Show Me The Way To Waste Less And Share More with Olio, Co-Founder, Tessa Clarke

Tessa Clarke is the co-founder of OLIO, the local sharing app that connects users with unwanted food and household items with neighbours living nearby who would like it.

She recently won the Veuve Clicquot Bold Business Woman Award 2023. 

Olio now has 7 million users who have together shared over 100 million portions of food and 9 million household items.

In this episode of Show Me The Way Tessa gives great tips on how to fundraise successfully as a woman in tech (surprising and really really good advice); the huge green house gas emmisions from household food waste and how we can all make a difference; how being an outsider can be your superpower and the simple hacks she and her family use to waste less.

Did you know?

 - Food waste created globally each year amounts to a gargantuan £1 million

- The average UK family is throwing away £700 worth of food each year 

- Food waste is 10% of global green house has emissions. Five times the aviation industry and larger than the entire fashion industry. 

In each episode of the podcast, host Naomi K asks guests to recommend a book for her daughter Emmeline and children like her, to inspire them to be fearless, fabulou and happy. For Emmeline's bookshelf Tessa recommends The Lean Start Up by Eric Reis.

Some other links Tessa shared that you might enjoy:
Hear more about Tessa's  mission in her TED talk
Explore Tessa's 75 simple swaps to reduce your waste
Consider how to stop wasting food at home
Understant the Reason Female Entrepreneurs Get Less Funding by listening to this TED talk from Dana Kansey
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