Vegan Business Talk

In this episode I interview Karine Brighten, event planner and founder of Veg Speed Date in Ontario, Canada. After working with Canada’s largest event planning company JPDL, Karine started her own company Karine Brighten Events in 2009, based out of San Francisco, California. Karine has more than a decade of experience in producing and planning events, including the renowned San Francisco Vegan Iron Chef, Berkeley Vegan Earth Day, weddings and more. Her latest project is Veg Speed Date, a speed-dating service exclusively for vegan and vegetarian singles. She started planning speed dating events in San Francisco five years ago, before launching Veg Speed Date in January 2017. Veg Speed Date events have been running successfully in cities across North America since February 2017, providing an intimate atmosphere for 30 people to connect and get to know each other in the hope of finding that someone special. In this interview Karine discusses: • Some of the challenges involved in running an event and how t