Mark Courtney – Co-founder and CEO of 121Giving
The best way to bring ideas to life is to focus on rapid prototyping and failing fast, so to speak. Mark Courtney is a social innovator and servant leader who…
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Good things. That’s a broad category, and that’s on purpose. The founders featured here are building companies and organizations that make the world a little better. Social enterprises. Mission-driven brands. Companies that prove you don’t have to choose between doing well and doing good.
These interviews cover a wide range of impact-focused work. Sustainability. Community development. Social justice. Environmental innovation. Ethical business practices. The kind of work that doesn’t always make headlines but always makes a difference.
What connects these founders is intention. They started companies not just to make money, but to solve a problem they cared about. That doesn’t mean they ignore the business side. The best ones are ruthlessly practical about sustainability. Financial sustainability, that is. Because a mission-driven company that runs out of money helps nobody.
You’ll find conversations about balancing profit and purpose, measuring social impact, building brands that stand for something, and the challenge of staying true to a mission as a company grows. These are founders who believe business can be a force for good. And they’re backing that belief with action.
Matt Pipkin – Founder and CEO of Speak Your Silence
Trust your gut. As an entrepreneur, no one will ever care as much about your work as you do; yet, everyone will have an opinion. It’s so important to trust…
Scott Monette – Founder of 100 Percent Wine
Learn how to sell, sell, sell. Sales are the oxygen of every business, and all of your employees are in sales. The more wine we sell, the more people we…
Trewin Restorick – Founder of Hubbub
That sense of curiosity helps create opportunities as sometimes you can see links or answers that aren’t obvious to others who have become embedded in their role or organisation. Trewin…
Matt DeSantis – Founder of MyBhutan
I rarely consider the present. I use the present as a tool to design the landscape of the future. If you are too busy trying to fix the present, you…
Shawn Simons – Founder of Kitty Bungalow Charm School
Take a creative approach and ask. I am in the business of asking, charity is all about asking, but many people are afraid to ask. Asking is not demanding. Shawn…
Andy Seavers – Founder of METER’D
Execution. I’m not a stagnant person by nature, but it’s still important that I am intentional with all of my time. If I don’t know how to do something, I…
Kit Cummings – Founder of Power of Peace Project
Great leaders, titans of industry, artists, athletes, and world changers have figured out how to stay connected to the source of their inspiration and in the “zone” as some put…
Naomi Eisenberger – Executive Director of the Good People Fund
Set aside a quiet time, a quiet place and perhaps some good music and just think — let your mind wander. Some of my best insights come from this far…
Meet Naomi Eisenberger – Executive Director of the Good People Fund
Ilya Lyashevsky – Co-founder of WeShelter
Think of those aspects of the product that aren’t where they should be, and figure out how to get them there. Ilya is getting his doctorate in Cognitive Studies at…
Tom van de Beek – Founder & Chief of The Tipping Point
By having a plan in my head and just start doing it. Not much on paper, no giant business plans. Just start, shape and sharpen the concept along the way….
Naomi Brounstein – Co-Founder of Ten Gav
Talk to everyone you meet about your project. You never know who is in a position to help you. And you never know what kind of helpful tips you might…