Mission Driven Podcast

In this episode of the Mission Driven Podcast, I speak with Katy Yung, the co-founder and CEO of the Sustainable Finance Initiative (SFI), about the growing role of family offices in impact investing, the findings from SFI's recent transformational wealth report, and how the next generation of investors is shaping the future of sustainable finance. Katy has over 15 years of experience in impact in...

In this episode of the Mission Driven Podcast, I speak with Robert Munson, the Managing Director of Marketing, Communications, and Storytelling at the Sorenson Impact Institute and President of SOCAP, about the critical role of entrepreneurship in solving societal challenges, the evolving landscape of impact investing, and the strategies necessary to scale mission-driven initiatives. Through our c...

In this episode of the Mission Driven Podcast, we speak with Jit Bhattacharya, co-founder and CEO of BasiGo, about his mission to electrify public transportation in Africa. Jit shares insights into the critical need to electrify Africa’s public transportation, the challenges and opportunities in the electric vehicle (EV) industry, and the complex dynamics of building a clean energy business in eme...

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In this episode of the Mission Driven Podcast, we speak with Van Ly, co-founder of Raise Partners, about building a leading ESG consulting firm in Vietnam. A path that both founders are passionate about, and as ESG has become a "hot topic" over the last few years, they have seen increased interest in the topics, community growth, and opportunities to deliver impactful projects to their clients. Al...

In this episode of the Mission Driven Podcast, I speak with Tanvir Uddin about his journey as founder of Wholesum to deliver a pioneering platform for ethical investing and impact. Through our conversation, we speak about the strategies and insights that are driving the movement towards socially responsible investing, uncovering the opportunities and challenges faced in proving the market for ethi...

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In this episode of The Mission Driven podcast, I speak with Tim Gocher, Founder and CEO of Dolma Impact Fund, about his 10 years of impacting in Nepal. One of the earliest Impact investors, we speak to the founding story of Dolma Fund, the evolution of Nepal's impact investment landscape, and why he aligns his success with Nepal's future ability to attract additional/ larger funds. ABOUT TIM:Dolma...

In this episode, I speak with Vikas Garg, Founder of abillion, about his vision to inspire a billion individuals to adopt a more sustainable way of life. With more than a million users on his APP alerady, core to executing his vision is analyzing, and leveraging, user data to help users make better decisions, f&b owners improve their menus, or brands know what trends are happening and when to laun...

In this episode, of the Mission Driven podcast, I had the privilege of speaking with Devika Malik, the visionary Founder of The Wheeling Happiness Foundation, about the shared mission she has with her mother to elevate the lives of individuals with disabilities in India. An accomplished paraolympian, Devika approaches entrepreneurship with incredible tenacity, and is backed by crystal-clear vision...

Through this conversation, I speak with Andy Klump about his 15 year journey to to build one of the world's leading solar energy and storage services firms. It's an incredible conversation about entrepreneurship, the need to constantly adapt (as an entrepreneur), and the need for entrepreneurs to continue identifying, acquiring, and leveraging the resources needed to build culture, empower...

Daniel Spitzer is a mission-driven entrepreneur who has dedicated his life to building businesses that solve big problems at scale. It’s a journey that started seeing the socio-economic and environmental challenges faced in the region, and coming to the belief that private business was the best way to address those issues. In the years that followed, Spitzer built a vertically integrated forestry...

In this episode of the Mission Driven Podcast, I interview Jimmy Pham, the founder of KOTO, and explore his impactful work in improving the lives of disadvantaged youth in Vietnam. Jimmy's journey began over 15 years ago when he decided to return to Vietnam and discovered his mission. It all started with his support for a small group of street kids. During our conversation, we discuss Jimmy's ques...

Steven Moore is a former leadership chief of staff in the House of Representatives who founded the Ukraine Freedom Project. Initially, UFP helped evacuate Ukrainians from hot spots like Kyiv and Kharkiv. Now, the organization provides food, medical supplies, generators, Starlinks and other needed supplies to the front where international organizations and larger NGOs don’t go. Moore has extensive...

In this episode, I speak with mission-driven entrepreneur Sabrina Mustopo about her journey as founder of Krakakao. A “farmer-to-bar” social enterprise founded with a mission to improve the livelihood of Indonesian cocoa farmers and the sustainability of cocoa farming. Timestamps:About Sabrina: In 2013, Sabrina founded Krakakoa Chocolate, a "farmer-to-bar" social enterprise working directly with s...

In this episode of the Mission Driven Podcast, I speak with Tom Dawkins, co-founder of StartSomeGood and LendForGood, about the current landscape for social innovation and entrepreneurship. Through our discussion, we spoke about the general trends that are creating opportunities, but also around the core challenges that entrepreneurs often find themselves grappling with. In particular, the challen...

In this episode, I speak with Neha Upadhyaya about her work in rural India as the founder of Guna Organics. Neha's journey began with a powerful sense of purpose sparked by surviving an earthquake, which led her to witness firsthand the struggles of affected villages. Instead of opting for the conventional path of joining an NGO or government agency, Neha chose to take matters into her own hands b...

In this episode of the Mission Driven Podcast, I speak with Mayuree Aroonwaranon, a mission-driven entrepreneur dedicated to building a platform to close the loop on Thailand's waste. Through our conversation, we speak about what sparked the initial idea, the process for understanding the pain point to be solved, and the lessons she has learned about building teams, raising capital, and maintainin...

In this episode of Mission Driven, I speak with my good friend ( from Thunderbird) Kian Seah about his work to end plastic waste by driving circularity throughout the value chain. It’s an incredible conversation that speaks to the megatrenda driving circularity, the structural challenges of closing the loop, and learning to take the “lessons” from failures along the way. ABOUT KIANSeah Kian Hoe (“...

In this episode of Mission Driven Podcast, I speak with Project Dignity founder Koh Seng Choon about his work to bring his social enterprise to scale. It is a journey that started 15 years ago, and over this time he has been focused on perfecting the business model, processes, and leadership models to deliver impact at scale... and hopefully become the first social enterprise to IPO on a MAIN boar...

n this episode of the Mission Driven podcast, I speak with Charlie Cooksey, the founder and CEO of WEPOWER, A social enterprise dedicated to empowering the black and Latino communities to reimagine and shape a future that honors their humanity and dignity. ABOUT CHARLI: Charli Cooksey is a St. Louis native and the Founder & CEO of WEPOWER, a non-profit organization building power to create educati...

In this episode, I speak with Romain Diaz about his work to invest into early stage mission driven entrepreneurs, and how Satgana brings together an ecosystem to support the scale of their portfolio companies. ABOUT ROMAINRomain Diaz is an entrepeneur and venture builder who has travelled the world creating companies. Now he leads Satgana, a venture-builder in the climate space. Satgana's miss...

In this episode of the Mission Driven podcast, I speak with Nathalie Kylander about her work leverage the leverage the power of grassroots entrepreneurship to end extreme poverty through her organization Trickle UpAn organization that identifies, trains, and funds, more than 25,000 women each year, and through this work has measurably proven their impact to the communities they serve as these wome...

In this episode of the Mission Driven Podcast, I speak with Tara Susanto about her inspiring work with Indonesian farmers aimed at preventing deforestation. Kicking off our discussion, Tara highlights the critical importance of addressing deforestation in Indonesia, citing its impact on biodiversity, climate change, and the livelihoods of indigenous communities. Following that, we spend our time s...

In this episode of Entrepreneurs For Good, I speak with the founding  team at Vulcan Augmetics about the work they are doing in Vietnam to  bring affordable and highly functional 3D printed prosthetics to the  market. Besides their passion for the product, and the awesomeness of the  product itself, I continue to reflect on the dynamic between the  founders. Rafael’s crazy...