Better Business Founder

Today’s episode is with Shawn Askinosie. Shawn is a former criminal defence lawyer turned craft chocolate maker Shawn is the founder of Askinosie Chocolate, a small-batch direct trade chocolate company based in Missouri in the US. Every year Shawn travels to Ecuador, Tanzania and the Philippines because Askinosie Chocolate sources 100% of their cocoa beans directly from the

This is my conversation with Isa Alves who has joined us from Lisbon in Portugal. This episode is a little bit of a treat because we will be discussing COMMUNICATION WITH EMPATHY, Improving how people communicate with one another and improving communication within organizations with EMPATHY is Isa’s mission. Because EMPATHY is a skill that we can all learn and become more i

Most people know Seth Godin through his work in the field of Internet Marketing as he has founded several companies The most famous one is Yoyodyne, one of the first web-based direct marketing firms and it was acquired in 1998 by Yahoo for 30 million USD. Then he founded Squidoo one of the 500 most visited websites in the world back in 2008 Seth is also a successful author who h

Today I’d like to take you on a trip to discover the beauty of the wilderness and the vibrancy of the culture of South Africa. My conversation in this episode is with Daniela who has joined us from Capetown, on the Southwest Coast of South Africa. Daniela is the Founder of Walk The Talk Africa, a creative studio that designs and makes beautifully handcrafted slippers using fabr

Liz Johnson is a former British Swimmer and Gold Medalist, who won multiple medals in the Paralympics, European Championships, and World Championships, just to list a few of her achievements. After she retired from her swimming career, Liz co-founded The Ability People, TAP, a ‘for profit’ social enterprise dedicated to empowering the skilled disability population and helping

The entire episode is about SUCCESS On this podcast, I often ask my guests how they would define success. And I find the answers really inspiring, so I decided to put them together and make a whole episode. Even if these founders are involved in the fashion and design industries, they are shooting for the kind of success that will give them the power to create the change they wan

This episode is with Jennifer Myers Chua, co-founder of Hip Mommies, a distribution company of sustainable and innovative goods for the conscious Canadian retailer. We talked about: - building a business based on values - offering better consumption choices by offering better products to retailers in Canada - digitizing a family-run business and exploring new ways of working with

When we choose to adopt a posture of Empathy and Gratitude what new possibility can we create for ourselves and for the world? What could be the new opportunities in our professional pursuit? and for our business? Today's guest is David Nebinski, podcast host of Portfolio Career Podcast, a friend and a mentor, someone I can think of as an Empathy and Gratitude Practitioner and you

Sue Heatherington is a writer, a catalyst, and a thinking partner for innovators and change-makers. Sue first used the phrase Quiet Disruptor as a quick way to explain her unusual broad backstory, which included a decade as a pioneering public service chief executive of the NHS, the National Health Service in the UK. So when she described herself as a Quiet Disruptor, Instead of

Shivani Patel is the founder of Arture, a brand of lifestyle accessories, that makes vegan and sustainable goods that are designed with purpose and intent. Arture works primarily with cork as an alternative to leather. I initially wanted to talk with Shivani because I was really interested in learning all about the growing and the processing of cork as a material for fashion item