Sego Awards Ken Frei

Sarah Wilson joins us and shares how she started Chip after craving a chocolate chip cookie while she was pregnant. She tells us stories from the scrappy early days of the company and how she iterated on and tested many different recipes to make sure she delighted her customers. She also shares how she balances work and family and how she stays sane and happy while running a successful business.

Gloria Kajo Mensah joins us to talk about her experience as an immigrant to the US from Nigeria. She shares how her immigrant experience drove her to start GK Folks and the Miss Africa Scholarship program, as well as her advice for how we can be more welcoming to immigrants. We also touch on other topics like how to get started as an entrepreneur and how she deals with mental health. 

This audio was taken from an Instagram Live recording with the Andrus' at the Sego Awards 2020 Launch Party on January 10, 2020.

Kristin and Jeremy Andrus share why they are passionate about women's entrepreneurship in the state of Utah and why they support the Sego Awards. They talk about buying a business versus starting one, how they teach their kids entrepreneurship, and how they maintain a healthy relationship while running a business. Plus, much more. This was a really fun conversation with two incredibly smart and thoughtful people.

Shauna Smith, President of the Four Foods Group, talks about her career path and unexpected journey to leading a premier company in the food and restaurant space. She also talks about working with family members, teaching her kids about entrepreneurship, and how to pull off a successful restaurant launch. Shauna is an incredibly smart, thoughtful, and kind entrepreneur and there are a ton of great insights in this episode.  

Show note: One of the recorders went out with about 5 min left in the interview, so I had to switch to a different audio source. Sorry for the change in sounds quality.

Maddie Hill, the person who keeps us all on track at Sego, talks about why she loves being a part of the Sego team.

Trent Mano talks about why he helped you do the Sego Awards and why Sego is import to him.