Ep 50 Rachel Bernier-Green - Laine's Bakeshop

Small Biz Gone Viral

April 13, 2021 Today’s guest is Rachel Bernier-Green, founder of Laine’s Bakeshop - a Chicago social enterprise baked goods manufacturing company committed to catalyzing wealth in the south and west side communities in Chicago. We will talk about the importance of using a company to serve humans, scaling the company to create ownership opportunities and generational wealth for Laine’s Bakeshop employees, and hiring from chronically unemployed communities such as reentering citizens, recovering substance abusers, and the formerly homeless.

Guest's Unsponsor: Janie's Mill. Grant's Unsponsor: Golden Made Kafe April 9, 2021 Worldwide total COVID deaths: >2,927,749. USA total deaths: >574,840. World's COVID deaths in the USA: 19.63%. Total active world cases: >23.49 million. Total active USA cases 6.88 million. World's active COVID cases in the USA: >29.29%. New US cases per day: 68,352. USA total cases: 31,802,772 % of Americans who have had COVID: 9.63%. USA National Unemployment: 6.0%. Initial unemployment claims filed last week: 744,000. Dow Jones Industrial Average: 33,800. S&P 4,128