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Hello and welcome to the Meaningful Business podcast. I’m Peter Stojanovic, Deputy Editor at HotTopics and your host.

Together we’re finding out how businesses and their leaders champion purpose, people and planet alongside profit - and in the process how to define and lead a meaningful business.

Today’s guest, who you’ve just heard, is Paul van Zyl, co-founder of The Conduit Club, one of London’s newest member’s club - but - with a difference: all its members have to prove they’re committed to finding solutions to some of our most pressing social and environmental issues today. It’s an exclusive community of entrepreneurs, investors and influencers with a conscience. 

As the Club’s co-founder, Paul has a mission generate purpose out of a community of well-meaning individuals, and his past efforts apparently make him well placed to comment on the trend of meaningful businesses. 

That’s because, besides The Conduit, Paul is the co-founder and CEO of Maiyet, a global fashion brand focused on traditional design, partnering with local creators and designers to ensure ethical standards; he’s also the cofounder of the International Center for Transitional Justice, an international human rights organization based in New York City

Last year, Paul was announced by London Tech Week as one of its 30 Change Makers 2018, celebrating people harnessing technology to inspire social and economic impact and drive global innovation. And there’s more. 

It’s certainly not your average CV. Which makes Paul the ideal candidate to drill down into what a meaningful business looks like, as well as why this trend is generating such momentum with millennials and entrepreneurs alike.

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Hello and welcome to the Meaningful Business podcast. I’m Peter Stojanovic, Deputy Editor at HotTopics and your host.

Together we’re finding out how businesses and their leaders champion purpose, people and planet alongside profit - and in the process how to define and lead a meaningful business.

Today’s guest, who you’ve just heard, is Matt McAllester, former Editor in Chief of Newsweek and now Managing Director of Intelligence Squared. In simple terms, Intelligence Squared hosts and curates debates. But it’s aim is bold: to establish itself as a world leading platform for live, topical debates featuring well-known names and faces across the celebrity, academic and political spheres  

And it’s well on its way to achieving that: it hosts over 45 debates a year, across 11 countries and has over half a million plays and downloads a month, not counting its live audiences. Past speakers include Malala Yousafzai , James Comey , Kate Winslet, Sheryl Sandberg , Jonathan Dimbleby , Helena Bonham Carter , Mary Beard - actors, politicians, experts and journalists alike stand on stage and argue for or against motions, covering a wide range of themes. Think the value of blockchain, the state of China, the rise of Populism, even topics like the architecture of the Universe. There truly is a debate for everyone.

And when I caught up with Matt, we discussed what it’s like to create such a product, but also why debates themselves, and the art of argumentation, is such a necessary tool for society and businesses alike right now.

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Hello and welcome to the Meaningful Business podcast. I’m Peter Stojanovic, Deputy Editor at HotTopics and your host.

Together we are going to find out how business leaders champion purpose, people and planet alongside profit - and in the process how to define and lead a meaningful business.

Our first guest, who you’ve just heard, is Stephen Brill, co-CEO of NewsGuard, a company that is synthesising technology and the expertise of industry-leading journalists to create an online tool that can fight fake news, disinformation and poor or lazy reportage. 

High quality journalism is a strong indicator of a highly functioning democracy, which in turn provides a stable foundation for good business. For Stephen and his New York City-based team, therefore, this is a cause worth fighting for.

I caught up with Steven whilst he was at NewsGuard HQ in New York City, fresh from a round of hype regarding NewsGuard’s recent red-flagging of the Daily Mail, a story broken by the Guardian and gleefully shared across the internet. It’s a fun story, but will NewsGuard’s badges have the impact on online journalism they desire

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HotTopics.ht is launching a brand new podcast: Meaningful Business. Together we will find out how global business leaders are championing purpose, people and planet alongside profit, what exactly a meaningful business is, and how to lead one.

Across the years, we have been speaking to some of the most influential leaders across industries, from executives to investors, high-growth startup founders and industry experts.

We’ve asked them: what technologies are fuelling their success; how they motivate employees to work productively; how they deliver world class customer experience; and where they’re looking to secure growth. But now, we’re asking why. 

Consumers are demanding more from brands, not just continued excellence in experience and design, but knowledge that its products or services contribute something to society. In fact, 60 percent of consumers will stop buying from a company if they disagree with their stance on a social issue. So businesses need to find their meaning. The question is how.

Find out only on HotTopics’ Meaningful Business podcast, with Peter Stojanovic, Deputy Editor. 

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In Episode 7 of HotTopics.ht's Unicorn CMO Roundtables, Sarah Speake, chief marketing officer at Truphone and contributing editor at HotTopics.ht hosts a discussion with four other leaders. These include: Abi Jacks, marketing director UK, Rakuten Marketing; Chris Merrick, global marketing director, Shure Inc; Bob Barker, advisor and coach, Leading Edge Forum; and Steve Ward, marketing director, Epitomise Ltd.

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Twitter Director and tech entrepreneur Martha Lane Fox speaks to Dido Harding in Episode 1 of the Future Proofing Britain series - part 1.

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