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About Blind Merchant Media

Blind Merchant Media is the podcast for blind entrepreneurs. The podcast covers an array of topics including the Randolph-Sheppard vending program, and other areas of entrepreneurship within the blind community. Whether you are a high school student trying to decide your career path, or a seasoned salesman with years of experience, you will find helpful and useful information in this podcast. Blind Merchant Media is sponsored by the Randolph-Sheppard Vendors of Florida (RSVF). Read about the RSVF and their mission.

Production Staff and History

Colton Knight (Host)

Colton is a Randolph-Sheppard vendor in Tallahassee, Florida. Colton started in the program in 2017 running a snack bar where he stayed for two years. In 2019, Colton left his snack bar and was awarded the downtown Tallahassee vending route. Colton enjoys playing drums and amateur sound-engineering. Colton's hobbies include following current events and politics, reading and watching sci-fi, and wood working.

Alton Palmore (Executive producer)

Alton is a graduate of the University of Maryland with a bachelor’s degree in behavioral sciences. He went on to spend 37 years in radio and television. Alton entered the Randolph Sheppard program in 2014, and his first facility was a vending route in northern Florida. He currently holds a military dining contract.

Episodes

0001: Florida Vendors Committee Meeting November 15, 2019 - This is the first installment of "Blind Merchant Media," a podcast dealing with blind entrepreneurship and the Randolph-Sheppard program. In this episode, your host, Colton Knight will be covering the latest with the Florida Committee of Vendors and the meeting held recently in Orlando, FL on November 15th and 16th, 2019. Topics include: NABM's BLAST coming to Florida in 2021, accessibility and equipment that benefits blind operators, and much more. Enjoy the show!