A Marketplace where Local Makers Collaborate, Learn, and Grow—Karen Rzepecki—Mason Jars Makerplace

Finding Genius Podcast

Richard Jacobs

Medicine, Health & Fitness

4.4 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 14 May 2019

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

In today's world, it seems that large marketplaces and corporations dominate. Many people go straight to Amazon when they're looking for a product, where five million-sellers compete for business. This experience, however, lacks personalization, the benefit of buying local, and the opportunity to support small communities of makers who are creating organic, small-batch products. As a maker herself, Karen Rzepecki wanted to carve out a marketplace for makers of original brands to collaborate, learn, and grow from each other, all while providing consumers with unique, local products. With this goal in mind, Rzepecki founded Mason Jars Makerplace, where there are already over 100 sellers on the platform or signed up to be.

Rzepecki talks about some of the most popular products on the Mason Jars site, many of which are recipes for and ready-made fermented goods, including kombucha, vegetables, sauerkraut, hot sauce, and honey. She also discusses the benefit of having access to regional goods and loads of DIY resources. Tune in and check out what they have to offer at masonjars.com

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0:58.0	Thank you. Hello this is Richard Jacobs with the Future Tech podcast. I have Karen Respecky,
1:09.7	the founder of Mason Jars.com. So Karen, thanks for coming.
1:14.0	Hey, thanks for having me.
1:15.0	Yeah, tell me about the
1:17.0	Mason Jars.
1:18.0	What was the idea that sparked the website and the whole initiative?
1:21.0	Yeah, well, actually, I'm a maker.
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