Iroh's Corner

31/05/2022

Join us for tea 🍵 with Nisha Supahan and Toby Linwood, owners of Tattoo 34, Portland’s only Indigenous & Black owned tattoo shop. Toby and Nisha share about their journey from meeting each other and multiple moves to landing in Portland, how Toby got into art and creating sculptures for the Olympics and ultimately tattooing, how they've intentionally built Tattoo 34, and so much more.⁠
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Listen on your favorite podcast platform 🎧 or at the link below!⁠
https://irohs-corner.simplecast.com/episodes/tattoo-34

12/04/2022

Join us for tea 🍵 with CeAnne Kosel, owner of Farmhouse Teas, an online organic loose leaf tea company run from their farm in Oregon. CeAnne shares about how she fell in love with gardening, herbs, and blending teas, the journey from farmers markets to building a thriving ecommerce business, and her focus on education, customer experience, and her "secret sauce."

Listen on your favorite podcast platform 🎧 or at the link below!⁠

https://irohs-corner.simplecast.com/episodes/farmhouse-teas
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12/04/2022

It's time for Season 2 of Iroh's Corner! First episode is out today and I've already recorded so many more fun episodes that I can't wait to share!

This season has a new "Tea Time" segment in the middle of each episode where my guest(s) and I each answer a prompt from Prompt'd Moments Cards to Connect series!

Can't wait to hear what you think!

22/03/2022

It's almost time for Season Two of Iroh's Corner! AND we have a new sponsor: prompt'd moments!

Iroh's Corner is all about sharing tea with fascinating strangers and connecting over stories. Prompt'd is about not just going through the motions but creating moments to remember. They have sets of conversational cards to complete with a friend and I have two sets going right now. Rather than signing a generic Hallmark card, why not answer interesting and fun prompts and learn something about a friend, family, member, or colleague. Make sure to give prompt'd a follow, check out their website, and get excited for more stories, tea, and moments on Iroh's Corner.

17/03/2022

One year ago I released the first episode of Iroh's Corner! Starting the podcast was an early domino in a series of new adventures, friends, and opportunities. It helped me remember I could do new things, try new things, learn new things, meet new people. If I could start a podcast, I could take on a side consulting project; if I could host and produce one podcast, I could host and produce another podcast; if I could do consulting on the side, I could do consulting full-time. Thanks for your support along the way!

22/02/2022

Join us for tea 🍵 with Ken Ojuka, founder and CEO of Fiddle.io, a modern inventory operations software for CPG brands and manufacturers. Ken shares his career path from being a CPG brand to creating a software for CPG brands, his focus on building inventory software with a modern, intuitive interface, and how he strives toward work-life harmony.
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Listen on your favorite podcast platform 🎧 or at the link below!⁠

https://irohs-corner.simplecast.com/episodes/ken-ojuka

11/02/2022

31/12/2021

In March of this year, I was feeling nostalgic for when I could go and have tea with my favorite local entrepreneurs. I decided to take those conversations online and started Iroh's Corner. I figured at minimum, I could connect with awesome people during a pandemic and record it, and at most, others would enjoy. ⁠

I can't believe the podcast has been downloaded 2,000 times across 25 episodes with 26 amazing guests.
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I'm so grateful to all of my guests for the inspiring & fun conversations. I'm so grateful to all the listeners for sharing in our conversations. I'm so grateful to my supporters on . I'm so grateful for 23 five star reviews on iTunes.⁠
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I can't wait to share more conversations and chat with more amazing people! THANK YOU for the support!⁠

30/12/2021

Join us for tea with Amy Colville, founder, owner, and Chief Joy Seeker at aMYLK, a plant-based mylk company. Amy shares her serendipitous journey, including going from burn-out to creating a bliss-filled company, her own health needs leading her to making her own mylks, and how she intentionally grows and leads her team.

Listen on your favorite podcast platform or at the link below!

https://irohs-corner.simplecast.com/episodes/amylk

20/10/2021

Join us for tea with Yvonne Fide, co-founder of Momo Cocoa Co., a high quality cocoa company that the Wall Street Journal called a "nostalgia-inducing, much better version of the just-add water hot chocolate we remember." Yvonne shares about her career journey from philosophy to law, going from vegan to vegetarian and realizing there were not great cocoa options, her knowledge on the history of cocoa and sourcing, and bringing her cocoa recipes to life online and in retail stores.

Listen on your favorite podcast platform or at the link below!

https://irohs-corner.simplecast.com/episodes/momo-cocoa

08/10/2021

I had the chance to chat with Salman Farsi on his new podcast. We chat "Operating Business for 10x Growth" and my tips for scaling business operations.

Listen at the link below or on your favorite podcasting platform!

https://www.salmanfarsi.co/podcast/operating-business-for-10x-growth/

06/10/2021

Join us for tea with Jennifer Brenner, founder and leader of Tea Festival Portland and founder and owner of Black Ink Books and Pine & Peat Candle Co. Jenn shares her journey from tea ceremonies in Niger to helping small businesses organize their books to turning years of ideas around a Portland tea festival into action and starting Tea Fest PDX.

Listen on your favorite podcast platform or at the link below!

https://irohs-corner.simplecast.com/episodes/jennifer-brenner

22/09/2021

So excited for Mikiko Mochi Donuts' retail location!

https://pdx.eater.com/2021/9/20/22680173/mikiko-mochi-doughnut-shop-cafe-northeast

Mikiko Mochi Donuts, the pandemic-era pop-up known for their butter-mochi-based doughnuts, will soon have its own doughnut shop

22/09/2021

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22/09/2021

This is amazing. I'm a big Muppet's Christmas Carol fan and love Brett Goldstein in Ted Lasso 🤩

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhEpas0TXsA

So. For Parkinson's UK, Amusical made my Muppets dream come true at their excellent gig. I wasn’t going to post this video, but then I thought, if you watch ...

21/09/2021

Join us for tea 🍵 with Mary Allen, founder and owner of Ramblin' Rose PDX 🌹, a plant-based ice cream🍦 food truck in Portland. Mary shares about the beautiful story behind her truck 🚚, her passion for using local ingredients and building local partnerships, and her mission to make vegan ice cream for adults who never grew up 🤸(even though their palate did).

Listen on your favorite podcast platform 🎧 or at the link below!

https://irohs-corner.simplecast.com/episodes/ramblin-rose

07/09/2021

Join us for tea with Briana Thornton, founder of Aesthete Tea and co-founder of Thornton's Supply. Briana shares about her early career in art curation and branding, starting an organic loose leaf tea and herbal blend brand, and her passion for plant medicine, folk healing, and herbalism.

Listen on your favorite podcast platform 🎧 or at the link below!

https://irohs-corner.simplecast.com/episodes/briana-thornton

24/08/2021

Join us for tea 🍵 with Jamie Gross, Senior Director at adidas 👟 of the US Kohl's wholesale business 🛍️ and co-owner of Silver Harbor Brewing Company 🍺 in St. Joseph, Michigan. Jamie shares about her career journey in sales from Whirlpool to adidas 📈, launching Silver Harbor Brewing Company with her husband and friends 🍻, and how she manages it all with two young children 👨‍👩‍👧‍👧.

Listen on your favorite podcast platform 🎧 or at the link below!

https://irohs-corner.simplecast.com/episodes/jamie-gross

19/08/2021

Sharing a recent feature by LivBar 🤩 I put a lot of thought into my Spotify playlist so check it out 😂

Meet Jessi! Jessi is our Director of Marketing and Operations and is fueled almost exclusively by hot tea, kombucha, and gluten free treats. She joined the LivBar team in January 2019 and is a jill-of-all-trades focused on LivBar's growth. From marketing to fulfillment to supply chain, every day looks a little different but is sure to involve color-coding and turning some chaos into action. Jessi has a podcast called Iroh's Corner where she drinks tea and interviews entrepreneurs and is also the host of the Startup CPG podcast. She and her husband live in Portland and have two mini aussie dogs. Be sure to watch her video interview on Reels, TikTok or YouTube Shorts! If you want to get to know Jessi better, head over to the Spotify playlist that she has curated from this link: https://linktr.ee/livbar

18/08/2021

I'm excited to announce I'll be the host of Season 3 of the Startup CPG podcast 🎧! Startup CPG is the national network for emerging brands working toward a better food system 🛒 (CPG stands for Consumer Packaged Goods). Startup CPG has a 4,000 member Slack community, Shelfie Awards, a magazine, and numerous resources for emerging brands. Check out the podcast for interviews with founders, industry insights, and how to work toward a better food system.

Listen to the episode introducing me as the new host wherever you get your podcasts or at the link below:

https://anchor.fm/dashboard/episode/e15i8tq

12/08/2021

Have you listened to this week's episode with Josalyn & Bolaji Osoba? I had such a blast talking with them!

I'm love with our Kwerke Products setup at LivBar! I first found Josalyn through her BE. Macarons IG account and then started following her and Bolaji's launch of Kwerke.

Their mini studios are a home photographer's dream: magnetic backdrops, no seams, really compact studio that's easy to setup and take down.

Listen on your favorite podcast platform 🎧 or at the link below about how they've launched multiple awesome online businesses and their fascinating career journeys!

https://irohs-corner.simplecast.com/episodes/kwerke

10/08/2021

Join us for tea 🍵 with Josalyn & Bolaji Osoba, owners and founders of BE. Macarons and Kwerke Products. BE. Macarons is an online macaron shop 📫 and Kwerke sells easy magnetic photography backdrops and mini studios 📸. Josalyn & Bolaji share about their career journeys, Josalyn perfecting macarons, Bolaji designing the Kwerke setup, and what it's like to launch multiple online businesses 🖥️.

Listen on your favorite podcast platform 🎧 or at the link below!

https://irohs-corner.simplecast.com/episodes/kwerke

04/08/2021

I've received feedback that one week an episode is a lot to keep up with as a listener (which I agree with as a producer 😝). For the last month, our weekly download numbers have stayed consistent with or without a new episode drop. I want you all to have the chance to listen to our awesome guests' stories, yet also keep bringing you fresh new stories, so we'll give every other week a try.

If you really need weekly content, I'll be the new host of the Startup CPG podcast soon, and that'll most likely be every other week too 😜

Thank you for all your support!

29/07/2021

This is awesome! Plum Deluxe is amazing. I couldn't agreement more with what Ciaran shared below.

If you haven't caught my chat with Andy Hayes yet, be sure to check it out!
https://irohs-corner.simplecast.com/episodes/creating-delicious-teas-meaningful-moments-with-andy-hayes

Tea company, Plum Deluxe and educational robot maker, ROYBI both use Facebook Chat Plugin to help grow their business. Hear from them about how they get leads, automate customer service, and more—all through live chat powered by Messenger.

29/07/2021

Want to support the Iroh's Corner podcast, but you aren't ready for a monthly Patreon commitment? You can support the show with a one time gift of $5 and buy Jessi a tea ☕ (Buy Me a Coffee). You can also support without spending any $$ by liking, sharing, reviewing, and telling a friend.

Thank you for all your support!

https://www.buymeacoffee.com/irohscorner

27/07/2021

Join us for tea 🍵 with Mike & Laura Ellis, owners and founders of Mt. Hope Farms, an Oregon specialty fruit farm 🍇. Laura and Mike share about choosing their specialty crops (table grapes, aronia berries, and haskap berries), developing a line of artisan fruit spreads, and how they highlight the legacy of their farm and other local Oregon farms through their products ☀️.

Listen on your favorite podcast platform or at the link below! 🎧

https://irohs-corner.simplecast.com/episodes/mt-hope-farms

20/07/2021

Join us for tea with Emily Mikiko Strocher & Alex McGillivray, founders and creators of Mikiko Mochi Donuts. Alex and Emily share about starting a mochi donut company during a pandemic, experimenting with more than four business models, the influence of family and tradition on Mikiko, and a not-super-distant dream of a retail shop in Portland.

Listen on your favorite podcast platform or at the link below!

https://irohs-corner.simplecast.com/episodes/mikiko-mochi-donuts

09/07/2021

Did you know giving triggers a release of oxytocin? 😜

Whether it's Iroh Corner or another creator, consider using Patreon to support your favorite content!

I didn't used to know what Patreon was but once I understood it was an easy way to support my favorite creators on an ongoing basis, I was hooked!

(Shameless but no pressure plug) - Iroh's Corner is available for free, but isn't free to make (time, hosting fees, editing software, equipment) - you could give yourself and me a little Friday mood boost by becoming a patron on Patreon for as little as $3 per month.

https://www.patreon.com/irohscorner

08/07/2021

Feeling so grateful and humbled that my podcast has been downloaded 1,000 times!

So far we're at:
- 16 episodes released (50% of podcasts have less than 14 episodes, so it felt good to pass that mark!)
- 16 guests interviewed (11 foodpreneurs)
- 2 topical episodes (angel investing and co-packing)

In March of this year, I was feeling nostalgic for when I could go and have tea with my favorite local entrepreneurs, leaders, and experts. Within a week span, I decided to take those conversations online and started Iroh's Corner. I figured at minimum, I could connect with awesome people again and record it, and at most, others would enjoy.

I'm so grateful to all of my guests for the inspiring & fun conversations. I'm so grateful to all the listeners for sharing our conversations. I'm so grateful to my supporters on Patreon. I'm so grateful for 21 five star reviews on Apple Podcasts.

I can't wait to share more conversations and chat with more amazing people! THANK YOU for the support!

https://www.irohscorner.com/

Guests so far with pages: Kayla Joy Creative, Hibisbloom, Plum Deluxe, Kate's Ice Cream, The Dyrt, Oregon Bark, Sugarpine Drive-In, Chariteas, Happy Campers Gluten Free, Toast'd