vegan business

Building a Certification Body From Scratch (And Why It’s Harder Than Anyone Tells You)

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Everyone wants to start something. Very few people want to do the actual work of making it credible. Vegan Certification Authority is a certification body for products that are suitable for vegans. Not a logo you can slap on a label for a subscription fee. A genuine certification process with standards, assessment, and accountability. Building … Read more

My Least Glamorous Business Is Probably My Most Honest One

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Nobody dreams of distributing cleaning chemicals. Nobody sits in a coffee shop, opens their MacBook, and thinks “you know what, I want to become the Victorian distributor for an organic cleaning chemical brand.” It doesn’t make for a compelling origin story. It doesn’t photograph well. No one’s going to invite me on a podcast to … Read more