A year or two ago I learned of PublicSquare.com, founded in 2021 which has both a website and an app to sell products. (NYSE:PSQH)  The company began as a way to connect companies who believed in traditional American values with customers who want to support them.  It is also a great way for customers to locate and support small businesses.   For quite a few years we have tried to support small local business, and companies that sell things that are made here in the United States, so PublicSquare really appealed to me.  Here is a link to the website https://www.publicsquare.com/why-publicsquare .  It was founded by Michael Seifert, who was recently recognized as the youngest CEO in a company on the New York Stock Exchange!

On PublicSquare, you can purchase all kinds of products from companies throughout the country – clothing, furniture, American flags, health items, personal care, gifts, etc.  You name it and you can likely buy it on PublicSquare, all while supporting business that support life, family and freedom.

A quote by Seifert: “Values-driven consumers – those that stand for faith, family and freedom – are not the minority. They are the majority and they are being underserved. If these American consumers and the GDP they represent were their own country, it would be the third largest economy in the world.”

This is an interesting entrepreneurial idea and it does appear that there are many people who want to support companies whose values align with theirs when possible.

On PublicSquare’s X account it states: “We’ve created the largest marketplace & payments ecosystem that protects life, family and freedom.”

As I researched PublicSquare I have also discovered another part of the business that is called PublicSquare Payments. (This is referred to in the above X post.)   There is likely a big need for a payment system such as this.  On the website PublicSquarePayments.com, customers are offered triple redundancy for reliability, security and compliance and seamless onboarding.

It seems like a great company to purchase from, as a customer, or a great place for businesses who believe in traditional values to sell their products!

Several years back I learned of Tree Cup Tea.  Prof. Sweet mentioned Tree Cup Tea in class a few weeks ago.  https://treecuptea.com/  This is a tea that I could get excited about with my great appreciate for trees😊  What was specifically entrepreneurial for this company was that you just didn’t purchase tea, but when you bought one bottle of tea, a tree was planted in a reforestation effort in Haiti!  I also remember that there was a maple tree seed attached to the top of each bottle, so you could also plant a tree for yourself.

I know that being out in nature can bring us such encouragement and in the country of Haiti, the land was deforested and there are so few trees.  It would be very sad for me to live in a place like that, that has been stripped of God’s creation.  The roots of trees also help control erosion, their leaves can help amend the soil and they also take in carbon dioxide and produce oxygen!  So, in purchasing a bottle of tea, you supported this wonderful reforestation effort.

The bottles themselves are pretty awesome.  As you can see, I actually saved some and we would reuse them when we travel.  I liked that each flavor had a different logo color.  I appreciated the information above that talks about planting trees in Haiti and also below is the bottom of the bottle… the company logo!  Now that is very unusual and is a neat extra detail that was added to make these bottles stand out from the competition.

I have never been someone to purchase beverages.  It seems really expensive to spend several dollars on a bottle of tea or a cup of coffee when I can make something similar for a fraction of the cost.  BUT…. I was really exited to purchase Tree Cup Tea and even bought a case of it once to share.

And did I mention (I did not!) that this tea tasted great too!

I have been following Dr. Josh Axe for years.  He is a doctor of chiropractic, but is also a certified doctor of natural medicine and a clinical nutritionist. He is passionate about helping people get healthy through what they eat and by changing their lifestyle.  His website is draxe.com

Dr. Axe is very innovative as he did not just settle with being a chiropractor, but rolled that into a whole body package. He also does not settle for the status quo, but is willing to teach people how to take some control of their health.  I really like that he talks about things like fermented foods, how to use essential oils and herbs.  These things were once long-forgotten remedies, but today they being re-introduced and I am really excited about that!  He has also written quite a few books the latest being Ancient Remedies . His website is full of great information and it is very easy to research something like “salt” or “lavender”, where you will find a wealth of information and even recipes.  The website also includes lots of helpful information about fitness with often helpful exercises for particular problems.

He and his wife, Dr. Chelsea Axe co-founded an interval training program called BurstFIT.  She is also a chiropractor.

As I am researching, I have discovered that he also founded The Health Institute which is partly an education resource for those interested in Health Coaching.

Dr. Axe teamed up with Jordan Rubin to create the Ancient Nutrition brand of supplements. Dr. Axe has also worked with numerous athletes even worked with athletes from the United States at the 2012 Olympic games.  I did not quite realize the extent to Dr. Axe’s entrepreneurial endeavors until I started researching for this post!  I really like that Dr. Axe does not just focus on one aspect of health, but sees how so many things are interconnected, just like his business!