Entrepreneur Leila Janah describes how her social enterprise Samasource allows people in Africa and elsewhere to lift themselves out of poverty through dignified, fair-wage digital work like photo tagging for companies in Silicon Valley. She celebrates the entrepreneurial spirit in those who survive on next to nothing and explains how giving work is more eff ... Show More
Nov 24
Eric Volmar (Stanford University) - A New Entrepreneurship Playbook
<p>Eric Volmar is teaching lead at the Gordian Knot Center for National Security Innovation at Stanford. His work focuses on connecting defense, academia, and entrepreneurship to accelerate innovation for national security, supporting new ventures at the intersection of technolog ... Show More
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Nov 12
Jane Chen (Embrace Global) - Doing the Inner Work
<p>Jane Chen is the co-founder of Embrace Global, which created a low-cost infant warmer that has helped more than one million babies in low-resource settings. Her new book, <em>Like a Wave We Break: a Memoir of Falling Apart and Finding Myself</em>, tells the story of her globe- ... Show More
30m 48s
Nov 2015
SDH 043: WOMEN'S ENTREPRENEURSHIP DAY, WENDY'S WAY with Wendy Diamond
Wendy has always loved giving to and helping others. In 1999, when she saw a shocking statistic about animal euthanization, she decided she wanted to lower this statistic by bringing celebrities and pop culture into the animal rescue world. She founded Animal Fair Media to promot ... Show More
36m 6s
Sep 2024
Wealth Is Togetherness with community organizer Kennedy Odede
<p>The slums of Kenya are a tough place to grow up. Stealing a mango could get you killed.<br /><br />Kennedy Odede grew up in Kibera, Africa's largest urban slum. A street kid at age 10, he dreamed of factory work for 10 cents a day. But after stealing a mango out of hunger, a s ... Show More
36m 22s
Nov 2024
What can we learn from a rural school in Kenya? with principal Carol Moraa
<p>Kenya's Maasai Mara is rugged, beautiful, and tough. Values are everything for the people who live in this rural countryside, </p><p>On a trip to Kenya, I had the opportunity to visit The Mara. The intelligence and grit of the young people there blew me away! I met incredibly ... Show More
39m 58s
Jan 2025
I Created A Business Around The Path To Human Optimization | Kaylor Betts
<p>In today's episode, Cristina is joined by life coach, podcaster & entrepreneur Kaylor Betts to chat living out of a suitcase, becoming a life coach, the path of human optimization, creating a business around helping people solve their problems, the problem with ssri’s, ... Show More
1h 5m
Aug 2024
Balancing Entrepreneurship and Motherhood While Building a Billion Dollar Company | Eynat Guez | E40
Eynat Guez leaped from a comfortable corporate job to co-founding Papaya Global. Despite numerous investor rejections, she stayed true to her vision, proving the market need for her innovative solutions. Balancing motherhood and entrepreneurship, she turned her startup into a glo ... Show More
50m 54s
Dec 2019
63. Why “Mom Guilt” is Bullsh*t, How to Start + Scale Passive Income Businesses, and Unapologetically Showing Up As Who You Are with Shannan Monson
Are you ready to get inspired and feel empowered? This week’s episode with Natalie Ellis, Founder and CEO of BossBabe, and Shannan Monson, Founder of the ICON method, is full of vulnerability, value, and inspiration to help you get into the right mindset for success. A serial ent ... Show More
53m 39s