Episodes: Masonry

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Episode 63: Interview with Ron Bills, CEO of Envirofit, a US based social entreprise with a mission to create products that reduce pollution and energy dependency

Envirofit is a global social enterprise that develops innovative smart cookstoves designed to reduce smoke and CO2 emissions and enable families to live healthier lives, while reducing climate change...

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Episode 62: Interview Taylor Downs, Co founder Vera Solutions and OpenFn

Taylor has spent almost a decade designing data systems for leading international development organizations. He co-founded Vera Solutions—an organization that works with social impact organizations to create affordable, powerful...

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Episode 61: Interview with Professor Mariana Christen Jakob, CEO & Founder of SEIF, the Social Entrepreneurship Initiative & Foundation, based in Switzerland

Mariana is CEO & Founder of seif, the Social Entrepreneurship Initiative & Foundation, based in Switzerland.  Seif was established in 2010 to develop a wide variety of business creation and...

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Episode 60: Interview with John Rendel, the Founder and CEO of PEAS, (Promoting Equality in African Schools)

John is the Founder and CEO of PEAS (Promoting Equality in African Schools), a rapidly growing and multiple award-winning social enterprise that widens access to secondary education in Africa. ...

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Episode 59: Interview with Deep Joshi, co-founder of Professional Assistance for Development Action (PRADAN)

Deep is an Indian social worker and NGO activist He co-founded the pioneering Indian non-profit organisation, Professional Assistance for Development Action (PRADAN), of which he was the Executive Director...

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Episode 58: Interview with Anushka Ratnayake, Founder and Executive Director of myAgro

MyAgro is an award-winning social business which allows farmers in West Africa to buy fertilizer and seed by a series of small payments  via a mobile phone platform and...

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Episode 57: Interview with James Perry, Co- Chair and Co-founder of B Lab UK

James Perry is Co- Chair and Co-founder of B Lab UK-a UK registered charity, which exists to support a community of UK-based B Corps; he was also instrumental in managing...

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Episode 56: Interview with Michael Norton, OBE, serial social entrepreneur

Michael Norton has had a prolific career in the world of social change. In 1975, Michael set up Directory of Social Change, the UK’s leading provider of information and...

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Episode 55: Interview with Rodney Schwartz, Founder of ClearlySo

Rodney is Founder of ClearlySo which works with high-impact businesses, charities and funds in the UK to raise capital, and introduces them to institutional and individual investors. ClearlySo is...

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Episode 54: Interview with Stephen Dawson, OBE, co-founder of Impetus Trust- now Impetus-PEF- and Jacana Venture Partnership

Stephen Dawson is a pioneer in the field of venture philanthropy in the UK. A former venture capitalist, he was involved for 25 years with ECI, where he was until...

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Episode 53: Interview with Nithya Ramanathan, President and Co-Founder of Nexleaf Analytics

Nithya is the President and Co-Founder of Nexleaf Analytics, a nonprofit based in Los Angeles, California. Nexleaf’s mission is to build, scale, and support wireless technologies and data analytics...

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Episode 52: Interview with Ned Tozun, cofounder of d.light

Ned is the cofounder of d.light, a for-profit social enterprise that designs, manufactures and distributes solar lights and power products to the developing world; the company provides high quality...

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