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“An amazing uptick in new and unique opportunities” with Jack E. Lighton

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As part of my series about the “How Business Leaders Plan To Rebuild In The Post COVID Economy”, I had the pleasure of interviewing Jack Lighton who has been at the helm of the nonprofit Loggerhead Marinelife Center since 2013. Can you tell us what lessons or ‘takeaways’ you learned from that? We are hopeful! Hey, I was at the beach!

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Sam Polk: “Bring healthy food to more people”

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In 2013, he founded a nonprofit called FEAST (originally called Groceryships) to address food-related health problems in South Los Angeles by helping family food providers make healthy choices through nutrition education, cooking classes, free produce, and support groups. Thank you so much for doing this with us!

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Sondra Radcliffe: “Become so confident in who you are that no one’s opinion, rejection, or behavior can rock you”

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I joined Raytheon Technologies (formerly United Technologies) in 2013 and continued to pursue roles that would give me a broad understanding of the business, first moving into roles of increasing responsibility within the legal group and then eventually exiting the legal group to lead the Oxygen & PSU business.

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Matt Bachmann & Ben Gordon of Wandering Bear Coffee: “Hire people before you need them”

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We learned this early on, and then we’ve re-learned every six months or so. The best learning you get is by doing and the power you hold as an early stage company is the ability to test things quickly and cheaply without huge repercussions. Ben Gordon: Hire people before you need them. like, say, bookkeeping?—?and

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Matt Bachmann and Ben Gordon of Wandering Bear Coffee: “Just get started”

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The best learning you get is by doing and the power you hold as an early stage company is the ability to test things quickly and cheaply without huge repercussions. Less talking and more doing; this one could sometimes be a struggle for me and Ben early on. That’s often your only advantage. Can you tell us a bit about your “backstory”?