|
Up and Comers
- Emerging Industry
Leaders With Vision - Interview Series |
| |
It's
relatively easy to think retrospectively of those individuals who
have made a lasting impression on our industry. Their CV's, list of
accomplishments and acknowledgements pretty much speak for
themselves. This industry though is also actively shaped by today's
leaders, operating in dynamic environments, influencing their own
organizations and categories, as well as clients, peers,
associations and the greater community. This column will take a look
at these "Up & Comers", examining what makes them tick and the
skills, attributes and perhaps most importantly, the vision they
share with those around them, to influence change.
If you
have a candidate to suggest for inclusion in this interview series,
please let us know, along with some background information, at
editor@npicenter.com.
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
 Up & Comers: An Interview With Ryan Black, CEO of Açaí Category-maker Sambazon
[2008/03/24] [By Len Monheit]
Ryan Black founded Sambazon in 2000 after discovering the amazing açai fruit during a surfing trip to Brazil. Realizing that the sustainable trade of this fruit was a powerful vehicle to spread a message of corporate social responsibility, Ryan began the task of building a sustainable business model in the third world with mainstream promise. A social entrepreneur, Ryan is guided by the philosophy of the “Triple Bottom Line” which demonstrates that corporate success can be achieved on an economic, social and environmental level. Working closely with the world’s foremost conservation organizations (World Wildlife Fund, The Nature Conservancy) and other key non-governmental organizations (NGOs), Sambazon has pioneered the first of its kind Fair Trade, sustainable and certified organic supply chain of açai.
|  Up & Comers: Mike Fata, President and Co-Founder of Manitoba Harvest Hemp Foods & Oils
[2008/01/14] [By Len Monheit]
Hemp itself is one of the hottest health food trends in the organic marketplace, and due to its sales growth of more than 1,000% over the past 5 years, PROFIT Magazine featured Manitoba Harvest in the PROFIT 100 list as one of the fastest growing companies in Canada. In 2005, Manitoba Harvest was named by Food in Canada Magazine as one of the Top Ten Emerging Food & Beverage Entrepreneurs and the prior year Fata was presented with the Business Development Bank of Canada’s (BDC) 2004 Young Entrepreneur Award. Read this Up and Comer interview...
|
|
|