The Tidbit

On The Tidbit, we talk a lot about building businesses for both profit and purpose. But how do you measure your impact? What are ways in which you can create Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to tangibly see the results you're driving? This episode: we sit down with Mark Frieden of Crossbow Strategies - a firm that works with socially-conscious busineses on becoming B Corp certified and creating B Impact Assessments.

Do you run a small business, or have dreams to start one? Each episode of The Tidbit we talk through tidbits of knowledge around starting or running a small business — with a food and beverage lens! On this Minisode: what are parts of the process to consider when deciding if a "pop-up" concept is worth it for your business?

One of the biggest opportunities and struggles of entrepreneurship is the ever-present work/life blend. I'm not even going to say that there is balance! How does one navigate management, delegation of tasks, and empowering employees to step-up and take the reins? On this episode, we talk with Deborah Haust, VP of Culinary Enterprises at Humanim - a human services and workforce development nonprofit in Baltimore. Hear her lessons learned around management, job training, and the influence of growing a family and business simultaneously.

There is no denying that the world is changing at an extremely rapid pace. We are at a moment in time where there are shifts in power and — whether you're an activist, a politician, or a business owner — it's important to recognize how social movements get started and begin to grow. Visiting Scholar at Stanford University within the Global Projects Center, Jess Rimington, joins us in-studio to discuss a new way, a Recollective Way on how entrepreneurs can deploy new co-creative business models with shared power amongst all stakeholders.

Adaptability. If there's one thing farmers can teach entrepreneurs its the ability to adapt to forces you just have no control over. Caroline Howe, Project Specialist in the Sustainability Innovation & Urban Resilience department at the University of the District of Columbia, blends her worlds of farming, entrepreneurship, and improv on this episode. Listen in as she shares with us lessons on how-to be flexible in an ever-changing field (of vegetables or otherwise).

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Do you run a small business, or have dreams to start one? Here are The Tidbit, we’ve got your back. Each week we talk through tidbits of knowledge around starting or running a small business with a food and beverage lens. On this Minisode: what are parts of the process to consider when registering a LLC (Limited Liability Company) in Washington DC.

Throughout this debut season of The Tidbit we discussed the importance of building community-based businesses, and how to set-up your organization with both profit and purpose in mind. In this season finale episode, we sit down with Lisa Wise, Founder of Nest DC to discuss why she is investing in her local community — and we award one of our highlighted entrepreneurs with $1,000 to support their amazing project/product.

Food touches every sector. Food is what we consume — but it's also job creation and economic development, it's tourism and activism, it's history and it's current events. On this episode of The Tidbit, we explore the intersection of food, history, culture and art with AUBERGINE lead actor, Tony Nam, and community organizer/activist, Steph Hsu of The Chinatown Collective in Baltimore — and how you can take action in creating similar intersectionality parallels in your food endeavors.

Samuel Adams was founded in 1984. Did you know that throughout the 1970s, there were fewer than 100 breweries in the entire country! How does Sam Adams continue to stay relevant in this growing - more than 5,000 independently operated - craft brewery revival? On this episode, we have the absolute pleasure of talking with Samuel Adams Master Brewer Jennifer Glanville to learn more about how the company continues to innovate, stay creative and her best practices for emerging food and beverage entrepreneurs.

Creativity and productivity are often at odds with each other. How do we as entrepreneurs continue to foster our creative selves, while operating in a system that requires constant output? We sit down with Krystal Mack, founder of BLK SUGAR and BLK MARKET, to discuss our creative processes, our self-care rituals and pivoting for passion preservation.

This episode is supported by Compass, the future of real estate in the Metro DC Area and beyond. Discover it at compass.com.