with the Founders of Bottoms Up Bagels, Joan Kanner & Michelle Bond
It is Women’s History Month and what a great time to share this conversation.
In this episode,The Space Between ‘Atta Girl’ and ‘I Told You So’, I am speaking with not one, but TWO fabulous entrepreneurs and Founders of Bottoms Up Bagels, Michelle Bond and Joan Kanner. They are also co-hosts of the Proofing Stage podcast, which delves into the space between atta girl and I told you so.
Michelle is a Returned Peace Corp Volunteer and has run 11 marathons. I guess that is how she has the stamina and energy to RUN a business.
Joan created the music streaming app, Fugue, that lets you hear what you want and forget what you don’t. She applies all that knowledge and experience to debunk the myth that it’s the water that makes a good bagel.
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Joan Kanner, Co-Founder/Chief Vision Officer (CVO) of Bottoms Up Bagels (BUB)
Co-Host, Proofing Stage
An Irvington, NJ native, Kanner is a proud Jersey Girl. Although she grew up under the veil of 12 years of Catholic school, she still lays a claim to her own “Jewy center.” Having been raised by her paternal grandparents – her Catholic grandmother and Jewish grandfather – she benefited from the menu being spurred by their interfaith marriage. But her grandparents brought more than recipes to the U.S. Thankfully, resiliency is Kanner’s greatest inheritance.
Before Co-Founding BUB 8 years ago, Kanner had a 15-year career in academia that included social science research and the detail-heavy firehose that is grants and contracts administration. She also created the music streaming app, Fugue, that lets you hear what you want and forget what you don’t.
Kanner applies all that knowledge and experience to debunk the myth that it’s the water that makes a good bagel.
Kanner’s latest project, Proofing Stage, is a podcast about business on the rise and examining the space between “Atta girl” and “I told you so.”
Michelle Bond, Co-Founder/Owner/Operator of Bottoms Up Bagels (BUB)
Co-Host, Proofing Stage
Born and raised in northern NJ, Michelle sought to combine dreams of writing and service, with a Mad Men-esque obsession for telling the perfect story. With 15 years’ experience in communications and community development prior to co-founding Bottoms Up Bagels, she focused on how to engage others, through diversity training or social media campaigns.
Her love of food preparation and the belief that food builds community infiltrates every aspect of BUB.
Balance. Justice. Stillness. These three words have been a guiding force in her life and work, whether in HIV education in South Africa, or developing park programming in Baltimore City. They speak to the fairness, equity and perspective she seeks in all interactions, and the space she tries to create in a training room, conversation, or bagel line.
This also means constantly striving for time to step back and nurture creativity in order to re-enter work with fresh ideas and approaches. That’s where her current project, the Proofing Stage podcast comes in.
Michelle is a Returned Peace Corp Volunteer, former AmeriCorps VISTA, runner of 11 marathons and Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses Program alum.
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