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</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img width=477 height=713 src="cid:image004.jpg@01D5E14B.249F15A0" align=left hspace=12 v:shapes="Picture_x0020_3"><![endif]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#212121;font-weight:normal'>Kuda Biza knows about the catastrophic consequences of hunger. Growing up in Harare, Zimbabwe, he lived through the 1992 drought that left millions without food and killed several of his friends and neighbors. “In the worst affected areas, people would go for three or four days without food; if relief didn’t arrive in time, death was inevitable,” says Biza, whose father was part of the food relief efforts during that period. “For me, hunger is personal.”<o:p></o:p></span></h1><p style='background:white;-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;box-sizing: inherit;margin:1rem 0px'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#212121'>So years later, when Biza had the chance to co-found a cookie company to combat hunger, he didn’t hesitate quitting a lucrative corporate job to join serial food-startup entrepreneur Bryan Janeczko. With Nunbelievable, a nonreligious brand inspired by nuns, the duo are attacking hunger one cookie at a time.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white;-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;box-sizing: inherit;margin:1rem 0px'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#212121'>But their task is immense. More than 37 million people struggle with hunger in America, including over 11 million children — equivalent to the population of Canada. “As the father of a 5-year-old, I find that statistic horrific in a country with such immense wealth,” says Janeczko. “No kid should ever go hungry.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><h2 style='line-height:21.45pt;background:white;-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;box-sizing: inherit;font-size:1.375rem;margin:1rem 0px 0.5rem'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#212121'>Solving Problems With a Conscience<o:p></o:p></span></h2><p style='background:white;-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;box-sizing: inherit;margin:1rem 0px'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#212121'>Nunbelievable’s co-founders both tasted business early in life. When Biza’s mother wouldn’t give him money for ice cream one day, the 9-year-old decided to earn it, offering to clean windows for his neighbor, who paid him $5 for three hours of work. Pretty soon, the mini mogul could afford more than just ice cream and employed several friends to scale operations. “That experience taught me the power of entrepreneurship: solving problems for others is liberating.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white;-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;box-sizing: inherit;margin:1rem 0px'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#212121'><img width=729 height=366 id="Picture_x0020_5" src="cid:image006.jpg@01D5E14B.249F15A0" alt="https://assets.entrepreneur.com/images/misc/1580313381_KUDABIZA-SolvingProblemsQuote.png?width=1000"></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#212121'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white;-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;box-sizing: inherit;margin:1rem 0px'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#212121'>As the economic situation in Zimbabwe deteriorated, many young people couldn’t afford school. At 17 years old, Biza committed to help change that. Coming from a lower-middle-class family, he spent two years after graduating high school applying for scholarships to attend college in America.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white;-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;box-sizing: inherit;margin:1rem 0px'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#212121'>With help from his sister, who took out a loan to cover the remainder of his tuition, Biza attended Lynn University in Boca Raton, Florida, to study aviation and business. While there, he launched a socially conscious clothing line from his dorm room with only $150. By donating a portion of the profits, he paid to educate over 100 African children.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white;-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;box-sizing: inherit;margin:1rem 0px'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#212121'>After college, Biza was hired by the innovation team at a Fortune 500 company to identify and bring to market disruptive business opportunities. He launched several startups in multiple industries and locations, learning Arabic for his Middle East business. He also started a nonprofit to empower underprivileged children in Africa with scholarships and education supplies. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#212121;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW'><img width=556 height=427 id="Picture_x0020_4" src="cid:image007.jpg@01D5E14B.249F15A0" alt="https://assets.entrepreneur.com/images/misc/1580313560_KUDA-BIZA---Teenager-Photo_edit-.jpg"></span><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#212121'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#212121'>Kuda Biza at 13 years old with his father.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><i><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#212121'>Image credit: Kuda Biza<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><h2 style='line-height:21.45pt;background:white;-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;box-sizing: inherit;font-size:1.375rem;margin:1rem 0px 0.5rem'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#212121'>Starting With Why<o:p></o:p></span></h2><p style='background:white;-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;box-sizing: inherit;margin:1rem 0px'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#212121'>Janeczko — recently recognized by Business Insider as a leader in tech — developed his commercial awareness in high school by selling candy bars. He went from making $2 one day to earning several thousand dollars by creating a mini distribution network. The school principal eventually shut down his fledgling business, but it was too late: Janeczko was hooked on entrepreneurship.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white;-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;box-sizing: inherit;margin:1rem 0px'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#212121'>After a stint in finance at J.P. Morgan, he took one summer off to travel the world and was inspired by global cuisine, particularly Mediterranean-based eating; it was clean, healthy, fresh, and simple — and studies backed its effectiveness. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white;-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;box-sizing: inherit;margin:1rem 0px'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#212121'>“I realized this diet was an incredibly healthy, balanced way to live a better life, which was getting busier and more stressful for people,” recalls Janeczko. “It seemed possible to create a convenient eating solution, so nutrition wouldn’t take a back seat if you were a time-starved professional like me.” The spark of inspiration led Janeczko to co-found NuKitchen in 2004, which pioneered fresh meal delivery — now a multibillion-dollar industry.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white;-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;box-sizing: inherit;margin:1rem 0px'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#212121'>But growing NuKitchen wasn’t a picnic. “I had some dark moments,” says Janeczko. “We were the first to launch this type of business in an emerging industry, so it was important to learn valuable lessons along the way. At one point, we ran out of money after co-signing a $750,000 business loan and didn’t know how to repay. It was scary.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white;-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;box-sizing: inherit;margin:1rem 0px'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#212121'>“Even though we created a multimillion-dollar business that was growing, I was pitching investors out of desperation because we weren’t yet profitable; so I began focusing on my mindset and attitude. Self-development was critical for breakthrough thinking, escaping self-limiting thoughts, and finding inspirational guidance from thought leaders like Wayne Dyer and Eckhart Tolle.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white;-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;box-sizing: inherit;margin:1rem 0px'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#212121'>The mindset shift worked: in 2009, after raising $2 million in venture funding to grow the business, Janeczko sold it to Nutrisystem in a multimillion-dollar transaction. “I’m proud that helped hundreds of thousands of people eat their way to healthier lifestyles,” says Janeczko, who went on to launch and lead multiple “better-for-you” brands.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white;-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;box-sizing: inherit;margin:1rem 0px'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#212121'>He became a founding advisory board member of Sparks & Honey, a tech-led cultural agency for global consumer insights that works with Fortune 500 brands to innovate and grow, and co-founded <span class=skimlinks-unlinked>StartOut.org</span>, which empowers fellow LGBTQ entrepreneurs like him. “I’m devoted to mentoring early-stage entrepreneurs in how to start up smart, develop their models, gain traction, and get funding,” he says.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white;-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;box-sizing: inherit;margin:1rem 0px'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#212121'>The Nunbelievable duo met in 2012 when Janeczko was hired to consult on a project for Biza’s Fortune 500 employer. They became “partners in crime” after working together so closely, and it was inevitable that they would join forces to combat something greater. <o:p></o:p></span></p><h2 style='line-height:21.45pt;background:white;-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;box-sizing: inherit;font-size:1.375rem;margin:1rem 0px 0.5rem'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#212121'>Partnering With a Purpose<o:p></o:p></span></h2><p style='background:white;-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;box-sizing: inherit;margin:1rem 0px'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#212121'>The name Nunbelievable was inspired by a group of nuns who devoted their lives to providing meals for the hungry. In 2016, these nuns made headlines when they were unable to pay the rising rent on their San Francisco soup kitchen. They were on the verge of being evicted. But once their story was out, help poured in.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#212121;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW'><img width=1000 height=1000 id="Picture_x0020_3" src="cid:image008.jpg@01D5E14B.249F15A0" alt="https://assets.entrepreneur.com/images/misc/1580313762_BRYANJANECZKOKUDABIZA-NunbelievableCookieCompany.jpg?width=1000"></span><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#212121'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#212121'>For every dozen cookies sold, Nunbelievable will donate 12 meals to soup kitchens.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><i><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#212121'>Image credit: Nunbelievable<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p style='background:white;-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;box-sizing: inherit;margin:1rem 0px'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#212121'>Many good Samaritans donated to buy them a mission, and the nuns were able to continue providing meals for those in need. “We were inspired by their devotion to help others,” says Janeczko, Nunbelievable’s CEO, who recruited Biza as CMO for his marketing and social enterprise expertise. “Our vision is to build the world’s leading premium mission-based baked goods business,” says Janeczko. “By partnering with organizations and nonprofits, we can end hunger in the most delicious way.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white;-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;box-sizing: inherit;margin:1rem 0px'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#212121'>With such a powerhouse team, it didn’t take long to get off the ground. “While a typical consumer packaged-goods company can take 12 to 18 months to go to market, we did it in six,” says Biza. “With an accelerated launch, the quicker you can get to market to test, learn from consumer insights, make changes, and scale.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white;-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;box-sizing: inherit;margin:1rem 0px'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#212121'>Launched in October 2019, the company is seeing early signs of success. After sampling the non-GMO cookies, one person committed to buying close to six figures’ worth. For every 12-pack box of cookies sold, Nunbelievable donates two meals to partner soup kitchens across America. Based on sales to date, Nunbelievable plans to six-times their donations to 12 meals for every box sold in 2020 and to exceed one million donated meals by 2022.<o:p></o:p></span></p><h2 style='line-height:21.45pt;background:white;-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;box-sizing: inherit;font-size:1.375rem;margin:1rem 0px 0.5rem'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#212121'>Second Chances<o:p></o:p></span></h2><p style='background:white;-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;box-sizing: inherit;margin:1rem 0px'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#212121'>“For some, missing one week’s paycheck can mean going hungry or becoming homeless,” says Janeczko. When his team volunteered at a soup kitchen in Harlem, New York, they talked to people receiving the meals to better understand the root causes of hunger. “These are people just like you and me,” says Biza.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white;-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;box-sizing: inherit;margin:1rem 0px'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#212121'>Janeczko explains that they met one man who used to work on Wall Street. One day he was making six figures, with a high-rise in New York City. The next, his wife cheated on him. He started drinking and doing drugs, got fired, and soon found himself on the streets, homeless and hungry.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white;-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;box-sizing: inherit;margin:1rem 0px'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#212121'><img width=1000 height=599 id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image009.png@01D5E14B.249F15A0" alt="https://assets.entrepreneur.com/images/misc/1580313925_BRYANJANECZKO-AdversityQuote.png?width=1000"></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#212121'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white;-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;box-sizing: inherit;margin:1rem 0px'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#212121'>“What if we could go beyond just giving them a meal? As the adage goes: ‘Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. Teach a man how to fish, and you feed him for a lifetime.’ We want to provide a path to self-sustenance, so they never go hungry again.”   <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white;-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;box-sizing: inherit;margin:1rem 0px'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#212121'>They believe entrepreneurship is the missing piece of the puzzle. “Entrepreneurs can make a difference for the problems that the government couldn’t solve,” says Biza. This model doesn’t just help the world; it’s also good business. “Businesses that are going to survive today and thrive tomorrow must have a purpose,” adds Janeczko.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white;-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;box-sizing: inherit;margin:1rem 0px'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#212121'>One of Biza’s favorite quotes is from Mark Twain: “The two most important days in your life are the day you are born, and the day you find out why.” But he says there’s a third important day missing: the day you <i>act</i> on your why.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white;-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;box-sizing: inherit;margin:1rem 0px'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#212121'>Their why? Creating profitable businesses to help solve one of the world’s biggest problems. What’s your why?—entrepreneur.con <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW'><img width=700 height=350 id="Picture_x0020_7" src="cid:image010.jpg@01D5E14B.249F15A0" alt="How Bryan Janeczko and Kuda Biza Became a Dynamic Startup Duo Combating Food Insecurity One Cookie at a Time"></span><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:whitesmoke'>Image credit: Nunbelievable<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#212121'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><h1 style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#212121;font-weight:normal'><o:p> </o:p></span></h1><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><i><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW'>Invest Wisely!</span></i><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW'>Bulls n Bears </span><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW'>Telephone:     <a href="tel:%2B263%204%202927658" target="_blank"><span style='color:windowtext'>+263 4 2927658</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW'>Cellphone:     <a href="tel:%2B263%2077%20344%201674" target="_blank"><span style='color:windowtext'>+263 77 344 1674</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW'>Alt. Email:      <a href="mailto:info@bulls.co.zw"><span style='color:windowtext'>info@bulls.co.zw</span></a>  <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW'>Website:        <a href="http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bulls.co.zw&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNH8LYgdY55h-XKseuM8Kpr-JKdfhQ" target="_blank"><span style='color:windowtext'>www.bulls.co.zw</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW'>Blog:      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