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Carrie Rich | How to Show Up, Learn, and Listen to Make Entrepreneurial Good in the World

The Lesson: 
Expressing genuine interest in learning, in a job, in what other people have to say, in showing up even when you aren't necessarily needed, this is a behavior which boardrooms around the world will want to vacuum up, as long as one makes certain they see it. 
Notable Excerpt:
“One of the things I've learned is that every human adds value to our collective story; you have to believe that. If you're really going to believe in making the world a better place, you have to believe that every human adds value. And if you believe that then you're open to having meaningful conversations with everyone no matter where they are in this moment in life, so I don't care if I'm on a bus, or a plane, or a train, or the street, or the slum, or the boardroom, I'm genuinely interested in learning from the people next to me." 
The Guest:
Carrie Rich believes in making the world better through business and leadership. That is why she co-founded The Global Good Fund ten years ago to invest in high potential, overlooked social entrepreneurs.
 
Many entrepreneurs need access to capital to scale, so she went on to found and manage the Global Impact Fund, which is dedicated to investing in socially impactful businesses primarily led by black, brown and women founders.
 
Carrie's fourth book, Impact The World: Live Your Values and Drive Changes as a Citizen Statesperson, was published by Wiley in May 2022 and is now a WSJ and Amazon Best Seller. Carrie is the recipient of the POLITICO Women Who Rule Award, Washington Business Journal 40 under 40, Entrepreneur.com Top 30 Start-ups to Watch, Stevie Award for Women in Business, Asian Social Innovation CEO of the Year, Social Enterprise Alliance 50 under 40, and Empact100.
 
Carrie's fundamental message is about accessibility - everyday people can empower themselves and others.
 
Episode Resources:
 
Carrie Rich | Twitter
Global Good Fund | Website
Global Good Fund | Twitter
Global Good Fund | Instagram

Alex Amouyel | Life Audits and Diversity in Problem Solving

The Lesson: 
Everyone can make an impact if they give 10%—effort, time, money, etc. to ensuring that across all dimensions of life they are making a positive impact rather than a negative one. Sometimes it takes a hard look in the mirror, but it's always worth it in the end.
Notable Excerpt:
"[Do] an audit of your life across all the different categories. So career and job is one of them, but also your money, volunteering, your side-hustles, your family or the institutions you're part of, look at all your life and first start rating it by how much time are you spending on these categories and then whether you're having a positive-neutral-negative effect."
The Guest:
Alex has spent over 15 years working in the social impact space for one of the largest children's nonprofits. Save the Children and the Clinton Foundation. She now leads MIT SOLVE.
As a founding Executive Director of Solve. Alex has built and now oversees a fast-growing team whose mission is to drive innovation, to solve global challenges. How do they do that? Their team finds funds and supports the most promising social innovators in entrepreneurs all around the world.
To date solve has brokered funding commitments of over 60 million to their solver teams and entrepreneurs worldwide.
Episode Resources:
 
Alex Amouyel | Instagram
Alex Amouyel | Twitter
Your Impact Life | Website
SolveMIT | Twitter
 

Saga Elmohtaseb | the Numbers Killing Game of Hollywood

The Lesson:  Numbers don't speak untruths, and for a female minority in a bro-business like Hollywood movie production, they're sexy that way. Saga Elmohtasen has produced hundred million dollar productions, but regardless of how successful she is, she doesn't let it go to her head, remembering that it's her roots and natural attitude that lead her to be successful. 
Notable Excerpt: "I don't take any of my work seriously, with all due repect, but I'm serious about my work. Do you see the dicotomy here? At the end of the day I'm a daughter, I'm a sister, I'm an auntie, I'm way more than a producer, and I don't take any of it seriously but I'm so dang serious about the job. Being able to sever those two has been a lifesaver." 
The Guest: Saga Elmohtaseb is a seasoned Hollywood producer, consultant and professor.  With a passion for film, Saga has worked on box office hits such as The Devil Wears Prada, A Good Year,Eragon, Just Go With It, Jack & Jill, and Iron Man 2.
Saga is the president of Hollywood-Consulting.com where she works closely with clients on productions from development to completion. She has been a professor at Chapman University’s Dodge School of Film & TV for over 6 years now and teaches film & TV.
Episode Resources:
Saga Elmohtaseb | Instagram
Hollywood-Consulting | Website
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Gene Gurkoff | Making Charity Literally a Walk in the Park

The Lesson: 
What if donating to charity was as simple as walking your dog? Oftentimes when things become easier, more people can participate, but it also drives greater enthusiasm among those already impassioned. 
Notable Excerpt:
"One member didn't just go across the United States, but he started in Key West and went to the northwest tip of Washington state, diagonally, 4,500 miles and he was 11-years-old. When you have things like that, and not just people doing incredible feats, but people who walk their dogs every day and tell me what that means to them, we've had people lose over 100 pounds, we have parents who do it with their kids... it's been an incredible honor to be a part of this community"
The Guest:
Gene Gurkoff is the founder of Charity Miles, an app that enables people to earn money for Charity when they walk, run or bike. Charity Miles is regularly featured as one of the top health and fitness apps, and is the #1 charity app. It has won several awards, including a Webby and the People's Choice award at SXSW.
Gene is also a marathoner, avid Bruce Springsteen fan, husband and father. 
Episode Resources:
Charity Miles | Instagram
Charity Miles |Twitter
Chariry Miles | LinkedIn
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Rachel Gerrol | Forming a Next-Generation Justice League of Young Future Philanthropists

The Lesson: 
Philanthropy comes in many forms, and from many faces. Whether it's the lifestyle we try to live, the purchasing decisions we make, the parents we were born to, or the careers we're pursuing, there's a role for everyone in leaving the world a better place than when we found it. 
Notable Excerpt:
"There're so many choices we make, and I'm not saying you have to make 1,000 choices a day that are directed towards social impact, but planting that seed in your consciousness that you want to be here on Earth as a vehicle of social change for the better really starts to, in the most beautiful of ways, affect your decision making. So while most people think of social impact as big philanthropic gifts and massive moves from your investments into impact investing, I really think about it like a lifestyle."
The Guest:
Rachel Gerrol is Co-Founder & CEO of NEXUS, the leading global network of next-gen philanthropists and impact investors with 6000+ members from over 70 countries representing families with a combined net worth of over $650 billion.
Rachel has organized 40 NEXUS summits across 6 continents, including an annual summit at the UN and regional summits at The White House and No. 10 Downing Street. She led the “Media for Social Impact Summit” at the UN for 5 years and worked closely with the Obama/Biden Administration to create the renowned “It’s On Us” campaign to stop sexual assault on campus. 
Rachel is recognized internationally for her work on next-gen philanthropy and has been featured in The New York Times, The Financial Times, Forbes, Vanity Fair and more. She serves on the Board of Directors of Birthright Israel Foundation, on the Next Gen Council of the USC-Shoah Foundation and on the Governing Committee of Lifestyles Magazine. 
Episode Resources:
Rachel Gerrol | Facebook
Rachel Gerrol | LinkedIn
The Nexus Summit | Instagram
Nexus Global | Website
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Dr Miriam Nelson | Wielding the Power of Fresh Food to Help Kids

The Lesson:
Newman's Own brand pizzas, pasta, lemonade, salad dressing, etc. has raised $600 million through its for-profit operations and its purpose-driven foundation, in what is now its 40th year of operations since Paul Newman first bottled up his homemade salad dressing, caused a market craze, and then gave away all the money he earned that fiscal year. Now following the actor's death in 2008, the foundation gives away all the profits and royalties from its sales in order to support children—nutritionally and otherwise—that face adversity.
Notable Excerpt:
"We look at food as one of the essential school supplies. It's hard for a child to learn if they aren't well-nourished, and when a kid grows something, I can tell you they love everything they grow; but it's even more than that. That's critical but it's also changing the system and that's really what our foundation is all about is really thinking about the ecosystem change."
The Guest:
Dr. Miriam Nelson is an international leader, scientist, author and social entrepreneur renowned for her extensive research, policy work, and civic action in public health, children’s wellness, sustainability, and food systems. In her current role as the President and CEO of the Newman’s Own Foundation, the private foundation founded by legendary actor Paul Newman and funded by 100% of profits and royalties from the sale of Newman’s Own food and beverages, she is leading the Foundation’s new and more focused mission to nourish and transform the lives of children who face adversity.
In addition to authoring the bestselling Strong Women books, a series of ten including five New York Times bestsellers that provide evidence-based strategies to help woman live strong and healthy lives (more than one million copies in 14 languages), she has authored or co-authored more than 100 scientific studies, research papers, and policy reports, many of them introducing groundbreaking findings. 
Dr. Nelson has been quoted extensively and included as a featured expert in the press, including on The Today Show, Nova, and National Public Radio, and in the New York Times, Washington Post, and Politico.
Episode Resources:
Newman's Own Foundation | Instagram
Newman's Own Foundation | Twitter
Newman's Own Foundation | LinkedIn
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Dr James Rouse | On Finding Predictable Peace

The Lesson: 
Wellness isn't just about getting enough sleep and exercise. Some maladies need our permission—our precise focus, attention, and sympathy, in order for our biological tools to do the work of healing us. 
Notable Excerpt: 
"I believe if I give myself permission to receive what you (God) are giving me, then I'll have predictable peace, purpose, and pollination for the rest of my life. And I've never craved anything but that. These are my new drugs of choice—I think it was Degas who said, "I don't need drugs, I am drugs—I am drugs in a human form. We are a walking pharmaceutical of spirituality, but man alive do we not open up the medicine cabinet which is the heart space, open it, and allow ourselves to receive the medicine." 
The Guest:
Dr. James Rouse is a naturopathic doctor, award-winning author, media personality, and sought after speaker whose enthusiasm and passion for wellness inspires others to optimize their personal and professional lives.
His passion for helping others live life optimally extends to creating healthy food products. Dr. James is co-founder and product formulator for Healthy Skoop, a functional nutrition line. He is also the co-founder of The Well & Company, a lifestyle company and community that is igniting a self-care revolution.
Dr. James has authored 13 books (and counting), including the recently released, Mind Body Life Mastery.
Episode Resources:
Dr James Rouse | Instagram
Dr James Rouse | Facebook
Dr James Rouse | Website
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Zoe Chance | Influence Is Your Superpower

The Lesson: 
Making friends and influencing people, as Carnegie described it, can be approached in several ways, but Zoe Chance feels that the modern influential person is the person whom people want to say yes to—achieved in part by influencing others, and in part by influencing the self; influencing our inner dialogue between the intuitive mind and the rational mind, which she calls the Gater and the Judge. 
Notable Excerpt:
"Almost all of us struggle with trying to influence other people or trying to be influential, and many of us have mixed feelings because when we think of influence tactics, we think of the really super creepy used car salesman architype. What we want is to have an influence on the world, ideally a good influence, and honestly we don't want to have to work so hard that we feel like we're pushing people. We ideally want to be in relationships with people who like us, and who want to say yes to each other. We have a good idea and we bring these good ideas to each other." 
The Guest:
Zoe Chance is a writer, teacher, researcher, and climate philanthropist. She’s obsessed with the topic of interpersonal influence and her science-based but fun and life-changing book is called Influence Is Your Superpower: The Science of Winning Hearts, Sparking Change, and Making Good Things Happen. It is being published in more than 20 languages.
Zoe earned her doctorate from Harvard and now teaches the most popular course at Yale School of Management (Mastering Influence and Persuasion). Her research is published in top academic journals and covered in global media outlets. She speaks on television and around the world, and her framework for behavior change is the foundation for Google’s global food policy.
Before joining academia, Zoe managed a $200 million segment of the Barbie brand, helped out with political campaigns, and worked in less glamorous influence jobs like door-to-door sales and telemarketing. She lives with her family in New Haven, CT.
Episode Resources:
Zoe Chance | Twitter
Zoe Chance | LinkedIn
Zoe Chance | Website
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Robbie Tombosky | Your Passions Speak to Each Other and to God

The Lesson:
Listeners will know that Tony and Tobias feel that blending professional, personal, and spiritual passions is the key to aligning them to your purpose. The lesson here is that this benefits yourself and others, but it also makes you feel alive—it is the way that all aspects of yourself can communicate with each other.
Notable Excerpt:
"Business is at the lowest rung for me; it's a tool, but anybody who knows me well will tell you that I am a terrible business person! I leave money on the table all the time! So for me, I think that's actually not a terrible business person, I think it depends on your lexicon, it depends on your lens. So if that lens is to wake up every morning and to like the person you see in the mirror and be excited and motivated to go out and to be involved in the world, and that allows you to feel expansive, that allows you to bring your gifts to the world, it gives you a sense of confidence and a sense of purpose, that's a great business decision even if it's not necessarily the greatest financial decision."
The Guest:
Robbie Tombosky serves as the CEO of GVNG and is the founder and managing partner of Sage Philanthropy Advisors. With over two decades of experience in philanthropic entrepreneurship, Robbie has incubated and launched scores of successful impact projects that integrate corporate values, employee & customer engagement, and meaningful influencer partnerships for the benefit of our shared world. Robbie also serves as a Rabbi at a prestigious temple in Beverly Hills, sits on numerous boards, is a sought after teacher and speaker.
Episode Resources:
Robbie Tombosky | Instagram
Robbie Tombosky | Facebook
GVNG | Website
Sage Advisors | Website
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Bill Glaser | There’s an Entrepreneur Inside All of Us

The Lesson: 
What makes an entrepreneur? Humanity. We are all entrepreneurs. Our entire lives are a sequence of people trying to sell us ideas, opinions, values, as well as goods and services. People are always creating—ideas, opinions, and objects of value. We do it to ourselves. We have to constantly sell things to our own minds—that we are strong, capable, handsome, beautiful, or the next pastime, the next 5-year plan, the next self-reinvention. 
Notable Excerpt: 
“Every day we get out of bed and we just have a day, and the day happens. But it's those days where we get out of bed and we set an intention of what kind of day we want to have, that's what we manifest. And so it's having the practice to make that a habit, and whether that's starting the day saying, what kind of day do I want to have, or what do I want for my business, for my relationship, all those things are intentions, but you can't just set the intention and wait for something to happen, that's just a wish. But if you set the intention and then you take action, that is the formula for manifesting."
The Guest:
Bill Glaser has been a serial entrepreneur since the age of five, when he went door-to-door selling vegetable seeds and greeting cards to make money to buy toys. His career began as a financial advisor with storied Investment Banks before founding his own financial firm and then founding several companies as an entrepreneur. His latest booming venture, Outstanding Foods, celebrates plant-based foods and how addictively delicious they can be.
Episode Resources:
Bill Glaser | LinkedIn
Bill Glaser | Instagram
Outstanding Foods | Website
Outstanding Foods | Instagram