Friend of the show, Reverend Catharine Clarenbach, is the founder and creator of the Way of the River, a business that helps people more fully connect to their own deepest, wisest selves. Catharine offers spiritual accompaniment, coaching, preaching, and courses available through her website, Facebook community, and newsletter, Journey Through Wisdom. First joining us on episode 72, Catharine returns to discuss how her business continues to evolve by scaling and growing her team. Learn more about how you can change your mind in business and still work towards you long-term goals.

Doña Bumgarner is a life coach for frustrated moms who are exhausted living in a culture that doesn’t support them as mothers or as womxn. She helps them get in control of all the parts of their lives, so they can feel like great moms AND whole humans. Doña is also host of Nurturing Habit podcast, about the ways we nurture ourselves as whole womxn so we can live more complete and vibrant lives.

Liz Whitehead is the CEO of 12PointFive, a business development consultancy that helps diverse businesses get bigger clients and more of them. She is also the co-Founder of Diversity Masterminds, an online course for business owners ready to learn how to leverage their supplier diversity certification in order to increase visibility and grow their businesses. Be sure to listen to the full episode for a very generous gift for #OutBosses like you!

This spring, the Out Entrepreneur will launch an exclusive membership community known as the OE Club. The club is open to all 60,000 podcast listeners as well as to past guests who want more content and mentorship in addition to free episodes that will continue to air every Tuesday. As a loyal listener of the show, I welcome your ideas on how to make the program and this membership community most impactful. Please take 5 minutes to share your thoughts here and be sure to stay connected to the OE Newsletter for more details on how to become an OE Club Member.

Anthony and Chad are co-founders of Lick Honest Ice Creams. They opened their business in the fall of 2011 because they wanted to offer “honest ice creams” to savvy palates in Austin. They use the word “honest” in their business name because they want to communicate that they use the purest ingredients in their artisanal ice creams. Since 2011, Lick Honest Ice Creams has been crafting artisanal ice creams with peak-season ingredients sourced responsibly from local farmers and food partners. They’ve come a long way since their first creamery in Austin. Today they have expanded to San Antonio, a food truck and their products are available nationally with the online marketplace, Goldbelly.

Braxton Fleming is the Founder & CEO of Stealth Bros & Co., a luxury supply company revolutionizing medical storage approaches specifically for transgender & nonbinary people. Founded in 2017, Braxton’s company established a bold vision to design a fashionable way to safely house hormone replacement therapy medications. Tune into this week's episode and learn why Stealth Bros & Co is an asset for LGBTQ+ communities & beyond.

Dr. Vivienne Ming is a theoretical neuroscientist, entrepreneur, and author frequently featured for her research and inventions in The Financial Times, The Atlantic, Quartz and the New York Times. She co-founded Socos Labs, her fifth company, a mad science incubator. Previously, Vivienne was a visiting scholar at UC Berkeley's Redwood Center for Theoretical Neuroscience, pursuing her research in cognitive neuroprosthetics. In her free time, Vivienne has invented AI systems to help treat her diabetic son, predict manic episodes in bipolar sufferers weeks in advance, and reunited orphan refugees with extended family members. She sits on the boards of numerous companies and nonprofits.

Ryan Alvarez and Adam Merrin are two husbands that cook together in a small kitchen in a house on a hill in Eagle Rock, California. They met in 2001 in a recording studio where Ryan was singing with a jazz choir and Adam was the engineer. They fell in love, and five years later were married. Since its inception in 2015, their blog, Husbands That Cook, was a finalist for Saveur magazine’s Best How-To Cooking Blog Award (2016) and a Taste Talks Awards Nominee for Best Food Blog (2017). When they’re not cooking, they love being in nature, hiking, and spending time in their garden. Adam is also a musician, and one of the founding members of indie rock band The 88. Ryan sings classical music and acts in TV shows and commercials. Visit www.husbandsthatcook.com to learn more.

Kai Hazelwood is an award winning & nationally recognized choreographer. She is the founder of Good Trouble Makers – a genre expanding, practice-driven collaborative based in LA and making waves globally. Her collaborative is perpetually investigating what anti-racist and queer dance making, devising, teaching, and performing looks like. Inspired by the words of John Lewis, her group is committed to making: making art, making room, making change, and making good trouble. The collaborative celebrates the resiliency, creativity, and audacity of queer and Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC) communities, offering an outlet for survival, and a pathway toward liberation for all.

Andy Blubaugh is a documentary filmmaker and the founder of Potboiler Story Company - a video production and storytelling company that helps businesses discover and communicate narratives about their work, products, and culture. Andy’s company believes that an audience’s attention is the most valuable commodity, and they keep that audience watching through bold, compelling video storytelling that keeps audiences coming back for more.

Donovan Holden enjoys putting the music into the world knowing that people will hear his voice and feel his spirit. He loves getting the feedback from his listeners. He comes from a south Florida musical background and started writing songs in junior high school and has continued throughout the years. He loves to write music and started using samples and digital instruments to write and produce Blues Rock/R&B Jazz music. Since then he has released two albums, produced by Patty Sanders. What makes Donovan Holden different? Aside from his passion towards music, his harmonic imagination and his way of using more interesting chord changes are what sets him apart from the other songwriters.

In celebration of International Pronouns Day, we are replaying a special panel discussion featuring local transgender, nonbinary, and ally community leaders committed to expanding economic opportunities through the PDX Trans Works Project. Airing this panel discussion is timely given that tomorrow is International Pronouns Day – an annual event that seeks to make sharing, respecting and educating about personal pronouns commonplace. If you are an #OutBoss curious as to how you can expand economic opportunities for transgender and nonbinary people by creating a more inclusive business, you don’t want to miss the this episode!

Todd Brown, better known to his fans as Kenneth Obi, is an acclaimed narrator of many best-selling fiction books. He started his career thinking he would be the “voice of horror” until an offer came his way that he didn’t really read beyond the books sales figures. With almost 80 titles available on Audible in the M/M romance genre he has put voicing horror aside to go full-time in a genre he never even considered.

Too many stories of burn out, layoff’s, low margins, the inability to never say no, missed vacationed, loss of passion and zero work life balance compelled Jennifer Houston, a 20+ year veteran in the marketing space, to build the business of her dreams. She and her business partner, Sarah Musgrove, problem solvers at heart, created the bench, "your marketing team for the gig economy." The Bench is a deconstructed marketing and branding agency that businesses with in house agency teams, and start-ups with placing fully vetted teams constructed of all freelance talent.

Jef Strauss is the founder and co-owner of Wag N' Wash, a natural pet food and grooming store. He and his partner, Dan Remus, started the business 20 years ago so they could spend more time with their beloved Dalmatian, Geni. Wag N’ Wash Natural Pet Food & Grooming, a full-line specialty retail destination for cats and dogs, has a mission to recognize, promote and foster the positive impact that companion pets and their humans have on each other. Wag N’ Wash provides fresh-baked dog treats, natural food, supplements, full-service grooming and self-wash facilities and toys. Today, there are 18 Wag N’ Wash locations in eight states.

During this week’s Office Hours, we take a candid look at the entrepreneurial loneliness epidemic. In truth, breaking out as an entrepreneur is a singular position where you’re working long hours, and making incredible sacrifices. Allon and I unpack these realities and offer some of our own strategies to bust out of our collective isolation. It’s our hope we can shine a light on the entrepreneurial shadow side and offer support to connect you with our dynamic community of Out Bosses.

Noam Kotucki creates spaces for magic to happen. He does this through his coaching practice where he has already coached over 25,000 people lead more purpose driven lives. Among his successes, he helped fellow entrepreneur, Patryk Wezowski raise over $500,000 in startup funds in less than two months, and supported Ether Perel deliver the 30th most viewed TED Talk. As a university dropout, he has surprised himself when his first book became required reading at the Fashion Institute of Technology in NYC, earning the UK Business Speaker of the Year runner up award, and receiving an honorary degree in Business from Hofstra University.

This week’s office hours session focuses on the importance of attending industry conferences and trade shows. Allon and I specifically talk about how we map out our annual conference schedule, what to consider when planning for them, what to do while attending them, and how to follow-up. We wanted to share this conversation with fellow out bosses to encourage you to invest in yourself, elevate your brand, and then watch your business thrive.

Jessi Purdy is the founder of Fostering Inclusive Cultures, a consulting firm dedicated to improving working cultures through policy design, workforce development and facilitated discussions. Jessi’s experience as a transgender woman transitioning on the job in a customer forward position while living and working in rural communities of Western PA has given her a unique perspective on the ways in which HR and Culture issues intersect with coworkers, vendors & clients. Jessi has published three books of poetry Jessi Purdy is the founder of Fostering Inclusive Cultures, a consulting firm dedicated to improving working cultures through policy design, workforce development and facilitated discussions. Jessi’s experience as a transgender woman transitioning on the job in a customer forward position while living and working in rural communities of Western PA has given her a unique perspective on the ways in which HR and Culture issues intersect with coworkers, vendors & clients. Jessi has published three books of poetry, is a founding member of the Lancaster LGBTQ+ Coalition, the first Board Chair of the Lancaster Pride Association, and a member of the Central PA LGBTQ Leaders' Roundtable.

Kristin and Sam are the founders of Swaim Strategies, a fundraising event business that focuses on the power of bringing people together to move missions forward, raise awareness, educate and of course raise serious money. Kristin has a storytelling background as a writer and teacher, and Sam has a production background in theatre and television. Together, they both share a deep passion and history for supporting the nonprofit sector…AND something worth celebrating -- Swaim Strategies celebrates 15 years of business supporting social justice causes with events for a purpose!