Cultures within Capitalism

This is a podcast looking at all things company culture. Through this series, we’ll speak to entrepreneurs who are part of the Ask Holly How community to understand the different cultures that exist under the broad umbrella of capitalism. We’ll look into how our personal stories impact the cultures we create. Our music is composed and performed by me on the bassoon and Johnny Simon on guitar. It’s inspired by the 5-note pentatonic scale of Scottish folk music in the 18th century - the same time Adam Smith was formulating Capitalism. Our sound engineer is Johnny Simon, and our logo design is by Rodrigo Miguel with illustrations by Rodrigo & Kathleen Scudder. The [w/n] abbreviation is a nod to scientific chart-writing.

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Chelsea Minola of Grain

August 11, 2023 • Holly Howard • Episode 12

This month on the podcast, I welcome Chelsea Minola of Grain in Bainbridge Island, Washington. Chelsea and her husband, James Minola, run a creative partnership exploring the poetic objects of an intentional life. Chelsea shares her experience with design, becoming a certified BCorp, deciding to run a design studio outside of a major city, investing in robots to expand their practice, her deep devotion to the environment and their stunning new cork collection, what it's like to work with your spouse and so much more! Chelsea is a beautiful soul to whom I give a lot of credit for expanding the work of AHH to the West Coast :) I'm always inspired by her deep devotion to continuing learning and commitment to her values to guide her growth.

If you are in the Seattle area this weekend, you can visit their open studios Aug 11-13th 10am - 4pm to see the robots for yourself!

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