In this episode, I speak to Rebecca Crawley the co-founder of a social enterprise called Dumu Balcony Cafe.  Dumu Balcony Cafe is located in Bright, Victoria. They employ and train indigenous youth in hospitality, retail, and tourism in an effort to help break generational welfare dependency.

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In this interview, I speak to Ann Pham about how she went from seeing a massive problem in the world of single use plastics, and how she took action to get started.

She speaks directly about her experience with the Hacker Exchange - a program where she travelled to San Francisco to learn about startups. It was there she learned about rapid prototyping and getting her product out to the world quickly.

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Learn how an Aussie living in LA built a social impact job site called Good Gigs. Dale Wilkinson built the site himself, having no experience in software development (using Bubble.io).

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In this episode, I interview Niv Atar. A social entrepreneur who believes that consumers have the opportunity to change the world one purchase at a time.

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Imagine you could sell all your old unwanted items online, and the profits were donated to charity? Well, the time is here. In this episode, I interview Mateo Palacio Gomez to learn more about how he and his co-founder created Charity Bay non-profit.

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-What it's like to be an immigrant founding a non for profit

-How cold outreach works and why it's important to be persistent.

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Non for profits | Social Enterprise | Social Change | Charitable Giving

Matt Boyd is the founder of Vollie. After volunteering himself for many years, Matt wanted to do more. He saw that non for profits couldn't afford to pay for professional services like designers, marketers or developers. And there were many young people who wanted to volunteer their time, from this insight Vollie was born. In this episode we dive into the following themes:

In this episode I interview Sabrina Paseman. Sabrina is an ex Apple Design Engineer who learned like many of us at the start of the pandemic, that there was a big  shortage of masks for medical professionals. Using her engineering and design skills she quickly took action. She started to think through ‘Why are N95 masks so effective?’.

From there she prototyped a few designs, put one up on Youtube and after about 500,000+ views later she knew she was onto something.

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Learn about how a simple prototype using rubber bands sparked a movement which is set to revolutionize medical masks and many other healthcare products. How Sabrina uses a framework to solve problems and her journey so far.

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In this episode I interview Chris Raine the founder of Hello Sunday Morning.  HSM has helped 100's of thousands of people change their relationship with alcohol.

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In this episode, I interview Mary Kelly. Mary is the founder of an organization called Reusable. Reusably focuses on reducing coffee cup waste by providing a system to use interchangeable ideas.

She covers how to get out and start speaking to customers, how to build a team and what it’s like to have imposter syndrome.

She discusses how it feels like to hear someone say ‘no’ about her idea, and how that helped her move forward. Her team spent a year learning from customers before developing her prototype.

In this episode, I interview Mark Watt. Mark is the founder of Whitelion. An organization  supports young people at risk in the Australian community with programs and advocacy.