Founders & CEOs
Revolution Foods
Food insecurity is all around us in every town in the United States. 38 million people, including over 12million children are food insecure in the United States. That’s one in eight people and one in six children facing food insecurity every day. Revolution Foods is a certified B Corp working to address this problem by …
Aether Diamonds
Aether Diamonds is the first and currently only diamond manufacturer that is a certified B Corp. What makes them so special? They turn air into diamonds and they do it using all clean energy sources. For every diamond carat they sell, they are committed to pulling 20 tonnes of carbon out of the air. Co-founder …
Samara Organic Sparkling Drink
Joe Laur is the founder of B Corp Certified beverage Samara, you may remember it as Maple Mama Beverage. What started as a home made healthy alternative beverage for his kids sweetened with maple syrup, has taken on a life all its own. Joe was no stranger to B Corps when he founded Maple Mama …
Smart Set
Smart Set is a B Corp certified Union print and design shop out of Minneapolis, Minnesota. Owner Kevin Brown shares with us the power that small businesses have in influencing public policy and why he’s advocating hard for universal healthcare. LINKS Smart Set Main Street Alliance Twin Cities Metro IBA Healthcare For All Minnesota BONUS
Ethique
CEO and founder of the global skin and hair care brand Ethique, Brianne West shares with us her story of how she built a values based company that is rooted in supporting people and planet. Based in New Zealand, Brianne has brought cruelty free, palm oil free, products to homes around the globe while supporting …
EO Products & Everyone for Every Body
Brad Black and Susan Girffin-Black co-own and run one of the last largest independently owned organic beauty companies, EO Products. EO Products creates natural body care products based on essential oils and is a company rooted in strong values around people and planet. In operation for over 25 years they have the highest of standards …
TripZero
Ever wonder about how to make your business travel or events and conferences a little more earth friendly? Eric Zimmerman has, and he built TripZero to solve for that very problem in an effort to help support our planet. Tune in to hear about Eric’s journey towards personal sustainability and how it was at odds …
Dean Cycon of Dean’s Beans
SHOW NOTES Dean Cycon is a Nobel Prize of Business Honoree as well as a leader and an inspiration within the B Corp community. Dean founded the first non-profit in the coffee space in 1988 called Coffee Kids. With an eye towards working in and with coffee farming communities, Coffee Kids was the first development …
Vital Farms
SHOW NOTES Vital Farm’s prides themselves on having all pasture raised humane products from eggs to butter. CEO Russell Diez-Canseco shares with us the importance of stakeholder capitalism and how Vital Farms works everyday to provide both you and the farms your eggs and dairy come from with quality products and support. Level Up Your …
Fab 5 Freddy & The War on Drugs
In this episode we dive deep into some of the systemic issues of racism and oppression that have occurred through the War on Drugs. You’ll hear my conversation with the formerly incarcerated Bernard Noble, and hip hop pioneer Fab 5 Freddy. Their partnership with Curaleaf created a social enterprise called B Noble that uses the …
