Impact at Scale

EP 29 - Lin Hwang - co-Founder and CEO of DamoGo - One Third of Food That Gets Produced Never Gets Eaten

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The Social Innovation Podcast had the pleasure of speaking with Lin Hwang, a co-Founder and the CEO of DamoGo, a platform that helps reduce food waste by helping retailers and farms sell their unsold food and produce at a discount before it gets thrown away.  Lin is an extremely experienced food-tech entrepreneur dedicated to making a positive impact through reducing food waste.

Lin and I discussed the following topics:

  • How he thought he wanted to be an Investment Banker until he visited his father's newly purchased seafood processing plant and saw a massive opportunity to digitize the operation and grew the business 700%
  • His move to Korea to grow the international side of that business
  • Seeing a market for U.S. restaurant to expand to Korea and helping 'The Halal Guys' do just that
  • Mentoring one of his student interns and his friend on their food waste project to participate in an Impact Investment competition and then deciding to work with the team full-time
  • Building DamoGo in Korea first and then moving to Indonesia and innovating the business model with both retail outlets and farmers
  • His and the DamoGo team's commitment to solving the problem of food waste globally
  • How everyone wins, including the planet

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