Change Creator: Better Business. Better Life. Better World.

This is follow up interview with 2 of our previous guests - Social entrepreneur, Gautam Shah and impact branding expert Anne Miltenburg. They are working on incredible gaming technology to connect people to animals and drive conservation efforts. Think of it as an interactive Truman show but for wildlife. In this discussion we talk about prototyping, funding and how this concept is coming to life.

In episode 38, we chat with Daphne Tideman, who is a growth hacker from the the Netherlands. She works with Rockboost, founded by Chris Out. We discuss the various situations, from startup to established business, and examples for how to approach and track growth. There are a number of priceless insights here for any business to learn from.

In this episode Alex Budak, co-founder of Start Some Good - the leading social impact crowdfunding platform - shares strategies for running a successful social impact crowdfunding campaign, what investors look for and priceless lessons from his experience. Alex is driven by the belief that anyone and everyone can be a Change Creator — they just need the tools and inspiration to make it happen. They have helped over 600 Change Creators in 50+ countries to raise over $5 Million to start and scale social good projects. He speak globally on the topic of social entrepreneurship, including an engagement at the Whitehouse. He's also an advisor for Change.org. Lastly, Alex created and hosted Ashoka’s first ever podcast featuring the stories and insights of world-leading and world-changing social entrepreneurs.

As an entrepreneur you are going to need to build up your credibility and get the attention of media to create awareness. James Swanwick can help. James Swanwick is an Australian-American motivational coach and speaker, investor, former ESPN anchor on SportsCenter, author of Insider Journalism Secrets, which teaches people how to interview and make money writing. James is founder of The 30-Day No Alcohol Challenge which helps people to take 30-Days off of drinking alcohol to find their peak performance and evaluate their relationship with drinking alcohol along with its effects on the human body. James is co-founder of Swannies blue-blocking glasses which helps people get better sleep by preventing damaging blue-rays from disrupting your nightly rest....and look good while doing it! Swanwick has interviewed world leaders and celebrities including Al Gore, Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie and Hugh Hefner and New York Times best-selling authors including John Gray and Keith Ferrazzi. James is host of The James Sw

Re-Nuble is the brainchild of CEO and founder Tinia Pina. Tired of not seeing more local produce options available in her volunteer Prep SAT classes in Harlem, New York City, where nutrition heavily influences the productivity and furthermore success of a kid's future, Tinia Pina took matters into her own hands. She felt that by solving two large systemic issues in the United States, the large volumes of food waste generated and the affordability of organically grown produce, she could provide one solution that would address both, creating an organic-based liquid hydroponic nutrient from organic-certified produce waste. By offering a natural alternative to synthetics for hydroponic and soil growers that have been searching for ways to cultivating food and plants without using chemicals, she became committed to using food waste as a technology to indirectly increase the domestic organic produce supply in the United States. In 2015, Re-Nuble launched online, quickly becoming a brand that stands for traceabilit

The Adventure Project is a social enterprise designed to give people jobs, not handouts. Becky Straw’s journey started at Columbia Graduate school where they taught social enterprise administration and nonprofit management. She worked at Unicef which led her to a connection with Scott Harrison who is currently the founder of charity: water. At the time Scott was just getting started and Becky persistently pushed to get on board and help Scott out. This led to a stay on his couch in Soho, NYC, and tremendous experience in learning how to scale impact. Find out how they are scaling their nonprofit and impacting the lives of people around the world.

Nick Loper is an entrepreneur involved in a variety of projects and is founder of Side Hustle Nation. Like any business, it has its ups and downs, which can be stressful, but he learned something new every day. Nick has done the side hustle and made the transition to a full time entrepreneur. In this talk he shares his experience, strategies and tips. He started Side Hustle Nation because he believes in the hustle. After all, what’s riskier: starting a business, or relying on your job as your only source of income? Nick used to work full-time for a giant corporation, but he built his business during nights and weekends. You can do it too.

Daniel Ben-Horin was elected as a Senior Fellow for his work as a leading social entrepreneur by Ashoka, the Nonprofit Technology Enterprise Network awarded him its Lifetime Achievement Award, and the Nonprofit Times included him on its annual list of “50 Most Influential People in the Nonprofit Sector Whether you have resources to give or solutions you need to get, TechSoup facilitates the exchange. A trusted partner for nearly three decades, TechSoup provides both the digital platforms and in-person experiences that enable people to work together toward a more equitable world.

He's an entrepreneur, he's a speaker, he's a growth hacker, he's Vincent Dignan. Whether it's digital marketing or his unique stylish wardrop, he knows how to make a splash. As mentioned on his website, Vincent helps early-stage companies through a combination of rapid social media growth, guerrilla community management tactics, and growth hacks which have seen companies go from zero to thousands of signups/followers/users virtually overnight- so “hacking” is his speciality. Early in his career he launched 2 digital magazines that got over 1,000,000 visitors per month and from that point on people wanted to know his secret sauce. Vincent went from digital magazine to growth-hacker at that point. He founded Planet Ivy and Screen Robot. They received nearly 20 million page views without any paid marketing spend. His first book was released with a bang on Indiegogo and has raised over $100,000. It offers some incredible insights for growth. In the book Vincent shares a story he created for a marketing play

In this interview we talk with the co-founder of the Amani Institute, a school for social entrepreneurship. What is a social entrepreneur, why is it important and what does the future hold? For as long as she can remember, Ilaina has been working actively towards social change. Born in Venezuela to Argentinian parents who were exiled due to the dictatorship, Ila learned from a young age the power of education to promote justice. As such, her career has focused on supporting people in making a difference in the world. Ila worked at the United Nations Argentine Youth Organization (OAJNU), serving on the Cordoba Region’s Executive Committee as well as on the National Board. She moved to Spain to work in the International Cooperation Department of the Youth Council of Galicia-Spain, supporting relations with the European Union. Given her experience, Ila was recruited by Ashoka’s Southern Cone office as Director of the Youth Venture Program. After working at Ashoka’s headquarters in Washington DC as Latin Americ