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In this episode, Melisa is excited to introduce Robert Reich. Robert is an entrepreneurial executive with 30+ years of experience creating and refining consumer and enterprise software solutions. He's the managing partner of R2, a consulting firm that specializes in crafting AI solutions and strategically pinpointing areas for transformative change while cultivating organizational wisdom for informed, ethical AI adoption.Robert was named inventor on six patents, has served as an advisory board member with Silicon Flatirons an adjunct professor at the University of Colorado, and a mentor at Unreasonable Institute.In this episode, Melisa and Robert discuss the nuanced aspects of AI strategy, AI implementation, and the exciting potential of voice interface in technology.Then Robert shares his secret for building a strong reputation – positioning oneself as an expert through platforms like podcasts, blogs, or events. He also provides recommendations to consultants on how to leverage AI in their consulting service offerings.Don't miss this episode, especially so you have the #1 step Robert recommends consultants take so you can leverage AI into their consulting business and client offerings.Click here for the full show notes and more information, including Melisa's blog article - AI in Consulting: How to Future-Proof Your Consulting BusinessAnd click here for more on coaching tailored to you as an independent consulting business owner.

Program Notes Being a woman of European decent, I always look forward to and value the opportunity to speak with women who are leaders in DE&I for the chance to discover more of my own unconscious bias that was trained from birth. The privilege of having Dr. Sacha Joseph-Mathews as a guest was a powerful experience in this direction. Her wisdom about how common it is to overlook the oppressions of those around us served to heighted my own awareness of oppressive nuances I might have previously overlooked. Combining this with her clear reminder to be mindful of the oppressions that are not external, but rather radiate from within is a call to each of us to listen internally with as much attention as we pay to the outer environment. I am still contemplating her invitation to learn what being our authentic self is, and to notice how some relationships are not healthy for maintaining authenticity. I invite you to tune in to discover how the powerful illuminations of this powerful and generous woman can enhance your own life and perceptions.   BIO: Dr. Sacha Joseph-Mathews is the Assistant Dean for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and a Marketing Professor in the Eberhardt School of Business at the University of the Pacific. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Mass Communications from the University of the West Indies, Mona campus, a Masters of Science degree in Tourism and Hospitality Management, and a PhD in Business Administration with a specialization in marketing. She obtained both her Masters and PhD degrees from Florida State University. Professor Joseph-Mathews has been working and teaching in undergraduate, graduate and executive education for over 10 years. Dr. Joseph-Mathews has taught classes in the United States, the Caribbean Asia and Africa in international marketing, international business, marketing management, services marketing, advertising and promotions, hospitality and services management, entrepreneurial marketing, customer service, diversity management and event planning. She has presented and published articles in tourism, marketing, advertising, ethical consumption, diversity and inclusion, green consumerism, supply chain management and international trade. As a professor Dr. Mathews has been actively involved in community outreach which has led her to work with social entrepreneurs across the world teaching them marketing fundamentals. She is particularly passionate about working with female social entrepreneurs. In addition to being an academic, Professor Joseph-Mathews has worked as a researcher and DEI consultant for many non-profit and for-profit organizations, across the globe. These organizations including the State of Florida, Ashoka Arab World, FLIP Uganda, Unreasonable Institute, The Lodi Police Department, San Joaquin Sheriffs, Unreasonable East Africa, Bay Area Rapid Transit, Metro LA, Access Transit, Lodi Unified School District, Arthur Lok Jack School of Graduate Studies, the University of the West Indies and the Florida Chamber of Commerce. Her work as a DEI consultant has led her to do DEI strategic planning with boards, train senior managers and C suite executives and facilitate listening tours and unconscious bias workshops with large and small organizations alike. Prof. Mathews is an avid traveller and has visited almost 50 countries. She and her husband Noren live in Elk Grove with their two girls; Naeomi and Lailoni.     Links Website: https://business.pacific.edu/campus-directory/sacha-joseph-mathews Preferred contact information: sjoseph@pacific.edu LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sacha-joseph-mathews-phd-b6b420b/  

Ami Shah is the Co-Founder and CEO of Peekapak, an award-winning social-emotional learning platform that engages elementary and middle school students to learn skills like self-regulation, empathy and teamwork and reaches over 450,000 educators and students. Peekapak does this using stories, evidence-based lessons, and game-based learning. Behind-the-scenes, teachers, and administrators receive real-time reports showing a student's progress and emotional state.  This empowers educators to be proactive in helping curb future mental health issues. Educators can share pre-written class updates, activities, and stories with families to reinforce learning at home in English and Spanish. Peekapak is backed by; Silicon Valley-based accelerator, Imagine K12, the Edtech vertical of Y Combinator and the Unreasonable Institute. Ami has earned an MBA from INSEAD, a BBA from Wilfrid Laurier University and is passionate about improving youth education, and has previously taught in K–4 classrooms and advised & volunteered at education-related non-profit organizations. Ami has been featured on Toronto Life, Flare, TechVibes, CBC and numerous other outlets.  Ami has also spoken on topics such as social-emotional learning, student well-being, and mental health and education technology. Ami has spoken at conferences such as SXSWedu, Future of Education Technology Conference, LearnLaunch, ASU GSV and many more. Overcoming the barriers Interviewed over 300 educators to find out if SEL is actually important. It's really hard to fit this in if it's not required. Weren't taught this, how am I expected to teach this to my students Shouldn't parents be teaching this? How to involve parents in SEL. Family Well-being nights How to be a transformative principal? Help people feel heard. Sponsors Pikmykid Improve your school dismissal and safety response with Pikmykid, the Schools Safety and Dismissal Platform. Help move your dismissal from chaos to calm, get kids to their families faster and safer.  Visit pikmykid.com/be to learn more Transformative Principal Mastermind Lead a school everyone can be proud of. Being a principal is tough work. You're pulled in all kinds of directions. You never have the time to do the work that really matters. Join me as I help school leaders find the time to do the work they became principals to do. I help you stop putting out fires and start leading. Learn more at https://transformativeprincipal.com

In this episode you'll hear about: The scale of gender-based violence and importance of reducing itThe importance of talking about it openlyFour ways that investors can use their dollars to affect changeSpecific examplesHow investments of this type help to change the behavior and attitudes that sustain these violent actsRelated Video:  Investing to eliminate gender-based violenceTeresa and Joy's paper:  Investing to Address Gender-Based ViolenceGuest Bios:Teresa Wells co-leads Tiedemann's Seattle office, and has direct responsibility for managing client relationships. She works closely with clients to understand their goals and objectives; manage their investments, including impact investing; and integrate their investment strategy, philanthropy, and estate planning into a cohesive wealth management plan. She serves as a member of the firm's Internal Investment Committee and is also on the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee.Teresa joined Tiedemann when the firm acquired Threshold Group, where she served as the Managing Director of Investment Strategy. In this role she partnered with the Chief Investment Officer and Managing Director of Impact Investing to contribute to the firm's broad investment strategy. She was a member of both the Portfolio Management and Investment Committee and the Global Asset Allocation Committee. She also led the Wealth Management and Foundations services team in Seattle.Joy Anderson is a prominent national leader at the intersection of business and social change, whose insights and experience have helped shaped hundreds of ventures as well as the movements of impact investing and gender lens investing. She is founder and president of Criterion Institute, the leading think tank on using finance as a tool for social change, which demonstrates new possibilities through its groundbreaking research, innovative trainings, convenings and institutional engagement. In recognition of her leadership, Anderson was listed in Fast Company's 100 Most Creative People in Business.Joy was co-founder of Good Capital with Tim Freundlich and Kevin Jones in 2006. She formerly served as faculty on leading social innovation award programs, including Unreasonable Institute and Echoing Green, advising the next generation of leaders in impact investing. As chair of the board of directors of Village Capital and through involvement in Investor's Circle, she was actively involved in shaping early stage social investments. And through her role in developing and leading Structure Lab© workshops she has helped over 300 organizations think through their legal and financial structures. 

Small Business Finance   What You Will Learn: Why many entrepreneurs struggle with small business finance complexities, and how Lorne's firm helps owners build a solid financial foundation How Simple Startup helps new entrepreneurs build up their financial education, and how the firm gives a fresh perspective even to more experienced entrepreneurs Why putting a solid foundation in place for your business is the key to ensuring smooth, consistent future growth What key considerations Lorne recommends you keep in mind before seeking outside funding for your business Under what circumstances it might be worth looking for outside capital, and why fear often holds entrepreneurs back from taking opportunities presented to them Why it takes a tremendous amount of self-awareness to drive a business forward and take the right risks and opportunities Lorne shares advice and best practices for getting debt for your business, and why you might consider exchanging equity for financing rather than taking on debt Why it is crucial that any party you partner with in exchange for equity be aligned to your Vision and be positioned to help you grow Why your financial decisions should be based on how they help you reach your long-term goals and what impact they will have on your business today Why there are two kinds of investors, ones focused primarily on profit and others focused on growth potential About Lorne Noble: A serial entrepreneur, Lorne Noble combined his favorite aspects of the corporate world and prior businesses (the analytics and helping young companies) when he founded Simple Startup, his fourth company, in a location fit for a former professional ski racer, Boulder. Simple Startup was born from observation, experience and necessity. Having worked with hundreds of entrepreneurs, he often saw the same pattern repeated where incredible startups with mind-blowing vision and drive lacked a handle on their finances and suffered because of it. Entrepreneurs were making decisions based on gut feel rather than hard data leaving them open to risk when raising money and implementing strategy. They were unable to translate their vision into a sustainable, profitable business model. As principal and co-founder of Simple Startup, Noble dives into the analytics of the companies he advises while helping them simplify their finances, understand their numbers and make smart, informed decisions at every stage of business. He leads a talented group of financial analysts who are experts in investment-ready accounting, fractional finance support, business taxes and more, helping companies from idea to IPO and beyond. Noble began his career as an investment analyst where he led the due diligence process for over $2.5 billion in investment transactions. During the 2009 financial collapse, Noble became disenchanted with his corporate career and began the pursuit of his MBA from IE Business School in Madrid, Spain where he became hooked on entrepreneurship. His passion for entrepreneurship led him to launch three different technology platforms: Career Mentor Me, Help More and My Healthier Body. His certificate in Advanced Financial Modelling from the London School of Business and Finance enabled him to further entrench himself into one of his favorite pastimes tinkering with Excel spreadsheets. After moving to Boulder, Colorado for a new adventure, Noble acted as the finance mentor to high-impact companies at the Unreasonable Institute, Girl Effect Accelerator and Singularity University. He also served as the founding member of the inaugural Financial Architect Program at the Unreasonable Institute. In pursuit of the latter, Noble has worked with numerous accelerators and organizations including Techstars, Cartier Women's Initiative, Unreasonable Group, Next Wave Fund, Uncharted, Singularity University, the Nike Sponsored Girl Effect Accelerator, YPO+ Accelerator and Galvanize. He is always looking for new partnerships to help entrepreneurs change the world. Noble lives with his family in Boulder and has been fortunate to live in the United Kingdom, South Africa, Spain, France and the Dominican Republic. Noble absolutely loves finance, even going so far as to play with Excel on vacation, but he adores his girls Amber and Lyla even more. They enjoy going on adventures as a family including skiing, kite surfing, mountain biking and traveling. Resources: Website: https://simplestartup.com/ Email: hello@simplestartup.com Courses: https://simplestartup.com/academy/ Blog: https://simplestartup.com/blog/ LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/lornenoble/ LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/simple-startup/ Facebook: www.facebook.com/simplestartupfinance Twitter: @SimpleStartup Additional Resources: Elite Business Health Assessment: https://growwithelite.com/health Email: info@GrowWithElite.com Website: https://growwithelite.com/

Teju Ravilochan is an entrepreneur who sees problems and envisions grand communal solutions. From the Unreasonable Institute (now Uncharted.org), which he founded, to GatherFor.org, a community based mutual aid accelerator borne from the pandemic), he brings people together to solve problems and explore possibilities. 

On this episode of Uncharted Territory, we interview Teju Ravilochan, Co-Founder of Unreasonable Institute (now Uncharted) on the importance of meditation and mindfulness in the fast-changing workplaces during COVID-19. This episode outlines practical steps everyone can take to bring their attention into the present moment amidst all the stress and anxiety.

On this episode of Uncharted Territory, we interview Teju Ravilochan, Co-Founder of Unreasonable Institute (now Uncharted) on the importance of meditation and mindfulness in the fast-changing workplaces during COVID-19. This episode outlines practical steps everyone can take to bring their attention into the present moment amidst all the stress and anxiety.

On this episode of Uncharted Territory, we interview Teju Ravilochan, Co-Founder of Unreasonable Institute (now Uncharted) on the importance of meditation and mindfulness in the fast-changing workplaces during COVID-19. This episode outlines practical steps everyone can take to bring their attention into the present moment amidst all the stress and anxiety.

Volvimos a tocar el tema de #SalvemosInternet, y hablamos con Rául de Anda Álvarez y Cristina Retamoza Acosta del Instituto Irrazonable, un programa de aceleración de empresas que emplean a sectores vulnerables, desarrollan habilidades de mujeres, acercan modelos de salud, o acercan modelos educativos a comunidades. http://irrazonable.org/

Ravikiran Annaswamy is Founder and CEO of Innohabit Technologies. He is incubating various innovative products using analytics and deep learning. His current business focus is on bringing Electric Mobility to Indian market and has launched various technology products like Fulcharge.com in this space. He works closely with global programs like Founders Institute (Fi.Co) and Unreasonable Institute as Mentor and Coach for early stage startups. He is on the global team of IEEE 5G and is responsible for vision & strategy for future applications and services like Tactile/Haptic Internet, IOT, AR, VR Applications. He has over 23 years of business experience as Entrepreneur and as Business Leader at Nokia Siemens Networks and Siemens AG. He was Business Head for Indian market, led Global Product Management and was General Manager for BSS Solutions. He championed Intrapreneurship by working as Innovation head for Bangalore site of Nokia Siemens Networks. He is a thought leader and speaker at various prestigious international business conferences. 

 He has done his MBA from Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore and has graduated from UVCE Bangalore. 



Yo! Number 40!!! Woohoooo! You. Gotta. LISTEN TO THIS ONE! We had one of the most legit-amazing-O.G.-human-beings-on-the-planet: Teju Ravilochan. This G is a hidden treasure! This episode was fun! Inspiring! Education fo' the soul! Can you imagine investing in social causes that have BAD-A$$ potential to change the world? AND make money?! Teju makes that happen! Teju co-founded a *social impact* accelerator called Unreasonable Institute (now Uncharted). Basically, Teju's (former) organization gets behind entrepreneurs that try to push the world to be better. Like Moses, for example, whose company Eco-Fuel Africa discovered a way to turn human waste into fuel (which has now helped millions of girls in Uganda attend school instead of traveling long distances to search for firewood). Our comedian guest Sam Prickett was....also on. He quit smoking this week. So he was ANNOYING

Joy Anderson is a prominent national leader at the intersection of business and social change. She began as a high school teacher in New York City Public Schools. She went to New York to understand how power works in big systems and stayed for eight years because she fell in love with the students. Joy played leadership roles in the teachers union and managed federally funded programs for the school and the district. After leaving New York, Joy transitioned from a school teacher to an entrepreneur, founding Criterion Ventures in 2002, co-founding Good Capital with Tim Freundlich and Kevin Jones in 2006 and leading the development of Rockefeller-funded Healthcare_Uncovered from 2006 until 2009. Literally hundreds of ventures have been shaped by Joy’s insights and experience. As faculty on the leading social innovation award programs, including Unreasonable Institute and Echoing Green, she advises the next generation of leaders. As chair of the board of directors of Village Capital and through involvement in Investor’s Circle, she is actively involved in shaping early stage social investments. And through her role in developing and leading Structure Lab© workshops she has helped over 300 organizations think through their legal and financial structures. A serial entrepreneur and consummate networker, Joy’s leadership and expertise have been at the forefront of the development of the social capital markets over the last 10 years. Her interest in the role of finance in changing the world was sparked during her eight year consulting relationship with the General Board of Pensions of the United Methodist Church. She was instrumental in her board position at Lutheran Community Foundation in their recent $10 million allocation to social investment. As a recognition of her business leadership, in 2011, Joy was ranked 51st in Fast Company’s annual of the 100 Most Creative People in Business. Currently, she leads Criterion Institute which serves as a think tank around shaping markets to create social and environmental good. Joy’s intellectual interests draw on her research for her Ph.D. in American History from New York University. Her dissertation examined prison reform in the 1830’s and how individuals and organizations in democracies claim expertise in order to shape public institutions. Joy lives with her husband and daughter in a Connecticut apple orchard, and can be found in the fall pressing cider and boiling apple syrup. Learn more about Criterion here: https://criterioninstitute.org/

This week's episode is all about giving back in a way that is sustainable to your life and maximizes impact around your cause. This episode has a freebie - The Ready, Set , Do (Good) mini course is designed to help embed giving into your biz or life. It outlines seven ways to give back, get it for FREE at www.liveblacksheep.com/findyourcause A hallmark of every client Nicole has even coached is that they are values-driven women. And whether through their work or personal lives they seek ways to give back.  Many of them are also multi-passionate and have a ton of ideas and projects they are trying to juggle. Sound like you?  This week Nicole uses Jes as a case study of how she works with clients to launch social good projects. Make sure you grab your freebie to get access to Nicole's coaching process that helped Jes maximize her social impact through the social impact initiative she birthed called www.poweredbyher.com This week we are Black Sheep because....   "I am Black Sheep because I am taking risks to talk more about the things I am passionate about." - Nicole   "I am Black Sheep because I make unreasonable asks." - Jes   The BlackSheepAsk Challenge is live!  For 30 Days we are making small and large asks to get out of our comfort zone. When you make your ask tag us #blacksheepask      Terms mentioned in this episode:    DoGoodLiving.com [link to www.dogoodliving.com]- Spectrum of Social Change There is a pipeline of change, where along a change journey to affect this wrong is your intervention going to be placed?   Social Entrepreneurship - Mission driven for-profit entity that from it's start is intended to do social good for world. Or non profits that create revenue generating streams.    One-for-One Model - Buy a product, company donates one.    Examples: Warby Parker - https://www.warbyparker.com TOMS - http://www.toms.com/   B-Corps - "B Corp is to business what Fair Trade certification is to coffee or USDA Organic certification is to milk. B Corps are for-profit companies certified by the nonprofit B Lab to meet rigorous standards of social and environmental performance, accountability, and transparency."  Source: https://www.bcorporation.net/what-are-b-corps Example: SustyParty - http://www.sustyparty.com/ Non Profit with Revenue Generating Streams - These organizations are supported by both donations and "incorporate some form of revenue generation through commercial means into their operations. Income-generating activities are not conducted as a separate business, but rather are integrated into the organization's other activities."  Source: http://www.4lenses.org/Setypology/iga Examples include:  SHE Health Enterprises - http://sheinnovates.com/ DC Central Kitchen - https://dccentralkitchen.org/our-social-ventures/ Social return on investment (SROI) - "is a principles-based method for measuring extra-financial value (i.e., environmental and social value not currently reflected in conventional financial accounts) relative to resources invested."  Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_return_on_investment   Organization mentioned in this episode: Unreasonable Institute - https://unreasonableinstitute.org/ ThoughtWorks - https://www.thoughtworks.com/ Ashoka - https://www.ashoka.org/ AshokaU - http://ashokau.org/ The New School Social Innovation Initiative - http://www.newschool.edu/social-innovation/ To learn more about Nicole's coaching work with clients around social impact visit www.DoGoodLiving.com    Have a cause or effort you support - tell us so we can support and share with the community.

“Your vision will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakens.” – Carl Jung. "Work is difficulty and drama, a high-stakes game in which our identity, our self-esteem, and our ability to provide are mixed inside us in a volatile, sometimes explosive ways.” That's David Whyte in his incredible book, "Crossing the Unknown Sea: Work as a Pilgrimage of Identity". That volatile, explosive mix is a gift. It presents a tremendous opportunity for us to do our own work, our inner work, and further develop our own understanding of self. In our conversation today, Jerry is joined by Henry May, founder and CEO of CoSchool, based in Columbia. Henry comes to Jerry with this very issue: How might the journey of entrepreneurship, specifically his own, open up new opportunities for him to grow? Or said more directly: How might he use his work at Coschool to do the real work on his humanity? CoSchool - http://coschool.co/ CoSchool on Twitter - https://twitter.com/coschool Teach First UK - https://www.teachfirst.org.uk/ Teach for America - https://www.teachforamerica.org/ Unreasonable Institute - http://unreasonableinstitute.org/ Parker Palmer’s book “Let Your Life Speak” - http://www.amazon.com/Let-Your-Life-Speak-Listening/dp/0787947350

Teju Ravilochan (@tejuravi) is the CEO and co-founder of the Unreasonable Institute, has already been named “30 Under 30” by Inc. Magazine, and received a standing ovation for his TEDx talk. And he's as humble as they come. Since 2009, his institute offers entrepreneurs from around the world, a 5-week bootcamp connecting them with highly seasoned mentors to build... The post Meet the Founder Whose 93 Ventures in 59 Countries Benefit 8 Million Lives appeared first on Andy Seth.

In many ways Teju Ravilochan’s story is the story of many immigrant families. His parents were born in India, but he was born in the United States. His parents learned how to adapt to their new culture through their own experience but also through the experiences of their children. Teju also learned about the world through the eyes of his parents. It was on a trip to India as a young man when a person Teju saw someone around his age who was begging for money. He was confronted with the sad reality of the “birth lottery,” the fact that the circumstances in which a person is born can influence the economic opportunities available to him or her. To Teju, that seemed unfair. And yet, trying to take on global poverty almost felt like an impossible task. He wondered if there weren’t a place where people could learn to tackle tough social and environmental challenges. This thought was the seed from which the Unreasonable Institute was born. The Unreasonable Institute is a mentorship and training program for entrepreneurs who are tackling social and environmental problems. Several times a year, at several global locations, Unreasonable brings about two dozen social entrepreneurs to a single living space, where they provide them with over 50 world-class mentors and about as many funders and investors. Unreasonable provides the knowledge, tools and resources that help social entrepreneurs to start quickly and scale their impact. They have locations in east Africa and Mexico. They also offer Unreasonable Labs, a 5-day experience. Their vision is to create 100 Unreasonable Institutes in 100 countries. What are the results? Well, the first 150 mentors that they worked with have raised over $90 million in funding and have impacted more than 8 million lives. Key quotes from the interview: “That felt so sad to me. The world is unequal by virtue of luck. And the people who can help don’t help because it seems impossible to solve that problem.” “My education was relatively abstract. It was focused on the problems. It wasn’t focused on what we could do about them.” “We were exposed to approaches that were ineffective because they were treating poor people like victims.” “Some of the approaches we saw that were advancing populations forward were treating poor people, not as victims, but as people who could solve their own problems.” “Last year we reached 158 startups, which were equivalent to the number of startups we reached in all the previous years that we’ve been in operation.” “I believe that there are two primary forces that really change the world. One of them is experimentation. The other is the organization of people.” “We look for ventures that create what we call profound impact.” “I would encourage everybody to formulate an 8-word mission statement which consists of a verb, a target population and an outcome.” “Our mission is, get entrepreneurs what they need to scale impact.” Resources: Unreasonable Institute: http://unreasonableinstitute.org Unreasonable East Africa: http://unreasonableeastafrica.org Unreasonable Mexico: http://unreasonablemexico.org Unreasonable Labs: http://unreasonablelabs.org Twitter: https://twitter.com/beunreasonable Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/unreasonableinstitute LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-unreasonable-institute eBook: Five Key Traits of Successful Social Entrepreneurs: http://tonyloyd.com/socent Try Audible and Receive Two Free Audiobooks: http://tonyloyd.com/books

Gavin is a social entrepreneur and talks about opportunities in the global South, the luck iron fish bio medics, the importance of research and ‎the interconnected like nature of it all.  Biography Gavin Armstrong is a dedicated impact entrepreneur who believes that businesses have the resources and power to solve some of the world’s most critical challenges. He is the Founder and President of the Lucky Iron Fish, a social enterprise dedicated to reducing iron deficiency rates around the world using a simple technology. In commercializing the Lucky Iron Fish Gavin took the simple idea of cooking with a piece of iron and turned it into an international success. He has raised over two million dollars in scale-up money for his enterprise, has won numerous awards including the Clinton Hunger leadership Award, Cannes Lions Grand Prix, Edison Foundation Innovation Award, and the Michaelle Jean Emergency Relief Award. He has also developed a commercial model following the ‘buy 1 give 1’ plan that has resulted in over 60,000 people receiving a free Lucky Iron Fish. His efforts have had the Lucky Iron Fish brand receive an astonishing 2.8 Billion social media impressions around the globe. Gavin is an eloquent speaker who has given presentations all over the world on the power of impact entrepreneurship, young entrepreneurship, and hunger and advocacy issues. Gavin often spends time spreading the message that failure is important, as a failure is the best way to learn and better oneself. He is the Entrepreneur in Residence for the Kirchner Food Fellowship Program and a Fellow Emeritus for the Hunger Solutions Institute. He is currently a PhD Candidate at the University of Guelph and a Fellow at the Unreasonable Institute in Boulder Colorado. For more information about their initiative please visit their site here.   ----------   For more information about my podcasting, writing and public speaking please visit my site here.   With thanks to producer Josh Snethlage and Mixed Media Sound.     See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.