Pivot! A Vegan Business Interview Series

Let's just do things better. And let's turn this around ourselves, rather than being kind of the martyrs of our own story. Let's fix the world instead of destroying it. Let's come together - our world is worth saving. But we're the ones that got to save it, it's down to us. So that is the message behind the Earthlings story. 📖 Using fiction as a form of vegan activism. 00:44 😟 Illness in the fam...

Perhaps the most positive way to be a vegan advocate is just by being who you are. I think we're at a time now, where it's so important to look inward, think about and then act upon what is truly of greatest value to us. I invite everybody to learn as much as you can, and be inspired to go vegan or to speak up and advocate for veganism in your own unique way. SHOW NOTES 🤩 Joanne is one of the mos...

⏩ Fashion as the next vegan revolution. 00:43 🤩 For Annick the food side of transitioning was so simple, but the transition to vegan fashion was not. 02:15 👝 Getting people interested in veganism through cool fashion items. 04:10 🌵 Great innovation is happening in vegan fashion: Nepal cactus leather, apple leather, pineapple, banana leather, etc. 05:48 🍎 Big fashion brands and small ones are...

Once you get to the point as a solopreneur or small business owner where you want to scale up, as soon as you want to hand something off, you need a system in place to do that. What we found was that we have lots of small clients come to us, and they want to hand things over to us, but they don't really know how to do it. Or they're quite scattered and their processes aren’t efficient. And so we s...

 “The idea of the VeganNation ecosystem is to have one app, one technological platform to connect consumers, businesses, organizations—anyone that has anything to do with plant based and sustainability—and bring them into one ecosystem. It starts with a directory to list all the businesses—not just the food-related ones, but also fashion, health, wellness, cosmetics, accessories—the entire lifesty...

“I've been told that if you have your own business, you're working with top big brands that everyone knows, and you're making great money, then you're successful. It was really interesting to get [to that place] as fast as I could, and then realize that I didn’t feel successful because I didn’t feel fulfilled.  At the same time, I was on my personal spiritual journey of becoming fully vegan, of st...

“My biggest ambition for this firm is to help people imagine themselves as part of something much bigger than they currently see.  I think the hypothetical vegan...who is buying stocks of Beyond Meat and praying, might think that there are one or two businesses out there that align with their values, when in reality, there are thousands.” “I hope [I can help] people look at the companies in their...

“Sometimes we forget and fall into our routines. And food is totally a habit. Food is a learned habit. Our diet is very much a learned skill that we build over time and we grow with. We change, and we may start cooking with new ingredients. Or maybe we have a food allergy that comes up from time to time, and then we have to start using different foods because we are consuming one thing for a long...

When people donate they want—and deserve—to know where their money is going. They need full transparency and they need to know the impact their money is making. As many of the young people we work with put it, “What's in this for me?” Aren't we all in this together, and shouldn’t we all be able to win? I realized that the current charity model made it impossible to answer those questions. Charity...

" I feel like every single decision I make is empowering me because I get to decide how I spend my money. I get to decide what businesses I'm going to support, I get to decide what kind of world I want to create. I get to do that not only with my food choices but with every single choice I make in my business. And if I don't like a company’s practices, or how they're sourcing product, I can make a...

Louisa Nicholson is the brain behind Every Vegan Recipe, and in this episode of PIVOT she shares tips and experiences that will be invaluable to other vegans looking to start up a new online business.   https://www.everyveganrecipe.com 🥑 Every Vegan Recipe is a user-friendly platform and network for publishing and sharing plant-based-only recipes. 02:42 👌 The importance of making sure that the c...

MEET OUR GUEST : Originally from Catalonia, but resident in the UK for several decades, Jordi is a vegan Zoologist specialising in animal behaviour, who has been involved in different aspects of animal protection for many years. In addition to scientific research he has worked mostly as an undercover investigator, animal welfare consultant, and animal protection campaigner.  His most notable work...

MEET OUR GUEST : Gabriel Zhanay is a vegan leadership and fitness coach. An expert on mindset and leadership, his story of transformation from depressed, self-loathing man to inspired and compassionate vegan leader has touched 1000’s of lives with his daily posts. He runs his online coaching company, Vegan Fitness Redefined, with his wife Anna Zhanay - and they mold vegans into fit vegan heroes wh...

MEET OUR GUESTS : An award winning business and aspiring BCorp, BReD is a 100% plant-based bakery situated in the world-class ski and bike resort of Whistler, BC, Canada. The concept is farm-to-table and seasonal, sourcing the finest ingredients as locally as possible. The only bakery you can ski to, located in the original village – Creekside. They specialize in organic naturally-leavened sourdou...

MEET OUR GUEST : Vox Vegana was founded by Aaron Abolition in January of 2020 and was initially an effort to form an all-vegan choir for live performances to raise money for animal rights.  As a result of the lock down, Vox Vegana took the opportunity to branch out and connect with vegan musicians everywhere for the purpose of collaborating on vegan-message-specific projects.  Over the course of t...

MEET OUR GUEST: After over twenty years as a ballroom dancer Robert Schwartz took his experience of making difficult things easy and created a clean and easy to use home sprouting system, Organic Sprout Box. Sprouting is taking seeds and introducing the process of germination by adding moisture. Rehydration then takes over and the metabolic processes resume making the seed a powerhouse of nutritio...

MEET OUR GUEST : As a vegan SEO Specialist, Hartej understands what your website and business need in order to rank on the higher pages of search engines. His success with vegan businesses is just one example of how our strategies can grow your traffic month after month. His network of over 200 vegan websites, will ensure that your dominance in the market niche will be respected by Google.  Alongs...

MEET OUR GUEST : Ecco Bella was originally founded as one of the first cruelty-free companies. Now, the company has created the ultimate vegan science base skin care products with a vegan collagen booster dietary supplement to challenge the animal collagen market.  WB: aveganbeauty.com    Support Business Growth : wefunder.com/new.earth.beauty.inc   Subscribe to Pivot! A Vegan Business Interview S...

MEET OUR GUEST : Heather is a food safety expert with a twist. She teaches restaurants and hotels how to be more inclusive. Serve more people, earn 10-15% more, and risk less. The trouble is plant-based or even vegan food is often not safe for people with allergies (even milk, egg, fish and shellfish) - I show them how to manage safety, communicate well and provide excellent customer service and f...

Guests : Brenda Morris, Stephan Kerby, and Justin Manning Description : Join panellists Brenda Morris of Humane Investing, LLC, Stephan Kerby of KMF Advisors and WildHeart Nutrition, and Justin Manning, Vegan Financial Advisor for a discussion all about vegan investing. Whether you’re brand new to investing or looking to make changes to your portfolio that will be good for your future, the animals...

Guests : Sandra Nomoto and Ana Mexia Focus of panel : Sandra and Ana have both niched down their services and prioritize working with vegan and sustainable companies, it might be interesting to focus on that—the pros and cons to this approach and how other vegan professionals can transition to a vegan client roster while still paying the bills. Description : Join us for our upcoming panel discussi...

MEET OUR GUEST : Pleese is a plant based cheese developed by New Yorkers specifically to melt on pizza. Pleese is all natural, made from bean and potato proteins and crafted using traditional methods. Pleese is so good that people can't tell the difference and is approved by the world's harshest food critics - kids from NYC. They were supposed to run a test launch with their products in cafeterias...

MEET OUR GUEST : The purpose of VeganHealthPack.com is to help people pay more attention to their health. Our subscription boxes contain nutrient-rich foods with new themes every month, helping people consume foods that provide them more essential vitamins and minerals and shift away from junk food diets. The business actually started off as an all-natural hangover solution. Shortly after departin...

MEET OUR GUEST : Vegan Launch combines investment crowdfunding and eLearning so vegan-friendly retail investors can “vote with their investment dollars” to grow ethical vegan, environmental, and health businesses. Millions of investors are searching for companies that match their vegan ethics, yet only 1 in 200 vegan founders succeeds in raising capital. Investors and founders lack education in ea...

MEET OUR GUEST :  Jess McKay Puppets makes professional hand puppets for film/tv/web and stage projects. All puppets are made using 100% vegan materials. Jess McKay is also a SAG-AFTRA puppeteer, and the creator of Probably Witch, the internet’s most musical witch. In his industry, there is a huge blind spot: feathers in puppets. Ostrich feathers are a very common building material. It takes at le...