#350: Saving Lives, One Job at a Time with Barrett Ward

The EntreLeadership Podcast

Lampo Licensing, LLC.

Entrepreneurship, Business, Management

4.7 • 4.1K Ratings

🗓️ 25 November 2019

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

When ABLE Founder and CEO Barrett Ward and his wife moved to Ethiopia in 2008, they came face to face with an unspeakable tragedy: young women forced into prostitution as a means of supporting themselves and their families. But instead of relying on charity alone to help them, he set out to create a more sustainable solution—one that has since evolved into the thriving fashion brand he heads up today. Join us to hear Barrett share his incredible mission to end generational poverty by empowering women around the world, one job at a time. entreleadership.com/podcast ABLE's website Use the code ENTRE20 to get 20% off an ABLE purchase, one-time use per customer, valid through December 31st, 2019. The True Cost documentary Shoe Dog by Phil Knight Review this episode for a chance to win a $25 Amazon gift card Want expert help with your business question? Call 844-944-1070 and leave a message or send an email to [email protected]. You could be featured on a future podcast episode!

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0:00.0	There is a lie in today's news, politics, and national discourse that too many have bought.
0:09.8	The lie is that you can't simultaneously increase productivity and preserve humanity.
0:15.0	The lie is that you can't make money and treat people well at the same time.
0:19.2	The lie is that capitalism is evil.
0:23.0	From the Ramsey Network, this is the Entrez Leadership Podcast where we help business leaders
0:26.7	grow themselves, their teams, and their profits.
0:29.4	I'm your host Alex Judd, and today's guest stands in stark contrast to that all-too-commonly accepted claim.
0:36.0	You see, Barrett Ward founded the Women's Fashion Company Abel just over nine years ago.
0:41.4	With their clothes selling in over 1200 stores, the business is already making a national impact,
0:46.5	but that doesn't even begin to scratch the surface of the real story.
0:50.8	Because this company is not just about women's fashion, oh no, not at all.
0:54.7	The clothes are the means for accomplishing a purpose so much bigger, so much greater, and so much grander.
1:00.7	A purpose that was uncovered when Barrett and his wife moved to Ethiopia.
1:06.7	My wife, Rachel, and I moved to Ethiopia in 2008.
1:09.7	We had just gotten married in 2007, in September, and our pastor was telling us
1:17.7	you should not move to Ethiopia at the beginning of your marriage.
1:20.7	No joke, yeah.
1:21.7	But we spent a lot of time honestly praying about it, and felt like there was a lot of clarity for us.
1:28.7	This is what we're supposed to be doing.
1:30.7	In fact, we had to feel that way in order to make that move, because we didn't want to get there,
1:35.7	and a couple of months in, start wondering if we had made the wrong decision in the midst of what was surely going to be some adjustments.
1:42.7	We would have to make our lifestyle, right?
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