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Today's Featured Founder is Aylon Steinhart, Co-founder and CEO of Eclipse Foods, which makes plant-based milk that is indistinguishable from conventional dairy, in taste, texture and functionality. Their products are made without soy, nuts, coconut, gluten, GMO’s, gums or stabilizers, making them free from all common allergens and much cleaner than other products.Full show notes and transcripts can be found here: evolvethe.world/community/aylon-steinhartWant to be a featured founder? Join our community here: evolvethe.world/communityIf you enjoy the podcast, would you please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes? It takes less than 60 seconds, and it really makes a difference in helping to convince hard-to-get guests. I also love reading the reviews!

Kelsey Moreira is the founder & CEO of Doughp, a cookie dough company with a mission. Kelsey has been noted by Real Estate Mogul and Shark Tank Shark, Barbara Corcoran as the most sophisticated store owner she’d ever met in her life. Why might you ask? Because this Forbes 30 under 30 entrepreneur ditched her decade-long 6 figure tech career with Intel and decided to bootstrap a cookie dough company from a $500 food cart to growing 500% year over year in profits the first two years by serving more than 250,000 cookie dough lovers. But the real magic has been their mission to reduce stigmas around mental health & addiction, including the donation of 88,151 MINUTES in mental health treatment time. Her cookie dough and her mission-driven mentality behind has raised more than 1.2 million dollars, had multiple retail locations including the Las Vegas Strip, and after COVID has pivoted 100% online to ship nationwide through a strong e-commerce business.Full show notes and worksheets can be found here: evolvethe.world/episodes/kelsey-moreiraWhat You Will Learn In This Episode:- How Kelsey's relationship with alcohol became a detriment to her life- When Kelsey decided to stop drinking and how she did it- How Kelsey started baking in order to rebuild her identity- How Kelsey discovered the cookie dough recipe that would later become Doughp- How Kelsey launched Doughp and started validating her idea- What happened when Kelsey started sharing her sobriety journey with customers- What is Doughp For Hope and why it is the core of Doughp's mission- How Kelsey decides which nonprofits to partner with- How Kelsey created a fun startup culture without drinking or mind altering substances- How to permeate your values as a founder in the company culture- The challenges Kelsey faced as a first time entrepreneur opening a retail location- How Kelsey transitioned 100% online during COVID and skyrocketed sales- How you can use your physical locations data and experience to direct online experiences- What Doughp does to stand out in their marketing online- How Doughp nurtures it's community online- The best advice Kelsey received to stay resilient through sobriety and tough times- The meditation app that Kelsey swears by- How we can better support friends and families' mental health- How to find existing solutions and use your business to support themIf you enjoy the podcast, would you please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes? It takes less than 60 seconds, and it really makes a difference in helping to convince hard-to-get guests. I also love reading the reviews!

Cullen Schwarz is the Co-Founder of Done Good, Chief of Good Thoughts, & a man who traded the political suit for a startup t-shirt. After a decade of fighting the good fight serving as a senior communications adviser to members of Congress and in the Obama Administration, he decided to start driving some of the $130 trillion in consumer spending to what Forbes has called the Amazon for Social Good. Since starting from inside the Harvard Innovation Lab in 2015, they have partnered with over 200 brands including names like Patagonia and Warby Parker, tripled their community to over 100,000 members, and diverted over one million dollars to companies dedicated to making the world a better place.Full show notes and worksheets can be found here: evolvethe.world/episodes/cullen-schwarzWhat You Will Learn In This Episode:What Cullen learned about conscientious consumerism when he became the leader of United Students Against SweatshopsWhy Politics is too slow to make change and deliver the solutions we needWhy consumer spending is the number one driver for positive changeWhy our hope for humanity is found in businessWhat Cullen and his cofounder learned inside the Harvard Innovation Lab about startupsWhy Cullen's first app iteration of DoneGood turned out to be a terrible ideaHow Cullen pivoted his business model online by creating a chrome plugin & affiliate marketplaceWhy online shopping creates less behavior change for customers than brick and mortarWhy online shopping is more sustainable than physical retailHow Cullen got his first brands and customers to the marketplace and which side he built firstWhy Cullen decided to make a fully functioning marketplace and control the entire customer experienceHow DoneGood's business model creates a win-win for everyoneHow DoneGood competes against AmazonThe dark side of Amazon's business practicesWhy socially conscious brands must be as good or better than regular brandsWhy Cullen believes sales and discounts are equally as important for socially conscious brandsHow to market and speak to conscious consumersCullen's unique strategies to compete with Amazon, Better Days and Shop For Good SundayHow Cullen launched a new business model during COVIDWhere the most opportunity is in conscious capitalism in the coming decadeCullen's number one advice for social entrepreneurs just starting outIf you enjoy the podcast, would you please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes? It takes less than 60 seconds, and it really makes a difference in helping to convince hard-to-get guests. I also love reading the reviews!

Ryan Mckenzie is the co founder of Tru Earth which bootstrapped from 0 to 2.5 million in monthly revenue in only 17 months while waging a war against plastic. After a career of growing several premium subscription boxes to multi-million dollar businesses, this serial entrepreneur decided to create a subscription, zero-waste, environmentally friendly laundry strip that completely eliminates the need for heavy plastic detergent jugs. With roughly 85 thousand active subscribers in 45 different countries, they have collectively kept over 2-million plastic jugs out of landfills, donated well over 2-million loads of laundry to vulnerable families in Canada, the United States and Ghana, and skyrocketed to the second fastest growing startup in Canada this year.But the success of 8 figure monthly run rates has not always been the norm. Starting in the 90’s this entrepreneur has seen the heights of success getting hundreds of thousands of subscribers, generating 6 & 7 figures a month in revenue, and the lows of losing it all, working out of an ice cold garage in the canadian winter, and rationing out discount ground beef for his family for the week. Despite the ups and downs, the lessons learned in his 20 year career helped him design a subscription model around this laundry Eco-Strip, initially aiming to sign on 150 customers, and landing him with an astonishing fifteen-hundred in the very first month!This disruptive startup and innovative founder has been featured in dozens of media outlets and in his written content that has been read by more than 100 million readers. Additionally their viral sensation "Things You Should Never Mix with Water” has been viewed over 16 million times.Find all the shownotes for this episode at https://www.evolvethe.world/ryan-mckenzie

Kuda Biza is the Co-Founder of Nunbelievable & author of the SPEAR Method. Kuda went from washing windows as a young kid in economically deteriorating Zimbabwe to building 6 businesses & a non profit  to solve two of the world’s biggest problems: education and hunger. With only $150 in start-up capital, he launched a profitable clothing line from a college dorm room, resulting in the education of more than 100 children in Africa. He then launched a global buy-one-give-one social enterprise which has donated over 10,000 school supply kits to underprivileged students in Africa. His most recent venture, Nunbelievable, is a mission-based baked goods company that donates a meal for every cookie sold. Within just one year they have donated more than 100,000 meals and even had one person committed to buying close to six figures’ worth of these socially conscious cookies.  Pretty extraordinary for someone who once lived through a drought that left millions without food and killed several of his friends and neighbors. Yet this gritty and determined entrepreneur wanted to change that. So staying up all night in internet cafes for scholarships and coming to the U.S. with only $40 in his pocket, he sharpened his spear studying business in college, launching startups, and spending over a decade in various roles at a Fortune 500 company where he helped take a new meal delivery business venture from ZERO to $20M in 3 years and managed a $75M ecommerce business across major outlets like Amazon, Retail.com and direct-to-consumer sites.Additionally, he is a renowned public speaker delivering keynote addresses at more than 40 institutions in 4 countries including Harvard, the United Nations, and TEDx, inspiring audiences to take action, achieve dreams and impact social change through purposeful entrepreneurship.Find all the shownotes for this episode at https://www.evolvethe.world/kuda-biza

Shireen Jaffer is the Co-Founder of EDVO & Founder of Skillify. She went from working multiple part time jobs since the age of 14, even being fired from a yogurt shop, to helping over 50,000 people in their careers over the last 10 years, from recent grads to executives. She is a Forbes 30 under 30, an active angel investor in several successfully growing startups, and a founder of 2 startups that have been aimed at building innovative educational tools to empower lifelong learning for billions around the world.Changing how people are educated and see work in our society, she has supported 220 schools to equip students with real world skills and worked with hundreds of companies, from Fortune 500s to early stage startups, advising them on recruiting and hiring practices. This year she launched products to help people think think for themselves including the world’s first personal learning management system and a mental models app which was #1 on product hunt with over 15,000 users in the first two weeks.She shares her wisdom for a life full of meaningful learning, critical thinking, and better results as host of the Edvolution Podcast, as a Ted-x speaker, and has been featured in numerous publications such as Business Insider, Fast Company, Forbes, and more.Find all the shownotes for this episode at https://www.evolvethe.world/shireen-jaffer

James McKinney is the Founder & Host of the Startup Story, a weekly podcast for entrepreneurs with over 65,000 monthly listeners worldwide. However James has his own amazing startup story. Imagine you are launching a business in the middle of a recession, you score the biggest government contract of your career, leverage 300,000 dollars worth of your own assets, and then lose it all… Would you get back up again and start another business? James has not done this once, but numerous times. From Disney's corporate world to the launch of his SimpleDeal Mobile app, this serial entrepreneur has ventured, stumbled, ventured, succeeded, and then ventured again. Which is why he is so focused on bringing authenticity and transparency to the entrepreneurial journey.After being director of a Startup grind chapter, he discovered the power of sharing stories about the daily grind, the grit, and business trials of others. So he embarked on launching the Startup Story, which has had over 500,000 downloads, been a Top 10 Entrepreneurial podcast in all of iTunes in the USA, UK, and Australia, and shared the stories of founders such as Ben Chesnut of Mailchimp, Jamie Schmidt of Schmidt’s Naturals, Michael Littig, the co-founder of the Zuckerberg Institute.Whether from his time in the marines, selling accounting services, having over $280 million in career sales, raising $140,000 for an app, or Increasing Disney’s revenue by 271% within the first two years there, this wealth of knowledge continues to impact hundreds of thousands of entrepreneurs every week with guidance and support.Find all the shownotes at https://www.evolvethe.world/james-mckinney

Scott J. Miller is the Executive Vice President of Thought Leadership at Franklin Covey and has spent the last 25 years championing teams within the world’s best leadership firm, serving under the tutorage of Dr. Stephen Covey. He now leads the strategy, development, and publication of Franklin Covey’s world-renowned content & bestselling books including one of the most impactful nonfiction business books in history, 7 Habits of Highly Effective people, which has sold more than 40 million copies in 40 languages and empowered the transformation of millions of lives worldwide.Although he has held many leadership roles from project coordinator at the Disney Development Company to the FranklinCovey Company Chief Marketing officer, he has seen plenty of failure and was even demoted from his first leadership position after only three weeks in the role at Franklin Covey. However, since then he has become an unfiltered leader thriving in a highly filtered corporate culture. Being a renowned thought leader in the leadership and personal performance space, he has been featured in 100’s of podcasts, webinars, and articles in Entrepreneur, Forbes, Donald Miller's StoryBrand Podcast, Rachel Hollis's RISE Podcast, The ONE Thing Podcast and more.Additionally, he is a multi-week #1 bestselling author of Management Mess to Leadership Success: 30 Challenges to Become the Leader You Would Follow which has been proclaimed as a new classic on authentic leadership by Seth Godin. He is also the author of the Wall Street Journal bestseller Everyone Deserves A Great Manager and wrote dozens of articles as a leadership columnist for Inc Magazine.Distributed to more than 5 million business leaders worldwide, his On Leadership podcast features interviews with renowned business titans and thought leaders such as John Maxwell, Dr. Daniel Amen, Ed Mylet, Rachel & Dave Hollis, & Ryan Holiday. He was also the former host of the iHeart Radio program called Great Life, Great Career.Find all the shownotes at https://www.evolvethe.world/scott-miller

Madison Campbell is the Cofounder & CEO of Leda Health & Creator of the MeToo Kit. Her company within 1 month of starting received 16 ceases and desists, 5 subpoenas, and 2 statewide bills introduced to ban a product that has aimed at helping the millions of sexual assault survivors across the globe which includes an estimated the 2 million a year in the U.S. alone. This young sexual assault advocate and technological innovator’s hope to revolutionize the care on a holistic scale created a frenzy of over a thousand mentions in press outlets such as CNN, Buzzfeed News, ABC, USA Today, NBC and over 1 billion impressions throughout the world and growing.However this serial entrepreneur understands there is no such thing as bad publicity, especially when it is helping bring attention to the 77% of sexual assault cases that are never reported each year including her own. After overcoming the trauma of her own sexual assault in college, she sought out to give survivors time with processing their trauma by developing an at-home sexual assault examination kit and provide the care and resources needed for a full recovery.With an expertise in epidemiology, mathematical modeling, policy and women’s rights, and work in multiple prestigious research institutions, this revolutionary thinker has called her moonshot against the many systemic shortcomings of current government and healthcare systems. Hundreds of thousands of kits have already been requested by colleges, corporations, military, non profits, and even cruise ships and participants of burning man.Find all the shownotes at https://www.evolvethe.world/

Colin Keeley is Co Founder & CEO of Avocado Audio, Host of the Tech in Chicago Podcast, and has been ferociously building & growing internet companies for the past decade. He’s been on both sides of the fence as a serial founder and venture capitalist, and done everything from building a personalized tv/movie guide, a stretchy denim company for men, a sharing economy startup, and a multi-million dollar software marketing business. With no plans of slowing down, he has just launched a platform for the world’s best audio courses with instructors who range from best selling authors, youtube stars, investment bankers, to Wharton professors.With the audio industry booming, it is easy to see why this insightful entrepreneur is on a mission to turn your spare listening time into productive learning time. Podcasting alone is forecasted to reach over 160 million listeners by 2023 and will continue to grow an extra 20 million each year after. Streaming giant Spotify has invested hundreds of millions of dollars on podcast-related acquisitions while behomeaths like Amazon are expanding their audio library into podcasts within the next few months.This explosion of growth is something Colin knows well. Through his highly acclaimed podcast Tech in Chicago, which has been a top 100 business podcast with 100,000+ downloads to date, and has been sharing the inspiring stories of Chicago’s top founders and investors and their startups like Chowly, Leaftrade, and Cameo.Find all the shownotes at https://www.evolvethe.world/

As I mentioned in my last solo episode I was going to start sharing my founder journey as it happens in real time. One of the most important things a founder can do before developing a solution is to truly understand the problem. Well today I wanted to understand the financial problem of higher education from a perspective I couldn't find elsewhere. So after hearing her captivating interview on The Portal Podcast with Eric Weinstein, I decided to invite Kimberly De La Cruz on the show.Kimberly is an Award-winning journalist-turned-publicist who transitioned from covering nightlife and entertainment at Nevada's largest daily, to a career in public relations. She is currently the spokes person for SeekingArrangement and "Sugar Baby University.” who has created an uncanny solution to the American student debt crisis and insane tuition rates. The world's largest Sugar Dating website is challenging this enormous burden on young people by connecting them with Sugar Daddies -- generous individuals with the means to help with tuition, books, living expenses and everything else that results in fewer college students having to incur a lifetime of crippling debt.  This discussion is not about whether this Sugar Baby University is right or wrong, its about the 1.6 trillion dollar student debt in higher education that has created the foundation for this to be possible. The greatest challenge for higher education today is to decrease its price premium and increase its contributions to students and society. My desire to speak with Kimberly was to pull back the curtain on the areas the present institutions, as you will found it in this interview, are just unwilling to look. As a someone dead set on building a better university for the future, its going to require knowing all angles of the problem.Get more of the Evolve Podcast at https://www.evolvethe.world/

Leigh Mathews is the Founder & Expert Consultant at ALTO Global. Leigh is also is an author, speaker, social purpose coach, & highly experienced consultant with over 15 years in Corporate Social Responsibility, philanthropy and international development sectors. Starting in her early 20’s, she founded an NGO in Cambodia working on child rights issues after witnessing children living in extreme poverty. No good deed goes unpunished as she was awarded the Victorian Young Australian of the Year, Australian Leadership Award and the JCI Ten Outstanding Young Persons of the World Award. Yet she would soon learn the world was not as it seems.After the hit of the 2008 financial crisis, she closed her NGO and started questioning the effectiveness of the charity sector and if doing good was actually having a positive effect on social problems. And so began her work with organisations such as UN Women, World Challenge, Intrepid Group, and dozens more to achieve aligned, ethical and sustainable impact.Still disturbed by the institutionalisation of children inside orphanages, she Co Founded the ReThink Orphanages Network which is shifting the way countries in the global north engage with overseas aid and development and has expanded operations from Australia to Europe and the US.Internationally recognized as an ethics expert for the intersection between development, business and philanthropy, she has been featured in ABC, the Guardian, Project Syndicate, Swinburne University of Technology, Global Journalist and dozens more media outlets. Additionally she sits on the Victorian Government School for Student Leadership School Council, and is a member of the Advisory Board for Australian Volunteers International’s ChildSafe Volunteering Hub. And if all that wasn’t enough, she is also the co author of Modern Day Slavery and Orphanage Tourism and host of the The Good Problem Podcast.Find all the shownotes at https://www.evolvethe.world/

The first solo episode of host Brandon Stover in a long time. He shares the beginning of his journey quitting architecture, failing multiple side hustles and small businesses, and his decision to focus on a market that has not seen disruption in over 100 years... Higher Education.Get more of the Evolve Podcast athttps://www.evolvethe.world/

Dan Demskey is the Co-Founder of Unbound Merino. Dan has taken not one, not two, but four companies to 6, 7, & 8 figures over the last decade. From starting a digital video agency in his mom’s basement to selling funky socks, this entrepreneur has consistently seen the heights of success and the lows of trying to keep the lights on in the business. Even though his digital agency had reached 7 figures working with brands such as Coca-Cola, Microsoft, General Motors, & GE he was tired of chasing the next contract in order to get paid. Deciding to scratch his own itch & seeing an industry that could be done better, Dan set his sights on creating stylish, simple Merino wool apparel that can be worn for weeks or even months - without ever needing to be washed. His best friends and him decided to trade in their Friday nights to start grinding away on the idea and launch a crowdfunding campaign, raising $380,000 in its first 2 months. After just 3-years in business, they are now doing $4m in revenue selling to over 100 countries around the world.This life long entrepreneur and his industry leading company has been featured in Forbes, Fast Company, USA Today, Travel & Leisure, & Lonely planet. Additionally he shared his wisdom with hundreds of entrepreneurs as mentorship director of the Entrepreneur Organization’s Canadian Chapters.Find all the shownotes at https://www.evolvethe.world/

Eric is the founder of Beardbrand, author of the Book of Reminders, and is the forefather of the urban beardsman movement which turned a $30 investment in a side project into a 7 figure eCommerce business dominating a market. With a value for freedom, this bearded entrepreneur and his team have bootstrapped the entire way by focusing on community, experience, and educational content which has amassed a 1.59 million subscriber count on youtube that fuels over two thirds of their purchases.However the journey started as many beards do, patchy, unpredictable, and going astray. With the entrepreneurial spirit in his blood, he attempted dozens of businesses from selling vinyl graphics to graphic design and most failing to make any money at all. So it was back to putting on a corporate veil and working in sales. In a culmination of feeling caged working as a financial advisor and tired of hearing duck dynasty or grizzly adams references about his beard, he set out once again and this time to change the way society views beardsmen.Starting in 2012, the humble brand was nothing more than a community that gained the attention of a New York Times reporter seaking expertise on beard care products and started a roller coaster of events that grew them $0 to over $120k per month in sales. From getting beard rubs by the sharks on shark tank, being featured in a World Series commercial by Shipstation, to partnering with retail juggernaut Target, this small but mighty ecommerce business has received plenty of exposure. Yet the truth to their success has not been predicated on one hit wonders and hyper growing profits at all costs, but rather grown consistently month over month with a dedication to making men awesome.Sharing his story and helping thousands of other entrepreneurs, he has been featured in Forbes, inc, the wall street journal, fast company, & dozens of entrepreneurial podcasts including Foundr and Entrepreneur on Fire.Find all the shownotes at https://www.evolvethe.world/

Tony Loyd is a leadership development expert, best-selling author, keynote speaker, and executive producer & podcast host for not one… but three podcasts including Social Entrepreneur which has shared the stories of over 250 impactful entrepreneurs and has been downloaded more than half a million times in over 180 countries. He also produces the Thrive Connect Contribute & Anti Racist Voter podcasts.He is also a former Fortune 500 executive with companies such as John Deere, Medtronic, and Buffalo Wild Wings where he was responsible for launching some the most impactful talent & leadership programs these companies have ever had including a global training of 120,000 personnel in 60 countries across 4 strategic business units.  He is the best-selling author of Crazy Good Advice: 10 Lessons Learned from 150 Leading Social Entrepreneurs.  For more visit https://www.evolvethe.world/episodes/tony-loyd

David Katz is recognized as one of The World’s Top 100 Compassionate Business Leaders as number 4 between Dr. Muhammad Yunus and Elon Musk. Being a steward of the earth and a champion for the poor, he is the founder of Plastic bank, a social enterprise committed to stopping ocean plastic by turning plastic into gold with store chains in the poorest parts of the world that accepts plastic waste as a currency. Celebrating their 7th anniversary, the organization has collected 11,000,000 kg of plastic registered over 19,000 members, & opened over 300 branches in 5 of the poorest countries in the world and projected to reach annual revenue of 65 million.For more visit https://www.evolvethe.world/episodes/david-katz

Lisa Carmen Wang is the Founder & CEO of The GLOW (Global League of Women) providing world-class executive leadership training for ambitious female leaders. She is a former USA National Champion and Hall of Fame gymnast, turned serial entrepreneur, executive coach, and keynote speaker. She has been named Forbes 30 under 30, Entrepreneur Magazine’s 100 Most Powerful Woman, Red Bull Hero of The Year, and Advisory Board Member to PepsiCo’s WomanMade initiative. Lisa’s podcast, LEADERSHIP WITH LISA, shares leadership lessons behind the world’s most impactful leaders transforming the face of business & culture.  For more visit https://www.evolvethe.world/episodes/lisa-wang

Stephen has 10+ years of experience building successful businesses, including Altrum Honors which had $20 million in annual revenue and a 33% global market share. His most recent venture Journey Meditation was coined the “Peloton of Meditation'' by Tech Crunch, bringing a 5,000 year old practice to the modern age by building the world's largest, most supportive meditation community both online and off. This startup has rapidly grown it’s corporate programs in 20 major U.S. cities with clients such as Facebook, Disney, Nike and GitHub and launched Journey Live, the world’s only group meditation app with live instructors and real-time classes.For more visit https://www.evolvethe.world/episodes/stephen-sokoler

Maren Kate is an entrepreneur, writer, distributed workforce expert, and serial founder who has launched four companies, including Zirtual.com which employed over 450 employees spread across North America and was doing $11M/yr in revenue. From starting her first business in college selling jewelry on ebay to her most recent boutique recruiting firm helping to hire over a thousand fully remote professionals, this leader in the remote work revolution earned a 5 million dollar MBA in human capital by spending 15 years in the trenches. With so much experience and expertise it is a natural next step for her to launch Inde.co, an online platform for remote workers.  For more visit https://www.evolvethe.world/episodes/maren-kate