Transcending Workspace: A Conversation with Alissa Leinonen

01/27/22 • 32 min

Matt sits down with Alissa Leinonen to discuss her journey as she grew her business. Alissa Leinonen is the award-winning Founder & CEO of Seattle’s largest and longest-running women-owned catering and boxed-lunch company, Gourmondo Co. What began as a simple, four-table lunch cafe in Pike Place Market in 1996 is now a well-established leader in the Pacific Northwest food industry. Leinonen was honored as a Puget Sound Business Journal “40 Under 40” in 2008 and was a proud Women Business Owner Nellie Cashman Award finalist in 2016. In June of 2019, Alissa received the Pacific Northwest EY Entrepreneur of the Year award for the “Unstoppable” category and was named one of America’s Most Inspiring Entrepreneurs on the Inc. 5000 2020 list. She was also awarded Enterprising Women of the Year by Enterprising Women Magazine. Gourmondo was recently awarded the COVID-19 Champion award from the Puget Sound Business Journal for their work providing over 750,000 meals to those in need in the local community. PSBJ has also recognized Gourmondo as one of the top fastest-growing companies in the Pacific Northwest for multiple years in a row.

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01/27/22 • 32 min

Transcending Workspace - Transcending Workspace: A Conversation with Alissa Leinonen

Transcript

00:00:04:23 - 00:00:23:23

Matt

Hi, everybody. Super excited today we have a list of nominees with us, Alyssa, who is an honored as a Puget Sound business journal 40 under 40 in 2008, was a Proud Woman business owner, nearly cashing Cashman Award finalist and 2016 in June of 2019.

00:00:23:24 - 00:00:47:18

Matt

Alissa also received the Pacific Northwest Entrepreneurialism of the Year award for the Unstoppable Category. It was named one of America's most inspiring

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