Vegan Business Talk
275 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 2 years ago - ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsInterviews 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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VBT 114: Alon Hochberg of Billion Vegans online vegan marketplace
December 08, 2018 02:59 - 58 minutes - 80.3 MBKatrina Fox chats with Alon Hochberg, founder of Billion Vegans online vegan marketplace in this episode of Vegan Business Talk.
VBT 113: Interview with Ben Davis, creator of the Plant Based World Conference & Expo
November 25, 2018 03:35 - 52 minutes - 72.9 MBIn this episode I interview Ben Davis, creator of the inaugural Plant Based World Conference & Expo, which takes place in New York in 2019. Ben is working on the project with his family’s company JD Events, a boutique trade show management company with a 17-year track record of launching and growing unique concepts into industry-leading events. He came up with the idea as a result of his own drastic transition to a plant-based lifestyle (from being a big meat-lover), and earnest desire to m...
VBT 113: Ben Davis of Plant Based World Conference & Expo interview
November 25, 2018 03:35 - 52 minutes - 72.9 MBKatrina Fox chats with Ben Davis, creator of the Plant Based World Conference & Expo in New York.
VBT 112: Interview with Ronnie Tsunami of Change Leader Solutions, vegan trainer
November 03, 2018 03:17 - 56 minutes - 78 MBIn this episode I interview Ronnie Tsunami, a vegan speaker and learning solution architect in North Carolina, who helps leaders and organizations to accelerate the growth of their world-changing movements. Originally from Honolulu, Hawaii, over the past 25 years, Ronnie’s innovative solutions have been implemented in more than 10,000 academic institutions, companies and enterprise organizations around the world including Microsoft, the US Air Force, Blue Cross/Blue Shield, the Office of the...
Vegan Business Talk 112: Ronnie Tsunami of Change Leader Solutions
November 03, 2018 03:14 - 56 minutes - 78 MBKatrina Fox chats with Ronnie Tsumani, vegan trainer of Change Leader Solutions.
VBT 111: Interview with Diana Edelman of Las Vegas guide Vegans, Baby
October 12, 2018 11:09 - 44 minutes - 61.1 MBIn this episode I interview Diana Edelman, founder of Vegans, Baby, a resource website and guide to all things vegan in Las Vegas. After nearly a decade as a publicist, Diana wanted a change so in early 2010 she left her job and the US, to travel through Europe, documenting her experiences on a blog she launched, called d travels ’round, and worked for an elephant sanctuary in Chiang, Mai, Thailand. After four years living abroad and becoming more aware of animal rights and responsible trav...
VBT 111: Diana Edelman of Vegans Baby
October 12, 2018 11:09 - 44 minutes - 61.1 MBKatrina Fox chats with Diana Edelman, founder of Vegans, Baby, a guide to all things vegan in Las Vegas.
VBT 110: Why these vegan female entrepreneurs got mainstream media coverage for their brands
September 29, 2018 08:33 - 30 minutes - 42.4 MBFor this episode of Vegan Business Talk I’m going to share with you an audio recording of a 20-minute talk I gave earlier this year at the Plant Powered Women’s Leadership Conference in Sydney. Organized by vegan publishing powerhouse Kathy Divine, the conference provided a platform for a range of female speakers from all walks of life talking about various aspects of veganism and plant-based living. My talk was on how to get media coverage for your vegan brand. Because it was an event foc...
VBT 110: Why these female vegan entrepreneurs got media coverage for their brands
September 29, 2018 08:32 - 30 minutes - 42.4 MBRecording of Katrina Fox's talk at the Plant Powered Women's Leadership Conference in Sydney, 2018, on how to get media coverage for your vegan brand.
VBT 109: Interview with Lindsay Rubin of vegan dog food company v-dog
September 07, 2018 06:06 - 46 minutes - 63.8 MBIn this episode I interview Lindsay Rubin, director of operations for v-dog, a vegan dog food company in San Francisco. Always obsessed with animals, Lindsay ran her own dog sitting business in high school, and became a vegetarian at college. After learning about the dairy and egg industries, she went vegan and became an animal rights activist. Photo by Gianna Conci Photography In 2013, she met Dave Middlesworth, the late founder of v-dog, who started the company in 2005 with his wife Lind...
VBT 109: Lindsay Rubin of vegan dog food company v-dog
September 07, 2018 06:05 - 46 minutes - 63.8 MBLindsay Rubin of vegan dog food company v-dog chats with Katrina Fox of Vegan Business Talk.
VBT 108: Interview with Sara Kidd, vegan baking ambassador
August 25, 2018 04:06 - 52 minutes - 72.1 MBIn this episode I interview Sara Kidd, vegan baking ambassador in Sydney, Australia and Auckland, New Zealand. Sara started out studying as a chef but ended up at film school in Sydney. She worked in film for 15 years as Head of Acquisitions and Marketing at Indievillage, with a remit to take on animal rights and environmental films. Photo: Melissa Katherine Her last project, Kangaroo: A Love Hate Story, released in early 2018, was quoted by Australia’s breakfast TV show Sunrise as being t...
VBT 108 Sara Kidd, vegan baking ambassador interview
August 25, 2018 04:06 - 52 minutes - 72.1 MBVegan baking ambassador Sara Kidd chats with Katrina Fox of Vegan Business Talk.
VBT 107: Interview with Suzy Welch, vegan business journalist, leadership expert & author
August 03, 2018 13:04 - 1 hour - 85 MBIn this episode I interview renowned business journalist, leadership expert and best-selling author Suzy Welch in New York. Suzy began her career as a crime reporter for The Miami Herald in 1981 before leaving daily journalism a few years later to study at Harvard Business School and then worked as a management consultant. In 1995 she combined her two career paths at the Harvard Business Review (HBR), where she was eventually named Editor-in-Chief. Suzy is the author of the New York Times b...
Vegan Business Talk Episode 107 Suzy Welch
August 03, 2018 13:03 - 1 hour - 85 MBSuzy Welch, business journalist and author talks with Katrina Fox of Vegan Business Talk.
VBT 106: Interview with Nicole D’Angelo, vegan owner of The Yoga Collective
July 14, 2018 03:40 - 47 minutes - 65.3 MBIn this episode I interview Nicole D’Angelo, owner of The Yoga Collective studio in New York. Nicole left her full-time career as a social worker in the Philadelphia suburbs to move to the Big Apple in 2014 to pursue her dreams of working in health and wellness. Just four day after she arrived in New York, she started her yoga training. A graduate of the Three Sisters Yoga School, she’s taught gentle yoga, yoga for runners and meditation for runners at The Yoga Collective, which she bought ...
Vegan Business Talk 106: Nicole D'Angelo of The Yoga Collective
July 14, 2018 03:40 - 47 minutes - 65.3 MBIn this episode of Vegan Business Talk, Katrina Fox chats with Nicole D'Angelo of The Yoga Collective in New York.
VBT 105: Interview with April Tam Smith of vegan social enterprise restaurant PS Kitchen
June 24, 2018 06:55 - 39 minutes - 55.3 MBIn this episode I interview April Tam Smith, co-owner of PS Kitchen, a vegan restaurant in New York that gives away 100% of its profits. April’s ‘day job’ is managing director of an equity sales and trading team at a large investment bank where she’s worked for the past 13 years. Most evenings, however, she can be found at PS Kitchen. It’s a balance she’s happy to strike as she’s driven by a passion to help people. Having spent time volunteering in South Africa and Haiti, April, who moved t...
VBT 105 April Tam Smith of PS Kitchen vegan restaurant
June 24, 2018 06:54 - 39 minutes - 55.3 MBAn interview with April Tam Smith, co-founder of vegan social enterprise restaurant PS Kitchen in New York, in this episode of Vegan Business Talk.
VBT 104: Interview with Dylan Kendall, vegan home products designer
June 09, 2018 05:39 - 53 minutes - 73.6 MBIn this episode I interview Dylan Kendall, a designer of fun, affordable, functional and responsibly-manufactured products for the home, in Los Angeles. Dylan founded her first enterprise, Hollywood Arts, as a response to the challenge of ending youth homelessness. Hollywood Arts was the only educational facility in the nation to use arts and music to help homeless young people become self-sufficient. It quickly grew to serve hundreds of young people and earned Dylan the recognition of the A...
VBT 104 Dylan Kendall, vegan home products designer
June 09, 2018 05:38 - 53 minutes - 73.6 MBDylan Kendall, vegan home products designer chats to Katrina Fox in this episode of Vegan Business Talk.
VBT 103: Interview with Leslie Durso, vegan chef and wellness expert
May 26, 2018 10:39 - 44 minutes - 61.2 MBIn this episode I interview Leslie Durso, a vegan chef and wellness expert in Los Angeles. An Italian-American, Leslie has eaten plant-based since the age of eight and you may remember her from her entertainment days when she starred as Leslie the lab girl, on the popular TV show Bill Nye, the science guy that ran from 1993 to 1998. It was during the show that Leslie discovered her love of education and shifted from science to plant-based food. After establishing herself as a private chef f...
Vegan Business Talk 103: Leslie Durso, vegan chef and wellness expert
May 26, 2018 10:37 - 44 minutes - 61.2 MBLeslie Durso, vegan chef and wellness experts chats with Katrina Fox in this episode of Vegan Business Talk.
VBT 102: Interview with Ryan Bethencourt, vegan biohacker, investor & co-founder of Wild Earth pet food company
May 13, 2018 02:59 - 59 minutes - 81.7 MBIn this episode I interview Ryan Bethencourt, a vegan biotech entrepreneur, investor, and one of the founders of the biohacker movement, in Los Angeles. Growing up in inner-city Miami, Ryan’s imagination was fueled by science fiction and as an adult he’s focused on using science and technology to solve some of humanity’s most intractable problems and reduce animal suffering. He’s a co-founder, former program director and venture partner at biotech accelerator program IndieBio. Ryan has inve...
Vegan Business Talk 102: Ryan Bethencourt, vegan biohacker, investor and co-founder of Wild Earth
May 13, 2018 02:58 - 59 minutes - 81.7 MBVegan biohacker, investor and co-founder of Wild Earth pet food firm Ryan Bethencourt shares his business tips with Katrina Fox on this episode of Vegan Business Talk.
VBT 101: Interview with Dr Joel Kahn, cardiologist and vegan restaurant owner
April 28, 2018 04:23 - 41 minutes - 57.2 MBIn this episode I interview Dr Joel Kahn, holistic cardiologist and owner of two vegan restaurants GreenSpace Café and GreenSpace & Go in Detroit, Michigan. Joel is the founder of the Kahn Center for Cardiac Longevity and Professor of Medicine at Wayne State University. Even though he’d practiced traditional cardiology since 1983, it was only after his own commitment to a plant-based diet that he began to explore non-traditional diagnostic tools, prevention tactics and nutrition-based recove...
Vegan Business Talk 101: Dr Joel Kahn, cardiologist and vegan restaurant owner
April 26, 2018 08:08 - 41 minutes - 57.2 MBHolistic cardiologist and vegan restaurant owner Dr Joel Kahn talks with Katrina Fox of Vegan Business Talk.
VBT 100: 5 key lessons learned from 100 episodes and interviews with vegan entrepreneurs
April 14, 2018 03:45 - 22 minutes - 31.7 MBSo, this is a special episode of Vegan Business Talk, as it’s episode number 100! I’ve interviewed 100 brilliant vegan business owners for the show who have been so kind and generous in sharing their challenges and how they overcame them, along with providing practical strategies for success. I love how this community of entrepreneurs on a shared vision are willing to share their intel and tips to help other vegan business owners to succeed. I know I learn heaps from every single person I ...
Vegan Business Talk 100: 5 lessons learned from 100 episodes and interviews with vegan entrepreneurs
April 14, 2018 03:45 - 22 minutes - 31.7 MBKatrina Fox, host of Vegan Business Talk, reflects on 5 key lessons gleaned from 100 episodes of the show and interviews with vegan entrepreneurs.
VBT 099: Interview with Rebecca Mink of luxury vegan shoe brand Mink Shoes
March 26, 2018 11:40 - 1 hour - 95.9 MBIn this episode, I interview Rebecca Mink, founder of vegan luxury shoe brand Mink Shoes in Los Angeles. Rebecca is a pioneer in this field, as she started Mink Shoes back in 2000 when there were few other players in the market. Working as a celebrity wardrobe stylist, she found it hard to find high-end vegan shoes for her clients, so she decided to create her own. She was initially turned down by 16 factories in Italy, until one finally agreed to take up the challenge of making luxury vega...
VBT 099: Rebecca Mink of Mink Shoes interview
March 26, 2018 11:39 - 1 hour - 95.9 MBKatrina Fox chats with Rebecca Mink of luxury vegan shoe brand Mink Shoes in LA.
VBT 098: Interview with Jonathan Petrides from plant-based frozen food subscription company allplants
February 24, 2018 03:29 - 58 minutes - 80.3 MBIn this episode, I interview Jonathan Petrides – aka JP – from allplants, a plant-based frozen food subscription service in the UK. JP is a serial entrepreneur passionate about building businesses that solve major global problems. He founded Africa's first and fastest growing mobile bank, M-Shwari, which now has more than 30 million users, most of whom previously had no access to a bank account, and issues more than 100,000 new loans each day. He also founded an award-winning retail health ...
Vegan Business Talk 098: Jonathan Petrides of allplants
February 24, 2018 03:29 - 58 minutes - 80.3 MBKatrina Fox chats with JP from allplants plant-based food delivery service in the UK.
VBT 097: Interview with Marla Rose of Vegan Street Media creative agency
February 10, 2018 02:50 - 54 minutes - 75.2 MBIn this episode I interview Marla Rose, an award-nominated journalist, columnist and author from creative agency Vegan Street Media in Chicago. Since 1995, Marla has dedicated her life to building vegan culture and community. In addition to writing most of the content and managing social media for the Vegan Street website, including a variety of creative and informative memes, she is the co-founder of the annual free vegan festival Chicago VeganMania, which is now in its 10th year. For the ...
Vegan Business Talk 097: Marla Rose of Vegan Street Media
February 10, 2018 02:49 - 54 minutes - 75.2 MBKatrina Fox talks with Marla Rose of Vegan Street Media creative agency.
VBT 096: Interview with Brooke Goldner, vegan medical doctor and plant-based healer
January 27, 2018 02:39 - 50 minutes - 70 MBIn this episode I interview Brooke Goldner, medical doctor and plant-based healer, in Texas. Brooke was diagnosed with systemic lupus nephritis with stage 4 kidney disease at the age of 16 and made a startling recovery at 28 through plant-based nutrition from supermarket foods. She’s been symptom-free ever since, with normal lab results and no trace of disease in her body. Now, she educates physicians and patients on how to heal and achieve vibrant health using her Hyper-Nourishing Healing ...
Vegan Business Talk 096: Brooke Goldner interview
January 27, 2018 02:38 - 50 minutes - 70 MBDr Brooke Goldner, vegan medical doctor chats to Katrina Fox.
VBT 095: Interview with Lisa Gawthorne, vegan owner of Bravura Foods
January 12, 2018 07:36 - 50 minutes - 69.7 MBIn this episode I interview Lisa Gawthorne, owner of Bravura Foods, a marketing, sales and distribution company in the UK. Lisa has worked in a variety of FMCG marketing roles at major blue-chip companies, including Leaf UK working on the Chewits and Malaco brands, Nichols Foods working with the Vimto, Sunkist and Rani brands, Burton's Foods on their sugar confectionery and branded export biscuits portfolio that included Cadbury, Maryland, Wagon Wheels, Jammie Dodgers and Lyons Biscuits) and...
Vegan Business Talk 095: Lisa Gawthorne of Bravura Foods
January 12, 2018 07:36 - 50 minutes - 69.7 MBLisa Gawthorne, vegan owner of Bravura Foods joins Katrina Fox for Vegan Business Talk.
VBT 094: Interview with Anna Tagliabue of vegan luxury faux fur brand Pelush
December 30, 2017 04:04 - 1 hour - 89.8 MBIn this episode I interview Anna Tagliabue from luxury faux fur company Pelush in New York. Originally from Milan, Italy, Anna moved to New York two decades ago and took a job working in the fur department at Fendi where she worked for the next eight years. When the brand launched a faux fur, Anna was captivated by it, but since it sold for a lot less than the animal furs and was popular with many customers, Fendi decided to no longer do faux fur. Anna bought the coat with a staff discount a...
Vegan Business Talk episode 094 Anna Tagliabue of Pelush
December 30, 2017 04:04 - 1 hour - 89.8 MBKatrina Fox chats to Anna Tagliabue of vegan luxury faux company Pelush in New York.
VBT 093: Interview with Victoria Moran of Main Street Vegan Academy and vegan lifestyle coach JL Fields
December 15, 2017 09:39 - 1 hour - 90.8 MBIn this episode I interview two fabulous vegan powerhouses, both of whom have previously appeared on the show as individual guests: Victoria Moran from Main Street Vegan Academy in New York and vegan lifestyle coach JL Fields in Colorado. The reason I’ve got them back on the show and together is because they’ve co-authored a new book and being experienced authors, I knew they’d have a ton of advice on writing, co-authoring and publishing books. Victoria is a vegan of over three decades and ...
Vegan Business Talk 093: Victoria Moran and JL Fields
December 15, 2017 09:39 - 1 hour - 90.8 MBVictoria Moran from Main Street Vegan Academy and JL Fields, vegan lifestyle coach chat with Katrina Fox in this episode of Vegan Business Talk.
VBT 092: Interview with Jane Velez-Mitchell, vegan TV journalist from JaneUnchained
December 02, 2017 03:24 - 49 minutes - 68.4 MBIn this episode I interview renowned US TV journalist and best-selling author Jane Velez-Mitchell, founder of JaneUnchained in Los Angeles, a multi-platform social media news outlet that produces original video content on animal rights and the vegan/compassionate lifestyle. Jane worked as a TV journalist for mainstream media for several decades. This included stints as a news anchor and reporter at KCAL-TV in Los Angeles and WCBS-TV in New York, as well as reporting for the nationally syndic...
Vegan Business Talk episode 92 Jane Velez Mitchell of JaneUnchained
December 02, 2017 03:24 - 49 minutes - 68.4 MBVegan TV journalist Jane Velez-Mitchell talks to Katrina Fox for Vegan Business Talk.
VBT 091: Interview with Debra Denniston of HFS Collective vegan bag company
November 18, 2017 04:37 - 50 minutes - 69.4 MBIn this episode I interview Debra Denniston, co-founder with her daughter Rachel, of HFS Collective (formerly Hipsters for Sisters), a fashion brand in Los Angeles aimed at ‘liberating women from their baggage’. The brand is renowned for its belt bags, a much more stylish and colorful alternative to fanny packs. An artist at heart, Debra loved color, texture and shape as a child and taught herself to sew by the age of five. But, due to pressure from her parents to pursue more sensible care...
Vegan Business Talk ep 091: Debra Denniston of vegan bag brand HFS Collective
November 18, 2017 04:37 - 50 minutes - 69.4 MBDebra Denniston of vegan bag company HFS Collective chats to Katrina Fox in this episode of Vegan Business Talk.
VBT 090: Interview with Kathy Divine, vegan author, publisher and book mentor
October 07, 2017 03:00 - 58 minutes - 80.8 MBIn this episode I interview Kathy Divine, author, publisher and book mentor in Sydney, Australia. Kathy is the author of five vegan books: Forever 21, Vegans are Cool, Plant-Powered Women, Plant-Powered Men, and Everyday Vegans, and founder of the magazine Australian Vegans Journal. The concept of ethical vegan leadership as the solution to world peace inspires and drives her work, and she uses publishing as a way to broadcast this vision into the world. Kathy offers one-on-one coaching to...
Vegan Business Talk 090: Kathy Divine vegan book author interview
October 07, 2017 02:16 - 58 minutes - 80.8 MBVegan author, publisher and book mentor Kathy Divine chats to Katrina Fox in this episode of Vegan Business Talk.
VBT 089: Interview with Robert Petrarca of Maxine’s Heavenly vegan cookie company
September 30, 2017 04:47 - 51 minutes - 70.8 MBIn this episode I interview Robert Petrarca, co-founder and chief operations officer at Maxine’s Heavenly, a vegan cookie company in Los Angeles. The company is named after co-founder Tim Miller’s mother Maxine, who took great pleasure in creating delicious sweet treats for the family. As Tim got older and started making cookies for his children, he wanted to preserve the joy of his mother’s baking, but adapt it for a healthier lifestyle. So he took out the processed flours and sugars, glut...