Podcast appearances and mentions of sam polk

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Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha's top stories with senior editor Jessica Pothering. Up this week: This month's list of impact funds actively raising capital: ⁠⁠https://impactalpha.com/impact-fund-managers-steer-private-credit-to-places-equity-fears-to-tread/⁠⁠ Liist submissions: ⁠https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScfm5qIOqogtbI3xRx4-0Xk2kh7VY_5x8wJKuLh6ZlXz2sSmw/viewform⁠ How Africa's funding drought has claimed several once-high flying startups. How Sam Polk and Everytable are providing healthy fast food to California's food deserts and uplifting communities. Sign up for ImpactAlpha LatAm: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://impactalpha.com/latam-newsletter-email/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Subscribe to ImpactAlpha: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://impactalpha.com/subscribe/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ This episode featured music by Isaac Silk, Yurii Semchyshyn⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, Oleksii Holubiev, and Vlad Krotov --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/impact-alpha/message

Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha's top stories with senior editor Jessica Pothering. Up this week: This month's list of impact funds actively raising capital: ⁠https://impactalpha.com/impact-fund-managers-steer-private-credit-to-places-equity-fears-to-tread/⁠ Liist submissions: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScfm5qIOqogtbI3xRx4-0Xk2kh7VY_5x8wJKuLh6ZlXz2sSmw/viewform How Africa's funding drought has claimed several once-high flying startups. How Sam Polk and Everytable are providing healthy fast food to California's food deserts and uplifting communities. Sign up for ImpactAlpha LatAm: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://impactalpha.com/latam-newsletter-email/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Subscribe to ImpactAlpha: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://impactalpha.com/subscribe/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ This episode featured music by Isaac Silk, Yurii Semchyshyn⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, Oleksii Holubiev, and Vlad Krotov --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/this-week-in-impact/message

We dive into the world of food inequality with Sam Polk, founder and CEO of Everytable. With a past rooted in Wall Street and a drive to make fresh, healthy food accessible for everyone, Polk's story is a testament to the power of mission-driven entrepreneurship. Listen in as he discusses the challenges and triumphs of creating a business that challenges the norm and aims to eradicate food deserts in underserved communities. From discussing the inception of Everytable to highlighting the challenges of operationalizing a fresh food business at fast food prices, this episode provides a unique insight into the intersections of business, health, and social justice.

Today, I'm joined by Sam Polk, co-founder & CEO of Everytable, a food company making nutritious, made-from-scratch meals available at fast-food prices. Sam Polk, a former Wall Street trader turned social entrepreneur, founded Everytable with the aim to address food inequality by providing affordable, convenient healthy meals to underserved communities. Upending the traditional restaurant model, the company uses centralized, chef-led kitchens to supply grab-and-go storefronts, commercial SmartFridges, and direct-to-consumer offerings.  In this episode, we learn about Everytable's variable pricing model that adjusts based on the median income level of the zip codes it serves. Sam also shares his views on preventative health and fixing the food system. In this episode, you'll learn: • Why the American food system is fundamentally broken • Everytable's hyper-efficient strategy to bring healthy meal prices down • Sam's plans to disrupt fast-food and advocate for food as medicine Subscribe to the podcast → insider.fitt.co/podcast Subscribe to our newsletter → insider.fitt.co/subscribe Follow us on LinkedIn → linkedin.com/company/fittinsider Everytable's Website: https://www.everytable.com/ Everytable's IG: https://www.instagram.com/foreverytable/ Everytable's TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@everytable Sam's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/polksam/ Sam's Email: sam@everytable.com - The Fitt Insider podcast is brought to you by Jack Taylor, our exclusive PR partner. More than just PR, they're creative storytellers and brand builders who actually understand the health and wellness industry. Learn more and get in touch at https://fitt.co/jacktaylor Chapters: (00:00) Introduction (01:49) About Everytable (03:56) Initial concept and evolution  (08:36) Why people choose fast food over healthy food  (10:40) Creating healthy meals at fast food prices (12:39) Evolution of food production (16:45) Driving prices for healthy meals down by optimizing production (23:14) Adjusting meal prices based on income levels of the community (25:56) Effectively solving health and wellness problems (28:53) Where healthcare and food meet (32:26) We know we should eat healthy, but it's hard to do (33:46) Everytable's marketing strategy (38:28) Long-term vision for the business (41:40) Conclusion

We know that a diet consisting of only unhealthy fast food is linked to all kinds of health problems and even a shorter life span, but in areas where the median income is at poverty levels, fast food is all you'll find.  We call them food deserts or more accurately, food apartheid.   Our guests today are working to change this.​​Sam Polk is co-founder and CEO of Everytable, a food company that fights for food justice and equality by providing nutritious food that is accessible and affordable for everyone.In 2016, Sam, together with friend and former private equity professional David Foster, founded Everytable, a fresh-prepared food business blending grab-and-go storefronts, subscriptions, SmartFridges, and institutional food service. Everytable seeks to dramatically reduce the cost of fresh, nutritious food below the cost of fast food. They recently launched a pioneering social equity franchise program to empower, train and fund disenfranchised entrepreneurs from marginalized communities to open Everytable franchises in their own communities.  Sam authored a book, For the Love of Money, chronicling his journey from Wall Street to advocate for food justice and an equitable world.Clare Fox is VP of Strategic Partnerships for Everytable.  She leads on government, community and philanthropic partnerships, and strategic initiatives such as Social Equity Franchise and medically tailored meals. Previously, she worked in food systems, policy and advocacy for a decade. She served as Executive Director of the Los Angeles Food Policy Council. Clare led the organization toward several legislative wins, including universal food stamps at farmer's markets, the first county urban agriculture program, first citywide food recovery program, and decriminalizing street food. She began her career managing a food access investment program at the City of LA Community Redevelopment Agency. She has served on numerous boards and appointed committees, including the Los Angeles County Inmate Welfare Commission. Clare has a Bachelors of Arts in Critical Social Thought from Mount Holyoke College, and a Masters in Urban Planning from UCLA. All her work is informed by a lifelong commitment to social and racial justice.Dee Adimora is an Everytable store manager and Everytable University participant through the Social Equity Franchise (SEF) program.  As a veteran fast food worker from Compton, Dee struggled with food insecurity, chronic low-wage work, and housing insecurity until she became a manager at Everytable. Now, she is about to become an Everytable franchisee with no upfront investment through Everytable's Social Equity Franchise initiative. Instagram - @foreverytableLINKShttps://www.everytable.com/www.KMMA-caiths.org  www.citizensofsound.comwww.howcanihelppod.com 

Money addiction as tragic as any other Make no mistake about this. Like all addiction stories, wealth addiction is tragic. Like all junkies, cash junkies will do anything to service their need. They will certainly neglect their own families while they work long hours to make more. To the outside world, everything will seem fine. They will “keep it in the family” as they dissemble, distract and confuse. They will buy nannies and ponies and cars. They will snort cocaine and go shopping and jet off to exclusive resorts to hobnob with other wealthy people. They will present their wealth fashionably, but as Sam Polk one day realized, the pain and anguish are real. And it's not just the neglected family that suffers. There are no boundaries. Like a fentanyl addiction, it takes over and distorts everything. Cash addicts in the U.S. government (in any government, really), their campaigns funded by the wealthy, will steal from the poor, destroy the environment, rip off sick children, engage in colonial exploitation, start wars and even sacrifice kids in yet another school shooting, if it means they can make some more bucks. And that's not even the worst of it. The addicts will hijack human spirituality, exploit hatred, brainwash the masses, derail democratic politics and tinker with fascism in their desire to have more. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/risetv/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/risetv/support

Sam Polk, founder and CEO of Everytable, launched the social enterprice grab-and-go concept in Los Angeles in 2015. His goal was to provide healthy, affordable meals in neighborhoods that are often classified as food deserts. The chef-inspired food is prepared at a central commissary to keep pricing low and is delivered to Everytable store locations, refrigerated vending machines and directly to consumers. The customer base includes more affluent diners, too, and Polk follows a variable pricing model, charging according to zip code. But the menu of salads, wraps and warm bowls, which includes best-sellers like Jamaican jerk chicken with coconut rice and salmon adobo, resonates across all locales, he says.

For there to be a well-balanced society, how important is access to affordable, nutritious, and convenient food? This week's guests, Sam Polk, Founder & CEO, and Chef Bryce Fluellen, Executive Director, Social Equity Franchise Program, of the ground-breaking company, Everytable, say it's a human right and they're on a mission to help transform the food system. Founded in 2016, Everytable is a multi-channel, fresh-prepared food business blending grab-and-go storefronts, a subscription delivery service, SmartFridges, and institutional food service, all supplied by a central kitchen with meals priced according to neighborhood income. A former hedge fund trader, Sam left a successful career on Wall Street to follow his heart to fight food injustice and inequality in America. He wrote a book titled For the Love of Money described as "part coming-of-age, part recovery memoir, and part expose of a rotten, money drenched Wall Street culture" (Salon). In 2013, he founded a non-profit called FEAST (formerly Groceryships) to address food-related problems in South LA by helping family food providers make choices through nutrition education, cooking classes, free produce, and support groups. A few years later, Sam founded Everytable, a social enterprise, with the help and the backing of food-forward investors like Kimbal Musk, Maria Shriver, Gwyneth Paltrow, TOMS Social Enterprise Fund, W.K Kellogg Foundation, Annenberg Foundation and The California Wellness Foundation. Chef Bryce has fought for food justice and social equity for more than 20 years developing and implementing strategic programs at Starbucks, Magic Johnson Enterprises, and the American Heart Association to drive systemic change to benefit underserved populations and communities. In his current role with Everytable, he is responsible for a franchise model that invests directly into marginalized entrepreneurs of color by providing the opportunity to open Everytable stores with zero upfront capital or net worth. In this episode, host Brad Johnson and the Everytable execs discuss their personal journey and passion for helping other people, the designation "food desert" and its impact on communities, and the origins of the current food system in the U.S. including its debilitating health consequences. Working towards solutions, Sam and Chef Bryce explain the opportunities they have created for people in the community to achieve the American Dream with Everytable's Social Equity Franchise Program, and the hope behind Everytable's mission for everyone, everywhere to have access to nutritious, fresh food at affordable prices. *** For more information on host Brad Johnson or to join our mailing list, please visit: https://postandbeamhospitality.com/ For questions or comments, please e.mail: info@postandbeamhospitality.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Everytable founder, Sam Polk, wants to change the way we do business by not only creating jobs, but going a step further to create wealth-building, ownership opportunities through a social franchise model. In this episode, we follow Sam’s journey from Wall Street tycoon, to nonprofit connoisseur, to social entrepreneur, and how he found himself with a new mission to transform the food system by making it delicious and profitable for everyone.  Guest: Sam Polk CEO of Everytable Twitter: @SamPolk Bio: Sam Polk is the founder and CEO of Everytable, a social enterprise on a mission to transform the food system to make delicious and healthy food affordable and accessible to everyone, everywhere. A former hedge fund trader, Sam left a successful career on Wall Street to follow his heart to fight food injustice and inequality in America. SHOW NOTES + LINKS Go to howtocitizen.com to sign up for show news, AND (coming soon!) to start your How to Citizen Practice. Please show your support for the show in the form of a review and rating. It makes a huge difference with the algorithmic overlords! We are grateful to Sam Polk for joining us! Follow him at @SamPolk on Twitter, or find more of his work at Everytable at everytable.com/about. ACTIONS PERSONALLY REFLECT  Show Me What a Business Owner Looks Like! Think about the businesses in your neighborhood. Are they mostly local small businesses or national chains? If more of one than another, why do you think that is? Who works there and who owns them? When you hear the word entrepreneur or business owner, what do you see in your mind? Who is that person? What do they look like?    BECOME INFORMED “Exit to Community” a new model that shares the wealth  Success for entrepreneurs often means selling their business to a bigger company or going “public” on the stock market. These “successful exits” can generate a lot of wealth for the few people at the top: owners and investors. What if there was another path for those entrepreneurs to take? One that rewarded those most connected to and impacted by the business including employees, customers, founders and investors? There’s a movement called Exit To Community which is doing just that. Learn more about it by searching online for “exit to community” or visiting e 2 c dot how. Fun domain name. The letter E the number 2 and the letter C DOT h - o - w.   PUBLICLY PARTICIPATE Join or support an effort to build an economy that serves the many Consider joining or giving to a few of the community movements working to build a more inclusive economy. Here are two we are fond of: ZebrasUnite dot coop believes the most urgent human rights project of our time is to reimagine business. Then there’s the effort to make the Doughnut Economy real in communities and countries around the world. Join the Doughnut Economics Action Lab here. Hint: it’s not about pastries.    If you take any of these actions, share that with us - action@howtocitizen.com. Mention But … Why Is Our Economy So White? in the subject line. And share about your citizening on social media using #howtocitizen.  Visit the show's homepage - www.howtocitizen.com - to sign up for news about the show, to learn about upcoming guests, live tapings, and more for your citizen journey. Also sign up for Baratunde's weekly Recommentunde Newsletter and follow him on Instagram or join his Patreon. You can even text him, like right now at 202-894-8844. CREDITS How To Citizen with Baratunde is a production of iHeartRadio Podcasts and Dustlight Productions. Our Executive Producers are Baratunde Thurston, Elizabeth Stewart and Misha Euceph. Stephanie Cohn is our Senior Producer and Alie Kilts is our Producer. Kelly Prime is our Editor. Original Music by Andrew Eapen. Valentino Rivera is our Engineer. Sam Paulson is our Apprentice. This episode was produced and sound designed by Alie Kilts. Special thanks to Joelle Smith from iHeartRadio. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

Before the coronavirus struck, a Los Angeles-based healthy fast-food chain called Everytable had just received grant funding to roll out its social equity franchise program. During the pandemic, it pivoted from a retail model built on storefronts and meal subscriptions toward a mobile emergency response team to tackle food insecurity. It quickly became a lifeline for city residents and isolated people in need.In fact, working with the City of Los Angeles Department of Aging, Santa Monica College, and the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority, Everytable distributed more than 3 million emergency meals to homeless shelters, senior living centers, homebound elders, and hungry college students and families who didn't always know where their next meal was coming from. We sat down with Sam Polk, the co-founder of Everytable, to discuss good eats, health care partnerships, and more.Here's where you can learn more about the people, places, and ideas in this episode: How Everytable Transformed Food Justice in LA Sam Polk, co-founder and chief executive officer of Everytable© 2021 Center for Care Innovations. All Rights Reserved.

The 40/40 List launched in 2017 as a way to identify the quick serves and fast casuals that have the best shot at becoming the next big thing—the rising stars of the restaurant industry. Starting over each year with a new set of 40 brands, we've highlighted 200 concepts that we think have got what it takes to become the next Chipotle or Shake Shack.For our fifth edition of the 40/40 List, we'll be sharing interviews all month on the Fast Forward feed with founders and leaders at several of this year's 40/40 brands. Next up is Sam Polk, cofounder and CEO of Everytable, a Los Angeles–based brand with a mission to make healthy food more affordable in communities across America. Polk joins the podcast to talk about how its unique business model works, how the pandemic has really accelerated Everytable’s logistical capabilities, and why it's launching a franchise program dedicated to supporting qualifying candidates from marginalized communities. This episode is brought to you by Perdue Foodservice.To view this year's 40/40 List, visit QSRmagazine.com/40-40-listSubscribe to QSR at QSRmagazine.com/subscribeQSR Magazine informationFacebook | Twitter | Instagram | LinkedInQSRmagazine.com Have feedback or interview suggestions? Email us at sam@qsrmagazine.com.

Frank Beard is a retail consultant, speaker, and writer who is a thought leader in the convenience store space and Sam Polk is the CEO of Everytable, a retailer of pre-prepared meals whose mission is to make nutritious, delicious food accessible and affordable in every community. 93% of Americans live within a 10 minute drive of a convenience store, making them incredibly attractive real estate. In this episode, we explore ideas around healthy grab-and-go meals, electric vehicle charging, food delivery, and curbside pickup from these last-mile hubs. Intro song: "It's the S" by Great Ghost: https://spoti.fi/2Yfq1Qv

How did Everytable, a social enterprise in Los Angeles, create a food service business that can solve two persistent symptoms of racism -- food deserts and the wealth gap? When Sam Polk quit his coveted job on Wall Street, he watched a Netflix documentary about poverty and food that lit a fire...eventually leading to Everytable, a brilliant restaurant chain in South L.A. Everytable has figured out how to sell high quality, incredibly healthy food that is affordable for residents of underserved communities, while giving them the opportunity to be owners. In this episode, Sam shares how his team disrupted the restaurant business model, taking lessons from unlikely Goliaths like Amazon and McDonald's.See below for what you'll learn in this episode.* How to find inefficiency in existing business models* What can be borrowed from Jeff Bezos' playbook at Amazon* How to raise investment capital from philanthropic foundations* How to fix the "30-30-30" profit margin problem in restaurants

Can good, nutritious food be reasonably priced? Can it be cheap? Is healthy food is a human right? Sam Polk thinks it is and he’s putting his money where is. Sam created Everytable, a company dedicated to offering nutritious food at a low price point…and he intends to make a profit while doing it. Today we discuss how Sam is bucking convention and using the big corporations playbook to make a big impact on local communities. For more on Everytable and their mission go to www.everytable.com Sign Up for Our Weekly Newsletter: https://pineapplepost.news Book time on my personal calendar: https://bit.ly/3otQm8z Download our restaurant recovery guide: https://bit.ly/2ZAcmo0 Sign up for the free town hall featuring JET TILA: https://bit.ly/33Pa06P

Sam Polk is the founder and CEO of Everytable, whose mission is to make sure everyone, everywhere has access to nutritious, fresh food at affordable prices.In this episode, we chat about Sam’s tough upbringing and family life, his college experience and getting kicked out (and reinstated) at Columbia University, working on Wall Street trading bonds and derivatives, leaving Wall Street at the height of his career without a plan, the motivation for founding a non-profit called FEAST, the issues he discovered about food access in America, what led him to start Everytable, his thoughts on non-profit vs. for-profit businesses, Everytable’s innovative business model, and the early challenges of building the company.SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER & STAY UPDATED > http://bit.ly/tfh-newsletterFOLLOW TFH ON INSTAGRAM > http://www.instagram.com/thefounderhourFOLLOW TFH ON TWITTER > http://www.twitter.com/thefounderhourINTERESTED IN BECOMING A SPONSOR? EMAIL US > partnerships@thefounderhour.com

When the pandemic hit, SoCal restaurant Everytable kicked things into full gear and expanded their operation to get more food delivered to seniors, students, and other residents in need. On this episode of SoCal in 17, host Alex Cohen speaks with Sam Polk, the founder of Everytable, who talked about their latest donation from Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine, a gift that will allow the restaurant to provide 500 free meals a day to Compton residents for a whole month. There's also a “how to” on car care by Spectrum News 1 reporter Ariel Wesler. Later, producer Esther Lee and Alex talk about their latest kitchen creations. IN THIS EPISODE Alex's Twitter handle: @alexcoheninla GET IN TOUCH Have an idea for our "News in Haikus" segment, or just want to ask Alex a question? There are three ways to get in touch: SoCal in 17 Page #OneSoCal On Twitter using hashtag #SOCALIN17 Call (424) 209-8764 and leave us a voicemail!

In our first episode of Where We Grow From Here, we are joined by Sam Polk, co-founder and CEO of Everytable and Walter Robb, former co-CEO at Whole Foods and Executive-in-Residence at S2G Ventures . Walter will be connecting with Sam to talk in-depth about the pivots Everytable is making to support their community, employees, and the viability of the business during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond.

In Part Two of this special edition of the show the author, educator, book coach and founder of Author Accelerator, Jennie Nash, returned to go deeper on tools and strategies for writers on the winding, sometimes daunting journey, to finishing your big, scary book. "Writing a book is a noble endeavor, it does something no other art does." - Jennie Nash Jennie started her career in publishing at Random House and has over 30 years experience in all facets of the industry. She also taught at the UCLA Extension Writers' Program for 12 years and has spoken at writing conferences across the country. She's the author of seven books including a self-help book for writers – The Writer's Guide to Agony and Defeat (Amazon) – and has written hundreds of magazine articles for national publications. For nearly a decade now Jennie has been coaching authors "from inspiration to publication" (including Lisa Chron, author of Wired for Story and Story Genius, and Sam Polk, author of For the Love of Money: A Memoir), helping them to land top New York agents and book deals with major publishers. As the founder of Author Accelerator, described as "A personal trainer for your writing life," she and her team of book coaches now provide writers the blueprint so often lacking in the traditional publishing world ... including the tools, nurturing, and encouragement needed to finish their work and get it into the world successfully. In a serendipitous turn of events, after this interview Author Accelerator became a sponsor of this show, and I'll tell you all about a resource they've created just for listeners of this show during our chat. This conversation is tailor-made for writers just starting out or well along on your journey to publish. If you’re a fan of The Writer Files, please click subscribe to automatically see new interviews. If you missed the first half of this show you can find it right here. And if you’ve missed previous episodes of The Writer Files you can find them all in the archives at writerfiles.fm, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you tune in. In Part Two of this file Jennie Nash and I discussed: Why there is no such thing as a truly "original story" How book coaches keep up with trends and best practices across multiple genres Why authors need to understand the universe they're writing in The key to getting the most out of your investment in writing retreats, conferences, courses, and coaching The three top reasons writers want and need to write a book And why you have a duty to take the risk, be intentional, and persevere and write your book Show Notes: Author Accelerator The Writer's Guide to Agony and Defeat: The 43 Worst Moments in the Writing Life and How to Get Over Them by Jennie Nash (Amazon) For the Love of Money: A Memoir by Sam Polk Wired for Story: The Writer's Guide to Using Brain Science to Hook Readers from the Very First Sentence by Lisa Cron Daisy Jones & The Six: A Novel by Taylor Jenkins Reid Author Accelerator on Facebook Jennie Nash on Twitter Author Accelerator on Twitter Kelton Reid on Twitter Please click the PayPal Donate button to support The Writer Files with a secure PayPal donation

Author, educator, book coach and founder of Author Accelerator, Jennie Nash, joined me this week in a special edition of the show dedicated to unearthing tools and strategies for writers on the winding, sometimes daunting journey, to finishing your big, scary book. "Writing a book is like childbirth." - Jennie Nash Jennie started her career in publishing at Random House and has over 30 years experience in all facets of the industry. She also taught at the UCLA Extension Writers' Program for 12 years and has spoken at writing conferences across the country. She's the author of seven books including a self-help book for writers – The Writer's Guide to Agony and Defeat (Amazon) – and has written hundreds of magazine articles for national publications. For nearly a decade now Jennie has been coaching authors "from inspiration to publication" (including Lisa Chron, author of Wired for Story and Story Genius, and Sam Polk, author of For the Love of Money: A Memoir), helping them to land top New York agents and book deals with major publishers. As the founder of Author Accelerator, described as "A personal trainer for your writing life," she and her team of book coaches now provide writers the blueprint so often lacking in the traditional publishing world ... including the tools, nurturing, and encouragement needed to finish their work and get it into the world successfully. In a serendipitous turn of events, after this interview Author Accelerator became a sponsor of this show, and I'll tell you all about a resource they've created just for listeners of this show during our chat. This conversation is tailor-made for writers just starting out or well along on your journey to publish. If you’re a fan of The Writer Files, please click subscribe to automatically see new interviews. In Part One of this two part file Jennie Nash and I discussed: Why the stages of writing a book are like the stages of grief How Jennie came up with a winning formula for helping writers bring their books to life The questions so many writers forget to ask before they start writing their book The frustrations and roadblocks authors run up against in the middle of a book How to make meaningful progress toward finishing Creativity and the myth of the lone genius And why writers can't wait around to be picked Show Notes: Author Accelerator The Writer's Guide to Agony and Defeat: The 43 Worst Moments in the Writing Life and How to Get Over Them by Jennie Nash (Amazon) For the Love of Money: A Memoir by Sam Polk Wired for Story: The Writer's Guide to Using Brain Science to Hook Readers from the Very First Sentence by Lisa Cron Daisy Jones & The Six: A Novel by Taylor Jenkins Reid Author Accelerator on Facebook Jennie Nash on Twitter Author Accelerator on Twitter Kelton Reid on Twitter Please click the PayPal Donate button to support The Writer Files with a secure PayPal donation     

Sam Polk, Founder and CEO of Everytable, joins hosts Sandi Hunt and Sherryl Kuhlman to discuss how Everytable aims to solve the challenge of food deserts—communities with limited access to healthy food. Everytable sells healthy, affordable meals through a business model that is focused on impact. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Sam Polk was a hedge fund manager before he had, what he calls, a “crisis of conscience.” He was awakened by a number of structural inequalities he saw in our society, especially those in our food system. So he set out to confront those inequalities, first with his nutrition program Groceryships, and now with Everytable.Everytable is first and foremost a business just like Tender Greens or McDonalds. But Polk’s mission is a little loftier. Seeing that access to healthy food is scarce in underprivileged neighborhoods, Everytable strives to provide healthy options to underserved neighborhoods at truly affordable prices. Clean, vegetable-forward, culinarily-driven meals are sold at lower price points than their larger, less-healthy competitors.So how does he do it? You’ll have to take a listen to this episode of Foodable’s Emerging Brands Podcast Series for his full business model, but variable pricing plays a major role in creating profitable stores that are truly accessible to all income levels.

Today on the show Scott talks with Sam Polk, founder of Everytable, an affordable healthy restaurant in California. To invest in Everytable click here Make sure to follow Technori on Facebook and Twitter.

Imagine getting a $3.6 million bonus at age 30? The dream scenario, right? This episode's guest, Sam Polk made more money in that a single bonus than his parents had earned over their entire lives. Yet he still needed to repeat the mantra "I am Enough" to reaffirm his own self-worth. Sam was a senior trader at King Street, one of the most successful hedge funds in the world. But behind his rocket-ship trajectory was a story of rage, addiction, arrests, and loneliness - the result of a strained relationship with his parents, especially his dad. Sam began his healing through regular therapy beginning at age 22 (over 400 sessions) to which he attributes some of his Wall Street success. Today, he's a social entrepreneur and founder of Everytable, a mission-driven company delivering healthy meals affordable to everyone. Sam is truly an open book and we discuss masculinity, "the Number," what he'd tell his 20 year old self, fatherhood, and how to forgive. This Week's Sponsor: Skillshare Join the online learning community with 16,000+ classes in business, design and more. Get one free month of unlimited access. http://skillshare.com/rad Full Show Notes: bit.ly/radpod10_ Email Newsletter: bit.ly/RadReads

James Beard Award-Winner Mary Sue Milliken and former hedge fund trader-turned-social entrepreneur Sam Polk lay out their plans to revolutionize and repair the the production, processing, transport, and consumption of food to bring about food justice: Available, Affordable, Nutritious Food for All.

REFLECTION QUOTES “Money is better than poverty, if only for financial reasons.” ~Woody Allen, American actor and filmmaker “In my last year on Wall Street my bonus was $3.6 million – and I was angry because it wasn't big enough. I was 30 years old, had no children to raise, no debts to pay, no philanthropic goal in mind. I wanted more money for exactly the same reason an alcoholic needs another drink: I was addicted.” ~Sam Polk in “For the Love of Money” in The New York Times (1/18/2014) “A disciple does not ask, ‘How much can I keep?' but, ‘How much more can I give?'” ~Randy Alcorn, American author “He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose.” ~Jim Elliot (1927-1956), Christian missionary and martyr “Take care! Protect yourself against the least bit of greed. Life is not defined by what you have, even when you have a lot.” ~Eugene Peterson's paraphrase of Jesus's teaching in Luke 12:15 “The kingdom of self is heavily defended territory.” ~Eugene Peterson, American-born writer and pastor “Our primary citizenship is not on earth but in heaven… Though few [Christians] would deny this truth in theory, the language of our spiritual citizenship frequently gets wrapped in the red, white and blue. Rather than acting as resident aliens of a heavenly kingdom, too often we sound like resident apologists for a Christian America… Unless we reject the false reliance on [this] illusion…[we] will continue to distort the gospel and thwart a genuine biblical identity…” ~John Seel, Christian thinker, activist and author “A rich man is nothing but a poor man with money.” ~W. C. Fields (1880-1946), American actor SERMON PASSAGE Mark 10:13-31 (ESV) 13 And they were bringing children to him that he might touch them, and the disciples rebuked them. 14 But when Jesus saw it, he was indignant and said to them, “Let the children come to me; do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of God. 15 Truly, I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child shall not enter it.” 16 And he took them in his arms and blessed them, laying his hands on them. 17 And as he was setting out on his journey, a man ran up and knelt before him and asked him, “Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” 18 And Jesus said to him, “Why do you call me good? No one is good except God alone. 19 You know the commandments: ‘Do not murder, Do not commit adultery, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Do not defraud, Honor your father and mother.'” 20 And he said to him, “Teacher, all these I have kept from my youth.” 21 And Jesus, looking at him, loved him, and said to him, “You lack one thing: go, sell all that you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.” 22 Disheartened by the saying, he went away sorrowful, for he had great possessions. 23 And Jesus looked around and said to his disciples, “How difficult it will be for those who have wealth to enter the kingdom of God!” 24 And the disciples were amazed at his words. But Jesus said to them again, “Children, how difficult it is to enter the kingdom of God! 25 It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God.” 26 And they were exceedingly astonished, and said to him, “Then who can be saved?” 27 Jesus looked at them and said, “With man it is impossible, but not with God. For all things are possible with God.” 28 Peter began to say to him, “See, we have left everything and followed you.” 29 Jesus said, “Truly, I say to you, there is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or lands, for my sake and for the gospel, 30 who will not receive a hundredfold now in this time, houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and lands, with persecutions, and in the age to come eternal life. 31 But many who are first will be last, and the last first.”

Stew talks with Sam Polk, a former hedge fund trader. Polk came to the hard-won realization that he needed to leave that lifestyle and went on to found two organizations that bring healthy food to poor communities in Los Angeles: Everytable and Groceryships. His New York Times opinion piece “For the Love of Money” told this story and had a big impact. He then wrote a powerful book by the same title in which he chronicles his addiction to wealth, as he calls it, and his struggle to overcome it. Stew and Sam discuss discuss the evolution of Sam’s views and values as he moved from Wall Street to more meaningful work. For more information about this and previous episodes, check out www.workandlifepodcast.com/blog/polk , where you can find show notes, links to resources discussed in the conversation, and the roster of Stew’s guests you can look forward to hearing soon. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Author Sam Polk has had an interesting journey to authorship. The former hedge fund manager had traveled what many would consider the picture perfect upward trajectory journey, escaping the confines of a "Willy Loman-like dad" and landing at Columbia University. But an addiction to drugs and alcohol, among other vices, helped him get kicked out. No matter! He landed on Wall Street, where he quickly rose to the top. But then he realized, as some do, that the top was empty and that his lifelong belief that enough money would cure all that ailed him wasn't true. And so he left Wall Street, began working on a book about it and sent off a blind query to the New York Times about how sick his money obsession had made him. This piece, For the Love of Money, immediately went insanely viral and his book (also called For the Love of Money) snatched up by Scribner. It's no wonder; the book is impossible to put down and takes the reader to when his final Wall Street bonus was $3.6 million and he was, as he wrote in the Times, "angry because it wasn't big enough." He was 30. Times have changed for the happily married, LA-dwelling father of two, who's been sober for 14 years and is now the cofounder and CEO of Everytable, a social enterprise that sells fresh, yummy food at reasonable prices and the founder and Executive Director of Groceryships, a nonprofit that helps low-income families struggling with food-related illnesses. In this episode, we talk about our societal obsession with money, how many Wall Street-ers want out but are trapped in gilded cages and the break up that led him to bottom out, among many other topics.

How would you feel if you made $3.75 million in bonuses a year? It hard to imagine but our guest has done it. And he wrote a book about it! Today we have a chat with Sam Polk, author of For the Love of Money.  For most people, that amount of money would be enough to live a more than a comfortable lifestyle for many years. I can’t even begin to imagine what that would feel like, but if I had to guess, I would say it would probably feel pretty damn good.  For today’s guest, 3.75 million just wasn’t enough. Today we have Sam Polk on the show to talk to us about his book For the Love of Money. The guys go deep on what life on Wall Street was like, money addiction and redefining success. Meet Sam Polk At only 30 years old Sam Polk was doing very well in his career working as a senior trader on Wall Street. He was offered an annual bonus of $3.75 million and was not happy with it because it wasn’t enough. At that moment he knew he had lost himself in his obsessive pursuit of money. He was addicted to it, and no matter what the amount was, it would never be enough. He knew he had to make a change and decided to walk away from it all – the power, the money, and may other self-destructing behaviors. For the Love of Money For the Love of Money is about Sams’ journey to find out what he really wanted and where he fits into the world. He still wanted success but wanted to do something that contributed to humanity. Sam came to the realization that fulfillment comes from doing work he cares about. Sam wants to help others truly find out what they believe is important. Figure out where your puzzle piece fits in the world, not just where it makes money. After leaving Wall Street behind, Sam moved to Los Angeles where he lives with his wife and daughter, and soon son. He is now the co-founder and CEO of Everytable, a company that sells fresh, delicious meals at prices everyone can afford. If that wasn’t enough, he is also the founder of Groceryships, a nonprofit that helps low-income families struggling with food-related illnesses like obesity and diabetes. His mission is to create businesses are for solving problems but not by funneling profits to those at the top. Through his companies, he wants to “be part of creating a new economy that harnesses the dynamism of capitalism and also fosters the connectedness of a true democracy in which every vote and every voice count the same.” If you want to read more about Sam Polk, you can find him at http://sampolk.me/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sharon Weil, author of ChangeAbility, in conversation with Sam Polk, author of For the Love of Money, published by Scribner (July 2016).

Intro: On this episode, we interview former hedge fund trader-turned-philanthropist Sam Polk. Sam wrote a New York Times op-ed piece that went viral about his departure from Wall Street. Sam discusses: At some point, money has diminishing returns. Other things become more important. Too much of anything gets redundant and unfulfilling. Giving back and helping others, [...]

Intro: On this episode, we interview former hedge fund trader-turned-philanthropist Sam Polk. Sam wrote a New York Times op-ed piece that went viral about his departure from Wall Street. Sam discusses: At some point, money has diminishing returns. Other things become more important. Too much of anything gets redundant and unfulfilling. Giving back and helping others, […] The post 42: Sam Polk – For the Love of Money (Part 2) appeared first on Inner Confidence.

Intro: On this episode, we interview former hedge fund trader-turned-philanthropist Sam Polk. Sam wrote a New York Times op-ed piece that went viral about his departure from Wall Street. Sam discusses: To reach the top, you need to be hungry. There is something on the inside that is really motivating you to succeed and keeps wanting [...]

Intro: On this episode, we interview former hedge fund trader-turned-philanthropist Sam Polk. Sam wrote a New York Times op-ed piece that went viral about his departure from Wall Street. Sam discusses: To reach the top, you need to be hungry. There is something on the inside that is really motivating you to succeed and keeps wanting […] The post 41: Sam Polk – For the Love of Money (Part 1) appeared first on Inner Confidence.

Greed is an illness. Lusting for money and power represents an addiction based on a distorted belief structure. For many years, Sam Polk had his priorities organized around winning in a very small game that centered on self-aggrandizement. His great awakening set a new course and established a new set of priorities for his life, which have led to far greater fulfillment. The journey is ongoing—but Barnet and Freeman love the direction he's heading in. This is a powerful testimonial to waking up from the collective trance and finding more substantial pursuits, which will invariably lead to greater fulfillment.   For more information about Sam's work, please visit www.samuelpolk.com.

Sam Polk's childhood ambitions of becoming rich led him to a career on Wall Street in which eventually he discovered that he had become addicted to money and success In this episode we discuss overcoming that addiction an the similarities that success and addiction have in common. The influence that Sam's dad had on his view of the worldA period of loneliness and depression in collegeThe challenges of pretending to be what we're notThe disconnect between who we are and who we want to beA series of inauthentic reinventions that failed A relationship that made Sam choose a different pathWhat happens when we see the world as a dark scary placeLosing the belief that we're inherently valuable The exploration of core beliefs about your life Why living your life from a complete deficit doesn't lead to true successA look at the meaning that we give to having money in our livesThe similarities between the pursuit of success and addiction Dealing with two conflicting views of the worldThe challenge of choosing between two pathsChoosing the path on which you can't see the end The motivation for creating the Groceryships non-profit Why we can all create things that don't exist Sam Polk is a former hedge-fund trader and the founder of the nonprofit Groceryships. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Steve Cooper talks with writer/philanthropist Sam Polk. Sam left Wall Street to do something more meaningful. He founded Groceryships, a non-profit that helps low-income families struggling with obesity, and is at work on a memoir and a documentary on restorative justice. He gained national attention for his essay in the New York Times, For the Love of Money about his money addiction and walking away from millions.

My guest today is Sam Polk, a former wall street banker who walked away after making millions. Today, Polk runs a non-profit to help the poor understand nutrition. However, his op-ed is definitely controversial. The topic is his op-ed For The Love of Money.  In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss: The intensity surrounding the reaction to Polk's op-ed piece Reactions from friends and colleagues about the article Envy and jealousy in the Wall Street world Polk's background and life growing up Filtering cultural messages The line between individual responsibility and being part of a system Crony capitalism Power dynamics The mythology of risk-taking in America The solution for the investment banks out there Polk's non-profit which he runs today Jump in! --- I'm MICHAEL COVEL, the host of TREND FOLLOWING RADIO, and I'm proud to have delivered 10+ million podcast listens since 2012. Investments, economics, psychology, politics, decision-making, human behavior, entrepreneurship and trend following are all passionately explored and debated on my show. To start? I'd like to give you a great piece of advice you can use in your life and trading journey… cut your losses! You will find much more about that philosophy here: https://www.trendfollowing.com/trend/ You can watch a free video here: https://www.trendfollowing.com/video/ Can't get enough of this episode? You can choose from my thousand plus episodes here: https://www.trendfollowing.com/podcast My social media platforms: Twitter: @covel Facebook: @trendfollowing LinkedIn: @covel Instagram: @mikecovel Hope you enjoy my never-ending podcast conversation!

Sam Polk is Founder and Executive Director of Groceryships and a recovering Pancake Addict. He is a graduate of Columbia University and holds the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation, which he earned during his eight years as a bond and derivative trader for Bank of America, and King Street Capital Management. After leaving Wall Street in 2010, Sam spent the next few years writing a book and doing volunteer work in Los Angeles through organizations like My Friend’s Place and Aviva, before founding Groceryships. He speaks regularly at jails and juvenile detention centers about recovering from addiction, and is passionate about helping children.On Today’s show Sam will share:-How and why he walked away from millions of dollars a year-Why he wrote the New York Times article-How he's now living a life of purpose and service-He shares the spiritual teachings that changed his life-He tells us what Groceryships is and why he started it-How he plans on scaling his non-profit- Plus much more... Useful links:http://www.viviantenorio.com/011-sam-polk-former-wall-street-millionaire-and-founder-of-groceryshipsCOPYRIGHT © 2014  VIVIAN PRODUCTIONS LLC

Michael Covel speaks with Sam Polk on today’s podcast. A friend of Covel’s that has previously been on the podcast, Peter Borish, recommended that Covel speak with Polk. Polk wrote an interesting op-ed in the New York Times called “For The Love of Money”. Polk is a former wall street banker who walked away after making millions. Today, Polk runs a non-profit to help the poor understand nutrition. However, his op-ed is definitely controversial. Covel and Polk discuss the intensity surrounding the reaction to Polk’s op-ed piece; reactions from friends and colleagues about the article; envy and jealousy in the Wall Street world; Polk’s background and life growing up; filtering cultural messages; the line between individual responsibility and being part of a system; crony capitalism; power dynamics; the mythology of risk-taking in America; the solution for the investment banks out there; and Polk’s non-profit which he runs today. Want a free trend following DVD? Go to trendfollowing.com/win.

In a recent Op-Ed article in The NY Times entitled, “For the Love of Money”, a young man, Sam Polk, talks about his experience with wealth addiction and what to watch out for. In a Forbes Magazine article out about the same time, called “How Sam Polk, Former Street Trader And Wealth Addict Broke Free Of His Golden Handcuffs they … Read more about this episode...