In this episode, Daniel had a chat with Michelle Hoexum who works for Revalue where part of her job mission is to back local businesses in different parts of the USA. Michelle and I became friend interacting at the Bento Society a community founded by Yancey Strickler ( Ex CEO of Kickstarter) and here we attempt to recreate one of our conversations. To find out more information about Michelle The Bento Society: https://bentoism.org/about Michelle Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michelle-hoexum-699b926/ Revalue: https://www.revalueinvesting.com/ Michelle local's mentioned in the conversation: Founders brewery: https://foundersbrewing.com/ Scared Springs Kombucha: https://sacred-springs.com/ Purposely Local is hosted and produced by Daniel Salcedo, content creator, and serial entrepreneur based in New York/New Jersey area. For more information about Daniel and his local initiatives, you can visit his personal website: https://www.danielsalcedo.com/ Credits: Video: Angelo Colina Mixing, Music, and sound: Jacinto Gonzalez Portraits: Romina Hendlin Cover Art: Naim Solis

In this episode, Julie and Megan shared with Daniel their fantastic story on how they opened a consignment store for plus size in Jersey City.  To find out more information about Plus Thrift JC IG: hhttps://www.instagram.com/plusthriftjc/ Megan: https://www.instagram.com/msgigggles/ Julie: https://www.instagram.com/juliekhiry/ Purposely Local is hosted and produced by Daniel Salcedo, content creator, and serial entrepreneur based in New York/New Jersey area. For more information about Daniel and his local initiatives, you can visit his personal website: https://www.danielsalcedo.com/ Credits: Video: Angelo Colina Mixing, Music, and sound: Jacinto Gonzalez Portraits: Romina Hendlin Cover Art: Naim Solis

In this episode, Daniel had a conversation with Aiko Strasser founder of Matchalo a local matcha brand in California. Daniel and Aiko talked about Aiko's journey to build her own Matcha brand, the health benefits of drinking matcha, and the purpose behind building Matchalo. To find out more information about Aiko and Matchalo Webiste https://www.matchalo.com/ IG: https://www.instagram.com/hellomatchalo/ Aiko IG: https://www.instagram.com/razzleko07/ Purposely Local is hosted and produced by Daniel Salcedo, content creator, and serial entrepreneur based in New York/New Jersey area. For more information about Daniel and his local initiatives, you can visit his personal website: https://www.danielsalcedo.com/ Credits: Video: Angelo Colina Mixing, Music, and sound: Jacinto Gonzalez Portraits: Romina Hendlin Cover Art: Naim Solis

In this episode, Daniel had a chat with Rose who runs an IG account and local blog Weehawken Life in New Jersey. Daniel and rose talked about Weehawken, entrepreneurship, and the importance of supporting local businesses. To find out more information about Wewhawken Life: Blog: https://www.weehawkenlife.com/ IG: https://instagram.com/weehawkenlife?utm_medium=copy_link or Purposely Local is hosted and produced by Daniel Salcedo, content creator, and serial entrepreneur based in New York/New Jersey area. For more information about Daniel and his local initiatives, you can visit his personal website: https://www.danielsalcedo.com/ Credits: Video: Angelo Colina Mixing, Music, and sound: Jacinto Gonzalez Portraits: Romina Hendlin Cover Art: Naim Solis

In this episode, Daniel had a conversation with Theron Long, creative director in the fashion industry. Theron shared how "Body positivity" became a sort of a lay motive for a lot of the campaigns he worked on during his carrer. Theron also shared his local support initiatives in NYC and in the fashion industry as well. To find out more information about Theron you can find him on Linkedin here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/theronlong/ Purposely Local is hosted and produced by Daniel Salcedo, content creator, and serial entrepreneur based in New York/New Jersey area. For more information about Daniel and his local initiatives, you can visit his personal website: https://www.danielsalcedo.com/ Credits: Video: Angelo Colina Mixing, Music, and sound: Jacinto Gonzalez Portraits: Romina Hendlin Cover Art: Naim Solis

Sarah White aka "The Coastal Yogi" shared her journey into "Yoga Sculpt" practices in the Boston Area and how COVID transformed her business. Sarah practices "local support " in her community and she shared some of her locals as well. To find out more information about Sarah you can find her on IG here: https://www.instagram.com/thecoastalyogi/?hl=en Purposely Local is hosted and produced by Daniel Salcedo, content creator, and serial entrepreneur based in New York/New Jersey area. For more information about Daniel and his local initiatives, you can visit his personal website: https://www.danielsalcedo.com/ or email me at [email protected] Credits: Video: Angelo Colina Mixing, Music, and sound: Jacinto Gonzalez Portraits: Romina Hendlin Cover Art: Naim Solis

Tyler Prete from VC Partnerships at Shopify discusses with Daniel facts around shopping local and how he practices "local" personally and professionally as well. Tyler lives In Canada and he is currently working for Shopify doing VC partnerships. Tyler was also one of the first supporters of Daniel's local practice on Social media. To find out more information about Tyler you can find him on Linkedin here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tprete/ Purposely Local is hosted and produced by Daniel Salcedo, content creator, and serial entrepreneur based in New York/New Jersey area. For more information about Daniel and his local initiatives, you can visit his personal website: https://www.danielsalcedo.com/ Credits: Video: Angelo Colina Mixing, Music, and sound: Jacinto Gonzalez Portraits: Romina Hendlin Cover Art: Naim Solis

Why Purposely Local? In our first episode, we define our own purpose as a podcast and why I decided to start this journey.