Julie Fahnestock
Justmeans
West Palm Beach, FL, United States
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Indigenous Apparel: A Love-Making Fashion Company
(3BL Media and Just Means) — This is not just another story about an organic, fair trade clothing line. Yes, Indigenous is a luxury, ethical fashion B Corp that weaves low-impact dyes, organic fibers and fair trade wages into every piece. But this is a story about a community loving another; a company seeking balance for their spirits and the spirits of all beings. I guess you could call this a… → Read More
Ramblers Way is Sustainable Clothing Made in the USA
(3BL Media/Justmeans) — My father’s mother, Grandma Hazel, was a modest, practical woman. Truth be told, as an adolescent I found her to be obnoxious, opinionated and stuck in her ways. (Twenty-five years later, and I’m pretty certain after a glass of wine or two, my inner circle may describe me with these same three words.) Her home was simply decorated, her fashion sense non-existent; she… → Read More
Where Are You On the Spectrum of Impact?
Corporate social responsibility. Philanthropic giving. B Corps, employee-owned cooperatives, nonprofits, and all the models in between. The world of sustainability boasts more flavors than Baskin Robbins, more hues than a [...] → Read More
From South Beach to Smoked Bacon
Living on South Beach is exactly what you imagine: a never-ending vacation. And oh yeah, you probably make money somehow, some way, but career is secondary to your outdoor lifestyle. [...] → Read More
Where Are You On the Spectrum? (Of Impact, That Is.) Inspiring Capital Defines the Shades
(3BL Media and Just Means)—Corporate social responsibility. Philanthropic giving. B Corps, employee-owned cooperatives, nonprofits, and all the models in between. The world of sustainability boasts more flavors than Baskin Robbins, more hues than a brilliant rainbow. → Read More
Nourishing for the Love of Humanity: Karen Bevels Catering
The Silicon Valley: we know it for its genius, its startup tech community, its progressive culture and its insane cost-of-living. All true. I also know it for Karen Bevels, a [...] → Read More
From South Beach to Smoked Bacon: Why James Milton Left the Dream to Support a Dying Industry
(3BL Media and Just Means)- Living on South Beach is exactly what you imagine: a never-ending vacation. And oh yeah, you probably make money somehow, some way, but career is secondary to your outdoor lifestyle. James Milton walked across the street any time he wanted to the cool off in the turquoise waters of Miami and hit up Ocean Boulevard at night to meet friends at one of the dozens of… → Read More
Nourishing for the Love of Humanity: Karen Bevels Catering
(3BL Media and Just Means) - The Silicon Valley: we know it for its genius, its startup tech community, its progressive culture and its insane cost-of-living. All true. I also know it for Karen Bevels, a loving diamond of a woman and one of the Bay Area’s most renowned caterers. → Read More
The Systems Entrepreneur: Conquering Mount Everest, Together
The social entrepreneur: that’s the title in the triple bottom line business world that we use to refer to an innovator with an environmental or social mission. We’ve put faces [...] → Read More
The Systems Entrepreneur: Conquering Mount Everest, Together
(Just Means and 3BL Media) — The social entrepreneur: that’s the title in the triple bottom line business world that we use to refer to an innovator with an environmental or social mission. We’ve put faces to this role like philanthropist Richard Branson and Patagonia’s Founder, Yvon Chouinard. We’ve seen academics and organizations like The Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship formally… → Read More
Relationship First, Business Second: A Community of Innovative Entrepreneurs
(Image: SVN Spring Conference 2016; Creating art via Innovation Entrepreneur Participant, Late Night Art) → Read More
A B Corp Story: Starvation Alley Shakes the Cosmos with Organic Turbulence
The hot, balmy month of June requires three things: SPF 50, a friend with a pool and refreshing cocktails to offer to your friend in exchange for everyday pool access. [...] → Read More
Business as a Force for Awakening: A Dharma Approach
A B Corp Story (3BL Media and Just Means)—Your new credit card arrives in the mail. No more swiping for you. You’ve entered a new era with your chip card and for some reason, you feel more technologically savvy, like you belong in a younger generation. But what happens inside that little chip? Do any of us know? We just trust that it’s better than swiping. We trust. We trust credit card… → Read More
Starvation Alley Shakes the Cosmos with Organic Turbulence: A B Corp Story
(Photo Credit: Giles Clement) (3BL Media and Just Means)--The hot, balmy month of June requires three things: SPF 50, a friend with a pool and refreshing cocktails to offer to your friend in exchange for everyday pool access. Or, for us Floridians, every day of the year requires these things. So you can imagine that when I heard about Starvation Alley Farms, a B Corp, and their cold, pressed,… → Read More
Invest In Cheese and Eat it Too at Maker’s Common
Featuring America’s best cheese, beer, wine and charcuterie, Maker’s Common “pays homage” to the creators of artisan noshes. → Read More
Sustainability, Acceleration, & Laughter: How kibikibi Partners Jemma and Emma Do Consulting with a Soul (Mate)
(Image Credit: CWE Online) (3BL Media and Just Means) - Laughter, camaraderie, give and take, vulnerability and synergy: according to a quick Google search, when you meet someone with whom you share these characteristics, you’ve found your soulmate. As with most soul partners, Jemma Blaylock and Emma Hill (rhyming names must also be a dead give-away that you’ve found your perfect match) knew… → Read More
TEAM USA Registry Supports Olympians with Innovative Funding
(3BL Media and Just Means) - Michael Phelps, Mia Hamm, Apolo Ohno: these are household, Olympic champion names. We know their names because they are incredible athletes. We also know their names because of Nike, General Mills and Got Milk? Phelps, Ham and Ohno, however, are the outliers. According to the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Foundation (USOPF), they created the common misconception that… → Read More
Leading with Love at Work is the Answer
(Photo Credit: Round Table Companies Facebook page.) → Read More
Better Hearing Provided by Hear the World Foundation and Sonova Group
Sisters Camil and Shenoa bounce around the playground at Centro Cristiano de Servicios Medicos in a busy neighborhood of Santo Domingo, in the Dominican Republic. They show me how they [...] → Read More
Three Champions Create Social Enterprise from Tragedy
(3BL Media and Just Means) - Frederick Hutson, Co-Founder of Pigeonly; Britnie Turner, Founder and CEO of Aerial Development Group; and April De Simone, Co-Founder of Designing the WE, sit side by side—unlikely people to be sharing a panel together. At the Social Venture Network Fall 2015 Conference, Laura Flanders, successful media guru and host of The Laura Flanders Show, interviewed these… → Read More