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Am avut săptămâna asta o ediție cu un subiect principal despre care noi, la Judecată, am mai tot vorbit: accidentul de muncă de la Biblioteca Națională soldat cu doi morți, pe un șantier ilegal dirijat de primarul Robert Negoiță, poate omul cu cea mai mare impunitate din România de azi. Am pornit de la un document obținut de Ovidiu în urmă cu câteva luni bune și, profitând de trimiterea în judecată a unei părți dintre posibilii vinovați (mai puțin a lui Negoiță), am „săpat” puțin prin detalii. Am constatat cum un fost secretar de stat, Cristi Vasilcoiu, precum și un ministru în funcție, Simona Bucura Oprescu, ambii de la Muncă, n-au făcut absolut nimic pentru a-și exercita „coordonarea metodologică” asupra unei instituții din subordinea lor, și-anume Inspecția Muncii, care pare să fi fost cauza unei întârzieri nepermise în soluționarea acestui dosar. Și multe altele. Bonus: am descoperit, după ani și ani de presă, o instituție nouă! Am trecut apoi la un nou atentat la libertatea presei - și, mai departe, la dreptul publicului, al cetățenilor, de a ști. De această dată li s-a întâmplat colegilor de la RISE Project. Pe final, am vorbit puțin despre o nouă măgărie de politică publică izvorâtă din eterna negândire a celor care conduc România. Ni se vor lua permisele abuziv pentru presupuse fapte de conducere sub influența drogurilor, dar doar pentru 72 de ore. Ce rezolvă asta? Absolut nimic. Și, firește, am nominalizat și Duhul Rău (ursarul, apud Ovidiu), și cam ăștia am fost. Mulțumim tuturor pentru timpul pe care ni-l acordați urmărindu-ne și pentru sprijin. Chiar dacă e vară și cald, continuăm. Pe joi! ---------------------------------------------------------------- Acest episod este produs și cu susținere din partea Departamentului de Stat al SUA, prin Ambasada României la București, precum și cu sprijinul Fundatiei Friedrich Naumann pentru Libertate. Opiniile, constatările şi concluziile enunțate în această emisiune sunt ale autorilor şi nu le reflectă neapărat pe cele ale celor doi parteneri. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Fiind un produs editorial al unor organizații de presă independentă - Dela0 și Centrul de Investigații Media (CIM) - Judecata de Acum se bazează pe suportul financiar al publicului. Ne puteți sprijini cu un abonament lunar prin patreon: www.patreon.com/judecatadeacum. Mulțumim!

Jacqueline learned about the importance of product differentiation as a buyer for Whole Foods. When it came time to start her own company, she knew this was key to success. Now, her line of specialty sauces from "Not Just Co." are launching onto the shelves of Target retailers across America! How did she do it? Sit in and learn from Jacqueline's hard-earned experience today! Jacqueline was a fellow winner of the "Stacy's Rise Project" for 2023! Show Notes: https://www.elaineskitchentable.com/168 Connect with Jacqueline: Website: https://notjust.co/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/notjustco Connect with Elaine: Website: https://elaineskitchentable.com Instagram: @elainetancomeau LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/elainetancomeau/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ElainesKitchenTable Twitter: https://twitter.com/chatwithelaine Get a free chapter from Elaine's book, Sell Your Passion: https://elaineskitchentable.com/book/ Episode Sponsor: Episode Sponsor: eShipper! Click. Ship. Save. Visit www.eshipper.com and use promo code EKT25 for a $25 rebate on first shipping invoice!

Bring kleenex for this moving story from Kristyn Carriere, founder of 7 Summits Snacks, and learn what it is like to launch a new food product into the North American market. Kristyn was a fellow winner of the "Stacy's Rise Project" for 2023! Show Notes: https://www.elaineskitchentable.com/167 Connect with Kristyn: Website: https://sevensummitssnacks.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/7summitssnacks/ Connect with Elaine: Website: https://elaineskitchentable.com Instagram: @elainetancomeau LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/elainetancomeau/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ElainesKitchenTable Twitter: https://twitter.com/chatwithelaine Get a free chapter from Elaine's book, Sell Your Passion: https://elaineskitchentable.com/book/ Episode Sponsor: Episode Sponsor: eShipper! Click. Ship. Save. Visit www.eshipper.com and use promo code EKT25 for a $25 rebate on first shipping invoice!

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This week is all about snacks! We are joined by Chris Bellinger, the Chief Creative Officer of PepsiCo Foods US, and the man behind the viral TikTok handle @FLVR_US; a community of people who have shared over 1,750 recipes using Frito-Lay brands as ingredients in cooking. Chris shares how in just six months the handle amassed one million followers and grew into one of the biggest branded food entertainment communities on TikTok! If you ever cared to learn about how brands go viral, this interview is a must-listen.And of course, it's not an episode of Beyond the Plate if we don't talk about social impact. Chris discusses how Frito-Lay brings a smile to every bite by making a positive impact on their consumers. They work with countless organizations to give back to communities, some of which include The Birthday Party Project, Stacy's Rise Project, GENYOUth and more. Enjoy this episode as we go Beyond the Plate… with Chris Bellinger of Frito-Lay and PepsiCo Foods US.Check out our #BtPlatePodcast Merch at www.BeyondthePlateMerch.com Follow Beyond the Plate on Facebook and TwitterFollow Kappy on Instagram and Twitter

Stacy Madison grew her "accidental business", Stacy's Pita Chips, from $19,000 in annual sales to $65 million before being purchased by PepsiCo. She did it without an "exit strategy", just a customer-first strategy, and she is so very generous with sharing her story, experience and expertise. I met Stacy when selected as one of 4 inaugural Canadian winners of the "Stacy's Rise Project". She continues to give back through this project, and has not surprisingly launched 2 new businesses since selling Stacy's. This is a MUST LISTEN for any aspiring or seasoned entrepreneur! Show Notes: https://elaineskitchentable.com/163 Connect with Stacy: Website: https://beboldbars.com/ Website: https://www.stacyssnacks.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/beboldbars/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/_stacymadison Stacy's Rise Project: https://www.stacyssnacks.com/riseproject Connect with Elaine: Website: https://elaineskitchentable.com Instagram: @elainetancomeau LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/elainetancomeau/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ElainesKitchenTable Twitter: https://twitter.com/chatwithelaine Get a free chapter from Elaine's book, Sell Your Passion: https://elaineskitchentable.com/book/ Episode Sponsor: Episode Sponsor: UPS, visit ups.com/beunstoppable/ca to save more than 50% on your shipping!

Do B.C.'s new housing targets keep pace with population growth? Are Canadians swearing too much? More seem to be "watching their mouth" in public conversations. Delta council's response to the high-rise project backlash.

Goldstein, Tara and Friesen, Doug (Producers). (2023, Mar 1)Tara talks to Christopher Campbell about the completion of The RISE project, a research-based curriculum framework that's been developed for teacher education around issues of gender and sexuality at school.  To read more about The RISE project go to: https://www.uwinnipeg.ca/rise/

Brigitte and Mic return to talk about a slew of new movie watches as well as some horror conventions. Tracy West joins them for another round of Quotes.

Monica Sunny is the founder and CEO of The Chai Box, an ethical and sustainable tea company that specializes in hand-blended loose-leaf chai blends and small-batch chai concentrate. Previously, Monica Sunny worked as a human organizational consultant for Chick-Fil-A where she designed training models, conducted ROI analyses and built competency models for the company's hiring practices.  The journey of creating The Chai Box started when Monica had her three boys and wanted to instill the love of Chai.  Her family started sharing this ritual with family and friends which ultimately led to the creation of The Chai Box. What started as a side-hustle in her basement has now grown to a full operation in Marietta, GA. In 2021, The Chai Box was selected as one of Oprah's Favorite Things. And most recently, Monica was given a grant and mentorship opportunity with the Tory Burch Foundation and Stacy's Rise Project. Website: https://thechaibox.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thechaibox/?hl=en @thechaibox Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/monica-sunny-88383620a/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thechaibox/ Chai Roll-Up Recipe: HERE Chai Apple Turnover Recipe: HERE

Ziua în care președintele Iohannis anunța, la Cotroceni, intrarea României în stare de urgență era și ziua în care, scuturați de orice temeri, câțiva oameni influenți în stat începeau să aranjeze primele afaceri de pandemie. În spatele apelurilor publice la calm, s-au creat neîntârziat noi rețele de influență: firme fără pată veneau cu autorizații, oameni cu bani finanțau importuri dubioase, iar gradați numiți politic în companii strategice știau deja calea prin care statul să acopere rapid costurile la suprapreț. Înaltul patronaj al epoleților e moștenirea lăsată României după pandemie. Iar cazurile Victor Pițurcă și Gabriel Țuțu, puse acum în prim-plan la știri, sunt doar un exemplu. Un stat în care nimeni nu știe câți foști ofițeri de informații ocupă încă funcții cu susținere politică, un stat în care un antrenor de fotbal își găsește intrare la Ministerul Apărării, printr-o armată de pioni, nu poate fi decât vulnerabil. Dar, înainte de a exista rețineri răsunătoare, au existat câteva investigații de presă. Spre ce oameni politici duce această poveste, de ce e bănuit Victor Pițurcă și ce s-a întâmplat cu cei care au reclamat, încă din 2020, ilegalitățile anchetate azi explică jurnalista Ana Poenariu, autoarea primelor investigații Rise Project care au scos la lumină neregulile de la Romarm din starea de urgență. On the Record este un podcast săptămânal produs de Recorder. Partener: Aqua Carpatica.

In this episode, Host Paola Soares speaks with Sara McElroy is a journalist and Founder of the Raze to Rise Project-a movement aimed at amplifying the powerful voices of women from the Great Resignation.She shares what she learned from conversations with more than 125 women over the past year who are reinventing their careers and reimagining the way women work… Sara McElroy is a former hustle culture devotee, ex-chief marketing officer, the Wall Street Journal's poster girl for pandemic career burnout, and a two-time member of the Great Resignation: class of 2021 and 2022. Following a stress-induced shingles diagnosis in early 2021, Sara decided to hit the reset button on her life; she quit her hard-won CMO job and trekked to Peru's Sacred Valley to reset her frayed nervous system. When she returned, she relocated from the buzzy metropolis of Atlanta to the beach in South Florida for a new job and a fresh start. But she once again encountered deeply ingrained cultural issues in her new role, and ultimately, she walked away again. Finding herself in the company of millions of other women who also set unfulfilling jobs ablaze during the Great Resignation, she returned to her journalism roots and began to explore the stories, breaking points, and defining moments that led women to seek greater opportunity mid-pandemic. In this interview she shares the big career lies taught to Women, why letting go of your gut instincts in the workplace is dangerous, conventional wisdom and why it no longer works for our careers, and the steps and stages to quitting this and so much more...   Connect with Sara: razetorise.com sarajmcelroy.com Let's Connect: Instagram: @butfirstshefailed Paolasoares.com Paolasoares.com/courses Weekly But First, She Failed Newsletter Sign up/ Your Boss Woman Profile Quiz But First, She Failed FB Community Email me: Paola@Butfirstshefailed.com

Tionna Cunningham leads the $220 Million Stacy's Pita Chips brand at PepsiCo and the Stacy's Rise Project and mentoring program, focused on uplifting female founders. She is credited with co-developing the diversity and engagement strategy for Frito-Lay marketing. www.stacyssnacks.com Instagram - @tionnachanel --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/annette-ortiz-mata/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/annette-ortiz-mata/support

When Junita Flowers was at her lowest, baking cookies became an escape. She turned that feeling into a social enterprise business. “Junita's Jar is so much more than a delicious bag of cookies,” Flowers says. “It's a bag of hope.” But striking a healthy balance between purpose and profit can be challenging for a mission driven startup. The initial model of selling to businesses that would bring Flowers in for “cookies and conversation” about surviving domestic violence and overcoming adversity proved difficult to scale. The pandemic, and the social unrest that followed the death of George Floyd just blocks away from the Junita's Jar kitchen and offices in Minneapolis gave Flowers time to recalibrate and take advantage of mentorship and grant programs like Stacy's Rise Project. Target also took an interest, and helped Flowers gear up for a national launch of Junita's Jar. HyVee will follow in August. A focus on growing the business, Flowers has realized, will give her a larger platform to share her purpose. “If it's your dream,” she says, “Chase it.” After our conversation with Flowers, we go Back to the Classroom with University of St. Thomas Schulze School of Entrepreneurship Associate Dean Sheneeta White who sees growing interest in social entrepreneurship. She points out that making money is not at odds with having a mission. “It's okay to make a profit.” White says. “But never lose your story. Never lose what drives you.”

This episode is brought to you by Sendlane.   The Vegan Knife offers vegan, allergy-friendly baking mixes designed to taste just like the cakes and cupcakes you originally remember, says Julie Butcher, Founder and Owner.   The company's baking products also are easy to use: No mixer is required - just three ingredients and a whisk or spatula.   The Vegan Knife got its start at a farmer's market in Florida, where Julie would sell the completed baked goods. Demand from tourists, who wanted to make the same products back home, led to the creation of the mixes.   In Part 1, Julie talks about:   * The impact of being one of 10 winners of The Stacy's Rise Project. * How her health problems led to a diagnosis that she couldn't tolerate gluten, dairy, or shellfish. * The struggle to find food she could still eat led her to create her recipes. * How the company started selling baked goods at a local farmer's market, where demand from tourists led her to create mixes. * Her mission is to make her mixes "all-inclusive" in terms of allergies, dairy, and gluten.   Join Ramon Vela and Julie Butcher as they break down the inside story on The Story of a Brand.   For more on The Vegan Knife, visit: https://theveganknife.com/    Subscribe and Listen to the podcast on all major apps. Simply search for “The Story of a Brand,” or click here to listen on your favorite podcast player: Listen now.   *   This episode is also brought to you by Sendlane.   If all DTC companies were forced to turn off Facebook ads, they'd be dead on arrival. Why is that?   They over-invest in paid acquisition and under-invest in retention.   Luckily, Sendlane makes it easy to solve this problem. Sendlane is an E-Commerce Customer Experience Platform helping hundreds of DTC brands to tighten their existing customer relationships.   Sendlane automates personalized customer experiences through Welcome and Abandoned Cart workflows, SMS, Deep Data Integrations with Shopify and WooCommerce, multi-store functionality, and much more.   Plus, they don't stand for lazy customer support. Their San-Diego-based team has an average 1-minute response time from a live human, making sure you never get stuck in a chat queue ever again.   Curious about how Sendlane can help your DTC brand grow? Schedule a demo with a Specialist. Visit https://www.sendlane.com/story 

Nina Tickaradze is the founder and CEO of NADI, an organic juice and specialty foods company with social impact. Motivated by the more than 250,000 internally displaced people (IDPs) in Nina's native country of Georgia, she launched NADI to provide jobs and economic opportunities to IDPs and refugees. NADI, which means “collective work effort” in Georgian, employs IDPs in the Caucasus Mountains to help produce the first and only USDA Certified Organic Wild Rosehip Juice. NADI is certified as a women-owned business by the Women's Business Enterprise National Council and was recently named the 2020 winner of the Stacy's Rise Project™ by PepsiCo. We will speak with this inspirational woman in business and learn about NADI and the amazing work Nina is doing for our world today. Connect with Nina... Online: GetNADI.comEmail: DrinkNadi@Gmail.comFacebook: www.Facebook.com/GetNadiInstagram: www.Instagram.com/GetNadi Like the show? Be sure to click the “Like” button and share it to your favorite social media! Are you a female entrepreneur who would like to join our amazing group of ladies and be featured on the Women Entrepreneurs show? Or are you an expert in your field and would like to be considered as one of our Expert Members? Then reach out to Julie Anderson for more information at Info@WomenEntrepreneursExtraordinaire.com or our group liaison Kelli Cooper at Kelli@WomenEntrepreneursExtraordinaire.com Join the revolution! Join our Facebook group and like the page to stay connected with all the exciting announcements and the incredible women in our group. Page: www.Facebook.com/WomenEntrepreneursExtraordinaireGroup: https://www.facebook.com/groups/179750735473364Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/we.extraordinaire  

Nina Tickaradze is the founder and CEO of NADI, an organic juice and specialty foods company with social impact. Motivated by the more than 250,000 internally displaced people (IDPs) in Nina's native country of Georgia, she launched NADI to provide jobs and economic opportunities to IDPs and refugees. NADI, which means “collective work effort” in Georgian, employs IDPs in the Caucasus Mountains to help produce the first and only USDA Certified Organic Wild Rosehip Juice. NADI is certified as a women-owned business by the Women's Business Enterprise National Council and was recently named the 2020 winner of the Stacy's Rise Project™ by PepsiCo. We will speak with this inspirational woman in business and learn about NADI and the amazing work Nina is doing for our world today. Connect with Nina... Online: GetNADI.comEmail: DrinkNadi@Gmail.comFacebook: www.Facebook.com/GetNadiInstagram: www.Instagram.com/GetNadi Like the show? Be sure to click the “Like” button and share it to your favorite social media! Are you a female entrepreneur who would like to join our amazing group of ladies and be featured on the Women Entrepreneurs show? Or are you an expert in your field and would like to be considered as one of our Expert Members? Then reach out to Julie Anderson for more information at Info@WomenEntrepreneursExtraordinaire.com or our group liaison Kelli Cooper at Kelli@WomenEntrepreneursExtraordinaire.com Join the revolution! Join our Facebook group and like the page to stay connected with all the exciting announcements and the incredible women in our group. Page: www.Facebook.com/WomenEntrepreneursExtraordinaireGroup: https://www.facebook.com/groups/179750735473364Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/we.extraordinaire 

Brownsville Safety Alliance event SEG 5/5: On our final segment from this wonderful community event Hailey came through and educated us on the Rise Project, working with other organizations and domestic violence that could possibly lead to gun violence in the home or on the streets. Hailey also shared her personal journey through gang culture, building up self and traveling outside of your city/hometown to broaden your horizons! Thank you Hailey for your work in the community! Thank you for taking the timeout to share, inspire, uplift and encourage those who are in need of help to get it before it's to late on the Speak Life Shine Bright Podcast platform!

“Finding your purpose by knowing your strengths and what drives you is important because that is what makes you unique.” Ciara Dilley Navigating through the world of business as a founder is never easy and they usually need support at different levels to make it through. This is especially true for women because of the many roles that they play in their communities. Our guest today, Ciara Dilley, has been in the business of supporting women at levels and is convinced that finding your purpose and embracing agility goes a long way in helping business leaders to be resilient and navigate through challenges Ciara Dilley is the vice president of marketing for Frito-Lay North America and leads the company's ever-evolving portfolio of Transform Brands – including Stacy's pita chips, Sun Chips, Popcorners, Off the Eaten Path veggie crisps/puffs, and the Baked/Simply portfolio of snacks. Ciara directly oversees Frito-Lay's growth and innovation strategy to address this growing need and ensure consumers consistently have access to an array of options that fit their lifestyle. Whether it's been the development of new brands such as veggie-forward Off the Eaten Path or the acquisition of innovations like Popcorners, Ciara is diversifying the wellness journey for Americans everywhere Prior to joining PepsiCo, Dilley leveraged her experience in marketing, communications, and innovation to grow major international consumer brands within Diageo, Campbell Soup Company, and Kellogg Company.  Being a seasoned veteran with more than 20 years of industry experience and most recently recognized as a 2020 Media Post Marketing All-Star, Ciara is an industry pioneer in purpose-driven campaigns, having led several brands to make a measurable societal impact through campaigns that champion sustainability and support diversity and inclusion. Ciara's greatest passion is in furthering the economic empowerment of women. She is not only a mentor and a coach to several team members past and present but also leads PepsiCo's support of female professional development through numerous speaking engagements and by spearheading the organization's Woman Made initiative. Ciara also works closely with several thought leaders and organizations committed to advancing female entrepreneurs, including SKU CPG, Hello Alice, and The Boss Network. In today's episode, we will dive deeper into how to give back to the world by doing the best of what we do. More will also be discussed on supporting female business owners, finding purpose in leadership and why it is critical to having a happy impactful work life. Listen in! Social media LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/ciara-dilley-305469b I did law and German in college and I had no interest whatsoever in going into the business world. [5:00] I started working with Diageo in the marketing department and it was an amazing grounding in brand marketing and what it means to build amazing brands. [5:22] I also had a very huge fortune of moving to two other companies that were stellar in that area. [5:53] It was during my time at Kellogg that I headed the innovation team for Europe that I started to get interested in this idea of wellness and how food companies could be more responsible to support consumers in their journeys. [6:02] It was also during my time at Kellogg that I was being invited to act more as a leader and I started getting more heavily involved in supporting women. [6:28] When I moved to Pepsi in New York about six years ago now, I started looking for ways on how I could get involved in supporting women. [7:22] Along the way, I started doing both producing and selling, and supporting women. [7:41] I was doing a lot of self-development on how I could become a better leader and the idea of purpose was just beginning to come on the radar. [7:57] For me, purpose is the merging of what do you do functionally and what you like doing from a business perspective, and for me, I like selling healthier foods and supporting women. [8:14] Purpose is not something you find overnight but is a long journey. [11:18] There are certain things you are good at, and what do you love doing, and how can these two things come together to make you incredibly rewarded and happier. [11:46] The third element that is the icing on the cake is how these things can come together and can make a difference in the world. [12:05] In that area, large organizations can make a massive difference in pushing forward with the change that needs to be seen and being seen as educators and communicators in the area of doing good in the world. [14:45] Consumers are becoming more and more interested in this area for many different reasons. [17:15] It is an exciting time for the snack industry and we are always trying to do more to make it better in terms of availability and affordability. [18:14] The women I work with in the Rise Project are the most resilient, hardworking, smart, change-makers I have ever met. [19:50] Being an entrepreneur and having your own business is not an easy path. [20:12] Commercial break. [21:45] Accessing the resources from the Rise Project helped keep the lights on for the businesses owned by women. [ 23:07] Women have suffered much more during the pandemic because often they had to take the burden of care. [23:22] A lot of jobs that were lost were those held traditionally taken by women and therefore had a dramatic impact on the role of women in the workplace. [23:43] However, it has empowered so many more amazing women to take the power into their own hands. [24:04] There has been an overwhelming amount of financial support poured into this area particularly for women of color and justly so. [24:42] We have also started to introduce them to ways of selling more of their product through partnering with platforms such as Amazon and Walmart. [26:27] If you are not turning up, being you and the best of you in each and every day, that is not going to feel great. Authenticity is incredibly important [30:30] Finding your purpose by knowing your strengths and what drives you is important because that is what makes you unique [31:00] Some of the ways I have been able to develop myself over the years is through being agile and embracing progress over perfection [ 31:25] Pursue what you love to do because you will be at your best when you do what you love and also seek to make an impact with what you do. [ 35:58] …………………………………………………. 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Premierul Florin Cîțu confirmă că măsurile de relaxare nu mai sunt legate de țintele de vaccinare. Într-un interviu la Radio Guerrilla, acesta a mai spus că după 30 de ani de socialism, România are nevoie de 8 ani de liberalism. Ministerul Muncii anunță că nu există intenția majorării stagiului minim de cotizare pentru pensie și nici nu dorește eliminarea pensionării anticipate. Primul concert va fi organizat în București, nu la Cluj Napoca, spune premierul Florin Cîțu. Rise Project prezintă într-un articol nou cum circulă banii în AUR. Au apărut și primele imagini cu jurnalistul arestat după deturnarea avionului la Minsk. Tema muzicală: Jester Of No Court - Solidarity Forever

Callee Ackland discussed how her commitment to a zero-waste lifestyle developed into Bestowed Essentials and Hippie Haven. Interest in sustainable products came to Callee in 2016 after a purchase of hand-made soap. From then on, Callee stayed mindful of the ingredients and sources of the skincare she used in her daily life. She gave herself one year to develop her soap-making business full time, which is now Bestowed Essentials. A sustainable lifestyle was a standard to Callee who grew up in places that gave her a different relationship to sustainability than people growing up in other parts of the country. Once she watched Netflix’s A Plastic Ocean, her approach towards her business and life shifted. We briefly discussed why audiences should be aware of companies and sustainability, such as the marketing tactics trying to transfer responsibility away from larger brands. Consumers have power in how and where they consistently spend their money. Callee brought attention to the fact that everyone can participate in change. She reassured that everyone’s best effort can look different. If you decided to bring your own bags for groceries, and your neighbor switched to more sustainable brands, both impacts compound. Callee shared that “...every one of these different actions does add up.” Continuing on, Callee explained her observations on why recycling is part of the pollution problem, the purpose of mutual aid, and knowing how to make a change in your own community. South Dakota’s community is one of the main influences of Hippie Haven, a retail store & community space with seemingly endless opportunities for social impact. One of the opportunities is a donation drop-off for the indigenous-led organization Camp Mniluzahan. Callee shared insight around the organization’s efforts in the community being an example of mutual aid. Callee’s community connections are also the reason she went from selling her products in the back of her van to being stocked in 200 stores. Even more so, she reminisced on the lesson that entrepreneurs don’t need to do everything alone, and shouldn’t try to. She explained how the business eventually scaled enough to require a second level of management, and how she deals with managing people while being a visionary. During the pandemic, Callee’s ventures experienced disruption, but found ways to pull through. Callee shared what it’s like being the recipient of grants from Stacy's Rise Project and the Spanx by Sara Blakely Foundation. Besides assistance, Callee found discipline and adapting useful in her journey, and we both spoke on the grit that comes with a lack of resources. Hippie Haven is also the name of Callee’s podcast. A major part of the podcast is to speak about sustainability topics in plain English that is accessible for the general public. Soon the podcast grew into much more, but it’s all part of Callee’s approach to impact. She gave advice about her approach and shared she’ll be adding the nonprofit Zero Waste Business Alliance as part of her impact. If you would like to learn more, you can listen to the podcast, visit the store, browse the product line, or connect on Instagram, Facebook and youtube.

In this episode I had the privilege of chatting with Denise Woodard, CEO and Founder of Partake Foods: a brand of allergy-friendly snacks inspired by her daughter’s experience with food allergies.Denise takes us on a journey of discovery as she tells us the story of tackling her daughters’ dietary restrictions while meeting her sweet tooth “demands”. With a little tough love from her daughter’s childcare provider “Your daughters’ diet is boring.”- Denise embarked on a journey of discovery and perseverance learning to bake, develop product, start-up and run a company and developing it into a beloved industry darling. Along the way we hear about the 86 investment rejections, road trips selling product out of her car, to becoming the first black woman to raise a million dollars in seed capital for a packaged food brand.In this episode we learn:The genesis and inspiration of Partake.What is driving the demand for allergen-free foods.How Denise plans to support the growing needs of the allergen-free consumer.How food and beverage brands can improve their listening of consumer needs - beyond product development. How Denise is supporting other BIOPIC women in the industry.The ways Denise stayed inspired during the early days of fundraising and growing Partake.The advice that Denise gives new food and beverage entrepreneurs.“Successful people are just regular people who want to solve a problem and are very passionate about it.” - Denise Woodard About Denise Woodard:Denise Woodard is the Founder/CEO of Partake, a line of allergy-friendly snacks inspired by her daughter’s experience with food allergies. Since launching in July 2017, Partakes first product - delicious, nutritious, allergy-friendly cookies - can be found in over 2,500 retailers including Target, Sprouts, and Whole Foods Market. The company has been featured by People, Black Enterprise and Entrepreneur and, in June 2019 closed a seed round of funding led by JAY-Z’s Marcy Venture Partners.Prior to launching Partake, Denise spent a decade in consumer-packaged-goods at various Fortune 100 companies. Most recently, she held the title of Director, National Sales in Coca-Cola’s Venturing & Emerging Brands division. Denise holds a Bachelor of Arts from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill and an MBA from Arizona State University. She lives in Jersey City, NJ with her husband, Jeremy, and their 5-year-old daughter, Vivienne. Guests Social Media Links:LinkedIn:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/denisegwoodard/ Website:  https://partakefoods.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PartakeFoods/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/partakefoods/ Twitter:  https://twitter.com/partakefoods  Show Resources:Parktake: Our products give delicious peace of mind to those with dietary restrictions... and "how is this so good?" enjoyment to everyone else.Marcy Venture Partners: Co-Founded by Shawn Carter (JAY-Z), Jay Brown and Larry Marcus. The firm has a passion for building game-changing consumer businesses and mass-market brands that resonate with culture across products and services, media and technology. We combine unique access, instincts, deep networks, operating and venture capital expertise to be long term partners in growth. Whole Foods Market : An American multinational supermarket chain headquartered in Austin, Texas, which sells products free from hydrogenated fats and artificial colors, flavors, and preservatives. A USDA Certified Organic grocer in the United States, the chain is popularly known for its organic selections.Honest Tea: A bottled organic tea company based in Bethesda, Maryland. It was founded in 1998 by Seth Goldman and Barry Nalebuff. The company is a wholly owned subsidiary of The Coca-Cola Company. The name is a pun on the word "honesty".Food Equality Initiative: Improving the health and ending hunger in individuals diagnosed with food allergies and celiac disease through access, education and advocacy.Frito-Lay: An American subsidiary of PepsiCo that manufactures, markets, and sells corn chips, potato ships and other snack foods.Stacy’s Rise Project: Created to help bridge the funding gap for female founders, Stacy’s Rise Project™ has been connecting and empowering women business owners for years. Episode Sponsor - Retail Voodoo:A brand development firm that builds, grows and evolves brands in the food, beverage, wellness, and fitness industry. If your brand is in need of positioning, package design, or marketing activation, we’re here to help. You can find more information at www.retail-voodoo.com  Key Takeaways:0:00 Intro2:01 Denise gives a brief overview of what Partake Foods is all about3:03 Denise share a little bit of her journey and some of her big moments after she left Coca Cola 4:13 Denise talks about why she choose baked goods and not other shelf stable product5:17 Denise shares how her nanny was instrumental and how she helped to the development and growth of her company6:23 Denise gives the reasons why she decided to start her company from scratch7:34 Denise talks about what she does for her to capture the attention of very high profile investors to come and invest with her9:31 Denise also shares some of operational struggles that she goes through while growing her company11:23 Denise shares some tips on what she did to get her initial seed investment even after going through 86 rejections13:03 Denise talks about how she is the first black woman to have raised a million dollars for a package food company14:25 Denise talks about how they connected with Emily Brown for the first time15:14 Denise discuss where the demand for allergen free foods is coming from, why it has increased and if it is a global thing 17:49 Denise speaks of what other CPG companies are not doing in terms of their production that is not considerate of the consumer 19:20 Denise talks about her vision for the company in the next couple of years so as to grow her business 20:46 Denise also shares the advice that she always finds herself sharing with young entrepreneurs who approach her for advice 24:32 Denise talks about moments or points where young entrepreneurs get stuck or what hinders them from achieving their mission 25:44 Denise encourages people to keep pushing harder and keep grinding and one day they will get the kind of results that they want27:00 Denise talks about the trends that are in her industry and why she is excited about them 28:34 Denise talks about the incubators and why she thinks that they are important 30:07 Denise also shares some of the things that she’s doing nowadays to keep herself sane especially in the lockdown period 

In this episode, I had the privilege of interviewing Thereasa Black, CEO and Founder of Amore Congelato, a start-up gelato brand taking a different approach to treats, community and the definition of success. Thereasa takes us on a journey of being a professionally driven single mom finding a way to develop a dessert that her daughter fell in love with, while Tereasa was deployed overseas, to create a new opportunity for her family and her community. Along the way we explore the hurdles of starting a new food brand with no experience in food or frozen desserts, CPG, or retail.In this episode we learn:The genesis and inspiration of Amore Congelato.How Thereasa's military experience influences her decision making and level-headedness.How to stay focused on the mission of a company regardless of challenge.To always have a real plan B, ( and C).How leaning into other people and resources can help at every level of business.How to stay inspired when working through unfamiliar situations.That the real key to success is balancing work life with personal life. She leaves us with a word of advice: “Your drive should be the want to achieve your goals." About Thereasa Black, esq.:Thereasa Black is an attorney, Naval Officer, and the CEO and founder of Amore Congelato, a company that makes all-natural, nutritious gelato and sorbet that contains zero cane sugar.In March 2018, a month after she was sworn into the Maryland Bar and a week before her daughter’s 2nd birthday, Thereasa was deployed to Djibouti for a 13-month deployment.  This was Thereasa’s 4th deployment, but her first as a mom. Every day away from her daughter was s struggle because her toddler, who believed that Thereasa had dropped her off and moved to a new home, was suffering greatly.Thereasa knew immediately that she couldn’t deploy again and that returning home and practicing law working 8o hour weeks was also not an option, so she decided to start her own business. She chose gelato in honor of the last food that she and her daughter shared before their long journey apart. Thereasa had made an ice cream cookie cake to celebrate her daughter’s birthday the night before she deployed. It was the first time that her daughter had ice cream and she fell in love with it.Thereasa decided to make an ice cream that was nutritious so that she would be happy to allow her daughter to eat it. She removed all of the cane sugar and replaced it with a tasty combination of date syrup, agave nectar, and coconut sugar. It has up to 16 essential vitamins and minerals and 24 grams of protein. Now her daughter can enjoy gelato that has more nutrients than kale and Thereasa will never have to leave her side.Guests Social Media Links:Email: CEO@amorecongelato.comLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thereasa-m-black/   Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/amorecongelatofrozenlove/Instagram: @amore_congelatoYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Amore+Congelato&sp=EiG4AQHCARtDaElKT19UdkVqMVB0b2tSLTJXTkdvWjBlU1E%253DShow Resources:Amore Congelato: Gelato sweetened with dates, coconut sugar, and agave nectar. Zero cane sugar. Stacy’s Rise Project: Created to help bridge the funding gap for female founders, Stacy’s Rise Project™ has been connecting and empowering women business owners for years. That’s why Stacy’s is sharing our resources with other female-founded businesses like those founded by these 30 women. Support them by adding their products and services to your cart.HelloAlice: Step-by-step guides, expert resources, and collaborative communities of fellow entrepreneurs - all for free.MassChallenge: MassChallenge was founded in 2009 with a singular purpose – to make it as easy as possible for entrepreneurs to launch and grow new ventures. Episode Sponsor - Retail Voodoo:A branding firm building, growing and evolving brands in the food, beverage, wellness, and fitness industry. If your brand is in need of positioning, package design, or marketing activation, we’re here to help. You can find more information at www.retail-voodoo.com  Key Takeaways:0:00 Intro2:21 Thereasa shares a little background of her brand and why she started it5:54 Thereasa explains the meaning of her company’s name ‘Amore Congelato’ and how she came up with it6:49 Thereasa talks about location, how to identify that particular spot to set up your business for it to thrive9:53 Thereasa also talks about inspiration, somewhere you get your strength from that makes you do what you do11:50 Thereasa advices young entrepreneurs why they should consider doing both the scoop shop component and the CPG in their businesses14:11 Thereasa also gives the importance of comparing your brand with other brands that are bigger than yours16:07 Thereasa talks about the importance of focusing on the mission of a company and making sure you accomplish it regardless of the challenges16:20 Thereasa also speaks of the importance of following the rules and regulations stated by law as a company for you to stay on the safer side17:15 Thereasa recommends or calls for a change in the society for everyone to be treated fairly for it to grow20:54 Thereasa shares some tips on how to identify where you get the strength to keep on pushing harder such as giving the people you love a better life24:30 Thereasa shares her military life story and how it helped her grow and succeed as an entrepreneur26:35 Thereasa talks about having the right mentality when entering in to the business word of pivoting every time your plan A fails29:00 Thereasa shares the importance of caring for the other business person because you get to hold each other’s hands31:55 Thereasa talks about balancing your work life and personal life and why that is important if you want to succeed35:18 Thereasa talks about Stacy’s Rise, what it is and how she is involved in it37:41 Thereasa speaks of the importance of having a mentor as an entrepreneur if you want to become successful40:03 Thereasa also talks in details of some of the trends in her industry42:28 Thereasa also shares the comparison between Gelato and Kale45:40 Thereasa talks of how she keeps herself sane especially in this time of the pandemicBooks Mentioned:Business and investment booksShows Mentioned:https://www.stacyssnacks.com/ Created to help bridge the funding gap for female foundershttps://helloalice.com/https://masschallenge.org/Better-for-you, these are foods low in salt and sugar, high in fiber or with added vitamins.Quotes Mentioned:“Don’t just stop at where the status quo was.”“Your drive should be the want to achieve your goals.”“Don’t just sit there and always talk about your goals, you take action.”“Being able to pivot is the key to being a business person.”“We all need to succeed in order to hold each other up.”“The brain needs a break too.”

Learn how Join. Converse. Inspire. came to be, meet the podcast editor, and gain some insight on the podcast process - from interview to publishing. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/jci-canada/message

An amazing long standing program from this chapter in Alberta that is a staple in the Edmonton community, and developed to be a nationally based project! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/jci-canada/message

Un petit geste d’amour... le beau projet de JCI Montréal. This episode is in French! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/jci-canada/message

Find out how this chapter in British Columbia grows vegetables and their love for the outdoors, with the JCI Kelowna Farm Project! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/jci-canada/message

Find out how this chapter in Vernon, British Columbia organized the award winning ‘Best Opportunity in Canada’ for the 2019 National Convention. The lessons carried forward from this convention have resonated throughout 2020. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/jci-canada/message

This online group, started out of Canada, now has 700+ JCI members from around the world, empowering and inspiring each other to keep moving. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/jci-canada/message

JCI Edmonton and JCI Toronto collaborated in October 2020 to engage and empower University students... and they want to do more! Reach out to them if YOU want to collaborate. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/jci-canada/message

Find out how this chapter in Ontario stomps on grapes for various causes, with the JCI St Catharines Grape Stomp! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/jci-canada/message

RISE ⁠—which stands for Reimagining Intimacy through Social Engagement—works to ensure community-based gun violence prevention efforts have more tools and resources to prevent and respond to intimate partner violence. Gun violence and intimate partner violence are often viewed as separate problems requiring different responses, but neighborhoods impacted by high rates of gun violence also have the highest levels of reported domestic violence incidents. Access to a gun makes it five times more likely that a partner experiencing abuse will be killed. The RISE Project is part of New York City’s anti-violence Crisis Management System and is run in partnership with the Mayor’s Office to Prevent Gun Violence. On this episode of In Practice, three members of the RISE team—Hailey Nolasco, director, Al-Tabar Hudgins, uptown coordinator, and Karolin Betances, downtown coordinator—talk to Rob Wolf about the origins of the initiative, how it differs from a more conventional law enforcement approach, and how they engage people in conversations about the important but hard-to-talk-about topic of intimate partner violence.

Those of us outside the walls of Frito-Lay have not necessarily considered the brand aligned with natural foods, environmental stewardship, or considered a small business advocate. But little did we all know, that this mammoth tanker of an organization has been quietly growing a passionate army of stewards ready to take on some of businesses biggest issues including healthy food innovation, food instability, small and women-owned business finance and mentoring, environmental stewardship and so much more. The number of business initiatives PepsiCo and Frito-Lay has been developing to make a positive impact in business and the lives of the most marginalized is staggering.Join Ciara Dilley, VP of Marketing, Transform Brands and Portfolio Innovation for Frito-Lay North America and I, as we discuss how she is harnessing the resources of a multi-national to affect positive change in the food and beverage industries — starting with the Stacy’s Rise Project and venturing into other initiatives. It turns out that Frito-Lay may be becoming the largest Citizen brand in our category, and they’ve got just the right person to lead the way.When we support women-owned business - the world will become a better place. - Ciara DilleyIn this episode we learn:Ciara’s passion for Female Founders and woman-owned business.How she uses Frito-Lay strengths of brand, product, and voice to empower and support female founder brands.The power of Stacy’s Rise Project and WomenMade initiatives.Why Stacy's Rise Project is bridging the funding gap for female-founded business.How she uses stewardship initiatives to grow employee engagement, retention, and satisfaction.How the impact of the Frito-Lay initiatives complement and supplement the work being done in the Naturals industry.About Ciara Dilley:Ciara Dilley - Vice President of Marketing, Transform Brands and Portfolio Innovation for Frito-Lay North America, leads the company’s ever-evolving and diverse portfolio of Transform Brands – including Stacy’s, SunChips, Smartfood, Popcorners, and Off the Eaten Path. Also overseeing Frito-Lay’s portfolio innovation, Ciara is making it easier than ever for consumers to discover new flavors, ingredients and brands powered by purpose. Ciara also leads our Sustainability agenda, championing our focus on more environmentally friendly packaging solutions.A seasoned veteran with more than 20 years of industry experience, Ciara’s passion is supporting women, both inside and outside the walls of Frito-Lay. In addition to being personally involved in a number of initiatives that involve coaching and connecting businesswomen, Ciara recently led the launch of WomanMade, a PepsiCo initiative developed to advance female founders in the food and beverage industry through funding and exclusive mentoring opportunities.Since joining Frito-Lay in February 2019, Ciara has led Stacy’s Rise Project – a flagship grant and mentorship program by the female-founded Stacy’s brand – to flourish as an industry best-in-class initiative, awarding up-and-coming female entrepreneurs with hundreds of thousands of dollars in business grants and providing them with unprecedented access to PepsiCo people and resources to achieve long-term success.In addition, under Ciara’s leadership, Smartfood popcorn added Smart50 to its lineup – featuring 50 calories or less per cup – and underwent a full brand redesign that involved a complete swipe of its social channels and packaging updates across the entire portfolio.Prior to joining PepsiCo, Dilley leveraged her experience in communications and innovation to grow major international consumer brands including Diageo, Campbell Soup Company and Kellogg Company. LinkedIn: Ciara Dilley, https://www.linkedin.com/in/ciara-dilley-305469b/Media Contact - Frito-Lay Brand Communications: Jen Crichton, jen.crichton@pepsico.comShow Resources:Pepsico - An American multinational food, snack and beverage corporation headquartered in Harrison, New York, in the hamlet of Purchase. PepsiCo has interests in the manufacturing, marketing, and distribution of grain-based snack foods, beverages, and other productsFrito-Lay - an American subsidiary of PepsiCo that manufactures, markets, and sells corn chips, potato chips, and other snack foodsStacy’s - Stacy's Pita Chips is a brand of snack products based in Randolph, Massachusetts, specializing in various flavors of pita chips. Pita chips are slices of pita bread which are baked until crunchy. Stacy’s Rise - Created to help bridge the funding gap for female founders, Stacy’s Rise Project™ has been connecting and empowering women business owners for years. That’s why Stacy’s is sharing our resources with other female-founded businesses like those founded by these 30 women. Support them by adding their products and services to your cart.Pepsico Foundation - As we strive to become a Better company, we are helping nurture that potential all around the world by leading the way toward a more sustainable food system, from investing in sustained nutrition, to promoting safe water access, effective waste management, and women’s empowerment.Kelloggs - An American multinational food manufacturing company headquartered in Battle Creek, Michigan, United States. And the original plant-based well-being company.Greenhouse Accelerator - Support food and beverage entrepreneurs through a collaborative mentor-guided business acceleration program.Hello Alice -  Step-by-step guides, expert resources, and collaborative communities of fellow entrepreneurs to find funding opportunities and experts for small business.The J.E.D.I Collaborative - The OSC² J.E.D.I Collaborative of industry peers and experts is leading this project for the natural products industry to frame the business case for embedding justice, equity, diversity and inclusion into our entire food ecosystem. Our intent is to take a positive, forward look vs. a “fix what’s broken” position. We seek to understand the deeper issues and to devise an outline for the best solutions. We will clarify the systemic issues that require courage and thought leadership and define immediately controllable issues we all can address as an industry and in our day-to-day operations. We will develop a step-by-step approach to serve as a model to facilitate and inspire the industry to commit and take action. We will develop a reporting tool to demonstrate the impact of the project on progress. We believe the benchmark reporting will result in an increase in productivity in an increasingly multicultural marketplace. Untamed by Glennon Doyle - In her most revealing and powerful memoir yet, the activist, speaker, bestselling author, and “patron saint of female empowerment” (People) explores the joy and peace we discover when we stop striving to meet others’ expectations and start trusting the voice deep within us. Untamed shows us how to be brave. As Glennon insists: The braver we are, the luckier we get.The Moment of Lift: How Empowering Women Changes the Worldby Melinda Gates -A debut from Melinda Gates, a timely and necessary call to action for women's empowerment.The Boss Network by Cameka Smith - Our mission is to promote and encourage the small business spirit and professional development of women of color. The BOSS Network is a community of career and entrepreneurial women, who support each other through content, online programs and event-based networking.  Episode Sponsor - Retail Voodoo:A branding firm building, growing and evolving brands in the food, beverage, wellness, and fitness industry. If your brand is in need of positioning, package design, or marketing activation, we’re here to help. You can find more information at www.retail-voodoo.com  

A few months before launching Stacy’s Pita Chips, co-founder Stacy Madison was struggling to find quarters to pay for her laundry. That became less of an issue a few years later, when she sold her company to PepsiCo for a reported $250 million.  A social worker by training, Stacy founded Stacy’s Pita Chips with ex-husband Marc Andrus in 1997. By the time the brand was acquired in 2006, its products were distributed nationally and generating $65 million in annual revenue. In an interview included in this episode, Madison explained that the story of how her namesake chips became a grocery staple has little to do with a sophisticated business strategy and was instead driven by a determination to never again scrounge for laundry quarters.  Within our conversation, she shared essential lessons learned from building her company, including those that she’s applying to her latest venture, BeBold, a brand of nut-based refrigerated energy bars, and as an advisor for Stacy’s Rise Project, a grant and mentorship program focused on supporting early-stage female entrepreneurs. Madison discussed her thoughts on the definition of success, why she credits having a “nothing to lose” attitude as key during her early days as an entrepreneur, what she views as the most significant mistake in building Stacy’s Pita Chips and the altruistic reason that she decided to get back into the packaged food industry. Show notes:  0:37: Interview: Stacy Madison, Founder, Stacy’s Pita Chips/BeBold -- Madison sat down with Taste Radio editor Ray Latif for an expansive interview that began with a discussion about an important morning routine and how she defines success. She also discussed how timing and opportunity factored into her decision to launch thefood cart in Boston that spurred the creation of her pita chip brand, how a lack of personal obligations factors into her company’s growth and when it’s critical to chase down unexpected opportunities. Later, Madison discussed her investment philosophy and why she believes that “sometimes people with big business plans get in the way of themselves,” why in-house production provided Stacy’s Pita Chips with a competitive advantage over other snack brands and why she regrets not hiring in critical roles earlier into the company’s growth She also spoke about the launch and development of BeBold and how she perceives the bars as improving upon existing products in the space and how she advises and mentors participants in Stacy’s Rise Project. Brands in this episode: Stacy’s Pita Chips, BeBold, Chobani, Kind Snacks

Hear more about the Humboldt RISE project which is focused on addressing perinatal substance use disorder in Humboldt County. RISE stands for Resiliency and Inclusion through Support and Empowerment. Resources: RISE Project Webpage (https://www.nchiin.org/rise.aspx) California Maternity Quality Care Collaborative (CMQCC) Mother & Baby Substance Exposure Toolkit (https://nastoolkit.org/) Teaching Tolerance Article (https://www.tolerance.org/magazine/fall-2019/teaching-kindness-isnt-enough) ACE’s (Adverse Childhood Experiences) … Continue reading "Episode 7 – ACEs and The Humboldt RISE Project"

Today is a special episode because I've got a big announcement to make actually one of the biggest things to ever happen in my life. Bestowed Essentials was selected as one of the 15 winners of the Stacy's Rise Project™, which includes a $10,000 grant. Stacy's pita chip is a female founded brand with a history of helping women rise. Since 2017 Stacy's Rise Project™ has invested more than $600,000 in female founded businesses. And I am still in shock that my business is now part of this incredible project. The other winners of the Stacy's Rise Project™ are:EvervioletHugo Coffee RoastersLittle Likes KidsDress It Up DressingsPurpose TeaJunita's JarFair AnitaJust Date SyrupColorMyStoryFronenBright BlackFemlyProgeny CoffeeNadiThe Hippie Haven Podcast is hosted by Callee - a zero waste activist & business owner. Formerly a translator for the US Navy, Callee was honorably discharged as a conscientious objector in 2017 following an episode of severe depression & alcoholism fueled by not living in alignment with her core values. That same year, at age 23, she started Bestowed Essentials, a handmade line of eco-friendly beauty & home products that are now stocked in over 100 stores around the US & Canada. Callee began hosting this free podcast in August 2018, as well as speaking at events and teaching educational workshops across the country, as part of her life mission to arm you with the knowledge & tools you need to spark positive change in your community. In December 2019, she opened The Hippie Haven in Rapid City, South Dakota - a zero waste retail store & community space with a little free library - the first of its kind in the state. Follow along on Instagram - @ahippieinavan & @hippiehavenshop & @bestowedessentialsShop zero waste home goods at www.hippiehavenshop.comRead podcast transcripts at www.hippiehavenpodcast.com

Mii de copii intră în fiecare zi pe rețelele de socializare și găsesc, involuntar, clipuri care îi încurajează să încerce aparatele lucioase care încălzesc tutunul. Vloggerii le vorbesc adolescenților pe limba lor, iar comercianții îi hipnotizează cu promoții. Rezultatul: înainte de a ajunge la majorat, peste 18.000 de copii din România consumă deja, zilnic, produse din tutun încălzit. Iar numărul lor crește constant. Încercarea câtorva parlamentari de a schimba legea s-a lovit, zilele trecute, de opoziția a peste 200 de deputați. Cum ajung să dicteze companiile din industria tutunului deciziile luate la cel mai înalt nivel? Refacem această rețea de influență cu Andrei Ciurcanu – jurnalist la Rise Project și autorul celei mai detaliate investigații de până acum despre puterea marilor producători de țigarete în România.

On this episode of Harford County Living with Rich Bennett, Rich speaks with Paige Mullhausen and Tracy Kunmann about The Rise Project of Our Village Wellness Center.Learn how they're helping others and raising awareness about Trafficking, sexual abuse, bullying and more. They also talk about their certification program for coaches as well as their lecture series.Sponsored by WHFC 91.1 FMIf you have an idea or something or someone you would like to see on the podcast, let us know by sending an email to podcast@harfordcountyliving.com.Leave a review as well so we can determine what guests to get on and what subjects to discuss.Apple PodcastsGoogle PodcastsSpotifyiHeartRADIOTuneIn RadioStitcherPodchaserNOTE: 1 person will be picked at random from the reviews left and will win their choice of a $25 Gift Card from Amazon or Route 24 Ale House. Winner will be chosen the last day of Summer, Tuesday, September 22, 2020.Please follow our Facebook Pages at Harford County Living with Rich Bennett and Harford County LivingSupport the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/HarCoLiving)

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Learn more about BeBOLD Bars and use the special code 'HTM' for 25% off your first order!Support the show – and get on monthly advisory calls with Fabian (in groups for both creatives as well as entrepreneurs)Full Transcript:F Geyrhalter:Welcome to the show, Stacy.S Madison:Thank you so much for having me on.F Geyrhalter:Oh, absolutely. So, first off, you have no idea how thrilled I was when you accepted the invitation to be on my show. We met briefly at a summit last year, but while reading your Wikipedia page to prep for this podcast, I realized that our paths have already almost crossed in the past. Back when I ran my design studio in Santa Monica we shared our office with a company called Evolution Fresh before they moved-S Madison:Oh my God.F Geyrhalter:... to their factory. While at the same time, my small studio go into a larger agency, so I took over that whole space, and for a good 10 or so years I actually worked alongside Jimmy, Evolution's founder, on all of the designs of the brand up to the acquisition of Starbucks. So, you actually sat on the board of Evolution during that time, so we were already part of the same company and we didn't even know it.S Madison:That is so funny. You were like, "I was down in Santa Monica," and I'm like, oh my God, I hope I remember what he's talking about. But no, Evolution, yeah, definitely. Evolution, wonderful company. I was on the board. It sold to Starbucks, and that was really my first exposure to the whole juicing world, and as you know, I own a juice bar in Needham, Massachusetts, so that was just great experience, and I kind of fell in love with juicing. It was great, because I was kind of at a point in my life where I wasn't sure what I was going to do, and my juice bar here in Needham... It's not just a juice bar. We have lots of sandwiches and other things, but I kind of really found my passion project. So, it really kind of completed my life, and that's how I was introduced to it.F Geyrhalter:Oh, that's so good.S Madison:A great company.F Geyrhalter:Yeah, it's a great company, wonderful founder. We had a really, really good time.S Madison:Yep.F Geyrhalter:You are a celebrated entrepreneur. I know you don't want to say that about yourself, but I can say it about you, so here you go. Your first brand, which you have since sold, is now known by everyone, at least here in the US, Stacy's Pita Chips. They're a healthy and, may I say, addictive chips brand, which is loved by so many. Even though we will focus on your shiny, new brand, BeBOLD Bars, on today's show, please do entertain me and my audience with a quick story about that accidental brand creation that is Stacy's. I mean, it all started with day-old pita bread, correct?S Madison:Sort of yes and no. It was back in the 1990s, and it was my boyfriend at the time. He and I were... We had lived out of state, and then we moved back to Massachusetts. We didn't have jobs yet, or money, or anything. We ended up buying a food car, and we converted it into a sandwich cart, and we sold sandwiches made on pita bread. When you're running a sandwich place you can run out of tomatoes, you can run out of alfalfa, sprouts. You can run out of cucumbers, but if you run out of bread and that's all you're serving your sandwiches on, then you're closed. So, we always had to over-purchase. We had to have an excess inventory of all of this bread. So, at the end of the day we baked the bread into pita chips that we flavored, and we handed them out the next day for free, kind of as a thank-you to our customers for waiting in line.S Madison:That was kind of our first... Where they first started. Ultimately, we had to make a decision along our path whether we were going to have an indoor location... It was called Stacy's Delights, the sandwich place, so whether we were going to save enough money and try to get an indoor spot, or whether we were going to follow the path of the pita chips. Ultimately, we chose the pita chip pathway, and we kind of hoped it would have grown into a modest regional business, but with the expansion of the natural food business, everybody was like, "Oh, to be a natural food you have to have cane sugar and not regular sugar," and this, that. There were all these guidelines, and we were like, those guidelines? We're like, that's how we always made them. We just obviously fell into that category, and with a combination of a great product and two people that were overachievers with a lot of perseverance, that's kind of how the pita chip company was born.F Geyrhalter:That's so great. Stacy's is one of a few brands that is synonymous with the founder's first name, which I believe is tough to pull off at scale. I mean, how weird was it to sell Stacy's, a brand that carries your name, to Pepsi? I mean, it's a huge achievement, right, but from a naming perspective, did you feel like you were losing a little piece of you and you should have just named the chips, I don't know, BeBOLD Pitas?S Madison:You know, it's really... I love the fact that my name is on the bag, because when you're building a brand, trust is such a big factor, and it really kept me connected with the brand. So, it was important that people trusted it, and I think that as we did trade shows and as we got out in the industry that people understood what we were all about.F Geyrhalter:Yeah, no, absolutely. I heard you say on another podcast... I don't know which one it was, but you talked about that one day you saw a woman putting all of these Stacy's chip bags into her cart in the market, and then you approached her and you're like, "Hey, these are mine," and she's like, "No, those are mine."S Madison:Yeah. I'm like, "These are my chips," and she goes, "No, those are my chips," and she kind of gave me this weird look, like get away from my cart, you weirdo. Then, after that, I was like, oh, I got to be more careful. But you know what's funny... So, I'll tell you another funny story. Not to get sidetracked, but I'll tell you another funny story. We were doing the breast cancer walk, and it's something that we did in Boston, we've done in Boston. I mean, I've done it for more than 30 years. We were out by the Charles, it was five miles long, and we had just started the pita chip company, and as a company we brought everybody down there, and everybody did the walk together, and when we were walking along the Charles we saw, on the ground, an empty bag of pita chips.S Madison:Mark, my business partner, he and I looked at it and we stood over it, and it wasn't a bag of Frito, and it wasn't a bag of something else, it was actually a bag of Stacy's. We were like, wow, this is our first piece of litter. Then, we stood there, and Mark's like, "Well, we should pick it up," and I'm like, "Oh, I don't know. There's 30,000 people walking through here. This could be really good branding." So, we kind of went back and forth and we joked about it, and we're like, "Do we leave it here? Do we pick it up?" We ended up picking it up and framing it and putting it in the factory as our first piece of litter.F Geyrhalter:That is so great. That's really great.S Madison:It was funny.F Geyrhalter:Yeah, absolutely. I had another founder on this show whose food product is named after herself, Jeni, of Jeni's Ice Cream, who I believe-S Madison:Yes, I've met her too.F Geyrhalter:Of course, naturally.S Madison:She's beautiful.F Geyrhalter:Naturally, right? But let's talk about a different ice cream brand for a second, Hakuna Brands. Now, that is the brand that won Stacy's Rise Project. Tell us about how Rise came up and how Stacy's turned into a brand that empowers women entrepreneurs, or if this is solely Pepsi carrying on your legacy. I don't know how much you actually had to do with that, but it seems like it has your personal footprint all over it.S Madison:So, yes and yes. It is Pepsi carrying on the legacy, and although I'm not involved with the brand anymore, I still... They called me up last year... Or, two years ago, actually, and said, "Do you want to be involved in this?" And they told me about it, and I was like, "Oh my God, this is so on par with what the brand is about, and if I were there, the kind of thing that I would be doing." I just loved the program, so yeah, anytime they have that Stacy's Rise going on and I can help, I am 100% there. People are like, oh, they might think, oh, she's getting paid for that, or this, that, and that is like, no way. It's just such a great program that I'm in it wholeheartedly just for the benefit of all that that program can do to help women entrepreneurs get ahead.F Geyrhalter:Right, and that's what it does. It supports women entrepreneurs, food entrepreneurs to become the next big brand, and I think it's so interesting because you... When suddenly everyone wanted to buy Stacy's Chips, not customers, but actual brands taking over Stacy's, they were literally... Suddenly, you got a lot of calls of companies being interested to acquire your company, and I believe you didn't even take the highest bidder. You actually went with Pepsi, which wasn't the highest bidder, but it was the one where, surprising to, I'm sure, a lot of people listening, because Pepsi seems like such a conglomerate and Frito-Lay seems so different from Stacy's, because you felt like they would actually carry on the legacy the best. It seems like that actually really seems to work out with projects like the Rise Project. So, that's really amazing.S Madison:You really did your homework, didn't you?F Geyrhalter:Well, thank you.S Madison:You even read Wikipedia. I don't think I've done. I'm going to hang up and I'm going to go do that.F Geyrhalter:No, Stacy, I'm actually outside your house.S Madison:I know, where are you? You did your homework.F Geyrhalter:It's so funny. I think this is one of the episodes that I had the least amount of time to prep for, so I guess I absorbed the right amount, so thank you.S Madison:Well, you and me both.F Geyrhalter:Great, great. It really shows, right, and that is really... It's nice to see how the brand now, after that many years, is carrying on your legacy; it's really beautiful. This is a selfish question coming up, as I will be on the panel discussion next week at the Social Enterprise Conference in Boston, which is your hometown. I will be at Harvard, and it's going to be a panel about the politics of corporate citizenship, and I saw that Hillary Clinton endorsed the Rise Project. Not only you, but also Hillary, right, and boy, did Facebook explode with messages of support, as well as backlash.F Geyrhalter:So, when Stacy's Pita Chips, the company, put Hillary Clinton's endorsement on their Facebook, which you may or may not be aware of, but people just went crazy. People said, "I thought I liked Stacy's. Why would they want Hillary Clinton's endorsement? She's a disgrace to women." All the way to rather hilarious statements by a Trump supporter, who wrote, "Trump has done a lot more to empower women around the world than just writing a letter in support. Actions speak louder than words."F Geyrhalter:Wow, that's crazy stuff, right? Happens when you start getting into politics, even though it was just an endorsement letter by an important female leader for a project that helps female entrepreneurs. But I want to know... Now that I understand you are not involved with Stacy's on a day to day level, but how do you see the fine line, you yourself, with politics and brands taking a stance in 2020? Does BeBOLD take a stance? I mean, it is kind of in the brand, the idea of being bold, right? How do you go about politics and your brand?S Madison:Oh my God, I love this question. So, number one, I did not know that Hillary supported or endorsed or whatever, or gave us a nice mention about the Stacy's Rise program, and as far as I'm concerned, that is not a political thing, that is a... Listen, she went to Wellesley College. She is an extremely smart woman, and whether you liked her in politics or not, she has really risen just as a female just in general. I don't know her as a person, I've never met her, but I just assume that she's smart. Whether or not I voted for her, whether or not somebody else did has absolutely no effect on the quality of what I will say is my product or what I'll say is Pepsi's program for helping women.S Madison:What I say to the people who had something negative to say about that is that they're kind of missing the point, that we are just all women and we are all in the same bucket. We are all trying to help women rise, so we got to kind of get past that political point of it. That's number one. I am flattered that she did say something. Number two, the political environment right now is one of... I think of my kids, okay. Let me back up. I think of my children, and forget politics; forget the political environment. Just the environment that they are growing up in, some of the things that they have said... They're now 16 years old, two girls. Some of the things that they've said, even as far as, "Well, why would I have kids and bring them into this world? Do you know what environment, environment-environment, is going to be like by the time I have children?" And asking me questions like that, and I'm like, oh my God, and it's just heartbreaking.S Madison:Another comment that one of them said once was about school shootings, and, "Well, nobody cares that people go into a school and kids get shot." I'm like, oh my God. They're like, "Well, there's nothing we can do about it," and I'm like, oh. Comments like that, these are... This is what they're growing up in, and at their school they recently had a lockdown, just because some kid said something in the hallway, and it scared the piss out of the kids, out of the parents, out of the... As a parent raising children in this environment, you have... For me, I was... I am and I was dysfunctionally upset. I never pictured myself going back into the industry. I have always, over the years, for 10 years, just stayed on the periphery of the natural food business, I go to a trade show once a year, I'd sit on a board. That was just it. I never pictured this quote unquote serial entrepreneur going back into the business, because that's not...S Madison:I said, "You know what, I took all my risk in life and I don't need to do this again," and with this atmosphere that my kids are growing up in, and with myself, I look at myself and I say, "Well, you know what? I have a skill and I know what I'm doing, and I feel like I kind of have to step up so that not only do my girls see that yes, there's something that we can do, but to help the whole female entrepreneur environment." So, you know what? This is me, this is what I know how to do. I can do this, and I'm going back into it, and I am going balls to the walls, if I can say that, to get this product out there and kind of do it again, just because I can, and that's kind of my way to get a grip on the whole situation of this atmosphere, where the kids and where people are growing up. I'm sorry, I'll get off my soapbox now.F Geyrhalter:I love having you on the soapbox. Thank you for stepping up. I appreciate it.S Madison:Oh, it's just so frustrated, and I am... It's not a political thing, it's just... Look, everybody just take a fucking step back and look at your children, and you can believe that, whatever. But you know what I'm saying.F Geyrhalter:No, totally, totally, and I'm so there with you, and I can't wait to be on my soapbox at Harvard to talk about this too, because I'm very much of your opinion, and that idea of what is politics, what is common sense, and what is just the best for the next generation? I mean, there should be no politics involved. It's not about politics. A school shooting is not about politics, right? A brand taking a stance to support a good cause is not politics, and I think that's a huge, huge problem that we, as people, and even more so as brands, have to really figure out, because I think that it is, in a way, a responsibility of brands to speak up, because a brand has a huge influence. It's a fascinating topic. I still have a-S Madison:Yeah, and you know what? It is about inclusion, it's about being humanistic. Just the reality of that situation, and everybody needs to take a step back, and we with BeBOLD are... What's behind that, other than a great bar and blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, is that just sharing the optimism. There are so many people out there that just are positive people and are... If we all just kind of get together and make ourselves stronger and louder and embrace others, that kind of, "Hey, look, that looks like fun, let's come along," then I think that that's going to just be more than the negativity. That's my hope and that's kind of some of the bold part of what we're doing.F Geyrhalter:That's exactly something that I wanted to ask, is how did the BeBOLD name come about, and how is BeBOLD bold?S Madison:How is BeBOLD bold? So, you will find out as we start to get it more into the market, but initially, we went through so many different names to try to name the bar, but one day I was looking at not just my kids, but just in general, they were just starting high school at the time, and one of my girls decided to join a ski team, and they're really... She had just started the school and she had just started, and she didn't know how good the other skiers were. It was 90% boys that she didn't know, and some of the girls that were on the team were upperclassmen and they were probably better skiers than her, and I'm just like, "You know what? Listen, you go for one week and you give it a try, and see how it goes first before you decide yes or no that you're going to do this."S Madison:And she did. She walked into the room, she went on the trips, and sure enough, she did a whole semester of ski team and she did great and she loved it. But then I asked myself... Same thing with my niece. My niece started the high school from a private school, didn't know anybody. Moves like that that we forget as adults, to have that courage and to do that, and so when I'm asked about the word bold, I was thinking if you be yourself outside of your comfort zone, little by little, and do it again. We challenge ourselves the exact same way as kids in any grade challenge themselves. They do it, and we just assume they should do it. As adults, we don't do that anymore. So, I though, you know what? This works. So, [crosstalk 00:21:47].F Geyrhalter:It's super interesting, Stacy, because in a way, it seems to me... Also, besides your amazing successes, you had a lot of hardships in your life, right? I mean, there was a divorce, there was a fire at the plant. You overcame breast cancer and an autoimmune disease. And it seems to me that BeBOLD is synonymous with that powering through attitude, with that fist in the air, I can do this attitude, which now you're talking about your daughters and how you're trying to instill that into them. It seems like BeBOLD is a really personal brand now, even though it does not wear your name on its sleeves.S Madison:Right. Listen, with my other daughter, she's been doing cheerleading, she wanted to do cheerleading. She worked a year and learned how to do a roundoff back handspring. She doesn't have a gymnastic background. She's taller than I am, which puts her taller than 5'8". It was not an easy thing to learn, but she did it, and being bold isn't necessarily jumping out of an airplane. It could be something like, hey, you set a goal for yourself and you did it. Or, it could be you've set a goal to do something with your kids and you made that happen. Or, maybe your New Year's resolution is you're going to put away your laptop at seven o'clock p.m. every single night, and you did that. Stuff like that, that's all part of being bold, and we have a hashtag #whatsyourbold kind of campaign coming out, and we want to recognize those things, that everybody has their bold.F Geyrhalter:How far are you into the BeBOLD brand launch? Is it out there? Can people buy the bars at this point? Are you just wrapping up to it?S Madison:Yeah, so we are in Publix down in the southeast. We're in the Midwest in Myers. We are soon to be... Within the next couple months we're going to be in Shaw's and Stop & Shop up in the northeast. Of course, I have them at my juice bar, and I'm happy to sell them to any other juice bars or coffee shops, or things like that, because we love the independent accounts as well. But that is where our start has come from, so...F Geyrhalter:Yeah. No, totally, so this is a... It's much more grassroots, it's much more... It's really startup, right? It's interesting for you, coming from Stacy's and seeing it grow to a brand that was worth $65 million when you sold it, to be back in the startup world. It is a startup, in a way.S Madison:It's a total startup, and you know what's funny? People are like, well, you've already done it once and you know how to do it, and I'm kind of feeling... I don't know what the... So, I do a little bit know what I'm doing, but in some areas I just don't know. Look, in 1997 there was no such thing as a podcast.F Geyrhalter:Yeah, crazy, right? Yeah.S Madison:Right? And Instagram. I have my personal Instagram and I have the BeBOLD Instagram, and I have to get other people to show me how to maneuver it. It's almost like you... It's like the nature of the beast, and you have to have this, and you have to have that, and I'm like, why? We didn't have that. But now I'm kind of starting to see the value in all of that, and I'm just like, oh my God. I'm learning all over again.F Geyrhalter:Right, right, but there must have been a lot of brand mishaps that you went through with Stacy's, I mean, naturally, through the whole time.S Madison:Oh, yeah.F Geyrhalter:That I'm sure are extremely important for people not to step into... I mean, from naming to packaging to design to positioning, I mean, there must have been an immense amount of knowledge that you gained throughout raising your first brand to be that crazy, $65 million brand. Were there any brand mishaps that-S Madison:Oh my God.F Geyrhalter:... were just totally crazy, and now you're like, okay, this is something that we're definitely going to do differently this time?S Madison:Oh my God, that's so funny, because... So, we designed this bag, where kind of the words had angles, the chips had angles, and it was kind of chippy, the whole bag. So, we designed this bag and it said Stacy's Pita Chips. Big, Pita Chips, right on the front, because people didn't know who Stacy's was, and they didn't know what a pita chip was, so we felt first and foremost we had to write pita chips large so that people knew what was in this bag, because nobody would know if it was just Stacy's.S Madison:So, until we had a brand identity, then we kind of made pita chips smaller, and Stacy's larger, and that's kind of how the brand grew from a branding standpoint. But when we first started we had that pita chips really large, and on our first bag we put the P a little too close to the I, and it looked like... It you stepped back three feet from the shelf, it looked like Rita Chips, and I'm like... People would call up, "I love your Rita Chips," and I'm like, oh my God, what did I do, and so I guess my lesson learned, you can't just design a bag looking at it on the table. You have to take a step back and pretend it's on the shelf.F Geyrhalter:I mean, that's so important. When we worked with Evolution that's what we did all the time. We actually created all of these labels, and we created those shelf talkers, as they call them, and all of these things, and we literally just went to Whole Foods over lunch break, and we just exchanged a bottle with that bottle, took a step back, walked around the aisle, and there was nothing in there; there was no juice. So, we just hoped no one else would see it, and we kind of took a picture, and I mean, it's so important to try things out.S Madison:I'm doing that with my bars now too.F Geyrhalter:Yeah, no, I know.S Madison:Trust me, I did that. I would never make that mistake again.F Geyrhalter:Were there any moments with Stacy's where you had data, where you had early customer data, and it said, well, you should, I don't know, have a new flavor, or the chips should be bigger, or they should be crunchier, or the packages should be larger, smaller? Did you just totally neglect it and say, "Oh, well, great. Thank you for the data, but I'm going to go completely with my instinct."S Madison:Okay, so we never had any data. We never purchased data.F Geyrhalter:We're talking '90s.S Madison:Yeah, we never did that, and even if we did we couldn't afford it. So, our data was our connection to our customers. We had the pita chip hotline. If somebody called us, we would record... I mean, I guess it is data, but we would write down everything, just even on post-it notes, where somebody called and said, "Oh, I got your chips. I mean, they taste really good, but they're so crumbled, they're all broken." Then, all of a sudden, we would get all of these... We would see that when customers would call up that we would be getting all these broken chip complaints. Granted, now that they're owned by Pepsi, you don't get broken chips, because they have engineers that are really good, and it was the first thing that they were able to solve for.S Madison:But our customer service was always great. People would call up, we got some broken chips, we're like, "Well, you know what? Let me mail you some more. Thank you so much for loving them enough that you cared enough to call, and that means so much to us." Then, we wouldn't send them a coupon, we wouldn't send them... We would send them chips, and we would then follow up and say, "Well, how is this bag? Is it better? It went through the regular postal service. We just wanted to check in." Eventually, we put a recipe for stuffing or...F Geyrhalter:How to fix your broken chips.S Madison:How to fix your broken chips. We talked about launching a stuffing, because we're like, maybe we could take all the broken pieces and make stuffing, or...F Geyrhalter:That's really smart, yeah.S Madison:We had some recipes for Pesto Parmesan-Encrusted Chicken, which I must say came out really delicious when you use all the stuff at the bottom of the bag, but-F Geyrhalter:Oh, I'm sure. Yeah, it's really smart.S Madison:But we had to solve for that, and it wasn't that we went out and we bought data, we just really listened to our customers. Another one was we... Someone would call and say, "I love these chips, my grandmother loves these chips, but I bring them over to my grandmother's house and she cannot get the bag open." Then, the guy says, "But she really loves them, so I went out and I bought her a new scissors just for her pita chip bags," and I was like, okay, we have to figure out how not to seal them so tight. So, that's a lot of the times how we would solve for things.F Geyrhalter:That's so great, and a lot of people would just not listen to all of that feedback. They would be like, ah, it's granny, whatever, right?S Madison:Yeah, it was a fluke, it was one bag.F Geyrhalter:Exactly.S Madison:But we were running so fast and so hard, and we took every comment very seriously, because look, if you have chips coming off the line, hundreds at a time, if one person called, you have to keep in your mind that that's probably at least 100 or hundreds of people that might have had the same problem before you realized it.F Geyrhalter:Totally, totally. Yeah, I published my first book, I think, eight years ago or something like that. I don't know what it is, maybe eight years, and I literally... Just on Instagram three days ago, someone pointed out that there's a word twice on the list of words. It's like a brand personality thing, and there's all these words that your brands can be. It's freaking 50 words, right, but there's... Confident is in the beginning, and confident is, again, on column three, and I'm like, this book has been out for eight years or so.S Madison:Eight years?F Geyrhalter:I mean, it's been selling really well, and this is the first person that actually mentions it, and to me, it's still mind-blowing, and back to what you just said, I guess maybe people don't care enough about my book to actually write me.S Madison:Oh, my gosh.F Geyrhalter:That's what I learned. But it is amazing.S Madison:You know what's funny? Another screw-up we had on our bag is that we wrote on the back that the pita chips were great with hummus, and apparently we spelled it with one M, not two Ms, and it's humus, H-U-M-U-S, which actually means dirt. It means dirt you get from the ground, and some woman called up. I mean, nobody noticed. It was out there forever.F Geyrhalter:That's amazing.S Madison:And nobody kind of realized, well, do you spell hummus with one M or two Ms, until some woman, it was a teacher or something, said, "Do you know that your pita chips are great with dirt?" And we're like, "What are you talking about?" She's like, "You spelled it wrong on the bag," and we were like, "Oh dear God."F Geyrhalter:That is so good, so good, and I mean, to your team's defense, I mean, back in the day hummus wasn't as big as it is now, so [crosstalk 00:33:16].S Madison:We looked it up and everything. We thought, technically, it was spelled either way, but I don't know, apparently in this country you can't.F Geyrhalter:Well, I guess you can spell it with one M. That's funny. So, now with BeBOLD, when did you start actively investing in branding? I mean, with the name, the packing, et cetera, do you now work with a consultant or with an agency, or is it all very, very bootstrap?S Madison:Nope. Well, yes and no. So, we worked with one of the design companies, that branding and design that we worked with the pita chip company more toward the end. So, after we sold and Ike was kind of there for a little while, there was a great company, Culver Brand Design, and the guys are great there, and they're very down-to-earth. We all just related very well, and so when I launched this company I ended up using them again, and they kind of get it. So, yeah, I mean, that...S Madison:But other than that, we really didn't have any other agencies that we started with. We didn't have a team of people that we hired on, and when it first started it was just my brother and I, and then my brother came to me and he said, "Look, do you really want to do this again and do it the same way as we started the pita chip company?" He's like, "Do you really want to be out and packing boxes and doing this, this?" He's like, "Let's do it different. Let's fund the company. If we were to fund the company, who would you have running it?" Not doing your job, but running it, being in charge of all of... Getting this out and contacting this one, and answering the emails, and doing this, and all those thousand things that somebody does all day long.S Madison:We both hands-down agreed that that was a woman that was at the pita chip company. Her name is Maren, she lives out in Chicago, and I said, "I'd pick Maren." He said, "I'd pick Maren." So, then we called up Maren, who's now working for a large company. I mean, she originally worked for Quaker, then she left that big company because she wanted to come to a small company. She came to Stacy's, then we sold to Pepsi. Pepsi owns Quaker. Then she ended up back at Quaker. She's gone through a number of large jobs, and she was recently at a different one, and we called her up, and we're like, "You want to come run a company for us?"S Madison:She's like, "Oh, God. Let me get back to you." We said, "Give it a week or two, talk to Brett, your husband, let's see what... " We get a call a week later, and she's like, "I've made my decision," and we're like, "What?" She said, "I'm going for it. Brett and I agreed. You know what? We're going to do it." So, when she quit her job to run BeBOLD, we were like, okay, that was for us, our first enlightening moment, like wow, this is now real.F Geyrhalter:Totally.S Madison:Then, we had a staff... Still, we only have a staff of... We have some interns and just a couple of people, one of which is my cousin, so it's like... But it becomes real when people start leaving their other jobs, and there's a sense of responsibility. There's an energy there when you surround yourself with people who have the same goal. There's a real energy, and it just kind of keeps you moving forward and gets you excited about it.F Geyrhalter:Yeah, and accountability and payroll and things like that, and that's very, very important. What does branding mean to you, Stacy?S Madison:So, like I said with... Initially having my name on the bag is a tremendous responsibility, because people are going to hold you personally accountable. So, I learned that at the inception of what became a very large company, and I feel like getting that same trust to be associated with your brand is what branding is all about. So, it's the same thing. Our mission with BeBOLD is really for... It's an amazing product and it's just clean, and for people to understand, well, when they buy BeBOLD, right now we have two places on the shelf.S Madison:We don't have a whole line of products or anything like that, but we just have two bars, an almond butter and a peanut butter, but you know what?When you eat one people will understand what we're all about, and just... We don't bake the bars or anything like that. They're in the refrigerated section of... The refrigerated yogurt section, and when people eat a bar they're going to see it's just a handful of ingredients, and all we do is mix, press, package, and chill. There's no boiled syrups, there's no adhesives, there is no backing, there's no... Nothing is processed about the bar.S Madison:We take the almond butter or the peanut butter and we mix it with oats and chia and nuts, and we even use Brazil nuts, and people are like, "Brazil nuts? Aren't those really expensive?" And I'm like, "Yeah, but you know what? Brazil nuts are delicious." For me, eating a bar and getting a bite of one of those big chunks of Brazil nuts is... That's kind of like a gustatorial surprise. So, people will get it, and I think that that will come across, and for me, that's kind of what the branding is all about.F Geyrhalter:No, absolutely, and trust is so important, trust and experience. I think that kind of sums it up. As we slowly come to the top of your hour, and I know you've got a call to catch, do you have any brand advice for founders as a takeaway? You've been going through so much. You're obviously, with the Rise Project, helping female entrepreneurs that want to follow your footsteps. Do you have any thoughts of what you can tell these women to actually create a brand?S Madison:God, I've worked with so many companies that I have seen that have great products, and they don't make it. On the flip side, I've seen so many products that are out there that have made it big, and you're like, oh God, how do people choke these things down? So, I think if you have a great product and you stick true to your product and integrity of that product, and then, at the same time, you have to figure out how am I going to commercialize this in a way that I can make enough money and not go out of business, and build that brand. I think that that brand comes from...S Madison:To grow that brand, it comes from making those everyday decisions, because when you're a small business you have to make every decision like it's your last, or like you're drowning. You can't just assume... Even if you have some private equity money come in, or venture money, or whatever, you have to be so careful the way that you spend that money, and you can act like a big company, but you can't spend like a big company. Even when we're launching BeBOLD, we're in a position where we could... We've properly financed the company, but it doesn't mean that we can participate in each and every promotion and advertisement and all of that, because we're just going to blow through money and not have anything left.S Madison:That is not how you're going to grow your company. You can't look at what do these big companies do and say, "Okay, well, I'm just going to do that, and if I just spend that money, my brand is going to be successful," because that's not the way it happens. You really have to... When it comes to those day to day decisions, those little ones are really, really important. So, when you build your brand, you have to kind of be careful of those day to day decisions, because those are the ones that could put you out of business. Getting involved in the wrong programs or programs that aren't equivalent to the level of the company that you're at and don't... You got to remember, you have to...S Madison:When you don't have money you have to get creative with how are you going to grow the business? How are you going to get people to try it? Not just to try it and feed the masses, but while you're feeding them, if they love it, how are you going to get them to remember it? That's the branding piece of it. So, if you're going out and you're sampling, think of am I sampling in front of a store that sells the product so people can go in and buy it, as compared to oh, there's an opportunity to sample here, and people will taste it. That was good. They throw the wrapper away, and then that's it.S Madison:So, even with Stacy's, when we went on... We sampled at a ski resort, and we gave away chips, people would eat it on the chairlift, they go, "Oh, those were so good." They'd get to the top, and they would throw the bag away. And I'd think to myself, well, now what are we going to do? How are they going to remember the name? How are they going to get them again? We branded from the time they get on to the time they get off the chairlift, and then it's gone. So, with every bag of chips we got a sticker.S Madison:You could put it on your pole, you could put it on your jacket, and it says Ski Simply Naked, and it had the website on it. Again, before socials and all this. So, everybody was skiing around with these Ski Simply Naked stickers on them, but that's the kind of thing. So, thinking beyond the I'm just going to sample as people get on the lift and get off the lift, and so the most important piece of branding is you got to think of branding as remembering, and how is whatever action you're taking going to get the people to remember your product?F Geyrhalter:Absolutely love that. It's such a great actionable example too. Wise words, wise words. Stacy, we're coming to an end. Listeners who fell in love with your brand, where can they find BeBOLD bars online right now to dive a little bit deeper?S Madison:So, you can go to... Our Instagram is, I guess, if I'm saying it right, it's @beboldbars, B-E-B-O-L-D-B-A-R-S. My personal one is stacybebold, which you won't see anything nearly as interesting, probably, as the other one. Our website is there, it's beboldbars.com, and even if we're not in stores, there's a place there where you can tell us what store you'd like to see them in, and then we will go ahead and we'll try to get into those stores. You can also order online, and we can give you a code too. We can do HTM, Hitting The Mark, or whatever you want your code to be. What do you want your code... Give me a code and we'll give it for your listeners.F Geyrhalter:The code is HTM.S Madison:Okay. So, you can go online and you can use code HTM and place an order, and you'll get a discount off of your first order, compliments of yourself.F Geyrhalter:Awesome. That's great. Thank you, Stacy. This was so, so informational. It was so much fun. There were so many insights. We're so appreciative of your time. Thank you for being here. Really appreciate you.S Madison:No, I'm flattered that you had me, and thank you so much for having me on.

My guest for episode 109 is Amanda Guevara she is CEO & Co-Founder of the Phoenix Rise Project.Follow Amanda on Intragram : @g_team_mom and the Phoenix Rise Project : @phoenixriseproject to support what Amanda is doing for the community of Long Beach also follow my podcast page on Intragram : @themegamanpodcast and my personal page : @megaman6980 everyone.Thank you and enjoy the episode I done with Amanda Guevara. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Discretul jurnalist de investigații Mihai Munteanu a acceptat pentru prima dată o invitație într-un studio: o emisiune fără variantă video, dar cu o secțiune de podcast exclusiv online (de la minutul 52). Pe fondul controverselor stârnite de cea mai recentă investigație RISE Project, unul dintre fondatorii proiectului (printre multe altele editor al materialului legat de trecutul lui Dan Barna și co-autor al celebrei investigații #TeleormanLeaks), răspunde acuzațiilor de rea-credință și explică mecanismele din spatele unor anchete de presă complexe și, adesea, riscante, ori care expun subiecte care nu sunt mereu pe placul unei părți importante din public. Dragos Stanca, în dialog cu Mihai Munteanu - și despre rolul și locul jurnalismului de investigații în era social media, în care publicul nu mai are timp și răbdare pentru detalii, iar confirmarea și re-confirmarea opiniilor pare a fi rețeta de succes, "a la Facebook", aplicată de tot mai multe instituții media.

This week we’ve got Daina Trout, the CEO and co-founder of Health-Ade Kombucha. If you’re not familiar, kombucha is a high acid, low sugar, bubbly beverage, and Health-Ade makes the best testing and highest quality kombucha you can buy. One of the most fascinating things about the Health-Ade story is that they’ve successfully scaled the small batch, artisanal production that makes for great kombucha. It’s pretty crazy - they are the fastest growing company in all of refrigerated beverage, yet they still brew in 2.5 gallon glass jars. (They just have 250,000 of them.) Dainia gets real and vulnerable in this interview. She talks about the highs and lows of building a business, dealing with the self doubt you feel as an entrepreneur, and even near death experiences that changed her perspective on life and business. And of course, we dive into the tactical. Daina breaks down the leadership style that helped lead Health-Ade into the massive success it is today.   Links Health-Ade Kombucha  Connect with Daina on LinkedIn Stacy’s Rise Project Are you female founder? Apply to the Stacy’s® Rise Project for a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to grow your business through funding, mentorship and community. https://stacysrise.helloalice.com/ Join our Exclusive Facebook Group! What's your biggest takeaway from the episode? Join our invite-only, private Facebook group just for Brand Builder Community members, where you can connect with fellow entrepreneurs and founders, crowdsource ideas, share best practices (or lessons learned), and get your most important questions answered. Join now! Facebook.com/groups/brandbuilderpod Brand Builder is a co-production of SnackNation and ForceBrands.

Îl știu pe Ștefan Mako, fondator Inclusiv, din anul 1 de facultate. Am fost colegi la FSPAC Cluj. De când am terminat studenția, Ștefan a trecut pe la Europa FM, România Liberă, Prima TV, a pus bazele Casei Jurnalistului, a semnat apoi investigații pentru Rise Project și recend a fondat Inclusiv, despre care spune că e mai mare redacție din România susținută doar de cititori. E un model nou, inedit pentru România. Ce înseamnă să faci jurnalism de investigație în România? Răspunsul e complicat, dar putem spune că jurnalismul de investigație se reinvetează în momentul acesta. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/marian-hurducas/message

Ștefan Mako este jurnalist de peste zece ani și a pus umărul la câteva dintre cele mai importante proiecte de jurnalism independent din România. După ce a lucrat în radio, presa scrisă și televiziune, a devenit co-fondator al Casei Jurnalistului și a făcut investigații pentru Rise Project. Astăzi, alături de Luiza Vasiliu și Victor Ilie, vrea să construiască cea mai mare redacție din România. Proiectul Inclusiv este încă la început și are nevoie de sprijinul vostru.De ce e important să avem jurnalism de calitate, cât costă un reportaj și cum pot fi implicați cititorii în procesul de documentare și scriere, aflați din discuția cu Ștefan. Play! ▶

Thursday Breakfast 4 April 2019Acknowledgement of CountryNick Carson gives us a report back on the Transgender Day of Visibility Rally that took place on Sunday 31st March 2019.Jeremy Poxon from the Australian Unemployed Workers Union on the Dignity Not Dole: Rally to raise Newstart today. Hannah Morphy-Walsh, Associate Producer at FCAC, joins me in the studio to discuss the Wominjeka Festival (6 April 2019).  Adolfo Aranjuez, editor-in-chief of Archer magazine, on the need to be 'More than Queer' (Wheeler Centre, 9 April 2019) Eric on the RISE Queer Project Launch, Dinner and Fundraiser (13 April 2019) and the intersections of border imperialism, racism, homophobia and transphobia. The original 855am and 3CR Digital versions of this program featured the following music tracks: Kalyani & Isha, That's All I Came ForAllara, Wala is LifePhilly, Yil Lull(Removed from the podcast due to license restrictions) 

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