Jamie Crump is a nationally recognized thought leader and speaker in the supply chain and supplier diversity spaces. She is President of the consulting company, The Richwell Group and author of Backstage Pass: Pulling the Curtain Back on the Business of Supplier Diversity. On this week’s episode of the show, we discuss how the business of supplier diversity can help take your business to the next level. Tune in and then grab a free sneak peek of Jamie’s book by texting “Backstage” to 33777 for a special, pre-sale offer.

Ash Beckham is an energetic and dynamic public speaker. Her YouTube video, “I am SO GAY” has garnered over 400,000 views in two months. The video has been shown in classrooms and boardrooms around the globe increasing the number of actual views to well over 750,000. By blending honesty and humor, Ash delivers unforgettable talks about why we need to remove the word “gay” as a pejorative from our lexicon and other LGBTQ+ issues. Her Tedx Talk, “Coming Out of Your Closet” has reached over 6 million views. Through a personal connection with her audience, Ash inspires people to individually change and be part of a bigger societal shift toward conscious word choice and action.

Brandon believes impact-focused businesses make the world better. In 2006, he co-founded the Keller Williams Capital Properties real estate organization. In just over a decade, he and his business partners expanded their company into a regional network of 8 offices and $2 billion in annual sales in a little more than a decade. From his professional success and personal journey he brings a great deal of empathy, skill, and perspective to conversations about growing companies during a time of such rapid change and innovation.

Alex Williams is the founder and owner of Holistic Hyperbarics, a first of its kind hyperbaric oxygen therapy spa that offers a once exclusive procedure as an affordable, accessible treatment option for the general public. What makes Holistic Hyperbarics different is that it is a female-founded business purposely walking away from traditional sterile medical care and providing another option in a patient-first restorative spa environment. Here, treatment becomes approachable, accessible, and nurturing.

Scott is a reformed mortgage banker, who is now a 20+ year veteran in the inclusion and diversity consulting space and the CEO of inQUEST Consulting. He, and his team, work some of the world’s largest brands on their people strategies and as he says “helping adults to play nice.” He believes we need to challenge ourselves to do “D&I differently” and not rely on the same old solutions. Scott is also a civic leader. He is board chair for the Chicago Sinfonietta, the country’s most diverse orchestra and board member for Disability:IN, one of the largest disability inclusion organizations.

Joanna Martinez is an award winning business owner and the force behind the soon-to-be-launched learning series Disruption University. Her book, A Guide to Positive Disruption, focuses on her experiences working though the ups and downs of the corporate world to make positive changes at the companies for which she has worked. Joanna is recognized as a global procurement and supply chain leader, providing a range of services to management and employees. Her clients range from Fortune 50 companies to technology startups, and last year, she was named #9 on the list of Top 20 Global Procurement Influencers by Thinkers360.

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!

Friend of the show Jax Wheatley returns to help you navigate the challenges of filing your 2019 taxes. Jax is the Chief Financial Officer Every Small Business Owner Needs. With over 18 years running their own business, Rainbow Tax & Accounting, Jax loves providing quality, affordable accounting services to individuals, small business, and non-profit organization. When not busy running their own business, Jax dedicates their free time expanding economic opportunities serving as the board treasurer for PABA, Portland’s LGBTQ Chamber of Commerce.

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.

Two years ago - in collaboration with MBA Orlando and the National LGBTQ Chamber of Commerce - Rhodes Perry, host and creator of the popular weekly podcast, The Out Entrepreneur, took the show on the road for the Inaugural Live Recording & LGBTQ Marketplace Event on Monday, December 11, 2017. The purpose of the event aimed to amplify the power of #OutBosses, connect them with supplier diversity professionals, and inspire the next generation of LGBTQ people to take the entrepreneurial leap.

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!