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...
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...
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...
Episode 51: Interview with Alasdair Harris, cofounder of Blue Ventures
Alasdair is Executive Director and cofounder of Blue Ventures, an innovative social enterprise that works with coastal communities to rebuild tropical fisheries. Blue Ventures work with some of the the...
Episode 50: Interview with Marc Koska the inventor of the non-reusable K1 auto-disable syringe and founder of the SafePoint charity
Marc Koska has been on an amazing 30 year mission to eliminate dirty syringes responsible for more than a million deaths a year. Marc invented the non-reusable K1 syringe...
Episode 49: Interview with Kathleen Colson co-founder / CEO of the BOMA Project
The BOMA Project is a U.S. nonprofit and Kenyan NGO committed to building resiliency and ending extreme poverty in the drylands of Africa by focusing on enrolling ultra-poor women...
Episode 48: Interview with Xavier Helgesen, Co-Founder and CEO of distributed renewable energy company Off.Grid:Electric
Xavier is the Co-Founder and CEO of Off.Grid:Electric, a distributed renewable energy company operating in Arusha, Tanzania. Off.Grid:Electric radically reduces the cost and risk of adopting solar energy for...
Episode 47: Interview with Pascal Finette, Head of entrepreneurship at Singularity University
Pascal is a technology enthusiast with a wide ranging career which includes setting up a couple of technology companies, working at eBay, Mozilla Labs, as well as a stint...
Episode 46: Interview with Sharath Jeevan, Founder and CEO of STIR Education
Sharath Jeevan is Founder and CEO of STIR Education, a social entreprise that is building a teacher-led movement in India and Uganda. to address the learning crisis in developing...
Episode 45: Interview with Jagdeesh Rao, Chief Executive of the Foundation for Ecological Security, India
Jagdeesh Rao is the Chief Executive of the Foundation for Ecological Security, India (FES). FES is working towards the ecological restoration and conservation of land and water resources in...
Episode 44: Interview with Kate Otto, founder and CEO of Everyday Ambassador, an organisation helping schools and organizations create lasting, positive social change.
Kate Otto is founder and CEO of Everyday Ambassador, an organisation helping schools and organizations create lasting, positive social change. She is also author of “Everyday Ambassador: Make a...
Episode 43: Interview with Paul Polak, co-founder and CEO of Windhorse International
Paul Polak is the co-founder and CEO of Windhorse International, a for-profit social venture that designs radically affordable, life-saving or income-generating technology to serve the poorest people in the...