As I was wrapping up the first year of the show, I found myself wondering what had come of all those great plans and even greater unknowns that many of my guests had shared with me when they were on the show. And selfishly I wanted to catch up with some of my previous guests to hear what they are working on these days.

So I invited a handful of them to come back and let us know how their world has evolved since we last heard from them.

You will hear stories about leaving corporate, entering corporate, hosting large events, and leading teams. We talked about the Lord of the Rings and weeding out hegemonic systems. We also talked about grief and fear and becoming parents.

And throughout all of it, there runs a beautiful thread of building and nurturing entrepreneurial ecosystems and communities throughout the Americas.

Listen to the full episode to hear:

How Charlton Cunningham is bringing intentionality in his relationships to his new, more settled role in Tulsa, Oklahoma

• Why Michelle Arevalo-Carpenter says it was important for her to model planning for transitions and stepping down as CEO of Impaqto
• How Shelly Rose moved past her fears, left her corporate job, started grad school, and went all-in on her business
• Why Denisse Rodriguez and Colmena66 brought in a DEI expert to kickstart a conversation about diversity and inclusion in Puerto Rico and how that impacted their reporting and events in 2022
• How Sassy Sassoon’s journey to parenthood has expanded her understanding of systemic barriers and injustice and how that parallelled her experiences at Zebras Unite in 2022

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Resources:

Charlton Cunningham:

• S01E03 – How to Build Trust Within an Ecosystem with Charlton Cunningham
• Shout-out to Cecilia Wessinger
• Lightship Foundation
• Charlton’s Tulsa startup guide
• Black Tech Week
• Startup Champions Network Spring Summit
• SXSW
• The Power of Strangers. The benefits of connecting in a suspicious world. Joe Keohane

Michelle Arevalo-Carpenter:

• S01E07 – How to Build a Full-Service Ecosystem Support Organization with Michelle Arévalo-Carpenter
• The Wellbeing Project
• BMW Responsible Leaders Program
• Fabian Pfortmueller
• Life is in the transitions. Mastering Change at any age, Bruce Feiler

Shelly Rose:

• S03E06 - Slow Your Roll: Creating a Healthy Lifestyle with Shelly Rose
• Pure Roots Nutrition

Denisse Rodriguez:

• S01E04 – How to build an island-wide ecosystem with Denisse Rodríguez
• Dell Gines
• Boricua Entrepreneur Fest
• Colmena66 2022 Impact Report
• Startup Champions Network Spring Summit
• Ecosystem Building Leadership Project
• Ecosystems Emerge, Dell Gines

Sassy Sassoon:

• S02E07 - Good Trouble: Stakeholder Capitalism and Global Cooperatives with Kate "Sassy" Sassoon
• California Center for Cooperatives’ multi-sector co-op conference
• Zebras Unite newsletter
• Zebras Unite online community
• Holding Change: The Way of Emergent Strategy Facilitation and Mediation, adrienne maree brown
• Old Man’s War, John Scalzi