Global Goals Project

Patrick Kronfli has his 10,000 hours creating successful global movements around the world. In the last six years, Unify has created movements involving 10 million people over 15,000 cities, in over 150 countries.

In this episode we cover:

• The story of how Unify was created and how it lead to their tech platform to inspire the world to create or join a movement.
• Learn about how their tech platform, RISE, works along with the business model behind it.
• Global Sisterhood Movement - Every new moon, thousands of soulful women in 80+ countries gather in Sister Circles to connect to their truths, empower one another, and catalyze the transformation and progress of our world
• Global Goal 5 - Gender Equality
• World Peace Day - World Peace & Prayer day has been a unifying moment for indigenous traditions since 1997.
• Global Goal 16 - The industry of Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions
• A high-level look at where RISE is now with their business and what's next.

Unify has completed events impacting multiple Global Goals, and now they are building a tech platform to allow other people to start movements. Listen in to find out how you can join a movement or start one on your own.

HeroX allows people to get involved with global projects, and allows groups to crowdsource problem-solving around their projects and organizations. This means anyone can tackle a challenge they care about, no matter their skill set.

In this episode we cover:

• How the Herox platform works and why crowdsourcing is so powerful to solve critical challenges.
• Examples of crowdsourcing from the invention of the modern cue ball to Elon Musk's Hyperloop project.
• Lego's crowdsourcing platform
• The three different kinds of talent to consider when bringing on people to help to solve your company's challenges.
• A high-level look at the Herox business model and currently projects he's focused on to scale users.
• How you can bring a challenge idea to HeroX and get help with funding to get a challenge live to tackle the Global Goals.

Just like YouTube made personal TV channels easy, the HeroX platform is making Global Goals projects accessible to anyone. Tune in to find out how!

Sandeep is an Angel Impact investor who currently consults MongoDB to manage their databases and invest in promising projects. In this episode, find out what it takes to invest in technology companies to make a difference. And if you're a social impact entrepreneur, listen in to hear what technology investors are looking for.

In this episode we cover:

• The story of how Sandeep became an angel impact investor.
• The mindset shift into investing into socially driven companies and his background in investing.
• Companies he is currently invested in and which Global Goals they cover.
• ECOR Global - Responsible Consumption Company
• Cascadian Farms - Local Farms Creating Organic Products
• How impact investing will play a part of the global goals.
• The case for how blockchain can revolutionize the way we will consume products in the future.

Sandeep learned to love impact investing after giving to charities and realizing he didn't know what impact his funds were making. With proven technology or promising technology companies, Sandeep can give to projects he cares about and also track and mentor the companies he invests in.

Shiv Shukla started as an undergrad volunteering at an opioid recovery clinic, where he discovered that opioid addictions came from chronic pain. Since then, Shiv has taken on Global Goal #3, Good Health and Well-Being. He developed a technology that addresses pain with non-invasive magnetic pulses.

In this episode we cover:

• How the NeuraLace Medical device works and how it's different than any other solution tackling chronic pain.
• Chronic pain affects 1 in 3 Americans and is severely under-treated.
• The data behind the industry of chronic pain and the opioid epidemic.
• Global Goal #3.5
• A high-level look at the NeuraLace business model and current projects he's focused on to raise capital.

In this episode, find out how the technology works, and what it's taking for this breakthrough MedTech company to become widely available for impact.

In this episode we cover:

• The why behind the Global Goals Project
• High level overview of the United Nations 17 Global Goals
• What are these goals, why they are important, and why we should care
• Our belief of why business is the best vehicle to tackle these grand challenges
• Why we're focused on technology companies and the raw potential of scale as computing power grows