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Finding Who You Are By Serving Someone Who Needs You By Shawn Askinosie
ON figuring out what to do next before starting a ne...
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Mar 17 2022 59m
Chapter 1 2 mins
ON figuring out what to do next before starting a new careerChapter 2 4 mins
ON this murder trial that made Shawn realize he couldn't do it anymoreChapter 3 7 mins
ON visiting serving others, revisiting an old wound, soul searching and creating emotional spaceChapter 4 5 mins
ON silence, connection, transcendence, finding solaceChapter 5 4 mins
ON vocation and the framework of the business of Askinosie ChocolateChapter 6 9 mins
ON the ugly truth behind the global cocoa tradeChapter 7 3 mins
ON direct trade, community development and doing business differentlyChapter 8 3 mins
ON the power of small companies to do much more than fair tradeChapter 9 2 mins
ON Shawn's definition of success and how much is enoughChapter 10 9 mins
ON the fallacy of the "social" enterprise, the need to some make sacrifices and our relationship with moneyChapter 11 1 min
ON finding someone who needs you, go serve them and ask yourself who you really are
Communication With Empathy for Better Connection and Conversation by Isa Alves
ON the beauty of Lisbon in Portugal (2:35)ON Isa's v...
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Dec 16 2021 45m
Chapter 1 1 min
ON the beauty of Lisbon in PortugalChapter 2 1 min
ON Isa's vision for the ideal world for her childrenChapter 3 4 mins
ON Isa's realization of the emergence and emergency of her life callingChapter 4 3 mins
ON Isa leaving her job as a journalist in the health sectorChapter 5 6 mins
ON definition of Communication with EmpathyChapter 6 3 mins
ON work environment: the benefit of Communication with EmpathyChapter 7 3 mins
ON why Empathy must be paired with Assertiveness (boundaries)Chapter 8 9 mins
ON the power of saying NO (boundaries)Chapter 9 2 mins
ON communication with empathy for workers in the health sectorChapter 10 3 mins
ON Isa stepping out of her comfort zone for her businessChapter 11 4 mins
ON how Isa defines success for her
Leading Change With A Small Fashion Business by Seth Godin
ON How A Small Fashion Business can effectively crea...
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Nov 18 2021 25m
Chapter 1 2 mins
ON How A Small Fashion Business can effectively create change and even lead changeChapter 2 2 mins
ON How Can A Small Fashion Business Be Seen And Heard in a Noisy World and Why Seth Thinks it's Great News to be CopiedChapter 3 2 mins
ON The Purpose of Words: To CONNECTChapter 4 1 min
ON IdiosyncrasyChapter 5 32 sec
ON EmpathyChapter 6 49 sec
ON The Smallest Viable AudienceChapter 7 43 sec
ON AuthenticityChapter 8 2 mins
ON Why Running A Business Is A Creative EndeavourChapter 9 43 sec
ON Tools For Modern Business Owners That Want to Make A DifferenceChapter 10 1 min
AKIMBO Season 9 Episode 20, the question asked atChapter 11 1 min
ON How Seth Chooses Which Projects to Work OnChapter 12 5 mins
ON Showing Up and 8000 blog posts in the time capsule for future generations
Handcrafting Slippers For The Love of Africa and Nature with Walk The Talk Africa
ON Capetown and Daniela's father moving to South Afr...
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Oct 28 2021 51m
Chapter 1 2 mins
ON Capetown and Daniela's father moving to South AfricaChapter 2 6 mins
ON how Daniela "stumbled" upon slippers and how she perfected shoemaking skills during the pandemicChapter 3 5 mins
ON Daniela's childhood in the wilderness of South Africa and how it shaped her quest for a simple lifestyle and sustainable livingChapter 4 2 mins
ON finding the name of the brand WALK THE TALK AFRICAChapter 5 2 mins
ON creativity in South AfricaChapter 6 3 mins
ON getting the shoes made in South AfricaChapter 7 5 mins
ON Daniela's previous career and why she decided to launch WALK THE TALK AFRICAChapter 8 4 mins
ON selling and finding resellers for WALK THE TALK AFRICAChapter 9 3 mins
ON life slowing down during lockdown and how Daniela used this time for her businessChapter 10 4 mins
ON measure of success for WALK THE TALK AFRICA 1) job creation and Daniela plan to take part of the business onlineChapter 11 1 min
ON measure of success for WALK THE TALK AFRICA 2) daring to dream, stepping out of your comfort zoneChapter 12 1 min
ON measure of success for WALK THE TALK AFRICA 3) money in the bank and Daniela's "business plan"Chapter 13 3 mins
ON how to connect with Daniela's and WALK THE TALK AFRICA
Tapping Into The Potential Of The Skilled Disability Population for Businesses and Companies by Liz Johnson
ON Liz' Vision for the World: where people feel com...
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Aug 25 2021 53m
Chapter 1 1 min
ON Liz' Vision for the World: where people feel comfortable enough to be who they are and still have the opportunity to succeed in areas that they wantChapter 2 7 mins
ON The the mission of Ability People (TAP): to create meaningful employment for people with disabilities, by removing as many unnecessary barriers as possibleChapter 3 4 mins
ON Hiring people with disabilities and opportunities for businesses and companiesChapter 4 6 mins
ON The employment challenge for people with disabilitiesChapter 5 4 mins
ON Liz personal journey with her disabilityChapter 6 6 mins
ON Liz fighting for herself and her elite swimming careerChapter 7 3 mins
ON Transition from swimming to launching her businessChapter 8 2 mins
ON Lessons learnedChapter 9 4 mins
ON Definition of success for TAPChapter 10 8 mins
ON PODIUM by TAP a revolutionary marketplace that connects freelancers and businesses
When Mission-driven Business Founders Discuss Success
Definition of success can change over time:(2:33) Da...
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May 19 2021 24m
Chapter 1 1 min
David NebinskiChapter 2 1 min
Bai ZahmriChapter 3 55 sec
Shivani PatelChapter 4 2 mins
Nan & CarlChapter 5 19 sec
Pola StępieńChapter 6 29 sec
Bai ZahmriChapter 7 52 sec
Ihita ShandilyaChapter 8
Josie MackenzieChapter 9 41 sec
Mati VentrillonChapter 10 57 sec
Pola StępieńChapter 11 4 mins
Josie MackenzieChapter 12 42 sec
Ihita ShandilyaChapter 13 3 mins
Bai ZahmriChapter 14 2 mins
Jennifer Myers ChuaChapter 15 2 mins
Mati Ventrillon
Growing a Wholesale Business With Values by Jennifer Myers Chua
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Apr 28 2021 46m
Practicing Empathy and Gratitude with David Nebinski
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Apr 8 2021 37m
Quiet Disruptors: Creating Change Without Shouting by Sue Heatherington
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Mar 24 2021 55m
Creating Change with Arture and Using Cork As An Alternative To Leather by Shivani Patel
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Mar 11 2021 36m
Providing Training and Employment to Mothers through Sustainable Jobs within the Textile Industry by Josie Mackenzi...
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Feb 25 2021 1h 5m
Creating a New Category in Fashion and Empowering Women with Baby Clothing by Bai Ahmad Zahmri
ON Malaysia, its lush forests and Bai’s future visio...
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Feb 11 2021 34m
Chapter 1 1 min
ON Malaysia, its lush forests and Bai’s future vision for the worldChapter 2 3 mins
ON the reason why Bai created Nazkids, a social business that provides jobs for women and particularly mothers in Jitra, KedahChapter 3 1 min
ON providing training as the hiring process of the makersChapter 4 2 mins
ON how Bai created a new category in baby clothing by developing Malay traditional outfits for babies’ Aqiqah and how it landed in the hands of celebrities and royal familiesChapter 5 1 min
ON the power of the pictures to launch the brandChapter 6 1 min
ON why it is so important to build the brand firstChapter 7 2 mins
ON Bai leaving a corporate career to start her own companyChapter 8 3 mins
ON losing most of her savings and bootstrappingChapter 9 2 mins
ON the philosophy behind training programs, why Nazkids focuses on training even if the women do not end up working with the businessChapter 10 2 mins
ON the longer vision: to provide business training so the women can start their own businessChapter 11 1 min
ON Bai’s definition of success: how many people Bai can bring to achieve greater things in lifeChapter 12 1 min
ON why Bai decided to register her company on Dec 12, 2012Chapter 13 1 min
ON challenges and learnings from running a social businessChapter 14 5 mins
ON where you can find Nazkids and the new products launching since the start of the pandemic (beyond masks!!!)
Ihitashri Shandilya on Preserving the Heritage Art Form of Mithila Paintings (Madhubani Paintings)
ON Madhubani Paintings also known as Mithila Paintin...
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Jan 28 2021 29m
Chapter 1 1 min
ON Madhubani Paintings also known as Mithila Paintings, an Ancient Art Form practiced by WomenChapter 2 28 sec
ON Ihita’s late Grandmother using this form of Art as a tool to bring a change in this part of the worldChapter 3 1 min
ON learnings from spending childhood at Grandmother’s NGOChapter 4 2 mins
ON the realization of the challenges of being women and continuing the work of her GrandmotherChapter 5 48 sec
ON looking for more sustainable sources of revenueChapter 6 1 min
ON the idea of evolving from an NGO to a Social Enterprise in order to help the system support the artisans in a way that they support our existence on this planetChapter 7 1 min
ON adding value and meaning to corporate giftingChapter 8 3 mins
ON using artisans work onto fashion itemsChapter 9 3 mins
ON the challenges of switching from NGO model to a social business model & change of mindsetChapter 10 1 min
ON a hybrid model to support the visionChapter 11 1 min
ON MITHILAsmita international expansionChapter 12 1 min
ON Ihita definition of success: creating a system that holds the vision of creating sustainable livelihood for artisans and their creativityChapter 13 2 mins
ON Ihita’s vision of the world for her children: knowledge and appreciation of traditional art forms as the expression of timeless beauty and emotionChapter 14 3 mins
ON MITHILAsmita near future development: international expansion
Better Business Founder - Trailer
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Jan 21 2021 1m
Making Change Happen With Intention and Integrity by Scott Perry
ON Scott’s Vision of the World (5:50) ON Why Scott ...
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Dec 3 2020 41m
Chapter 1 22 sec
ON Scott’s Vision of the WorldChapter 2 2 mins
ON Why Scott transitioned from a music career to creating Creative on PurposeChapter 3 3 mins
ON Trusting ourselves when starting something newChapter 4 2 mins
ON Scott’s definition of CreativityChapter 5 2 mins
ON IntegrityChapter 6 4 mins
ON Introduction to Stoic PhilosophyChapter 7 4 mins
ON The Gift of AdversityChapter 8 2 mins
ON Coddiwomple [to head confidently to an unknown destination]Chapter 9 2 mins
ON Values and VirtuesChapter 10 3 mins
ON Taking ActionChapter 11 3 mins
ON Being Part of a Community to Step into PossibilityChapter 12 4 mins
ON The Intention when Writing Onward
My Journey to Becoming a Mindful Business Founder (Host on mic)
Host: Leekei TangContact: podcast (at) themindfulfou...
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Nov 1 2020 17m
Seeker x Retriever, Building a Fashion Brand to Find Your Tribe with Nan and Carl
ON Nan's (2:54) ON Carl's (3:24) ON who Seeker x ...
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Oct 8 2020 41m
Chapter 1 29 sec
ON Nan'sChapter 2 33 sec
ON Carl'sChapter 3 55 sec
ON who Seeker x Retriever is forChapter 4 1 min
ON Seeker x Retriever brand philosophyChapter 5 2 mins
ON finding the weaving community in Chaeson Lampang ProvinceChapter 6 2 mins
ON the first encounter with the weaversChapter 7 1 min
ON the meaning of Seeker x RetrieverChapter 8 2 mins
ON working with the tailorChapter 9 1 min
ON working with the weaversChapter 10 1 min
ON why they also offer made-to-orderChapter 11 3 mins
ON human collaboration as a core value of Seeker x RetrieverChapter 12 1 min
ON waiting in today’s fast-paced worldChapter 13 3 mins
ON explaining the brand philosophy to sell to customersChapter 14 2 mins
ON scaling up or down?Chapter 15 3 mins
ON the definition of successChapter 16 1 min
ON not working with too many stockists and on finding your tribeChapter 17 1 min
ON the joys of working as a married coupleChapter 18 6 mins
ON not having experience in fashion is an advantage in the current fashion system
Bridging the Past and the Future with a Fashion Brand by Pola Stępień
Growing up in Poland (2:05)Pessimism on the current ...
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Sep 23 2020 32m
Chapter 1 1 min
Growing up in PolandChapter 2 1 min
Pessimism on the current environmental outlooksChapter 3 2 mins
Why launching a fashion brand is Pola’s way of taking action and of spreading her messageChapter 4 2 mins
The Narciso collection, made with vintage fabrics dated back from the 90sChapter 5 1 min
Łódź and its textile industry historyChapter 6 2 mins
The urban Nomad collection,made with Polish denim dated back from the 80sChapter 7 1 min
Fashion Design as a branch of Product DesignChapter 8 2 mins
How Pola launched her first collectionChapter 9 44 sec
Why Pola sells her collection directly to clientsChapter 10 1 min
Łódź Design FestivalChapter 11 2 mins
“I want to focus on the ergonomics. My clothes, most of all wearable and comfortable and made with sophisticated tailoring techniques”Chapter 12 36 sec
“My goal is to improve the quality of life with my brand”Chapter 13 1 min
How Pola defines successChapter 14 1 min
Learnings from failuresChapter 15 2 mins
Trade-offs to be made and moral dilemmasChapter 16 4 mins
The joys of running her brand
Building a Successful Handbag Brand Fresh from College by Julia Skergeth
Julia’s cross-country education and experiences (1:5...
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Sep 9 2020 31m
Chapter 1 43 sec
Julia’s cross-country education and experiencesChapter 2 1 min
How Julia’s brand is connected to her personal visionChapter 3 5 mins
How Julia Skargeth brand started in AsiaChapter 4 2 mins
How launching a Kickstarter campaign led Julia to... take over a factory in IndonesiaChapter 5 51 sec
A crisis is a chance to grow and to get betterChapter 6 4 mins
Why Julia relocated production in Europe and restarting the brandChapter 7 6 mins
On transparency as part of the brand storytellingChapter 8 3 mins
Julia’s creative process on the fringe of the traditional fashion calendarChapter 9 1 min
Brand’s further developmentsChapter 10 3 mins
What brings joy to Julia from her business
Tweaking your Mind and your Life with more Tankespjärn by Helena Roth
The Creative’s Workshop and tankespjärn (2:56) That...
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Aug 5 2020 58m
Chapter 1 7 mins
The Creative’s Workshop and tankespjärnChapter 2 5 mins
That pivotal moment when Helena discovered the concept of tankespjärnChapter 3 8 mins
Doing gentle with an edgeChapter 4 3 mins
How does this serve me?Chapter 5 2 mins
Who is tankespjärn for? (Chapter 6 4 mins
How Helena uses tankespjärn in her work?Chapter 7 3 mins
Tankespjärn applied to the development of a businessChapter 8 5 mins
The benefits of a tankespjärn review of the business as it is constantly evolvingChapter 9 3 mins
To find out more about Helena and tankespjärnChapter 10 3 mins
There is no Truth [time capsule question]Chapter 11 7 mins
My recent tankespjärn moment
Saving Fair Isle Knitting Tradition by Mati Ventrillon - Part 2
The MV collection stemmed from a dream of bringing m...
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Jul 8 2020 39m
Chapter 1 3 mins
The MV collection stemmed from a dream of bringing machines to Fair Isle to trigger the development of other businesses in the islandChapter 2 2 mins
The cost breakdown of a hand-knitted jumperChapter 3 3 mins
The MV collection was inspired by museum pieces and how the “Hooded Jumper” was bornChapter 4 2 mins
The colorwork and innovation in the “Crew Neck Jumper”Chapter 5 2 mins
The MV collection is a celebration of the very early Fair Isle knitting design, yet industrially manufacturedChapter 6 1 min
Challenges with the 2018 MV collectionChapter 7 2 mins
Learnings from the MV collectionChapter 8 57 sec
It's very difficult to put your passions and your beliefs into words, creating a business or a brand. How to transmit the message?Chapter 9 3 mins
Why the mainstream fashion system doesn’t work for MatiChapter 10 54 sec
Why is it more important for Mati to produce pieces that are made to lastChapter 11 54 sec
The new design ideas need to be a celebration of the island and of its traditions, it has to be more profound than a simple change of color (a computer can do it!)Chapter 12 3 mins
Mati thinks that we are entering a period where like-minded individuals and communities are more important. Connecting with people will probably be the answer to grow the businessChapter 13 2 mins
Advice for building a meaningful brand: make sure that you know perfectly what is it that you're standing for? And then to grow from there and to keep that connection as you grow and as you diversifyChapter 14 5 mins
Book coming out in September “KNITTING FROM FAIR ISLE”
Saving Fair Isle Knitting Tradition by Mati Ventrillon - Part 1
Fair Isle, the most remote inhabited island in the U...
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Jul 2 2020 45m
Chapter 1 4 mins
Fair Isle, the most remote inhabited island in the UKChapter 2 4 mins
Today, a crofting community of 54 permanent inhabitantsChapter 3 5 mins
Mati first encounter with Fair Isle and application process to move thereChapter 4 10 mins
Discovery of Fair Isle knitting and of its role throughout historyChapter 5 6 mins
Research and launch of the brand after the dissolution of the knitting cooperativeChapter 6 1 min
Bringing Fair Isle knitwear on-line and development of the bespoke serviceChapter 7 1 min
The Walpole Group “Crafted UK” Mentoring programmeChapter 8 2 mins
Development of FAIR ISLE ARTISANS to pass on the Fair Isle knitting skillsChapter 9 5 mins
The growth of the business is limited by the space available on the island
Covid Crisis and Opportunities For Independent Fashion Business Owners (Host on Mic)
Why the COVID pandemic could be an opportunity for t...
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Jun 18 2020 12m
Chapter 1 56 sec
Why the COVID pandemic could be an opportunity for the fashion system?Chapter 2 1 min
Why small independent fashion business owners could play an effective role in the reshaping of the fashion system?Chapter 3 3 mins
Why you need to reframe your situation?Chapter 4 1 min
How to manage your cashflow?Chapter 5 39 sec
Why you need to keep LEARNING?Chapter 6 2 mins
Why you need to learn from other industry sectors?
Empowering Women To Show Up Authentically In The World by Kathleen Audet - Part 2
Kathleen’s entrepreneurial journey (1:55) On being ...
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May 28 2020 21m
Chapter 1 1 min
Kathleen’s entrepreneurial journeyChapter 2 1 min
On being an image consultant from a more holistic point of viewChapter 3 2 mins
Why continuous learning is so importantChapter 4 1 min
Learning stories from doing the work, asking for help & sticking to your valuesChapter 5 5 mins
Learning to decline “opportunities”Chapter 6 2 mins
What Kathleen loves about her work “people learning and growing and moving towards who they are, how they're created to be and, and that makes them happy and more productive and more useful in the world”Chapter 7 4 mins
What’s coming next for Your Authentic Image and Kathleen
Empowering Women To Show Up Authentically In The World by Kathleen Audet - Part 1
Kathleen’s approach to image consulting is to help p...
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May 21 2020 28m
Chapter 1 4 mins
Kathleen’s approach to image consulting is to help people connect who they are on the inside to the clothing on the outsideChapter 2 52 sec
Women’s closets are usually overstuffed, too many clothes but no outfitsChapter 3 38 sec
Decluttering closetsChapter 4 1 min
Image improvement tip wear colorsChapter 5 29 sec
Image improvement tip get a seamstress or a tailorChapter 6 1 min
Image improvement tip be clear about where you are getting your image fromChapter 7 2 mins
How Kathleen helped a successful executive with a college student looking style transition to a corporate roleChapter 8 3 mins
How Kathleen helped her client keep her job and get promoted twiceChapter 9 1 min
To take helped her client gain confidence to take over her dad’s companyChapter 10 1 min
Kathleen’s life vision: a world where women would be heard in the same capacity that menChapter 11 3 mins
Clothing can be used as resourcesChapter 12 4 mins
Kathleen uses her business as a platform to increase awareness for better fashion consumption