tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4742385127651266632.post160133686708202309..comments2024-01-07T12:13:21.793+00:00Comments on Craig Dearden-Phillips: Learning from the SharksUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4742385127651266632.post-50315506308682157402012-07-18T23:26:55.541+01:002012-07-18T23:26:55.541+01:00My name is Ryan and I am the Founder of Healthy So...My name is Ryan and I am the Founder of Healthy Souls Apparel. We are based out of Port Orange, Fl . I am emailing you because I feel that our company can be an inspiration to many if we can get the word out there. We created our company by wanting to give back to causes in need. We launched our first line by offering Flip Flops. Each one represents a cause such as Autism, Armed Forces, Rescue from Human Trafficking , Breast Cancer, and the list goes on. With each flip flop we sell, we give 20% of the proceeds to the partnered organization. We have been able to partner with some amazing organizations and we are excited that our product gives back and allows our supporters and customers to be a part of changing the world also. <br /><br />We have had a lot of success over our first 5 months in business and are ready to take our story and message to more people. I am hoping that our company will be a story that you would be interested in helping bring to the surface. I would love to talk to you more so that I can really share the passion that we have doing what we do. Please let me know of a time and way to get in contact. Also visit the site to see the organizations that we work with and the causes that we support with our product. We believe that our story can help change the world and inspire others to do so as well. <br /><br />www.healthysouls.orgRyanhttp://www.healthysouls.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4742385127651266632.post-87769238215620556692012-06-10T08:56:03.301+01:002012-06-10T08:56:03.301+01:00It's been a while since I posted, I was laughi...It's been a while since I posted, I was laughing reading that nice one Craig.<br /><br />I know exactly what you are talking about in respect of the views of hard headed commercial business people compared to the softer pseudo third sector businesses. It's a never the twain shall meet scenario (we don't agree with their value base and reason for being in business, and they don't understand social business and it's range of objectives that ripple further than profit). They won't learn much from you because they are driven by profit based growth ("turnover vanity, profit sanity") and a spade full of arrogance and back slapping whoops and high fives. I generalise enormously but you know what I mean. You can l learn from them though because more of that type of approach dovetailed into a social or any other business is ot a bad thing for the balance sheet, as long as it is appropriately measured and balanced with the mission of a social biz. The third sector generally doesn't do this stuff very well and it suffers for it.<br /><br />I would disagree with your new friends on the "ownership is everything" mantra. Yes it helps to retain ownership, I did just that with Advocacy Experience which I sold to VoiceAbility in November 2011, but the most effective businesses that I have seen give ownership, a stake whether that be shares or equity. Sustainability I now believe comes from this and it's one of the things I will do differently in future business's.<br /><br />One thing the bright young things don't know yet, and we didn't know it then either, is that with youth comes naivety, you only need to watch an episode of the deeply annoying 'apprentice' to see that.<br /><br />Nice post CraigRob 'Arrisnoreply@blogger.com