This week we're joined by Milena Pagan - owner of Rebelle Artisan Bagels, purveyors of hand-rolled and boiled bagels in Providence - for a conversation about innovation, starting a business, advocating for yourself, taking in pride in what you produce, and what doesn't belong on a bagel.
Topics include leaving the corporate world to start your own business, crafting a customer experience, progress through tinkering, how to position your product, and why a bagel is not a donut.
Show Notes
Leaving a job you hate to start a business you love
How market positioning can turn something from mediocre to a bestseller
Why is a bagel not a donut?
Connecting with customers through workshops
Coordinating ideas with other businesses in Providence
How starting Rebelle has changed Milena
Links
Follow Rebelle Artisan Bagels on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/rebelleartisanbagels/)
Like them on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/rebelleartisanbagels/)
Check out their website (https://www.rebelleartisanbagels.com/)
Give 'em 5 stars on Yelp (https://www.yelp.com/biz/rebelle-artisan-bagels-providence-2). And honestly just go eat a dang bagel there. And a pastry. You can thank us later.
Check out a "Bitchin': Female Founders in Providence" event (https://www.eventbrite.com/o/rebelle-artisan-bagels-14289060124)
Learn what Separating the wheat from the chaff (https://writingexplained.org/idiom-dictionary/separate-the-wheat-from-the-chaff) means!
Big thanks to NGHTSWM (https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/nghtswm/1316607579) for the use of their song, Fiji (https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/fiji-single/1436041716), on this show.
