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Alice is a trailblazing social entrepreneur, founder and CEO of Wabbani, and president of the Rupununi Learners Foundation. Her work bridges nonprofit and social enterprise by partnering with indigenous communities in Guyana, most notably through Cayman House, a community-owned enterprise that is now the largest employer and consumer of local goods and services in its region. Alice’s achievements include building lasting platforms for artisan makers, revitalizing traditional crafts as sustainable livelihoods, and pioneering scalable solutions for rural economic empowerment. With a background in social work and deep practical expertise in community-led development, Alice has the philosophy of working herself out of a job, by building self-sustaining projects that flourish independent of her leadership.

💡 What You’ll Learn from Alice's Journey:

🔸 Turning Scarcity into Opportunity: Discover how Alice saw opportunity during the COVID-19 crisis by reinvesting downtime into infrastructure and creative expansion, highlighting the importance of adaptability in entrepreneurship.

🔸 Learning to Notice, The Artist's Eye for Entrepreneurs: Learn Alice’s unique method of channeling her artistic sensibilities to identify unmet needs, find market niches, and fuel innovation rooted in close observation.

🔸 Building Social Enterprises for True Sustainability: Uncover how Alice designed organizations to empower communities—transferring leadership, fostering local ownership, and measuring success by eventual independence.

🔸 Scaling Impact Beyond the Local: See Alice’s visionary thinking in action as she develops global solutions for remote artisans, sharing insights on creating reproducible platforms while honoring local authenticity.

You can connect with Alice on ⁠LinkedIn⁠ to follow her journey.

🎥 Big thanks to VidOps for supporting Founders Voyage. Use code voyage at ⁠vidops.io⁠ for 10% off expert audio, video, animation, and photography services.

👏 Props to the stellar crew: Nancy Nash, Daniel M. Melo, Carlos Javier Chacón Sánchez, Matthew Ray, and host Spencer Walker-Fooks. You bring this show to life.

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