Episodes
Seth Forman is the CEO of Socialsuite, a sustainability and impact technology company helping companies and non-profits share their impact with the world offering simple and affordable solutions including end to end materiality software. Over 100 public and private companies leverage Socialsuite tools and services today helping them get started and progress their sustainability journeys.
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Published 06/27/24
Joshua Berry is the author of Dare to Be Naive: How to Find Your True Self in a Noisy World and is also the Co-Founder & CEO of Econic, an innovation, transformation, and strategy consulting group that helps enterprises discover their meaning of growth and cultivate the space to achieve it. Through the process of building innovation labs and programs, workshopping, coaching, management consulting, and creating resilient strategies, Econic helps teams and organizations realize tangible...
Published 06/24/24
Daryn Dodson is the Managing Director & Joanna Kuang is the Senior Vice President of Product and Impact at Illumen Capital, an impact fund of funds addressing systemic inequity by reducing racial and gender bias in investing. Working closely with the world’s leading social psychologists at Stanford SPARQ, Illumen Capital combines investment capital with evidence-based tools and training designed to reduce implicit racial and gender bias in order to unlock latent return and multiply...
Published 06/20/24
As co-founder and CEO of EcoMap Technologies, Sherrod Davis is at the forefront of developing ecosystem intelligence that revolutionizes how information is accessed and utilized, empowering communities and industries like government and economic development, universities, and industry associations.
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Published 06/18/24
Tony Bedard is the CEO of Frontier Co-op, which is dedicated to sourcing the highest quality spices, herbs and botanical products through their Frontier Co-op, Simply Organic® and Aura Cacia® brands. By offering easy access to high-quality, competitively priced choices that are both environmentally friendly and socially responsible, Frontier Co-op seeks to lead the way in bringing nature and peace of mind to customers.
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Published 06/13/24
Rochelle Gorey is the CEO and Co-Founder of SpringFour, the only Certified B, social impact fintech company that helps financial services institutions limit risk by empowering improved payment performance and increased customer engagement.
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Published 06/10/24
Elan Sudberg is the Chief Executive Officer of Alkemist Labs, a contract testing laboratory that specializes in plant authentication, botanical ingredient identification, and quantitative analytical services. Alkemist Labs is the only ISO 17025 accredited plant/fungi lab with a DEA Schedule 1, 2, 3n, and 4 licenses to legally test all types of botanicals, including hemp and psychedelics.
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Published 06/06/24
Catherine Griffin is the Founder & CEO of Impactable Analytics, which helps purpose-built founders and funders bring clarity and intelligence to their impact claims. Impactable generates powerful, forward-looking impact data with processes to analyze, manage, track and share them over time - all to drive capital towards solutions with the greatest impact potential.
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Published 06/03/24
Deborah La Franchi is the CEO & Founder of SDS Capital Group, a national leader in impact investing with over $1 billion in assets under management. Each impact fund on SDS’s platform serves a different geography and employs a unique investment strategy, but they all generate positive impacts for low-income communities and people.
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Published 05/30/24
Caroline Barlerin is the Founder & CEO of Platypus Advisors, a diverse team of social impact practitioners with experience and expertise in accelerating social good through philanthropy, impact investing, collective impact, social innovation, and cross-sector collaboration.
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Published 05/27/24
Colin Moffett is the CEO & Co-Founder of Artemis Ward, a global creative agency that partners with brands, companies, and organizations, combining rigorous strategy and unbridled creativity to craft dynamic experiences and engage audiences.
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Published 05/23/24
Katy Carrigan is the CEO of Goody, a gifting marketplace that powers employee engagement, client appreciation, and sales prospecting gifts at more than 12,000 leading companies. Goody's business gifting platform, Goody for Business, integrates with 30 leading HR platforms, allowing companies to automatically gift employees on birthdays and work anniversaries.
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Published 05/20/24
Michael Bellavia is the CEO of HelpGood, a social impact marketing and communications agency that works with nonprofits, foundations, government agencies, corporate social responsibility teams, educational institutions, and purpose-driven organizations.
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Published 05/16/24
Tim Greiner is the Managing Director & Co-Founder of Pure Strategies, a Certified B Corp consultancy that helps companies initiate and enhance existing sustainability programs that deliver value to the business and society. Listen in as he shares story after story of how companies like Walmart, Burts Bees, and others have nailed how to sustain success.
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Published 05/13/24
John Kinney helped create the PACE (“Property Assessed Clean Energy”) financing industry and is the Founder & Managing Partner of CleanFund, which develops and manages PACE programs for senior lenders. On today's episode, John breaks down what you need to know about this financial revolution.
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Published 05/09/24
Greg Harmeyer is the CEO of TiER1 Impact, an employee-owned, professional services development company. TiER1 aims to help owners of professional services companies create a graceful ownership transition for themselves while developing a scalable, healthy, long-term future that their employees can thrive in and their clients can continue to proudly be associated with.
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Published 05/06/24
Dan Freed is the Co-Founder & CEO of Thesis, the world’s first personalized brain supplement brand. Powered by the world’s largest data set on the efficacy of nootropics and advised by neuroscientists from Yale, Penn, and MIT, Thesis quickly and safely delivers increased focus, creativity, energy, and memory in capsule form.
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Published 05/02/24
Brad Stevens is the Founder & CEO of Outsource Access, an outsourcing and offshoring consulting company that exists to close cultural gaps caused by offshore outsourcing models of the past and to open up opportunities for solopreneurs and small businesses worldwide.
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Published 04/29/24
Miren Oca and Y. Elaine Rasmussen discuss the complexity of transitioning a business to an employee ownership model. They discuss the benefits and potential pitfalls of this transition as well as the many different ways to pursue this change.
Miren Oca is the Founder and CEO of OcaQuatics Swim School. A Employee-owned (PPT),Certified B-Corp business that focuses not only on teaching swimming skills but also on environmentalism and social responsibility.
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Published 04/26/24
Jesse Henry is the CEO of Heartland, a material science company that manufactures natural fibers as reinforcements for plastics. Heartland's high-performance carbon-negative plastic additives help manufacturers exceed their sustainability mandates without compromising strength, weight, or price.
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Published 04/25/24
Tim Tiscornia is the CEO of Chomp, which utilizes anaerobic digester systems to transform food waste into renewable energy and biofertilizer. At a local level, they help communities generate their own energy and be better environmental stewards. At a global level, they're leading the way to a sustainable future.
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Published 04/22/24
Kelly Ann Winget is the CEO & Founder of Alternative Wealth Partners, a Dallas-based Private Equity firm focused on blended portfolios of alternative assets. Over the last decade, Kelly has been dedicated to connecting creative capital to unique investment opportunities in the private equity space.
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Published 04/18/24
Hélène Hoogeboom is the CEO of Renewaball, which creates new, sustainable tennis and padel balls from old/used tennis and padel balls.
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Published 04/15/24
Geoff Silverstein is the Managing Director & Founding Partner of Friendly Design Co, a creative studio that builds impactful websites and brands while collaborating with organizations who repair our world and strengthen our communities.
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Published 04/11/24
Kristin Hull is the Founder and Chief Investment Officer of Nia Impact Capital, a women led impact investing firm, investing with purpose at the intersection of environmental sustainability and social justice.
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Published 04/08/24