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Welcome to Season 5 of the You Belong in the C-Suite podcast! In this episode, host Laura sits down with Wendy Gonzalez, the CEO of Samasource, a leader in providing high-quality training data for AI technology. Wendy shares her inspiring career journey, from her roots as a child of immigrants to her pivotal role in a mission-driven organization that aims to create jobs in underserved communities. Here are some key takeaways from this conversation: Values Alignment: Wendy shares her pivotal moment of seeking values alignment in her career, emphasizing the importance of agency and opportunity for all individuals, especially in the tech industry. Leadership Lessons: We discuss the unique challenges of leading a double-bottom-line business and how Wendy navigates the complexities of balancing mission-driven goals with business success. Self-Awareness and Feedback: Wendy introduces a powerful exercise she practices—firing and rehiring herself annually—to ensure she remains aligned with the needs of her organization and her team. This practice fosters self-awareness and encourages continuous growth. Building a Values-Driven Culture: Learn how Wendy cultivates a culture of trust and collaboration within her team, emphasizing the concept of "first team" to prioritize collective objectives over individual departments. If you're looking to enhance your leadership skills, gain insights into building a values-aligned career, and learn how to navigate the complexities of today's corporate landscape, this episode is for you! Laura's first book – Values First. How Knowing Your Core Beliefs Can Get You the Life and Career You Want – is now available! Grab your copy today! Love audiobooks? Values First is also available on Audible and Itunes, so be sure to take a listen! Go to www.thecatchgroup.com to check out the show notes, resources, and links mentioned in this episode! Connect with Laura: -Follow The Catch Group on LinkedIn. -Follow the show on Instagram @thecatchgroup. -Enjoying what you hear? Follow and leave a review HERE.  

Leila Janah didn't have the money to start her company, but she didn't let that hold her back. She paid her way through Harvard by cleaning toilets, serving cocktails, and tutoring wealthy students while pitching her sustainable business model to anyone who would listen. Since the inception of her company, Samasource--named as one of Fast Company's most innovative companies in 2016--Leila has employed nearly 10,000 people and helped nearly 35,000 people permanently move above the poverty line. Her customers are some of the world's biggest companies such as Google, Microsoft, Walmart, eBay and she's been profiled in The New York Times, WIRED, Forbes, and Inc. Leila also founded LXMI (pronounced luxe-me) which is the first social impact beauty brand to be sold at Sephora. Meet the founder, author, and social entrepreneur who believes in reversing poverty one job at a time in this episode of Impact Theory with Tom Bilyeu. [Original air date: December 22, 2020]. SHOW NOTES Leila walks through how grit was baked into her upbringing. [2:14 ] Leila talks about post-traumatic growth and how you can build resilience. [5:15] Tom and Leila dive into her personal narrative and how she found refuge in social impact. [7:10] Leila opens up about her struggle with depression and finding nourishment for her soul. [11:20] Leila takes you through the 4-step process that you can use to keep yourself grounded. [15:20] Leila explains the benefits of “the pause.” [17:34] Tom and Leila discuss how she helps people in the gig economy. [20:51] Leila debunks the myth that people who work in service of humanity are flawless. [23:31 ] Leila shines the light on profit versus non-profit and why she chose to launch a benefit corporation.[28:28] Leila shares valuable about what she looks for in team members. [34:20] Tom and Leila go deep on the first steps that she took to start her business. [35:14] Leila recalls living in Ghana and the reverse culture shock she experienced coming home. [42:17] Leila talks about the reality of scarcity and the power of unleashing untapped potential.[49:07] Leila defines the impact that she wants to have on the world. [51:04] FOLLOW LEILA INSTAGRAM: http://bit.ly/2yUJOJT TWITTER: http://bit.ly/1ypYSaC FACEBOOK: http://bit.ly/2c1yQDw LINKEDIN: http://bit.ly/2lrlolO WEBSITE: http://bit.ly/2kNbeWW GIVE WORK WEBSITE: http://bit.ly/2zQiQ39 FOLLOW TOM: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tombilyeu/ Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tombilyeu?lang=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/tombilyeu YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TomBilyeu SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS: Get 5 free AG1 Travel Packs and a FREE 1 year supply of Vitamin D with your first purchase at https://impacttheory.co/AG1pod. Secure your digital life with proactive protection for your assets, identity, family, and tech – Go to https://impacttheory.co/aurapod to start your free two-week trial.  LISTEN AD FREE + BONUS EPISODES on APPLE PODCASTS: apple.co/impacttheory Feeling stuck? Check out Billion Dollar Habits and unlock the mindset strategies that helped me achieve all my goals. This community will show you how to gain clarity and build discipline so you can become the person you've always wanted to be. Click here to learn more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Are you looking for a Third Growth Option ℠ ? Discover the secrets of purpose-driven business success with Anna Maja Bjorkenvall, CEO of Luxme New York. In this episode, Anna shares the transformative power of meaningful work, inspired by the late Laila Janna's philosophy of "give work versus do good." Learn how Luxme and its sister company, SamaSource, uplift marginalized communities through dignified employment, connecting underserved populations with Fortune 500 companies for essential computer tasks. This model highlights how technology can bridge opportunity gaps and promote economic empowerment.We also delve into the intersection of skincare and social impact through Luxme's mission-driven approach. Explore Luxme's authentic journey in sourcing tuka oil from the Surinamese Amazon, in partnership with Conservation International. Anna discusses the challenges of standing out from greenwashing brands and the holistic benefits of a strong social impact initiative. Discover how Luxme's mission enhances employee loyalty and customer advocacy, reduces marketing costs, and boosts engagement and retention. Don't miss this insightful conversation on how purpose can revolutionize business.Always growing.Benno Duenkelsbuehler CEO & Chief Sherpa of (re)ALIGN benno@realignforresults.com

[Original air date: November 7, 2017]. Leila Janah didn't have the money to start her company, but she didn't let that hold her back. She paid her way through Harvard by cleaning toilets, serving cocktails, and tutoring wealthy students while pitching her sustainable business model to anyone who would listen. Since the inception of her company, Samasource--named as one of Fast Company's most innovative companies in 2016--Leila has employed nearly 10,000 people and helped nearly 35,000 people permanently move above the poverty line. Her customers are some of the world's biggest companies such as Google, Microsoft, Walmart, eBay and she's been profiled in The New York Times, WIRED, Forbes, and Inc. Leila also founded LXMI (pronounced luxe-me) which is the first social impact beauty brand to be sold at Sephora. Meet the founder, author, and social entrepreneur who believes in reversing poverty one job at a time in this episode of Impact Theory with Tom Bilyeu. FOLLOW TOM: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tombilyeu/ Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tombilyeu?lang=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/tombilyeu YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TomBilyeu SPONSORS: Get 5 free AG1 Travel Packs and a FREE 1 year supply of Vitamin D with your first purchase at https://bit.ly/AG1Impact. Learn a new language and get 55% off at https://bit.ly/BabbelImpact. Get Exclusive NordVPN deal here ➼ https://nordvpn.com/IMPACT It's risk-free with Nord's 30-day money-back guarantee! Right now, Kajabi is offering a 30-day free trial to start your own business if you go to https://bit.ly/Kajabi-Impact. Visit articulate.com/360 to start a free 30-day trial of Articulate 360. Are You Ready for EXTRA Impact? If you're ready to find true fulfillment, strengthen your focus, and ignite your true potential, the Impact Theory subscription was created just for you. Want to transform your health, sharpen your mindset, improve your relationship, or conquer the business world? This is your epicenter of greatness.  This is not for the faint of heart. This is for those who dare to learn obsessively, every day, day after day. Subscription Benefits: Unlock the gates to a treasure trove of wisdom from inspiring guests like Andrew Huberman, Mel Robbins, Hal Elrod, Matthew McConaughey, and many, many, more New episodes delivered ad-free Exclusive access to Tom's AMAs, keynote speeches, and suggestions from his personal reading list You'll also get access to an 5 additional podcasts with hundreds of archived Impact Theory episodes, meticulously curated into themed playlists covering health, mindset, business, relationships, and more: Legendary Mindset: Mindset & Self-Improvement Money Mindset: Business & Finance Relationship Theory: Relationships Health Theory: Mental & Physical Health Power Ups: Weekly Doses of Short Motivational Quotes  Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3PCvJaz Subscribe on all other platforms (Google Podcasts, Spotify, Castro, Downcast, Overcast, Pocket Casts, Podcast Addict, Podcast Republic, Podkicker, and more) : https://impacttheorynetwork.supercast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Leila Janah – Social Entrepreneur - Samasource Location: Samovar Tea House in San Francisco, CA She has been named to Forbes' “30 under 30”, Fast Company’s “Most Creative People in Business” and Fortune Magazine’s “Most Promising Entrepreneurs”. Leila Janah started a non-profit with $14,000 she won in a business plan competition. Her goal was to reduce global poverty by putting people into jobs where they could earn a living wage. Her company Samasource does just that. Leila takes us to her favorite San Francisco spot, the Samovar Tea House, to eat local, sustainable and socially conscious food and share why this food is the fuel she needs to continue her mission of ending world poverty. Leila passed away in early 2020 but her inspiring mission and work live on. Follow To Dine For:Official Website: ToDineForTV.comFacebook: Facebook.com/ToDineForTVInstagram: @ToDineForTVTwitter: @KateSullivanTVEmail: ToDineForTV@gmail.com Thank You to our Sponsors!American National InsuranceSpiritless - Use promo code TODINEFOR for free shipping Follow Our Guest:Official Site: Sama.com Follow The Restaurant:Official Website: SamovarTea.comFacebook: Facebook.com/SamovarLifeInstagram: @SamovarTea 

Samasource is a platform for training data for machine learning algorithms.

Leila Janah was also the founder of Samaschool, a non-profit focused on reskilling for the new economy and LXMI, an ethical fair-trade, organic skincare company. She passed away at the age of 37 after complications from a rare cancer epithelioid sarcoma in January of 2020. She was driven to create a better world, believing that providing meaningful, dignified, living wage work was the best way to permanently lift people out of poverty. She was extensively recognised, including being named one of Fortune's Most Promising Entrepreneurs. Her book, Give Work: Reversing Poverty One Job at a Time, was released in 2017. Find out more at leilajanahfoundation.org

Check out our Sponsors Butcher Box: Bacon for Life is back! New members get a package of FREE bacon in every box for the life of the subscription at ButcherBox.com/impact Impact Theory University: university.impacttheory.com Relationship Theory YouTube channel: Watch and subscribe https://www.youtube.com/c/RelationshipTheory Impact Theory Planner: amazon.com/shops/impacttheory Leila Janah didn’t have the money to start her company, but she didn’t let that hold her back. She paid her way through Harvard by cleaning toilets, serving cocktails, and tutoring wealthy students while pitching her sustainable business model to anyone who would listen. Since the inception of her company, Samasource--named as one of Fast Company's most innovative companies in 2016--Leila has employed nearly 10,000 people and helped nearly 35,000 people permanently move above the poverty line. Her customers are some of the world’s biggest companies such as Google, Microsoft, Walmart, eBay and she’s been profiled in The New York Times, WIRED, Forbes, and Inc. Leila also founded LXMI (pronounced luxe-me) which is the first social impact beauty brand to be sold at Sephora. Meet the founder, author, and social entrepreneur who believes in reversing poverty one job at a time in this episode of Impact Theory with Tom Bilyeu.   PULLED QUOTES “As an entrepreneur, probably the most important attribute is not quitting.” [2:19] “The only real power we have in the world is choosing our response.” [9:06]   “The only real thing that matters is love. Loving people and being loved yourself.” [16:15]   “Talent is equally distributed and opportunity is not.” [48:43]   SHOW NOTES Leila walks through how grit was baked into her upbringing. [2:14 ] Leila talks about post-traumatic growth and how you can build resilience. [5:15] Tom and Leila dive into her personal narrative and how she found refuge in social impact.[7:10 ] Leila opens up about her struggle with depression and finding nourishment for her soul. [11:20] Leila takes you through the 4-step process that you can use to keep yourself grounded. [15:20] Leila explains the benefits of “the pause.” [17:34] Tom and Leila discuss how she helps people in the gig economy. [20:51] Leila debunks the myth that people who work in service of humanity are flawless. [23:31 ] Leila shines the light on profit versus non-profit and why she chose to launch a benefit corporation.[28:28] Leila shares valuable about what she looks for in team members. [34:20] Tom and Leila go deep on the first steps that she took to start her business. [35:14] Leila recalls living in Ghana and the reverse culture shock she experienced coming home. [42:17] Leila talks about the reality of scarcity and the power of unleashing untapped potential.[49:07] Leila defines the impact that she wants to have on the world. [51:04]   MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: BOOKS Give Work: Reversing Poverty One Job at a Time -http://amzn.to/2yAkU2R [2:27] Option B: Facing Adversity, Building Resilience, and Finding Joy-http://amzn.to/2yb9KgG [6:53] Scarcity: The New Science of Having Less and How It Defines Our Lives -http://amzn.to/2ybathU [48:29]   FOLLOW LEILA INSTAGRAM: http://bit.ly/2yUJOJT TWITTER: http://bit.ly/1ypYSaC FACEBOOK: http://bit.ly/2c1yQDw LINKEDIN: http://bit.ly/2lrlolO WEBSITE: http://bit.ly/2kNbeWW GIVE WORK WEBSITE: http://bit.ly/2zQiQ39   FOLLOW TOM BILYEU TWITTER: http://bit.ly/2iyjY5P INSTAGRAM: http://bit.ly/2j7vqX8 FACEBOOK: http://bit.ly/2hPStWo  

Samasource's Vice President of Product, Duncan Curtis, joins Coruzant Technologies for the Digital Executive podcast.  He shares how Samasource uses both humans and machines to provide the highest output in quality. Due to their unique process, they are able to retrain models extremely quickly and automatically.

In this episode of eCommerce Deep Dive, John Ghiorso talks with Matt Schlicht and Ben Parr, the CEO and Co-founder & President of Octane AI. They discuss what they believe is the potential of creating personalized experiences for consumers online. They describe this transformation by getting to know the customer in new ways and in return having consumers with a higher engagement rate and more confidence in their purchase.   About the Guest: Ben Parr is President and Co-Founder of Octane AI, a platform to fuel brand growth and personalization. Octane AI powers engaging quizzes, data collection, and personalized Messenger and SMS automation. Ben is the author of "Captivology: The Science of Capturing People's Attention" and a board director of the non-profit Samasource. Previously, Ben was the Co-Editor of Mashable, a columnist for CNET, and a venture capitalist. He has sat on the advisor boards of Lufthansa Airlines and various startups. He is a member of Forbes 30 Under 30. Matt is the CEO and Co-Founder of Octane AI, the all-in-one buyer persona marketing suite for eCommerce. Octane AI powers engaging quizzes, data collection, and personalized Messenger and SMS automation. Matt Schlicht is the creator of Chatbots Magazine, the #1 bots and AI publication in the world with over 750,000 readers a year. He is also a TikTok expert with over 800k TikTok followers and the creator of TikTok newsletter The For You Page. Previously, with a focus on digital product design, Matt pioneered one-to-many online live video at Ustream (acquired by IBM), went through YCombinator, and helped grow rapper Lil Wayne from 1 to 30 million fans online. https://www.octaneai.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/mattschlicht/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/benparr/ ----- Connect with John Ghiorso https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnlouisghiorso/ https://twitter.com/johnlghiorso?lang=en Connect with Orca Pacific https://orcapac.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/orcapacific/ https://twitter.com/OrcaPac  

On this week's episode, we are highlighting one of our favorite segments from Mobilize Women Week in August 2020 to you! Wendy Gonzalez, Interim CEO of Samasource and Kristy Wallace, CEO of Ellevate Network dive deep into unexpected circumstances in our lives that propel us to re-evaluate our priorities. Wendy explains the importance and impact of authenticity as a leader and how to stay purposeful when it comes to company responsibilities.

On this week's episode, we are highlighting one of our favorite segments from Mobilize Women Week in August 2020 to you! Wendy Gonzalez, Interim CEO of Samasource and Kristy Wallace, CEO of Ellevate Network dive deep into unexpected circumstances in our lives that propel us to re-evaluate our priorities. Wendy explains the importance and impact of authenticity as a leader and how to stay purposeful when it comes to company responsibilities.

Artificial intelligence is a technology that shows a lot of promise but it's also one that brings up a lot of ethical questions around data privacy, transparency, bias, and more. As VP of Marketing and Strategic Partnerships at Samasource, Heather Gadonniex has a lot of perspective on these issues. Heather's professional background - and Samasource's founding story as a nonprofit dedicated to addressing global poverty - both sit at the intersections of impact and growth. Heather shares lessons and insights on impact marketing, product marketing, and ethics in AI. We cover all of that and more in an interview that will be helpful to any marketer and PR pro who needs to tell the story of complex industries with thorny issues.

Where do Google, Microsoft, and IBM go for training data and data enrichment? AI is driving innovation, competitive advantage, and speed to market ... but what if you don’t have enough training data? And what if your data is raw, not enriched, and you have no metadata to help your AI engine make sense of it? In this episode of TechFirst with John Koetsier, we chat with Wendy Gonzalez, President and CEO of Samasource, which supplies training data for Google, IBM, Microsoft, and a quarter of the Fortune 50.

25% of the Fortune 50 trust Samasource to deliver secure, high-quality training data and validation for the technology teams driving humanity forward. From self-driving cars to smart hardware, Samasource fuels AI. But I wanted to learn more about the story behind this tech success story. Founded over a decade ago, its teams are regarded as experts in image, video, sensor data annotation and validation for machine learning algorithms in industries including automotive, navigation, AR/VR, biotech, agriculture, manufacturing, and e-commerce. Their staff are driven by a mission to expand opportunities for low-income people through the digital economy. Their social business model has helped over 50,000 people lift themselves out of poverty Here in 2020, the pandemic is affecting every tech sector - including AI. But what exactly have been the effects on AI so far? How will companies in this field be impacted in the long-run? Do they need to pivot their business models? These are just a few topics Wendy Gonzalez, President and Interim CEO of Samasource discusses with me. As the leading training data company fueling Silicon Valley’s AI, Samasource has seen firsthand how the pandemic has affected the entire industry. Given Samasource’s vertical expertise, Wendy takes a deep dive into how the autonomous vehicle and virtual reality industries are being impacted. We discuss how AI/ML companies are pivoting business models to adapt to new times and how they are using AI to fight against COVID-19. We also discuss how this pandemic will change the investments made into AI and what AI leaders need to prioritize right now to be successful post-pandemic

This week's featured guest is the CEO of Samasource, Wendy Gonzalez. Samasource is a remarkable company that finds tech jobs for the world's poorest people. Their employees have worked under contracts with companies like Microsoft, Google, and Walmart.

“Real transformation is not just the money … it is the career pathway, the discovery and the building of skills.” – Wendy Gonzalez  In this episode of OneTAKE Live, host Ian Barkin sits down with Wendy Gonzalez, president and interim CEO at Samasource, to discuss her company’s life-altering efforts to bring prosperity to underserved communities around the world through training and technology.   What is the impact of opportunity? For Wendy Gonzalez, it’s a link between humanity and technological advancement. Her company’s founder, the late Leila Janah, passionately believed in the integrity of giving work to people living in poverty, and Wendy is carrying on her important mission. After all, according to Wendy, “The marriage of social impact and business will change the world.” In our current climate, little could be closer to the truth.  Samasource has lifted more than 50,000 people out of poverty in countries like Kenya and Uganda, but its impact doesn’t stop there — it combines technology and human ingenuity to create jobs and offer its workforce and their families a livable wage. By advancing digital literacy and training for people living in poverty, Wendy has found that effecting true change requires more than writing an aid check — it requires an ecosystem of opportunity. From artificial intelligence to gaming systems to elephant conservation efforts, Wendy and Samasource are evolving what impact sourcing means and how it can change the world.   Join us as Wendy discusses AI, impact sourcing and how talent is everywhere — it’s just a matter of opportunity.  Episode Resourceswww.samasource.com  Samasource raises $14.8M for global AI data biz driven from Africa – TechCrunch  How Samasource's CEO helped turn a non-profit into a fully sustaining for-profit  Give Work by Leila Janah  Leila Janah Ted Talk 

This week with the tragic death of Kobe Bryant and his daughter, we also lost another young woman who was such a bright light in the world, helping tens of thousands of people through her social and ethical entrepreneurship, all while fighting a brave battle against a rare form of cancer. Leila Janah is a name that you need to know, if you didn’t already. She was a serial entrepreneur who focused her career on ending global poverty, founding three organizations over her career working across the for-profit and non-profit sectors, including Samasource, Samaschool and Luxmi. Leila’s motto at Samasource was “Give work”. She believed that the best thing you can do to help the global poor, especially women, was not giving charity, but allowing the underpriveliged to benefit economically from their time and talent. She believed that work is dignity. Work is empowerment. It is inclusion. And Samasource proved that everyone could contribute by going into some of the most difficult places on earth, connect them to the Internet, and pay them to provide services to the biggest tech companies in the world. Samasource was able to employ people from underserved areas to train artificial intelligence algorithms. Samaschool, a non-profit program which she also founded teaches primarily low-income workers how to use freelance work to find financial stability or learn new skills through paid job experience. It’s the only organization where city governments officially direct welfare recipients who want to learn how to use flexible work to improve their circumstances. AI, globalization and freelancing are all at the heart of the tech industry’s ethical battles and yet Leila had the compassion and the sharp intellect to create solutions in these areas that benefited thousands. Leila was not only a tech entrepreneur, but she was also deeply connected to nature, which led her to create Luxmi, an ultra-clean skin care brand that uses impact-sourced botanicals that supports biodiversity and social justice. I was lucky enough to introduce Leila on stage at the 2018 Sharjah Entrepreneurship festival where her speech inspired everyone present. She was so smart, so warm, very sharp and so creative, you couldn’t help but be drawn by her. While her social media posts showed her persuing her passions, she also shared her ongoing battle with Epithelioid Sarcoma, a rare form of cancer. Despite her battle, she always had a beeming smile, was always talking about her next project, and always sharing her hopes and dreams. Leila Janah passed away on Thursday at the age of 37. May her legacy and inspiration continue to live on long after she is gone.

It's been a tough week. A thought-provoking week. Today, I'm reflecting on all sorts of ~feelings~ and asking an important question: What is it that you want your legacy to be, and what can you do with the time that you have to make a lasting impact? You don’t need to be an elite athlete, top CEO, or hold some sort of world record to make your mark. OFFERS Beam | Head to beamtlc.com to get 15 percent off your purchase using the code “HURDLE” at checkout. MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE Episode 54, Leila Janah, CEO Samasource & LXMI --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/hurdle/message

Look back to one of our favorite talks from the ETL archives. Entrepreneur Leila Janah describes how her social enterprise Samasource allows people in Africa and elsewhere to lift themselves out of poverty through dignified, fair-wage digital work like photo tagging for companies in Silicon Valley. She celebrates the entrepreneurial spirit in those who survive on next to nothing and explains how giving work is more effective than charity.

What is the power of using the Internet to lift 30,000 people out of poverty through the creation of jobs? That is what did with SamaSource and that is just the beginning. She is the Founder and CEO of Sama Group and Laxmi and an award-winning social entrepreneur. She created an international nonprofit that is now a consortium of three organizations, created jobs, crowdfunds medical procedures, and trains employees at job centers in the US and in Kenya. Join us as she shares her growth from nonprofit to for-profit, the challenges, and risks of entrepreneurship, and the lessons she has learned along the way. About Leila Janah: Leila Janah is the founder and CEO of Sama Group and an award-winning social entrepreneur. Prior to Sama Group, Leila was a visiting scholar with the Stanford Program on Global Justice and Australian National University's Center for Applied Philosophy and Public ethics. She was a founding director of Incentives for Global Health, an initiative to increase R&D spending on diseases of the poor, and a management consultant at Katzenbach Partners (now Booz & Co.). She has also worked at the World Bank and as a travel writer for Let's Go Mozambique, Brazil, and Borneo. Leila is a Young Global Leader of the World Economic Forum, a Director of CARE USA, a 2012 TechFellow, recipient of the inaugural Club de Madrid Young Leadership Award, and in 2014, was the youngest person to win a Heinz Award. She received a BA from Harvard and lives in San Francisco.   Links: Follow Leila on | | |     Find Powerful Conversations on | | |

Hey friends! Welcome back to this exciting episode of The Epic Table Podcast, and today we have an amazing leader and social entrepreneur, Leila Janah, as our guest. Leila is the Founder and CEO of Samasource and LXMI, enterprises that #givework to low-income people around the world using cutting-edge social enterprise models, and share a common social mission to end global poverty by giving work to people in need. In this episode we will talk about her upbringing and success, as well as the inspiration behind all her entrepreneurial endeavors - all the while, we come together at the end to showcase a beautiful and healthy smoothie bowl using one of her amazing LXMI products that you'll definitely want to hear about. You can find out more about Liela and all her work on her website (https://www.leilajanah.com/) and follow her on Instagram (@leilajanah) and Twitter (@leila_c). At the time of publishing this episode, Leila is currently battling cancer. We encourage our listeners to do all they can to support Leila and the social causes she leads.

Let me tell you: Leila Janah is unlike anyone I’ve ever met. She’s compassionate, bold, and a total powerhouse leading up two large (very different) companies, united by a common social mission to end global poverty by giving work to people in need. As a busy founder and CEO, she’s under intense stress all the time. In 2017, she logged nearly 500,000 miles and 44 days (!!) in the air. Then, an unexpected #hurdlemoment happened. She was at a conference in Helsinki that December when she felt a pain in her abdomen and was rushed to the ER. Doctors told her if she had not had an emergency surgery, she would have died. Post-surgery, she developed an infection, was hospitalized for two weeks, and once she was out—leaned into her relationships and love for kite surfing to help her recover. In episode 54, she gives some insight as to what life’s like in some of the world’s poorest countries, and we chat about how she manages it all while making time for her most valuable relationships. Emily’s note: since recording episode, Leila announced that she has a rare but treatable form of cancer called epithelioid sarcoma. Please, send Leila your well-wishes and support on Instagram (@leilajanah). SOCIAL @leilajanah @samasource @lxmioffical @hurdlepodcast @emilyabbate OFFERS Athletic Greens | Head to athleticgreens.com/hurdle to get 20 free travel packs ($79 value) with your first purchase, no code necessary. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/hurdle/message

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Machine learning is often associated with Silicon Valley and expensive, cutting-edge technology. Samasource provides the poorest communities with jobs in the industry to enable local growth in their countries. Leila Janah takes us on a visual journey to Kenya and North Uganda to explain this pressing need to create opportunities. As a non-profit, they aim to lower the global poverty rate while understanding the potential for AI. Full video: https://youtu.be/Re-myC3Iv0M All about TNW Conference: https://tnw.to/conference

**This is the English version of Episode 60 of Revolution Digitale** Leila Janah is the Founder and CEO of Samasource and LXMI, two companies that go beyond charity to #givework to low-income people around the world using cutting-edge social enterprise models. She is a Young Global Leader of the World Economic Forum, a former Board Director of CARE USA, a 2012 TechFellow, recipient of the inaugural Club de Madrid Young Leadership Award, and the youngest person to win a Heinz Award in 2014. She was named one of Fortune’s Most Promising Entrepreneurs in 2014 and was the subject of cover stories in Entrepreneur, Fast Company, and Conscious Company Magazines. She is also the author of the book Give Work, where she literally shows us how it’s possible to build a successful business that lifts people out of poverty! Visitez RevolutionDigitale.fr pour les comptes rendus complets de chaque épisode ! Suivez-nous sur: Instagram - www.instagram.com/revodigitale/  Facebook - www.facebook.com/revolutiondigitale  Twitter - www.twitter.com/revodigitale  Youtube - www.youtube.com/channel/UCQWyIhIUtihUmvpphJ2pzmA 

Leila Janah est la fondatrice et PDG de Samasource et LXMI, deux entreprises qui vont au-delà de leur rôle d'associations caritatives pour donner du travail aux personnes à faible revenu partout dans le monde, en utilisant des modèles d'entreprise sociale d'avant-garde. Elle est une Jeune Leader du Forum Économique Mondial, une ancienne directrice du conseil d'administration de CARE USA, une boursière "tech fellow" 2012, une récipiendaire du premier Prix du leadership du Club de Madrid, et la plus jeune personne à avoir reçu le prix Heinz en 2014. Elle a été nommée comme l'une des entrepreneures les plus prometteuses par le magazine Fortune en 2014 et a fait l'objet de reportages dans les magazines Fast Company et Conscious Company. Elle est également l'auteure du livre "Give Work", où elle nous montre littéralement comment il est possible de construire une entreprise prospère qui aide les gens à sortir de la pauvreté. Visitez RevolutionDigitale.fr pour les comptes rendus complets de chaque épisode ! Suivez-nous sur: Instagram - www.instagram.com/revodigitale/  Facebook - www.facebook.com/revolutiondigitale  Twitter - www.twitter.com/revodigitale  Youtube - www.youtube.com/channel/UCQWyIhIUtihUmvpphJ2pzmA 

Instead of being a one-way blast, marketing is now a two-way conversation. Ben Parr talks with us about the convergence of customer service and marketing. He discusses why you need to be where your customers are. Ben Parr is the author of the best-selling book Captivology: The Science of Capturing People’s Attention -- named the top marketing book of 2015 by Strategy+Business Magazine and Small Business Trends. He is Co-Founder and COO of Octane AI, the CRM for Messenger marketing. He sits on the board of directors of Samasource, the global non-profit dedicated to impact sourcing and giving work and is a member of the advisory board of Lufthansa Airlines. Previously, Parr was a venture capitalist, a columnist and commentator at CNET, and Co-Editor and Editor-at-Large of Mashable. He is a member of the Forbes 30 Under 30.

Luscious Leadership with Danna Lewis Radio Show Ever wonder what goes on behind the scenes of building a multi-million dollar company from the ground-up? How different, and alike, is it from starting and creating your business, your career, your living life to the fullest? Join The Athena Alliance COO & CEO Danna Lewis & Coco Brown for an intimate monthly conversation of challenges, celebrations and possibilities in creating a purpose and people-first driven organization with work-life integration and creating a huge impact in creating a greater world as core priorities. Coco Brown is founder and CEO of The Athena Alliance, an organization dedicated to advancing diversity in the boardroom by preparing executive women for board service and facilitating board matches. Athena boasts a network of over 150 C-Level women, VCs, and CEOs from over 100 companies including Accenture, Amazon, Salesforce.com, and Trinity Ventures. Prior to her current roles, Coco served as President, COO, and Board Director of Taos, a market leader in IT Services. During her 17 years at Taos, Coco led the company through periods of significant accelerated expansion as well as through a managed contraction during the dotcom bust and financial market crisis of 2008. Her exemplary guidance and tenacity during these fluctuating market conditions earned Coco unmatched insight into the leadership decisions necessary to guide an organization through periods of change. In addition to serving on the Board of Taos from 2004 to 2014, Coco served as a Board Director for MentorNet and was on the finance committee supporting the Board of Directors of Samasource, an organization endorsed by luminaries Marc Benioff and Richard Branson for its work eradicating poverty. Coco established the Operating Committee for the Silicon Valley arm of Golden Seeds and also served as its Chair. Coco’s market impact has earned her a variety of leadership awards including Women Supporting Women, Woman Mentor of the Year Award- Silver, Business Woman of the Year Award, Business Services Award – Silver, and Silicon Valley’s Top 100 Women of Influence Award. coco@athenaalliance.org   www.athenaalliance.org   ~ More About Luscious Leadership with Danna Lewis ~ Are you feeling fantastic or frustrated with your days? Are you living your life based on other people’s paths, projections or expectations? What if instead of showing up with a rebellion, resistance, reaction or ‘whatever’ attitude you could lead yourself lusciously with deeper presence, strategic awareness and courageous kindness to create your entire work-life spectrum as a space of possibility, achievement and fulfillment? Danna Lewis will provide you with the topics and framework to bring the art of pragmatic energy and inspired action of luscious leadership into your life to improve your bottom line from the bedroom to the boardroom. What if you you could embody the courageously conscious and kind strategic awareness to create a life, living and love that work deliciously well for you? danna@dannalewis.com www.dannalewis.com For more great content from Danna Lewis on Luscious Leadership, be sure to find all her replays on the archive page here: https://www.inspiredchoicesnetwork.com/podcast/luscious-leadership-with-danna-lewis/

When we see a conference session titled "Lean Data: How to Use Data to Drive Social Progress," you can bet we're signing up, and that's exactly what happened when Account Strategist Whaler Olivia Marlowe-Giovetti went to SXSW last month.  After a great session co-led by Emma Lalley of New Story and Twisha Mehta of Samasource (along with Yuliya Tarasava of CNote), Olivia sat down with Emma and Twisha to talk about the most pressing data questions asked by nonprofits without data departments and how the site traffic you're tracking in Google Analytics can lead you down the path of quantifying major social change.   Emma and Twisha are using the tools available to them towards finding scalable solutions to end global poverty. No big deal, right? As Global Impact Manager of New Story, Emma quantifies and understands the impact of the housing that the organization builds in the developing world. In her role as Senior Impact Manager at Samasource, Twisha handles a similar role in measurement and evaluation of the organization's mission to outsource digital work to unemployed people in the United States and impoverished countries. 

Luscious Leadership with Danna Lewis Radio Show Ever wonder what goes on behind the scenes of building a multi-million dollar company from the ground-up? How different, and alike, is it from starting and creating your business, your career, your living life to the fullest? Join The Athena Alliance COO & CEO Danna Lewis & Coco Brown for an intimate monthly conversation of challenges, celebrations and possibilities in creating a purpose and people-first driven organization with work-life integration and creating a huge impact in creating a greater world as core priorities. Coco is founder and CEO of The Athena Alliance, an organization dedicated to advancing diversity in the boardroom by preparing executive women for board service and facilitating board matches. Athena boasts a network of over 150 C-Level women, VCs, and CEOs from over 100 companies including Accenture, Amazon, Salesforce.com, and Trinity Ventures. Prior to her current roles, Coco served as President, COO, and Board Director of Taos, a market leader in IT Services. During her 17 years at Taos, Coco led the company through periods of significant accelerated expansion as well as through a managed contraction during the dotcom bust and financial market crisis of 2008. Her exemplary guidance and tenacity during these fluctuating market conditions earned Coco unmatched insight into the leadership decisions necessary to guide an organization through periods of change. In addition to serving on the Board of Taos from 2004 to 2014, Coco served as a Board Director for MentorNet and was on the finance committee supporting the Board of Directors of Samasource, an organization endorsed by luminaries Marc Benioff and Richard Branson for its work eradicating poverty. Coco established the Operating Committee for the Silicon Valley arm of Golden Seeds and also served as its Chair. Coco’s market impact has earned her a variety of leadership awards including Women Supporting Women, Woman Mentor of the Year Award- Silver, Business Woman of the Year Award, Business Services Award – Silver, and Silicon Valley’s Top 100 Women of Influence Award. www.athenaalliance.org ~ More About Luscious Leadership with Danna Lewis ~ Are you feeling fantastic or frustrated with your days? Are you living your life based on other people’s paths, projections or expectations? What if instead of showing up with a rebellion, resistance, reaction or ‘whatever’ attitude you could lead yourself lusciously with deeper presence, strategic awareness and courageous kindness to create your entire work-life spectrum as a space of possibility, achievement and fulfillment? Danna Lewis will provide you with the topics and framework to bring the art of pragmatic energy and inspired action of luscious leadership into your life to improve your bottom line from the bedroom to the boardroom. What if you you could embody the courageously conscious and kind strategic awareness to create a life, living and love that work deliciously well for you? danna@dannalewis.com www.dannalewis.com For more great content from Danna Lewis on Luscious Leadership, be sure to find all her replays on the archive page here: https://www.inspiredchoicesnetwork.com/podcast/luscious-leadership-with-danna-lewis/  

The world’s wealthiest countries have donated trillions of dollars in foreign aid, yet billions still struggle to survive. Our efforts to end global poverty clearly aren’t working… but what’s the answer? Leila Janah is the entrepreneur behind the world-changing organization Samasource and the ethical for-profit skincare line, LXMI. She’s devoted her life to figuring out how to have a real and lasting impact on low-income people. Join us as she discusses her new book, “Give Work: Reversing Poverty One Job at a Time” and learn how you can become part of the solution to ending poverty — for good. https://www.marieforleo.com/2018/03/leila-janah-give-work-end-poverty/ It’s about our collective imagination and building the kind of economic system that we all want to live in. @leila_c via @MarieForleo

On today's episode, Tom is talking with Tess Posner, Executive Director at Al4ALL — a new Oakland nonprofit that is introducing artificial intelligence to high school students — and, more specifically — girls. The goal is to help high school students learn to use AI for good and to increase diversity and inclusion in computer science.   AI4ALL is really aligned to one of the recommendations from Getting Smart's December report, “Ask About AI,” which focused on the future of work and learning. In the report, Tom called for connecting experts and high school students to close the guidance gap and help more people use AI for good. AI4ALL is a great example of the solution Tom was envisioning — and as he says, he's nearly “doing jumping jacks” out of excitement for this conversation!   Listen in to hear more about Tess and the work she's doing at AI4ALL, how her interest in AI and computer science formed, how she connected with Samasource and AI4ALL, her take on integrating new tech and AI into schools, and her current mission and goals for AI4ALL.   Key Takeaways: [1:47] In 2015, Tom started noticing the rise of AI and made it his personal study topic for 2016. He reads some excerpts from his “Ask About AI” paper and how he discovered AI4ALL. [5:47] Where Tess went to high school and how that helped give her an interest in the education field. [6:43] Why Tess studied math at St. John's College. [8:27] What sparked Tess' interest in social entrepreneurship. [10:26] The importance of traveling as a learning experience. [10:52] How Tess came about connecting with Samasource. [12:44] How Tess' interest in AI formed. [15:32] When and how Tess spotted the guidance gap in STEM careers (including AI). [18:11] The founding story of AI4ALL and what the alumni have gone on to accomplish. [20:55] How Tess sees AI4ALL's mission today. [22:00] About AI4ALL's current focus: After-school and summer camp programs. [23:03] What's on AI4ALL's roadmap. [24:16] The challenge of educating teachers on AI and integrating new tech into schools. [27:15] Tess's take on the current ‘coding for all' trend. [29:25] Where to find out more about Tess and AI4ALL. [29:46] About Tess's SXSWedu panel and SXSW Interactive panel.   Mentioned in This Episode: If you'll be at SXSWedu, tweet the team @Getting_Smart and use #SXSWedu, or email Jessica at Jessica@Gettingsmart.com to set up a time to meet!   SXSWedu Events: Join Tom on Tuesday for a meetup on The Rise of AI & What It Means for Education. And join Tess on Wednesday for her panel on AI in Education: Opportunities & Challenges.   AI4ALL “Ask about AI: The Future of Learning and Work,” by Tom Vander Ark Hewlett Foundation Smart Cities That Work for Everyone, by Tom Vander Ark with Mary Ryerse South Shore Charter Public School St. John's College In Defense of a Liberal Education, by Fareed Zakaria Samasource Samaschool Tech Hire Initiative IBM Watson Stanford University University of California, Berkeley Princeton University Carnegie Mellon University CreAIte Code.org CSforALL   Get Involved: Check out the blog at GettingSmart.com. Find the Getting Smart Podcast on iTunes, leave a review and subscribe.   Is There Somebody You've Been Wanting to Learn From or a Topic You'd Like Covered? To get in contact: Email Jessica@GettingSmart.com, Tweet @Getting_Smart, or leave a review. The Getting Smart team will be sure to add them to their list!

Entrepreneur Leila Janah describes how her social enterprise Samasource allows people in Africa and elsewhere to lift themselves out of poverty through dignified, fair-wage digital work like photo tagging for companies in Silicon Valley. She celebrates the entrepreneurial spirit in those who survive on next to nothing and explains how giving work is more effective than charity.

Entrepreneur Leila Janah describes how her social enterprise Samasource allows people in Africa and elsewhere to lift themselves out of poverty through dignified, fair-wage digital work like photo tagging for companies in Silicon Valley. She celebrates the entrepreneurial spirit in those who survive on next to nothing and explains how giving work is more effective than charity.

Entrepreneur Leila Janah describes how her social enterprise Samasource allows people in Africa and elsewhere to lift themselves out of poverty through dignified, fair-wage digital work like photo tagging for companies in Silicon Valley. She celebrates the entrepreneurial spirit in those who survive on next to nothing and explains how giving work is more effective than charity.

Leila Janah and Jenna discuss the Give Work philosophy of shifting the view of people in poverty as those who need aid to equal producers and participants in the global economy. Leila shares how the future of work will require everyone to be an entrepreneur and how Samasource is training people to be competitive in the digital world. We discuss launching and building her skincare company LXMI with a Give Work mentality, incorporating as a B Corporation, the power of supply chain, and why we need to shift from the idea of shareholder capitalism to stakeholder capitalism. Leila also dives into her personal journey, including her experience with a group of Fortune 100 CEOs and Pope Francis at The Vatican,  lessons like ‘Embrace what is, not what you thought should be,' and seeking inspiration and solace in nature — To gain insight, feel small compared to something bigger. Most importantly, she shares a reminder that we have an obligation to make a difference for others.

Today Boss Level Podcast is covering one of the biggest problems in the world, poverty. My guest is Leila Janah who runs two companies aimed at helping the extremely poor by giving them work. One of her companies, Samasource, provides digital work in developing countries, and the other, LXMI, is an organic and fair trade skin care brand employing women. In addition to talking about businesses, we discuss how companies can measure impact.

Leila Janah didn’t have the money to start her company, but she didn’t let that hold her back. She paid her way through Harvard by cleaning toilets, serving cocktails, and tutoring wealthy students while pitching her sustainable business model to anyone who would listen. Since the inception of her company, Samasource--named as one of Fast Company's most innovative companies in 2016--Leila has employed nearly 10,000 people and helped nearly 35,000 people permanently move above the poverty line. Her customers are some of the world’s biggest companies such as Google, Microsoft, Walmart, eBay and she’s been profiled in The New York Times, WIRED, Forbes, and Inc. Leila also founded LXMI (pronounced luxe-me) which is the first social impact beauty brand to be sold at Sephora. Meet the founder, author, and social entrepreneur who believes in reversing poverty one job at a time in this episode of Impact Theory with Tom Bilyeu. PULLED QUOTES 1. “As an entrepreneur, probably the most important attribute is not quitting.” [3:59] 2.“The only real power we have in the world is choosing our response.” [10:45] 3.“The choice to take that painful experience and mold it into something positive for the world is I think the deepest kind of healing we can have as humans.” [11:40] 4.“The only real thing that matters is love.Loving people and being loved yourself.” [17:55] 5.“It’s important that we don’t absolve ourselves of a moral duty to act. We all have that duty to act. You don’t have to be flawless.” [26:25] 6.“I think the most worthwhile, worthy things in life are just the result of a lot of painful, enduring failure.” [30:12] 7.“I think there’s a certain vulnerability that comes from not having a lot of stuff.” [44:13] 8.“Talent is equally distributed and opportunity is not.” [48:02] SHOW NOTES Leila walks through how grit was baked into her upbringing. [3:27] Leila talks about post-traumatic growth and how you can build resilience. [6:30] Tom and Leila dive into her personal narrative and how she found refuge in social impact.[8:38] Leila opens up about her struggle with depression and finding nourishment for her soul. [12:55] Leila takes you through the 4-step process that you can use to keep yourself grounded. [17:00] Leila explains the benefits of “the pause.” [19:11] Tom and Leila discuss how she helps people in the gig economy. [22:46] Leila debunks the myth that people who work in service of humanity are flawless. [25:28] Leila shines the light on profit versus non-profit and why she chose to launch a benefit corporation.[27:02] Leila shares valuable about what she looks for in team members. [30:03] Tom and Leila go deep on the first steps that she took to start her business. [34:42] Leila recalls living in Ghana and the reverse culture shock she experienced coming home. [40:36] Leila talks about the reality of scarcity and the power of unleashing untapped potential.[48:00] Leila defines the impact that she wants to have on the world. [50:23] MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE BOOKS Give Work: Reversing Poverty One Job at a Time -http://amzn.to/2yAkU2R [2:27] Option B: Facing Adversity, Building Resilience, and Finding Joy-http://amzn.to/2yb9KgG [6:53] Scarcity: The New Science of Having Less and How It Defines Our Lives -http://amzn.to/2ybathU [48:29] ORGANIZATIONS Samasource-http://bit.ly/2tukCrw [1:01] LXMI-http://bit.ly/2iIR3OJ [2:22] Sama Hope -http://bit.ly/2ycYwfY [12:23] Sama School -http://bit.ly/2ieFpXS [22:41] PEOPLE Sheryl Sandberg -http://bit.ly/2dT0nJ3 [6:51] Ben Horowitz -http://bit.ly/2afpSlU [30:05] Muhammad Yunus- http://bit.ly/2yVYIPX [36:23] TERMINOLOGY B-Corporation -http://bit.ly/2yVUdoI [29:03] BONUS Leila’s Booklist on Medium -http://bit.ly/2yWeqee FOLLOW LEILA INSTAGRAM: http://bit.ly/2yUJOJT TWITTER: http://bit.ly/1ypYSaC FACEBOOK: http://bit.ly/2c1yQDw LINKEDIN: http://bit.ly/2lrlolO WEBSITE: http://bit.ly/2kNbeWW GIVE WORK WEBSITE: http://bit.ly/2zQiQ39

The world’s wealthiest countries have donated over $2 trillion dollars in foreign aid to the world’s poorest people. Yet, despite this, 2.8 billion people worldwide still struggle to survive every day. We need a better solution. In GIVE WORK: Reversing Poverty One Job at a Time, social entrepreneur and Founder and CEO of Samasource and LXMI, Leila Janah contends that giving dignified, steady, fair-wage work is the most effective way to eradicate global poverty. Leila is the Founder and CEO of Samasource and LXMI, two companies that share a common social mission to end global poverty by giving work to people in need.  Picking up where Dambisa Moyo’s Dead Aid leaves off, GIVE WORK debunks traditional and trendy aid models and offers much-needed solutions. One of her proposals is the tried-and- true “impact sourcing” business model Samasource uses of empowering a new generation of workers in all corners of the world—from the refugee camps of Kenya to rural Arkansas to the blighted neighborhoods of California—with the tools and resources they need to do digital work for companies like Google, Walmart, and Microsoft. Leila Janah is on a mission to eradicate poverty. She dismantles the current thinking on charity and the West’s view of those most in need; she shows how traditional aid is broken, and argues that the solution rests in progressive business models, weaving together private, public, and nonprofit sectors. Powered by Janah’s own story, GIVE WORK also puts faces to the people whose lives have been transformed through obtaining steady work and earned income. We can end extreme poverty. Janah in GIVE WORK delivers a powerful and inspiring vision for the future of the global workforce in the digital age, offering a blueprint for how companies can tap into this population of people, all while making a tremendous difference. Resources Mentioned In The Episode Book: GIVE WORK: Reversing Poverty One Job at a Time: https://www.amazon.com/Give-Work-Reversing-Poverty-Time/dp/0735211892 Samasource: https://www.samasource.org/ LXMI: https://lxmi.com/ Personal Website: http://www.leilajanah.com/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Our GuestBen Parr is the author of the best-selling book Captivology: The Science of Capturing People’s Attention-- named the top marketing book of 2015 by Strategy+Business Magazine and Small Business Trends. He is Co-Founder and CMO of Octane AI, the CRM for Messenger marketing. He sits on the board of directors of Samasource, the global non-profit dedicated to impact sourcing and giving work and is a member of the advisory board of Lufthansa Airlines. Previously, Parr was a venture capitalist, a columnist and commentator at CNET, and Co-Editor and Editor-at-Large of Mashable. He is a member of the Forbes 30 Under 30.Here are the highlights of our conversation with our guest:Ben is passionate about two aspects: solving a complex problem which he has not solved before and creating a scalable solution to that problem. He believes it’s never enough to just solve a problem then move on, what excites him is scaling the solution to the entire planet. He started with this inclination in college and this got crystalized when he became an editor in Mashable. He believes that he has the ability, thus, the responsibility to change the world for the better. It’s part of the reason why he does a lot of the things he does.From editor to VC, to being an author and starting a company, he shares that the rudimentary skillsets needed in each of these roles are the same. It is the switching that’s hard because people can be super focused in one thing and be great at that but when you change roles, your primary focus will shift and you need to exercise those muscles that you have not flexed that much.Captivology: The Science of Capturing People’s Attention is a book that Ben has written and he shares that it is a deep dive into the psychology and science of attention. He wrote it because lots of companies come to him for him when it comes to items such as press, marketing, user acquisition that he realized all these areas fall around the same thing, which is attention. Thereby, going deeper in this subject could be helpful. He went through years of research, interviewed about 50 experts to understand the key things which trigger attention, the seven stages of attention and how to capture attention in each of those stages.The seven stages of attention go in the order of how early in the stages of attention they happen:1 - Automaticity – automatic sensations and how certain colors captivate our attention automatically versus others.2 - Framing – we use framing to decide which things to pay attention to or not.3 - Disruption – we pay attention to the things which violate our expectations of the world.4 - Reward – certain types of rewards and the way they are delivered change the way we behave.5 - Mysteries – the right kind of storytelling captivate our attention for a lot of psychological reasons.6 - Acknowledgment – we pay attention to the people and things which pay attention to us and provide us validation, empathy and understanding.7 - Reputation – triggers our attention based on reputable sources of information, the power of experts, and the power of the crowd.About Octane AI: Messenger marketing is the new email marketing. Billions of people used messaging apps and if you need to reach the younger demographic, you need a software which could communicate to build campaigns to reach this audience to do all that but it is yet to exist. This is where Octane AI comes in. It’s built as a CRM using bots and AI in order to automatically communicate with customers starting with Facebook Messenger and eventually to other platforms. Their target market is companies and brands which are already established. Octane AI can be used for awareness but it is especially ideal for lead generation and conversation. Their biggest challenge right now is writing content for conversation. Writing for newsletters or blogs is one thing but writing content for conversation is another. It’s different and you have to script out what you are going to say and what you want your audience to respond. Once you get the hang of it, the possibilities open up so it’s a new thing that we have to learn.

Leila Janah believes that giving dignified, steady, fair wage work is the most effective way to eradicate poverty. She is the founder of the non-profit, Samasource. Her new book is Give Work: Reversing Poverty One Job At A Time. Resources: * http://www.leilajanah.com/ – Website * http://givework.org/ – Give Work * @leilajanah – Instagram * @leila_c – Twitter * @leilajanah – Facebook Page * Buy her book, Give Work: Reversing Poverty One Job At A Time Sponsored by: * LEADx.org – subscribe to become 1% better every single day Subscribe on iTunes to join our Ambassadors Club: Please click here to subscribe on iTunes, and leave a quick rating. Nothing matters more for bringing the podcast to the attention of others. After you subscribe and leave a review, send an email to info at leadx dot org to let us know, and we'll invite you into the private LEADx Ambassadors Group on Facebook. Group members are eligible for ridiculously good prizes each month, have special access to me and LEADx guests, discounts on live events, and of course it's a great forum for peer-learning and support. Share: And, by all means, if you know someone you think would benefit, please spread the word by using the share buttons below. — What is LEADx and The LEADx Show with Kevin Kruse? Imagine if you could have the world's best executive coaches and leadership mentors whispering into your ear every morning on your way to work. Every weekday, there will be a new episode of The LEADx Leadership Show with an interview from a different thought leadership or business expert. Many of these guests are thought leaders, famous authors or high-profile CEOs from innovative startup companies. Others are creatives, artists, entrepreneurs or corporate career leaders. They have all achieved extreme success and they are willing to share practical advice on how to advance your career and develop your leadership and management skills by offering daily career tips on time management, productivity, marketing, personal branding, communication, sales, leadership, team building, talent management and other personal development and career development topics. There will be a new episode waiting for you every day just in time for your morning commute, morning treadmill session or whatever else it is you do to start your day. LEADx isn't just the name of this new podcast, it's the name of a digital media and online learning company that is re-imagining professional development for millennials and career driven professionals looking to break into manager roles or excel in current leadership and management roles. If you're looking for management training or professional development that is delivered in a fun and engaging way, sign up for our daily newsletter at LEADx.org. It's packed with life hacks, daily career tips and leadership challenges that will turn you into a high potential leader in no time. What does LEADx stand for? We are exploring leadership. We are about NEXT GENERATION leadership. We believe that professional training and workplace education has not kept up with advances in digital media. Today's emerging leaders and management professionals just don't find 5 day workshops or eLearning modules to be very compelling.

Great entrepreneurs have that rare ability to take risks that others find crazy, coupled with a single-minded determination that allows them to bring their visions to life. But some of us want to do much more with that talent than simply create a profitable company. Some of us want to change the world for the better. If that sounds like you, you're going to want to hear what Samasource founder Leila Janah has to say in this episode, as that's exactly what she's done during her incredible career. Janah runs one of the most influential social enterprises around, responsible for raising over 30,000 people around the world up from poverty, and rebuilding entire communities. Rather than the typical charity model of distributing donations to make an impact, Janah realized early on that in order to combat global poverty, she needed to come up with a more innovative solution. She decided to build a social enterprise that operates like a business, but in service of reducing poverty. Janah focused on empowering poverty stricken communities in India, Haiti, Uganda, and more, contacting companies like Google and Microsoft that were looking to outsource their work, and training individuals with the skills they needed to complete that work. This revolutionary business model has changed the way people think of success when it comes to social enterprises. Janah has shown what happens when you use the powers of entrepreneurship for something other than just profit, and the world is so much better of for it. In this episode you'll learn: The role of the entrepreneur when it comes to social enterprises Keys to leading and managing a global enterprise with thousands of employees How to pitch your social enterprise to investors and secure funding Why every business should be looking to make a difference in the world The skills that every entrepreneur needs to succeed, no matter what industry you're in & so much more!

Across industries, the ability to grow your business without overinvesting resources is of utmost importance. Nonprofits face a unique challenge in being forced to run a lean ship without the safety net of VC money. The Sama team has turned constraints in resources into lessons on being mindful in how they run and build their business. Wendy Gonzalez, SVP & Managing Director of Samasource, explains how to apply nonprofit tactics to ensure the long-term success of your company, regardless of your funding source or the type of business you run.

Leila Janah is a human dynamo and one of the most exciting voices in the world of social entrepreneurship. After starting her career in management consulting, she quit to pursue her passions full time and has founded TWO companies. The first is Samasource, a non-profit that lifts people out of poverty via hiring them to do data work - and their clients now include the likes of Walmart, eBay, Google. And more recently she started LXMI a luxury skincare brand that sources rare ingredients from poor countries and thereby helps lift women out of poverty. Oh - and in case she didn’t have enough on her plate she’s also the author of the forthcoming book Give Work, the thesis of which is that giving work is the most powerful solution for ending global poverty. Today on the podcast, * She tells the story of sending Reid Hoffman a message on LinkedIn (which he replied to) * Why it’s limiting and ultimately a non-solution to operate from the idea that handouts are the answer to poverty - why “giving work” is the real answer * The power of surrounding yourself with the right people Enjoy! Show notes and links for this episode can be found at www.chasejarvis.com/podcast. This podcast is brought to you by CreativeLive. CreativeLive is the world's largest hub for online creative education in photo/video, art/design, music/audio, craft/maker and the ability to make a living in any of those disciplines. They are high quality, highly curated classes taught by the world’s top experts -- Pulitzer, Oscar, Grammy Award winners, New York Times best selling authors and the best entrepreneurs of our times.

Leila, the founder of Samasource and LXMI joins to talk about entrepreneurial resilience and how to avoid ‘punk-ing out’. We talk about emotional stability, balance, and the lack thereof. When to stay the course vs. swerve.

A lot of people can recognize an opportunity, but what separates an entrepreneur from the rest of us is the ambition and courage to seize on that opportunity. The opportunity Leila Janah recognized was enormous. Lucky for her, and the rest of us, she had the ambition to match it. Her goal? Fighting world poverty. Ever since founding Samasource in 2008, Janah has impacted the lives of more than 30,000 people, raising thousands up from the poorest parts in India, Haiti, Uganda, and more. Janah has been internationally recognized for her work, with accolades coming from the world's most prestigious universities and publications like the New York Times, Fortune, and Entrepreneur. The opportunity Janah saw was a simple one. There was a trend in the globalizing economy of companies looking to outsource their work, and she wanted to tap into that trend by giving people living in extreme poverty the training and skills needed to fill these jobs. With the idea that by providing people with the right skills could help them rise out of poverty, Janah managed to pioneer a unique and inspiring social enterprise. In taking on such a massive problem, Janah has faced virtually every hurdle that can be faced in her eight-year journey as a social entrepreneur, and it looks like nothing is going to keep that bold ambition in check. In this week's episode you'll learn: The business of tackling the world's largest problems How to find and instill passion into the people who work around you The strategy of divide and conquer when it comes to nonprofits How to keep it simple with project management and personal goals What you can accomplish as a social entrepreneur if you put your mind to it & much more!

Leila Janah and Luis von Ahn are two of the 17 MakeTechHuman Agents of Change Join us to discuss making a global impact through technology. Leila has created a platform for digital work, serving impoverished people around the world, and Luis has created a global learning platform to help people learn languages. And don't forget that you personally will be able to learn Klingon on Duolingo. 

Can digital work fight poverty? Can companies be profitable and also do social good -- especially in a society where the proxy for value is capital and much of that value accrues to platforms? And finally, what's the difference between a mission-driven and 'social' entrepreneur? Samasource, a nonprofit that uses technology to connect marginalized people around the world to digital work, is one attempt at answering those questions. In this segment of the a16z Podcast, we talk with founder and CEO Leila Janah about employment of all kinds -- from sweatshop work to the gig economy to remote work. Janah also argues what the nonprofit world should borrow from for-profit startups -- including attitudes around failure and better measures of success. The views expressed here are those of the individual AH Capital Management, L.L.C. (“a16z”) personnel quoted and are not the views of a16z or its affiliates. Certain information contained in here has been obtained from third-party sources, including from portfolio companies of funds managed by a16z. While taken from sources believed to be reliable, a16z has not independently verified such information and makes no representations about the enduring accuracy of the information or its appropriateness for a given situation. This content is provided for informational purposes only, and should not be relied upon as legal, business, investment, or tax advice. You should consult your own advisers as to those matters. References to any securities or digital assets are for illustrative purposes only, and do not constitute an investment recommendation or offer to provide investment advisory services. Furthermore, this content is not directed at nor intended for use by any investors or prospective investors, and may not under any circumstances be relied upon when making a decision to invest in any fund managed by a16z. (An offering to invest in an a16z fund will be made only by the private placement memorandum, subscription agreement, and other relevant documentation of any such fund and should be read in their entirety.) Any investments or portfolio companies mentioned, referred to, or described are not representative of all investments in vehicles managed by a16z, and there can be no assurance that the investments will be profitable or that other investments made in the future will have similar characteristics or results. A list of investments made by funds managed by Andreessen Horowitz (excluding investments and certain publicly traded cryptocurrencies/ digital assets for which the issuer has not provided permission for a16z to disclose publicly) is available at https://a16z.com/investments/. Charts and graphs provided within are for informational purposes solely and should not be relied upon when making any investment decision. Past performance is not indicative of future results. The content speaks only as of the date indicated. Any projections, estimates, forecasts, targets, prospects, and/or opinions expressed in these materials are subject to change without notice and may differ or be contrary to opinions expressed by others. Please see https://a16z.com/disclosures for additional important information.

Leilah Janah founded Samasource to connect the poorest people in developing countries to digital work through a pioneering approach she calls “impact sourcing.” We spoke in 2015 and we’re re-releasing this episode now because she’s written a book based on her experiences called “Give Work.”

How can we use technology to support sustainable development? In this university podcast, media expert Tim O’Reilly discusses notions of collective intelligence, man-machine symbiosis, and real-time feedback loops from sensors to provide a context for understanding the role of tools like FrontlineSMS, Ushahidi, Crowdflower, Samasource in powering the future. He considers Google’s autonomous vehicle and unpacks the technology behind it to provide deeper insight into where technology is taking us. O’Reilly delivered his remarks at the USRio+2.0 Conference hosted at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. https://ssir.org/podcasts/entry/technology_and_environmental_sustainability

IPv6 transition with Leredo, content filters for Internet, erasing Skype history, Profiles in IT (Leila Chirayath Janah, founder of Samasource), Tech Moment from History (first webcam displayed a coffee pot), iPad2 specifications released (dual core A5 chip, iOS4.3, front and rear camera, faster graphics, 33% thinner, same price, same battery life, sales start March 11), iPad Ecosystem allows lower pricing (no licensing fee with Apple-only tech, direct sales to consumers, App Store, iTunes, iBooks for additional sales), Libya blocks Internet access (traffic tracked with Google transparency report, government changed routes rather than shut down ISPs), and Internet governance update (NTIA seeks guidance on role and management of IANA, ISOC plans to respond, important policy decisions will come from this action). This show originally aired on Saturday, March 5, 2011, at 9:00 AM EST on WFED (1500 AM).

IPv6 transition with Leredo, content filters for Internet, erasing Skype history, Profiles in IT (Leila Chirayath Janah, founder of Samasource), Tech Moment from History (first webcam displayed a coffee pot), iPad2 specifications released (dual core A5 chip, iOS4.3, front and rear camera, faster graphics, 33% thinner, same price, same battery life, sales start March 11), iPad Ecosystem allows lower pricing (no licensing fee with Apple-only tech, direct sales to consumers, App Store, iTunes, iBooks for additional sales), Libya blocks Internet access (traffic tracked with Google transparency report, government changed routes rather than shut down ISPs), and Internet governance update (NTIA seeks guidance on role and management of IANA, ISOC plans to respond, important policy decisions will come from this action). This show originally aired on Saturday, March 5, 2011, at 9:00 AM EST on WFED (1500 AM).