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Re.Vert Ventures, Stories From Impact Entrepreneurs

Youssef Elbehri

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In this episode of Re.Vert Ventures, we sit down with Dan Kurzrock, founder of Upcycled Foods (formerly ReGrained), a pioneer turning the food upcycling movement into a thriving business. Based in the Bay Area, Dan shares how a college beer-brewing hobby turned into a mission to give “spent grain” a second life. From dorm room experiments to scaling a purpose-driven company, his story is one of persistence, creativity, and reimagining what we call waste. We explore his path through creative f...

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In this episode of Re.Vert Ventures, we sit down with Dan Kurzrock, founder of Upcycled Foods (formerly ReGrained), a pioneer turning the food upcycling movement into a thriving business. Based in the Bay Area, Dan shares how a college beer-brewing hobby turned into a mission to give “spent grain” a second life. From dorm room experiments to scaling a purpose-driven company, his story is one of persistence, creativity, and reimagining what we call waste. We explore his path through creative f...

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Entrepreneurship

Personal Journals,

Society & Culture,

Self-Improvement

Episodes (20/24)

Re.Vert Ventures, Stories From Impact Entrepreneurs

Dan Kurzrock, Founder of Upcycled Foods Inc. Unlocking Food Waste's Potential. S.3 E.4

In this episode of Re.Vert Ventures, we sit down with Dan Kurzrock, founder of Upcycled Foods (formerly ReGrained), a pioneer turning the food upcycling movement into a thriving business. Based in the Bay Area, Dan shares how a college beer-brewing hobby turned into a mission to give “spent grain” a second life. From dorm room experiments to scaling a purpose-driven company, his story is one of persistence, creativity, and reimagining what we call waste. We explore his path through creative f...

1 week ago

1 hour 6 minutes

Re.Vert Ventures, Stories From Impact Entrepreneurs

John Erik Metcalf, Founder of Upgraded, Enabling Circular Hardware s.3 e.3

In this episode of Re.Vert Ventures we speak with John Metcalf, founder of Upgraded, the leading tech subscription service in the US focusing on MacBooks. Based in Austin, we hear John’s story from childhood to being self employed to full time founder and everything in between. Culminating to John creating a platform enabling the a new model for device ownership and creating a scalable take back program for one of the leading consumer electronic brands in the world, furthering the circ...

3 weeks ago

52 minutes

Re.Vert Ventures, Stories From Impact Entrepreneurs

Ken Elliott, Founder of IND Hemp. The Goodness of Hemp Interview, S.3 E.02

In this episode of Re.Vert Ventures, we speak with Ken Elliott, founder of IND Hemp, the leading source of industrial hemp food, feed and fiber ingredients in the country. Based in Montana, we hear ken’s story of going from the environmental services sector to discovering the restorative properties of growing hemp. From there he decides to go full in on this magic crop and grow his industrial hemp business to becoming one of the largest in the country. We hear about his mission and god ...

1 month ago

1 hour 8 minutes

Re.Vert Ventures, Stories From Impact Entrepreneurs

Alan Mak, Founder of Version Tomorrow, From Finance to Fashion - Re.Vert Ventures S3.E01

Welcome to Re.Vert Ventures Season 3 (formerly Growing Green Ventures). We’ve made a few aesthetic updates, but the heart of the show remains the same: exploring the climate crisis through the lens of entrepreneurship and digging into the journeys of founders making a real impact. This season, we’re focusing on the circular economy — reimagining waste as a valuable input, and exploring bio-based and regenerative materials across fashion, food, consumer tech, and beyond. Today I’m joined by Al...

1 month ago

1 hour 10 minutes

Re.Vert Ventures, Stories From Impact Entrepreneurs

Liz Ricketts, of The OR Foundation. Fighting Textile Waste at the Real End of Life

In this final episode of the podcast, we speak with Liz Ricketts, Co-founder of The OR foundation to shed light on the last stage of life of our garments. We dive deep into their work, and the economic systems that allow this whole mess to happen in the first place. The OR Foundation is a non profit operating out of the US and Ghana focused on addressing textile waste and supporting the local community of Kantamanto market in Accra, Ghana, the worlds largest secondhand clothing ma...

10 months ago

59 minutes

Re.Vert Ventures, Stories From Impact Entrepreneurs

Alex Husted of Helpsy, Ensuring Clothes Aren't Trash Through Reuse and Recycling

In this episode, we focus on what happens to our clothes post consumption. We speak with Alex Husted the co-founder of Helpsy. Helpsy is on a mission to keep clothing out of trash by enabling the collection, sorting and responsible distribution of secondhand clothing and shoes. They provide pick up, sorting, and distribution services across America. Once collected and sorted Helpsy sells off their second hand clothes to thrift stores and distributors around the nation, makin...

11 months ago

59 minutes

Re.Vert Ventures, Stories From Impact Entrepreneurs

Rachel Sterling, Co-founder of Alternew. Tailoring Tech Meets Tradition.

In the 6th segment of this series, we take a look a company is helping extend the use phase of our garments post purchase. I speak with Rachel Sterling, the co-founder of Alternew. Alternew offers bespoke tailoring and repair services for brands by connecting them and their users to local tailoring shops. This allows customers to tailor their clothes upon purchase to ensure perfect fit easily. In this episode we discuss: The business case of extending a garments life to redu...

11 months ago

1 hour 15 minutes

Re.Vert Ventures, Stories From Impact Entrepreneurs

Carrie Peterson, Founder of Beacon's Closet. 30 Years of Secondhand Retail

In the 5th segment of the season, we speak to the founder of Beacon's Closet Carrie Peterson. Beacon’s Closet is a secondhand shop based in #NYC operating 4 locations where consumers can buy, sell and trade their clothes. Beacon’s has been around for almost 30 years in business and whose model inherently provides sustainable options for consumers by promoting the consumption of second hand items, and extending the life of garments in circulation. In this episode, we discuss: -Importan...

11 months ago

1 hour 5 minutes

Re.Vert Ventures, Stories From Impact Entrepreneurs

Jessica Schreiber, Founder of FABSCRAP, Saving Cities From Textile Waste

In the 4th segment of this season we focus on addressing the textile waste created in the design and manufacturing of our garments. We speak with Jessica Schreiber, the founder of Fabscrap, an organization diverting textile waste from landfills and creating a system for reuse and recycling. Fabscrap focuses on responsibly managing the waste found between the stages of a garment's design and production. In this conversation, we speak about: Forgotten waste components of garment design Fas...

11 months ago

52 minutes

Re.Vert Ventures, Stories From Impact Entrepreneurs

Carmen Gama, Director of Circular Design at Eileen Fisher, Co-founder of Make ANEEW, Remanufacturing and Circularity in Fashion Design

In the third segment of the season, we focus on brands, and their role driving this value chain. We speak with Carmen Gama, the Director of Circular Design for Eileen Fisher and the co-founder of Make ANEEW, a one stop shop for circular fashion that recovers value at scale from post consumer clothing. In this conversation we speak about: Effective takeback programs at scale Remanufacturing and creating new clothing from clothing wasteA brands’ role in enabling smart consumer ...

11 months ago

53 minutes

Re.Vert Ventures, Stories From Impact Entrepreneurs

Dan Robichaud-Carew, of Unspun, Weaving Fashion's Future Manufacturing

In the second episode of this season, we get to speak with Dan Robichaud-Carew, the Head of software and product management at Unspun, an innovative fashion tech company creating 3D weaved garments through their proprietary Vega manufacturing system. In this conversation we speak all things: the stagnant manufacturing industrywhat makes the fashion industry so different to other sectorsopportunities to innovate within the industry The manufacturing segment of the supply chain is fr...

11 months ago

1 hour 7 minutes

Re.Vert Ventures, Stories From Impact Entrepreneurs

Valentina Gomez, Co-founder of Werewool, Innovating Fibers in Fashion with Proteins

In the first episode of GGV, we speak with Valentina Gomez, the co-founder of Werewool, a biomaterials company that develops fibers with tailored aesthetic and performance properties, derived form natural proteins found in nature. We talk all things: Start up life (funding, idea incubation, perseverance)Material innovation (biomimicry, organic performance features, protein derived variations, designing for end of life) Addressing fashion industries reliance on fabric blends, synhtetics ...

11 months ago

48 minutes

Re.Vert Ventures, Stories From Impact Entrepreneurs

Innovating Through the Entire Fashion Industry - Growing Green Ventures, Season 2.

Too often we look at sustainability and issues of our climate in isolation. Achieving Sustainability in reality requires addressing our issues in a systemic approach, understanding how our actions impact those before and after us, to ensure we are not passing down more problems and responsibility down the line. While each industry has its own unique factors, most supply chain's are fragmented, only enhanced through globalization, resulting in the most impactful stages operating in place...

11 months ago

2 minutes

Re.Vert Ventures, Stories From Impact Entrepreneurs

Growing Green Ventures Season 1 Recap

Season 1 Recap episode! Today I go through the main lessons learned throughout season 1. I am fortunate to be able to interview 9 incredible entrepreneurs across different sectors from biomaterials, museums, footwear, sustainable fashion, agroforestry, packaging and more. Each have their own journey and story to tell but there are some underlying commonalities in each. Some key findings include: Business: 'Sustainable' businesses create opportunities for impact outside of just positive en...

1 year ago

17 minutes

Re.Vert Ventures, Stories From Impact Entrepreneurs

Beto Bina of FarFarm: Agroforestry, Regeneration, and the Amazon Ep. 9

In today's final interview episode of season 1, I get to speak with Beto Bina, the co-founder of Farfarm, an organization that works at the intersection of strategy, supply chain and impact. FarFarm supports brands creating sustainable products by sourcing materials in an agroforestry system, meaning sourcing natural materials in a way that promotes tree growth and native agriculture production all while supporting social development, primarily in his home country of Brazil. In other wo...

1 year ago

54 minutes

Re.Vert Ventures, Stories From Impact Entrepreneurs

Matthew Hawthorne: Consulting, Circularity, and Clothes Ep. 8

Matthew Hawthorne, is a thought leader in the circular textile space. He is the founder of TerrApparel, a circular outerwear brand, focused on closed loop apparel apparel brand. Using 100% recycled fabrics, fluorocarbon free waterproofing and wicking finishes. Now Matthew is a footprinting and circularity expert at Quantis, an environmental consultancy specializing in the fashion sector. Matthew's work supports brands in assessing their environmental impact, planning and transfor...

1 year ago

54 minutes

Re.Vert Ventures, Stories From Impact Entrepreneurs

Miranda Massie of The Climate Museum: Action, Activism, and the Arts Ep. 7

Miranda Massie is the founder and director of the Climate Museum, the first museum in the US dedicated to the climate crisis. The museum mobilizes the power of arts and cultural programming to accelerate the crucial shift toward climate dialogue and action, connecting people and advancing just solutions. The museum shines a light and uplifts the voices of the ‘silent majority’ or 2/3rds of Americans (a clear bipartisan American supermajority) that supports bold climate policy.&n...

1 year ago

1 hour

Re.Vert Ventures, Stories From Impact Entrepreneurs

James McGoff of TemperPack: eCommerce, Food Delivery & Packaging. Ep. 6

James McGoff, the founder and Chief Product Officer at TemperPack, an innovative sustainable materials company focused on eliminating plastic from the supply chain, through sustainable packaging options. Their main products are focused on creating protective and insulative packaging for food and life science industries. TemperPack serves as a great story of ingenuity, grit, and timing that creates great opportunities for an entrepreneur. Combining a genuine interest in materials, and the abil...

1 year ago

57 minutes

Re.Vert Ventures, Stories From Impact Entrepreneurs

Samuel Falzone, Reconstructed: Sneakers, Upcycling, & Craft. Ep. 5

I get to speak with Samuel Falzone, a footwear designer and creative, making beautiful products focused on reconstructing deadstock sneakers into new one-of-a-kind pieces. In his latest project 'Reconstructed by Samuel Falzone' Samuel emphasizes repairability in each of his pieces through his goodyear welted soles. Beautiful, rare products, with handmade finishes, that are meant to be repaired, are a new level of luxury that is rarely seen in our consumerist society today. Samuel is an up-and...

1 year ago

59 minutes

Re.Vert Ventures, Stories From Impact Entrepreneurs

David Cutler of Fortuna Cools: Coconuts, Cold Chains and Culture. Ep.4

David Cutler is the founder of Fortuna Cools and Nutshell Coolers, a company up cycling coconut husks into insulative packaging. His business employs and manufactures in the Philippines where this unique business opportunity started. Fortuna Cools capitalizes on an agricultural byproduct's natural characteristics of insulation and turns it into a product that directly replaces traditional styrofoam packaging for cold supply chains (think fish markets, etc.). It's rare to find a ...

1 year ago

1 hour 1 minute