Christina Moreno, founder of She Matters, joined us on this new, inspiring episode of sensecast.

She Matters is a social enterprise based in the Netherlands that specialises in matching highly skilled female newcomers with positions in international companies.

In the interview, Christina not only shared her experience in starting her company, but also took us through her journey as a person, which was full of challenges and turnarounds.

Back in the US, as a teenage mother with no financial means and no high school diploma, all odds were against her. But she made the active decision to change her life and follow her dreams, put herself through school and graduated in law. While working as a human rights lawyer in the Netherlands, the encounter with female refugees made her realise that she wanted to create more impact in the world. So she founded She Matters, through which she is helping refugee women to find their way into the Dutch job market and make a new life for themselves and their families.

You can find She Matters on:

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Katrin Häuser, a social and a political entrepreneur, joined us on this new episode of sensecast.

After years of working in the corporate sector and living in multiple countries, she decided to quit everything and rethink her career by focusing on purpose and sustainability.

She co-founded TheGreenSpring, a springboard for sustainable ideas within the impact space that helps companies develop their business, open new sales channels and develop green and sustainable strategies. She is also expanding her impact through her political party, Klimaliste Berlin.

What you will hear in this episode:

One key takeaway from Katrin’s story:

Find out more about Katrin and what she does:

If you want to know more about the On Purpose program, visit their website at onpurpose.org/de

sensecast is produced by Fatou, Silvia and Antonis from makesense Berlin. makesense Berlin is a community that connects individuals, social entrepreneurs and organisations through various events, workshops, and programs in the city, as well as digitally.

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On this episode we had the pleasure to interview Iva Tsolova, co-founder of Jamba - Career For All. This non-profit and social enterprise supports people with disabilities to attain key competencies, soft and professional skills in the IT and AI sector, as well as connects them with future employers.

Iva co-founded Jamba in Bulgaria and then moved to Vienna, expanding the scope of her business to Austria (and Hungary) as well. She is also part of Snowball Effect’s business replication programme, which you can find more about by listening to our second episode!

In the interview you will hear about:

Find out more about Jamba:

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Gianmarco Marinello, social entrepreneur and founder of Nai Nami, joined us in this episode of sensecast.

Nai Nami is a social enterprise in Kenya which transforms the street skills and life stories of street children into a job and a source of income for them. They offer a unique storytelling tour in Nairobi to make people experience the city through the eyes of a street child.

In his search for meaning and fulfilment in his work life, Gianmarco took on different jobs and roles, which led him to discover his true passion: reinventing himself professionally and helping others to do so as well.

What you will hear in this episode:

One key takeaway from Gianmarco's story:

Find out more about Nai Nami and book a tour:

sensecast is produced by Fatou, Silvia and Antonis from makesense Berlin.

makesense Berlin is a community that connects individuals, social entrepreneurs and organisations through various events, workshops, and programs in the city, as well as digitally.

You can follow sensecast on facebook.com/sensecast, support us to continue producing sensecast on opencollective.com/sensecast and join the makesense Berlin community on facebook.com/groups/MakeSenseBER.

This episode's guest is Nicole Ryan, founder of Alex’s Adventure, a drug education company that focuses on helping young people learn about drugs and substance misuse, while also helping them make better decisions as they grow into adulthood.

Nicole's motivation to start this business as well as her whole entrepreneurial journey are deeply rooted in her personal story, which she shared with us in this episode, alongside with:

Find out more about Alex's Adventure:

sensecast is produced by Fatou, Silvia and Antonis from makesense Berlin.

makesense Berlin is a community that connects individuals, social entrepreneurs and organisations through various events, workshops, and programs in the city, as well as digitally.

You can follow sensecast on facebook.com/sensecast and join the makesense Berlin community on facebook.com/groups/MakeSenseBER.

Coral Ruz, founder of the Zero Waste Berlin Festival, joined us in this episode of sensecast, which we recorded at Impact Hub Berlin.

Zero Waste Berlin Festival is an event that aims to bring green entrepreneurs and citizens together to learn and exchange about zero waste, circular economy and sustainability.

What you will hear about in this episode:

Zero Waste Berlin Festival is taking place on September 17-19 2021 (date has been updated) at Malzfabrik in Berlin. Find out more on zerowasteberlinfestival.com

Thanks so much to our partner, Impact Hub Berlin, for hosting us! If you would like to know more about a community that empowers entrepreneurs and organisations to create innovative solutions for people and the planet, visit berlin.impacthub.net

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This episode's guest is Laure Brouard, co-founder of Snowball Effect, the first school where you can learn how to replicate a successful social business in your region.

At Snowball Effect, Laure and her co-founder, Yoon-Joo, support aspiring social entrepreneurs who would prefer to not reinvent the wheel: they teach them how to replicate a social business that has already proven to work somewhere else. The participants learn from the original founders to replicate the same concept in their region. The solutions to cope with our social/environmental issues already exist, it's high time we spread them!

Here is a taste of what you will hear in our interview with Laure:

One quote from Laure that really resonated with us :

“We really believe it's possible to be entrepreneurs and to have a fulfilled life with a good balance between the private and the professional.”

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Snowball Effect is offering a free masterclass to understand what spreading a social business means and how it works concretely, as well as a Discovery Program to help find a project worth spreading and know if it’s for you or not.

To find more information on Snowball Effect and check the programs, visit www.snowball-effect.org

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Our first sensecast guest is Johanna Kühner, co-founder of SuperCoop, a collaborative supermarket in Berlin.

Through SuperCoop, Johanna and her co-founders want to make quality and sustainable products accessible at fair prices. In this community-based business model, each member of the cooperative contributes by working 3 hr/month at the supermarket and by co-designing it through democratic governance.

Johanna will share with us:

One quote from Johanna that really stayed with us: “Do things together with others, onboard others, talk about your ideas, and ask for help. We can change things when we come together.”

At the moment, SuperCoop is doing a test run with 120 members and planning to open its first official shop this summer. To find more information on SuperCoop and join as a member, visit supercoop.de/en/joinus/

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