Launchpad

Good Business

Business EN ↓ 55 episodes

Take a peek behind the scenes with the most prolific leaders of good businesses who have people, planet, and profit at the core of their missions. Follow Chris Edwards - founder of Launchpad and The Honeycombers - as she sits down for exclusive interviews with business leaders, CEOs, and entrepreneurs to understand how to create businesses that have an overwhelmingly positive impact on the world. Join her for stories of struggle and strife, testimonies from leading entrepreneurs with a passion for their mission and yet untold tales of turning failure into success. When she isn't talking to bus...

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Episode 05: Adrien Desbaillets on how he built and grew SaladStop! 18.01.2023 45:18

You are probably already familiar with SaladStop! It is one of the first and largest sustainable, healthy and environmentally conscious food chains in Asia with 70 outlets in eight markets! How did they get there? In this episode, we speak to the founder, Adrien Desbaillets. He shares how he built green thinking and initiatives, no matter how small, into their DNA. How important knowing the nuts a...

Episode 04: Overcoming stigma, loneliness and uncertainty with Olivia Cotes-James of LUÜNA 11.01.2023 46:26

Have you struggled with your period? Olivia Cotes-James, through her own experiences and extensive community research, decided to create LUUNA, a period care company. She shares about her journey thus far; community building, the loneliness of entrepreneurship, fundraising as a female founder and of course overcoming stigma. Listen to this episode of the Good Business podcast now. In this conversa...

Episode 03: Christine Amour-Levar shares about her initiatives that make an impact 03.01.2023 53:43

Co-founder of two award-winning NGOs, author of Wild Wisdom - Life Lessons from Leading Teams to some of the Most Inhospitable Places in the World, a consultant and soon a VC partner. It seems like there is nothing Christine Amour-Levar can’t do! In this episode we learn how chance meetings can change the course of your life, building movements step by step, and what it takes to be a Good Business...

Episode 02: Vikas Garg on launching abillion to crowdsource sustainability 02.01.2023 53:21

Looking for a way to connect to your community while also making conscious purchases - for food, plants, gifts and everything in between? Enter abillion. Founded by Vikas Garg in 2017 as a way to ensure the rest of his career aligns with his values, this new take on a social media platform has already made quite an impact. As of 2021 they had donated $2 million, helped 60 nonprofit organisations,...

Episode 01: Andrew Dixon on building a sustainable business 01.01.2023 42:46

Can luxury and sustainability co-exist? In this episode, we speak to accidental hotelier Andrew Dixon,the founder and owner of luxury resort getaway, Nikoi Island in Bintan. From why he founded a sustainable business in 2007, to building a great culture, to giving back and having impact, we cover it all. Listen to the first episode of the Good Business podcast now. In this conversation, we learnt....