Best Jennifer Myers Chua Podcasts (2024)

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The Carbon Almanac Origin Story, Idea to Project in 24 Hours and Coming Together in Community to Change Culture. With Seth Godin & Niki Papadopoulos 46:44

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This is a rebroadcast of an episode of the Carbon Alamanac Collective. A part of the Carbon Almanac Network of Podcasts. Featuring Carbon Almanac Founder, Best-Selling Author and Culture Changer Seth Godin & Portfolio Editor in Chief Niki Papadopoulos. In this episode, Jennifer is joined by Seth and Niki to explore the spark behind The Carbon Alman…

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The Carbon Almanac Origin Story, Idea to Project in 24 Hours and Coming Together in Community to Change Culture 44:31

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Featuring Carbon Almanac Founder Seth Godin and Portfolio Editor in Chief Niki Papadopoulos In this episode, Jennifer is joined by Seth and Niki to explore the spark behind The Carbon Almanac. Seth shares why he started this, where the idea came from, what he accomplished in 24 hours and how he chose the Almanac format for the book. We learn from N…

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Writing the Carbon Almanac, Working Within the Structure of The Almanac Community and Believing in a Better Future 40:51

2y ago40:51

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Featuring Carbon Almanac Contributors Barrett Brooks and David Meerman Scott Hailing from opposite sides of the US, Barrett from Portland and David from Boston, these two writers talk about their experiences in The Carbon Almanac. Both joined the community very early in the process and were instrumental in the development of the book. Listen as Bar…

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CarbonSessions Podcast, Learning through Conversations, Gaining Global Perspectives, & How to Join in on the Conversation 33:47

2+ y ago33:47

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Featuring Carbon Almanac Contributors Jenn Swanson, Inma Lopez, Rod Aparicio, Olabanji Stephen These four contributors span the world hailing from Canada, Spain, Germany and Nigeria. They come together, not as experts, but as regular people to have real conversations on topics involving climate change and sustainability. In this episode, we talk ab…

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The Educators Guide, Facilitating Conversations with Podcasts & How to Use the Carbon Almanac as a Teaching Tool 40:21

2+ y ago40:21

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Featuring Carbon Almanac Contributors Leekei Tang, Tania Marien & Manon Doran. Coming together from Paris, France, Southern California and Ontario, Canada, these three collaborators combined their backgrounds in art, biology, environmental education and sustainable development with their passion for education to work on the Educator’s Guide. While …

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This Episode is Brought To You By The Letter C. (And Generation Carbon) 39:31

2+ y ago39:31

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Featuring Carbon Almanac Contributors Kristy Sharrow, Bruce Clark and Katherine Palmer Cause…climate…compassion…confidence…COVID....crowd-sourcing…contagious…carbon...create…connection…celebration…cohort...courage. They’re all here in this episode brought to you by the letter C. Hailing from Detroit, Michigan; Bloomington, Illinois; and Vancouver, …

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Simplifying Life, Environmental Challenges at Home, and Inspiring Change Through Everyday Actions 38:02

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Featuring Carbon Almanac Contributors Linda Westenberg, Lynne Richards & Teresa Reinalda. This trio lives around the world with Linda in the Netherlands, Lynne from Santa Fe, New Mexico, and Teresa originally from New York living in a suburb of Chicago. These collaborators have vast backgrounds and were involved in The Carbon Almanac in roles inclu…

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Page 19 Thinking, Book Clubs, Resources, Who We'd Give a Book To, & the Magic of Connecting to the Earth 50:31

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Featuring Carbon Almanac Contributors Anne Marie Cruz, Tonya Downing and Leah Granger A former Magazine Editor from New York, A Digital Strategist from Durham in North Carolina and a Law Librarian from San Francisco in California talk have brought their expertise to be a part of the Carbon Almanac. Having contributed to many areas of the book, the …

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Rebroadcast: B Corp, Green Blushing, Conscious Consumerism. This is the Critical Decade with Kristy O’Leary & Brianna Brown from Decade Impact 51:57

2+ y ago51:57

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Hello Everyone! To celebrate the Cost Of Goods Sold's first birthday, we are rebroadcasting the most popular episode of the last year. It's not a surprise why this one has the most downloads. Brianna and Kristy are generous, knowledgable and share a lot of useful information for Impact businesses and businesses wanting to explore B Corp certificati…

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Community, Coming Together, Appreciating Strengths, and Making a Difference with Carbon Almanac Contributors 40:35

2+ y ago40:35

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Featuring Carbon Almanac Contributors Louise Karch, Eva Forde & Diane Osgood. This trio lives around the world with Louise a Canadian living in Australia, Eva the self-proclaimed nomad currently in West Palm Beach, Florida, and Diane who splits her time between the United States and France. These collaborators have vast backgrounds in social work, …

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Eco-Anxiety, Purchasing Power, Thunderclaps and Thankful Thursdays with “The Daily Difference” Team 36:43

2+ y ago36:43

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Featuring Carbon Alamanac Contributors David Kopans, Avaleen Morris & Lori Sullivan. From Boston, Nashville (Jamaica-born!), and Detroit, these collaborators have backgrounds in cleantech, philanthropy, and founding/running a business that helps companies lessen their environmental impact. They’ve contributed to many areas of the Carbon Alamanac bu…

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Preventing Plastic Pollution, Companies Upcycling Ocean-Bound Plastics & Supporting Informal Waste Workers in Developing Countries with NextWave's Kendall Glauber 47:19

2+ y ago47:19

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Kendall Glauber from Lonely Whale and the NextWave Plastics Consortium went from summers in Southern California to the non-profit world, keeping plastic waste from entering the ocean. In this episode, we learn how her efforts through Lonely Whale are helping to drive recycling systems change and how NextWave’s member companies are using ocean-bound…

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Viable Alternatives, Recycling Myths, The Economics of Climate Change & The Role of Business in Finding Solutions 46:36

2+ y ago46:36

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Featuring Carbon Almanac Contributors Mark Deutsch, Vivek Srinivasan & Scott Hamilton. The collaborators featured in today’s episode come from Virginia and New York State in the eastern United States and Bangalore, India. With backgrounds in sales for financial services, writing, research, and business development - these contributors share interes…

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Compassion, Climate Lesson Plans & Critical Thinking with the Carbon Almanac Educators Team 35:21

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Featuring Carbon Almanac Contributors Alexis Costello, Ryan Flahive & Annie Parnell. From British Columbia, Canada (via Costa Rica), and from Colorado in The United States, these collaborators have backgrounds in education, instructional design, publishing and as parents. Having contributed to many areas of the Carbon Almanac, the three came togeth…

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Package-Free Retail, Community Building & Post-Pandemic Shifts to Zero Waste Living with The Tare Shop's Kate Pepler 40:39

2+ y ago40:39

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Kate Pepler from the Tare Shop was feeling overwhelmed with the doom and gloom narrative of our earth’s health and decided to do something about it. In this episode, we learn how Kate’s lifelong relationship with the water and a move to a coastal town influenced how she sees the world. We discover how Kate’s passions including sailing and environme…

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Climate Heroes, Connecting with Others & Photos we Can't Forget from the Carbon Almanac Photos Downloadable 34:12

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Featuring Carbon Almanac Contributors Anna Cosentino, Lisa Blatt & Michel Porro. The collaborators presented in this episode come from the Netherlands, New York and San Francisco. Their backgrounds stretch from lawyer and designer, business founder and therapist to - fintech and podcast production. With so many tools on their belt, their contributi…

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Chocolate & Peanut Butter Spreads, Book Design & What's After the Almanac from the Carbon Almanac Editorial Layout Team 37:15

2+ y ago37:15

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Featuring Carbon Alamanac Contributors Andrea Morris, David Robinson, Felice Della Gatta From sunny Portugal and The United States, these collaborators have backgrounds in creative services for clean energy, graphic design, and freelance copywriting and marketing. If you hold the book in your hand you will see the magic they helped make. The three …

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Emotional Well-Being, Accessibility, Outreach & Activism. Skateboarding as a Vehicle to Achieve Social Change with Yash Presswalla from Impact Skateboard Club 46:07

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Yash Presswalla from Impact Skateboard Club left a career in music behind to start a nonprofit focused on supporting youth. In this episode we learn why he's chosen to use skateboarding as a vehicle for social change. We discover how Impact's programming, empowers children and youth to develop healthy self-esteem, resilience and other necessary lif…

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Hand drawn Illustrations, Carbon for Kids & Going from Working Alone to Designing with Hundreds 37:38

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Featuring Carbon Alamanac Contributors Paige NeJame, Michi Mathias & Boon Lim. From Singapore, the United Kingdom and The United States, these collaborators have backgrounds in teaching design, owning a family business, and spending years working with Greenpeace. Having contributed to many areas of the Carbon Almanac, the three came together to cra…

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Collaboration, Cricket Burgers, Pie Charts & Insights from the Carbon Almanac Charts Team 36:13

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Featuring Carbon Alamanac Contributors Jasper Croome, Barbara Orsi and Steve Wexler From Portland, the New York State and Bologna, Italy these collaborators are passionate about data visualization, D3, data science & analytics - and cricket burgers with hot sauce. The three came together on the Carbon Almanac charts team. Taking complex data and us…

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Luxury Candles with Purpose. Giving Light, Love and Access to Clean Drinking Water to Someone in Need with Janey Snelgrove and Shannon Fisher from Pillars of Light 43:25

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Janey Snelgrove and Shannon Fisher from Pillars of Light came together in the darkest part of the pandemic, with the goal to spread love and light throughout the world. In this episode we learn how the two explored the one-for-one model and other ways to give back, before settling on a partnership with GivePower. We discover why they chose luxury c…

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Rethinking Food Waste. Upcycling Imperfect Fruits, Vegetables and Otherwise Edible Scraps into Wholesome and Sustainable Snacks with Bruized’s Monique Chan. 39:14

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Monique Chan from Bruized takes scraps destined for the compost bin and creates delicious treats. In this episode, we learn how time spent in restaurant prep kitchens led Monique to look at food waste differently. And explore the economic and environmental costs of what gets thrown away. We discover how she sources imperfect ingredients that would …

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Creating innovative and Developmentally-Focused Products for Baby/Toddler and the Realities of Counterfeits and Intellectual Property with ezpz’s Lindsey Laurain 51:11

2+ y ago51:11

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Lindsey Laurain from ezpz turned the toddler feeding space upside down with a tip-proof all-in-one placemat and plate that suctions to the surface. In this episode, we learn how she’s created a mission-driven company that leads with innovation and input from pediatric experts, how an onslaught of copies and counterfeits of her products almost derai…

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Eco-Conscious Practices, Sustainability and Inclusivity in Salons. Supporting the Community with Hairdressing with Alicia Lumsden from Queen's Shop 39:41

2+ y ago39:41

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Alicia Lumsden from Queen’s Shop Fine Hairdressing created a salon where sustainability and community could co-exist. In this episode, we learn what sustainable means in the hairdressing world, and how Alicia deals with the salon’s waste from hair clippings to water and packaging – and how her battle with environmental sensitivities influenced thes…

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Plant-Based For Pets and Creating Sustainable Dog Treats to Lower Your Dogs Carbon Pawprint with Bright Planet Pet’s Katherine Ellison 45:42

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Concerns about climate change led Katherine Ellison from Bright Planet Pet to look closely at the environmental impact of pet ownership and create a line of 100% plant-based dog treats that taste and smell like real meat. In this episode, we learn how consumer behaviour has shifted in the pet product space, chat about the humanization of pets and w…

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Green Your Holiday Season with Sustainable and Realistic Tips to Reduce Waste with Eco-Friendly Event's Romina Kwong 41:56

3y ago41:56

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Romina Kwong from Eco-Friendly Events was inspired to help event organizers and business owners with their green initiatives after being a bridesmaid in a friend's wedding. In this episode, we discover from Romina what steps can be taken to make larger-scale events more environmentally friendly. We then learn how to realistically green your holiday…

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Inclusivity and Meaningful Employment. Helping Youth with Intellectual Disabilities with Social Enterprise Do Good Donuts’ Melanie Cote 50:54

3y ago50:54

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Melanie Cote from Social Enterprise Do Good Donuts is using donuts to teach young adults with barriers to employment job readiness skills. In this episode, we talk about the realities that Melanie faces as the parent of a child with Williams syndrome and learn how she's changing how people think about hiring youth with intellectual disabilities. We…

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Launching a Plastic Neutral, Luxury, Sustainable and Stylish Hand Sanitizer During the Pandemic with Paume’s Amy Welsman 44:25

3y ago44:25

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In today’s episode, we chat with Amy Welsman from Paume. We learn how Amy’s antibacterial hand gel was already in development when COVID changed everything. Why she was inspired to create a luxury sustainable and stylish hand hygiene brand, how Paume is addressing waste with their unique and chic refillable pumps, previously recycled materials and …

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A Quick Update: We'll Be Back Next Week With a New Episode 2:29

3y ago2:29

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My father, Mike Myers, a lifetime small business owner, a serial entrepreneur, passed away over the Canadian Thanksgiving holiday. It was unexpected and we are grieving. He was a very, very strong supporter of small business. Always the one to shop local and always supporting the family-run businesses in his community. And my own entrepreneurial jo…

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Handcrafted Watercolours in Plastic Free Packaging, Influenced by Indigenous Paint Tradition with Anong Migwans Beam from Beam Paints 43:37

3y ago43:37

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Ojibwe artist Anong Migwans Beam from Beam Paints handcrafts small batch watercolour paint stones packaged in sustainable materials. In this episode we learn how Anong’s father taught her to harvest pigment near her home in M'Chigeeng First Nation on Manitoulin island, how she's been inspired by her artist parents and indigenous paint traditions, w…

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B Corp, Green Blushing, Conscious Consumerism. This is the Critical Decade with Kristy O’Leary & Brianna Brown from Decade Impact 51:10

3y ago51:10

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In today's episode, we chat with Brianna Brown and Kristy O’Leary from Decade Impact. We learn what led each of them to work with purpose-based business, We learn why our actions in the next decade are so critical to the future of our planet, we hear all about what Bcorp is, why businesses become benefit corporations, why green blushing can be as b…

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Sunscreen, Antiperspirant, Personal Care – Why Choosing Natural Creates So Much Impact with The Green Beaver Company’s Alain Ménard 48:25

3y ago48:25

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In this episode, we explore why The Green Beaver Company's founders Alain Ménard, a microbiologist, and his wife Karen, a biochemist, left their careers in the pharmaceutical and pesticide industries after deciding to start a family and being sidelined by a surprising diagnosis. We do a deep dive into natural and conventional sunscreens, antiperspi…

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Buy Less Choose Well and Make it Last - Building a New Sustainable Brand with The Good Kiind's Courtney Stewart 47:20

3y ago47:20

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In today's episode, we chat with Courtney Stewart from The Good Kiind. We explore why Courtney shut down her reusable silicone label business at the height of success to start a brand new company, and learn what lessons she learned from her first go at entrepreneurship. We discover why she decided to launch her new business with plastic-free, litte…

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Highlights from episodes 1-10 & Tips To Live More Sustainably and Socially Responsible 37:50

3y ago37:50

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Highlights from episodes 1-10 & Live More Sustainably or Socially Responsible With Tips You Can Take Now. In today's episode, we're going to do something a little different and revisit the last ten episodes, The first 10 episodes of the podcast, focusing on the highlights. The moments where I learned really eye-opening from each guest, but we’ve al…

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Nourishing Snack Foods with Community Focus and Social Impact Baked In with Sheena Russell from Made With Local 45:34

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In today's episode, we chat with Sheena Russel from Made with Local. We explore how she’s created clean and simple snack food bars with social impact baked in, we learn how her childhood on a family farm in rural PEO influenced how Sheena sources ingredients, How she’s partnered with social enterprise bakeries, to have her bars handmade by those fa…

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Consumer Goods, Toxic Load and the Environmental Health Effects of How We Shop with Emma Rohmann 47:12

3y ago47:12

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In today's episode, we chat with Emma Rohmann from Green at Home. We learn how Emma went from environmental engineering to studying our toxic load from the products we use in our everyday lives, we learn why ultimately, regulations don’t work as they should and the onus is on us as consumers to protect ourselves, what you should be mindful of when …

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Sustainable, Ethically Made Mis-Matchable Socks and Determining the True Cost of a Product with Melita Cyril from Q for Quinn 40:57

3y ago40:57

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In today's episode, we chat with Melita Cyril from Q for Quinn. We explore the environmental costs of manufacturing conventional cotton, and the potential health risks of the colourful dyes, and pesticides used. We learn how Melita’s trip to an orphanage on her thirteenth birthday and her newborns son’s eczema both inspired Melita to create change,…

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Taking on Single-Use Plastics and Takeout Waste with Suppli's Megan Takeda-Tully 40:09

3y ago40:09

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In today's episode, we chat with Megan Takeda-Tully, from Suppli and learn about how she's taking on the challenge of takeout waste. We learn what the costs of our single-use plastic and convenience obsessed culture really are, How viewing a documentary during a team meeting led Megan from boardroom to bicycle - collecting last night’s stainless st…

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Manufacturing Sustainable and Multipurpose Children’s Footwear Domestically with Baubles + Soles’ Lisa Nguyen 42:59

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In today’s episode, we chat with Lisa Nguyen from Baubles + Soles. We explore the environmental costs of conventional footwear manufacturing. We Learn one of the first dinner’s out with her new baby inspired Lisa to design an interchangeable bauble to give her daughter’s shoes a new look with a twist, how Lisa’s early childhood as a refugee and car…

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From a Farmer's Market Soap Company to a Skin Care Brand Focused on Women's Wellness with Anointment's April MacKinnon 43:00

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In today’s episode, we chat with April McKinnon from anointment. We learn how having a newborn with a critical illness led April from a career in civil engineering to buying a farmer’s market soap company. We learn how she’s inspired by the unique landscape of her maritime homestead, how she leveraged the soap business into a skincare brand, and wh…

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Mindful Representation and Diversifying your Product Lineup with Kid Swag's Kimberlee West 47:44

3+ y ago47:44

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In today's episode, we chat with Kimberlee West, from Kids Swag. Kids Swag is a brand built on the idea of mindful representation. We learn what she looks for when sourcing products for her shop. About the social cost to conventional toy curation and the lasting effects of not seeing yourself represented in the toy aisle, how you can diversify your…

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An Introduction: Building a Business Based on Values with Hip Mommies' Jennifer Myers Chua 40:37

3+ y ago40:37

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Jennifer Myers Chua here, the host of Cost of Goods Sold. In today's episode, I'm going to tell you this story of how I got here, how I went from a career in the food television world to becoming the CCO of Hip Mommies,a boutique distribution company. How I reluctantly joined the struggling family business, scrapped it all and rebuilt a seven-figur…

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Cultivating Mindfulness and Empathy in Children with My Kindness Calendar's Maran Stern-Kubista 36:56

3+ y ago36:56

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In today’s episode, we chat with Maran Stern-Kubista from My Kindness Calendar. We learn why she left life as an opera singer and a career in law behind to build a brand based on kindness. How she’s turning a business, built with a seasonal product into something that makes sales all year long. How her new products are inspired by the resilience of…

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Upcycling Plastic Toy Waste with Tiny Toy Co.'s Rebecca Saha 38:41

3+ y ago38:41

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In today’s episode, we chat with Rebecca about why she feels so motivated to make an impact with toy waste. What the costs of the drive-thru, surprise toy, Loot Bag Toy culture really are, how COVID times have affected her business. How we as small business owners and consumers can better interact with upcyclers to create change. And why she feels …

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Coming Soon: Cost of Goods Sold 2:04

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Cost of Goods Sold is about why the products that make a difference are made. And it's coming April 2021. This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacyBy Jennifer Myers Chua

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