Posts in Social Entrepreneurs
Podcast Episode 95 - Work, Love, and Women's Mentorship with Diane Paddison of 4word

We are so excited to share our interview with you today. Diane Paddison is the Founder and President of 4Word—a group where she is a leading advocate for the professional Christian women community. She is a Harvard MBA graduate, the former global executive of two Fortune 500 companies and one Fortune 1000 company, and she serves as an independent director for two corporations and four not-for-profits. She’s the real deal and we loved getting to talk with her and hear the incredible things they are doing to mentor businesswomen in the marketplace. Tune in to learn about the work she does at 4word and why women mentorship matters…

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The World's First 3D-Printed Neighborhood is Being Built in Mexico

In rural Mexico, fifty 3D printed homes are being built under the leadership of our most recent podcast guest, New Story CEO, Brett Hagler. The innovative project that’s the first of its kind is part of New Story’s larger goal of combatting global homelessness. This 3D printed neighborhood is set to house local families living on less than $3 a day.

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Podcast Episode 93 - 3-D Printing an Entire Village with Brett Hagler of New Story

Today’s episode features a unique entrepreneurial journey that includes 3-D printing of homes. Yeah, you heard that right. Printing homes. Brett Hagler is the CEO and Co-Founder of New Story. He’s a Y Combinator alum, Praxis fellow, author, cancer survivor, and a 2016 Forbes 30 Under 30 Entrepreneur. The list goes on and on, and you’ll be glad you heard what he had to share…

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Podcast Episode 83 - Jailhouse Business with Pete Ochs

Today’s episode takes us to jail. Well...not exactly. But we are interviewing a man who owns and operates a business that is run out of a high-security prison. His name is Pete Ochs, and in addition to working as founder and chairman of an impact investing company, he’s also working to make Hutchinson Correctional Facility in Kansas the best prison in America. How? Well, we’ll let him tell you...

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The Accidental Social Entrepreneur

The remarkable story of one gutsy contractor’s determination to end poverty in Africa. Grant Smith is not a visionary or an enthusiastic missionary. He’s a problem solver. When confronted with the desperate problems of poverty he witnessed in Africa, he did the only thing he knew how to do–business.

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Building Community Inside Prison Walls

Brenda McGowan is a proud native from the South Side of Chicago. She began her career in criminal justice reform in 2006 while serving as advisory council chairperson for the St. Joseph County Prison Reentry Initiative. Listen here to her work as Vice President of programming at Crossroads Prison Ministries.

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Podcast Episode 81 - The Redemptive Nonprofit with Jena Nardella of Praxis

Today we’re in the Bay Area talking to Jena Nardella of Praxis. You may know Jena from some of her work improving clean water access around the world and her book titled One Thousand Wells: How an Audacious Goal Taught Me to Love the World Instead of Save It. Today she works on building the durability and sustainability of nonprofit organizations and leaders with Praxis and recently their team wrote a book called The Redemptive Nonprofit. We got to talk to her about all of this and more, and we think you’ll really enjoy what she had to share…

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Masaka Creamery: Creating Jobs for Deaf Youth

HAPPY MONDAY! We wanted to start the week with an encouraging video from a reader just like you. Jon Porter shares a video story of a dairy processing business that God called him to start in Rwanda employing the deaf. As he puts it, “It was an exciting, overwhelming, full-of-miracles experience …” and from what we can see, we couldn’t agree more!

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Podcast Episode 78 - Terrorist Threat, Charity Case, or Refugee Workforce? with Chris Chancey of Amplio Recruiting

Today, we’re talking to Chris Chancey, Found and CEO of Amplio Recruiting. Amplio is a multi-city staffing agency helping companies like Chick-fil-a, WeWork, and others find dependable talent in a surprising place—the refugee workforce. This is coming at a time where we all know the labor shortage in America is at an all-time high, and as Chris shared with us, this may be one of the most emotionally-charged debates in our country. But it may also be the source of one of the best kept secrets for the American economy. Listen in to hear what Chris has to share that might have a lasting effect on faith driven entrepreneurs...

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