Bombas Co-Founders David Heath (CEO) and Randy Goldberg (Chief Branding Officer) discuss how a Facebook post that mentioned socks are the number one most requested item in homeless shelters led to the creation of the brand that supports those communities by way of a one-for-one premium sock donation model. David and Randy also discuss how Toms and Warby Parker served as inspiration, the importance of having a pristine product for a mission-driven organization, their successful Shark Tank experience, and the positive impacts of keeping company culture centerfold. The two further highlight “The Black Hive,” a community of diverse Bombas employees, and what they’ve done to support individuals and organizations during the Black Lives Matter movement resurgence. Tune in to hear how David and Randy’s lack of expertise in the retail industry actually served as an advantage, and learn more about Bombas at Bombas.com. Production Credits: Aaron Kwittken, Jeff Maldonado, Dara Cothran, Lindsay Hand, Katrina Waelchli, Meg Ruocco, Parker Jenkins, and Mathew Passy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Changing Socks, Changing Lives with Bombas Co-Founders David Heath (CEO) and Randy Goldberg (Chief Branding Officer) (S5E10)

Vessel co-founder Dagny Tucker talks about why she helped start the tech-enabled stainless steel reusable cup service. Having worked in global peace and conflict for over 20 years, Dagny was struck by how often tensions would rise in areas over resources, and began considering ways she could make a difference when it came to conservation and more sustainable solutions in everyday life. This deep interest in looking at unseen environmental and social impacts of consumption led to the creation of Vessel, and she and Aaron discuss how the library-like process empowers consumers to reduce their negative environmental impact. Tune in to hear why Dagny believes sustainability is as much a social question as it is an environmental one, and learn more at vesselworks.org. Production Credits: Aaron Kwittken, Jeff Maldonado, Dara Cothran, Lindsay Hand, Katrina Waelchli, Meg Ruocco, Parker Jenkins, and Mathew Passy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Reusable Cups for a Sustainable Future with Vessel Co-Founder Dagny Tucker (S5E09)

Photo Patch Foundation Founder and Executive Director Antoine Patton talks about how his own incarceration led to the creation of the brand that helps to increase communication for the 2.7 million children in the United States that have a parent in prison. Through a digital platform and mobile app - created by Antoine’s then 12-year-old daughter - children can write letters and send photos to their incarcerated parents, strengthening communication between youth and their family members. In conversation, Antoine highlights how a 2010 USA Today article on the mobile app explosion sparked his initial curiosity, how his daughter “Jay Jay” serves as his biggest motivation and is the future of the company, and the necessity of Photo Patch in today’s society. Antoine also discusses the lack of conversation around COVID-19’s presence in prison systems today and what Photo Patch and his own family are doing to help. Tune in to hear how Antoine gained solitude while in prison and how he turns “pain into purpose,” and learn more about Photo Patch Foundation at photopatch.org. Production Credits: Aaron Kwittken, Jeff Maldonado, Dara Cothran, Lindsay Hand, Katrina Waelchli, Meg Ruocco, Parker Jenkins, and Mathew Passy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Digital Letters From Prison with Photo Patch Foundation Founder and Executive Director Antoine Patton (S5E08)

Practice Makes Perfect CEO and founder Karim Abouelnaga talks about how the B Corp works with low-income schools to help narrow the achievement gap and reframe learning over the summer as a way to get ahead. Karim, a TED Fellow and Echoing Green Fellow, offers insight into his own background growing up in a community with a low high school graduation rate and limited expectations, and how he went on to become an Ivy League graduate. He and Aaron discuss the critical role of mentorship for low-income students, the importance of asking for help even when society teaches you otherwise, and ensuring parity when it comes to giving underserved kids access to the resources to achieve success. The conversation also covers how COVID-19 is impacting education and the challenges of making sure underserved students have access to the tech necessary for learning virtually. Tune in to learn why Karim thinks education is still society’s largest lever for changing socioeconomic status, and learn more at practicemakesperfect.org. Production Credits: Aaron Kwittken, Jeff Maldonado, Dara Cothran, Lindsay Hand, Katrina Waelchli, Meg Ruocco, Parker Jenkins, and Mathew Passy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A New Way to Summer School with Practice Makes Perfect’s Karim Abouelnaga (S5E07)

Tender Greens CEO Denyelle Bruno talks about why the chef-led kitchen company shifted its focus to grocery delivery during COVID-19. The conversation also addresses the codependency of retail and service businesses, the machismo nature of the restaurant industry, and the importance of implementing gender parity across business infrastructures to ensure a long-lasting and prosperous economic future. Tune in to learn more about how Denyelle's extensive background in social and gender psychology has guided her on the path she's on today, and learn more at tendergreens.com. Production credits: Aaron Kwittken, Jeff Maldonado, Dara Cothran, Lindsay Hand, Katrina Waelchli, Meg Ruocco, Parker Jenkins, and Mathew Passy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Addressing Gender Parity in the Restaurant Industry with Tender Greens' Denyelle Bruno (S5E06)

Transgender District Executive Director Aria Sa'id discusses why she co-founded the world’s first legally recognized transgender district in San Francisco. Aria speaks to her own experiences with her identity, her direct support of legislation providing medial protection to intersex people, and why she is dedicated to creating a space to empower and uplift transgender communities. Tune in to this powerful episode covering everything from the unchecked privileges of white queer communities to the importance of transgender representation in media, and learn more at transgenderdistrictsf.com. Production Credits: Aaron Kwittken, Jeff Maldonado, Dara Cothran, Lindsay Hand, Katrina Waelchli, Meg Ruocco, Parker Jenkins, and Mathew Passy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Protecting and Empowering Trans Communities with Transgender District's Aria Sa'id (S5E5)

Path Forward Executive Director Tami Forman discusses why we need to remove barriers and provide better support for caregivers returning to the workforce, which Path Forward aims to do by partnering with companies like Amazon, Apple, Walmart and more for paid, 16-week ”returnships” that help talented individuals re-enter the workforce. Tami also touches on the immense and unparalleled transferable skills gained through parenting, the long continued gender gap in the workforce, and the need for companies to remain focused on their commitments to hiring a diverse employee body. Tune-in to hear how Tami thinks the current recruitment landscape has shifted – and will continue to shift – amid the current pandemic and learn more about the nonprofit at pathforward.org. Production Credits: Aaron Kwittken, Jeff Maldonado, Dara Cothran, Lindsay Hand, Katrina Waelchli, Meg Ruocco, Parker Jenkins, and Mathew Passy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Returnships for Caregivers with Path Forward’s Tami Forman (S5E04)

HumanCo CEO Jason Karp discusses why he thinks investing in and growing health-focused businesses at scale is the best way to address global health and food crises. He founded HumanCo, a clean and accessible food and lifestyle company, because of his firsthand experience in the way food can affect health. Diagnosed with a degenerative corneal disease and told he would be blind by the age of 30, Jason discovered the literal life-saving answer of clean eating and turned his life around for the better. Tune in to learn why Jason wants to invest in a people first future and learn more at humanco.com.  Production Credits: Aaron Kwittken, Jeff Maldonado, Dara Cothran, Lindsay Hand, Katrina Waelchli, Meg Ruocco, Parker Jenkins, and Mathew Passy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Clean Eating & Healthy Investing with HumanCo CEO Jason Karp (S5E3)

Climate Neutral CEO Austin Whitman walks us through how the nonprofit collaborates with brands to be more climate-centered and showcase that it’s time to take carbon emissions seriously. Focused on redirecting funds to low carbon assets and helping consumers make better decisions, the three-step carbon neutralizing process is achievable and affordable, setting brands – and the climate – up for success. Austin also talks about simple ways individuals can decrease their carbon impact, consumers’ increasing preference for sustainable companies, and how social distancing has had positive environmental effects. Tune in to hear about Austin’s dedication to speeding up the shift to a low-carbon world, and learn more at climateneutral.org. Production Credits: Aaron Kwittken, Jeff Maldonado, Dara Cothran, Lindsay Hand, Katrina Waelchli, Meg Ruocco, Parker Jenkins, and Mathew Passy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Becoming a Low-Carbon World with Climate Neutral’s Austin Whitman (S5E02)

Aunt Flow CEO and founder Claire Coder speaks about why she started the first full-solution company that helps businesses and schools stock bathrooms with free tampons and pads. Committed to "changing the world one cycle at a time," Claire discusses how the company's origins started when she was stranded in a public bathroom, her dedicated partnership with nonprofit organization PERIOD and how she's pivoted since the start of COVID-19. Aunt Flow's sister company, Work Flow, has manufactured over 8 million 3-ply masks and has since rolled out additional PPE products with a mission to provide everyone with basic necessities. Tune in to learn about Claire's inspiring entrepreneurial spirit, and learn more at goauntflow.com and ppestory.com. Production Credits: Aaron Kwittken, Jeff Maldonado, Dara Cothran, Lindsay Hand, Katrina Waelchli, Meg Ruocco, Parker Jenkins, and Mathew Passy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Pink Tax & PPE with Aunt Flow’s Claire Coder (S5E01)

COVID-19 Early Treatment Fund founder Steve Kirsch joins Aaron to discuss why he started the world's only organization 100% focused on funding the most promising drugs and treatments for COVID-19. A serial entrepreneur, Steve has dedicated over fifty years of his life to computer science and engineering and has used his success to launch several environmental, medical and local philanthropic projects. Diagnosed with a rare blood cancer years ago, Steve turned to world-renowned scientists to develop a treatment that has continued to be effective past his projected life expectancy. When COVID-19 took hold of the world, he knew he had a responsibility to turn to science once again and do what he can to help prevent hundreds of thousands of hospitalizations and possible deaths. Tune in to hear about Steve’s work and the process of getting involved in COVID-19 treatment research, and learn more about the organization at treatearly.org. Production Credits: Aaron Kwittken, Jeff Maldonado, Dara Cothran, Lindsay Hand, Katrina Waelchli, Meg Ruocco, Parker Jenkins, and Mathew Passy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A Serial Entrepreneur’s Quest To Save Lives After Saving His Own: A Candid Conversation with COVID-19 Early Treatment Fund Founder Steve Kirsch (S4E18)

Brooks Running CEO Jim Weber joins Aaron to speak about the brand’s ethos that respect, safety and freedom should be shared and ensured for all. The two discuss the work Brooks Running has done during the midst of three crises—the COVID-19 pandemic, a challenging economy, and the systemic racism Black Americans continue to face. The running shoes company has provided 45,000 pairs of shoes to frontline workers during COVID-19, donated $100,000 to the Equal Justice Initiative and has continued to advocate for social and environmental justice as a fundamental part of the company’s values. Tune in to hear about the importance of being true and human during times of unrest, and learn more at brooksrunning.com.  Production Credits: Aaron Kwittken, Jeff Maldonado, Dara Cothran, Lindsay Hand, Katrina Waelchli, Meg Ruocco, Parker Jenkins, and Mathew Passy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Running on Equal Ground: A Conversation with Brooks Running CEO Jim Weber (S4E17)

President of Echoing Green Cheryl Dorsey joins Aaron in a conversation about social entrepreneurship and the Black Lives Matter Movement. The two discuss the importance of uplifting leaders who directly help their communities, how social impact and change is rooted in activism, and the power of vulnerability as a tool to dismantle systemic racism. The episode highlights Echoing Green’s mission to build a dynamic community of business leaders, social innovators, institutions and investors committed to solving global issues through providing fellowships and resources they need to flourish. Tune in to hear about how humility acts as an articulation of grace and empathy, and learn more about this organization's incredible work at echoinggreen.org.   Production Credits: Aaron Kwittken, Jeff Maldonado, Dara Cothran, Lindsay Hand, Katrina Waelchli, Meg Ruocco, Julia Brougher, Parker Jenkins, and Mathew Passy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

You Gotta Make the Road by Walking: A Conversation with Echoing Green President Cheryl Dorsey (S4E16)

Aaron is joined by IRONMAN Foundation Executive Director Sarah Hartmann, Good360 CMO and CDO Shari Rudolph, and Framebridge Senior VP of Operations and Supply Chain Mike Kane to discuss how the organizations came together to develop and support the IRONAID program – a relief effort working to repurpose new race shirts into non-sterile facemasks. The panel talks about how the unique organizations teamed up, their idea to bring communities together with upcycled products rather than with events during COVID-19, and the need to bring and discover joy where you can, whenever you can. Tune in to listen to this inspiring episode and learn more at ironmanfoundation.org/ironaid, good360.org, and framebridge.com.  Production Credits: Aaron Kwittken, Jeff Maldonado, Dara Cothran, Lindsay Hand, Katrina Waelchli, Meg Ruocco, Julia Brougher, Parker Jenkins, and Mathew Passy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Proving Anything, Anywhere, Is Possible: An IRONAID Panel with IRONMAN Foundation, Good360, and Framebridge (S4E15)

Aaron is joined by Leesa Sleep co-founder and board chair David Wolfe to discuss the direct-to-consumer online mattress company’s purpose-driven approach and commitment to donating one mattress for every ten sold. David and Aaron discuss the inception of the certified B Corporation with co-founder Jamie Diamonstein, the importance of purpose initiatives being led by the C-suite, why being values-driven is just as important as being purpose-driven, and how the company baked purpose into its DNA from the start – before becoming profitable or successful. Tune in to learn how Leesa Sleep’s distinctive values-driven business model helped to inspire the creation of this podcast, and about other companies that David continues to draw inspiration from (spoiler alert: the list includes former guest ABLE). Don’t sleep on this episode, and learn more at leesa.com. Production Credits: Aaron Kwittken, Jeff Maldonado, Dara Cothran, Lindsay Hand, Katrina Waelchli, Meg Ruocco, Julia Brougher, Parker Jenkins, and Mathew Passy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A Quest For Better Rest and to End Bed-lessness Along the Way: A Conversation with Leesa Sleep Co-Founder and Board Chair David Wolfe (S4E14)

Brand on Purpose is an engaging new podcast focused on uncovering the untold stories of entrepreneurs and senior leaders who have discovered how to serve a greater good while building or transforming major brands. Join host Aaron Kwittken as he speaks to innovative leaders who make it their brand’s mission to do well by doing good.

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