Disruptors for GOOD | Social Entrepreneurs and Social Enterprises
286 episodes - English - Latest episode: 26 days ago - ★★★★★ - 41 ratingsDisruptors for GOOD explores social entrepreneurship and social enterprises around the world who have dedicated their lives to ethical fashion, impact investing, climate change, sustainable travel, and businesses that impact the world in a positive way. The founder of Causeartist, Grant Trahant, does one-on-one interviews with some of the most creative and impactful startups and brands around the world.
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Climate Venture Capital - Jacqueline van den Ende // Co-founder of Carbon Equity
July 17, 2021 06:05 - 34 minutes - 47.6 MBIf you enjoy this podcast, please rate and review the show. It's a huge help. Thanks! Bonus episode: In episode 28 of the Investing in Impact podcast, we speak with Jacqueline van den Ende, Co-founder of Carbon Equity, on enabling access to alternative investments such as Climate Venture Capital, Climate Private Equity, and other asset classes. Jacqueline is an entrepreneur and investor passionate about building high impact ventures. In the Philippines she successfully founded Lam...
Bonus: Jacqueline van den Ende // Co-founder of Carbon Equity
July 17, 2021 06:05 - 34 minutes - 47.6 MBBonus episode: In episode 28 of the Investing in Impact podcast, we speak with Jacqueline van den Ende, Co-founder of Carbon Equity, on enabling access to alternative investments such as Climate Venture Capital, Climate Private Equity, and other asset classes. Jacqueline is an entrepreneur and investor passionate about building high impact ventures. In the Philippines she successfully founded Lamudi Philippines and over the past three years grew it to be the clear market leader in ...
Alexandria Harris // President of The Andrew Goodman Foundation
July 13, 2021 08:33 - 44 minutes - 61.9 MBIf you enjoy this podcast, please rate and review the show. It's a huge help. Thanks! In episode 108 of the Disruptors for GOOD podcast, we speak with Alexandria Harris, President of The Andrew Goodman Foundation, on her mission to make young voices and votes a powerful force in democracy. Alexandria “Alex” Harris is the President of The Andrew Goodman Foundation. In her role, she is responsible for activating the Foundation’s goals and vision through the strategic and sustainable...
Startups in The Netherlands - Prince Constantijn Van Oranje // Special Envoy for TechLeap
July 06, 2021 09:22 - 31 minutes - 43.8 MBIf you enjoy this podcast, please rate and review the show. It's a huge help. Thanks! In episode 107 of the Disruptors for GOOD podcast, we speak with Prince Constantijn Van Oranje, Special Envoy for TechLeap, on connecting startups, investors and community builders to create a thriving Dutch startup ecosystem. Prince Constantijn is Special Envoy for TechLeap and co-founder of Startup Fest Europe, as well as Director of Digital Technology and Macro Strategy at MAP in London. He wa...
Prince Constantijn Van Oranje // Special Envoy for TechLeap
July 06, 2021 09:22 - 31 minutes - 43.8 MBIn episode 107 of the Disruptors for GOOD podcast, we speak with Prince Constantijn Van Oranje, Special Envoy for TechLeap, on connecting startups, investors and community builders to create a thriving Dutch startup ecosystem. Prince Constantijn is Special Envoy for TechLeap and co-founder of Startup Fest Europe, as well as Director of Digital Technology and Macro Strategy at MAP in London. He was also a member of the ' High Level Group of Innovators ', a group of 15 independent me...
Christoph Langwallner // Co-Founder & CEO of WhatIF Foods
June 29, 2021 19:34 - 47 minutes - 65.1 MBIn episode 106 of the Disruptors for GOOD podcast, we speak with Christoph Langwallner, Co-Founder & CEO of WhatIF Foods, on using degraded lands to innovate food we know and love. In 2018, 25 years after inventing the triple bottomline, Prof. John Elkington, recalled this “people, planet and profit” sustainability tool because he saw it delivering the wrong results. Since industrialisation begun, the agrifood industry has been designed to achieve the highest productivity. Today, i...
Future of Food - Christoph Langwallner // Co-Founder & CEO of WhatIF Foods
June 29, 2021 19:34 - 47 minutes - 65.1 MBIf you enjoy this podcast, please rate and review the show. It's a huge help. Thanks! In episode 106 of the Disruptors for GOOD podcast, we speak with Christoph Langwallner, Co-Founder & CEO of WhatIF Foods, on using degraded lands to innovate food we know and love. In 2018, 25 years after inventing the triple bottomline, Prof. John Elkington, recalled this “people, planet and profit” sustainability tool because he saw it delivering the wrong results. Since industrialisation begun...
Bonus Episode: Zécca J. Lehn // General Partner at Responsibly Ventures
June 25, 2021 10:56 - 44 minutes - 60.8 MBBonus Episode In episode 26 of the Investing in Impact podcast, we speak with Zécca J. Lehn, General Partner at Responsibly Ventures, on using multiple UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to invest in impact startups. Zécca Lehn is the General Partner of Responsibly Ventures, based in California, backing U.S. PreSeed startups in both Social and Sustainable Tech—using multiple UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as a guidepost per investment. Over the past 15+ years, he ha...
Investing in Impact Startups - Zécca J. Lehn // General Partner at Responsibly Ventures
June 25, 2021 10:56 - 44 minutes - 60.8 MBBonus Episode In episode 26 of the Investing in Impact podcast, we speak with Zécca J. Lehn, General Partner at Responsibly Ventures, on using multiple UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to invest in impact startups. Zécca Lehn is the General Partner of Responsibly Ventures, based in California, backing U.S. PreSeed startups in both Social and Sustainable Tech—using multiple UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as a guidepost per investment. Over the past 15+ years, he ha...
Karen Lee // CEO of Pioneer Human Services
June 22, 2021 15:47 - 45 minutes - 63.1 MBIn episode 105 of the Disruptors for GOOD podcast, we speak with Karen Lee, CEO of Pioneer Human Services, on using business and nonprofits to create an inclusive hiring and support ecosystem for individuals previously incarcerated. As Chief Executive Officer of Pioneer Human Services, Karen Lee leads one of the nation’s largest nonprofit social-enterprise organizations in the United States. Under Karen’s leadership, Pioneer successfully operates several revenue-generating business...
Wes Hurt // Founder of Clean Cause
June 15, 2021 07:14 - 43 minutes - 59.8 MBIf you enjoy this podcast, please rate and review the show. It's a huge help. Thanks! In episode 104 of the Disruptors for GOOD podcast, we speak with Wes Hurt, founder of Clean Cause, on facing addiction, becoming sober, and building a company that gives 50% of profits every month to support individuals in recovery. Wes started by selling CLEAN Cause bottled water out of his truck to local convenience & grocery stores in Austin, Texas. He soon realized how much addiction truly wa...
Big Announcement: The Causeartist Relaunch | Expanded Team | More Content | Giveaways
June 07, 2021 16:10 - 34 minutes - 46.8 MBIn this bonus episode I chat with James Duft and Jessica Kellner about our new partnership, the new elements of Causeartist that will be rolling out, and the future of the Causeartist platform. James Duft: With 15 years of experience in the world of national event and magazine media, James is a whiz at networking, partnership development, and operations and logistics. Among his greatest hits: creating the multimillion-dollar event series, Mother Earth News Fairs; partnering with UC...
Classic Episode: Kyle Parsons // Founder of Indosole
June 01, 2021 07:29 - 39 minutes - 54.3 MBIn Episode 11 of the Disruptors for Good podcast I speak with Kyle Parsons, the Founder and CEO of Indosole, on his quest to become the most sustainable footwear company in the world. Indosole takes old tires that would otherwise contribute to Indonesia’s massive landfill problem, and transforms them into beautiful sandals and shoes through a production process that is organic, toxic free, and environmentally sustainable. Not only that – the process provides dignified work to many ...
Classic Episode: James Bartle // Founder of Outland Denim
May 24, 2021 06:02 - 56 minutes - 77.4 MBIn Episode 3 of the Disruptors for Good podcast I spoke with James Bartle, founder of Outland Denim. Outland Denim is a social enterprise creating premium denim products that help tackle the worlds human trafficking crisis. Every 30 seconds, someone is sold in the human traffic industry. Once in, it’s nearly impossible to escape. According to a United Nations report, the most common form of human trafficking (79%) is sexual exploitation. The victims of sexual exploitation are mostl...
Throwback Episode: Bas Van Abel // Founder of Fairphone
May 20, 2021 06:46 - 55 minutes - 63.6 MBThrowback Episode: In episode 2 of the Disruptors for GOOD podcast we spoke with with Bas Van Abel, the Founder of Fairphone, about his mission creating the world's first ethical cell phone company. Bas van Abel is an awarded social entrepreneur, designer and innovator. He is founder of Fairphone, a social enterprise with a mission to create a more ethical supply chain in the electronics industry. Fairphone has been widely recognized with awards such as the UN Momentum for Change A...
Classic Episode: Bas Van Abel // Founder of Fairphone
May 20, 2021 06:46 - 56 minutes - 52.2 MBCauseartist - Social Impact Venture Jobs board - Learn more ---> Check out the Causeartist Partners here. ---> Subscribe to the Causeartist Newsletter here. Throwback Episode: In episode 2 of the Disruptors for GOOD podcast we spoke with with Bas Van Abel, the Founder of Fairphone, about his mission creating the world's first ethical cell phone company. Bas van Abel is an awarded social entrepreneur, designer and innovator. He is founder of Fairphone, a social enterprise with ...
Dean Cycon // Founder of Dean’s Beans Organic Coffee Company
May 17, 2021 09:52 - 51 minutes - 71 MBIn episode 103 of the Disruptors for GOOD podcast, we speak with Dean Cycon, founder of Dean's Beans, on how to create a profitable and ethical business rooted in respect for the earth, the farmer, and the consumer. Dean Cycon founded in Dean’s Beans Organic Coffee Company in 1993 after working as an environmental and indigenous rights lawyer. He set out to prove that a for-profit business could create meaningful change through ethical business practices rooted in respect for the e...
Rahama Wright // Founder of Shea Yeleen
May 10, 2021 08:59 - 41 minutes - 56.5 MBIf you enjoy this podcast, please rate and review the show. It's a huge help. Thanks! In episode 102 of the Disruptors for GOOD podcast, we speak with Rahama Wright, Founder of Shea Yeleen, on empowering women in West Africa and the United States through the production, sale, and use of shea butter products. Rahama is creating living-wage jobs for women-owned shea butter cooperatives in Ghana. Having grown up personally aware of inequalities in the world, Rahama developed an inte...
Bonus: Julian Alvarez // Co-founder of Vize
May 07, 2021 12:25 - 33 minutes - 45.9 MBIn Episode 6 of the Tools for Scale podcast I chat with Julian Alvarez, co-founder of Vize, on navigating entrepreneurship and using technology to empower low skilled workers to find and search for better job opportunities. Julian is an entrepreneur, software engineer, podcaster, futurist, productivity aficionado, and a life-long learner. He is currently the Co-Founder and the CTO of an early-stage startup named Vize, where our mission is to help low-income workers find a job that ...
Josh Goldman, Ph.D. // Co-founder of KoBold Metals
May 03, 2021 07:56 - 44 minutes - 60.7 MBIf you enjoy this podcast, please rate and review the show. It's a huge help. Thanks! In episode 101 of the Disruptors for GOOD podcast, we speak with Josh Goldman, Ph.D., Co-founder of KoBold Metals, on the future of efficient and sustainable mineral exploration and how EV batteries can create a circular economy for mobility. KoBold Metals is developing artificial intelligence to improve the efficacy, efficiency, and sustainability of critical mineral exploration and development....
Chaitenya Razdan // Founder of Care+Wear
April 26, 2021 10:06 - 42 minutes - 58.2 MBIn episode 100 of the Disruptors for GOOD podcast, we speak with Chaitenya Razdan, Founder of Care+Wear, on leaving his career as an investment banker to begin designing innovative clothing for cancer patients. When Chat founded Care+Wear in 2014, all he had was an idea: to improve the experiences of those receiving treatment by bringing clinicians, designers, and patients together. But this idea became a reality through innovation and perseverance. He left his career as an inv...
Adam Mullins // Founder of Brixilated
April 19, 2021 16:27 - 37 minutes - 51.9 MBIn episode 99 of the Disruptors for GOOD podcast, I speak with Adam Mullins, founder of Brixilated, on using Lego® to help individuals in their opioid recovery journey and promote mindfulness and self-care. Adam Mullins is the Founder/CEO of Brixilated, an early-stage social enterprise whose mission is to make life better with LEGO®. Brixilated builds what you love with Lego®. From mosaics to miniatures, their custom-designed products and experiences aim to spark curiosity, inst...
Akhil Sivanandan // Co-founder of GreenStory
April 12, 2021 10:15 - 31 minutes - 43.5 MBIn episode 98 of the Disruptors for GOOD podcast, I speak with Akhil Sivanandan, Co-founder of GreenStory on combining supply-chain sustainability analysis with informative graphics to help brands show customers the exact impact they can make by choosing sustainable products. The mission of Green Story has always been about helping consumers choose the more sustainable and ethical option. We all want to do the right thing but we need to know, and feel, the positive impact we’re mak...
Bonus Episode: Bobby Turner // CEO of Turner Impact Capital
April 07, 2021 10:13 - 45 minutes - 62.4 MBThis episode features an interview I did with Bobby Turner, CEO of Turner Impact Capital, on the Investing in Impact podcast stream. Subscribe to that feed on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Thanks :) In episode 19 of the Investing in Impact podcast, I speak with Bobby Turner, CEO of Turner Impact Capital, on building one of the nation’s largest and fastest-growing social impact investment firms, positioned to invest $3 billion into solutions to address societal challenges across the ...
Henry Ines // CEO of GoChain
April 05, 2021 07:25 - 34 minutes - 47.4 MBIn episode 97 of the Disruptors for GOOD podcast, I speak with Henry Ines, CEO of GoChain on building blockchain solutions to help create a more transparent and sustainable world. Henry is a global executive with 20+ years of professional experiences to include more than a decade as a VC working in Silicon Valley and Asia. He currently serves on the Steering Committee of the GoChain Foundation and as CEO has been responsible for driving enterprise adoption and overseeing the strate...
Bonus Episode: Tech for GOOD - Steven Clift // CEO of GoodCarts
April 01, 2021 08:15 - 18 minutes - 25.5 MBIn a bonus episode of the Disruptors for GOOD podcast, we speak with Steven Clift, CEO of GoodCarts and building social good tech products for mission driven ecommerce brands. GoodCarts is the easiest way for mission-driven ecommerce stores to build customer loyalty, scale your impact, and gain new customers for free. As a brand, you can seamlessly share digital coupons with shoppers post-purchase from other “shop for good” stores in the GoodCarts community—and get more customers a...
Bernardo Carreira // Founder of 8000 Kicks
March 29, 2021 08:00 - 28 minutes - 39 MBIn episode 96 of the Disruptors for GOOD podcast, I speak with Bernardo Carreira, Founder of 8000 Kicks, on creating a new category of functional sustainable footwear using cannabis hemp fibers. Bernardo, the co-founder, moved back to Portugal in 2017 to start a new project, but he didn’t know exactly what it would be. One night, after a few beers and joints with the boys, someone came up with the idea of making a shoe for smoking. It was probably an awful idea, or maybe not. Bern...
Jake Orak // Founder of Ethnotek
March 22, 2021 11:41 - 39 minutes - 54.6 MBIn episode 95 of the Disruptors for GOOD podcast, I speak with Jake Orak, founder of Ethnotek on his decade long journey in social entrepreneurship and creating jobs across multiple continents. Ethnotek's mission is to keep culture alive by creating high-quality laptop and travel bags that feature ethically sourced handmade textiles. Your purchase sustains employment for the art of hand printing, weaving, and embroidery with partnering artisan villages in Ghana, Guatemala, India, I...
Lecrae // Multiple Grammy Award Winning Artist and NYT Best-Selling Author
March 15, 2021 09:14 - 24 minutes - 33.9 MBIn episode 94 of the Disruptors for GOOD podcast, I speak with Lecrae, the multiple grammy award winning artist and New York Times best-selling author on using music, writing, activism, and venture capital to inspire local communities. The multiple Grammy award winner a New York Times best-selling author Lecrae has evolved from primarily being an artist into an entrepreneur, speaker, activist, thought leader, and philanthropist. Lecrae now influences millions with his socially cons...
Anna-Maja Björkenvall // CEO of LXMI
March 08, 2021 07:37 - 40 minutes - 56 MBIn episode 93 of the Disruptors for GOOD podcast, I speak with Anna-Maja Björkenvall, CEO of LXMI on the impact of sustainable luxury skincare, her CEO journey, and carrying on the legacy of social entrepreneur Leila Janah. Award-winning social entrepreneur and self-taught skincare aficionada, Leila Janah founded LXMI—Beauty for Humanity—after discovering Nilotica while in Uganda. As a value-led, not valued-added company, LXMI combines sustainable luxury skincare with a unique soci...
Nick Martin // Founder of TechChange
March 02, 2021 07:47 - 41 minutes - 56.5 MBIn episode 92 of the Disruptors for GOOD podcast, I speak with Nick Martin, founder of TechChange on being a tech social entrepreneur and the future of online education. Nick Martin is the founder and CEO of TechChange, where he oversees all strategy and programming. Nick is an educator, technologist, and social entrepreneur. He is a PopTech Social Innovation Fellow (2013), an Ariane de Rothschild Fellow (2014), and an International Youth Foundation Global Fellow (2009). Nick was a...
Ryan Shearman // Co-Founder of Aether Diamonds
February 21, 2021 18:56 - 39 minutes - 55 MBIn episode 91 of the Disruptors for GOOD podcast, I speak with Ryan Shearman, co-founder of Aether Diamonds on capturing harmful CO2 from the atmosphere to create the world's first carbon-negative diamonds, alchemized from air. Ryan Shearman is a serial entrepreneur who has spent the past decade innovating across a range of consumer and B2B verticals. In addition to his role as an operator, he advises and invests in high growth tech startups. He has made it his life's work to comba...
Johnny Crowder // Founder of Cope Notes
February 14, 2021 13:22 - 47 minutes - 64.7 MBIn episode 90 of the Disruptors for GOOD podcast, I speak with Johnny Crowder, founder of Cope Notes on how using science, psychology, and text messaging can scale mental wellbeing to millions around the world. As a suicide/abuse survivor, Johnny Crowder spent his formative years searching for resources to help him cope with his mental health conditions, ranging from OCD and bipolar disorder to schizophrenia. His firsthand experience with mental illness, university-level education...
Ty Walrod & Candice Ammori // Program Directors at OnDeck
February 01, 2021 13:43 - 46 minutes - 63.8 MBIn episode 89 of the Disruptors for GOOD podcast, I speak with Ty Walrod and Candice Ammori, program directors at OnDeck on the future of community and modern education. On Deck is creating a new community and educational environment where the world's top talent comes to connect. Whatever it is you want to do next, the OnDeck community and action-oriented programming allows fellows to learn something new to uplevel your career, launch and scale big ideas, and make lifelong friends....
Paul Shapiro // CEO of The Better Meat Co.
January 04, 2021 13:29 - 37 minutes - 52.1 MBIn episode 88 of the Disruptors for GOOD podcast, I speak with Paul Shapiro, CEO of The Better Meat Co, on the future of food sustainability through technology and cellular agriculture. Paul Shapiro is the author of the national bestseller Clean Meat: How Growing Meat Without Animals Will Revolutionize Dinner and the World (published by Simon & Schuster's Gallery Books in 2018). He's also the CEO of The Better Meat Co., a four-time TEDx speaker, the host of the Business for Good Po...
Sebastiaan van der Lans // Founder of WordProof
December 16, 2020 22:34 - 51 minutes - 71.2 MBIn episode 87 of the Disruptors for GOOD podcast, I speak with Sebastiaan van der Lans, founder of WordProof, on using blockchain technology to create a more transparent and trusted internet for creators, publishers, and entrepreneurs. Sebastiaan van der Lans has a big heart for open source. In 2006 he co-founded Amsterdam’s first WordPress agency ‘Van Ons’, which is a leading digital agency now, serving over 100M page views a year. In 2019, Sebastiaan founded WordProof, the winner...
Tim Hollinger // Co-founder of Bathing Culture
December 07, 2020 14:35 - 48 minutes - 67 MBIn episode 86 of the Disruptors for GOOD podcast, I speak with Tim Hollinger, co-founder of Bathing Culture on using No New Plastic to create their line of natural and sustainable bathing products. Tim Hollinger first began working at an NPR affiliate radio station in Upstate New York, before launching into a long career as a serial entrepreneur in the health and lifestyle space. With many highs and lows along the way, these business ideas included a healthy lunchables startup, an ...
Adila Cokar // Founder of The Good Tee and Source My Garment
December 01, 2020 05:42 - 40 minutes - 55.6 MBIn episode 85 of the Disruptors for GOOD podcast, I speak with Adila Cokar, founder of The Good Tee and Source My Garment, on how to responsibly use offshore manufacturing and disrupt the lifecycle of fast fashion. Adila Cokar is the visionary behind Source My Garment, the essential book written on how to responsibly offshore manufacturing, and a media-acclaimed, award-winning serial entrepreneur. She has over a decade of experience working closely with offshore factories, as well ...
Hugues Didier // Co-founder of PANAFRICA
November 23, 2020 17:35 - 38 minutes - 52.9 MBIn episode 84 of the Disruptors for GOOD podcast, I speak with Hugues Didier, Co-founder of PANAFRICA, on quitting his job to start an impact sneaker company that invites transparency, creates educational opportunities, and invests in job training across Africa. A littele over five years ago Hugues and his co-founder Vulfran de Richoufftz decided to quit their jobs and promising careers to start something that that was both creative and impactful to society. They chose to start PAN...
Bridget Hilton // Founder of LSTN Headphones
November 16, 2020 14:53 - 47 minutes - 65.3 MBIn episode 83 of the Disruptors for GOOD podcast, I speak with Bridget Hilton, Founder of LSTN Headphones, on the power of giving the gift of hearing to 35,000 people around the world, all while competing against Beats and Bose in a sector ruled by giants. Bridget and her co-founder, Joe Huff, started LSTN in 2012, after seeing someone hear her own voice for the first time, the two decided to focus their efforts on creating change through the power of sound & music. For every pair...
Matine Khalighi // Founder of EEqual
November 09, 2020 17:25 - 41 minutes - 56.6 MBIn episode 82 of the Disruptors for GOOD podcast, I speak with Matine Khalighi, Founder of EEqual, on developing impactful programs that create opportunity for students fighting homelessness and extreme poverty in America. Matine is a member of the graduating class of 2020 at Smoky Hill High School. In addition to academics, Matine is passionate about helping those who are less fortunate. Inspired by his project in his “Building a Better Community Class” in eighth grade, Matine was...
Liesel Pritzker Simmons & Ian Simmons // Founders of Blue Haven Initiative
November 05, 2020 14:20 - 45 minutes - 62.3 MBBonus episode from the Investing in Impact feed. In episode 14 of the Investing in Impact podcast, I speak with Liesel Pritzker Simmons & Ian Simmons, founders of Blue Haven Initiative, on using innovative impact investing to enhance competitive returns and positive social and environmental change. Liesel Pritzker Simmons is Co-Founder and Principal of Blue Haven Initiative, where she oversees, as an investment strategist, a portfolio focused on holdings that generate competitive ...
Dustin Young // Co-founder of Our Own
November 02, 2020 16:40 - 44 minutes - 61.2 MBIn episode 81 of the Disruptors for GOOD podcast, I speak with Dustin Young, Co-founder of Our Own, on building and strengthen communities through life-changing experiences. Dustin is a Mentor, Physical and Mental Health Advocate, and the Founder of Our Own. After graduating with a degree in Psychology and Sociology, Dustin went on to work for various nonprofit organizations that focused on behavioral prevention with inner city youth. His firsthand experience has given him deep kno...
Dr. Lydiah Kemunto Bosire // Founder and CEO of 8B Education Investments
October 28, 2020 15:53 - 42 minutes - 59 MBIn episode 80 of the Disruptors for GOOD podcast, I speak with Dr. Lydiah Kemunto Bosire, Founder & CEO of 8B Education Investments, on using Income Shared Agreements to create affordable financing solutions for African students in global universities. Dr. Lydiah Kemunto Bosire, a native Kenyan, holds a D. Phil in Politics from the University of Oxford, which she struggled to finance. In the years since, she has watched colleagues, friends, and family from the African continent tur...
Talking Social Entrepreneurship with University of Texas Students
October 27, 2020 21:32 - 25 minutes - 35.1 MBRecently, I had the great pleasure of being interviewed by Tim Scott, faculty lecturer at the University of Texas at Austin in the Stan Richards School of Advertising and Public Relations, about the current state of social enterprises and social entrepreneurship. Tim is the founder of Mitscoots Outfitters, a social enterprise on a mission to outfit and employ individuals transitioning out of homelessness. Leveraging some past military and ad world experience, he has guided the tea...
Brett Hagles // CEO and Co-founder of New Story
October 26, 2020 13:25 - 34 minutes - 47.4 MBIn episode 79 of the Disruptors for GOOD podcast, I speak with Brett Hagler, Co-founder and CEO of New Story, on ending global homelessness and using a startup mentality to create one of the most innovative nonprofits in the world.
Brett Hagler // CEO and Co-founder of New Story
October 26, 2020 13:25 - 34 minutes - 47.4 MBIn episode 79 of the Disruptors for GOOD podcast, I speak with Brett Hagler, Co-founder and CEO of New Story, on ending global homelessness and using a startup mentality to create one of the most innovative nonprofits in the world. Brett is a cancer survivor, author, speaker, and 2016 Forbes 30 Under 30 Entrepreneur. In 2017, 2019, and 2020, New Story was named by Fast Company as one of the “Most Innovative Companies In The World.” Brett is a Y-Combinator alum and, in 2018, was nam...
Alex Amouyel // Executive Director of MIT Solve
October 21, 2020 18:05 - 40 minutes - 55.1 MBIn episode 78 of the Disruptors for GOOD podcast, I speak with Alex Amouyel, Executive Director of MIT Solve, on creating a social impact innovation marketplace to solve world challenges. Alex Amouyel is the Executive Director of Solve, an initiative of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Solve is a community of cross-sector leaders devoted to identifying and supporting solutions to actionable challenges through open innovation. Previously, Alex was the Director of Program f...
Kate Byrne // President of SOCAP Global
October 16, 2020 16:27 - 39 minutes - 54.2 MBIn episode 77 of the Disruptors for GOOD podcast, I speak with Kate Byrne, President of SOCAP Global, on impact investing, the rise of women in global leadership, and rapidly moving an events business online in the wake of COVID-19. SOCAP Virtual: A Global Impact Summit - Register Here Kate Byrne is the president of Intentional Media(soon to be SOCAP Global), the purpose-driven platform whose brands SOCAP, Good Capital Project, and Conscious Company Media are at the intersection o...
Mark McTavish // CEO & Co-Founder of Pulp Culture
October 15, 2020 14:33 - 38 minutes - 52.9 MBIn episode 76 of the Disruptors for GOOD podcast, I speak with Mark McTavish, CEO & Co-Founder of Pulp Culture on changing our relationship with alcohol and creating the world's healthiest adult beverage. Beverage Industry Veteran Mark McTavish (CEO & Co-Founder) and Plant-Based Performance Mogul Brendan Brazier (Co-Founder) combined their areas of expertise to create the healthiest alcohol on the planet. These two fitness-minded foodies turned social entrepreneurs, set out to cre...