BY SEAN WARD | Full Article at The Chicken Wire By the time Michael Jones was 16, he knew exactly what he wanted in life: to be on the Inc. 500 list – a ranking of the 500 fastest-growing private companies in the United States. By the time he was 35, the healthcare company he founded, […]
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Why This Man Gave Up His $40M Company To Fix Coffee
BY HOLLIE SLADE| Full Article at Fortune Magazine “When I was a teenager I thought that money, fame and success would be the solution to everything,” says Michael Jones. A serial entrepreneur in his mid-40s, Jones founded Implantable Provider Group in 2004, a healthcare company that buys medical implants like pacemakers, gives them to hospitals and […]
Equity for Coffee Farmers
BY JENNIFER ALSEVER Full Article at Fortune Magazine Atlanta coffee company Thrive brewed up strong results in 2015. Demand from corporate customers, including Chick-fil-A, percolated, putting Thrive on pace to generate $20 million in revenue for the year. But the four-year-old roaster doesn’t reap all the rewards. It shares half its sales with the guys at […]
Interview with Mike Mannina (ThriveWorx)
What if we told you that the cup of coffee in your hand provided the opportunity to put a Bible in the hands of children in communities across the world? For eight weeks this summer, WinShape Camps will be making this idea a reality for coffee farming communities across Costa Rica through its new partnerships […]