Episodes one and two were about the business. This one is about who was inside it.

The employees. The community. The things that happened inside that little laundry plant in Calgary that nobody planned for and that didn't make the documentary.

In the final episode for the CMNGD (COMMONGOOD) series Dave and I get into:

• What it meant to be a safe place and the weight of trauma
• Why we couldn't let anyone go when we bought the plant, and the unexpected community that grew from that decision
• A backyard BBQ, a lunch table, and two people from completely different worlds who found each other
• Why we believe CMNGD was positioned too early in the system and what we'd have to build to actually finish what we started
• The one piece of advice every purpose-driven entrepreneur needs to hear
• And the question we get asked most — the same one we answered in episode one. Has our answer changed?

This is the episode I'm most proud of. Because the people really were the point.

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