of the real tactics at the practical level.Ian: Yeah, it's a good question. We've been learning a lot since we started. Having a community is a huge opportunity to start with, right? So we've sold to, like Mark said, thousands of customers. We've been doing this for about ten years. So we've got a really strong customer base that's highly engaged. These are reoccurring customers, people who are coming back, and sharing with friends and family. So that's a huge piece. But what we recognize, too, is that buying a bag and investing in a company, those are a bit different. And so we've had to cater some of that communication that's a little bit different. Right. And I think we've grown one of the one of the most powerful things that you can have is to bring in, I think, a community into that. Think outside of that. One thing that we've been experiencing and expert at is just the way that we do paid advertising and outreach and things like that. And, you know, sometimes we try things, and it works; sometimes we try things, and it doesn't work. And so it's a constant iteration around the types of things we're doing. I think what's most important is setting up a, and if you're a kind of a digital marketer, you have this mindset, but there's also this idea of, you know, broader outreach campaigns, and then you have multiple touchpoints that you continue to follow up with someone. And that's one thing that DealMaker is helpful with, too, is that it's easier to kind of automate some of that communication. But I think email, phone calls, if you have a product, being able to send the product out to people has been really helpful, I think, at its core. And then, on top of that, you can experiment with paid advertising and certain things like that. You just, I think as you mature in any of the campaigns, and that's one of the things that we've seen is as we've brought in more from the campaigns, then we can kind of continue to invest into it and try some more of those things out. So. Those have probably been the core pieces.Devin: Fantastic.Devin: Rebecca, do you want to add anything in terms of those tactics or Mark?Rebecca: I think that that's all through--primarily, it's the website as the main communication vehicle, and then the email really is the primary form of communication to a certain extent or other different, you know, voice mail. I think direct voice-on-voice contact, um, presentation info sessions where people can understand and really get a deep dive on the company and really connect with the founder and understand the founder's mission, all like a Zoom conference. All those are communication methods that folks are experimenting with and trying.Devin: Excellent.Devin: Mark, anything you want to add?Mark: No. I mean, the DealMaker is a good example of believing that that kind of stuff's important. I mean, they bought, you know, what they would argue what a lot of people would argue was sort of the premier marketing firm. Right. To go out and tell stories, to make it part of a vertically integrated approach. I mean, so, you know, for us, the purpose rounds isn't a company; it's just a category we're trying to help define, right? It's if you're a historically excluded founder or a woman founder or you're doing, you know, an impact thing, and you're doing one of these Reg A. We would define that sort of as trying to raise a round of funding with purpose. That's a purpose round. And so, so we chose to engage by saying, look, we have resources, and so why don't we come alongside founders who want to do this column alongside company operators who want to do this? Because one thing about it is that it can be sort of semi-complicated. There's a bunch of vendors. I mean, what DealMaker has done so well, say, well, we'll in-house some of those, right? So it's a much more seamless kind of approach. So they have a transfer agent and but you still have a lawyer, and you still have an auditor, and you still...Mark: So, it still can be kind of complex. And number two, it can be expensive. I mean, you write a check to all those people, and, you know, Ian can attest to you can be a hugely successful company doing really, really well for a long time. And you don't just pull sort of free money out of your ear to make things happen. That's, you know, that can be a real challenge. So we just said, why don't we help try to take those two things off the table? Number one, why don't we try to come alongside and sort of help do some top-level management so it's a little bit easier to manage the vendors? And then number two, why don't we use some of our capital and just fund the whole thing in a model that gets us that money back at some point so we can help somebody out too. But how do we take all the all that, you know, how do I come up with the money off the table and just provide the money? And that then opens up the ability to do things like marketing and focusing on storytelling in a way that you maybe would have a hard time swallowing otherwise.Devin: Yeah, well.Devin: Our time is, is up. And this has just been a fascinating discussion for me, and I'm grateful for all of your insights and for you making the time. I'm grateful to those who joined us today to hear what you're saying. Before we wrap up, let me invite each of you to just take a minute and share a closing thought, a brief closing thought. We just have a minute or two, but why don't we go to Rebecca, Mark and then Ian?Rebecca: Why you're here is to talk about impact investing, and I think the snowball's rolling down the hill.Devin: It's a great message. Great message.Devin: Mark, any closing thoughts?Mark: Closing thoughts? Uh. Um. Invest.ParkerClay.com.Ian: That was my thought, Mark.Mark: Oh, now you got to come up with something. You're the...Rebecca: You're mine too, but I can't say it.Ian: I know it would feel weird about it.Mark: I'm like, I'm the one person who could just come out and say it.Ian: I love that. You'll see if you go on LinkedIn, Mark often will do that on my post in case I miss it. Look, I'm, I'm honored for anyone who is listening or part of this that you would consider investing. We're in kind of the tail end of our last few months of this round. And so we're going to be making a big push to bring in the hopefully the final amounts of what we're hoping to raise. So would love to have you check out the site. Invest.ParkerClay.com, and email me you can email me directly at Ian@ParkerClay.com. If you have any questions, I'm happy to chat more about what we're doing or questions about these types of rounds.Devin: Fantastic.Devin: Well, again, thank you, all three of you. I'm extremely grateful for your time. You know, the insights that you're providing are profoundly important, and it is exciting to think it truly is exciting to think for social entrepreneurs and diverse founders to think about the possibility that the very purpose that motivates and drives them is enabling their success and is not a friction, but it is a tool for accomplishing success and raising capital. To those of you who attended today, I want to thank you very much. Whether you're watching on YouTube or elsewhere or whether you're here with us in Zoom, we thank you very much for being here. I invite you to visit thesupercrowd.com to check out our upcoming future events. We will be holding three in-person events this fall and early winter. Um, we're at the earliest stages of planning, but it looks like we'll be in Salt Lake City in Baltimore and perhaps Northern California later this year, and we will continue doing the super crowd once a month. And so our next super crowd hour will be on August 19th, I think. Let's let me just double-check. August 16th, excuse me, August 16th. So four weeks from today, we'll see you here again. So thanks, everybody. I hope to see you again soon. Get full access to Superpowers for Good at devinthorpe.substack.com/subscribe

As we continue with the second part of our conversation with Ian Bentley, the Co-Founder, and CEO of Parker Clay, we delve deeper into his journey and the social enterprise work he and his wife Brittany are undertaking. You'll hear more about Ian's non-traditional career path and the family's decision to move back to the USA. Ian explains the concept of investing in relation to community, highlighting their unique funding effort through a Regulation A+ and crowdfunding campaign. He reflects on the personal growth he and his family experienced during their time in Ethiopia and the lessons learned about leadership, listening, and introspection. The episode concludes with Ian's heartfelt reminder to be kind to oneself. Tune in for a thought-provoking and inspiring discussion that is sure to resonate with anyone who is looking to make a difference in the world. Links Mentioned in Today's Episode: Ian Bentley  Parker Clay  Invest in Parker Clay  Ashley Menzies Babatunde Ashley Menzies Babatunde on Instagram Hubspot Podcast Network Rate & Review: If you enjoy listening to No Straight Path, please make sure you write a review and rate the show. It helps other listeners find the podcast. You can rate and review the show here. Thank you! 

Curate Conversations | Episode 009 Debrief Debrief of Episode 009 Ep 009 of Curate Conversations features EB and Jonathan Combs — 2 thirds of the founding team of Realm — a photo studio and event venue in Denver, CO. I've gotten to know EB and Jonathan really well over the last 3 years. EB is the photographer responsible for all of the brand photos we take for CWco., Jonathan is almost always on set behind the scenes making sure our shoot goes smoothly. They've stayed with us when they come to Santa Barbara, and we've stayed with them in Denver as we continue our creative partnership from afar. It was such a joy to have this conversation with them, and as you might notice — this episode is a bit more…candid? Than some of our others. I hope you enjoy this debrief of Ep 009 of Curate Conversations. Join the Curate Community Membership (code PODCAST, 20% off) to join our global community. Special thanks to our sponsors, Parker Clay (code CURATE15), SeaVees (code CURATE20), and The Artists' Lawyer (code CURATE). Music created by Queentide.

Continuing in our entrepreneurship theme, today we speak with Ian Bentley, the co-founder, and CEO of Parker Clay. This brand showcases exceptional Ethiopian leather and craftsmanship while creating meaningful job opportunities for at-risk women in Ethiopia. Ian, driven by his business development background and desire for change, founded the company with his wife Brittany after adopting their daughter from Ethiopia. Parker Clay has since expanded to over 200 employees (80% women), between their office, warehouse, and flagship store in Santa Barbara, California, and their factory and leadership team in Ethiopia. In this episode, Ian shares his personal journey from growing up in LA to meeting his wife and starting the company together. He discusses the challenges faced by women in Ethiopia and the family's decision to move there to address these issues. The episode also explores topics such as conscious consumerism and what being a B Corp entails. Ian shares insights on balancing business growth with the company's mission and values and his views on failure versus learning. Join us for an insightful discussion on creating a better future with Ian Bentley through sustainable and ethical practices. Links Mentioned in Today's Episode: Ian Bentley  Parker Clay  Parker Clay Investor Campaign Ashley Menzies Babatunde Ashley Menzies Babatunde on Instagram Hubspot Podcast Network Rate & Review: If you enjoy listening to No Straight Path, please make sure you write a review and rate the show. It helps other listeners find the podcast. You can rate and review the show here. Thank you! 

Curate Conversations | Episode 008 Debrief Debrief of Episode 008 In episode 008 of Curate Conversations, I interviewed Vivia Chen, founder of Rise — a professional social network that enables professionals to discover and amplify what makes them extraordinary. With Rise, the world's most innovative and forward-thinking companies proactively build relationships with professionals across roles and industries. In that episode, we talked about how Vivian has secured funding on her own terms — and kind of by accident! I'm excited to debrief. Join the Curate Community Membership (code PODCAST, 20% off) to join our global community. Special thanks to our sponsors, Parker Clay (code CURATE15), SeaVees (code CURATE20), and The Artists' Lawyer (code CURATE). Music created by Queentide.

Curate Conversations | Episode 007 Debrief Debrief of Episode 007 In Ep 007 of Curate Conversations, I had the privilege of interviewing Marla Isackson, CEO of Ossa — a podcast community, ad booking platform (and now app) on a mission to increase the visibility, influence, and earning power of women and non-binary people in podcasting. We talk about the barriers to entry for podcasters — specifically underrepresented podcasters — a few interesting stats on the power of podcasting, how to secure sponsors and create multiple revenue streams with your podcast, and where to start with producing a high-quality podcast (I think you won't be too surprised by her answer, knowing that she's a guest on a Curate Well Co. platform. Here's my debrief. Join the Curate Community Membership (code PODCAST, 20% off) to join our global community. Special thanks to our sponsors, Parker Clay (code CURATE15), SeaVees (code CURATE20), and The Artists' Lawyer (code CURATE). Music created by Queentide.

How can we use fashion to build a better world? Ian Bentley is co-founder and CEO of Parker Clay, a manufacturer, multi-channel retailer, and now one of the largest employers of women in fashion in Ethiopia, one of the fastest growing economies in Africa. With a background in business development and a passion to enact change, Ian, along with his wife Brittany, founded Parker Clay while living in Ethiopia. Today, Parker Clay has grown to over 200 employees between their office, warehouse, and flagship store in Santa Barbara, California, and their factory and leadership team in Addis Ababa. Their commitment is to make a better bag for a better world, through a brand which is built to showcase the finest Ethiopian leather and craftsmanship, while providing meaningful job opportunities, vocational training, and living wages for at-risk women. As a certified B-Corp, Parker Clay is proud to uphold the highest standard of ethical and sustainable processes in both production footprint and social impact. Today we discuss the future of fashion, how Parker Clay got started and became the largest exporter of finished leather goods from Ethiopia to the world, and most importantly, how they are empowering women to create a better life for themselves and their families. What We Discuss in this Episode Having courage to step out into the unknown Building a family that inspires hope Finding ways to empower women in Ethiopia Helping women to be permanently free from prostitution and exploitation Becoming the largest exporter of leather goods from Ethiopia to the world Overcoming the challenges of doing business in a foreign country The importance of trusted relationships Sustainability and ethical business practices How to qualify as a B-Corp and the scoring metrics Intersecting profit and purpose in business Why they chose equity crowdfunding to grow their company Pursuing profitable growth Favorite stories of empowerment Connecting hours of empowerment with each product Complete Show Notes: https://leadersoftransformation.com/podcast/business/458-a-better-bag-for-a-better-world-with-ian-bentley 

Curate Conversations | Episode 006 Debrief Episode 006 of the Curate Conversations Podcast was with Jessie Young, Head of Global New Verticals at Uber. Our conversation centered around the cost of delivering growth, why it's important to put the consumer at the center of the questions we're asking and how to entrench the loyalty of our consumers. Let's debrief. Join the Curate Community Membership (code PODCAST, 20% off) to join our global community. Special thanks to our sponsors, Parker Clay (code CURATE15), SeaVees (code CURATE20), and The Artists' Lawyer (code CURATE). Music created by Queentide.

Curate Conversations | Episode 005 Debrief The Debrief of Episode 005 Episode 005 of Curate Conversations featured Bethany McDaniel, founder of Primally Pure, a non-toxic skincare company. We talked about things she wish she'd done earlier in her business, like letting go of more functions, and even common entrepreneurship rhetoric she disagrees with. I had a few really powerful takeaways from this conversation — and here's the debrief. Join the Curate Community Membership (code PODCAST, 20% off) to join our global community. Special thanks to our sponsors, Parker Clay (code CURATE15), SeaVees (code CURATE20), and The Artists' Lawyer (code CURATE). Music created by Queentide.

Curate Conversations | Episode 004 Debrief Debrief of Episode 004 Episode 004 of Curate Conversations featured Becca and Jake Berg, founders of Dubsado, our favorite CRM, and probably yours too. We talked about how they've built a human-first technology company, and there are a few call outs I can't wait to debrief. Let's dig in. Join the Curate Community Membership (code PODCAST, 20% off) to join our global community. Special thanks to our sponsors, Parker Clay (code CURATE15), SeaVees (code CURATE20), and The Artists' Lawyer (code CURATE). Music created by Queentide.

Curate Conversations | Episode 003 Debrief Debrief of Ep 003 Interviewing Macy and Kat from GUIDE Culture was such a gift to me because I've learned from them, I've consumed their content, and I've interacted with them plenty — but what I hadn't done until this interview was really get to feel and experience what makes them so different. What I love about Macy and Kat is how dedicated they are to going DEEP. Mastery, for them, looks like getting more immersed in their product, more curious about how the skills they're teaching can translate, and more practiced in delivering their lifelong ethos in new ways. Here's my debrief on Episode 003. Join the Curate Community Membership (code PODCAST, 20% off) to join our global community. Special thanks to our sponsors, Parker Clay (code CURATE15), SeaVees (code CURATE20), and The Artists' Lawyer (code CURATE). Music created by Queentide.

Brittany Bentley, co-founder of Parker Clay, joins The 1 Girl Revolution Podcast to share her inspiring life story, how adoption led her and her husband to move to Ethiopia, and how they decided to start a luxury brand dedicated to helping women escape human trafficking and empowering them to live their lives - in freedom. Brittany and her husband had two children, Parker and Clay, and they decided to pursue adoption - which was what first led them to Ethiopia to adopt their first daughter. Their time in Ethiopia was transformative and opened their eyes to the crisis facing women in Ethiopia. In the capital of Ethiopia, Addis Ababa, 150,000 women are currently trapped in prostitution and 26% of women are unemployed; and in Ethiopia as a whole, over 4,6 million children are orphaned. Women and children in Ethiopia often feel like they have no other choice except to sell themselves and their bodies for money, but Parker Clay is changing that by offering women and girls freedom, a great salary and benefits, and the opportunity to pursue their hopes and dreams.  Parker Clay is a B-corp that makes premium leather and handwoven goods in Ethiopia and hires survivors of human trafficking, empowering them through commerce and art to freely live their lives. A B-corporation is a for-profit business that uses the power of commerce to solve social and environmental problems. Parker Clay partners with Ellilta International, a non-profit organization that provides holistic alternatives for exploited individuals through recovery that leads to freedom and restoration in all areas of life, to offer the women Ellilta works with - freedom and employment.  Brittany is an incredible woman with an inspiring story to share. You don't want to miss this incredible episode! In this episode, you'll hear: Brittany's life story; How Brittany and her husband, Ian, decided to adopt and how that led them to Ethiopia for the first time;  How Brittany and Ian and their family ended up living in Ethiopia for a while, embedded themselves in the community, and how their experiences and conversations led them to starting Parker Clay; The story of how Parker Clay came to be and all about the incredible work they do; About the crisis facing women and children in Ethiopia and how Parker Clay is playing a role in leading them to freedom; And so much more.  The 1 Girl Revolution Podcast is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, iHeartRadio, YouTube, and everywhere you listen to podcasts.  For more information about Brittany and Parker Clay, please visit: www.1GirlRevolution.com/parkerclay

The lie we are taught to believe by the ego is that the unknown is the most dangerous thing ever, but that is an illusion. The unknown - the space where Spirit inhabits and teaches us and guides us is actually the safest most whole, w-h-o-l-e, place ever.  This is where true forgiveness exists.  Where perfection lives.  Where unconditional love covers us like the coziest blanket ever.  And this unknown is also how we are divinely guided.  We cannot be divinely guided, my friends, if our egos are holding a self-made road map.BOOK MENTIONED:The Surrender Experiment by Michael SingerPRODUCTS MENTIONED...PARKER CLAY:https://www.parkerclay.com/ and use Code: PC-JACLYNS15 for 15% offPALOMA HEALTH:https://www.palomahealth.com/ and use Code: JACLYN for $30 off your first at home test kitCONNECT WITH JACLYN:+ Website: jaclynsteele.com+ Instagram: @jaclynsteele+ Youtube: officialjaclynsteele+ Facebook: jaclynsteeleinternational+ Clubhouse: @jaclynsteele+ Sign up for THE SCOOP & get the skinny on the latest wellness, beauty, & self development trends, as well as exclusive email-only content.TEXT ME:+1 480-531-6858 or follow this link. :)SUPPORT THE SHOW:PaypalLight, Love, & Peace,Jaclyn Steele Support the show

Curate Conversations | Episode 002 Debrief Debrief of Episode 002 Pia debriefs her conversation with Misasha Suzuki Graham and Sara Blanchard, from Dear White Women. In Episode 002 of Curate Conversations, we talked about the importance of asking why, how they measure success doing work that doesn't have an end, what it looks like to get uncomfortable talking about important issues in a productive way, how we can reinforce “we” culture to bridge divides, and they answered the question: "what do I DO to be more anti-racist?". Let's debrief. Join the Curate Community Membership (code PODCAST, 20% off) to join our global community. Special thanks to our sponsors, Parker Clay (code CURATE15), SeaVees (code CURATE20), and The Artists' Lawyer (code CURATE). Music created by Queentide.

Curate Conversations | Episode 001 Debrief Episode 001 of Curate Conversations featured Ian and Brittany Bentley, husband and wife co-founders of Parker Clay, a social impact company that makes ethical leather goods. We talked about their life with 5 kids, how they manage their partnership and working relationship, and their growth as a company. I had a few really powerful takeaways from this conversation — let's dig in. Join the Curate Community Membership (code PODCAST, 20% off) to join our global community. Special thanks to our sponsors, Parker Clay (code CURATE15), SeaVees (code CURATE20), and The Artists' Lawyer (code CURATE). Music created by Queentide.

This week's episode explores the different avenues for "style with a purpose", whether that may be choosing ethical options or purposefully updating your wardrobe. Opening the episode, host Kendall Becker shares her insight on how to curate a wardrobe that feels aligned to your personal values and style goals as well as intention when it comes to where you seek inspiration. Afterward, Kendall connects with Áwet Woldegebriel on his namesake, genderless label that was founded during COVID to support the Garment District workers in New York and leather goods company Parker Clay whose origin actually begins with a love story.  AWET New York: @awetnyc Parker Clay: @parkerclay About The Curated Podcast: Join Kendall Becker, New York City-based fashion editor & trend forecaster, as she connects with global creatives across luxury fashion, hospitality, and wellness to uncover the purpose, passion, and inspiration behind a guest's life path and showcase that unconventionality can be the perfect curation, too. Subscribe to The Curated wherever you get your podcasts as well as The Curated Edit on Substack for weekly inspiration from fashion finds to bucket list additions straight to your inbox. Plus, head to YouTube for travel videos, and stay up-to-date in-between episodes by following along on Instagram and TikTok.  The Curated Edit Newsletter on⁠ Substack⁠ The Curated World on YouTube: ⁠@kendall.becker⁠ The Curated Podcast's IG: ⁠@thecuratedbykendall ⁠ Kendall's IG: ⁠@kendall_becker ⁠ TikTok: ⁠@kendall.becker

Today Nathan had the pleasure of sitting down with Ian Bentley, the Founder and CEO  of Parker Clay. Parker Clay sells handcrafted goods made in Ethiopia using premium material and promotes giving back to the community through sustainable development programs. In this episode, Nathan and Ian discuss the failings of the fashion industry, how the emergence of the conscious consumer has impacted business startups and ownership, and the unconventional fundraising initiative spearheaded by Ian and his business. RESOURCES RELATED TO THIS EPISODE Visit www.parkerclay.com Follow Parker Clay on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, and Venmo Follow Ian Bentley on LinkedIn Visit invest.parkerclay.com CREDITS Theme Music

Today Nathan had the pleasure of sitting down with Ian Bentley, the Founder and CEO  of Parker Clay. Parker Clay sells handcrafted goods made in Ethiopia using premium material and promotes giving back to the community through sustainable development programs. In this episode, Nathan and Ian discuss the failings of the fashion industry, how the emergence of the conscious consumer has impacted business startups and ownership, and the unconventional fundraising initiative spearheaded by Ian and his business. RESOURCES RELATED TO THIS EPISODE Visit www.parkerclay.com Follow Parker Clay on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, and Venmo Follow Ian Bentley on LinkedIn Visit invest.parkerclay.com CREDITS Theme Music

This month, all month long we've been talking about how to be unstoppable and what we need to address in order to become unstoppable in our daily lives and in the pursuit of our deepest desires. We've talked about habits, we've talked about acceptance being a huge catalyst for moment, and we've talked about how eliminating excuses from our daily lives changes things a whole lot, and today, we are going to focus on 5 ways we can create major momentum in our lives.PRODUCTS MENTIONED...PARKER CLAY:https://www.parkerclay.com/ and use Code: PC-JACLYNS15 for 15% offCONNECT WITH JACLYN:+ Website: jaclynsteele.com+ Instagram: @jaclynsteele+ Youtube: officialjaclynsteele+ Facebook: jaclynsteeleinternational+ Clubhouse: @jaclynsteele+ Sign up for THE SCOOP & get the skinny on the latest wellness, beauty, & self development trends, as well as exclusive email-only content.TEXT ME:+1 480-531-6858 or follow this link. :)SUPPORT THE SHOW:PaypalLight, Love, & Peace,Jaclyn Steele  Support the show

Curate Conversations | Episode 019 Ep 019. | How to Create an Inclusive Community, online and off, with GaneshSpace In this episode, Pia interviews Kim Thai, Linda Lopes, and Tisha Samuels — the leadership team at GaneshSpace, a mindfulness and social justice organization. GaneshSpace is a 501c3 mindfulness organization that creates healing spaces for historically excluded communities and social justice education for all.Through embodied practice and compassionate conversations, GaneshSpace is a community of mindful changemakers moving towards personal and collective liberation. GaneshSpace is also a past Curate client — and we are so incredibly proud of all that they've created over the last 2 years. In this conversation, we discuss what it means to create an inclusive community; things we might be doing in our online and in-person communities that create harmful disconnects and divisions; the importance of holding safe spaces; and how intersectionality plays a role in truly inclusive practices. Links mentioned in this episode: GaneshSpace - Donate Today GaneschSpace on Instagram Join the Movement Join the Curate Community Membership (code PODCAST, 20% off) to join our global community. Special thanks to our sponsors, Parker Clay (code CURATE15), SeaVees (code CURATE20), and The Artists' Lawyer (code CURATE). Music created by Queentide.

I'm not a financial advisor; nothing I write in Superpowers for Good should be treated as investment advice. You should seek appropriate counsel before making investment decisions.Devin: What do you see as your superpower?Ian: Isn't it amazing that we all have a superpower? To me, it's something that's important—knowing the tremendous value that everybody brings. I think that my superpower is being an advocate and building community. What I would kind of subheader that with is celebrating the value of people.Ian and Brittany Bentley, co-founders of Parker Clay, could not have predicted what would happen when they decided to adopt a daughter from Ethiopia after having two sons, Parker and Clay.“Adoption changed our life,” Ian says. “We heard statistics as we were thinking about it of 160 million orphans in the world. I think sometimes, with big data and statistics, they're faceless, they're nameless, they don't connect. But for me, I had two little boys playing in my front yard. When I thought, ‘160 million, what if that was Parker or what if that was Clay?' It changed the way I looked at that, and that moved us into adopting.”While adopting, the pair developed a strong attraction to Ethiopia. They returned several times within a year. “We came to a moment where, like, ‘I think we're going to buy tickets and move there.' Buying a one-way ticket to move our family to Ethiopia was one of the most insane, crazy things I had ever done.” They settled in the East African country in 2012.They focused their attention on helping women out of trafficking and prostitution. As they explored options, one message from locals became clear: “We want the dignity of work. We are capable of work, and that's what we want. So, if you're going to come and help, please don't be a burden. Come and create opportunities.”What has become Parker Clay was seeded by the discovery that Ethiopia was producing high-quality leather and shipping virtually all of it to Europe, where it was made into high-value products.Ian and Brittany decided to start making products there in Ethiopia. Starting with a few sewing machines and a few people, they began making items, taking them home to California and selling them to friends.In 2015, tragedy struck. Their daughter was diagnosed with a brain tumor. Ian says she's now doing much better, but at that time, to ensure she received the best treatment, the family returned to California.Ian sees a silver lining in the family's challenge. “One thing I've learned is that the obstacles that get put in our way become the way.”Back in the states, Ian and Brittany's focus shifted from production to distribution. “Coming back to the U.S. opened up the opportunity for us to meet with more of the market,” Ian says.The business began to grow in 2017 and 2018. The company reports having reached $4.8 million in sales in 2021. It has an 18,000-square-foot facility employing 200—80 percent women—in Ethiopia. In the U.S., the company has four retail stores and 8,000 square feet of office and warehouse space in Santa Barbara.Today, the company is using Regulation A to conduct a large investment crowdfunding campaign that will allow it to raise up to $15 million.“At this stage in our business and most traditionally, this would be a series A type round, right, for a company our size,” Ian says. “The reason we've gone this route to do a reg A plus is we view this as a community round. This is the way that we can bring this community that has helped us build Parker Clay to date.”He adds, “This beautiful African proverb says, ‘If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.' And we say often at Parker Clay, ‘We go together.'”The capital will facilitate growth in various ways, from strengthening the supply chain to increasing marketing budgets. Ian is excited about the opportunity to grow retail distribution. “Our retail stores have been really exciting.”One key to retail is the connection Park Clay makes between a single transaction and the impact on lives. He explains:At Parker Clay, we're able to invite people into that experience in a unique way. We have tags on each product. With every bag we sell, we track the hours of empowerment so we can say, ‘Hey, this bag created 20 hours of empowerment for our team in Ethiopia.' In the retail setting, what we can do is when someone buys that bag, we take the tag off. We write 20 hours on that tag and have them put it up on the wall. And at the top of that wall it says 400,000 hours of empowerment we've created in this store. So it becomes this really cool community connection point.In building Parker Clay, Ian has leveraged his superpower, valuing people.How to Develop Valuing People As a Superpower“As we grow and scale and look at the numbers, to me, it's about people,” Ian says. “I want people to know how just incredibly valuable they are.”He shares an anecdote to demonstrate his approach:We had a woman, her name was Marta, who was new. We kept having these quality issues in one of our teams. We asked the leader, her name is Roman, “What's going on? Is there an issue?” She said, “I think Marta has an eye problem. She keeps holding the product up really close to her face.”With Ian's direction, the team got Marta to the eye doctor for an exam.“I had my team send me the prescription for Marta,” Ian says. He then showed it to a friend who is an eye doctor. “I said, ‘How bad is it?' And he said, ‘She's blind. She can't see more than five inches in front of her face.”Our team ended up getting her glasses, really thick glasses. But she got them. It was amazing just to see the shift in her personality after getting these glasses. I was talking to her, and she said, “It's the first time in my life that I actually can see well. Before, I could kind of see, but not very well. It's the first time in my life I really feel seen.”Ian offers some tips for strengthening the way you value people.“First listen. Just be a good listener. I think there's a reason why God gave us one mouth and two ears, right?”“Two. Find yourself in positions where you seek out the commonality, not the differences,” Ian says. “I think we're focused in this age of how different we are when, in reality, we're actually so similar.”Third, he says, “I think that the empathy and the humility piece are also important.”One approach Ian uses is to personalize a situation by asking, what if it were Parker or Clay? “It removes the indifference you could have. Don't be indifferent. Just put yourself in that person's shoes.”By following Ian's example and counsel, you can strengthen your ability to see the value in people, allowing you to do more good in the world. Get full access to Superpowers for Good at devinthorpe.substack.com/subscribe

Causeartist - Social Impact Venture Jobs board - Learn more ---> Check out the Causeartist Partners here.---> Subscribe to the Causeartist Newsletter here.In Episode 161 of the Disruptors for Good podcast, we speak with Ian Bentley, Founder & CEO of Parker Clay, on building a powerhouse ethical fashion brand and becoming one of the largest employers of women in Ethiopia.Ian is the Co-Founder and CEO of Parker Clay, TEDx Speaker, and Social Entrepreneur.Parker Clay is a powerhouse in ethical fashion, delivering sustainable style with no compromise. Boasting its own vertically integrated supply chain and loyal customers who provide industry-leading eCommerce metrics, it has become one of the largest employers of women in Africa's rapidly growing economy.Parker Clay is on a mission to bring sustainable change - transforming communities through trade and creating social and economic empowerment. Believing that potential lies in places where others may only see problems, they were founded in Ethiopia with the goal of giving back.With every purchase from Parker Clay, customers join this movement to empower individuals within local communities as well as partnering with non-profit Women at Risk for impactful support towards women living in Ethiopia who have yet to realize their true potential.Check out all of Parker Clay's impact here.The 12 Best Parker Clay Bags for Everyday Life and Travel - Read moreCauseartist - Social Impact Venture Jobs board - Learn more---> Check out the Causeartist Partners here.---> Subscribe to the Causeartist Newsletter here.Listen to more Causeartist podcast shows hereFollow Grant on Twitter and LinkedInFollow Causeartist on Twitter, LinkedIn, and Instagram

Curate Conversations | Episode 018 All Things Enneagram with Steph Barron Hall, founder of Nine Types Co. Stephanie Barron Hall (M.A. Organizational Communication & Leadership) is a speaker, certified Enneagram coach, and author of the book, The Enneagram in Love: A Roadmap for Building and Strengthening Romantic Relationships. Stephanie founded her Instagram page, @NineTypesCo, in 2017 as a way to explore her own interest in the Enneagram, and it has since grown into a community of people who are learning about the Enneagram, themselves, and their relationships. In this episode, Pia and Steph talk about subtypes vs wings (and which is a better indication of the nuances of each type), why we need to differentiate each type's core motivation and not just look at habit descriptions, what goes wrong when we weaponize the enneagram, and — just about everything else enneagram that we could fit in. Although you don't see much of her face on her Instagram platform, the human behind the well-known Nine Types Co. account is as lovely as you'd imagine. Enjoy! Links mentioned in this episode: Follow Nine Types Co on Instagram Check out the Enneagram IRL course Read the Blog post on Core Motivation by Enneagram Type Listen to the Enneagram In Real Life Podcast Join the Curate Community Membership (code PODCAST, 20% off) to join our global community. Special thanks to our sponsors, Parker Clay (code CURATE15), SeaVees (code CURATE20), and The Artists' Lawyer (code CURATE). Music created by Queentide.

Curate Conversations | Episode 017 Bringing Heritage to Market for Those Who've Been Made to Feel Anything Less than Beautiful with Lulu Cordero Bomba Curls was created by Lulu Cordero, an Afro-Dominicana who believes that curls should be celebrated! Bomba products are 100% nontoxic, biodegradable, sustainable and certified cruelty free — and, they use beauty secrets and techniques that are unique to the Dominican Republic to support curly hair. Born out of her own health concern, Lulu created bomba curls as a love letter to women and girls everywhere who have ever been made to feel that their natural coils and kinks are somehow anything less than beautiful. In this episode, Pia talks with Lulu about how customers connect with authenticity, what it means to be audacious enough to show up as exactly who we are, for the benefit of a community that's been underserved, and bringing a radical idea to market without funding. Links mentioned in this episode: Follow Bomba Curls on Instagram @bombacurls Visit Bomba Curls website www.bombacurls.com Join the Curate Community Membership (code PODCAST, 20% off) to join our global community. Special thanks to our sponsors, Parker Clay (code CURATE15), SeaVees (code CURATE20), and The Artists' Lawyer (code CURATE). Music created by Queentide.

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In this episode of Self-Worth, Marine, Mycal Anders, talks summiting Kilimanjaro - the physical challenge, the mental challenge, and how sometimes giving up is even harder than pushing on. This episode is brimming over with advice on how to expand past your upper limits - invite intentional adversity, know your why, 1% changes add up to totally different destinations - and so much more. This is an episode you will not want to miss.CONNECT WITH MYCAL:Learn more about the Next Level Process & Mycal by joining the Leaders Forum Facebook Group at www.leadersforum.group and www.nextlevelpfc.comFollow Mycal and Next Level: @coachderz & @nextlevel_phxPRODUCTS MENTIONED...PARKER CLAY:https://www.parkerclay.com/ and use Code: PC-JACLYNS15 for 15% offWater & Wellness - Quinton:https://waterandwellness.com/pages/selfworth for 10% off your purchaseConscious Copper:www.consciouscopper.com and use code: STEELE10 for 10% off your purchaseINBLOOM:https://tobeinbloom.com and use code: JACLYNSTEELE10OFF for 10% off your orderCONNECT WITH JACLYN:+ Website: jaclynsteele.com+ Instagram: @jaclynsteele+ Youtube: officialjaclynsteele+ Facebook: jaclynsteeleinternational+ Clubhouse: @jaclynsteele+ Sign up for THE SCOOP & get the skinny on the latest wellness, beauty, & self development trends, as well as exclusive email-only content.TEXT ME:+1 480-531-6858 or follow this link. :)SUPPORT THE SHOW:PaypalLight, Love, & Peace,Jaclyn Steele Support the show

Curate Conversations | Episode 016 The Athlete Mentality Makes for Great Coffee: A Conversation with Kim Anderson + Aaron Olson, Co-founders of our Favorite Coffee shop Kim Anderson + Aaron Olson are husband and wife owners of Handlebar — a cafe and micro-roastery here in Santa Barbara, CA. In this episode, episode 016, Pia interviewed Kim Anderson and Aaron Olson. Pia's personal favorite coffee shop, a CWco. staple, and a growing client favorite. Pia caught them off guard by asking them to step out of their comfort zone to answer all the questions, and they delivered. What struck Pia the most is how genuinely humble, committed, and driven they are — it's no wonder their coffee shop and micro-roastery is so successful. In this conversation, we will talk about two things that Handlebar is know for: really, really good coffee…and operational excellence. We talk about coffee as a commodity, how mediocrity drives most of the world, and how the athlete's mindset contributes to good business. Do me a favor — if you like this episode, reach out to Kim and Aaron and let them know, or leave a review so the whole world can see it. Links mentioned in this episode: Follow Handlebar on Instagram @handlebarcoffee Visit Handlebar's website Handlebar coffee Purchase Handlebar coffee Join the Curate Community Membership (code PODCAST, 20% off) to join our global community. Special thanks to our sponsors, Parker Clay (code CURATE15), SeaVees (code CURATE20), and The Artists' Lawyer (code CURATE). Music created by Queentide.

Curate Conversations | Episode 015 Intimacy, Inclusivity, and Non-Invasive Design with Éva Goicochea, founder of Maude Éva Goicochea is the Founder / CEO of Maude, a sexual wellness company built on quality, simplicity, and inclusivity. In this episode, Episode 015, Pia talks with Éva about the history of the sexual wellness aisle; how taxing it can be to hold a candle for the future; the importance of building a foundationally solvent business; long tail marketing and being a brand that changes the way you think about the world; how good design is non-invasive, and the universally shared experience of intimacy. This was one of the richest conversations Pia has had this year. Everything Maude does isn't just marketing genius; it's so simply human. Enjoy. In this episode, description here Links mentioned in this episode: Follow Maude on Instagram @Maude Getmaude.com/curatewellco (code: CURATEWELLCO) The Long Tail: What is long-tail and how can it benefit your business Visit Maude website www.getmaude.nor.by Join the Curate Community Membership (code PODCAST, 20% off) to join our global community. Special thanks to our sponsors, Parker Clay (code CURATE15), SeaVees (code CURATE20), and The Artists' Lawyer (code CURATE). Music created by Queentide.

Ian and his wife, Brittany founded the company Parker Clay with the mission to change the way leather goods are sold. With every purse, tote, wallet, and gym bag sold, Parker Clay gives back to the communities of Ethiopian women who make each product. They hire at-risk women, pay living wages and benefits, and provide skills training, career advancement, and financial literacy opportunities to all of our employees. What an amazing example of business for good! To watch the full video episode, visit our website or our YouTube page! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/goodlifeconversations/support

Curate Conversations | Episode 014 FOMO is not an investment strategy: Overcoming womenomics using Crypto and with Briana Kurtz, founder of 0xx In this episode, Pia talks with Briana Kurtz, founder of 0xx and Curate client, about leading her community in using web3 tools and cyrptonomics. We know the statistics on gender financial inequality are multiplied in the global south and developing countries. 0xx is committed to making sure the same discrepancies related to economic security, confidence, accessibility, and literacy are not replicated in the financial space that is emerging. In this episode we talk about how information is access, and how learning about web3 and crypto is empowering women with financial literacy. Links mentioned in this episode: 0xx www.0xx.io Join the Workshop - Transitioning from Web2 to Web3 Buy a Community Membership NFT Book: Impact Networks Book: Spider and Starfish Netflix: The Social Dilemma Join the Curate Community Membership (code PODCAST) to join our global community. Thanks to our sponsors, Parker Clay (code CURATE15), SeaVees (code CURATE20), and The Artists' Lawyer (code CURATE). Music created by Queentide.

Curate Conversations | Episode 013 Closing the wealth gap and democratizing wealth with Shauna Armitage, Co-founder of Odo In this episode of the Curate Conversations Podcast, Pia talks with Shauna Armitage, the co-founder of Odo. Odo is a wealth growth platform bringing safe investing to the masses. Shauna is on a mission to make a huge dent in the wealth gap by helping the underinvested grow their wealth with loss-protected starter investment accounts. She believes money shouldn't be scary, but rather a fun experience that communities tackle together. In the conversation, Shauna and Pia talk about what it means to be underinvested, what the wealth gap is, why we need to democratize wealth, and how Odo is fundamentally changing the way we, the financially semi-literate, invest. Links mentioned in this episode: https://www.odo.works/ @shauna.armitage @investwithodo Join Odo's waitlist to get first access to a loss-protected investment account up to $1,000: https://www.odo.works/waitlist Join the Curate Community Membership (code PODCAST, 20% off) to join our global community. Special thanks to our sponsors, Parker Clay (code CURATE15), SeaVees (code CURATE20), and The Artists' Lawyer (code CURATE). Music created by Queentide.

Curate Conversations | Episode 012 Dethroning Yourself, Preparing for Big Business Growth, and Creating What You Complain About with Topsie Vandenbosch In this episode of the Curate Conversations Podcast, Pia talks with Topsie Vandenbosch, an Emotional intelligence consultant for corporate leaders and a Mindset coach helping biz owners do the inner work. Topsie is a licensed master social worker and former clinical therapist who owned a successful B/M private practice — making her a clear stand-out from the many mindset coaches you see on social media these days. She's a first-generation immigrant, true-crime lover (same!), and host of her own podcast: Crush the Mindset Spiral. We hope you enjoy the conversation about everything from the importance of de-throning ourselves to why we need to create the things we complain about. Links mentioned in this episode: Follow Topsie on Instagram @topsievandenbosch Visit Topsie's site at www.topsievandenbosch.com Topsie's Podcast Crush the Mindset Spiral Free guide: How to destroy the thought spiral Adam Grant Book: The Originals 180 Assessment Join the Curate Community Membership (code PODCAST, 20% off) to join our global community. Special thanks to our sponsors, Parker Clay (code CURATE15), SeaVees (code CURATE20), and The Artists' Lawyer (code CURATE). Music created by Queentide.

Curate Conversations | Episode 011 Why you shouldn't 'fake it 'til you make it' with Magi Fisher In this episode, we talk about integrity as a business owner. Our conversation spans how you're operating your business behind the scenes, removing emotions from customer disputes (and what not to do including blacklisting — we reference some big brands that are doing this well and not so well), and why it's so important to build your business with a professional foundation that includes sound legal infrastructure. Links mentioned in this episode: The Artists' Lawyer @theartistlawyer * Shop The Artist' Lawyer (code: CURATE) Join the Curate Community Membership (code PODCAST, 20% off) to join our global community. Special thanks to our sponsors, Parker Clay (code CURATE15), SeaVees (code CURATE20), and The Artists' Lawyer (code CURATE). Music created by Queentide.

Curate Conversations | Episode 010 Healing our Success Wounds, Sobriety, and Socialized Self Identity with Brooke Taylor In this episode with Brooke Taylor, we talk about our socialized self identities, the old and new paradigms of success, what it will take to heal our individual and collective success wounds, and a thing we have in common. We break down what the Success Wound is, how it drives drives everything from unfulfillment and manic ambition, to greed, corruption, and thirst for power-over, and we explore the question, am I projecting my definition of success onto someone else? Links mentioned in this episode: brooketaylorcoaching.com/ https://www.instagram.com/brookevtaylor/ Join the Curate Community Membership (code PODCAST, 20% off) to join our global community. Special thanks to our sponsors, Parker Clay (code CURATE15), SeaVees (code CURATE20), and The Artists' Lawyer (code CURATE). Music created by Queentide.

Curate Conversations | Episode 009 What Goes in to Creating Excellent Experiences with EB + Jonathan Combs Episode 009 of the Curate Conversations Podcast features EB + Jonathan Combs, co-founders of Realm, a photography studio and event space in Denver, CO and the visionary, envelope-pushing, and edge-riding team behind the brand visuals at CWco. In this episode, you'll get to know them better through our candid and relatively “uncut” conversation. While most people can identify a fantastic photo or a well-executed event, few notice what goes into it. We talk about the role of kindness and loving people well in business, how to balance form and function, and the power of asking, “What if we made it a little harder on ourselves…?” Links mentioned in this episode: [Realm Denver] (https://www.realmdenver.co/) [Realm on IG] (https://www.instagram.com/realmdenver/) Join the Curate Community Membership (code PODCAST, 20% off) to join our global community. Special thanks to our sponsors, Parker Clay (code CURATE15), SeaVees (code CURATE20), and The Artists' Lawyer (code CURATE). Music created by Queentide.

Curate Conversations | Episode 008 How Vivian Chen Secured Funding with No Deck, and the Future of Equitable Representation in the Workforce Rise is a platform that enables professionals to discover and amplify what makes them extraordinary. With Rise, the world's most innovative and forward-thinking companies proactively build relationships with professionals across roles and industries. A data-driven tech platform, Rise provides access to impactful opportunities to those who want purpose, advancement, and equity. In this episode, we talk about raising funding as a female founder on your own terms, what it takes to allow yourself to invest in your business, and the importance of finding believers and strong advocates. Links mentioned in this episode: Learn more about Vivian: app.joinrise.co/professional/vivian Sign up for Rise and join the future of work at www.joinrise.co Book: Superhuman (MLP) Follow Rise on TikTok and IG at @joinrise.co Join the Curate Community Membership (code PODCAST, 20% off) to join our global community. Special thanks to our sponsors, Parker Clay (code CURATE15), SeaVees (code CURATE20), and The Artists' Lawyer (code CURATE). Music created by Queentide.

Curate Conversations | Episode 007 This Media Channel Has Been Desperately Calling for Something Different — Ossa is Here to Help This episode is all about Ossa, a podcast community, ad booking platform, and now app on a mission to increase the visibility, influence, and earning power of women and non-binary people in podcasting. Marla Isackson is the founder and CEO of Ossa. Before deciding to leap into entrepreneurship, she spent over 25 years in the corporate world, working for American Express, Citibank, and Barnes & Noble. Of the belief that podcasting has the power to elevate underrepresented voices on a global scale, Marla created Ossa in response to her own challenges as a podcaster. In a segment of the media market that has been desperately calling for something different (like more woman- and non-binary identifying hosts, and technology advancements), Ossa is carving out a space to make podcasting accessible, revenue-generating, and data-driven. Links mentioned in this episode: You can find Ossa on Instagram @ossacollective and you can learn more about how to apply to join the Ossa community at ossacollective.com/ Crowdfunding campaign: https://www.startengine.com/ossa Production camp: https://ossacollective.com/production-camps/ Goodpods Join the Curate Community Membership (code PODCAST, 20% off) to join our global community. Special thanks to our sponsors, Parker Clay (code CURATE15) and SeaVees (code CURATE20). Music created by Queentide.

In this episode of Self-Worth with Jaclyn Steele we explore how our voices, our style, our surroundings, and our spirituality can be used to express ourselves in healthy ways and why this practice is such an important part of a high level of self-worth.BOOK MENTIONED:The 5 Second Rule by Mel RobbinsPRODUCTS MENTIONED...PARKER CLAY:https://www.parkerclay.com/ and use Code: PC-JACLYNS20 for 20% offCONNECT WITH JACLYN:+ Website: jaclynsteele.com+ Instagram: @jaclynsteele+ Youtube: officialjaclynsteele+ Facebook: jaclynsteeleinternational+ Clubhouse: @jaclynsteele+ Sign up for THE SCOOP & get the skinny on the latest wellness, beauty, & self development trends, as well as exclusive email-only content.TEXT ME:+1 480-531-6858 or follow this link. :)SUPPORT THE SHOW:PaypalLight, Love, & Peace,Jaclyn SteeleSupport the show

Curate Conversations | Episode 006 The Cost of Delivering Growth: A Conversation with Uber's Global Lead of New Verticals, Jessie Young In Episode 006 of Curate Conversations, Pia interviews Jessie Young, who leads Global New Verticals at Uber, which means launching new products, categories and operations around the world. With a background as a lawyer, management consultant and finance leader, she boasts a host of failed and flourishing start-up experience as both a founder and an advisor. Our conversation centers around the cost of delivering growth: Jessie's leadership lessons from launching and growing a global grocery online delivery business through COVID. In this episode, we cover: Putting the consumer at the center of the questions we're asking about growth Untethered growth and making decisions based on the wrong metrics How to entrench the loyalty of our consumers, and more Her take is that we problematise our sometimes blind celebration of growth for growth's sake — so we spend this conversation unpacking the cost of growth. We discuss the paradoxes and tradeoffs of growing a business, including when topline growth comes at bottom line cost, why peaks necessitate troughs, and how to balance risk and rigor. Links mentioned in this episode: Jessie + her team's Superblow Ad Join the Curate Community Membership (code PODCAST, 20% off) to join our global community. Special thanks to our sponsors, Parker Clay (code CURATE15) and SeaVees (code CURATE20). Music created by Queentide.

Curate Conversations | Episode 005 Learning to Let Go with Founding Mother of Non-Toxic Skincare + Primally Pure, Bethany McDaniel Bethany started Primally Pure from her home in 2014. Today, PP has surpassed 1M non-toxic deodorants sold, is a team of 40, and opened a spa at their HQ. In this episode, Bethany recalls her first hire, the QA process at PP, how value-adding content helped her lead the non-toxic movement, a new product launching soon, and how she wishes she'd let go earlier. Links mentioned: @primallypure www.primallypure.com (code CURATE20) Book: The one Thing Bethany's Picks Deodorant Everything spray Dry shampoo Baby balm Pia's Picks Lip Balm (we gift it to clients!) Baby Bar Clarifying Serum Join the Curate Community Membership (code PODCAST, 20% off) to join our global community. Shoutout to our sponsors, Parker Clay (code CURATE15) and SeaVees (code CURATE20). Music created by Queentide.

You are an infinitely powerful human. In today's world though, we have been conditioned to believe that we are not infinitely powerful. Today's episode debunks this myth and lays out 3 simple ways that you can start taking your power back TODAY.BOOK MENTIONED:Conversations with God by Neal Donald WalshPRODUCTS MENTIONED...PARKER CLAY:https://www.parkerclay.com/ and use Code: PC-JACLYNS20 for 20% offCONNECT WITH JACLYN:+ Website: jaclynsteele.com+ Instagram: @jaclynsteele+ Youtube: officialjaclynsteele+ Facebook: jaclynsteeleinternational+ Clubhouse: @jaclynsteele+ Sign up for THE SCOOP & get the skinny on the latest wellness, beauty, & self development trends, as well as exclusive email-only content.TEXT ME:+1 480-531-6858 or follow this link. :)SUPPORT THE SHOW:PaypalLight, Love, & Peace,Jaclyn SteeleSupport the show

Curate Conversations | Episode 004 How to Create Human-First Technology with Dubsado Co-Founders Becca + Jake Berg In this episode, Pia interviews Becca and Jake Berg, husband and wife co-founders of Dubsado — our favorite CRM at CWco., and probably yours too.  Dubsado's motto is: More business, less busywork. Dubsado helps your business stay in motion: Build relationships, schedule appointments, and create workflows to streamline your projects from start to finish. We use Dubsado every single day, and so it was so cool to get to chat with Becca and Jake about how they've built the company over the last 6 years.  In this episode, we talk about their main measure of success as a human-first tech company, how they almost exclusively focus on what their users want and need and use this to drive their evolution (they even have a public roadmap you can see on their website of which features are coming next), what they did to create more with less and grow their business, why customization sets their software apart, and the pattens of life as an entrepreneur.  Links mentioned in this episode: @dubsado https://www.dubsado.com (code CURATE10) Dubsado Development Roadmap Sign up for the Curate Community Membership (code PODCAST for 20% off) to join our global community of business leaders and entrepreneurs. Special thanks to our sponsors, Parker Clay (code CURATE15) and SeaVees (code CURATE20). Music created by Queentide.

Curate Conversations | Ep. 003 Today's conversation is with Macy McNeely and Kathryn Shubert, two-thirds of the Guide Culture founding team. GUIDE Culture is an 8-Week Sales and Leadership Training designed to teach you timeless sales skills that have the potential to transform your business and life. In this conversation with Kat and Macy, we talk about what it means to act like a salesperson, the difference between sales skills and sales messaging, and so many different ways to re-think your approach to sales. LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: @theguideculture @macymcneely @kathrynmshubert GUIDE Culture Website Grab your copy of Follow Up Flow (code CURATE to get for free) Sign up for the next cohort of GUIDE Culture Curate Community Membership (code PODCAST for 20% off) Special thanks to our sponsors, Parker Clay (code CURATE15) and SeaVees (code CURATE20). Music created by Queentide.

A positive, high vibe self-image is clutch for a healthy level of self-worth, and so far this month, we've chatted a lot about how to elevate self-image from the inside out. Today though, we are going to chat on elevating your self worth from the outside in - through movement, style, and surroundings.PRODUCTS MENTIONED...PARKER CLAY:https://www.parkerclay.com/ and use Code: PC-JACLYNS20 for 20% offEVERLANE:https://jaclynsteele.com/everlane/CONNECT WITH JACLYN:+ Website: jaclynsteele.com+ Instagram: @jaclynsteele+ Youtube: officialjaclynsteele+ Facebook: jaclynsteeleinternational+ Clubhouse: @jaclynsteele+ Sign up for THE SCOOP & get the skinny on the latest wellness, beauty, & self development trends, as well as exclusive email-only content.TEXT ME:+1 480-531-6858 or follow this link. :)SUPPORT THE SHOW:PaypalLight, Love, & Peace,Jaclyn SteeleSupport the show (https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=7SLKVGC37E8SU)

Curate Conversations | Episode 002 Ep. 002 | Let's Get (Un)comfortable Talking About Racism This episode features Misasha Sukuzi Graham and Sara Blanchard — who met at Harvard during undergrad where they walked out of a racial identity conversation because they'd just had enough. 25 years later, they're best friends discussing and thinking about issues of race and identity and the impact it has on our communities, and our understanding of history, politics and the future of democracy. They're both biracial (japanese/white) daughters of one immigrant parent and one white parent. They co-host the podcast: Dear White Women, and recently co-wrote and published a book called: Dear White Women: Let's Get Un(comfortable) Talking about Racism. This is an honest conversation about complex problems without easy answers, and Misasha and Sara beautifully approach big topics with grace, welcoming us all into their work. In this Episode In this episode, we talk about The importance of asking why How they measure success doing work that doesn't have an end What it looks like to get uncomfortable talking about important issues in a productive way How we can reinforce “we” culture to bridge divides And they answer the question: "what do I DO to be more anti-racist?" Links mentioned in this episode: @dearwhitewomenpodcast https://www.dearwhitewomen.com/ https://www.dearwhitewomen.com/media The book: Dear White Women: Let's Get (Un)comfortable Talking About Racism The Hill Article Curate Community Membership (code PODCAST for 20% off) Special thanks to our sponsors, Parker Clay (code CURATE15) and SeaVees (code CURATE20). Music created by Queentide. A graduate of Harvard College and Columbia Law School, Misasha Suzuki Graham has been a practicing litigator for over 15 years, and is passionate about diversity, equity and inclusion in the legal profession as well as in her communities. She is a facilitator, writer, and speaker regarding issues of racial justice, especially with regards to children, the co-author of Dear White Women: Let's Get (Un)comfortable Talking About Racism, and the co-host of Dear White Women, a social justice podcast. Misasha, who is biracial (Japanese and White), is married to a Black man, and is the proud mom of two very active multiracial young boys. They live in the Bay Area of California with their largely indifferent cat. Sara Blanchard helps build community and connection through conscious conversations, which she does as a facilitator, TEDx speaker, writer, and consultant. After graduating from Harvard and working at Goldman Sachs, Sara pursued the science and techniques of well-being and is a certified life coach, author of Flex Mom, and co-host of Dear White Women, a social justice podcast. Sara is biracial (Japanese and White), married to a White Canadian man, an...

The theme this month is self-image, and I would be remiss if I didn't address the importance of recognizing limiting beliefs AND our power to rewrite them. We are incredibly powerful. Our thoughts have a huge part in dictating our reality and our belief system about ourselves plays a big part in determining how we show up in the world. You are limitless and you have FULL permission to start acting like it.BOOKS MENTIONED:You are a Badass by Jen SinceroYou are a Badass at Making Money by Jen SinceroBadass Habits by Jen SinceroYou are a Badass Every Day by Jen SinceroIt's All in Your Head by RUSSPRODUCTS MENTIONED...PARKER CLAY:https://www.parkerclay.com/ and use Code: PC-JACLYNS20 for 20% offLIVING LIBATIONS:livinglibations.com and use Code: JACLYN12 for 12% offCONNECT WITH JACLYN:+ Website: jaclynsteele.com+ Instagram: @jaclynsteele+ Youtube: officialjaclynsteele+ Facebook: jaclynsteeleinternational+ Clubhouse: @jaclynsteele+ Sign up for THE SCOOP & get the skinny on the latest wellness, beauty, & self development trends, as well as exclusive email-only content.TEXT ME:+1 480-531-6858 or follow this link. :)SUPPORT THE SHOW:PaypalLight, Love, & Peace,Jaclyn SteeleSupport the show (https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=7SLKVGC37E8SU)

Curate Conversations | Episode 001 Scaling a Social Impact Business with Parker Clay Co-Founders Ian + Brittany Bentley It's time that we challenge the business community: you don't need to choose between beautiful products, and the people who make them. In this episode, Pia interviews Parker Clay co-founders Ian and Brittany Bentley about why, as a social impact company, they didn't put any focus on their impact for the first 3 years of business; how they reversed the idea ‘if you build it they will come' using data to open their third retail location; how they create rhythms with 5 kids at home, dual partnership at work and in life, and a company vision to help 10 million women in the next 10 years. Parker Clay was voted “Best for the world” in the category of community, placing them in the top 5% of all B corps in the world. You can shop Parker Clay at www.parkerclay.com and use our code CURATE15 for 15% off your order. Each purchase helps end exploitation of women in Ethiopia. Mentioned in this episode: www.parkerclay.com www.parkerclay.com/impact Parker Clay opens in Denver Curate Community Membership (code PODCAST for 20% off) Special thanks to our sponsors, Parker Clay (code CURATE15) and SeaVees (code CURATE20). Music created by Queentide.

On Ep. 000 of Curate Conversations, host Pia Beck introduces the podcast, and shares what to expect from the show. Special thanks to our sponsors, Parker Clay and SeaVees, as well as Queentide for producing, recording + mixing our custom track, Yucca Mesa. Links mentioned in this episode: Curate Well Co. Curate Well Co. Instagram SeaVees Parker Clay Queentide

Ian Bentley is the Co-founder and CEO at Parker Clay. Parker Clay sells handcrafted leather goods made in Ethiopia and is on a mission to create a better bag for a better world. Something they're clearly doing well at as in 2021 they won the B Corp “Best for the World” award for their community impact efforts. Founded in 2014 they have been consistently doubling the business and now have a global team of over 200 people. A truly inspiring story. JGS This is the first of our 2022 January Growth Series - handpicked episodes selected to help you pull together the perfect plan for your business in 2022. We'll be releasing one every MONDAY and THURSDAY throughout January. Get all the links and resources we mention at https://ecommercemasterplan.com/podcast/?utm_source=captivate&utm_medium=episodenotes (eCommerceMasterPlan.com) This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy

Can psychedelics, and more specifically, ceremonial ayahuasca really spur lasting positive personality changes? Have psychedelics been wrongly vilified? I chat this and more with 2nd time Self Discovery guest and psychologist, Dr. W. Keith Campbell, as he shares the scientific research he and his team have done around shamanic based ayahuasca. CONNECT WITH DR. CAMPBELL:Website: https://wkeithcampbell.comDR. CAMPELL'S BOOKS:The New Science of NarcissismThe Narcissism EpidemicThe Handbook of Narcissism and Narcissistic Personality Disorder: Theoretical Approaches, Empirical Findings, and Treatments When You Love a Man Who Loves HimselfOTHER BOOKS MENTIONED:Be Here Now by Ram DassBeing Ram Dass by Ram DassPRODUCTS MENTIONED....RITUAL VITAMINS:Ritual.com and use code: JACLYNSTEELE for 10% off your first 3 monthsPACT:Wearpact.com or jaclynsteele.com/pact (to see my picks) and use code: JACLYN20 for 20% off your first time purchases. Not including sale and cannot be combined with other offers.PARKER CLAY:https://www.parkerclay.com/ and use Code: PC-JACLYNS20 for 20% offRYZE SUPERFOOD MUSHROOM COFFEE:https://www.ryzesuperfoods.com  and use Code: JACLYN at checkout for 15% offCONNECT WITH JACLYN:+ Website: jaclynsteele.com+ Instagram: @jaclynsteele+ Youtube: officialjaclynsteele+ Facebook: jaclynsteeleinternational+ Clubhouse: @jaclynsteele+ Sign up for THE SCOOP & get the skinny on the latest wellness, beauty, & self development trends, as well as exclusive email-only content.TEXT ME:+1 480-531-6858 or follow this link. :)SUPPORT THE SHOW:PaypalLight, Love, & Peace,Jaclyn SteeleSupport the show (https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=7SLKVGC37E8SU)

Join us for a very special episode and an authentic conversation among friends. We are celebrating the upcoming release on October 5th of Allie's new book "Wonderfully Made: Discover the Identity, Love, and Worth You Were Created For." While Allie may have written it, this book is our anthem of hope and worth for women as a ministry and we can't wait for you to be encouraged by it. Christie and our dear friend and author Kate Merrick join Allie to talk all about the book. Allie shares a personal story from her life, the journey of writing it, the meaning behind the cover design and shares how our ministry started. We reflect on how God can bring beauty from brokenness and Allie shares encouragement for tending to your own goals and dreams. Pre-order a copy from your favorite book retailer including Amazon, Target or Christianbook.com and enter your info at alliemariesmith.com to get all kinds of free gifts including a chance to win a Parker Clay leather backpack and a life coaching guide. We invite you to shut distractions aside as you dive into this book and consider hosting a book club. Let "Wonderfully Made" build your faith whatever season of life you are in and help us share this message with a lost and hurting generation of young women. We're so glad you're a part of our community and can't wait for you to read it.  

Nadine Artemis is the author of Holistic Dental Care: the Complete Guide to Healthy Teeth and Gums and a frequent commentator on health and beauty for media outlets.  Alannis Morissette calls her "a true-sense visionary."Artemis is the creator of Living Libations, a line of botanical health and beauty creations that are among the purest of the pure on the planet.  As an innovative aromacologist, Nadine has formulated an elegant collection of rare and exceptional botanical compounds.  Her potent dental serums are used worldwide and provide optimal oral care.  She and her products have received rave reviews in the New York Times, the National Post, and the Hollywood Reporter.Her relationship to the cosmos informs her concept of Renegade Beauty, which encourages effortlessness and inspires people to rethink conventional notions of beauty and wellness.  This revolutionary vision allows the life force of flowers, dewdrops, plants, sun, and water to be the ingredients of healthy living, and lets everything unessential, contrived, and artificial fall away.  Our conversation was delightful and oh-so-enlightening.  Enjoy!CONNECT WITH NADINE ARTEMIS:Website: https://livinglibations.comInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/nadineartemisofficial/Living Libations on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/livinglibationsofficial/BOOKS MENTIONED: Renegade BeautyHolistic Dental Care: The Complete Guide to Healthy Teeth and GumsThe Seat of the Soul by Gary ZukavPRODUCTS MENTIONED...PARKER CLAY:https://www.parkerclay.com/ and use Code: PC-JACLYNS20 for 20% offLIVING LIBATIONS:livinglibations.com and use Code: JACLYN12 for 12% offCONNECT WITH JACLYN:+ Website: jaclynsteele.com+ Instagram: @jaclynsteele+ Youtube: officialjaclynsteele+ Facebook: jaclynsteeleinternational+ Clubhouse: @jaclynsteele+ Sign up for THE SCOOP & get the skinny on the latest wellness, beauty, & self development trends, as well as exclusive email-only content.TEXT ME:+1 480-531-6858 or follow this link. :)SUPPORT THE SHOW:PaypalLight, Love, & Peace,Jaclyn SteeleSupport the show (https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=7SLKVGC37E8SU)

Leaving a comfortable life in Santa Barbara, moving to Ethiopia, adopting 2 kids and trying to make the world a better place. Then, seeing his opportunity, Ian started Parker Clay – a leather good's company that's re-imagining what it means to make luxury consumer goods today.

Approximately 430 million people work in fashion and textile production; this means that one in eight workers around the world is involved in the fashion industry.  This week, we speak with Ian Bentley, the founder and CEO of Parker Clay, a fashion company that creates premium leather goods sourced from Ethiopia, with a special focus on hiring women. Ian previously served as President of Zia Group, a real estate developer, and has experience in marketing, sales, and business operations.  "The generations that are rising up think it's no longer an option to not know how things are made and how people are treated. We're here because we want to create opportunities for women to not just survive, but to thrive," says Ian. "If we're not having an impact, we don't exist. It's that simple." 

In this episode, Maria and Ian discuss:Building a business out of empathy that is sustainable and serves the community. The growing trend of conscious consumerism and making it a priority in your business.Parker Clay's mission and how it is helping to attract the right customer and keep them loyal.  Key Takeaways:There is no business without people - they make your business. As consumers, we should champion the brands that are really working hard to celebrate the value of people and make a beautiful product, because both can exist together.The more transparent you can be as a company in making sure that every customer touchpoint tells the same story, the more you can gain the trust of your customers and make it easier for customers to default to wanting to be part of your mission.  "We celebrate the value of people without compromising on the value of our product. You don't need to choose between those things and we are never going to compromise on people." —  Ian Bentley About Ian Bentley Co-Founder and CEO:In 2011 everything changed for Ian Bentley when he and his wife Brittany traveled to Ethiopia to adopt their daughter. Not only did they fall in love with the country, the culture, and the people they met, but they also saw first hand both a need and an opportunity to develop a company that could meet that need. Ian and his family moved to Ethiopia in 2012 to help support vulnerable women and children, and it was there they founded Parker Clay as a way to further transform the community through trade. With a background in business development and a passion to enact change, Ian, along with his wife Brittany, laid the framework for Parker Clay while living in Ethiopia. Their desire was to create a company that showcased Ethiopian leather and premium craftsmanship, while also providing meaningful work and job training to underemployed and unemployed people in Ethiopia. Now Ian is co-founder and CEO of Parker Clay, a premium leather company making products in Ethiopia. Parker Clay is deeply committed to producing every product ethically and sustainably without compromising on quality, while also focused on creating job opportunities that empower vulnerable women to not just survive but thrive.  After living in Ethiopia for three years, Ian, his wife Brittany, and their 5 children moved back to their hometown of Santa Barbara to open the flagship Parker Clay store and continue to grow the business in the United States. Connect with Ian Bentley:  Website: ParkerClay.comLinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/ianwbentley Connect with Maria: Get the podcast and book: TheEmpathyEdge.comLearn more about Maria's brand strategy work and books: Red-Slice.comDownload a free guide: The 5 Business Benefits of Empathy: http://red-slice.com/business-benefits-empathyHire Maria to speak at your next event: Red-Slice.com/Speaker-Maria-RossLinkedIn: Maria RossInstagram: @redslicemariaTwitter: @redsliceFacebook: Red Slice

In this episode, Maria and Ian discuss:Building a business out of empathy that is sustainable and serves the community. The growing trend of conscious consumerism and making it a priority in your business.Parker Clay's mission and how it is helping to attract the right customer and keep them loyal.  Key Takeaways:There is no business without people - they make your business. As consumers, we should champion the brands that are really working hard to celebrate the value of people and make a beautiful product, because both can exist together.The more transparent you can be as a company in making sure that every customer touchpoint tells the same story, the more you can gain the trust of your customers and make it easier for customers to default to wanting to be part of your mission.  "We celebrate the value of people without compromising on the value of our product. You don't need to choose between those things and we are never going to compromise on people." —  Ian Bentley About Ian Bentley Co-Founder and CEO:In 2011 everything changed for Ian Bentley when he and his wife Brittany traveled to Ethiopia to adopt their daughter. Not only did they fall in love with the country, the culture, and the people they met, but they also saw first hand both a need and an opportunity to develop a company that could meet that need. Ian and his family moved to Ethiopia in 2012 to help support vulnerable women and children, and it was there they founded Parker Clay as a way to further transform the community through trade. With a background in business development and a passion to enact change, Ian, along with his wife Brittany, laid the framework for Parker Clay while living in Ethiopia. Their desire was to create a company that showcased Ethiopian leather and premium craftsmanship, while also providing meaningful work and job training to underemployed and unemployed people in Ethiopia. Now Ian is co-founder and CEO of Parker Clay, a premium leather company making products in Ethiopia. Parker Clay is deeply committed to producing every product ethically and sustainably without compromising on quality, while also focused on creating job opportunities that empower vulnerable women to not just survive but thrive.  After living in Ethiopia for three years, Ian, his wife Brittany, and their 5 children moved back to their hometown of Santa Barbara to open the flagship Parker Clay store and continue to grow the business in the United States. Connect with Ian Bentley:  Website: ParkerClay.comLinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/ianwbentley Connect with Maria: Get the podcast and book: TheEmpathyEdge.comLearn more about Maria's brand strategy work and books: Red-Slice.comDownload a free guide: The 5 Business Benefits of Empathy: http://red-slice.com/business-benefits-empathyHire Maria to speak at your next event: Red-Slice.com/Speaker-Maria-RossLinkedIn: Maria RossInstagram: @redslicemariaTwitter: @redsliceFacebook: Red Slice

So since the world is going crazy and comedy is pretty much cancelled I decided I'd get together with some of my closest buddies and record an end of the world episode of the podcast! That's right! On this episode I have guests Addison Hall, Tim Macklin, and new guest Parker Clay. Things got pretty off the rails but that's honestly how our conversations 90 percent of the time! Be sure to follow Parker at @parker_cl follow Addison at @addison_l_hall and follow Tim at @timmacklincomedy! And as always follow me at @nickdeezcomedy and follow the podcast at @comedybuildupsandbreakdowns --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Parker & Clay discuss The Alamo and why we should remember it, while sipping on Blowing Rock Brewery's High Country Ale.

This week we hear Brittany and Ian Bentleys journey from adopting their daughter from Ethiopia to creating the lifestyle brand, Parker Clay.   Parker Clay creates premium leather and handwoven goods in Ethiopia. These products help lift women out of prostitution by providing them with jobs and education. The New Activist is a joint production of The RELEVANT Podcast Network and International Justice Mission. This episode is presented by IJM. Take 20 seconds, fill out this form, and ask your elected officials to fully fund critical legislation. Thank you! T: @newactivistis + FB: newactivistis