Episode 142: Good Business Is a Choice, featuring Selina, Benita, & Jennifer

<p>This episode features two different conversations with small businesses that are trying to scale their business (meaning: grow it) without sacrificing their values. First, we’ll chat with Jennifer and Benita, two of the founders of<a href="https://www.stylecrush.co/about-1"> Style Crush</a>, an online secondhand/resale platform that is trying to do things in a better way. Then <a href="https://www.instagram.com/selina_sanders/">Selina Sanders</a> returns (yay) to tell us about what she has been doing to scale her namesake brand, how she keeps herself motivated and healthy, and all about her new Domestika class! Also: a mini lesson on "runway" and how it applies to both large and small businesses.</p><p>Go follow Style Crush on IG: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/joinstylecrush/">@joinstylecrush</a><br>Use <a href="https://www.domestika.org/en/courses/4468-upcycling-for-beginners-sustainable-fashion-design/selina_sanders">Selina's link</a> to take her Domestika class!<br>Follow <a href="https://www.instagram.com/smallbizbigpic/">@smallbizbigpic</a>, Amanda's small business class series.</p><p><strong>Other reading:</strong><br><a href="https://spectrumnews1.com/ca/la-west/human-interest/2021/11/23/donated-junk-costs-goodwill-socal-millions">Donated junk costs Goodwill Southern California millions per year</a><br><a href="https://www.marketplace.org/2021/01/19/why-rich-people-tend-think-they-deserve-their-money/">Why rich people tend to think they deserve their money (study involving Monopoly)</a></p><p><strong><em>Small business owners! Submit your audio essay for inclusion in the November/December episodes!</em></strong></p><ul> <li>It’s a recording you make--using either your phone or your computer. Email it to<strong> amanda@clotheshorse.world.</strong> </li> <li> <strong>It’s not an ad.</strong>..it’s your story and feelings about owning a small business, including:<br>What motivated you to start a small business?<br>Why it’s important to you, what you do, and why you do it.<br>What have you lea