Eventbrite for Causes | Interview w/ Julia Hartz & Kevin Hartz, Co-Founders of Eventbrite
In this week’s interview, I had the good fortune to meet up with Julia Hartz and Kevin Hartz, Co-Founders of Eventbrite, to learn about Eventbrite’s recent launch of their new product for non-profits, Eventbrite for Causes. In addition to talking about their newest product, Julia and Kevin discuss how social media, and specifically Facebook Connect [...]
Social Enterprise in Latin America | Maria Glauser, Co-Founder of The Hub Oaxaca
I had the good fortune to meet with Maria Glauser, Co-Founder of The Hub Oaxaca, via Skype this week. Maria is leading a panel at the upcoming social venture capital/social enterprise conference, Connection Miami. In this video interview, Maria shares insights on Mexican business culture and explains how social entrepreneurs need to consider unique cultural [...]
How to Distribute Products Worldwide | Founder of Lulan.com, Eve Blossom [Part 3 of 3]
This interview is Part III in a 3-Part series. In this video interview, social entrepreneur Eve Blossom tells us about her social enterprise Lulan.com. Specifically, Eve outlines her distribution strategy to sell Lulan products around the world. By sourcing from local communities in southeast Asia, Lulan is creating jobs, strengthening communities, and helping to prevent [...]
Brent Schulkin, Co-Founder of Virgance, On Business & Activism
How do you motivate big brands & businesses to channel marketing dollars to good causes? How do you get an entire community to adopt solar energy in residential homes? How do you tap into the power of crowds and “mobs” to cause social change? Brent Schulkin, Co-Founder of Virgance, shares insights on these questions and [...]
Premal Shah, President of Kiva, on Social Change
How To Create Positive Social Change? “Start Small. Do One Thing. Focus. Repeat.”, advises Premal Shah, President of the online microlending platform, Kiva.org. In this video interview, learn about Kiva’s achievements to date, its launch in the United States, and what one can expect at Premal’s upcoming panel discussion during Social Capital Markets (SOCAP09) conference [...]
Sally Madsen, Designer of Social Impact at IDEO, On “Ripple Effect”
How does design thinking play a role in bringing water to communities of need worldwide? Sally Madsen, Designer of Social Impact (IDEO) at IDEO, tells us how. She joined us for a short interview at IDEO’s office in Palo Alto, California this week. Learn from Sally what “human-centered” design is all about, and hear what [...]
Episode 1: Hans Chung, Co-Founder & CEO of MokuGift: Using Virtual Goods To Combat Global Climate Change
This week we caught up with Hans Chung, co-founder of MokuGift, at a cafe in San Francisco’s Union Square. MokuGift is a new social venture that aims to combat climate change by enabling individuals to plant a tree. All for only $1. Hear what Hans has to say about MokuGift and United Nations Environment Program: [...]
