Matt Dunne / Center on Rural Innovation
Matt Dunne, the king of rural innovation, joins the podcast to inspire us all.
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Start Here Podcast
Start Here is a podcast sharing the stories of active, aspiring, and accidental entrepreneurs. Start Here bridges the gap between entertainment and inspiration by presenting the unfiltered stories of Vermont’s top innovators.
Ashley Farland / DandyLion Designs
Who knew being a chef in New York City would inspire Ashley to start a luxury home goods business?
Brophy Tyree / Wasted*
Join Brophy Tyree, co-founder of Wasted*, on a journey through the “wild world of circular sanitation.” The Vermont startup is using the power of storytelling to sell its product that’s based on a taboo subject: human waste.
Grayson Zulauf / Resonant Link
We sat down with Dr. Grayson Zulauf, CEO of Resonant Link, creators of the world’s smallest and fastest wireless chargers.
Paula Routly / Seven Days
This week we sat down with Paula Routly, co-founder, publisher, and editor-in-chief of the legendary Seven Days.
Diane Abruzzini Riggs & Colin Riggs / Rigorous
Diane and Colin are co-founders of Rigorous, founded in 2020. What makes Rigorous special is their ability to make robotics simple.
Sara Byers / Leonardo’s Pizza
Introducing Sara Byers, President of Leonardo’s Pizza and beloved advocate for businesses across Vermont.
Shaneall Ferron / Windsor Homecare
Meet Shaneall Ferron, a serial entrepreneur from Jamaica who began to make her mark in Vermont just three years ago.
Tino Rutanhira & Weiwei Wang / VT PoC
The BIPOC community is the fastest-growing demographic in the state, with a 112% increase over the last decade. Tino and Weiwei are actively working to build generational wealth for BIPOC-identifying individuals, but their approach is not financial—it’s social.
Mark Boyden / Boyden Farm
From cow to consumer, Boyden Farm does it all. Farmer/CEO, Mark Boyden, takes us through his entrepreneurial approach running the fifth-generation farm.
Carina Hamel / Bivo
After many years of ski racing and cycling, Carina Hamel and her husband and co-founder, Robby Ringer, were done drinking from moldy, plastic water bottles.
Ellen Kahler / VSJF
From directing the Peace and Justice Center to directing the Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund (VSJF), Ellen Kahler has been a leader in advocating for human well-being to be at the center of Vermont’s economic model.