Amavida Coffee — Fantastic B Corps

Amavida Coffee’s core has one simple guiding principle: love life. Founded by Dan and Sally Bailey, the B Corp is devoted to providing the highest quality organic and fair trade coffees in the industry. They’ll go to elaborate measures to make sure you enjoy every sip of your coffee and beyond, to maintain long-lasting relationships with better trading conditions that promote the sustainability of their customers, farmers, suppliers, employees, and environment. Read on to find out more about Dan and Sally and their Santa Rosa Beach, FL-based B Corp, as told in Dan’s words.

How we got our start: “Amavida Coffee and Trading Company was founded in 2004, motivated by Dan’s experiences growing up immersed in farming communities and blended with a career in consulting and professional services. Our mission is to improve the lives of coffee producing communities across the globe.”

What we love about running a B Corp: “For me, being a B Corp gives me comfort that I’m on the right path. ”

Our biggest success story: “We enjoyed a successful promotion of the coffee industry in the Democratic Republic of Congo.”

How we are able to “B The Change” with the help of coffee and tea: “We create opportunities for people to affect positive change by offering choice of coffees, tea, and sustainable products that support the people and local economies from where they came and also protect the environment.”

If you want to become a B Corp… “Adopt it early, it’s a gift. Study it and incorporate it in your business’s way of thinking.”

Business gets done differently with B Corporations: “This is just the beginning. B Corporations represent business being done different globally. It’s a shift in business ethics.”

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About Dan and Sally Bailey, Founders, Amavida Coffee

Dan and Sally Bailey founded Amavida Coffee using their “love for life” as a guiding principle, creating a company that strives to always conduct business with a strong ethical foundation and sense of fairness. When you combine love for life with Amavida Coffee’s devotion to producing the freshest, highest quality coffee products — it’s a perfect blend! Thanks to the Bailey family, Amavida Coffee is committed to building long-lasting caring relationships with their customers, farmers, environment, suppliers, employees, and their community.

Deborah Sweeney

Deborah Sweeney is an advocate for protecting personal and business assets for business owners and entrepreneurs. With extensive experience in the field of corporate and intellectual property law, Deborah provides insightful commentary on the benefits of incorporation and trademark registration.

Education: Deborah received her Juris Doctor and Master of Business Administration degrees from Pepperdine University, and has served as an adjunct professor at the University of West Los Angeles and San Fernando School of Law in corporate and intellectual property law.

Experience: After becoming a partner at LA-based law firm, Michel & Robinson, she became an in-house attorney for MyCorporation, formerly a division in Intuit. She took the company private in 2009 and after 10 years of entrepreneurship sold the company to Deluxe Corporation. Deborah is also well-recognized for her written work online as a contributing writer with some of the top business and entrepreneurial blogging sites including Forbes, Business Insider, SCORE, and Fox Business, among others.

Fun facts/Other pursuits: Originally from Southern California, Deborah enjoys spending time with her husband and two sons, Benjamin and Christopher, and practicing Pilates. Deborah believes in the importance of family and credits the entrepreneurial business model for giving her the flexibility to enjoy both a career and motherhood. Deborah, and MyCorporation, have previously been honored by the San Fernando Valley Business Journal’s List of the Valley’s Largest Women-Owned Businesses in 2012. MyCorporation received the Stevie Award for Best Women-Owned Business in 2011.