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Peter shares in this conversation about solar energy and we also learn about his life story. Solagri Energy is the business he co-founded and is a distributed energy business passionate about helping New Zealand agriculture transition to a green energy future. Thanks to Jacob Varghese for the suggestion of talking. If you enjoy this then check out the hundreds of others in the back catalogue at www.theseeds.nz

Website: Solagri

PledgeMe: Solagri Energy | PledgeMe

This is the audio version of a Stuff opinion piece that I wrote this week called "The bottom line is not enough, companies should be required to have a purpose".

Linked In post which has a lot of comments to check out...what do you think? Let me know there: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/steven-moe-0b3b008a_the-bottom-line-is-not-enough-companies-activity-6836527083515183104-hbda

The Stuff article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/126154370/the-bottom-line-is-not-enough-companies-should-be-required-to-have-a-purpose

Thank you Susan Edmunds for the chance to wrote this opinion piece.

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This is a wide ranging interview with Sam Stubbs - the best type of interview! Before we talk about Simplicity we get into the background to Sam and his life and learn about his childhood, the impact of stuttering as a young boy, what it motivated him to do (speak in front of crowds), his work as as an investment banker, the role of the Christchurch earthquakes in a shift of thinking and his transition over to help co-found Simplicity. We also touch on many many other topics along the way like social enterprise, the future of business, technology shifts and more. If you enjoy this and the style of interview here then check out the hundreds of others in the back catalogue to get some inspiration! www.theseeds.nz

About Simplicity: Our Investment Funds - Simplicity

About Community Finance that we talk about: Home - communityfinance.co.nz

About Dyslexia as a superpower: Spotify – Dyslexia as Superpower with Geoff Bone - Seeds | Podcast on Spotify

Robett has fit in a lot into his life - from medal winning professional snowboarder to successful multi-exit media and tech entrepreneur, investor and global Kiwi we dive back into his past to learn what has influenced him and motivates him today to keep going. From an early Fiji childhood to being a teenager in Aranui and the challenge from a guidance counsellor that he would end up stacking boxes we talk about how he has always been in the minority and the fuel this has provided for him to achieve. We also talk about his autobiography Power Moves and zero in on what it means to do good and give back in your life. If you enjoy this interview check out some of the other 260+ others in seeds, talks with inspiring people at www.theseeds.nz

Robett's site: https://robett.com

Garry Moore served three terms as Christchurch Mayor and in this episode we hear about his childhood then really have a very eclectic conversation - as expected! We jump all through his life to learn about what has shaped him, the influence of people who called him to be more than he was, the impact of generosity shown by others and his thoughts on a wide range of issues such as Water, Community Housing and the disconnect arising from our use of Technology. We also talk about the Tuesday Club and the variety of topics it covers each week - sign up to the newsletter to stay up to date with that (link below). I really enjoyed this conversation and if you do as well remember this is one of more than 260 interviews where we dive deep to learn about different people - lots more at www.theseeds.nz

Tuesday Club information: https://tuesdayclub.nz

Caroline shares some of her life with us on this podcast episode and we get to hear about what it is like to be an immigrant to a country like New Zealand. She reflects on the influence of her Grandfather who moved to Malaysia with nothing and how that has shaped her attitudes. We then get into her career, work as a lawyer, joining Fisher & Paykel and how she got involved in health tech startups and the work being done now at CaraMed Capital. We reflect a lot on what impact investing is as well. If you enjoy this check out some of the other interviews in the back catalogue too as there are 260+ of those.

The short video case study of the innovative health technology we discussed during the podcast for the company, Noted. The video explores Noted's impact to the Ngati Hine Health Trust and the community they support.

A link to CaraMed Capital's website www.caramed.co.nz

Linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/in/caroline-quay-99773146/

Any questions about CaraMed Capital should be directed to Micaela Lewenz, Head of Investor Relations [email protected]

Jay shares about finding identity in this interview - from meeting his birth Father age 42 we learn about his journey of discovering his whakapapa, his spiritual life and his relationship back with kaupapa Māori. What is nature and what is nurture? We really went all over with this interview and covered many unusual topics that you might not expect. We even finish with Jay sharing a song! I really enjoyed our conversation and learned a lot about many wide ranging topics. If you like the content here check out some of the other interviews in the back catalogue as there are more than 260 interviews.

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Website: https://jaymatenga.com/about/

Some excerpts to give a flavour of the next interview, a deep dive discussion with Jay Matenga. We cover identity, spirituality, whakapapa and more. He also shares with us a reinterpreted song. Be watching out for the full interview out next.

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Toni has had a fascinating life living in multiple countries and experienced being a Kiwi overseas herself. Now leading Kea New Zealand she has taken that background and used it with the work they do connecting Kiwis who live overseas. But we start talking about her childhood growing up on a Deer Farm, early years working in Radio and a whole lot more. If you enjoy this then you might want to check out the 259 other episodes in this podcast series talking with inspiring Kiwis about what they do and why.

Kea New Zealand website: Where Kiwi Explorers Connect & Make A Difference | Kea NZ (keanewzealand.com)

Kea connect link https://www.keanewzealand.com/kea-connect/

Seeds podcast www.theseeds.nz

This is a very short summary of a talk I heard recently at the Institute of Directors event at the start of May 2021. Colin Meyer from the UK shared about purpose and business and gave some practical ideas for how to define purpose and provided a framework for this.

The book mentioned: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/prosperity-9780198824008?cc=gb&lang=en

Conference summary: https://theseeds.nz/key-lessons-and-learnings-from-day-2-of-the-iod-leadership-conference-2021/

Interview with Colin Meyer: https://www.sbs.ox.ac.uk/oxford-answers/prosperity-better-business-makes-greater-good