Awarepreneurs

Achyuta Adhvaryu is a Tata Chancellor's Endowed Professor of Economics, UC San Diego School of Global Policy and Strategy and the Co-founder and CEO of the Good Business Lab.  Good Business Lab uses rigorous research to find a common ground between worker wellbeing and business interests. They have positively impacted the lives of 200K+ workers in 30 ongoing projects around the world. This episode...

Brando Crespi is the Founder and Executive Chair of Global Biochar Inc, a company focused on the deployment of biochar and green charcoal as the most effective way to mitigate our climate crisis while also addressing food security, deforestation, biodiversity loss, and global health issues. He also focuses on philanthropic and advisory work. As the co-founder in 1985, and still executive vice-chai...

  Paul Zelizer is a business coach and consultant that has specialized in supporting social entrepreneurs for the past 17 years.  And, he's the host of the Awarepreneurs podcast - which is now one of the longest running social entrepreneur podcasts in the world. This episode is sponsored by the coaching company of the host, Paul Zelizer. Consider a  Strategy Session if you can use support growing...

Wendy Gonzales is the CEO of Sama, a global leader in data annotation, supervised fine-tuning, and model evaluation for computer vision and generative AI applications. Driven by a mission to expand opportunities through the digital economy, their social business model has helped over 65,000 people lift themselves out of poverty. Sama has worked with companies like Google, Ford, eBay, and Microsoft...

Carlos Parea is the CEO & Co-founder of Terra Vera, a company dedicated to making it easier for farmers to grow valuable crops without the use of synthetic pesticides that are often linked to major environmental damage and health issues in your food. Their solutions are people, plant, pollinator and planet friendly and can unlock significant profitability. Carlos is particularly excited about the...

Levar Jackson is the Founder and CEO of the Yogh Group, a sustainable and impactful hotel development and management group. Yogh Group is making great strides to be the vanguard of hospitality and sustainability as society transitions to an interconnected, intelligent, and low carbon world. This episode is sponsored by the coaching company of the host, Paul Zelizer. Consider a Strategy Session if...

David Gaines is the CEO and Chief Visionary for La Terza Coffee and the author of the newly released book Radical Business, The Root of Your Work and How It Can Change the World . I'm also honored to say David interviewed me in October of last year for the Social Enterprise Alliance podcast where he has just recently stepped down from being Board Chair after a long term there, and we also got to c...

This week on the pod is our monthly solo episode with Paul Zelizer.  Paul is one of the first business coaches to specialize in working with social entrepreneurs and the host of the popular Awarepreneurs podcast.  This episode explores 4 topics to consider about sustainably pacing the the growth of your social enterprise as well as factors to pay attention to if you find yourself needing to make a...

Ward Hendon is an investor, teacher and entrepreneur. His career has included a legal practice, starting and exiting a legal tech company, teaching MBA, legal, and incarcerated individuals, and impact investing. He is currently a General Partner in Dangerous Ventures, a VC firm that backs companies building a more sustainable and resilient feature. He lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico. This episode is...

Megan Young Gamble Bio Megan Young Gamble is a Is a packaging and product management consultant with over 10 years of experience turning ideas into standout consumer products for top beauty, wellness, and personal care brands,. Known as The Project ExecutionHER, Megan transform your company's pain points into custom solutions, manages your project from start to finish and brings a 360-degree persp...

Daniel Smith is the founder of Keepingly, a platform that helps homeowners maintain manage and grow their property value with over 20 years of experience in digital marketing and consulting. Daniel has transformed how organizations in the Caribbean and the US position their products online. At Keepingly, Daniel uses his personal experience as a homeowner to create innovative solutions for the hous...

After 6.5 years and 337 episodes, we're taking a break for June & July.   We will return to our regular weekly schedule on August 6th.

Megan Bott is the Community & Business Impact Manager at Positive Energy Solar, a Certified B Corp in New Mexico. Today, Positive Energy employs over 120 people including 75 employee owners and has completed over 5000 solar installations throughout New Mexico with very high customer satisfaction (at the time of this interview, they had 73 Google reviews with an average of 4.9/5 rating).   This epi...

Miyoko is an epicurean activist out to create justice for animals, people and planet by connecting our palate to our future. VegNews of her "The enormously talented chef/TV host/singer/athlete/she-can-do-anything Miyoko Schinner is nothing short of a genius." She is the Founder of Miyoko's Creamery, one of the best known vegan butter and cheese companies in the world. This episode is sponsored by...

Catherine loves to help people, teams and organizations thrive. She is the CEO, Author and Founder of The Awakened Company. Catherine helps organizations create healthy corporate cultures through executive coaching, team strategy sessions, speaking and online webinars. She holds an MBA from Queen's University and is an award winning Profit 500 Founder. This episode is sponsored by the coaching com...

This week on the pod is our monthly solo episode with Paul Zelizer.  Paul is one of the first business coaches to specialize in working with social entrepreneurs and the host of the popular Awarepreneurs podcast.  This episode explore offer 7 questions to help you decide if joining a particular board or saying yes to specific volunteer opportunities is a good use of your time and resources. This e...

Our guest this week on the pod is Rodney Williams. Rodney is the Co-Founder and President of SoLo, a financial services company enabling community banking and lending solutions for everyday Americans. 82% of their members live in underserved communities. This episode is sponsored by the coaching company of the host, Paul Zelizer. Consider a Strategy Session if you can use support growing your impa...

Our guest this week on the pod is Sherry Lassiter. Sherry is the President and CEO of the Fab Foundation, a network of over 2700 digital fabrication facilities in 150 countries. The goal of a Fab Lab is to provide access to the tools, the knowledge and the financial means to allow anyone to make almost anything thereby creating opportunities to improve lives and livelihoods around the world. This...

Our guest this week on the pod is Irina Gerry. Irina is the Chief Marketing Officer of Change Foods, a precision fermentation food tech company creating animal-free dairy products. Prior to joining Change Foods, Irina worked in 2 of the largest plant-based food and beverage brands - Silk and So Delicious. Irina holds an MBA from Harvard Business School. This episode is sponsored by the coaching co...

This week on the pod is our monthly solo episode with Paul Zelizer.  Paul is one of the first business coaches to specialize in working with social entrepreneurs and the host of the popular Awarepreneurs podcast.  This episode explore 5 strategies to engage Gen Z in impact workplaces. This episode is sponsored by the coaching company of our host, Zelizer Consulting Services. Resources mentioned in...

Our guest this week on the pod is Karla Causey. Karla grew up in Albuquerque and graduated from the University of New Mexico. She had a 25 year career at Sandia National Labs doing HR and contracts work and then went to the Public Service Company of New Mexico where she also worked in HR. She then thought she was retired - until the Board Chair of the Black Chamber of New Mexico asked her to step...

  Our guest this week on the pod is Angel Lance. Angel is a visionary founder and CEO with an impressive track record of creating and leading successful companies that solve big problems. In over 2 decades of serial entrepreneurship, she has launched and scaled 4 self-funded, profitable enterprises from the ground up, demonstrating an unparcelled business acumen and commitment to living her passio...

Our guest this week on the pod is Sarah Sterling.  Sarah is the Executive Director of Entrepreneurship for SOCAP, which brings together social entrepreneurs, investors, foundation leaders, government leaders and more for live and digital experiences.  The goal is to accelerate the movement to a more just and sustainable economy. She has worked with and trained international organizations and accel...

This week on the pod is our monthly solo episode with Paul Zelizer.  Paul is one of the first business coaches to specialize in working with social entrepreneurs and the host of the popular Awarepreneurs podcast.  The topic is how to navigate 3 common challenges social impact startups face in 2024. This episode is sponsored by the coaching company of our host, Zelizer Consulting Services. Resource...

Our guest this week on the pod is Satyen Raja.  Satyen is the Founder and CEO of WarriorSage and is a renowned Teacher, Mentor and Guide for his ability to move companies beyond the old business model of struggle into a new paradigm of passion, purpose, freedom and the magic of flow.  Satyen has been founding, building and scaling businesses for over 30 years. This episode is sponsored by the coac...