"As a small Business, you've got to think... what can I do that the bigger players cannot copy tomorrow... Not good enough having (one competitive advantage)... how can I combine them in a multiple way"

Dr. George Redhead and I chat about his research on entrepreneurship, from the importance of it in rural communities, how it can revitalize these areas, how it can provide social change, and the importance of a third space like a pub, cafe or restaurant.

We also talk about how to get started through a MVP (Minimal Viable Product). Get started by boiling down the solution to the problem and get it to market as fast and as cheaply as possible to get something out in the world!

So many wonderful things come from Entrepreneurs! Community, third spaces, friendship, new information, tasty food and drink, cool technology, clothes, books, art, and much more!! Entrepreneurship is all around us and have lead to many wonderful things.

Dr. George Redhead is the people's entrepreneur! Stands for the everyday entrepreneurs, the 99% of us in the world!

Please support and check out the great research that Dr. George Redhead is doing just across the pond in the UK!

https://research-portal.uea.ac.uk/en/persons/george-redhead/

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Take care now!

🌼🐶🌼🐶

Albert

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Betsy Small | Author of Before Before (a 2026 Nautilus Silver Award Winner), Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Finalist | RPCV Sierra Leone 1984-87

I had the wonderful opportunity to reconnect with Betsy Small a fellow RPCV who served in Sierra Leone

We Chat about her very non-linear career path after Uni, how this lead her to some awesome meaningful work in Sierra Leone where she worked in the agriculture sector, aiding with growing rice and even experimenting with fisheries in the village.

This experience lead her to many unique experiences and learnings over her life. Like teaching sign language, working on a farm, working for various non-profits and international aid-organizations, and even writing her own book!

In the podcast episode we chat about some of the challenges the locals faced with the civil wars, blood diamonds, ebola outbreak and more.

Her award wining book "Before Before" talk about her time in the Peace Corps, the village members questioning her ability at first, their curiosity of new information beyond their own boarders, working together and just trying new things out, building lasting friendships and more!

Betsy wanted to show the world, that Sierra Leone is more than the headline news, conflicts and tragedy. To highlight how nice and wonderful the people are, and how resilient the communities are before these conflicts happened.

We also chat about the layers of complexities of international aid, where food from overseas (like Rice) that had good intentions, was meant to feed and nourish the people in the communities. It clashed and disincentivized many of the farmers to overproduce rice production because they knew they couldn't compete with the free rice or food from abroad.

In the end, everything is a learning experience!

Betsy will continue her great work in Sierra Leone and visit her old host village next month. Sharing the stories and her book "Before Before" in person. The book was peer reviewed by village members and experts in the field for accuracy and cultural awareness / sensitivity. So her village members and local friends were a part of the entire writing process!

Everyone has a different experience in the Peace Corps and there are challenges. But when you boil everything thing down, the simplest things are the luxury.

The People and friends you make are really the luxury; and make your stay in country so wonderful and enjoyable!

We talk about so many things in the episode.

From the challenges, the lovely parts, the funny things, the book and more!

Please check out and purchase "Before Before" on Amazon, Direct from the her website or from Barns & Nobles.

Check out Betsy's Website: https://www.betsysmall.com

Buy "Before Before" from the publisher here:

https://press.umich.edu/Books/B/Before-Before3

Amazon:

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Hope you enjoy! Please share the podcast with your friends and family!

Thanks again and take care!

- Albert

About a year ago I started my blog and had my first interview with Dr. Lei Wei! It originally was on the bigdawgsgottaeat.blog site and YouTube because The Double Double Podcast didn't exist yet, so here is the audio podcast format! Hope you enjoy!!

Thanks again for all of the support!

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I was fortunate enough to chat with Dr. Lei Wei (a microbiologist post doc researcher at the Marco Lab at UC Davis) on her research on Sauerkraut! This was such a fun and informative conversation and made me realize all of the different factors that go into a research project!

Thanks so much again to Dr. Lei Wei for the amazing research!

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Please check out the links below for more information!

- Marco Lab website: https://marcolab.ucdavis.edu/

- EATLAC project website: https://eatlac.ucdavis.edu/

- "Do fermented foods contain probiotics": https://isappscience.org/do-fermented-foods-contain-probiotics/

- UC Extension Resources and UCANR for home fermentation: https://ucfoodsafety.ucdavis.edu/consumers/food-specific-resources-home-food-preservation

- EATLAC project IG: https://www.instagram.com/eat.lac.project/?hl=en

- Interview with Sandor Katz: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5XRPzshOvs&t=2s

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