In this episode we talk to Ben Higgins of Generous Coffee. You may also recognize Ben's name from his time in 2016 as the star of ABC's TV Show, The Bachelor.   Generous Coffee started after Ben's stint on the Bachelor as he was exploring how to use his platform to serve others. In 2017, he took a trip to Honduras and began to develop a fiscally self-sustaining model to help change the hurt that we all see in the world. Generous is fully dedicated to giving away 100% of their profits while ethically sourcing coffee and supporting work to end the injustices that are present in the global coffee industry.    We dig in with Ben on how an injury in high school changed his career trajectory, how he has grown to find purpose through his faith and work integration, what it was like to be a Christian on The Bachelor, how he used his platform from The Bachelor to launch his social enterprise, and what Generous is seeking to do in making the world a better place. We also chat about all the usual investment strategies, business challenges, and other areas that all social enterprises face.   If you want to learn more about Generous Coffee or support their work by purchasing a bag, head over to https://www.generousmovement.com   Feast Over Famine does not provide legal, tax, accounting or other professional advice. You should consult professional advisors concerning the legal, tax, or accounting consequences of your activities. Feast Over Famine does not consult, advise, or assist with (i) the offer or sale of securities in any capital-raising transaction, or (ii) the direct or indirect promotion or maintenance of a market for any securities. Feast Over Famine does not engage in any activities for which an investment advisor’s registration or license is required under the U.S. Investment Advisors Act of 1940, or under any other applicable federal or state law; or for which a “broker’s” or “dealer’s” registration or license is required under the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or under any other applicable federal or state law.

Last year our team realized that it wasn't enough to create the best Strategy, Operational Scaling, and Coaching engagements possible for Impact focused projects. We noticed that often the individuals that know how to have that impact do not have the network or skillset to gain the investment levels necessary for their projects to succeed...and that is totally okay. We also noticed that there are so many individuals that wouldn't call themselves a "traditional high net worth investor", but are capable of getting in at the ground level of these projects and investing.

Since then, we have committed to building relationships, exploring the tools available, and connecting the dots to ensure that the projects that need to be funded, are getting funded by like hearted individuals.

In this week's podcast episode, we sit down with Aimee Minnich, Co-Founder and General Counsel of Impact Foundation. Currently there is $1 Trillion set aside in donor advised funds and private foundations, intended to be given to charities eventually. In the meantime it’s invested in stocks, bonds, mutual funds. Aimee and their team are working hard to use that "Charitable Capital" to facilitate investments in these types of projects.

We talk to Aimee about all the legal and financial complexities (in layman's terms) and then talk about what goes on in the mind of an Impact Investor.

This episode is not only a great launching point for anyone wanting to learn more or explore unique ways to give, but also for projects that are looking to explore the world of Impact Investing. 

If you want to learn more, you can check out Impact Foundation at https://impactfoundation.org

 

Feast Over Famine does not provide legal, tax, accounting or other professional advice. You should consult professional advisors concerning the legal, tax, or accounting consequences of your activities. Feast Over Famine does not consult, advise, or assist with (i) the offer or sale of securities in any capital-raising transaction, or (ii) the direct or indirect promotion or maintenance of a market for any securities. Feast Over Famine does not engage in any activities for which an investment advisor’s registration or license is required under the U.S. Investment Advisors Act of 1940, or under any other applicable federal or state law; or for which a “broker’s” or “dealer’s” registration or license is required under the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or under any other applicable federal or state law.

How can major healthcare institutions begin to use the principles of social enterprise to change what many of us see as a broken system?

This week, we talk to Ben Wiederholt, CEO of Stride Community Health Centers. Stride is a health care provider in the Denver Metro region that utilizes what they call Healthcare Mission Integration. They are doing things extremely differently and with innovation. We talk to Ben about their approach to having an extremely diverse board of directors, what their unique funding models are, and how Ben has grown from a small dairy farm in Wisconsin to CEO of Stride in a major metro area.

If you want to learn more, you can check them out at https://stridechc.org/

 

Feast Over Famine does not provide legal, tax, accounting or other professional advice. You should consult professional advisors concerning the legal, tax, or accounting consequences of your activities. Feast Over Famine does not consult, advise, or assist with (i) the offer or sale of securities in any capital-raising transaction, or (ii) the direct or indirect promotion or maintenance of a market for any securities. Feast Over Famine does not engage in any activities for which an investment advisor’s registration or license is required under the U.S. Investment Advisors Act of 1940, or under any other applicable federal or state law; or for which a “broker’s” or “dealer’s” registration or license is required under the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or under any other applicable federal or state law.

Creatio is working to blend Adventure Travel, Spiritual Discipleship, and Environmental Stewardship in a hybrid social enterprise model. With trip opportunities across the globe, they are having a huge impact both in the US and abroad.

For this episode, we catch up with their Executive Director, Adam Henrichs, and talk about their history and the work they are doing. We tackle how to be effective with missions, what growing an international adventure travel business during Covid is like, and how to make the outdoor industry more racially inclusive.

Check Them Out At: www.creatio.org

Show Notes:

• The Power of Silence by Cardinal Sarah:  https://smile.amazon.com/Power-Silence-Against-Dictatorship-Noise/dp/1621641910?sa-no-redirect=1
• Solo Retreat Guidebook:  https://creatio.org/product/solo-retreat-guide-book/
• Care for Creation Resources:  https://creatio.org/care-for-creation/
• Support the community of Ayaviri, Peru:  https://creatio.org/supportayaviri/

 

Feast Over Famine does not provide legal, tax, accounting or other professional advice. You should consult professional advisors concerning the legal, tax, or accounting consequences of your activities. Feast Over Famine does not consult, advise, or assist with (i) the offer or sale of securities in any capital-raising transaction, or (ii) the direct or indirect promotion or maintenance of a market for any securities. Feast Over Famine does not engage in any activities for which an investment advisor’s registration or license is required under the U.S. Investment Advisors Act of 1940, or under any other applicable federal or state law; or for which a “broker’s” or “dealer’s” registration or license is required under the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or under any other applicable federal or state law.

In our coffee series we are telling stories about social enterprise focused businesses that are doing amazing things through the coffee industry.

On this episode, we are talking to Michael Harder, Founder & Executive Director of Joma Bakery Cafe in Southeast Asia. Michael and the Joma team have spent the past 25 years building an incredible organization. We chat through the peaks and valleys of their story, their investment models, and everything in between.

Learn more at https://www.joma.biz/

 

Feast Over Famine does not provide legal, tax, accounting or other professional advice. You should consult professional advisors concerning the legal, tax, or accounting consequences of your activities. Feast Over Famine does not consult, advise, or assist with (i) the offer or sale of securities in any capital-raising transaction, or (ii) the direct or indirect promotion or maintenance of a market for any securities. Feast Over Famine does not engage in any activities for which an investment advisor’s registration or license is required under the U.S. Investment Advisors Act of 1940, or under any other applicable federal or state law; or for which a “broker’s” or “dealer’s” registration or license is required under the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or under any other applicable federal or state law.

In our coffee series we are telling stories about social enterprise focused businesses that are doing amazing things through the coffee industry.

On this episode, we are talking to Lauren Burgess, Founder & Executive Director of Dirt Coffee in Littleton, CO. Dirt is helping change the game by employing the neuro-divergent (autistic) community and creating powerful experiences for their customers. We dive into some incredible aspects of how they have grown and some of their methodology around a social impact focused business.

Learn more at https://www.dirtcoffee.org/

Feast Over Famine does not provide legal, tax, accounting or other professional advice. You should consult professional advisors concerning the legal, tax, or accounting consequences of your activities. Feast Over Famine does not consult, advise, or assist with (i) the offer or sale of securities in any capital-raising transaction, or (ii) the direct or indirect promotion or maintenance of a market for any securities. Feast Over Famine does not engage in any activities for which an investment advisor’s registration or license is required under the U.S. Investment Advisors Act of 1940, or under any other applicable federal or state law; or for which a “broker’s” or “dealer’s” registration or license is required under the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or under any other applicable federal or state law.

Coffee has a unique way of bringing people and communities together. It also has a huge opportunity to utilize proper sourcing and the employment capacity to make a massive impact socially. In our coffee series we are telling stories about social enterprise focused businesses that are doing amazing things through the coffee industry.

On this episode, we are talking to Scott Gaerte, CEO & Founder of Lost Coffee in Denver, CO. We explore some of the ways that they were funded, what servant leadership looks like, and how Lost Coffee is changing the game when it comes to sourcing coffee overseas.

Learn more at https://www.lostcoffee.com/

 

Feast Over Famine does not provide legal, tax, accounting or other professional advice. You should consult professional advisors concerning the legal, tax, or accounting consequences of your activities. Feast Over Famine does not consult, advise, or assist with (i) the offer or sale of securities in any capital-raising transaction, or (ii) the direct or indirect promotion or maintenance of a market for any securities. Feast Over Famine does not engage in any activities for which an investment advisor’s registration or license is required under the U.S. Investment Advisors Act of 1940, or under any other applicable federal or state law; or for which a “broker’s” or “dealer’s” registration or license is required under the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or under any other applicable federal or state law.

Spring Back Colorado has been working for almost 10 years to help recovering addicts in Colorado through a Mattress Recycling Social Enterprise. We speak to CEO / Founder Christopher Conway about how he got started in this role, the unique funding models he has used along the way, and how they have built an outstanding culture of work ethic and recovery.

You can learn more about what they are doing at https://www.springbackco.org/

 

Feast Over Famine does not provide legal, tax, accounting or other professional advice. You should consult professional advisors concerning the legal, tax, or accounting consequences of your activities. Feast Over Famine does not consult, advise, or assist with (i) the offer or sale of securities in any capital-raising transaction, or (ii) the direct or indirect promotion or maintenance of a market for any securities. Feast Over Famine does not engage in any activities for which an investment advisor’s registration or license is required under the U.S. Investment Advisors Act of 1940, or under any other applicable federal or state law; or for which a “broker’s” or “dealer’s” registration or license is required under the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or under any other applicable federal or state law.

In this episode we catch up with Andy Magel, Executive Director & Founder of The Mile High Workshop. The Mile High WorkShop is an employment and job training program in Denver, CO for those facing barriers to work. They assemble and manufacture products in partnership with our business partners to create work opportunities.

We talk about Andy's journey in social enterprise as a Founder / Leader, how The Workshop is thinking differently about metrics of success, and all of the unique obstacles they've overcome along the way.

Learn more at https://www.milehighworkshop.org/

 

Feast Over Famine does not provide legal, tax, accounting or other professional advice. You should consult professional advisors concerning the legal, tax, or accounting consequences of your activities. Feast Over Famine does not consult, advise, or assist with (i) the offer or sale of securities in any capital-raising transaction, or (ii) the direct or indirect promotion or maintenance of a market for any securities. Feast Over Famine does not engage in any activities for which an investment advisor’s registration or license is required under the U.S. Investment Advisors Act of 1940, or under any other applicable federal or state law; or for which a “broker’s” or “dealer’s” registration or license is required under the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or under any other applicable federal or state law.

This is a two part series where we dig in with David Miller of the Barton Institute in Denver, CO. David was CEO of The Denver Foundation for many years and he shares his current and past experiences in social enterprise with us.

 

Feast Over Famine does not provide legal, tax, accounting or other professional advice. You should consult professional advisors concerning the legal, tax, or accounting consequences of your activities. Feast Over Famine does not consult, advise, or assist with (i) the offer or sale of securities in any capital-raising transaction, or (ii) the direct or indirect promotion or maintenance of a market for any securities. Feast Over Famine does not engage in any activities for which an investment advisor’s registration or license is required under the U.S. Investment Advisors Act of 1940, or under any other applicable federal or state law; or for which a “broker’s” or “dealer’s” registration or license is required under the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or under any other applicable federal or state law.