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Melissa Sevy

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Chad Lewis

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Mark Williams

Jared Olsen

Richard Smith

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I have been looking forward to having Melissa Sevy on this show for a while now. She is a mother, wife, a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, and is the CEO and Founder of Ethik whose services fuel a global marketplace where conscious companies can easily connect with brilliant artisans to bring authentic, handmade products into their supply chain. She does a lot of things in addition to all this, so I’m excited to share this conversation with you guys from which you can gain some insight and inspiration into her life of how she is able to balance faith, family, and business. We also discuss how her business works and how she was able to create this platform for foreign people of lesser opportunity that allows them to market their hand-crafted products outside of their own country. How she met her husband 3:02About her faith 6:48About her business 15:13Why not do a non-profit instead of a for-profit? 20:52Becoming the middle-man 31:17What they sell 34:12How she got to this point 39:23Her talents and strengths and how she discovered them 44:12Branding items 48:57What it’s like working with your spouse 50:05Is it hard to focus on family? 57:36“Something that’s been interesting about building a business is the comparisons with creating a business and faith in spiritual terms. And in that way of faith is a belief in something before it exists, or that you can’t see, but it exists in the idea form, or the faith form in this realm outside of the tangible, and then manifesting that and making that thing happen. Then actually seeing it happen, it’s a miracle, is what I really feel like. Like the idea for this business.” 7:19https://ethikcollective.com/@melissasevy

I have been looking forward to having Melissa Sevy on this show for a while now. She is a mother, wife, a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, and is the CEO and Founder of Ethik whose services fuel a global marketplace where conscious companies can easily connect with brilliant artisans to bring authentic, handmade products into their supply chain. She does a lot of things in addition to all this, so I’m excited to share this conversation with you guys from which you can gain some insight and inspiration into her life of how she is able to balance faith, family, and business. We also discuss how her business works and how she was able to create this platform for foreign people of lesser opportunity that allows them to market their hand-crafted products outside of their own country. How she met her husband 3:02 About her faith 6:48 About her business 15:13 Why not do a non-profit instead of a for-profit? 20:52 Becoming the middle-man 31:17 What they sell 34:12 How she got to this point 39:23 Her talents and strengths and how she discovered them 44:12 Branding items 48:57 What it’s like working with your spouse 50:05 Is it hard to focus on family? 57:36 “Something that’s been interesting about building a business is the comparisons with creating a business and faith in spiritual terms. And in that way of faith is a belief in something before it exists, or that you can’t see, but it exists in the idea form, or the faith form in this realm outside of the tangible, and then manifesting that and making that thing happen. Then actually seeing it happen, it’s a miracle, is what I really feel like. Like the idea for this business.” 7:19 <a href="https://ethikcollective.com/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">https://ethikcollective.com/</a> @melissasevy

Creating Opportunity for Those of Less Fortune with Melissa Sevy | Faith, Family, and Business

Resilience

Summary:"People who were not lacking in capability, but lacking an opportunity" Artisans in the developing world have incredible, valuable skills, but limited access to global markets. From jewelry to baskets, and pottery to blankets, Melissa Sevy creates opportunities for artisans to flourish, providing jobs, fair pay work, and dignity. But it hasn't been easy. Along the way she faced difficulty, hardship, and brick walls. Yet, her resilient nature overcomes and helped her to be there to strengthen others. About Our Guest:Melissa Sevy specializes in helping artisans in the developing world gain access to global markets. She is the founder and Executive Director of Mabira Collective (formerly Musana), a nonprofit working with jewelry artisans in Uganda.She also is the Co-founder of Fair Kind a for-profit social venture. Fair Kind is a social enterprise that sources handmade products from artisan groups around the world for corporate clients. Her newest company is Ethik Collective, platform that enables companies to source ethical handmade goods and materials from artisans around the world.Useful Links:Melissa Sevy is on Twiter.Fair Kind supports local artisans and creates a positive impact. You can buy their beautiful products directly.Mabira Collective creates a sustainable solution based in love and breaking the cycle of dependency by helping women develop as jewelry artisans and entrepreneurs. Ethik offers ethical sourcing of all things handmadeGrit shares that achievement is found through focused persistence called grit. Resilience Research Center has collaborated with local, national, and international institutions for more than 15 years to carry out innovative research that explores pathways to resilience across cultures. About Merit LeadershipOur Business Ethics classroom in a Box focuses on developing future leaders by developing ethical skills and tools in an easy-to-use course. Providing lesson plans, exercises, and assessments that help people succeed where good intentions fall short.Pleasant Pictures MusicJoin the Pleasant Pictures Music Club to get unlimited access to high-quality, royalty-free music for all of your projects. Use the discount code HOWTOHELP15 for 15% off your first year.

<h1>Summary:</h1>"People who were not lacking in capability, but lacking an opportunity" Artisans in the developing world have incredible, valuable skills, but limited access to global markets. From jewelry to baskets, and pottery to blankets, Melissa Sevy creates opportunities for artisans to flourish, providing jobs, fair pay work, and dignity. But it hasn't been easy. Along the way she faced difficulty, hardship, and brick walls. Yet, her resilient nature overcomes and helped her to be there to strengthen others. <h1>About Our Guest:</h1>Melissa Sevy specializes in helping artisans in the developing world gain access to global markets. She is the founder and Executive Director of Mabira Collective (formerly Musana), a nonprofit working with jewelry artisans in Uganda.She also is the Co-founder of Fair Kind a for-profit social venture. Fair Kind is a social enterprise that sources handmade products from artisan groups around the world for corporate clients. Her newest company is Ethik Collective, platform that enables companies to source ethical handmade goods and materials from artisans around the world.<h1>Useful Links:</h1><a href="https://twitter.com/melissa_sevy?lang=en" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Melissa Sevy </a>is on Twiter.<a href="https://www.fairkind.com/#" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Fair Kind</a> supports local artisans and creates a positive impact. You can buy their beautiful products directly.<a href="https://mabiraco.org" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Mabira Collective</a> creates a sustainable solution based in love and breaking the cycle of dependency by helping women develop as jewelry artisans and entrepreneurs. <a href="https://ethikco.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Ethik</a> offers ethical sourcing of all things handmade<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27213329-grit" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Grit</a> shares that achievement is found through focused persistence called grit. <a href="https://resilienceresearch.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Resilience Research Center</a> has collaborated with local, national, and international institutions for more than 15 years to carry out innovative research that explores pathways to resilience across cultures. <h1>About Merit Leadership</h1>Our <a href="https://meritleadership.com/education/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Business Ethics classroom in a Box </a>focuses on developing future leaders by developing ethical skills and tools in an easy-to-use course. Providing lesson plans, exercises, and assessments that help people succeed where good intentions fall short.<h1>Pleasant Pictures Music</h1>Join the <a href="https://pleasantpictures.club" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Pleasant Pictures Music Club</a> to get unlimited access to high-quality, royalty-free music for all of your projects. Use the discount code HOWTOHELP15 for 15% off your first year.

Resilience • Melissa Sevy

Feel like you are living plan B in your life? Hear how serial entrepreneur Melissa Sevy went from believing she was living plan B despite all the amazing work she was doing because of her marital status, to knowing that she is living Heavenly Father's plan A for her.  Melissa is co-founder of Musana International (a non-profit) and Fair Kind ( a for-profit social venture), both of which work to employ and empower artisans in the developing world by facilitating their entrance into the global market. Additionally, she is passionate about helping companies develop their social impact programs through her consulting firm, Givv. http://musana.org/ https://www.fairkind.com/#meaningful-gifting https://www.thegivvapp.com/ 

Feel like you are living plan B in your life? Hear how serial entrepreneur Melissa Sevy went from believing she was living plan B despite all the amazing work she was doing because of her marital status, to knowing that she is living Heavenly Father's plan A for her.  Melissa is co-founder of Musana International (a non-profit) and Fair Kind ( a for-profit social venture), both of which work to employ and empower artisans in the developing world by facilitating their entrance into the global market. Additionally, she is passionate about helping companies develop their social impact programs through her consulting firm, Givv. <a href="http://musana.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://musana.org/</a> <a href="https://www.fairkind.com/#meaningful-gifting" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.fairkind.com/#meaningful-gifting</a> <a href="https://www.thegivvapp.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.thegivvapp.com/</a>

#29: Living Plan A with Melissa Sevy