Nonprofit Founder to CEO: From Idea to Nonprofit Restaurant | Founder Stories

[@AmberMelanieSmith]

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[@Farazahmad-v8n]

A great informative video ❤❤❤

[@AmberMelanieSmith]

Happy to hear it was helpful!

[@jamesrougeau]

Excellent interview Amber. I've been following you for years and you've better than ever. The New Amber...excellent!

[@AmberMelanieSmith]

Very kind of you to say! I am happy to hear you like the interview! :)

[@CibusMission]

I love what Maggi does! This is an amazing idea turned into reality! Congratulations on your 10 year anniversary!

[@AmberMelanieSmith]

Maggie is amazing :)

[@TheBizAIaz]

Outstanding example. Thank you!

[@AmberMelanieSmith]

Hope it was helpful!

[@BluePumpkin91120]

This would be great for my community!

[@AmberMelanieSmith]

This is the network of similar orgs Maggie mentioned if you want to look into doing that! www.oneworldeverybodyeats.org/

[@kw1adventures88]

Question: We want to convert our walk in cooler into a freezer. Cost is $10k. The bids are about the same. If I get this approved by the board I want to go with the company we have used for 5 years. Our board president wants to bring in another company. I feel the president is overstepping his boundaries here. What is your opinion? Also what do you base that opinion on?

[@AmberMelanieSmith]

My first question is, does your org have a purchasing/vendor policy? If not, I recommend you put one in place -- that will outline the exact rules you need to follow (how many minimum bids to accept; stipulations around conflicts of interest and use of past vendors, etc.) in order to do this kind of thing, so that the Board/anyone else would have to follow that procedure first.