Vegan Business Talk
Interviews with Vegan Business Owners & Entrepreneurs and Latest Vegan Business News, hosted by journalist, media trainer and vegan business coach Katrina Fox, author of Vegan Ventures: Start and Grow an Ethical Business.
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In this episode, I interview Vikas Garg, the founder and CEO of abillion, a sustainability platform for plant-based dishes and cruelty-free products.
Four years ago, Vikas left his high-flying career at one of the world’s largest hedge funds after he found a new mission — to help and inspire a billion people to go vegan in the next 10 years.
Based in Singapore, Vikas is dedicated to grassroots education and conservation initiativ...
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In this episode I interview Jenny Goldfarb, founder of vegan meat company Mrs Goldfarb’s Unreal Deli in Los Angeles.
After becoming vegan, Jenny craved the familiar flavors of her family's New York Jewish delis from her youth.
The former tech entrepreneur began experimenting in her tiny kitchen, trying out the recipes on vegan and meat-eating family and friends.
Encouragement from them quickly led to Jenny shopping around he...
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This episode is a recording of a live virtual event I hosted recently: Power Chat with Anne McKevitt.
From property developer and interior designer (with a homewares product line of 1600 sku’s) to prime time TV star (dubbed ‘Britain’s Martha Stewart’ by the media) and bestselling author of millions of books, Anne McKevitt’s skills and expertise in brand-building are sought after by the world’s leading entrepreneurial companies and...
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In this episode I interview Rebecca Ettridge, the owner of Wombat Café & Store, the Mornington Peninsula’s first 100% vegan café in Victoria, Australia, founded in 2016.
Wombat regularly raises and donates substantial amounts of money to Australian animal sanctuaries along with ongoing monthly payments to #paytherent, a grassroots Indigenous organization.
The café, which has expanded to a team of 16 employees, also funds the ...
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In this episode I interview Izzy Shu, one of four co-founders of JOI (Just One Ingredient), a plant-based milk company with a difference.
When Izzy and her fellow co-founders met in grad school, they quickly realized their shared passion for healthier lifestyles and a quest to make the world more sustainable, and created a thesis project: An innovative solution to make plant-based milks cleaner, more accessible and more eco-friend...
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In this episode I interview Jena Bautmans, the founder of Jenah St., a vegan handbag and accessories brand in Germany.
Before founding Jenah St. in 2019, Jena was the co-founder of Buckle & Seam, a men’s accessories company that uses animal leather.
While working in Bangladesh, Myanmar, and Pakistan, she experienced an awakening of how the land and people are impacted by heavy industries like fashion, which changed the way sh...
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In this episode, I interview beauty industry veteran Tev Finger.
He started in the industry in 1990. Since 2006, Tev has helped to create, launch and grow beauty brands across the globe through his company Luxury Brand Partners (LBP).
He does this by partnering with key talent while focusing on unique distribution models and collaborating on product innovation, while staying on top of the latest consumer trends.
Based in Miami...
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In this episode, I interview Bonnie Brown and Paul Turcotte, co-founders of Passion Placement, a new employment platform focused on connecting people with mission-driven organizations doing work that matters to them.
Bonnie is a CPA, senior level executive and entrepreneur with over 25 years hands-on experience in finance, management, information systems and business leadership.
Paul is an entrepreneur and business executive wh...
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In this episode I interview Kati Ohens, co-founder of vegan deli meats company Plantcraft in New Zealand.
After a 20-year marketing, advertising, and software executive career, Kati exited her agency to start working in the mission-based space.
While working as a vegan transition coach, she noticed the gap in the alternative meat market, and the need for deli slices.
Kati met commercial banking executive Csaba Hetenyi, a fello...
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In this episode, I interview Stephanie Miklosvary, founder of Lucky Chick, a vegan cosmetics brand in New York.
Stephanie founded and created the company in 2000 as she was putting her art degree to work as a shoe designer in New York City.
Nicknamed “Lucky Chick” by a friend for living in her LC (Lobby C) apartment, she decided to create a persona around her new name.
Inspired by art and self-expression, Lucky Chick Cosmetics...
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In this episode I reveal a couple of situations I experienced recently when publicists pitched me their guests to be on this show, that I want you to avoid.
Making journalists’ jobs easy is super important when you’re doing your own PR (or pitching a guest on their behalf). I include podcasters and bloggers in the journalist category too.
I receive heaps of pitches from both PR agencies and vegan business owners and to be honest,...
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In this episode I interview Che Green, co-founder of Moonshot Collaborative, a new consumer research firm offering affordable solutions for vegan and plant-based brands.
Based in Washington State, Che is a 25-year market research veteran focused on sustainable and ethical consumerism, including plant-based foods.
He has led research efforts for groups ranging from Fortune 50 companies to international nonprofits.
Che co-founde...
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In this episode I interview Sara Polon, co-founder of Soupergirl, a plant-based soup brand in Washington DC.
Sara is a former standup comedian who founded Soupergirl in 2008 with her mother, Marilyn, aka Soupermom.
Sara Polon (right) with her mother Marilyn.
The pair have been featured regularly on national television, including Shark Tank and NBC’s Today Show.
Last year Soupergirl received a $2 million dollar investment from A...
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In this episode I interview Stephanie Downs, the co-founder of the Material Innovation Initiative, a non-profit focused on accelerating the availability of sustainable and cruelty-free alternatives to leather, wool, fur, down, silk, and exotic skins.
Stephanie is a serial entrepreneur with over 20 years’ experience founding businesses and consulting on corporate social responsibility in vegan materials.
She started her first co...
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In this episode I give you my top 5 trends and predictions in the vegan and plant-based business space for 2021.
They are:
1. Continued growth of the plant-based meat sector, with more IPOs, and a newcomer that’s aiming to replace KFC
2. Creation of products using new biotechnology such as fermentation processes to create exact replicas of animal-based dairy and other items
3. Developments in the animal-free & sustainable m...
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In this episode I interview Doron Petersan, owner of Sticky Fingers and Fare Well vegan eateries in Washington, D.C.
Doron opened Sticky Fingers Sweets & Eats in 1999, drawing on her degree in dietetics from the University of Maryland and years of experience working in restaurants.
In 2010 she grew Sticky Fingers to include wholesale distribution at grocers in Washington D.C., Virginia, and Maryland.
She also opened an onlin...
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In this episode, I interview food safety consultant Heather Landex who’s originally from the UK and currently based in Denmark.
Heather began working in the food service industry in 2000 and has worked in eight countries, in over 1000 food service businesses.
Since training as an Environmental Health Practitioner she’s specialized in food safety, working with large food safety and safety compliance companies, The Olympic Games, a...
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In this episode I interview Toni Okamoto, the founder of Plant-Based on a Budget, the popular website and meal plan that shows you how to save dough by eating veggies.
California-based Toni is also the author of Plant-Based on a Budget and The Super Easy Vegan Slow Cooker Cookbook, as well as the co-host of the Plant-Powered People Podcast.
Photo: Lauren Alisse Photography.
Her work has been featured in the popular documentary W...
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This episode features a panel discussion I hosted a couple of months ago for the VegFestUK Summerfest Online event for the Trade Day’s manufacturers and suppliers section.
It features several renowned entrepreneurs in the food, fashion and beauty sectors.
Among the topics they discuss include:
• How lockdown impacted them
• What they had to do to survive
• What’s selling and why
• The impact of lockdown on the development of ...
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In this episode I interview Carissa Kranz, a former professional ballet dancer-turned Super Lawyer who is the founding attorney and CEO of BeVeg International, a vegan certification firm managed by the Law Offices of Carissa Kranz, an American law firm with offices in Florida, New York, Washington D.C, Georgia, and California.
Carissa, who has been vegan since birth, is a regular legal expert for major media networks including Fox...
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