Mission First - Entrepreneurs for future

TODAY'S EPISODE 

If your income was suddenly cut by 1%, would that have a negative impact on your quality of life?

This is the question posed by One for the World Executive Director Jack Lewars, and also the foundation of their sponsorship model. 

One for the World is a movement of people changing charitable giving to end extreme poverty. Since 2014, they have donated over $1m to highly effective charities fighting extreme poverty and malaria-related death.

In this episode, I had the chance to speak with Jack about his experience working in the nonprofit sector. He shared highly actionable insights into how to reach the right donors and ensure a bigger impact with your NGO. 

Listen to the episode to learn:

Why the most impactful charities are 100 or even 1000 times more effective.

One for the World’s very unique approach to recruiting donors that enables them to build a sponsorship pipeline for long-term growth.

How to calculate and clearly show the tangible impact created by your NGO.

Four essential criteria to evaluate the effectiveness of a charitable organisation.

Plus, many more actionable tips on data-driven decision making, marketing, and managing your NGO.

Let’s dive in.

Additional Resources & Links

• One for the World website">website 

Books and influences mentioned in the episode

The Building a Second Brain Podcast ">The Building a Second Brain Podcast  

Mindset - by Carol Dweck">Mindset - by Carol Dweck

The Lean Startup - by Eric Ries">The Lean Startup - by Eric Ries

The Culture Map: Decoding How People Think, Lead, and Get Things Done Across Cultures - by Erin Meyer">The Culture Map: Decoding How People Think, Lead, and Get Things Done Across Cultures - by Erin Meyer

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Would you prefer having a social impact or a sustainable environmental impact on the world? 

Well, do you know it's possible to achieve both?! 

In this episode, I have the chance to talk to Wietse Van Der Werf, CEO and founder of Sea Ranger Service.

Sea Ranger Service is a social enterprise with a mission to restore 1 million hectares of ocean biodiversity by 2040, whilst training 20,000 young people towards a maritime career. 

When the common advice for entrepreneurs is to focus on one product only, Wietse developed successfully three products / services with his social enterprise: from marine research services to offering a bootcamp to train people for a new career, and also the construction and design of a new ship certified in the industry with a zero-emission specification.

For this episode, Wietse prepared a list of very hands-on tips about 

💡how to create a company with a social and environmental impact!💡

Ready, set, go!

Resources

• Wietse on Linkedin">Linkedin 

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If you are into greentech, B2B2C, crowdfunding, scaling up, or solar, 

this episode will probably be very useful for you!

Lots of entrepreneurs dream of having an impact globally, but at the same time you often hear that you should be careful to not internationalize too quickly.

Today I have the chance to interview an entrepreneur who is proof that it’s actually possible to have a global impact very quickly!

Martin Baart has for mission to save the planet as the CEO of Ecoligo.

Ecoligo helps solar projects to be funded for businesses and companies in emerging countries like Kenia, Vietnam or Costa Rica.

The solar projects are financed through their crowdinvesting platform, that offers attractive returns to private investors.

Investments start from 100€ and save tonnes of CO2 emissions, enabling citizens to have an impact on the global energy transition with their money.

Martin shared a list of Do's and Don'ts about 

💡 “How to internationalize a start-up globally from scratch” 💡

and in particular we talked about:

✅ How to think from scratch as a global player 

✅ When is a good time to expand internationally

✅ How to optimize your structure to scale  

✅ How you should consider the different regulations and business cultures in every country 

Fasten your seat belt and be ready to learn a lot!

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Would you like to create, or are you in the process of growing your sustainable brand at the early stage? Would you like to improve your supply chain to make it more sustainable or transparent? 

Well, you will get some answers to these questions in this episode. I am really excited to talk to Marian Von Rappard, the founder of Evolution three and Dawn Denim.

After spending a few years in the fashion industry, he created his own factory in Vietnam, and he started to produce jeans for global brands where they kept in balance production, ethics, sustainability, and quality. And then in 2015, he started Dawn Denim, which is changing the fashion industry one fine pair of jeans at a time. 

In their factory in Saigon, they are setting new standards for fair working conditions in eco-consciousness with the two companies. They have now 200 factory workers in Vietnam and eight employees in Berlin.

So if you want to learn more about sustainable manufacturing, supply chain, and building a brand in the sustainable fashion industry, this episode is for you!

Guest info: 

• Marian on  Linkedin">Linkedin 

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Starting and growing  a  tech company is never easy, especially if you are trying to have a high impact on a global market like the food and agriculture industry. 

Developing an AI technology is a very fancy and trendy topic, but you can only be successful if you find a real paint point to solve, so 

- How should you best try to find product market fit in such a busy, technological and competitive market?

- How much funding should you raise?

- How long should you try before you decide to pivot?

- How should you expand and internationalize: should you go in attractive but expensive markets like the US?

Well, these are all questions that we are going to answer in today's episode.

I am very excited to receive our guest Will Wells, founder and CEO of Hummingbird Technology, an artificial intelligence SaaS platform that helps food and agriculture business to be more efficient and sustainable. They use drone and satellite enabled data and imagery analytics for example to help reduce the chemical usage of farming

Started in 2016 and they are already in the commercial scale up phase with 60 employees in 10 different countries. They are in their Series B funding and raised 20 million $ so far, and they should reach break even next year. 

Will prepared a list of 8 Do's and don'ts about 

💡“raising funding, finding product market fit, expanding your company globally, and pivoting from B2C to B2B!”💡 

If these topics resonate with you, you won't be disappointed.

Will Wells and Hummingbird: 

• Will Wells on Linkedin">Linkedin 

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Lots of us dream of having a real positive social impact, but it's easier said than done. 

Are you dreaming of starting your nonprofit organization, but you don't know where to start? 

Or maybe you started it, but it turns out that growing it and funding it is more complex than you thought. 

Well, this episode might have the answers you need to start and grow your non-profit organization.

I'm really excited to talk to Melina Taprantzi, the founder of Wise Greece, a social entrepreneurship pioneer and non-profit organization. 

Melina recently won an award from the United Nations, recognizing her as one of the seven women worldwide, whose activity significantly contributes to the achievement of the global sustainable development goals 2030.  

Wise Greece has a double mission: they support small Greek food producers by promoting top quality Greek products through the sales of which they raise money and buy food in order to donate it to the people in need.

They cooperate with more than a hundred producers selling more than 2500 of their products. And they have distributed more than 50 tons of food to orphanages and soup kitchens across the country. 

She prepared a list of 8 Do's and don'ts about 

💡 “how to build a social enterprise!” 💡

So be ready to learn from a very inspiring and very impactful social entrepreneur. 

Melina and Wise Greece: 

• Melina on Linkedin 

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Everybody tells you 

“you should raise funding as a startup!”

But is it true? 

Is this the only way? 

Well, it's not. 

And actually, there are many cases where raising funding is actually a really bad idea and bootstrapping your startup would be much smarter. 

But how do you bootstrap your startup?

Today, I'm talking to Kati Ernst, co-founder and CEO of Ooia. They sell innovative consumer products for the needs of women. 

They've entirely bootstrapped the company they started two and a half years ago, they already have 

🚀 more than 100,000 customers

🚀 several million euros of revenue.

They also have an exceptional company culture, completely flexible: they work without working hours and both co-founders are also parents combining entrepreneurship and raising children.

Katy shared a list of Do's and Don'ts about 

💡 “How to bootstrap a consumer product company” 💡

and in particular we talked about:

✅ finding alternative financing options than the classic investor road

✅ taking bold decisions while bootstrapping

✅ growing an audience organically with storytelling 

✅ Preparing a successful crowdfunding campaign without paid PR 

✅ choosing the right business model for bootstrapping

So fasten your seat belt and be ready to learn a lot!

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Aujourd'hui, j'accueille Claire Chouraqui, cofondatrice de Dreamact, une plateforme de E-commerce responsable qui vend plus de 12.000 produits éco-conçus et engagés.

Comme tout entrepreneur, Claire et sa cofondatrice ont galéré, notamment pour trouver le bon business modele,

Claire nous a fait le plaisir de préparer une liste de conseils à propos de

• Comment développer une plateforme de vente de produits éco responsable et comment sensibiliser ses consommateurs

Donc si vous êtes dans l'e-commerce écoresponsable, accrochez vous car cela risque d'être un épisode passionnant pour vous, comme pour moi!

Claire Chouraki et DreamAct: 

• Claire sur Linkedin 

Resources and recommendations from the episode

Livres

• 80 hommes pour changer le monde 

Influencers/po dcasts

• Génération XX 

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🎧 About Mission First 

We are at a critical period for our planet and its inhabitants, and entrepreneurs and companies are going to play a massive influence on our future. As always, there are two sides who can pull us in opposite directions. On one side, there are entrepreneurs who chase and base their decisions on money, success, and fame. On the other side, I believe there are entrepreneurs who truly care about making a positive difference on this world. Money is a mean and not an end to these entrepreneurs: they care about their Mission First, and their goal is not fame nor a quick exit for the sake of it. I call them Entrepreneurs for Future. My name is Gilles Toussaint, I am an entrepreneur and an expert in Growth Marketing. With my company GT Impact, I help sustainability-driven companies to increase their revenue faster with growth marketing and multi-channel content marketing.

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Lots of entrepreneurs dream of disrupting a market with a real innovation, but few are those who manage to achieve that.

The circular economy seems like the perfect solution for our future, but it is not easy to develop the right product with the right business model at the right time.  You have to find the early adopters and sometimes factors like market, society trends, or even political decisions play a key role on the timing.

In this episode I have the chance to talk to Jonne Hellgren, the founder and CEO of Repack.

He launched his company in 2011 and from what he told me, he launched it way too early. 

He went through some difficult phases like changing co founders and the early team, but he hung on and now his company is trusted by more than 150 brands, like Zalando, Levis, the AvocadoStore, and they are revolutionizing the packaging industry for E-commerce.  

Repack makes packaging that is reusable and returnable.

E-commerce companies use the Repack packaging to send their products to consumers, which can return the Repack packaging for free, anywhere in the world just by posting it in a postbox. Then Repack checks it, cleans it and it is ready to be used again.

Thanks to their solution, companies sending products can save up to 80% of CO2 emissions compared to classic packaging

They won more than 14 design and sustainability awards since their launch, so today we are going to talk about how to disrupt a market and end packaging trash!

Jonne has shared 💡Do’s and Don’ts about 💡

- product design, 

- circular economy,

- how to find  the right customers,

- shareholder agreement and how to best set the terms between co founders when you start a company., and what kind of mistakes you should avoid in that case.

Can you relate to these topics? 

Then take a listen now (or make sure to save it in your playlist to listen to for later!

Jonne Hellgren and Repack: 

• Jonne on Linkedin 

Resources and recommendations from the episode

Books

• Good to great 

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🎧 About Mission First

We are at a critical period for our planet and its inhabitants, and entrepreneurs and companies are going to play a massive influence on our future. As always, there are two sides who can pull us in opposite directions. On one side, there are entrepreneurs who chase and base their decisions on money, success, and fame. On the other side, I believe there are entrepreneurs who truly care about making a positive difference on this world. Money is a mean and not an end to these entrepreneurs: they care about their Mission First, and their goal is not fame nor a quick exit for the sake of it. I call them Entrepreneurs for Future. My name is Gilles Toussaint, I am an entrepreneur and an expert in Growth Marketing. 

With my company GT Impact, I help sustainability-driven companies to increase their revenue faster with growth marketing and multi-channel content marketing.

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Welcome to Mission First, the masterclass to learn from successful entrepreneurs changing the world for the better!

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Today, my guest is Ryan Hunt, co-founder of Algix and its brand Bloom. With his companies, he sells durable resins to brands like Adidas, Reebok, Billabong, who make shoes with these green products. Their eco-innovative products use algaes, that transform air and water pollution, as a replacement for plastic consumer products.

So far with their products, they've cleaned more than 600 million liters of water! Started in 2010 as a spinoff from the University of Georgia. The company has now more than a hundred customers and employs more than 20 people. During these 10 years, Ryan went through a few difficult phases where they had to adapt their company products and manufacturing strategy.

We talked about these challenges and Ryan also shared a list of Do's and don'ts on the topic of 

In this episode, Ryan has shared a list of 9 Do's and Don'ts about 

💡💡“How to sell a B2B eco-innovative product to a brand like Adidas, and in particular, how to integrate into a supply chain in Asia”💡💡  

So if you want to learn about B2B eco-innovative product development, pivoting, supply chain strategy, this episode is for you!

Ryan Hunt and his company: 

• Ryan on Linkedin 

Resources and recommendations from the episode:

Books

• The 3-minute rule

Influencers/podcasts

• Green Planet Blue planet podcast

🚀 Discover more episodes and entrepreneurship masterclasses on 

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🎧 About Mission First

We are at a critical period for our planet and its inhabitants, and entrepreneurs and companies are going to play a massive influence on our future. 

As always, there are two sides who can pull us in opposite directions. 

On one side, there are entrepreneurs who chase and base their decisions on money, success, and fame. 

On the other side, I believe there are entrepreneurs who truly care about making a positive difference on this world. Money is a mean and not an end to these entrepreneurs: they care about their Mission First, and their goal is not fame nor a quick exit for the sake of it. I call them Entrepreneurs for Future. 

My name is Gilles Toussaint, I am an entrepreneur and an expert in Growth Marketing. With my company GT Impact, I help sustainability-driven companies to increase their revenue faster and have a greater impact on this planet.

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