How to Help a Few Billion People kicks off with host Mark Horoszowski explaining why most entrepreneurial advice pushes founders onto a “grow-at-all-costs” conveyor belt, and what it looks like to build world-positive companies instead: choosing financing that preserves mission, managing negative externalities, and prioritizing employee wellbeing without abandoning growth. We talk alternatives to traditional VC (grants, fiscal sponsors, PRI, debt, revenue-based financing), the role of systems and incentives, and the kinds of founders we’ll feature—leaders who would rather help billions of people than make billions of dollars. If you’re a social entrepreneur, an impact-curious builder, or an investor seeking better-aligned returns, this is your roadmap (and your pep talk).

Resources:

MovingWorlds — https://movingworlds.org/

“Founders” podcast by David Senra — https://www.youtube.com/@founderspodcast1

Predictably Irrational by Dan Ariely — https://predictablyirrational.com/

Stumbling on Happiness by Daniel Gilbert — https://www.randomhouse.com/kvpa/gilbert/buy.html

Adventure Finance by Aunnie Patton Power — https://www.adventure.finance/

Ashaya / WITHOUT (recycling multilayer chip bags) — https://without.live/

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