Hello CCSD Community

Check out this week’s content below. We hope you find it informative and inspirational.

In the news

Have you tried The California Fruit Wine Co. yet? Maybe you tried a sip or two at one of our previous events. This Carlsbad-based company is creating a tasty and conscious niche within the wine industry. Learn more about how founders, Brian and Alan Haghighi, got in to the business, entrepreneurial lessons learned, and why they plan to give a significant percentage of profits to startups. Be sure to read their Social Mission as well! 

Impact

Van Jones, a environmental and human rights activist, shares inspiring words at the CCSD Bay Area Chapter’s HigherPurpose17 conference. His main message, business leaders and businesses with a higher purpose, with the intent to create change that works for more people, is our hope for our future humanity.  

Informative Read/View

Linda Alverez’s, Discovering Agreements, will help you look at your legal agreements and relationships differently, better. “Discovering Agreement is a powerful alternative for those who are disenchanted with the old-style adversarial model.  This new framework is ideal for socially responsible businesses already on the cutting edge of shifting business paradigms and those who avoid entering legal contracts because of the fear and mistrust inherent in the old model.”