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To celebrate getting to 15,000 listens this "Legal Mashup" is a bonus episode recorded at XCHC recently. In this I presented along with Kris Morrison about key start-up issues including what a social enterprise is, best legal structure options for them, the charitable option, governance, board size, liability, intellectual property, overseas considerations, employment, and other start-up issues ... we covered a lot! If you enjoy it consider sharing with someone else who is at the start of their entrepreneurial journey. Here is an index of topics and location in the episode for ease of reference:

01:54 - Introduction 06:45 - Social Enterprises overview 13:50 - Options for legal structures 18:37 - Governance and boards 23:43 - Discussing overseas focus for Charities 26:16 - Mission and purpose 28:53 - Constitutions for social enterprises 30:47 - Shareholders' agreements 34:02 - Intellectual property ownership 37:28 - Discussing "start-up legal toolkit" free book 37:58 - Employment issues discussion 40:52 - Registering as a Charity 46:08 - Discussing recent Charity conference 46:47 - About free resources available 48:37 - About Seeds podcast 49:51 - Charity vs Company structures for social enterprises 54:31 - Thanks

The resources mentioned including the "Start-ups Legal Toolkit" and "Social Enterprises in New Zealand: A legal handbook" can be emailed out if you send an email to [email protected] or visit the site for more articles, templates, videos etc

https://changeforgood.parryfield.com

Video of this talk is also accessible here: https://youtu.be/buMgLTBXwzQ

Dave Lane is an advocate for open source software and is the President of the NZ Open Source Society. In this interview we talk about his early years (including his Quaker roots) and growing up in a multilingual home. We also discuss his studies and what led him to New Zealand and his experiences as an entrepreneur.

You can access a lot of information at https://davelane.nz

This particular episode - in the spirit of the content discussed - is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

A comment from Dave:

"I'm an advocate for greater openness and appreciation of the freedoms we have. I'm a free and open source software developer, longtime technologist, business owner, and an enthusiast about many other things. I post lots of ideas and observations related to technology, the world, society, and issues like international trade agreements, multinational corporations, and online voting, on my professional blog: https://davelane.nz As current president of the NZ Open Source Society, I write a lot of the content on https://nzoss.org.nz and associated sites like https://openstandards.nz and https://softwarepatents.org.nz

I maintain a blog about my work on the free and open source technologies underlying with the Open Education Resource universitas (the OERu - https://oeru.org) here - https://tech.oeru.org"

Philipp is researching fuel use in rockets at the University of Canterbury looking in particular at rocket flight mechanics and control in collaboration with Rocket Lab. In this interview we talk about his childhood in Germany, what he learned from his Father who got cancer and passed away and how it prepared him for his own battle and surviving cancer. We then get pretty deep about what that experience of survival has meant for how he approaches the rest of his life and finds his purpose. We also talk about extreme endurance races and one that Philipp was about to do in Africa that was more than 200 kilometres in a week.

Philipp finished his Master of Science in Aerospace Engineering at the Technical University of Brunswick in Germany. He joined the UC rocketry group in December 2014 to start a PhD in the field of controlled rockets.

Email: [email protected]

SummitLab: http://www.summitlab.co.nz

UC Rocketry page: https://www.ucrocketry.org/

Explanation of his research: https://vimeo.com/236847659

A short summary of a story from something sent by Philipp:

"For me 'direction' is an important part of my coaching message. I often tell the story when I got beaten in an orienteering race by a twelve year old girl and a over 70 year old senior runner. At the time, I just had been running at the German Junior Track and Field Championships (so I considered myself a very good runner) but I was new to orienteering with map and compass in difficult terrain. In short: if you run in the wrong direction speed does not matter. An important lesson I learned in this particular race long before I would learn that Gandhi apparently had said something very similar. For me life is kind of an orienteering/rogaining race. We all want to maximize our 'points' in a given time and we often get lost. But if you apply the rules of navigating there is a way out of every challenge.

1) Where are you?

2) Where do you want to get (and why)?

3) How do you get there?"

Professor Julia Rucklidge has been researching the link between diet, nutrients and mental health and in this interview we talk about that work. We also discuss her childhood and background growing up in Canada, how she got into this field, what the research is actually showing and what it was like to give a TEDx talk that has almost a million views.

To learn more visit: https://www.facebook.com/mentalhealthandnutrition/

TEDx talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dqXHHCc5lA

University page: https://www.canterbury.ac.nz/science/schools-and-departments/psychology/research/mental-health-nutrition/

From the website: "The aim of our research group is to find nutritional interventions that are effective in treating psychiatric/psychological illness. At our lab, we independently test new, groundbreaking multinutrient formulae, probiotics and other natural, beneficial substances. We run studies on many different psychological disorders, including ADHD (in both adults and children), addictions, depression and stress. We use all kinds of different trial designs to test these products, including multiple baseline designs, open label, and the 'gold standard' of clinical testing, the randomised, placebo-controlled trial (RCT). We are not employed by the manufacturers of these products; we have no interest in getting a good result for them. All we're interested in is finding real treatments that work, for the good of people affected by psychological illnesses."

Zoë Hector (nee Haws) founded social enterprise 'Talk Town' after she had worked as a teacher aide and saw deaf children left out of games on the playground. In this interview we talk about her own background and journey that has led to this initiative, what it was like to win the Entre start-up challenge in 2017 and her plans for the future. Zoe has a crowdfunding campaign at the moment - check it out in the link below.

Website: https://www.talktowngame.net

Pledge me campaign page: https://www.pledgeme.co.nz/projects/5688-talk-town-a-revolutionary-digital-game-for-young-deaf-people

https://www.facebook.com/TalkTownGame/

From the website for Talk Town: "My name is Zoë. I grew up with a deaf sibling - but didn't realise how much this influenced me until I went to university to study psychology. My undergraduate degrees had a strong emphasis on child development and psycholinguistics.

I also studied NZSL. This lead to a student job as a teacher aide for Deaf children, and after graduation, as a researcher in universities in New Zealand and abroad. At the Deafness, Cognition and Language Research Centre, I ran the UK stream of an international study on Theory of Mind development in deaf toddlers."

This is a bonus compilation episode to celebrate getting to 52 interviews looking back through some of the conversations to pull out short extracts of "the moment" when something changed for the people I was interviewing. I hope you enjoy it!

The people I talked to on this episode are:

- John Hammond - Kit Hindin - Michelle Sharp - Dr Jarrod Gilbert - Tim Jones - Dr James Austin - Michael Mayell - Camia Young - Gary Shaw - Elena Casolari - Stuart Dillon-Roberts

Only a few social enterprises that I meet are focused on the digital and online world - so it was refreshing to talk with Stuart Dillon-Roberts who founded social enterprise Digital Journey. The aim is to 'deliver digital projects and initiatives to support our goal of creating an environment where everyone has the opportunity to use, understand and benefit from digital services.' In this interview we talk about Stuart's background and what led to forming this venture as well as how they work as a social enterprise. We also discuss exactly how they can help companies and people to improve their online presence with an interactive assessment and resources.

http://www.digitaljourney.nz/

Resources: http://digitalresources.nz/

More about Digital Journey (www.digitaljourney.org) the digital social enterprise. We believe that a business embracing online tools, the Internet and digital services will be able to prosper, grow and compete in our increasing digital world. Our purpose is to build the capability and confidence in businesses to embrace digital technology and maximise the opportunity that digital services bring. We offer a range of free and paid services, including free online digital planning tools allowing small to medium sized businesses (SMBs) to create customised digital action plans, compare their digital use to similar businesses, prioritise what to do next and learn how to do it. Our paid services include digital training courses for SMBs around New Zealand, 1:1 business coaching, ICT consultancy services, and partnerships to promote digital uptake in SMBs with a range of corporates and Government agencies in New Zealand and offshore. We love helping, please get in touch if you can help our cause or want to hear more about the services we offer. [email protected]. Our free assessment can be accessed at: www.digitaljourney.nz Our free knowledge base with free templates and guides: www.digitalresources.nz

Angela Sothern has an idea for a new charity fundraising loyalty programme which is intended to to help towards the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals. We discuss Angela's background and history as well as her new initiative. In this interview we disagree a bit about the steps to implement the idea and have global impact. Angela has also provided the update below as well on positive progress since the intervew.

http://www.globalnetworksupportcharity.org

Angela gives the following update since the interview:

Since you interviewed me I am pleased to update you that my trip to Africa was successful, as expected. I met with Dr. Belay Begashaw, General Director of the Sustainable Development Centre for Africa (SDGC/A) and discussed further a partnership with the Center to help us promote the Charity Fundraising 'Loyalty' Program to a global audience - with the goal of regularly bringing many billions, then trillions to help toward the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals. I am delighted to announce that we can expect a partnership to be formed in the near future, once we have all the necessary paper-work in order. I look forward to providing you with updates over the coming months. Kind regards, Angela

Welcome to the 50th episode! Marcelle Lunam is the founder and project lead for Tūmanako Wellness Centre. Marcelle has worked in film as a director and we discuss the influence her Grandfather had on her as a child learning to appreciate light, paintings and film. We also discuss her career and work with the innovative Chris O'Brien Lifehouse in Sydney as well as being a creative who has been the international Creative Director of Mambo and Creative Director of zSpace in Sydney. We then discuss Tūmanako Wellness Centre and the unique plans to take the best of what is done overseas and improve on it here - what is it, what the plans for the future are and how it might change life for people.

Website: www.tumanakowellness.com

Pledgeme campaign: http://pldg.me/tumanako

https://www.facebook.com/tumanakowellnesscentre/

Our PILLARS - are found under "What we do - our mission & pillars" here: https://www.tumanakowellness.com/what-we-do/

This is the 50th interview so is one of dozens of stories - to listen to others go to www.seeds.libsyn.com

Andrew Bell is the Executive Director of The Fred Hollows Foundation NZ which he has led since 2010. In this interview we discuss his background and childhood in South Africa as a child of apartheid, studying anthropology and sociology and what that was like with a growing sense of the injustice of apartheid. We also discuss his role now with efforts to prevent blindness through the work of The Fred Hollows Foundation.

https://www.hollows.org.nz/

From the Fred Hollows Foundation biography:

"Andrew Bell has had the privilege of leading The Fred Hollows Foundation NZ since June 2010. As Executive Director, Andrew's role is to champion the vision of Professor Fred Hollows of a world where no one is needlessly blind. Andrew works closely with staff, supporters and the Board of Trustees to achieve this goal in the Pacific. The Foundation enjoys the support of the New Zealand government, Trusts, Foundations and the generous public. Andrew has managed significant infrastructure developments including the Pacific Eye Institute and Mobile Eye Clinic in Fiji, the National Eye Centre in Timor-Leste, the eye clinic at Kimbe General Hospital, Papua New Guinea and the world-class Regional Eye Centre in Honiara, Solomon Islands.

Born and raised in South Africa, Andrew's career in community development started soon after he graduated from university. Andrew developed his broad skillset working in both urban and rural contexts. Andrew established a school for underprivileged children and actively participated in the movement for change to democracy whilst working in rural Zululand. In 1996, an opportunity to work and study in New Zealand was too good to ignore and Andrew and his family moved to Auckland. Andrew has had a challenging and rewarding career in community and international development in New Zealand, completing a Masters Degree in International Studies at the University of Otago."