Early prospects rejected Goodr for being a for-profit business
Jasmine Crowe-Houston · HIBT Lab! Goodr: Jasmine Crowe-Houston · Nov 24, 2022 · at 19:43
Goodr founder Jasmine Crowe-Houston describes early enterprise pushback against her for-profit food waste logistics model.
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“And for the first year of the business, Every company that I spoke to was like, oh, we can't work with you because you're not a non-profit.”
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