Get Radical With Your Business

10/07/2024

🤩Want to be a vendor, speaker, performer, or sponsor? 🥳

Date: Saturday, November 23, 2024
Time: 2:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Location: Taborspace, Portland, OR

Join us for an unforgettable holiday experience where you can sell your creations! Whether they are mouth-watering plant-based snacks, unique vegan gifts, artwork, or other crafty goodness, this is an opportunity to share your talents with the local vegan community.

🦄This festival is more than just a shopping event—it's a celebration of community, compassion, and the vibrant vegan lifestyle!

If you’d like to perform on stage, be a speaker, participate on a panel, or show your support through sponsorship, please fill out the application. We’re also looking for volunteers.

Apply by using the direct link: https://forms.gle/TJQadCtW44HFswC56

Follow the link below for more information.
https://www.savvyfrugalvegan.com/events

10/01/2024

🎃 Spooky and Kooky Halloween Party – 3rd Annual Vegan & Veg-Curious Entrepreneur Networking Event 👻

Get ready for a fang-tastic time at our 3rd Annual Spooky and Kooky Halloween Party! This Halloween, we’re bringing together vegan and veg-curious entrepreneurs for an hour of fun, networking, and spooky business magic.

🎃 When: October 31st, 1 PM PST
💻 Where: Zoom (1 hour of ghoulish fun!)

Dress up (or don’t!) and join us for this unique chance to meet like-minded professionals, share spooky business stories, and discover exciting new collaborations. Whether you’re in costume or simply bringing your best vegan snack, the atmosphere will be full of thrills, chills, and awesome connections.

GAMES - PRIZES - NETWORKING - FUN

👻 Don't miss out! Register today to secure your spot, and get ready for some hauntingly good times!

Register by using this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMsce-oqTooGdxvmdw9ZGygGOwRkijikOlt #/registration

Interested in my other event? Check out this link:
https://www.savvyfrugalvegan.com/events

09/15/2024

🎉 Join Us for the Vegmas Artisan Festival 2024! 🎉
🌱 A Celebration of Creativity, Community, and Compassion! 🌱

🎟️ Special Promo Alert 🎟️
🎁 From now until September 21st, use promo code EATPLANTS to claim 3 FREE tickets! 🌟

🗓️ Event Date: Mark your calendars for Saturday, November 23rd from 2pm to 6pm
📍 Location: Portland (Taborspace)

Come support talented vegan creators, discover unique crafts, enjoy delicious plant-based goodies, and learn from inspiring speakers. ❤️

🔗 Grab your tickets here: https://events.humanitix.com/vegmas-2024

✨ Don’t miss out on this vibrant celebration of all things vegan! See you there! ✨

🎉 If you are interested in being a vendor, presenter, entertainer, volunteer, or sponsor, then please fill out this interest form: https://forms.gle/j1yVFJFF6dKFxCXF9

09/13/2024

YAHOO!!!!! I get to be a speaker again at Podfest!!!

If you are into video or audio podcasting - either behind the mic, editing, producing, managing, booking guests, creating marketing, coaching newbie podcasters, or just curious about the medium, then ya gotta go!!!

This is THE BEST CONFERENCE FOR INDIE PODCASTING. You will meet AMAZING PEOPLE, make FRIENDS, learn from your peers, network, check out new podcasting gear, and HAVE FUN!!!

I hope to see you there in Orlando!!! Jan. 16th - 19th.

https://podfestexpo.com/

Shout out to some of my pod pals...
Chris Krimitsos Lynn Elikqitie Smargis Elaine Williams Anne Zuckerman Larry Roberts Steve Stewart Podfest 2024 Post-Event Network Connection! (Not from official Podfest) Podcast Your Story Now Sarah St John Andrew Weiss Jaime Legagneur Dave Jackson Jen Hardy Jeffrey Dwoskin Paula Sima

09/13/2024

Hey, Vegan Food Truck & Pop-Up Entrepreneurs...I'd LOVE your feedback...

🐾 THIS IS NOT A SALES PITCH; I'M GATHERING INFO....

🌱💚 I want to offer a three-month business incubator for vegan food trucks and pop-ups to help them run more profitable businesses.

It truly saddens me every time a vegan entrepreneur has to close their business. That's why I want to help them thrive. 🌻

Here is what I'm thinking for the vegan Food Truck & Pop Up business incubator:

🌱These are the types of things I'd like to include (but I'd LOVE feedback on other topics that would be more important to cover)

1. Pricing & Menu Offerings (inventory, overhead, competition, etc.)

2. Labor (hiring, taxation, laws, capacity, reducing owner hours, etc.)

3. Financial tracking, payments, lowering credit card debt, cash flow, emergency funds, tax prep, etc.

4. Marketing & Sales (opportunities, challenges, platforms, creating alliances, branding, AI, etc.)

5. Financial Goals and projection (I know, not the sexiest thing, but soooo important)

6. Debt reduction - loans, taxes, unpaid vendors, etc.

BTW - The incubator will be for those who are currently running these types of businesses or want to.

🌻 There is so much to cover that a four-month or more intensive program might be necessary to cover it in depth. Or it could be better to break this into a phase 1 and 2.

I want to be mindful of the hours needed IN your business while we work ON your business.

We will meet on Zoom. If all the sign-ups are in the Portland area, we can do a hybrid of online and in-person meetings.

MORE feedback needed.... Which day(s) of the week would be ideal and at what time? Early morning? Evenings, like after 7pm? Mondays? Tuesdays? Some other day? I'm thinking winter is probably the slowest for food trucks, so I'm shooting for winter. Any thoughts?

PLEASE COMMENT BELOW OR SEND ME A DM.

09/07/2024

🌿 Exciting News! 🌿

I’m thrilled to announce that I’ll be speaking at the Compassionate Living Festival hosted by NWVeg on Saturday, September 28, 2024 in Portland, Oregon at the historical Norse Hall! 🏛️

I'm also a proud sponsor of the event! Be sure to stop by my table for a chance to win some amazing prizes, grab one of my custom-curated glam packs, or get your picture taken with Ms. Kitty Frugal Pawsworth.

🌱 Whether you're vegan, plant-curious, or just want to live a more compassionate lifestyle, this is an event you won’t want to miss! 🎉

🕛 When: Noon - 6pm
📍 Where: Norse Hall, Portland
🎟️ Get your tickets here: https://nwveg.org/clf-tickets

Join us for a day of inspiration, learning, and compassionate living! 🌻

💚 BTW - I’ll be part of an amazing panel discussion where we’ll dive into how to shop, dine, travel, and live with kindness towards people, animals, and the planet. 🌎✨

09/01/2024

🌟 Tickets Now Available for the Vegmas Artisan Festival! 🌟

Calling all plant-based, vegan, and veg-curious folks in Portland! 🌱✨ We’re excited to announce that tickets for the first-ever Vegmas Artisan Festival are officially on sale!

🗓 Date: Saturday, November 23, 2024
🕒 Time: 2:00 PM – 6:00 PM
📍 Location: Taborspace, Portland, OR

Join us for an unforgettable holiday experience where you can discover unique vegan gifts, hear from inspiring speakers, and enjoy mouth-watering plant-based snacks from local pop-up chefs. This festival is more than just a shopping event—it's a celebration of community, compassion, and the vibrant vegan lifestyle! 🎁💚

🎟 Tickets are only a few dollars, and kids get in FREE! 🎟

🔗 Don’t miss out—get your tickets now and celebrate the season with us! https://events.humanitix.com/vegmas-2024

Whether you’re a long-time vegan, just starting out on your plant-based journey, or simply curious about the lifestyle, the Vegmas Artisan Festival has something for everyone. Let’s make this holiday season a kinder, greener one together! 🌟

Portland VegFest Portland Vegans of Color Portland Mercury Willamette Week HappyCow Vegan Guide & Community Vegan Travel

Vegmas Artisan Festival: Discover Unique Holiday Gifts, Inspiring Speakers, and Delicious Vegan Treats in Portland, OR (Support Local Businesses)

08/19/2024

Woot! Woot! Hey, Vegans and Veg-Curious folks in the Portland, OR Metro Area and beyond......

Join me at the Compassionate Living Festival!
Saturday, September 28, 2024
Noon - 6:00 PM
Norse Hall - Portland, OR: 111 NE 11th Ave, Portland, OR 97232

Savvy Frugal Vegan is proud to sponsor the Compassionate Living Festival, a vibrant event celebrating 20 years of Northwest VEG's dedication to a healthier, sustainable, and compassionate plant-based lifestyle.

Come on and join the fun, which includes delicious food, inspiring speakers, diverse vendors, cooking demonstrations, and engaging classes. Take advantage of this exciting Festival!

NW Vegetarians/Vegans Portland Vegans Try Vegan PDX Portland VegFest Vegan Business Exchange Vegentrepreneurs

05/11/2024

I was interviewed by the fabulous Virginia Elder on her podcast Reaching Abundance

Do you identify as having an abundance mindset? I never gave that concept any thought until I started hearing it a few years ago. To me, abundance has always been squirreling things away, keeping every old and broken thing...just in case....you never know when you need an odd 2-hole pearlized button, or a random screw that was left over after building something from IKEA. To me, abundance was having extra food in my pantry in case the Zombie Apocalypse came....including a 5-pound bag of uncooked kidney beans......you could suck on them if the power went out).

However, I learned that having an abundance mindset is the total opposite. I really didn't think I had one of those....but you know what I do have....lots of tiny soaps and shampoos from hotels (actually I don't anymore, my husband tossed out my stash....some of it was older than a 9th grader)

It took the Abundance Whisperer (that's my label for her), Virginia Elder to bring it out of me! And she had to work hard!!!

In this interview, we discuss pitfalls to avoid when starting a business, why you need a podcast (and an editor!), why abundance doesn't have to be defined by dollars, and how examining what we choose to spend money on can indicate a variety of things, such as our ethics, even misinformed decisions, or, in my case, my disdain for tipping.

You can listen to the episode on video or on your favorite podcasting platform - Reaching Abundance hosted by Virginia Elder.

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05/05/2024

Vegan entrepreneurs are helping in the revolution to bring more ethical options to commerce and demonstrate that compassion and business CAN go hand in hand.

I'm thrilled to be included in the launch of the new podcast Veganpreneur Revolution which is hosted by two wonderful (vegan) marketers Kathleen Gage and V Lynn Hawkins.

If you believe in running a purpose-driven business, please check out this podcast. You don't have to be vegan (but my episode might make you want to think differently about what is on your plate)!

Delighted to have Heather Zeitzwolfe join us on the Veganpreneur REVOLUTION Podcast! We had an amazing conversation with Heather about vegan entrepreneurship...