Global Goals Project

Key Links

• www.globalgoalsproject.io

Katy invites listeners to post their thoughts and feedback on the site, and announces a short break.

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Key Links

• https://criknutrition.com/
• https://youtu.be/RW-wi0wfJ28
• https://youtu.be/75mG3NnYYHk

In this episode, founder Alex Drysden talks about the business model of a disruptive supplement company, following your WHY in the face of challenge, and building a brand to change people's mindsets.

• What is Crik Nutrition? How did it start?
• Why are crickets good for us and for the planet?
• Why is it taking so long for cricket-based foods to hit the market?
• Are you developing your own farming, or focusing on brand development?
• How do you maintain sustainable sourcing and methods?
• How do you create a disruptive business model with e-commerce?
• What has been the most important thing to keep you going when Crik seemed like it wouldn't work?

Listen in to hear what it takes for a mission-driven e-commerce company to change the insect stigma and disrupt an unsustainable industry.

Lila Karbassi is the Chief of Programs at the United Nations Global Compact. The UNGC exists to help companies implement the UN Global Goals, track their progress, and give them tools to continually improve their practices.

Key Links:

• https://www.unglobalcompact.org/
• The Paris Agreement: https://unfccc.int/files/essential_background/convention/application/pdf/english_paris_agreement.pdf

In this episode, you'll hear:

• What is the UN Global Compact, and who is involved?
• Why should companies adopt the Sustainable Development Goals?
• How does the UNGC help companies implement the SDGs into their business?
• What will happen to the planet in the next 5 years if business practices don't change?
• What are some of the top initiatives?
• Do you think we're on pace to hit the SDG's by 2030?

Tune in to get an inside look at the Global Goals from the UN Global Goals initiative for businesses.

More details:   http://www.globalgoalsproject.io/ungc/

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This episode was hosted by our Creative Director, Katy Ward. Chandler Perog was the interviewer and is our Executive Director. Production and distribution by Simpler Media Productions.

For insight into how business and cutting edge technology are changing the world, visit us at GlobalGoalsProject.io

• https://ecotone-partners.com

• Betterfuturesminnesota.com

When Ted Carling and Tim Roman tackled the problem of measuring impact to get useful data, they didn’t expect to work on the next level of business accounting. 

In this episode, we cover:

• What is the mission and vision of Ecotone Analytics? 
• How you measure impact?
• How does impact measurement make it easier to raise capital?
• Can you share the business model of Ecotone?
• Can you share more about the App your building?
• What are the biggest challenges you'll have to overcome to scale?
• How can impact accounting and measurement forward the Sustainable Development Goals?

Listen in to hear how quantifying impact has transformed their client’s businesses and funding efforts, and where to start when looking at the impact of your company and investments.

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B Lab exists to support the cultural change happening around business: How can we create social change with business? And how can we operate sustainably, from sourcing to selling? 

Key Links:

• https://bcorporation.net/
• https://bthechange.com/
• https://bimpactassessment.net/

In this episode, we talk with B Lab executives Laura and Amanda to find out:

• What is the mission and vision of B Lab?
• Can you give us a quick background of B Lab and why you got involved?
• How does the ecosystem work?
• What stage of business would you recommend to take the assessment?
• Why should people measure their impact? What are the benefits?
• Can you share more about B Analytics?
• What kind of companies are signing up to use this tool?
• Can you share with us how you integrated the Global Goals with B Lab?
• How can we get involved?

Tune in to discover how you can use the Impact Assessment as a guide for your own business growth, and how you can use the B Lab Analytics to inform your investments. 

More details:  http://www.globalgoalsproject.io/b-lab/ 

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This episode was hosted by our Creative Director, Katy Ward. Chandler Perog was the interviewer and is our Executive Director. Production and distribution by Simpler Media Productions.

For insight into how business and cutting edge technology are changing the world, visit us at GlobalGoalsProject.io

Fledge Accelerators have helped 81 companies from 26 countries since 2012. Their goal is to help foster a wave of companies that make a measurable impact in the world, collectively improving in the lives of everyone on the planet.

Key Links:

• www.fledge.co
• The Next Step entrepreneur’s curriculum
• Fledge Demo Day on YouTube

In this episode, we ask:

• What is the mission and vision of Fledge?
• Can you share why you started Fledge?
• Can you share more about how you structure the business model for Fledge?
• What does the ideal business for Fledge look like?
• Do you work with exponential tech companies? Why or why not?
• Can you share more on the methodology to scale?
• How are you measuring the impact?
• What do you think it'll take to solve the Global Goals?
• Any final challenges to the audience?

Listen in to hear the founder of Fledge talk through their learning-focused accelerator model and the community of impact businesses they are building across the globe.

More details:   http://www.globalgoalsproject.io/luni-libes/

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This episode was hosted by our Creative Director, Katy Ward. Chandler Perog was the interviewer and is our Executive Director. Production and distribution by Simpler Media Productions.

For insight into how business and cutting edge technology are changing the world, visit us at GlobalGoalsProject.io

Josh doesn’t think about investing as a numbers game. For him, it’s like surfing. In this episode, Josh shares how to catch the wave of a trend and spot companies that could transform an industry by changing the narrative of a stigmatized product.

Key Links:

• Josh Campbell LinkedIn
• Dosist.com
• Saje natural wellness
• SPARK Business Growth Partners

His approach to impact investing is holistic… and all about alignment. We ask:

• What is your personal mission of what you want to create in the world?
• Can you share with us a little bit of background on how you got here?
• How do you change the narrative on products that are stigmatized?
• What are the pros and cons of getting into the product market?
• What is your relationship to fundraising vs. bootstrapping?
• What are the top lessons you've learned?
• What are the next ventures your interested in?
• What is one piece of advice you'd leave with them?

“Look at your time as the most valuable asset you have. You really want to spend it doing things that can be a global impact rather than just to make a buck or two.”

Listen in for ideas on how to leverage your brand story to scale strategically, and how to invest in companies that represent the next era in their industry.

More details:  http://www.globalgoalsproject.io/josh-campbell/

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This episode was hosted by our Creative Director, Katy Ward. Chandler Perog was the interviewer and is our Executive Director. Production and distribution by Simpler Media Productions.

For insight into how business and cutting edge technology are changing the world, visit us at GlobalGoalsProject.io

Social Capital Markets is the #1 conference for social entrepreneurs and impact investors. This year, you can watch sessions from the event in the Digital Experience online… for free!

Key Links:

• socialcapitalmarkets.net
• SOCAP 19 Digital Experience
• SOCAP Resources
• GlobalGoalsProject.io

Katy covers:

• The conference content tracks. 
• The Global Goals in focus at this year’s SOCAP.
• The new role of creatives and storytellers in the impact ecosystem.
• The top two questions for investors to think about.
• The conference experience and culture.
• The SOACP Digital Experience and resources.

We’re sending a big thank you to Social Capital Markets for gathering the community and having us this year. See you all next year at SOCAP 2020!

More details:  http://www.globalgoalsproject.io/socap19

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This episode was hosted by our Creative Director, Katy Ward. Chandler Perog is our Executive Director. Production and distribution by Simpler Media Productions.

For insight into how business and cutting edge technology are changing the world, visit us at GlobalGoalsProject.io

The Conveners team believes it is critically important that people come together to address the greatest challenges facing the planet. Conveners host events, connect businesses to accelerators and gathers technology tools to help impact companies navigate the changing economy. 

Key Links:

• Conveners.org
• Accelerator Selection Tool
• Miller Center
• Mentor Capital Network
• SheEO
• Echoing Green
• Fledge
• Nest
• SDG 17

In this episode, we talk with Executive Director Avary Kent about their organization for catalyzing collaboration, answering the following questions?

• What is Conveners.org and what are you set out to solve?
• Why are these different components important to an ecosystem?
• What are some of your favorite accelerators?
• How do you address Global Goal #17?
• Can you share the business model?
• How do you see the future of partnerships playing into getting these goals done?
• What's next for Conveners.org?

You’ll also learn about their top recommended accelerators, hear about their platform for finding accelerators, and experience a mindset-shift around collaboration for impact businesses.

More details:  http://www.globalgoalsproject.io/avary-kent/

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This episode was hosted by our Creative Director, Katy Ward. Chandler Perog was the interviewer and is our Executive Director. Production and distribution by Simpler Media Productions.

For insight into how business and cutting edge technology are changing the world, visit us at GlobalGoalsProject.io

Key Links

• Socialcapitalmarkets.net
• Globalgoalsproject.io
• Newstorymarketing.com

Listen in for a preview of season 3 on the Global Goals project. We’re talking to impact investors this season, as well as a few influential names in the impact space!

Hear from our new host, Katy Ward, who will bring a brand-building a storytelling voice to the podcast.

Key Links

• www.globalgoalsproject.io

Listen in for a preview of season 3 on the Global Goals project. 

We’re talking to impact investors and private equity organizations, as well as some of the stars of the impact space with B Lab and the UN Global Compact.

Key Links

• Singularity University

In this podcast, our goal is to uncover some of the most innovative companies leveraging leading-edge technology, like Singularity University. Companies like SU are taking on the global goals with social-impact driven business models.

We want this podcast to be a resource for you to learn about the innovative tech of our time and integrate it into your business model.

I've learned a ton in this recent singularity university series and I hope that you learned as much as I did.

With that said, I wanted to share with you a quick recap of my top five lessons learned that I learned in this series.

• Take Away 1: When you're building out an exponential technology business, one of the best ways to start is just to focus on building a regular company and focusing on solving a problem that you think that you're uniquely good at that you will be able to specialize in in the marketplace and watch how that company develops organically.
• Take Away 2: One of the best ways to bring technology into your business is to hire someone that specializes in the technology that you want to leverage.
• Take Away 3: Once you get into the technology game, it's advantageous to actually study all the different kinds of exponential technologies so you can stay on top of the marketplace.
• Take Away 4: You don't have to be a technologist to get into the business of exponential technology. The best way to start is just to become more data centric.
• Take Away 5: Maybe I'm a little bit biased on this, but I really enjoyed getting the insider scoop of the latest and greatest of what singularity is up to in the world and their game plan over the next 10 years.  

In the SU series, we heard from some of the top minds at SU on how to leverage exponential technology and incorporate it into your own business, the implications that exponential technology will have on your future and on the impact this technology will have in solving the Global Goals.

We will be taking a short break and when we come back we will start a series Impact Venture Capital, Private Equity Firms and how to measure impact with your portfolio companies at scale. Stay tuned!

Listen in to hear more about my 5 biggest takeaways from the SU series.

Key Links:

• https://hyperloop-one.com/

The mission of Hyperloop One is to create effortless journeys and expanding possibilities. With fast-moving pods magnetically propelled through tubes, people will be able to get to work in places hundreds of miles from where they live… and save time and costs in transportation.

• 1:30 How the Hyperloop works
• 7:15 How the project started
• 14:30 The business model - a tech IP provider
• 22:00 Is it safe?
• 37:00 Less stress more opportunity
• 40:00 Global Goal 11: Sustainable cities and communities
• 45:00 The vision: making cities a wonderful place to live

Listen in to hear how transportation innovation will transform cities as soon as 2020.

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Key Links

• https://xlabs.ai/
• https://www.seldn.ai/

"Moonshots" are the kind of goals and projects that invent a new era... the kind of projects that will usher in the intelligence age.

• 3:00 What is a "Moonshot Factory?"

• 9:00 Inventing the AI mothership, Seldn
• 15:00 Radhika's story
• 21:00 How does AI work?
• 28:00 Tech that can amplify humans
• 36:00 How can we understand the exponential?
• 50:00 The 2 steps to begin designing your moonshot.

Find out what kinds of projects they are working on - and how you can start designing your own Moonshot - in this episode.

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Key links:

• www.su.org
• www.kurzweilai.net
• www.singularity.com

By 2030, AI and robots will most likely take care of all of our day jobs. In this episode, Rob Nail shares some of the most innovative technologies coming to market, as well as the mindset shift we will all need to approach those changes positively. We cover:

1. 4:45 How Rob became CEO
2. 6:45 The 10-year Tech forecast
3. 18:45 We don't have to fear the future
4. 31: How to visualize the future
5. 38:00 The new occupations for humans: Creating empathy, entertainment, and new exploration.
6. 47:00 Choosing our careers and adapting our businesses

Listen in to find out why “humanity has a bright star trek future to explore bigger questions," and how you can prepare your own business - and mindset- for the new opportunities.

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Key Links:

• https://unreasonablegroup.com/companies/hala-systems/
• https://bit.ly/2OAuc2g
• https://www.wired.com/story/syria-civil-war-hala-sentry/

The Syrian Civil War has claimed the lives of over 500,000 innocent civilians since 2011. Now, AI company Hala Systems has developed technology to sound air raid sirens and alert civil defense ahead of a bombing or conflict to protect the innocent in a warzone.

• 00:30 What is Hala Systems? What are you solving?
• 10:00 The conflict and civilian protection industry
• 15:00 The politics of protecting innocent people
• 20:00 Saving lives success metrics
• 24:00 How it works
• 32:00 Adding magic to AI to protect a lot of people
• 43:00 Global Goal 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

In this episode, hear how Hala Systems founder John Jaeger became an "accidental diplomat" to grow funding and interest in this technology, and learn more about using AI to address Global Goal 16: Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions.

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In this episode, we talk with Dr. Tiffany Vora, Head of Faculty at Singularity University, about Digital Biology and treating DNA like computer code.

• 5:00 The global SU faculty
• 11:00 Digital Biology
• 17:00 Building DNA like Legos
• 24:00 Radical transparency and programming the future of life
• 30:00 Bio Brokers... who owns your body's data?
• 35:00 Moving from sick-care to healthcare
• 54:00 Developing your Spidey Sense

Tiffany's mission is to boil down the education from the past 1000 years and only keep the good stuff. "And, to burn down the rest! That's the moon shot, the meta-vision."

Listen in for news about the science-fiction realities now happening in biology and tech, and see how you can use uncanny partnerships (makeup and yogurt?) to stay at the cutting edge.

Key Links

• The SU Global Grand Challenges App
• Su.org
• The Global Grand Challenges

Singularity University Impact Director Brett Schilke shares how SU addresses the Global Goals in two main ways: solving resource needs and solving societal development needs. With the Global Grand Challenges and the SU App, anyone can help solve global problems.

• 2:00 How SU addresses the Global Goals
• 7:00 SU’s Global Grand Challenges
• 12:00 The brain-computer and casting a vision
• 22:00 The Global Grand Challenges App
• 33:00 Challenge: Go have a conversation with someone about… the future.

Listen in to hear the inner workings of SU staff and community and to learn about the Global Grand Challenges. Also, hear why you should watch Black Mirror… and talk about the future with your friends and family.

The mission of Key2Enable is to help kids with movement disabilities to stay in school and get great jobs with access to technology that they can use easily.

• 1:30 The mission and founding story
• 4:00 How it works and who can use it
• 9:00 Global Goal 10: Reduce Inequalities
• 16:00 Tech Specs
• 20:00 Going to market and the Indiegogo launch
• 32:00 How to support

Listen in to hear how digital accessibility forwards Global Goals 4, 8 and 10… and how one tool can open a whole world to a person with cerebral palsy or Parkinsons.

• Full Blog Post: http://www.globalgoalsproject.io/william-de-oliveira
• See the Key X Indiegogo Campaign at https://bit.ly/2RSOjPy
• Check out Singularity University: www.su.org

Singularity University is on a mission to make the world a more abundant place. In this episode, we'll hear from Molly Pyle, the Senior Program Manager of Singularity University Programs and the Co-Chair of the Women's Impact Network.

• 2:00 How Singularity Started: Niching in Exponential Technology
• 4:00 What is An Exponential Mindset?
• 8:00 The SU Ecosystem and the Global Goals
• 15:00 About Molly
• 25:00 The Global Startup Program
• 27:00 Where do I start?
• 31:00 What do the next decades look like for SU?

After hearing Molly’s positive mindset about the abundant future that technology can create for us, she poses a challenge… Listen in to hear more!