Founder/CEO Anas Andy Shallal shares his most valuable lessons learned as an artist and social entrepreneur who “didn’t have a pro forma, business plan, excel sheets, or big decks,” yet managed to launch and successfully scale Busboys and Poets, a group of culturally conscious restaurants that also function as bars, bookstores, coffee shops and event spaces in the Washington, D.C. Metropolitan area. With refreshing candor, Andy opens up about hard decisions and growing pains, how to learn fro...
All content for Be The Boss Now is the property of Gregory Allan Datu Cendana and is served directly from their servers
with no modification, redirects, or rehosting. The podcast is not affiliated with or endorsed by Podjoint in any way.
Founder/CEO Anas Andy Shallal shares his most valuable lessons learned as an artist and social entrepreneur who “didn’t have a pro forma, business plan, excel sheets, or big decks,” yet managed to launch and successfully scale Busboys and Poets, a group of culturally conscious restaurants that also function as bars, bookstores, coffee shops and event spaces in the Washington, D.C. Metropolitan area. With refreshing candor, Andy opens up about hard decisions and growing pains, how to learn fro...
Founder/CEO Anas Andy Shallal shares his most valuable lessons learned as an artist and social entrepreneur who “didn’t have a pro forma, business plan, excel sheets, or big decks,” yet managed to launch and successfully scale Busboys and Poets, a group of culturally conscious restaurants that also function as bars, bookstores, coffee shops and event spaces in the Washington, D.C. Metropolitan area. With refreshing candor, Andy opens up about hard decisions and growing pains, how to learn fro...
Founder, CEO and Social Impact Entrepreneur Jotaka Eaddy shares her thoughts on what needs to change to create a more inclusive, equitable world in tech and politics for Black women and people of color. She shares how failure and imperfections can actually set us up for success, and how her roots as a community organizer and connector have served as the foundation for her to continue to widen the doors for representation for Black women and marginalized people everywhere. Finally, ...
Activist Alice Wong talks to Gregory about disabled culture and queer communities, why failure is essential, and how she got the confidence to boldly “make the world a brighter, sassier, and more colorful place.” She unpacks “crip” as a form of kinship, reclaiming disabled wisdom, and community organizing in political spaces. Finally, they bond over both being born in the Year of the Tiger and celebrate Alice’s debut memoir, Year of the Tiger: An Activist's Life. About Alice: Alice Won...
Comedian Cristela Alonzo (she/her) knows how to face her fears and laugh about it. Cristela was the first Latina to create, produce, and star in her own network sitcom, Cristela, and is now releasing her new comedy special on Netflix, Middle Classy. Gregory talks to Cristela about how she was able to advocate for her worth as a woman of color, silence self-doubt, and trust her intuition. Looking back on her journey, Cristela lets us in on how she addressed stereotypes and th...
Gregory talks to political strategist Anathea Chino (she/her), Acomo Pueblo, on creating the space to lead while cultivating the courage to be exactly who you are. Anathea shares how she overcame struggles with imposter syndrome as a queer, Indigenous woman, and “introvert” who is now the Co-Founder and Executive Director of Advance Native Political Leadership. As she advocates for representation for Native and queer individuals, Anathea shares how she developed the tenacity and grit to han...
Founder/CEO Anas Andy Shallal shares his most valuable lessons learned as an artist and social entrepreneur who “didn’t have a pro forma, business plan, excel sheets, or big decks,” yet managed to launch and successfully scale Busboys and Poets, a group of culturally conscious restaurants that also function as bars, bookstores, coffee shops and event spaces in the Washington, D.C. Metropolitan area. With refreshing candor, Andy opens up about hard decisions and growing pains, how to learn fro...
