All to often we hear from “the experts” and success stories of how they got there, and although Daniella Genus is a multi-award winning strategy and innovation expert, which lots of success as an entrepreneur under her belt, in this episode she shares the challenges she faced as a social entrepreneur and in particular the “funding trap”, as a way to help you avoid the mistakes she made.
Read MoreCollaborative Future run a collaborative and flexible work placement programme which brings unemployed young people, freelancers and small businesses together to work and learn. In this episode I talk to Founder Tess about why she created Collaborative Future and her insights on how we can create more empowered and inclusive workplaces.
Read MoreIf you know me, you know how I feel about the importance of talking about money as social entrepreneurs, getting clear on our income goals and overcoming the blocks we all have around accumulating wealth, making sales and paying ourselves well.
This episode with Lyn was such a fantastic conversation where we covered so much about mindset, money blocks and why money really matters even as a social entrepreneur or purpose-driven business owner. Without the income you cannot deliver the change you want to see in the world.
Penny Elliot is the founder of pennyelliott.com helping female entrepreneurs get momentum in their businesses to have the life and business the deserve. The sharp shooting kiwi gives direct advice that motivates and inspires women to reach for a higher version of themselves. Published in over 30 publications worldwide, she also love to be outside pushing herself in triathalon and running, completing 18 Ironman's including the World Champs and over 40 marathons. All while being a wife and mum to her son and crazy bengal cat.
Read MoreI am super passionate about helping more social enterprises realise the opportunities for working with (and selling to) corporates (and not asking for sponsorship). Which is why I invited Danielle on the podcast. She is the Founder of CSRCo. a social value consultancy that helps businesses add value within their workforce, supply chain and the wider community. Dani predominantly works with corporates, often designing and delivering programmes that deliver social value.
Read MoreEmily Kennedy is the incredible social entrepreneur behind the technology company that's created the software, TrafficJam, which has helped identify 6,800 victims of trafficking in the last 2 years. In addition to this story we share our experiences of raising people's expectations of what it is possible when they're not used to seeing you "in the room".
Read MoreThere is much that Jacqueline Shaw doesn't know about sourcing and manufacturing in Africa. An author, international speaker, university lecturer plus business coach and business owner Jacqueline is passionate about changing the narrative of what Africa has to offer the fashion and textile industry as well as how should and can be ethical and creating lasting social impact. She shares all here.
Read MoreInternational Speaker, Social Entrepreneur and self-published author, it was fantastic to “bump in to” Ntsiki on Instagram just a couple of months ago and find out more about what she was up to with MentHer, her brand new social enterprise helping female social entrepreneurs from across the world connect and support one another as mentors. She shares more about her journey and top tips for finding your own mentor in this episode.
Read MoreAs such it was a pleasure to talk to Sally Giblin this week to discover more about her relatively new brand, Pure Bundle which brings a circular economy model to her business, selling baby clothes.
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