In the episode, I sit down with Rafik Riad founder of Buy Good Feel Good, a marketplace where fair trade and responsibly sourced and made items can be sold.  He did this through live and in-person trade shows. Then Covid-19 happened.  And like most of us, he was unsure how to proceed.  But through adapting and finding creative ways to do so, he switched his in-person trade shows to an online marketplace that could ultimately reach a much larger audience.

Rafik shares with us the difficulty in the back end work of a project like this, and the difficulty in shifting something you are so used to doing in-person to a completely online space.  He talks about not just the wins but the losses and how no matter who you are some days you want to give up.

We also discuss how over the last seven years things have changed when it comes to finding sustainably sourced and made products and how there are a growing demand and creation of these products, but that often finding them can be the challenging part.  But Rafik is working to get rid of this problem and have a one-stop-shop online where you can find products of all your needs that come from excellent sources.

 

Topics Discussed:

• How to pivot in your business. 
• Common challenges with getting a business online.
• Small steps to buy sustainably.
• The importance of sustainable and ethical businesses.

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Website: https://www.buygoodfeelgood.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/buygoodfeelgood/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/buygoodfeelgood/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChYzXS1OpW_JugnGrWGxWHg

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