The Bodacious Optimist Podcast

Christine Dodson on Navigating Factory Ownership + Leadership

Christine Dodson, co-founder of Mamava, discusses her role in managing operations and manufacturing at Mamava's Vermont facility. Christine emphasizes Mamava's efforts to maintain a unified culture across their team, including equal benefits and stock options for all employees. She also explains the challenges of operating in a male-dominated manufacturing industry and how Mamava fosters a maternalistic culture to connect teams and reinforce their mission. Sharing insights from her experience, Christine emphasizes the importance of having the right people to support a vision in entrepreneurship.

Mentioned in the episode

Chris Bohjalian author of Midwives