Welcome to another episode of Woodbeard Meets Makers!
This week I get the good fortune of meeting Alyssa Lancia, the owner of Darling Donuts. We have a good chat about her journey from trying out a donut machine to starting her own successful donut business! Along the way she’s also creating communities for motivating others to go after what they want in life. Of course, we also talked about pizza…that seems to be a common theme on most of these episodes.

It’s important to support local businesses and I highly recommend Darling Donuts for your next event, gift, or just a Tuesday!!

Links you should check out

Official Website: https://darlingdonuts.ca/

Darling Donuts Menu: https://darlingdonuts.ca/menu

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/darling.donuts.hamilton/

Werk Nights: https://www.instagram.com/werknightshamont/

Chapters

00:00 - Intro

01:10 - Meet Alyssa

06:41 - What do you make?

07:10 - The Journey to here

17:21 - Not artistic? Your work begs to differ

26:17 - Impressive Impulsivity

34:24 - Helpful people when starting out

37:21 - Werk Nights

40:01 - Centre for Entrepreneurship

42:54 - Literally making this up half the time

47:57 - (Home)made Hamilton

50:11 - Proudest Achievement

52:38- The Future of Darling Donuts

54:24 - How to place your order

56:32 - Outro

Keywords

business, entrepreneurship, donuts, community, baking, dietary restrictions, edible printing, work-life balance, social media, mentorship, Hamilton, Ontario, makers, Woodbeard

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Credits

Audio Engineering, production, music, awkwardness by Woodbeard

Recorded using Riverside

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