Love the Problem by Startup42 Media

In this episode we catch up with Raju Gurung, the CEO of Planet Local. He shares with us his story from a mountain village in Nepal, through Europe to now settling in Copenhagen, Denmark. 

His fascinating journey takes us through the opportunities and experiences that made him find his personal ikigai - stemming from the Japanese concept that directly translates into "reason for being" or "the reason for which you wake in the morning", and shares with us how easy it is for you to also start your path towards your own personal ikigai.  

This episode we get the chance to sit down with Keenan Pinto, the founder of Nordetect - a portable nutrient analyzer that can instantly tell farmers that current state of soil, and in real time provide analytics and information to those that need it most - on the ground.

He shares his story of the hacks that he made from his personal journey to Denmark through to product inspiration from a Cannabis urine test strips he purchased online at Amazon. 

This week our host Alex Felman grabs an exclusive catch-up with the founders from Hooves - a circular economy platform for Horses. 

They share their passion for what they love doing as self professed Horse Nerds and what it means to be a leader in the digitalisation of a traditional business.

We catch up with Tim and Michael, the founders at TIBA LIFE and get to understand what it means about being in the moment and why it's more important than you think...

We got a chance to sit down with Casey Fenton. Followed his journey from founding Couchsurfing.com to Upstock and then Ego Hacking. Over the course of this journey explored such topics as how to build trust systems, incentive systems in companies, the sharing economy and how you can change the identity you have in the world.

This edition sees Alex Felman meet a host of fantastic speakers and attendees from Arctic15 2019 in Helsinki, Finland. 

Guests include: Marija Rucevska from Quro.Io, Hannah Brocke from Planet Blue, Dr Pasi Vainikka from Solar Foods and Gemma Milne from Disrupt.

As with the theme of the moment, our guests discuss what they are doing for the problem they love to solve - all with varying takes on what it takes to be a successful impact startup in 2019.

This episode we sit down with James Digby, who shares why impact is important to him, and what can be done to change the lives of the next 3 billion for the better.

Alex Felman discusses what it's like to work with family funds from around the world to break the cycle of the 3rd generational demise. 

Going into why he loves the problem, and what the Felman office are doing to change the way investors work smarter and how they can also give back and do better for the world.