TORONTO — Bell Media’s Crave announced today a new docuseries from Shopify Studios, Born for Business, will premiere on the streaming service on August 23.
This 10-part series, available on Crave in both English and French, follows four entrepreneurs with disabilities “as they tackle the complexities of being their own boss, and what it takes to run a thriving, small business, with grace, courage, and humour,” reads a Crave press release.
Produced by Shopify Studios and Bunim/Murray Productions, Born for Business “is the latest series to further Shopify’s goal to highlight and celebrate underrepresented entrepreneurs, and create a broader and more inclusive definition of entrepreneur, by showcasing more stories and more triumphs — including the stories and triumphs of those with disabilities,” says the release.
The four entrepreneurs featured in the series include: Qiana Allen of Culture’s Closet, a plus-size clothing boutique owner with lupus; Collette Divitto of Collettey’s Cookies, a baker with Down syndrome; Chris Triebes of The Congregation Presents, a single father and concert producer with spinal muscular atrophy (type III); and Lexi Zanghi of Always Reason, a millennial entrepreneur with anxiety who runs a three-year-old fashion brand.
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