Coconut Whisk is a vegan + gluten-free baking mix company founded by Bella Lam and Myles Olson. Lam and Olson began testing recipes as students at Minnesota State University Mankato. They entered the resulting product in their college’s Big Ideas Challenge, an entrepreneurship competition and won the food and beverage division which came with a $3,000 prize. Now they are making their way to Lakewinds co-op and selling online.

(ep. 131)

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Another great My Founder Story on deck with Dre Barthel, founder of luxury full service event management and production company, Covey Events, and Chris Olsen from My Founder Story. My Founder Story, empowers female leaders to lead with their WHY and communicate it with conviction, providing the foundation for entrepreneurial success. Dre Barthel has developed her love of entertaining and creating inspired events into helping others do the same. From the invitation to the thank you note Dre and her Covey Crew will craft each event detail with intention.

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(ep. 130)

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Recap 11: Amy Quale of Wise Ink Publishing (ep.29) has helped over 400 books get written and published since she joined us back in 2016. What trends are they seeing in the world of self-publishing and content creation now?

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Tyler Lorenzen is president of his families business, PURIS that produces plant-based pea protein, non-GMO sustainable food ingredients to promote healthier eating through practices that are safe for animals & the environment.

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Dan Oskey took his love of hospitality and spirits and turned it into Tattersall Distilling with his lifelong friend Jon Kreidler. Their Bitter Orange Liqueur Won gold at the American Craft Spirits Association this year.

(ep.128)

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Laura Roos is the founder of the gift box company Minny & Paul (ep 22) that features exclusive Minnesota Makers. How has the Maker world changed with the backdrop of all the maker pop-ups in the last few years? Hear Laura’s thoughts as we recap her business – and Get a Promotional Code for Valentine’s Day for free shipping on a box..Support the show (https://paypal.me/StephanieKHansen?locale.x=en_US)

My Founder Story empowers female leaders to lead with their WHY and communicate it with conviction, providing the foundation for entrepreneurial success. The founder, Chris Olsen joins us with Junita Flowers, founder of Junita’s Jar cookies who developed her mission driven business to bake hope into every cookie purchase helping women live their best lives and put an end to domestic violence.

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(ep. 127)

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Creed Interactive was founded by Jonathan Anderstrom and his wife after the 2007 recession to help create smart, interactive technology that is highly developed and looks great.

(ep.126)

We had the opportunity to speak with Celestine Pueringer LIVE at her pop-up store in Fourpost at Mall of America where she is selling wood, plastic, leather and paper products made with a high tech laser she mastered at the University of Minnesota.

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Jordyn DiOrio went from being a project manager in the tech industry to making gorgeous, intentional gemstone jewelry. Find out how this 25 year old secured venture capital funding for her business.

(ep. 125, pt. II)

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