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OtiumFMAndy Narracott: Finding Impact, Social Entrepeneurship and Philanthropy (V1)In this episode, we talk with Andy Narracott, Founder of Finding Impact, a practical resource for social entrepreneurs in the trenches, making things happen against all odds. This includes the Finding Impact Podcast, with weekly interviews on strategy, tactics, and practical advice on helping you build your social enterprise, as well as his newsletter.Andy, a consultant with a background in international development, focusing on sanitation has quite an interesting background. So reaching out to him, I wanted to ask about his workflows. His fields of interest and everything in between. We talked about:H...
2020-11-251h 07
The Finding Impact PodcastFIP 129: Using Design Thinking in the Needfinding Process, with Juliana Proserpio of Echos Innovation LabIn this episode of the Finding Impact Podcast I talk to Juliana Proserpio, Co-founder and Chief Design Officer of Echos Innovation Lab, on using Design Thinking in the needfinding process. Juliana talks about her work at Echos Innovation Lab and how it supports organizations and entrepreneurs to use the design thinking mindset for accelerating cultural change and creating new services and business models to create desirable futures. On this podcast you will learn: How Echos Innovation Lab has built a for-profit business that works with organizations to create and foster innovation initiatives, as well as building...
2020-05-2733 min
The Finding Impact PodcastFIP 128: The Elder Series with Jack Lowe of the Fit For Life FoundationI'm very honoured to speak to Jack Lowe this week. He's come on share lessons learnt throughout his 40 year career in microfinance and the startup world. Jack was asked to become CEO of BlueOrchard Investments in 2004 -- a microfinance fund that he grew from $40 million to close to $1 billion, stretching to 45 countries. It became the largest private microfinance lender in the world. Jack graduated from Stanford in 1965, joined McKinsey in 1969, and went on to grow a string of successful startups, from oil and gas to food distribution and restaurants. Jack is currently building another startup, Fit for...
2020-05-2046 min
The Finding Impact PodcastHow to shift your attitude to perform at your bestThis episode is about the one thing that changes everything -- mindset. Or attitude. We're living in tough times, and often, our mindset, our attitude, our outlook, can hold us back. With fear, worry, panic, stress, all these different emotions entering our day at some point. All these things hold us back. But, with the understanding of how our minds work, and with the tools to shift our attitude, we can accept this new reality and choose to take action. I'm joined by Scott Roy, CEO of Whitten Roy Partnership. Scott is an expert in the art...
2020-05-1349 min
The Finding Impact PodcastFIP 126: How Business Can Respond to a Crisis with James Mwangi representing Safe Hands KenyaJames Mwangi of Dalberg Group on the podcast today. He's representing Safe Hands Kenya, a coalition of Kenyan businesses who've come together to respond to the COVID-19 crisis. They're distributing free hand sanitiser, soap, face masks and surface disinfectants to all Kenyans, as a first line of defence against COVID-19. Resources: SafeHandsKenya.com @SafeHandsKenya on Twitter Safe Hands Kenya on YouTube
2020-05-0440 min
The Finding Impact PodcastFIP 125: Venture Debt Fund for revenue-generating businesses during COVID-19 with Amanda CottermanToday's challenge is for those businesses who're seeing a temporary loss of revenue due to the COVID-19 crisis, but also anyone in the business of raising capital, and interested in different funding instruments. We've got Amanda Cotterman on the show, and we're talking about the fund she's raising, Equalife Capital's Africa Venture Debt COVID Recovery Fund. We help you understand whether this funding instrument is right for your enterprise or if you're a donor or investor, whether you might want to put some capital towards this fund. What you'll learn on this episode: Amanda w...
2020-04-0927 min
The Finding Impact PodcastFIP 124: Using Design Thinking in the Needfinding Process with Elizabeth KnightOn this podcast you will learn: How Andy and Elizabeth are dealing with the new world of COVID 19 - structured journaling with pen and paper. (3:55) What is needfind and why is it important? (4:30) It’s important because it’s a shift in terms of how we think about entrepreneurship and creating value as an entrepreneur; building a business or enterprise around a need (real problem) rather than a singular idea gives greater scope to produce value and to solve a problem in a sustainable way; it’s about core needs and what people are willing to pay for. If you...
2020-04-0235 min
The Finding Impact PodcastFIP 123: How this young founder is bootstrapping his EdTech Startup, with Cyril Michino of Chaptr GlobalThis week on the Finding Impact Podcast, we find out out how a young founder bootstrapped his startup and the lessons he learnt in wannapreneurship. We talk with Cyril Michino, co-founder of Chaptr Global and hear about his entrepreneurial journey having founded 2 startups by the age of 21 and learn that capital is not a barrier for starting up. Cyril shares his experiences around the challenges faced by young founders and how he’s innovating around such challenges by adopting innovative revenue-sharing business models. On this podcast you will learn: How Cyril started his first business – Deliverus, an e...
2019-12-1840 min
The Finding Impact PodcastFIP 122: How to build processes and systems for scale, with Boston Nyer of BURN ManufacturingThis week on the Finding Impact Podcast, we are talking to Boston Nyer, co-founder of BURN. Boston's played a wide variety of roles during his 8 years at BURN, including COO, where he was tasked with setting up processes in their factory in Nairobi that makes more than one stove per minute. It's the largest of its kind on the continent. On this episode you will learn: An intro to his background, to BURN, and how BURN is structured. 1:48. How BURN is split up by departments. 6:00. Four pillars: 1) Innovation (ie. new product development, piloting sales models, distribution s...
2019-12-0436 min
The Finding Impact PodcastFIP 121: Maintaining culture with growth through scale, with Paul Breloff of ShortlistThis week on the Finding Impact Podcast, we are talking about the challenges of maintaining culture as your social business scales, and tactics for how to adapt and scale your culture, with Paul Breloff of Shortlist. Paul's company, Shortlist, helps companies build and develop their teams through a new approach to hiring. Particularly, we’ll be talking about Paul’s experience as he grew Shortlist’s team across two continents and to nearly 100 people and lessons he’s learned from the entrepreneurs at companies Shortlist works with. On this podcast you will learn: The definition to the word...
2019-11-2038 min
The Finding Impact PodcastFIP 120: Adapting managment and leadership styles for scaleThis week on the Finding Impact Podcast, we are talking about how founders of social enterprises can transition from being a product builder to company builder, with Glynis Rankin from Creative Metier. Glynis is the CEO of Creative Metier, a niche consultancy that works with social impact investors and their investees to support social enterprises and small and growing businesses in emerging markets through executive coaching, human capital resources, and organizational strengthening. On this podcast, you will learn: How founders shift their leadership and management styles as their social enterprise scales, by looking at issues such...
2019-11-0636 min
The Finding Impact PodcastFIP 119: Tips for young founders with Lamia Makkar who launched her first startup at age 13This week on the Finding Impact Podcast, we’ve got Lemia Makkar and we're going to talk about Lamia's experience as a young founder, with the hope of inspiring and helping other young founders succeed at what they're doing. Lemia started her first non-profit Haiti: Hands On, at the age of 13, when at times she had to skip school to present to CEOs in Boardrooms in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) where she lived. Fast forward 8 years later, to today, and Lamia has kindly come on to share her experience. On this podcast, you will learn: Wh...
2019-10-2339 min
The Finding Impact PodcastFIP 118: Building entrepreneurial ecosystems in emerging markets with Maryanne Ochola of ANDEThis week on the Finding Impact Podcast, we are starting off a new series to help social entrepreneurs understand and navigate the whole gamut of services and service providers in entrepreneurial ecosystems and we are talking with Maryanne Ochola, East Africa Regional Chapter Manager of ANDE (Aspen Network of Development Entrepreneurs), based in Nairobi. Maryanne shares her views on the different players in entrepreneurial ecosystems, roles they play and services they offer to help social entrepreneurs succeed. On this podcast, you will learn: Why entrepreneurial ecosystems are important - just like Silicon Valley for technology startups...
2019-09-1832 min
The Finding Impact PodcastFIP 117: Hardware entrepreneurs II 3/3 – Deploying a network of kiosks, automated fuel dispensers, with Sagun Saxena of KOKO NetworksSagun Saxena, co-founder and Chief Innovation Officer of KOKO Networks, is a company operating in Kenya and India that builds and deploys a dense network of kiosks inside local corner stores that distribute bio-ethanol for the modern cookers they sell. This is the third episode in our second 3-part series on invention-based entrepreneurs, supported by The Lemelson Foundation. The series aims to provide unique insights into some of the challenges and workarounds faced by entrepreneurs creating hardware products in emerging markets. On this episode you will learn: A description of the physical product, and how KOKO...
2019-09-1237 min
The Finding Impact PodcastFIP 116: Hardware entrepreneurs II 2/3 - The inventor who's creating Africa's first CNC machines, with Simon Oshera of Proteq AutomationSimon Oshera is from Proteq Automation in Nairobi. We talk about Simon's invention that is set to propel manufacturing in Kenya to compete with the likes of China and other industrialised nations. Proteq Automation builds CNC machines, which are computer numerical control machines. CNCs control machining tools (drills, boring tools, lathes) and 3D printers by means of a computer to alter a blank piece of material (metal, plastic, wood, ceramic, or composite) to meet precise specifications by following programmed instructions and without a manual operator. On this episode you'll learn: Simon was motivated to solve the problem of not being a...
2019-09-0444 min
The Finding Impact PodcastFIP 115: Hardware entrepreneurs II 1/3 - PayGo Energy with Mike HahnThis week on the Finding Impact Podcast, we are continuing our second series on hardware entrepreneurs, this one with Mike Hahn of PayGo Energy about his hardware development journey. This is the first episode in our second 3-part series on invention-based entrepreneurs, supported by The Lemelson Foundation. The series aims to provide unique insights into some of the challenges and workarounds faced by entrepreneurs creating hardware products in emerging markets. As many will know, from episode 44 with Mike's Co-Founder Fausto, PayGo Energy has created a smart meter that sits on an LPG gas cylinder, that lets customers pay on...
2019-08-2149 min
The Finding Impact PodcastFIP 114: When to say 'No' to more investment with Solonia Teodros of The Change SchoolThis week on the Finding Impact Podcast, we are talking to Solonia Treodos, Co-founder of The Change School, who describes why social entrepreneurs need a clear fundraising strategy and goal before starting their fundraising activities. Solonia shares her journey of fundraising for The Change School, with lessons from her experience of almost closing a fundraising deal, changing course and walking away from the deal and coming back to it later with a clear strategy. On this podcast, you will learn: How Change School helps transform organizations and individuals by helping them re-connect with their values, re-design...
2019-08-0735 min
The Finding Impact PodcastFIP 113: Funding for when things go wrong, with Caroline Bressan of Open Road AllianceThis week on the Finding Impact podcast, we will be speaking with Caroline Bressan, the Director of Social Investments at Open Road Alliance. This incredible service at Open Road Alliance provides capital (loans or grants) to social impact organizations (non-profit and for-profit) facing an unexpected roadblock during implementation. On this episode you will learn: The story behind why it was set up: founded in 2012 by psychologist and philanthropist Dr. Laurie Michaels to address the need for contingency funds and the absence of risk management practices in philanthropy. It originally started as a grantmaking organization and then...
2019-07-2433 min
The Finding Impact PodcastFIP 112: Tips for Social Entrepreneurs Wanting to Apply to an AcceleratorMany social entrepreneurs will consider applying to an accelerator to help grow their business, so we reached out to a range of accelerators to hear what tips they have for people putting an application together. These tips come in three buckets - one on selecting the right accelerator, next on what will need to go into your application, and third on how to deliver a great application. Allie Burns - CEO of Village Capital: get clarity on the key milestones to grow your business i.e. building your team, validating your value prop, refining your product or sales process. Then...
2019-07-1017 min
The Finding Impact PodcastFIP 111: Hardware entrepreneurs 3/3 - Creating a modem-cum-router device aimed at solving last-mile connectivity issues in Africa, with Erik HersmanThis is part three of a 3-part series on invention-based entrepreneurs, supported by The Lemelson Foundation. The series aims to provide unique insights into some of the challenges and workarounds faced by entrepreneurs creating hardware products in emerging markets. This third part episode is with Erik Hersman, co-founder of BRCK, which creates a modem-cum-router device aimed at solving last-mile connectivity issues in Africa. We're going to talk about the early prototypes, how they funded manufacturing and validated the market, some of the challenges they had along the way, and how the product evolved into what it is today.
2019-06-2649 min
The Finding Impact PodcastFIP 110: Hardware entrepreneurs - 2/3 Creating electronic hardware products for businesses in East Africa, with Mary MwangiThis is part two of a 3-part series on invention-based entrepreneurs, supported by The Lemelson Foundation. The series aims to provide unique insights into some of the challenges and workarounds faced by entrepreneurs creating hardware products in emerging markets. This part two episode is with Mary Mwangi of Data Integrated Ltd., and we are going to hear about her electronic hardware development journey on manufacturing products to improve security in public transport, and to reduce financial leakage. Data Integrated Ltd. is creating electronic hardware products for businesses in East Africa to help business owners keep track of money, whether...
2019-06-1938 min
The Finding Impact PodcastFIP 109: Hardware entrepreneurs 1/3 - Creating tools for manufacturing in Africa, with William MalukiThis week on the Finding Impact Podcast, we are kicking off a new series on hardware entrepreneurs, this one with William Maluki of Gearbox about creating tools for manufacturing in Africa. This is the first episode in a 3-part series on invention-based entrepreneurs that aims to provide unique insights into some of the challenges and workarounds faced by entrepreneurs creating hardware products in emerging markets. On this podcast, you will learn: Why and how William invented a marvellous machine called KunjaBot that is an automatic pipe bender specifically designed for people in the Juakali (informal manufacturing...
2019-06-1237 min
The Finding Impact PodcastFIP 108: Last mile distribution 3/3 - How to pivot from a cash-based to a PAYGO model, with Washikala of AltechThis is part three of a 3-part mini-series on last mile distribution. This series is a collaboration between the Finding Impact Podcast and the Global Distributors Collective (GDC). The GDC is a collective of last mile distributors around the world, with over 140 members in over 40 countries, who cumulatively have sold more than 8 million life-changing products to last mile households. The GDC is dedicated to supporting and representing last mile distribution companies to help them reach underserved customers with life-changing products like solar lights, clean cookstoves, water filters and nutrition products. The purpose of the GDC is to...
2019-05-291h 02The Finding Impact PodcastFIP 107: Last mile distribution 2/3 - How to manage a merger of like-minded social enterprises, with Sita Adhikari and Alexie Seller of Pollinate Group
2019-05-2253 min
The Finding Impact PodcastFIP 106: Last mile distribution 1/3 - How to pivot a distribution model from door-to-door to retail, with Philip Wilson of EcoFiltroThis is part of one of a 3-part mini-series on last mile distribution. This series is a collaboration between the Finding Impact Podcast and the Global Distributors Collective (or the GDC). The GDC is a collective of over 140 last mile distribution companies around the world, which helps them reach underserved customers with life-changing products like solar lights, clean cookstoves, water filters, and sanitation and nutrition products. The GDC has two main pillars of activity: It provides services that help distributors save time and money, adopt best practices and facilitate new partnerships; and, It works to build a collective...
2019-05-1547 min
The Finding Impact PodcastFIP 105: The view from inside an accelerator, with Fhiwa Ndou, formerly with MassChallengeThis week on the Finding Impact Podcast, we will be looking at the insider's view of accelerators with Fhiwa Ndou, formerly of Mass Challenge, well known venture accelerator in Boston, US. Fhiwa previously also helped setup the Mass Challenge accelerator in London and is currently Growth Manager at Lambda School. This is episode #3 in the 4-part series about accelerators for early stage social enterprises. In this episode, we look at various aspects of choosing accelerators such as: the role of accelerator alumni network in attracting social enterprises, and non-profit versus the for-profit (equity-based) models. On this podcast...
2019-05-0838 min
The Finding Impact PodcastFIP 104: What I learnt from attending my first accelerator, with Nava Osembo of Enda AthleticsThis week on the Finding Impact Podcast, we have part 2 of a new 3-part series about accelerators for early stage social enterprises. We are talking with Navalayo (Nava) Osembo-Ombati who is Co-founder and CEO of Enda Athletics, a Nairobi based running shoes manufacturer designing footwear to inspire customers to run like a Kenyan. Enda Athletics recently attended the SHONA accelerator program based in Kampala and just recently finished their second and final residential bootcamp. So we’re looking forward to digging into that with Nava. On this podcast you will learn: How Nava used her management co...
2019-04-2436 min
The Finding Impact PodcastFIP 103: Do accelerators actually work? A look into the evidence, with Emily Eastman of GALIThis week on the Finding Impact Podcast, we are kicking off a new 3-part series about accelerators for early stage social enterprises. We are talking with Emily Eastman, Global Partnerships Manager at Global Accelerator Learning Initiative (GALI), who has been working on the leading edge of accelerators for social impact. In this episode, we look at the overall evidence on the effectiveness of accelerators in helping entrepreneurs grow early stage companies - what makes for a great accelerator, how entrepreneurs can choose the right accelerator and the pros and cons of accelerators. On this podcast, you will l...
2019-04-1735 min
The Finding Impact PodcastFIP 102: Why donor money is distorting the entrepreneurship ecosystem in East Africa, with Fiona Mungai of EndeavorFiona Mungai joined endeavour with six years of experience working in Private Equity and Asset Management in East Africa. Fiona started her career at British American Asset Managers and then at Actis — a leading pan emerging markets private equity fund, She he been a founding member and Board Director of the East Africa Venture Capital and Private Equity Association that has 100+ members. On this episode you'll learn: Endeavour supports high impact entrepreneurs. Why? Because high impact entrepreneurs are able to create thousands of jobs, can come up with a business model that is scalable, and can cr...
2019-04-0332 min
The Finding Impact PodcastFIP: 101 Experience from a recent investment raise with Dr. Christie Peacock of Sidai AfricaThis week on the Finding Impact Podcast, we are talking to Dr. Christie Peacock, founder of Sidai. We're going to do an interview about her recent experience of raising a round for her social enterprise Sidai Africa. Sidai offers farmers solutions to the challenges they face growing crops and livestock productively and profitably. So Sidai trains farmers to help them farm more profitably, and provides support to franchisees, stockists and suppliers to help them grow their business. And they manufacture and sell a wide range of quality crop and livestock products. On this episode you’ll learn:...
2019-03-2737 min
The Finding Impact PodcastFIP 100: What I've learnt building my social enterprise after 100 episodes, interview by Andrew Foote of SanivationThis is an interview to mark the 100th episode. Andrew Foote is the host. He's the co-founder of Sanivation - a social enterprise in Kenya that takes human waste from cities and converts it into fuel. Andrew is interviewing Andy Narracott, founder of Finding Impact. On this episode you'll learn: It's important to stop and celebrate in any social enterprise, to mark milestones and recognise how far you've traveled on your journey. It's good for your mental health, and it's good for building a positive culture in your team. Finding Impact is process driven. Andy created...
2019-03-2045 min
The Finding Impact PodcastFIP 99: How local founders can attract foreign impact capital with Andreas ZellerThis episode shines a light on why local founders, who have excellent businesses, struggle to attract foreign impact capital. Open Capital Advisors has been advising in Africa for 9 years now, helping entrepreneurs grow, and helping advance economies, whilst also helping build a generation of business leaders in Africa. Based in Kenya, Uganda and Zambia, covering 20 countries in Africa and have worked on 450 engagements to date. On this episode you'll learn: Village Capital studied the amount of impact investment money going to local founders, which showed less going to local founders. Some of the reasons is the...
2019-03-1330 min
The Finding Impact PodcastFIP 098 Mental stress and isolation with Bedriye HulyaThis week on the Finding Impact Podcast, we are talking about burnout in the social sector, the third in our interview series, and we talk about Bedriye Hulya’s own experience, and how it took a very unique project that aims to promote the inner wellbeing for changemakers to help her get unstuck and make drastic changes in her life. Bedriye is founder of b-fit, which is a chain of women-only sport and health centers in Turkey, and uses a unique franchising model which empowers women. On this podcast, you will learn: More about her...
2019-03-0624 min
The Finding Impact PodcastFIP 97: The dangers of being a Corporate Insurgent with Gib BullochThis week on the Finding Impact Podcast, we are talking about burnout, corporate insurgency and a mental hospital. This is the second in the series of podcasts that we are covering on burnout and mental stress in the social sector. We are talking with Gib Bulloch about his personal experience of what he calls the ‘event’ when he suffered from a burnout that put him in a mental hospital for 5 days and became the setting of his new book "The Intrapreneur: Confessions of a Corporate Insurgent". The book is an engrossing read on Gib's personal journey of burnout, and how...
2019-02-2737 min
The Finding Impact PodcastFIP 96: Burnout in Social Entrepreneurs with Ilaina Rabbat of Amani InstituteToday, we speak with Ilaina Rabbat (co-founder of Amani Institute) on burnout in social entrepreneurs--why it happens, what can be done to protect yourself from it, signs it’s happening, safety measure to put in place--which is so critically important when you’re doing this sort of work. She recently published a thesis on how to thrive in the social sector. On this episode you’ll learn: Ilaina focuses on thriving rather than surviving/burnout, although burnout is not usually a word used by social entrepreneurs since it’s almost seen as a bad word; saying that you...
2019-02-2035 min
The Finding Impact PodcastFIP 95: The ingredients of an effective government partnership with Ruth Ngechu of Living GoodsThis interview will help you put yourself into the shoes of government so you can work with them effectively. Ruth Ngechu is the Deputy Country Director in charge of partnership with Living Goods in Kenya. Ruth shares her strategies and tactics she's developed over the course of her 17+ year career working in Public Health, which includes some time within the Ministry of Health On this episode, you'll learn: A different engagement strategy is needed in every county or district you work in, because each one has their own policies and priorities. They're like separate governments. Ruth's r...
2019-02-1337 min
2019-02-0633 min
The Finding Impact PodcastFIP 93: Scaling Pathways with Erin Worsham of CASE, Duke UniversityThis week we're kicking of a three-part series on how social enterprises can partner with governments to achieve greater scale and impact. We're talking with Erin Worsham, Executive Director of the award-winning Center for the Advancement of Social Entrepreneurship (CASE) at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business. Erin shares her views and insights from the Scaling Pathways research study around scaling impact through government partnerships. The Scaling Pathways study, of which Erin is the lead author, surveyed over 100 social enterprises to understand the hardest barriers and challenges encountered by social enterprises and gathered cross-cutting lessons and best practices to...
2019-01-3037 min
The Finding Impact PodcastFIP 92: Helping People Make the Right Choices with Kevin Green from RareWe have Kevin Green from Rare, who leads their Center for Behavior & the Environment. He's a whizz at qualitative and quantitative social research methods and behavior-centered design - and he's on the show to talk us through using behavioural design in practice, so a real life example of how it was put into practice to motivate fishing communities to conserve their fishing resources so they didn't deplete it and it would be around for future generations. On this episode you'll learn: When applying behavioural design, you're applying the best science available about people, what motivates them...
2019-01-2334 min
The Finding Impact PodcastFIP 91: Alexandra Fiorillo on behavioral science and social impactOn this episode: Alexandra defines behavioral design as the integration of the mindsets of the two disciplines of human-centered design and behavioral science. She explains how behavioral science is the study of action-taking and is often very focused on a single moment in time or decision while human-centered design is an empathy-based collaborative process which is used as a problem-solving tool. When these two are combined together, you have a discipline that addresses both how humans actually behave and as well as what their aspirations are. Some of the elements of behavioral science that contribute to behavioral design...
2018-10-3035 min
The Finding Impact PodcastFIP 90: Drones for Social Enterprise? Imagining What's Possible with Lauren FletcherToday we're doing a replay of my interview with Lauren Fletcher of Biocarbon Engineering - a social enterprise that is imagining what is possible with drones - and this, he describes, is about reforesting the planet at scale. This is the last in our three part series on high tech for development. Some of the things you’ll learn on this podcast include: How social entrepreneurs should always be stepping back to see how their product or solution fits within the bigger picture, which can, specifically, link you up with those who have available resources to he...
2018-10-2443 min
The Finding Impact PodcastFIP 89: High Tech Bio Tech for Development with Eddy Agbo of Fyodor BiotechFor the second episode in our high tech for development episode, I’m speaking to Eddy Agbo of Fyodor Biotech. We speak about early diagnostic methods that are changing the game for global health and the opportunities these represent for social enterprise. Eddy is the CEO of Fyodor Biotech, he's a PHD from Utrecht University in the Netherlands in molecular genetics and has a post-doctoral fellowship in medicine and infectious diseases at John Hopkins. Fyodor Biotech is building a portfolio of non-invasive fever diagnostic products for emerging markets, of which one, they're now commercialising, is the Urine Malaria Test (UM...
2018-10-1737 minThe Finding Impact PodcastFIP 88: Using Cryptocurrencies in Social Enterprise with Elizabeth Rossiello from BitPesaThis week we're kicking of a mini-series on high-tech for business within a developing country context. We're talking to Elizabeth Rossiello, who co-founded BitPesa Ltd in 2014 and serves as its Chief Executive Officer. Elizabeth has worked in Kenya as a Microfinance Analyst and Investment Associate since 2009. She is an expert in East African financial product development and establishing best practices in risk, governance and IT for local banks. Prior to her work in East Africa, she served as an Analyst at Credit Suisse in Zurich and a Robert Bosch Fellow in Frankfurt. She speaks four languages and has a...
2018-10-1031 min
The Finding Impact PodcastFIP 87: Audience Stories – Ravi Shankar from AcceleratEDToday, we speak with Ravi Shankar of AcceleratED on how Finding Impact has helped the company as it doubles its operations during its growth phase, for which learning from others’ mistakes has been critical. On this episode: Ravi noted that there had been multiple podcast episodes that have been helpful to his company. An episode that was particularly helpful to Ravi was Episode 78 with Raghu Krishnaswamy. Ravi took away Raghu’s focus on “casting” and building a diverse culture within a team. Some tricks that AcceleratED borrowed from the episode include: Hiring: The company is now taking a...
2018-10-0328 minThe Finding Impact PodcastFIP 86: Audience Stories - Rachel Sklar from Pit ViduraRachel Sklar takes the guest seat this week to tell us how the Finding Impact Podcast is helping her with her business in Rwanda. Rachel runs Pit Vidura, which offers pit latrine emptying services in dense urban areas where there are no sewers. On this episode you'll learn Apart from helping to improve her business, the podcast has helped Rachel get back into long distance running! When she's back at her desk Rachel listens to bits again and writes down the parts that were the most insightful and sends it to members of her team, inviting...
2018-09-2632 min2018-09-1725 minThe Finding Impact PodcastFIP 84: How to Build a Relationship with Your Core Customer Base with Lindsay Stradley
2018-09-1238 min2018-09-0430 min2018-08-2934 minThe Finding Impact PodcastFIP 81: What mobile data can do for social enterprise with Guilherme Lichand
2018-08-2137 minThe Finding Impact PodcastFIP 80: The case for not collecting impact data – and what to do instead with Loïc Watine of IPA
2018-08-1529 min2018-08-0736 min2018-08-0132 minThe Finding Impact PodcastFIP 77: Company culture and ways to motivate and build cohesion with Julienne Oyler
2018-07-2436 minThe Finding Impact PodcastFIP 76: KPIs, Cohesion, and Driving Performance with Gayatri Datar of EarthEnable
2018-07-1837 min2018-07-1039 min2018-07-0436 min2018-06-2645 minThe Finding Impact PodcastFIP 72: Funding 4/4 – Breaking Down Term Sheet Terms with Nina Gené of Jasmine Social Investments
2018-06-2027 minThe Finding Impact PodcastFIP71: Fundraising 3/4 – Getting to First Close (Part 2) with Miora Randriambeloma of Chalkboard Education
2018-06-1226 minThe Finding Impact PodcastFIP70: Fundraising 2/4 – Getting to First Close (Part 1) with Miora Randriambeloma of Chalkboard Education
2018-06-0628 minThe Finding Impact PodcastFIP 69: Funding 1/4 – Are you ready to raise money? With Elizabeth West of iGravity
2018-05-2934 min2018-05-2335 min2018-05-1527 min2018-05-1034 min2018-05-0235 min2018-04-2524 minThe Finding Impact PodcastFIP 63: Human Capital Series 3/3 – Creating Company Culture and the Role of Self-Confidence with Ayla Schlosser
2018-04-1737 minThe Finding Impact PodcastFIP 62: Human Capital Series 2/3 – Recruiting and Retaining High Performers at more Mature Organizations with Sarah Perrott
2018-04-1136 minThe Finding Impact PodcastFIP 61: Human Capital Series 1/3 – Building Strong Teams Through Trial and Error with Anastasia Uglova
2018-04-0336 min2018-03-2829 minThe Finding Impact PodcastFIP 59: 11 Social Entrepreneurs Answer “What I Wish I’d Known Before Starting My Social Enterprise”
2018-03-2129 min2018-03-1439 min2018-03-0627 min2018-02-2836 minThe Finding Impact PodcastFIP 55: Tools and Tactics to Maintain Strong Founder Relationships with Edith Elliott
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SHHH: The Poopcast (aka S**t and Shame with Shawn)Muck Makes Brass: Scaling Social Impact with Andy NarracottBusiness for social change, avoiding burnout, effective altruism, ineffective development practices, and the UK’s first luxury mobile toilet. The average person spends 80,000 hours working. Water / sanitation engineer Andy Narracott tells host Shawn Shafner how a near-death experience helped shift his 80k hour goals from making money to making change. Andy also hands out pro tips for social entrepreneurs and everybody else gleaned from his podcast Finding Impact. To start: find out your “why.” Hint: it’s probably not to gain more money and buy the latest phone. Also mentioned: India, Posh & Bex, Rider cup, Tiger Wo...
2018-01-301h 002018-01-2438 minThe Finding Impact PodcastFIP 50: Social Franchising Series 3/4: What Everyone’s getting Wrong about Social Franchising, with Ben Litalien
2018-01-1745 minThe Finding Impact PodcastFIP 49: Social Franchising Series 2/4: Social Micro-franchising with Beth Meadows
2018-01-1034 minThe Finding Impact PodcastFIP 48: Social Franchising Series 1/4: Social Franchising 101 with Bill Maddocks
2018-01-0328 min2017-12-2739 min2017-12-1935 minThe Finding Impact PodcastFIP 045: Product design and validation for the urban poor with Simon Dixon
2017-12-1228 min2017-12-0626 min2017-11-2823 min2017-11-2230 min2017-11-1429 min2017-11-0829 min2017-11-0132 min2017-10-2544 min2017-10-1832 min2017-10-1121 minThe Finding Impact PodcastFIP 35: Optimising business models for impact entrepreneurs, with Jon Shepard
2017-10-0424 minThe Finding Impact PodcastFIP 34: Avoiding Burnout, Maximum Employee Output and Hiring with a Dog, with David Goldberg
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