In this episode of Entrepreneurs For Good, I speak with Harris Guevarra, Founder of PH Drinks, about building a marketing and communications agency that is specialized around issues of corporate social responsibility, sustainability, and social innovation. Through the interview we speak about his entrepreneurial path, as well as how social entrepreneurs can better leverage social media. Internal…
In this episode of Behind the Grind, Brian and I talk about the the vision, process, and tools for building community. For both of us, connecting to people is one of the reasons why we are doing the work we are doing, and are excited to find new communities to build and interact with. For Brian, his communities have been a source of inspiration, a testing ground for products, and is built one co…
In this episode of Entrepreneurs For Good, I speak with Christine Goulay about her work as Sustainability Innovation Manager at The Kering Group to work with entrepreneurs and innovators to solve the sustainability challenges their Group faces. It is a fresh look at how brands seeing the opportunities to work with externals, and beyond speaking about the challenges of how that works internally, C…
In this episode of Behind the Grind, Brian and I speak about the defining, measuring, and celebrating success as entrepreneurs. Processes that have in many ways have changed a lot over the years. None more important than recognizing that we need to be better at all three, however maintaining a constant struggle with the later. ??? About the Behind The Grind Series: Through this podcast series…
In this episode of Entrepreneurs For Good, I speak with Cyrille Filott, Global Strategist for Consumer Foods at Rabobank. For me, this was a really interesting discussion as I have been working hard to develop an understanding for the interplay between finance and sustainability, and took away a much better understanding for how Rabobank sees sustainability in the food & agricultural space, t…
In this episode of Behind the Grind, Brian and I talk about the balance between artistry and practicality. That, as entrepreneurs, we often start off with a vision for where we can add value, and do everything we can to deliver the "perfect product", but at different stages of the process, this need to be artists can get in the way of achieving our vision. We need to build teams, build process…
Extremely excited to be kicking off this year's Entrepreneurs For Good series with my conversation with Monique Maissan. Monique has been a good friend for a number of years, and over the last 2 decades she has an amazing company, Waste2Wear, to upcycle plastics into new products. Our conversation starts with a bit of her background, and the size and scale of the plastic problem we…
