Consensus in Conversation

Ken Grossman started homebrewing as a teenager in the 70’s. Fifty years later, he’s a legend in craft brewing. The founder of Sierra Nevada Brewing Company has built one of America’s most successful craft beer companies while building a legacy of doing good for the world alongside doing great in business. We sit down with Ken Grossman and his son, Brian Grossman, to learn more about your favorite brewer’s favorite brewers! Sierra Nevada holds industry respect, is pushing the boundaries of sustainable brewing, and shows no signs of slowing down– join the conversation and hear the inspiring story of a beer that brews a better world.

We're talking to Danny Seiden, President and CEO of the Arizona Chamber of Commerce and Industry, an organization that represents businesses and CEOs across the state. He's held a storybook career that started in Disney World, led to law school, and eventually public service, where he worked as a trusted adviser to Arizona's governor, Doug Doucey. Today, he's truly a CEO of CEOs helping lead a state and private sector in innovation around sustainability and, most notably, the critical issue of water conservation. Danny has a unique perspective watching Arizona businesses make a big positive impact on the state's biggest issues. All of these companies are seeing a big impact on their own bottom line. Want to learn more? Join our conversation!

Today, I’m talking with the entrepreneurs behind Luke's Lobster – a family-owned Maine seafood business, founded by third-generation lobsterman Luke Holden and business partner Ben Conniff.What began as a tiny lobster roll shack in New York City now includes locations in ten US states, Japan, and Singapore, a seafood purchasing and production business, and products in grocery stores across the United States. Throughout their incredible growth, Luke and Ben’s commitment to sustainability and putting stakeholders above profits has earned them customers, accolades and a B Corp certification. As the environmental and coastal fishing communities work towards a more sustainable vision for the future of lobstering, Luke’s Lobster is certain to be a key voice working to find consensus to the conversation.

Today we're talking with Nona Yehia and Caroline Croft Estay. These two, along with co-founder Penny McBride, built Vertical Harvest, a vertical farm that helps address food security, sustainability, and workforce development in what some may consider an unlikely place: Jackson Hole, Wyoming. From designing a three story greenhouse, which looks a little bit like glass shipping containers stacked on top of one another, filled with rows and rows of floating greens, to turning community skeptics into their biggest champions and challenging traditional expectations and limitations on the disabled community. They found just the right way to change the world by building a great business.

Welcome to Consensus in Conversation, a new podcast hosted by Conor Gaughan where we talk to innovators and entrepreneurs who have built great businesses and careers that do well while doing good.A rich life is so much more than a unicorn start-up going public. The true unicorns are those living fulfilling lives doing what they love AND making it to their kid’s games. This podcast is an opportunity to talk to inspiring leaders, job creators, innovators, and problem solvers – people across the country who are making the world a better place and more sustainable place, while successfully making good money. Join the conversation.