My friend, Jonathan Quarles, a proud native of Flint, was stirred into action. He founded Quartz Water Source, to introduce clean water to his community and beyond. Jonathan has authored a memoir-meets-playbook, Making Dollars While Making Change, on how to use entrepreneurship as a platform for social impact. This week, I riff with him about his new book.
Highlights from this riff:
:05 - How Angel's been spending her time during quarantine
1:00 - "Big" authors vs. smaller authors and the impact
1:36 - Introduction of Jonathan Quarles (JQ) and his book
2:35 - JQs philosophy on words
3:18 - Angel asks JQ why he wrote the book
3:28 - JQs reasons for writing
3:54 - what motivates JQ
5:32 - Angel's first reason for writing
7:28 - Angel asks JQ what he thinks others should know about writing a book. 8:40 - How JQ's book challenges readers
9:15 - Angel's thoughts on where we can learn the most
10:35 - Angel asks JQ if he had an audience in mind when writing his book
11:50 - JQ & Jay Z
13:20 - Why Angel wants to make a whole lot of money
14:48 - A right to water
15:50 - Why a triple bottom line is important to JQ
16:10 - Coalition building
16:47 - Angel's history with the Clean Water Act in Michigan
19:55 - Who is J'Qs book for?
21:15 - Why JQ wants to change the mindset of entrepreneurs
22:14 - Angel asks JQ what he recommends to other authors
23:45 - Where proceeds from the sales of JQ's book are going
24:12 - The legacy of JQ's book
25:25 - What JQ is reading