Mission Driven Business

Diverse entrepreneurs share their experiences, strength, and hope to help mission-driven businesses thrive. In a series of intimate conversations, attorney and CFP Brian Thompson and his guests provide practical steps to create businesses with impact and profit.

Taking the Entrepreneurship Leap with Phuong Luong 03/23/2021

Taking the Entrepreneurship Leap with Phuong Luong Brain talks with Phuong Luong, CFP, an educator, financial planner, and investment strategist focused on economic justice. In the episode, Phuong shares her winding path to founding Just Wealth, a financial planning firm for individuals and families. You’ll also learn the best piece of advice she received when starting her business and why she believes education about structural barriers to wealth can be empowering. /episode/index/show/missiondrivenbusiness/id/18432695

Values-Based Leadership with Jacob Padrón 02/27/2021

Values-Based Leadership with Jacob Padrón Brian talks with Jacob Padrón, an artistic director working to create a more inclusive American theater. In this episode, Jacob praises the merits of values-based leadership and a practice-what-you-preach organizational culture. You’ll also hear why Jacob admires leaders who can ask for help -- a strategy he tries to employ in his role as artistic director of the Tony-award-winning Long Wharf Theater in New Haven, CT. /episode/index/show/missiondrivenbusiness/id/18114584

Advancing Opportunity in the Deep South with Bill Bynum 02/27/2021

Advancing Opportunity in the Deep South with Bill Bynum In this episode, Brian chats with Bill Bynum, the founder and CEO of HOPE, a family of financial institutions serving economically distressed areas of the Deep South. You’ll learn Bill’s definition of a mission-driven business, what motivated him to found HOPE, and the unique challenges he faces working in the Deep South as opposed to in Silicon Valley or New York City. Bill also shares why institutions like HOPE are part of the solution to closing racial wealth gaps. /episode/index/show/missiondrivenbusiness/id/18114566

Socially Conscious Design with Dawn Hancock 02/09/2021

Socially Conscious Design with Dawn Hancock Brian chats with Dawn Hancock, the founder of socially conscious creative studio Firebelly Design. In the first episode of the Mission Driven Business podcast, you'll learn the life event that compelled Dawn to create her company at age 25, the grit that led to the studio's two-decade-long winning streak, and Dawn's plans for the future. /episode/index/show/missiondrivenbusiness/id/17877317

What to Expect from the Mission Driven Business 02/04/2021

What to Expect from the Mission Driven Business You can create a business with impact and profit. The Mission Driven Business podcast is designed to show you how. In this introduction, host Brian Thompson, JD/CFP, outlines the five principles for creating successful mission-driven businesses. You'll also hear his goals for the podcast, and what you can expect to learn in each episode. /episode/index/show/missiondrivenbusiness/id/17816738

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