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John Sage
Co-founder, Pura Vida

How Do You Take Your Coffee?
Stanford Discussions
29 minutes, 13.3mb, recorded 2006-11-08
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John Sage

As co-founder and CEO of Pura Vida, Sage has helped Fair Trade coffee – coffee purchased at a price that is fair to farmers – become a regular at U.S. breakfast tables and cafes. At the same time, he has helped better the lives of people in coffee-growing regions. In this talk, Sage discusses how Pura Vida uses every aspect of its products, processes, and profits for social good. He also outlines how the company works to improve the health, educational opportunities, and psychological outlooks of children and families in coffee-growing countries. Sage talks more broadly, as well, about how a new generation of socially minded organizations is producing meaningful, sustainable, and lasting improvements to our world.


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John Sage spent more than ten years managing marketing teams and new product initiatives for such leading companies as Microsoft, Disney, and Starbucks. He is a popular public speaker and recognized leader in the growing field of social entrepreneurship. Sage cofounded Pura Vida Coffee in 1998 with the goal of building a for-profit funding engine that would sustain a wide range of charitable programs. He holds a BA from Stanford and an MBA from Harvard.

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