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Paul Hellier, surfer, environmentalist, entrepreneur and Founder of Fair Food Forager, connecting you to ethical food companies to make the world a better place joins the Green Business Podcast Show.

Listen to host Eric Dye & guest Paul Hellier discuss the following:

* Could you share with our audience a little about fair food forager and what inspired you to create it?

* Help me understand what exactly an ethical business is and why it is important for businesses and society as a whole to consider the ethical implications?

* What has been your biggest challenge since the founding of fair food forager?

* What advice would you offer to business owners who want to become more ethical?

* What are some common-sense steps consumers can take to improve their lifestyles and become more ethical?

Summary: With the increased use of plastic, means there’s an increase in litter throughout our cities, oceans, and waterways, contributing to health problems in us and animals. If you are wanting to become more ethical in your home try something simple like reducing the single-use plastic. Join our Facebook community, connect with like-minded people and receive regular tips on being ethical and stay up to date industry news. Be a part of something bigger.

Fair Food Forager is an Ethical Food Directory web and mobile app, designed to make it simple for you to find the most ethical and sustainable food options wherever you are.

Within a few clicks, you can choose to support a business that deserves your money. A business chosen by your peers as making a real effort to care for our planet by reducing their impact. After recognising a food venue for its current efforts, we aim to assist further and together create a sustainable food system.

As a community, we are celebrating those who are reducing food and plastic waste, consuming less meat, supporting sustainable seafood, local produce and the ethical treatment of animals.

Put simply, with Fair Food Forager customers no longer have to settle for over-packaged, wasteful, unethical food, transported halfway around the world simply because they are hungry and time-poor.

Fair food forager makes the planet a better and safer place for you, your family, friends and businesses by Making Ethical Easy!

Website: fairfoodforager.com

Social Media Links:

Facebook: facebook.com/FairFoodForager

Twitter: twitter.com/fairfoodforager

Instagram: instagram.com/fairfoodforager

People also listened to this: Interview With Grass Roots Farmers’ Cooperative CEO Cody Hopkins on the Future of Farming in America

Cody Hopkins, CEO and Founder of Grass Roots Farmers’ Cooperative – a collective of family-owned farms committed to the raising high-quality, pasture raised, grass-fed & grass finished meat joins Enterprise Radio. As a farmer himself, Cody’s mission with Grass Roots is to team up with farms around the nation to achieve more sustainable livestock farming.

Listen to host Eric Dye & guest Cody Hopkins discuss the following:

* What was your inspiration in starting Grass Roots Farmers’ Cooperative?

* I understand Grass Roots farmers use rotational grazing and regenerative agriculture in raising their animals, can you explain what those are and what impact these practices have on the environment?

* So the farmers raise the animals, but where is the meat processed?

* How can consumers be in the know on their order through Grass Roots? Are they able to track the product all the way back to where the animal was raised?

* There is a lot of debate between plant-based diets vs. meat-inclusive diets. What should people know about meat consumption in relation to achieving optimal health?

Cody Hopkins has spent more than 12 years developing a vertically integrated sustainable livestock farm. He began farming in Arkansas, with no prior experience, in 2006, soon after launching Falling Sky Farm. He and his wife Andrea Tody founded Grass Roots Farmers’ Cooperative in 2014, with Falling Sky Farm as one of the founding farms. Since then, the cooperative has brought in more than 20 farms across the U.S., all with the common objective of sustainable livestock farming.

Grass Roots’ intention is to change the way meat is produced and consumed across the U.S., with the additional goal of authenticating the integrity of the food we consume. He believes, after all, it shouldn’t be so difficult to understand what you’re eating and how it was raised.

A physicist turned farmer and CEO, his vision when he began was to create a farming business that was good for the animals, good for the environment and good for customers. In order to create an innovative farming business, he is continually embedding the latest thinking into every aspect of the business — from regenerative agriculture to blockchain technology.

Cody has received a number of accolades for his work, the Wild Gift Fellowship and being named a Yoshiyama Young Entrepreneur. He was also featured in Forbes as an “Up and Comer,” and in 2015, was also named an Arkansan of the Year by Arkansas Life magazine. He sits on the board of the Grass-Fed Exchange and is a regular speaker on the pasture-based farming circuit, commenting on the state of regenerative agriculture, animal welfare, sustainability and using blockchain technology in farming.

He has a BA in physics from Hendrix College and, before pursuing his career in agriculture, he taught high school physics and math.

Website: https://www.grassrootscoop.com

Social Media Links:

Facebook: facebook.com/grassrootscoop

Instagram: instagram.com/grassrootscoop

People also listened to this: Frank Mastrapasqua of M Capital Advisors: This is What Inve...

Frank Mastrapasqua, the Founder and CEO of M Capital Advisors, an independently-owned asset management firm with locations in Nashville, TN and San Antonio, TX joins Enterprise Radio. Frank is here to discuss with us about the financial advisory industry and provide valuable advice on our current economy with regard to the novel coronavirus pandemic.

Listen to host Eric Dye & guest Frank Mastrapasqua discuss the following:

Tell us briefly about M Capital Advisors and how the financial advisory business is changing?

What industries will have a hard time recovering from the coronavirus and the government shutdown of the economy due to the coronavirus? And alternatively, what industries are performing well and will continue to do well coming out of the pandemic?

How is the $2 trillion stimulus package going to be financed?

Frank, do you think that we will successfully emerge from the pandemic? How long will it take, and at what cost?

Given your experience and knowledge, what should an investor be doing right now?

To learn more, follow Frank’s stories and insights on Nashville Business Journal’s Leadership Trust or on Medium.

Frank Mastrapasqua, chairman, principal, and chief investment officer at M Capital Advisors, has been working in the investment business for more than 45 years, helping countless clients in finance using his hard-earned education and experiences.

The son of an Italian immigrant family, Mastrapasqua was raised in Brooklyn, New York. He attended Fairfield University and graduated with a B.S. in mathematics. He then went on to earn his M.B.A. and Ph.D.in economics from the New York University Graduate School of Business.

Early in his career, Mastrapasqua was a professor at Northeastern University, the University of Houston, and NYU Business School.  He then transitioned to Wall Street, where he worked as a portfolio investment strategist and chief economist for leading New York investment companies like L.F. Rothschild and Smith Barney.

In 1986, Mastrapasqua was recruited by J.C. Bradford & Co. in Nashville, Tennessee, where he was director of research and chief investment strategist.

On his way to founding M Capital Advisors (formerly Mastrapasqua Asset Management) in 1993, Mastrapasqua wrote for well-respected publications and spoke at various events. Mastrapasqua was profiled in the Nashville Business Journal and was frequently quoted in various publications such as the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times. He served as a board member for various corporations and nonprofits such as Vanderbilt Diabetes Center and JDRF Nashville. He was also honored as a distinguished professor at the Belmont University Jack C. Massey Graduate School of Business.

In 1993, Mastrapasqua founded his firm, M Capital Advisors, and it became a leading money management and independent research firm.

Today, Mastrapasqua uses his 45+ years of experience in the investment business to lead the Investment Committee at M Capital Advisors. His primary focuses are macroeconomics, individual sector trends, monetary policy, and proprietary valuation models. As the co-manager of M Capital Advisors’ equity strategies, he enjoys creating new investment strategies to meet his clients’ needs.

When Mastrapasqua has the opportunity to enjoy personal time, he enjoys horseback riding, wine tasting, and traveling with his wife, Laura, and their three dogs.

Colm Dolan, the Co-founder and CEO of Publift, a programmatic advertising technology company joins Enterprise Radio.

Listen to host Eric Dye & guest Colm Dolan discuss the following:

* How does programmatic advertising differ for publishers vs. brands?

* How did you identify the need to help publishers in programmatic advertisers?

* What do Publift’s potential and existing customers identify their pain points to be?

* How do publishers adapt with the end of third party cookies?

* What’s the biggest industry-wide challenge you’d like to see tackled?

* What should larger publishers do to better manage their sales?

Colm Dolan is the Co-founder and CEO of Publift, a programmatic advertising technology company. A former Google exec, with over 10 years of ad tech experience, helps take care of publishers advertising revenue so they can focus on what really matters – creating and delivering high-quality content.

Website: https://publift.com

Social Media Links: Facebook: facebook.com/publiftmedia Twitter: twitter.com/publiftmedia Instagram: instagram.com/publiftmedia Linkedin: linkedin.com/company/publift

People also listened to this: What All Staffing Professionals Need To Know

Sara Causey, the Owner of Causey Consulting, a company that specializes in coaching and training people in the staffing industry again joins Enterprise Radio.

Listen to host Eric Dye & guest Sara Causey discuss the following:

* You owned a staffing business before. What was that like?

* What lessons did you learn from that experience? 

* How have you taken those lessons and the struggles you had and applied them to your coaching/consulting business now?

* What are some of the common problems that your clients discuss with you?

* Why do you believe that mindset is so important to business owners and entrepreneurs?

Sara Causey owns Causey Consulting, LLC. She has more than a decade of experience in staffing and recruiting and has a true passion for coaching and training others. Having operated her own staffing firm before with both great success– and failures– Sara understands firsthand what recruiters, business owners, and solopreneurs experience every day. Her mission is to help them rediscover their love of the industry and teach them how to bring joy and ease back into their work lives.

Company Site: causeyconsultingllc.com Facebook: facebook.com/CauseyConsultingLLC

People also listened to this: The Millennial Pressure Cooker: How to Hit the Escape Valve

Stefan Batory, CEO of Booksy, a mobile-first beauty marketplace on a mission to bring peace of mind to scheduling joins Enterprise Radio.

Listen to host Eric Dye & guest Stefan Batory discuss the following:

* Is the beauty industry online scheduling a real greenfield market? How big is that field?* How was your previous experience building a taxi hailing app useful building a beauty marketplace?* Booksy have been awarded among best startups to work for, specifically for being supportive for women and minorities, how do you build such organization spirit?* Now that you’ve moved to US, working with teams around the globe must be troublesome, how do you manage your schedule on a typical day?* You’re on your way to become first Polish-founded unicorn, and most of your funding has so far came from Europe. Do you find any significant differences between your current and US venture capitals?* How do you see Booksy’s future in these difficult times?

Stefan Batory is the co-founder & CEO of Booksy. An ardent serial entrepreneur, Stefan created Booksy out of personal frustration with trying to schedule appointments over the phone or via text. The company’s mission is to bring peace of mind to scheduling anywhere, anytime. Already on its way to being the first Polish-founded unicorn company, Booksy has relocated its headquarters to the U.S. with the goal of becoming the leading destination marketplace for all appointment-based businesses.

Prior to Booksy, Stefan was founder and CEO of Sensi Soft, a software development company with a focus on classified media. During that time, he created and bootstrapped, iTaxi, which disrupted and innovated an outdated service in Poland, transforming the way consumers hail taxis throughout the country. 

Stefan is a visionary, strongly analytical and dedicated entrepreneur. An accomplished ultra-marathoner, he exemplifies passion and grit in all aspects of his life.

Website: https://booksy.com

Social Media Links:Linkedin: linkedin.com/in/sbatory Facebook: facebook.com/sbatory Twitter: twitter.com/sbatory

People also listened to this: How technology is helping companies navigate the pandemic

Rebekah Bastian, a writer, speaker, mentor, mother, a vice president at Zillow Group, and CEO and co-founder of OwnTrail.com joins Enterprise Radio.

This episode of Enterprise Radio is in association with the Author Channel.

Listen to host Eric Dye & guest Rebekah Bastian discuss the following:

* What inspired you to write Blaze Your Own Trail?* Why did you use the choose-your-own-journey format?* What do you hope readers will take away from Blaze Your Own Trail?* You refer to all of the endings as “happily ever after” – why is that?* You include a lot of research data in the book. What is the intention behind that?* You’ve been working on a way for readers to share the trails that they’ve blazed. Tell me about that.

Rebekah Bastian is a writer, speaker, mentor, mother, a vice president at Zillow Group, and CEO and co-founder of OwnTrail.com.

A female executive and thought leader in the business-tech communities, Bastian speaks and writes on the complex life paths of women and creating social impact through technology.

Her new book, Blaze Your Own Trail: An Interactive Guide to Navigating Life with Confidence, Solidarity, and Compassion, is the first interactive choose-your-own story for millennial and Gen Z women.

Websites: rebekahbastian.com | owntrail.com

Social Media Links: Facebook: facebook.com/BlazeYourOwnTrail Linkedin: linkedin.com/company/owntrail Twitter: twitter.com/OwnTrailInstagram: instagram.com/owntrail

People also listened to this: How to perform at an elite level with Virgil Herring

Virgil Herring, the Director of Golf at the Ensworth Golf Performance Center. Virgil is the co-author of “Elevated” & joins Enterprise Radio.

This episode of Enterprise Radio is in association with the Author Channel.

Listen to host Eric Dye & guest Virgil Herring discuss the following:

* Tell us a little about your journey to becoming a renown golf instructor. Was that what you always wanted to be?* Your book, “Elevated,” that you co-authored with Drew Maddux, what a title! Tell us about that book.* I hear that you are close friends with Coach Lee Wilson who has been interviewed on this program. Is he as good of a golfer as he is a relationship coach or does he just need to stay in his lane?* What’s the one tip, based on all of your experience, that you could give to people who are wanting to perform at an elite level such as a professional golfer?* And where can listeners get your book – again, called, “Elevated.”

Virgil Herring is Director of Golf at the Ensworth Golf Performance Center. He is a Charter Member Golf Channel Academy Lead Instructor. Virgil was named a U.S. Kids Golf Top 50 Instructor by U.S. Kids Golf and named a Top 25 Elite Junior Coach by Future Champions Golf in addition to being a Master Teacher for Future Collegian’s Golf.

Virgil worked with PGA Tour players, LPGA Tour players along with a host of college golfers as well. He has helped over 150 junior players get college scholarships. In Nashville, hear Virgil 7-8 a.m. Saturday on 104.5 The Zone.

Virgil’s new book is co-written with famed Vanderbilt basketball star Drew Maddux and is entitled, “Elevated.”

Website: VirgilHerringGolf.com

Book Link: Click Here

People also listened to this: Fixing This Broken Thing, The American Criminal Justice System

Former Chicago Police Officer and now international best-selling author James Bolen, that uses his experience in law enforcement to offer valuable solutions to fix the broken criminal justice system and start making it fair  joins Enterprise Radio.

This episode of Enterprise Radio is in association with the Author Channel.

Listen to host Eric Dye & guest James Bolen discuss the following:

*  What are you seeking to accomplish with this book?* Your book advocates that persons convicted of sexually assaulting children should be imprisoned for life: why is that not cruel and unusual?* Overturning Supreme Court decision Mapp v OH and vitiating the “Exclusionary Rule”…why would that not encourage rampant police misconduct?* Can you defend your assertion that three months of Marine Corps basic training better prepared you for policing than six months in the Police Academy?* Give us an example of why you believe this nation’s War on Drugs is insincere.

James B. Bolen was born and raised on the south side of Chicago in the Englewood community. Bolen served in the United States Marine Corps for two years. Bolen returned home to Chicago where he studied Criminal Justice at the University of Illinois at Chicago and earned a Master’s and Doctorate.

James Bolen joined the Chicago Police Department in January 1992. During his fifteen-year career, he received four department commendations and twenty-one honorable mentions.

James resides in Memphis, TN with his wife and children. 

Book Website: Click Here Facebook: Click Here

People also listened to this: Why are 80% of Civil Judgments in the U.S. never collected/enforced?

Anthony DeLima, the Global Chief Technology Officer of Neoris that helps companies use the most advanced technologies to help them anticipate and predict their future joins Enterprise Radio.

Listen to host Eric Dye & guest Anthony DeLima discuss the following:

* How are companies using technology to stay ahead or become more proactive during this Pandemic?* How can data make a difference (internal and external)?* How can machine learning have an impact?* How does the Cloud help mobilize fast?* How is technology enabling a continues work from home model?* How is technology reshaping healthcare?* What are the implications of data privacy like GDPR, CCPA during this pandemic?* How is this pandemic impacting how people connect and work?

Anthony (Tony) DeLima is NEORIS’ global CTO and leads the company’s USA operations. 

Anthony has held leadership positions with powerhouse companies like Telefonica, KPMG, the Hackett Group. CITCO Fund services and others. He has extensive experience in Financial Services, CPG, and Manufacturing and historically fosters a company’s desire to strategically reposition themselves while leveraging “everything digital” as a key enabler. 

He applies innovative thinking combined with disruptive technology solutions to ignite new customer experiences that empower hyper-personalized interactions across a company’s entire value chain. 

His greatest focus has been on working with large enterprise clients to ignite disruption through the application of innovative capabilities such as, data analytics, intelligent process automation, Cloud-enablement, complex technical architectures and others to accelerate the creation of new business platforms and products, smart customer interactions and predictive risk management.

He has a bachelor’s degree in computer science and a master’s degree in information systems.

Website: www.neoris.com

Social Media Links:Linkedin: linkedin.com/company/neorisFacebook: facebook.com/NEORIS.Corporate Twitter: @NEORIS

People also listened to this: Your Health is Your Wealth: How to Assess Your Employer’s Approach to Health