38) A strong belief in what you do to realize your dreams with bean-to-bar chocolate brand Madécasse's Tim McCollum
Green Dreamer: Seeding change towards collective healing, sustainability, regeneration
Kaméa Chayne
4.8 • 694 Ratings
🗓️ 28 July 2018
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
What are some key issues in the chocolate industry that we need to know about? When things get tough, how can we stay motivated and just keep pulling through? Founder of bean-to-bar chocolate company Madécasse, Tim McCollum, shares his wisdom with us here.
HIGHLIGHTS:
[6:44] What inspired Tim to start Madécasse.
[7:39] Kaméa: “What was your greatest learning lesson from working in the private sector that you were able to bring to your social enterprise?”
[9:42] The key differences between a traditional chocolate supply chain and Madécasse’s Bean-to-Bar supply chain.
[11:19] Tim’s thoughts on what targeting the root cause of poverty through chocolate would look like.
[12:49] What we as individuals can do to inspire change from large corporations like Hershey’s.
[14:02] Keys to Madécasse’s success in establishing itself within grocery stores and retailers so far.
[16:37] Tim: “You better believe in what you’re doing. You will go through these amazing swings of euphoria and crashing down, and what keeps you going is the belief in what you’re doing.”
[18:35] Key insights on injustices in the global cocoa industry.
[20:43] Tim’s thoughts on what we need most to help address poverty and support sustainable development in our world today.
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| 0:53.8 | You better believe in what you're doing because you will go through these amazing swings |
| 0:58.7 | of euphoria and then crashing down, sometimes in the same day, sometimes in the same morning. |
| 1:04.4 | And what keeps you going with an even keel is the belief in what you're doing. |
| 1:11.6 | What are some key issues in the chocolate industry that we need to know about? |
| 1:16.6 | When things get tough or when things feel a little slow for us, how can we stay motivated |
| 1:22.6 | and just keep pulling through? That's just the tip of the iceberg that you'll hear today. |
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| 1:44.0 | And now on to our episode. Let's dive in. |
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