Sublime

Askinosie Chocolate is my vocation and it’s the only reason we’re able to do what we do.

This book is for entrepreneurs at heart or in practice—or both. It is for those who are searching for their own personal meaning in their work, and seeking to transform that meaning into a vocation.

meeting your sorrows head-on,

“From the depths of my sorrow please reveal a place where I might serve someone who needs me.”

Direct trade is about relationships. It’s a practice, and a way of being.

In 2003, Dutch journalist Teun van de Keuken reported on slave labor in the commodity chocolate market. His initial plan was to use publicity to shame the government and large chocolate companies to change the system. His frustration with the system led him to become a producer, and he founded Tony’s Chocolonely (named this way because he was the l

We’re also considering the possibility of forging a new path right where you are.

champagne on ice; it features chocolate. Part of Sean’s customer retention strategy involves sending his customers a box of chocolates, with a handwritten note and sometimes a small cartoon he draws himself. The package costs him approximately $20, which includes shipping from New Zealand (where he lives currently), but it’s the one thing his custo