Our guest this week on the pod is Zach Stein.  Zach is the Co-Founder of Carbon Collective, a company that puts your savings to work investing in over 100 companies building climate solutions for the same price you pay for a generic online investment advisor.

Resources mentioned in this episode include:

• The Mom Test book

• Carbon Collective site

• Project Drawdown site

• The Awarepreneurs Community

• Paul's social entrepreneur coaching

This week on the pod is our monthly solo episode with Awarepreneurs Founder & CEO Paul Zelizer. Paul explores options for social entrepreneur funding and whether VC funding is a good fit for where your social enterprise is at and what your goals are.

Resources mentioned in this episode include:

• Article on accelerators and social entrepreneurs
• Jennifer Stojkovic Awarepreneurs episode
• Wil Shelton Awarepreneurs episode
• Tanay Tatum-Edwards Awarepreneurs episode
• The Awarepreneurs Community
• Paul's social entrepreneur coaching

Our guest this week on the pod is Josh Ross.  Josh is the Co-Founder & CEO of Humanitix, a charitable ticketing platform which supports causes in health, environment, education and indigenous affairs. 

Resources mentioned in this episode include:

• Banker to the Poor book

• Room to Read site

• Humanitix site

• The Awarepreneurs Community

• Paul's social entrepreneur coaching

Our guest this week on the pod is Charlie McCoy.  Charlie is a 5x Founder including NYC's renown Artisan Barber and his newest organization, The Grooming Alchemist - a mential health & wellness advocay foundation working to improve the lives of cult survivors and empower underserved youth.  This work is inspired by his personal story of leaving a cult and finding community in his local barbershop.

Resources mentioned in this episode are:

• Artisan Barber site

• The Grooming Alchemist site

• Artisan Luxury Brands site

• Artisan Barber on Instagram

• Artisan Brands on YouTube

• The Awarepreneurs Community

• Paul's social entrepreneur coaching

Our guest on the pod this week is Tu-Hien Le.  Tu-Hien is the Founder & CEO of BeaGen, a company that makes products that helps make it easier and more delightful for moms to breastfeed.  She's also an e-commerce business coach and the host of the Express Yourself Podcast

Resources mentioned in this episode are:

• Beaugen site

• The Maker Movement

• Beaugen Kickstarter

• Tu-Hien Coaching site

• Express Yourself podcast

• The Awarepreneurs Community

• Paul's social entrepreneur coaching

Our guest on the pod this week is Tom Vozzo.  Tom is a global business executive with a proven track record of leading highly successful businesses in the service, retail and distribution industries.  He is currently the CEO of Homeboy Industries, a social enterprise that offers hope, training and job skillls to formerly gang involved and previously incarcerated individuals.

Resources mentioned in this episode are:

• Homeboy Industries site

• Tattoos of the Heart book

• Global Homeboy Network

• Homegirl Cafe site

• The Homeboy Way book

• The Awarepreneurs Community

• Paul's social entrepreneur coaching

This week on the pod is a solo episode with Awarepreneurs founder Paul Zelizer.  Paul shares 4 tips to hlep you build a lasting impact business in a world obsessed with quick profits and short term gains.

These tips include: 

1) Treat your business as your most important asset.
2) Cultivate a nuanced relationship with your customers.
3) Build systems instead of chasing shiny objects.
4) Join or create an ecosystem.

Resources mentioned in this episode are:

• Deep Work book

• The Awarepreneurs Community

• Paul's coaching site

Our guest this week on the pod is Eszylfie Taylbor. Eszylfie is President of Taylor Insurance & Financial Services and previously was the top producing agent/advisor in the African American market within New York Life.  His new venture is Mind. Body. Money. - a docuseries and app focused on fitness and financial well-being.

Resources mentioned in this episode are:

• Taylor Financial Services site
• Mind. Body. Money. site
• Eszylfie on LinkedIn
• Creamalicious site
• The Awarepreneurs Community
• Paul's social entrepreneurs coaching

Our guest this week on the pod is Jennifer Stojkovic.  Jennifer is a multi-talented executive leader in the future of food and tech innovation space.  In early 2020, she founded the Vegan Women Summit, a global events and medial organization created to empower women to build a kinder, more sustainable world.

Resources mentioned in this episode are:

• Vegan Women Summit site

• Vegan Women Summit Instagram

• The Future of Food is Female Rolling Stone article

• Vegan Women Summit job fair

• Memphis Meats article

• The Awarepreneurs Community

• Paul's social entrepreneurs coaching

Our guest this week on the pod is Candice Smith.  Candice is the Founder & CEO of French Press Public Relations and a Harvard educated serial entrepreneur, publicist and storyteller passionate about helping visionary founders refine their brand story, build their PR strategy and get visible.

Resources mentioned in this episode are:

• French Press site

• Google Analytics

• Google Alerts

• The Awarepreneurs Community

• Paul's coaching site