Podcasts about disruptive innovation award

Dave Lundahl is passionate about applying consumer insights to create a cleaner, healthier, and happier world through innovation. In 2003, he founded InsightsNow with a vision to apply behavioral science to advance product innovation. This led to the publication of Breakthrough Food Product Innovation Through Emotions Research (2011), receiving the Disruptive Innovation Award from NextGen Marketing Research (2017), securing a U.S. patent for measuring implicit reactions (2024), and now being honored with the 2025 IFT Lifetime Achievement Award for Sensory and Consumer Science. He gives back as a member of the Advisory Boards for the Department of Food Science & Technology and the Marketing Programs in the College of Business at Oregon State University.   https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-lundahl-a6bb45/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/insightsnow/about/ https://insightsnow.com/  

Miki is the CEO and Co-Founder of THINX, a high-tech, beautiful underwear solution for women to wear during their periods. She teamed up with AFRIpads in Uganda to fund a pack of reusable cloth pads for every underwear sold to get millions of girls back in school. To date, Miki and THINX have helped over 30,000 girls go back to school. THINX has gone viral 5 times since launching the company in 2014.Miki was named 2015 Social Entrepreneur of the Year at the World Technology Awards and her Company THINX was named Time Magazine's 25 Best New Inventions of 2015. Miki was also the recipient of the TriBeCa Film Festival's Disruptive Innovation Award and was named one of the “Top 20 Millenials on a Mission” by Forbes.—Recorded live at the global event in California, USA in 2016.Watch Miki's full talk here: www.thedolectures.com/talks/miki-agrawal-breaking-taboos

Welcome to this week’s LOVE YOUR CITY where we chat all things PROPERTY, TECH & PEOPLE. Is it not crazy for people who have are used to great amenities from their experiences with hotels and short-term rentals, to want those same options available in their own homes? Adopting technologies that modernize functions and improve resident experience to differentiate themselves in a competitive environment is key. Property owners and operators are starting to create Airbnb-like experiences for residents. These tend to be a once-off experience that allows these owners to deliver best-in-class resident experiences while creating new revenue streams for themselves. Rental property owners need to create value for their residents if they want to hold onto them. Cleaning, dog walking, dry cleaning and fitness services are some of the hotel-level amenities that apartment firms are offering residents. The evolution is pretty cool to see considering that having a beautiful building in a prime location was everything! Building owners and operators need to evaluate the value for their customers with technology that disrupts the organization and its daily operations. This approach extends beyond the short- term/vacation rental industry. Having applications that allow you to have the ability to determine how far mobile devices are from a specific location or how much time a mobile device spends in one place from another, are valuable insight when you look at shopping centres for instance. After all you want to know the number of customers you have versus how many potential customers you have in a target area. For instance to develop the ideal tenant mix requires analysis of the mobile data generated around a property and fusing this information with household behavioral considerations, to allow owners to make better decisions. A great example of this is the recent strategic partnership between Hotelbeds & easyJet Holidays . The bedbank has signed a five-year accommodation supplier agreement with the airline, with easyJet set to feature handpicked hotels from the platform on its website. The Hotelbeds platform provides access to more than 180,000 unique hotel properties around the world. Hotelbeds has the experience, technology and hotelier relationships available to help airlines implement and grow their tour operating volumes. This deal adds to the over 40 airlines that currently partner with Hotelbeds, including the recently announced partnerships with Singapore Airlines and Luxair. We’ll talk about the 14 best African tech products that were announced at the recent AppsAfrica Awards, which drew interest from over 400 applications from innovators in 52 countries across the continent. Those that are relevant for our chat include Lori Systems (Kenya, Best Mobility Solution), a logistics platform that is revolutionizing the cargo-transport value chain, One Kiosk Africa (Nigeria, Best mCommerce Solution), first online retail platform for convenience stores, RippleNami (Kenya, Best Blockchain Solution), the first visualization platform that consolidates big data and provides information that really matters to users, Carbon (Nigeria, Best Fintech Solution), which allows users to transfer funds, pay bills at lower fees, buy airtime, get instant loans without collateral, and invest money. Liquid Telecom (Kenya, Best IoT Solution),a leading independent data, voice and IP provider in eastern, central and southern Africa, MOJA (Kenya, Disruptive Innovation Award), which is the largest web portal in the country & Flutterwave (Nigeria, Changing Africa Award), an online payment technology. All the winners at the 2019 AppsAfrica Award are expected to participate in the Africa Tech Summit, slated for 2020 in the Rwandan capital, Kigali. At next year’s event, the winners will have access to sponsorships and partnerships from Africa and beyond. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/love-your-city/message

On this episode, I talk with Miki Agrawal. Canadian born entrepreneur and co-founder of WILD (the acclaimed farm-to-table, alternative pizza concept), THINX (a high-tech, period-proof underwear brand), Speax (a high-tech pee-proof underwear brand that helps women manage light bladder leakage), and most recently TUSHY (a company that is revolutionizing the American toilet category with a modern, affordable, designer bidet attachment that both upgrades human health & hygiene as well as the environment from wasteful toilet paper consumption).Miki is a serial social entrepreneur and the recipient of The Tribeca Film Festival’s “Disruptive Innovation Award”, she was named “2017 Young Global Leader by World Economic Forum”, “Social Entrepreneur of the Year” by the World Technology Summit, she was one of INC Magazine’s “Most Impressive Women Entrepreneurs of 2016”, Forbes’ “Top 20 Millennials on a Mission”, and made the cover of Entrepreneur Magazine in 2016. Most recently, she was named Fast Company’s Most Creative People in 2018.Phew! So it goes without saying that Miki is on a mission to stir shit up in the best possible way.What I love most about Miki, is her drive to stand steady in her truth. To speak the words that many dare not speak and to do the things many are too afraid to do. She is a Rebel in every sense of the word. Pushing boundaries, expanding the edges of society, and doing it while still remembering what it’s all really about.Your Host - Katie B

Miki Agrawal (www.mikiagrawal.com) is a serial social entrepreneur. She was the recipient of The Tribeca Film Festival’s “Disruptive Innovation Award”, she was named “2017 Young Global Leader by World Economic Forum”, “Social Entrepreneur of the Year” by the World Technology Summit, she was one of INC Magazine’s “Most Impressive Women Entrepreneurs of 2016”, Forbes’ “Top 20 Millennials on a Mission”, and made the cover of Entrepreneur Magazine in 2016. Most recently, she was named Fast Company’s Most Creative People in 2018. She is the founder of the acclaimed farm-to-table, alternative pizza concept called WILD (www.eatdrinkwild.com) with 3 locations in New York City, one in Guatemala and more on the way. She co-founded THINX (www.shethinx.com), a high-tech, period-proof underwear brand and led the company as CEO to a valuation of over $150 Million and to Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies of 2017, all while helping tens of millions of women period better. She also co-founded Icon, a high-tech pee-proof underwear brand that helps women manage light bladder leakage. She most recently founded TUSHY (www.hellotushy.com), a company that is revolutionizing the American toilet category with a modern, affordable, designer bidet attachment that both upgrades human health & hygiene as well as the environment from wasteful toilet paper consumption. She and her team are also helping fight the global sanitation crisis by bringing clean latrines to underserved communities in India through their partnership with Samagra. Harper Collins published her first book entitled "DO COOL SH*T" on entrepreneurship and lifestyle design and Hay House is publishing her second book “Disrupt-Her” which just came out this March!  Miki is an identical twin, half-Japanese, half-Indian French Canadian, formerprofessional soccer player, graduate of Cornell University and proud new mama of Hiro Happy.

This episode is sponsored by Acuity Scheduling. Check out our Free 20 Minute Acuity Scheduling Training here.Today's episode is about navigating the opportunities you're been given in life. It's a super special and different episode to celebrate our 150th episode!GUEST BIO: Miki Agrawal (www.mikiagrawal.com) is a serial social entrepreneur. She was the recipient of The Tribeca Film Festival’s “Disruptive Innovation Award”, she was named “2017 Young Global Leader by World Economic Forum”, “Social Entrepreneur of the Year” by the World Technology Summit, she was one of INC Magazine’s “Most Impressive Women Entrepreneurs of 2016”, Forbes’ “Top 20 Millennials on a Mission”, and made the cover of Entrepreneur Magazine in 2016. Most recently, she was named Fast Company’s Most Creative People in 2018.She is the founder of the acclaimed farm-to-table, alternative pizza concept called WILD (www.eatdrinkwild.com) with 3 locations in New York City, one in Guatemala and more on the way.She co-founded THINX (www.shethinx.com), a high-tech, period-proof underwear brand and led the company as CEO to a valuation of over $150 Million and to Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies of 2017, all while helping tens of millions of women period better. She also co-founded Icon, a high-tech pee-proof underwear brand that helps women manage light bladder leakage.She most recently founded TUSHY (www.hellotushy.com), a company that is revolutionizing the American toilet category with a modern, affordable, designer bidet attachment that both upgrades human health & hygiene as well as the environment from wasteful toilet paper consumption. She and her team are also helping fight the global sanitation crisis by bringing clean latrines to underserved communities in India through their partnership with Samagra.Harper Collins published her first book entitled "DO COOL SH*T" on entrepreneurship and lifestyle design and Hay House is publishing her second book “Disrupt-Her” that just came out!Miki is an identical twin, half-Japanese, half-Indian French Canadian, former professional soccer player, graduate of Cornell University and proud new mama of Hiro Happy.WHERE TO FIND GUEST: Website - TushyWebsite - DisruptHerInstagramLINKS MENTIONED: See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

WELCOME TO THE COUNTDOWN MY LOVE!! We are now entering into the 100th episode countdown celebration. Grab your party hat and get ready to embark on a soul-tingling journey.  1. Visit www.thejenmavrosshow.com for more show and guest information on every podcast episode. 2. Grab your free gift on jenmavros.com - A four track divinely guided mediation album. Miki Agrawal is a serial social entrepreneur. She was the recipient of The Tribeca Film Festival's “Disruptive Innovation Award”, she was named “2017 Young Global Leader by World Economic Forum”, “Social Entrepreneur of the Year” by the World Technology Summit, she was one of INC Magazine's “Most Impressive Women Entrepreneurs of 2016”, Forbes' “Top 20 Millennials on a Mission”, and made the cover of Entrepreneur Magazine in 2016. Most recently, she was named Fast Company's Most Creative People in 2018. She is the founder of the acclaimed farm-to-table, alternative pizza concept called WILD. She co-founded THINX, a high-tech, period-proof underwear brand.. Co-founder of Icon, a high-tech pee-proof underwear brand that helps women manage light bladder leakage. Most recently she founded TUSHY, a company that is revolutionizing the American toilet category with a modern, affordable, designer bidet attachment.

Radha Agrawal is a community force. She is the Co-Founder and CEO of Daybreaker, an early morning dance movement in 22 cities around the world with a community of over 350,000 members who connect through dance, yoga, music and mischief. Her upcoming book “BELONG: Find Your People Create Community and Live a More Connected Life" published by Workman comes out next fall (September 2018) and open sources all that she learned about community building with methods and exercises she designed so that anyone could create the blueprint for their dream community. She is also the Co-Founder and Partner of THINX, a high-tech, beautiful underwear solution for women to wear during their periods with a growing community of hundreds of thousands of women globally. THINX also supports women and girls in developing countries with a 1 for 1 solution — for every underwear purchased, seven washable reusable cloth pads goes to a girl in Uganda. To date, THINX has helped tens of thousands of girls stay in school.Radha is an identical twin, half-Japanese, half-Indian French Canadian, Division 1 soccer player and graduate of Cornell University.She was the recipient of the TriBeCa Film Festival’s “Disruptive Innovation Award” and was named one of the “Top 20 Millennials on a Mission” by Forbes.   In this episode Michael and Radha talk about: How the idea for Daybreaker was born. Radha’s approach to creating community. Our cultural and personal need for connection and belonging. How to design engaging and compelling experiences. How Radha thinks about using partnerships and collaborations. The impact Daybreaker is hoping to have on college campuses. The challenges of managing a global brand.

Reminder: I'm starting every podcast episode from now on by addressing one topic or answering one question that you bring to my attention via our new WLC Podcast email address: podcast@wholelifechallenge.com. Send along anything you think would be of value for me to see or read, or any thought or question you’d like me to talk about or answer. While I can't guarantee that your question or topic will get addressed on the podcast,  I do promise to read what you send! ------------ Today’s guest is Miki Agrawal is an energetic, passionate bundle of entrepreneurial and creative energy.  She was named 2015 Social Entrepreneur of the Year at the World Technology Awards and her Company THINX was named Time Magazine’s “25 Best New Inventions of 2015″. Miki was also the recipient of the TriBeCa Film Festival’s “Disruptive Innovation Award” and was named one of the “Top 20 Millenials on a Mission” by Forbes Magazine. My connection to her came from the a simple advertisement in my Facebook feed for a product called Tushy (www.tushy.me). It’s a simple and inexpensive add-on bidet for your toilet. I had absolutely no idea when I got it how it would change my post pooping life - as I talk about in the podcast - it’s like my sphincter can rest and recover from 50 years of post-pooping but wiping. I did the math - I’ve wiped over 125,000 times since birth… no wonder it can use some recovery. By the way, we talk very openly and candidly during the podcast about topics that most people keep private. If this makes you uncomfortable, I recommend you put your discomfort aside and listen anyway. Back to the Tushy… I was so stoked about mine, that I almost immediately ordered a second one… and I contacted their customer service, and asked to get introduced to their founder to have her on as a guest on the podcast! During the podcast, Miki talks about how she got where she is today… and what keeps her on track on a daily, weekly and monthly basis. She shares her favorite meditation technique and app, what she’s learned from years of working with a Life Coach, and how she keeps her creative juices flowing (she doesn’t have a shortage of ideas… ever).  I hope you enjoy this conversation as much as I did!

Welcome back my Clan of the Crave Bears! This is the place where we have a non-judgmental space to find out what our cravings really mean. So last week, I mentioned that I was taking a Summer hiatus. Well, a dear friend of mine talked me out of my hiatus! We have too much momentum going to take the Summer off!   Now today I am the Shame Slayer and we are talking about menstruation, and I encourage you to continue to play this episode even if your children or husband are in the room. It’s a very natural part of life and it played a part in all of us being here. So, let’s get rid of the shame surrounding menstruation and just talk about it openly and honestly.   Today’s guest is Miki Agarwal. Miki Agrawal is a force of nature. She was named 2015 Social Entrepreneur of the Year at the World Technology Awards and her Company THINX was named Time Magazine’s “25 Best New Inventions of 2015″. Miki was also the recipient of the TriBeCa Film Festival’s “Disruptive Innovation Award” and was named one of the “Top 20 Millenials on a Mission” by Forbes.   She is the CEO and Co-Founder of THINX, a high-tech, beautiful underwear solution for women to wear during their periods. She teamed up with AFRIpads in Uganda to fund a pack of reusable cloth pads for every underwear sold to get millions of girls back in school. To date, Miki and THINX have helped over 30,000 girls go back to school.   This girl has it going on! Thinx are “period proof panties”. You won’t believe how many girls miss school each year due to menstruation. This is an important product and can truly make a difference in the lives of girls. It’s time to end our body shaming around our periods. You can read the full show notes and access all the resources at www.alexandrajamieson.com/94

What does it take to pursue your dream? For Miki Agrawal, it took a catastrophic event that had a direct impact on her work and her life. It woke her up to three goals she had always wanted to achieve. And it led her to become the serial entrepreneur she is today. Along the way, Miki has been upending industries and winning all kinds of awards, including the Tribeca Film Festival 2013 Disruptive Innovation Award and Forbes 2013 Top 20 Millenials on a Mission. Just this past year, she received the 2015 World Technology Summit Social Entrepreneurship award for her company, THINX, a stain-resistant line of sustainable underwear for women. In this episode, we talk about: the event that prompted Miki to rethink her life the wish list that led her to entrepreneurship the secret to asking others to participate in your dreams how freelance work primed her for working for herself how passion and ignorance go a long way in risk taking the role trial and error play in building a new product Miki shares the ways she is disrupting an industry and prioritizing social responsibility. She also talks about her passion for rethinking culture and confronting cultural taboos. Selected Links to Topics Mentioned   Do Cool Sh*t  WILD Tao Restaurant and Rich Wolf Alex Koren Toms Warby Parker AFRIPads Tushy If you enjoyed the podcast, please rate and review it on iTunes. For automatic delivery of new episodes, be sure to subscribe. Thanks for listening! Thank you to Emmy-award-winning Creative Director Vanida Vae for designing the Curious Minds logo! www.gayleallen.net LinkedIn @GAllenTC

Miki Agrawal is a co-founder of Thinx, a revolutionary women's underwear company that solves a problem for women in the developed world and women in the developing world during "their time of the month." She was a recipient of the 2013 Tribeca Film Festival’s Disruptive Innovation Award and named 2013’s Forbes's Top 20 Millienials On a Mission. She is also the founder of the acclaimed farm-to-table, alternative pizza concept called WILD in NYC.

Miki is a force of nature. She was a recipient of the 2013 Tribeca Film Festival’s “Disruptive Innovation Award” and named 2013’s Forbes’ “Top 20 Millennials On a Mission”. She is the Co-founder and CEO of THINX, a disruptive underwear company.

Miki is a force of nature. She was a recipient of the 2013 Tribeca Film Festival’s Disruptive Innovation Award and named 2013’s Forbes’ Top 20 Millennials On a Mission. She is the Co-founder and CEO of THINX, a disruptive underwear company.