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Side Hustle School

#748 - An Everyday Bag That Gives Back to Women in India

Side Hustle School

Chris Guillebeau / Onward Project

Business, Entrepreneurship, Careers

4.83.3K Ratings

🗓️ 18 January 2019

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

A woman turns her need for a solid, everyday bag into a project that employs women at risk of human trafficking in West Bengal, India. Side Hustle School features a new story EVERY DAY of someone who started a hustle without quitting their job. You’ll learn how they got the idea, how they overcame challenges along the way, and what the results are. Share: #SideHustleSchool Show notes: SideHustleSchool.com Twitter: @chrisguillebeau To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Nautic nature is ever changing and unpredictable.

0:05.1

Shifting between wind, sun and rain, but one thing is certain, this landscape shares its

0:10.8

goodness with us all.

0:12.6

Yard is the delicious plant-based oat drink, made with simple, all-natural ingredients,

0:18.4

and organic oats grown and harvested in Nordic fields.

0:22.4

Yard, inspired by Nordic nature, find it in the Chilterial Turnitives Isle.

0:30.2

Hello and welcome to Sadistle School.

0:37.0

This is your host, Chris Villapo.

0:38.6

Today on the show, we're going to talk about a social enterprise project that is also a

0:42.5

for-profit business.

0:43.8

A woman turns her need for a solid everyday bag into a project that employs women at risk

0:48.5

of human trafficking in West Bengal, India.

0:51.2

Well, feature a resource called Common Objective, which is kind of like the Alibaba of sustainable

0:55.2

fashion suppliers around the world.

0:57.2

So if you're interested in starting a fashion project, this is a resource that could help

0:59.9

you.

1:00.9

And a quick reminder about these kinds of projects, we don't feature charities on the

1:03.7

show, not because we don't like charities, but because it's not really within our scope

1:07.5

or mission.

1:08.6

But when someone uses the form of a business to perform a social good, which is exactly

1:12.2

what's happening here, well, that is essentially two good things in one.

1:16.0

Because she is empowering vulnerable people in one part of the world while she's also improving

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