Tyson Toussant & Alex Tapia: Earth Day, The Sustainable Movement & Bionic Yarn

Summary: "This is the best time ever to be an entrepreneur." - Tyson Toussant<br> <ul> <br> One of the significant environmental problems facing the globe today is plastic pollution. By 2050, there will be more plastics in the ocean than fish. In this episode, Tyson Toussant and Alex Tapia, founder and co-founder of BIONIC respectively, talk about their product Bionic Yarn, a durable multi-use thread made from plastic and woven into sustainable fabrics of clothes. Their purpose for embedding plastic into their products is to help address this environmental problem that's growing into an epidemic. They have also decided to form partnerships with NGOs and have extended a supply chain from beach shores all the way to their end products produced in Asia. Paying it forward in this special episode, we acknowledge the help of GoDaddy that believes and supports entrepreneurs like Tyson and Alex in their advocacies to preserve the planet.<br> <div><strong>In this episode you’ll learn:</strong></div> <br> <ul> <br> <li>How Tyson and Alex came up with the idea to tackle plastic pollution in marine and coastal environments (3:29)</li> <br> <li>The recycling process from plastic to yarn (9:51)</li> <br> <li>Tyson and Alex’s biggest challenge early on (16:24)</li> <br> <li>How to find and select the right brands and the right partnerships (18:59)</li> <br> <li>How to partner with GoDaddy (26:15)</li> <br> </ul> <br> <div> <strong>Love the show?</strong> Subscribe, rate, review, and share!</div> <br> <ul> <br> <li><a href="https://wealthfit.com/podcasts/5-stars/" target="_blank">Here’s How »</a></li> <br> </ul> <br> <div><strong>Join the WealthFit movement today:</strong></div> <br> <ul> <br> <li><a href="http://wealthfit.com/" target="_blank">WealthFit.com</a></li> <br> <li><a href="https://www.facebook.com/wealthfit/" target="_blank">WealthFit Facebook</a></li> <br> <li><a href="https://www.instagram.com/wealthfit/" target="_blank">WealthFit Instagram</a></li> <br> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/getwealthfit/" target="_blank">WealthFit Twitter</a></li> <br> <li><a href="https://www.pinterest.com/wealthfit/" target="_blank">WealthFit Pinterest</a></li> <br> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1pjj_j2GY3lXWZ3w5VbdGQ" target="_blank">WealthFit Youtube</a></li> <br> </ul> </ul>