Impact Drivers
In this podcast, Jen Helms interviews entrepreneurs solving hard problems that matter. Through conversation we aim to inspire others to build businesses that do more than create incremental improvements. Instead, we demonstrate the path to building businesses solving the most pressing problems we face as a species. Whether it’s through innovative new technologies, products that move an industry forward, or process creation that flips the status quo on its head. Entrepreneurs with new approaches not only have the opportunity to push society forward in a positive way but also open up new market opportunities. Doing this, however, is hard. This podcast is a chance to be inspired and learn from those daring to build the hard businesses that create a better world. We call these entrepreneurs impact drivers.
Episodes
12 episodes
Jeffrey Char, Co-Founder and Chairman, TRENDE and Co-Founder and CEO, SOGO Energy
In our eleventh episode we hear from Jeffrey Char, serial entrepreneur and investor. He currently manages two renewable energy ventures he co-founded. SOG...
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Episode 11
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38:29
Sofie Blakstad, CEO and Founder, hiveonline
In our tenth episode we hear from Sofie Blakstad, CEO and Founder of hiveonline. hiveonline is a blockchain based commu...
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Episode 10
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42:18
Jamie Jones, Executive Director, Fuqua Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation
In our ninth episode we hear from Jamie Jones, an entrepreneur, scientist, and educator currently serving as the Executive Director of Fuqua's Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovati...
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Episode 9
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28:34
Michael Lombardo, CEO and Founder, BookNook
In our eighth episode we hear from Michael Lombardo, CEO and Founder of BookNook. Before starting BookNook, Michael was the CEO of Reading Partners, a nonprofit he grew to be one of the largest ch...
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Episode 8
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36:40
Orianna Bretschger, CEO and Founder, Aquacycl
In our seventh episode we hear from Orianna Bretschger, CEO and Founder of Aquacycl. Aquacycl is commercializing microbial fuel cell...
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Episode 7
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35:15
Bryan Lee, CEO and Founder, Krishi Star
In this episode we hear from Bryan Lee, CEO and Founder of Krishi Star. Krishi Star is working to end poverty for those smallholder farmers in India. They are working to do this by transforming agricult...
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Episode 6
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46:54
Margaret O'Mara, Author of The Code: Silicon Valley and the Remaking of America
In this episode we hear from Margaret O'Mara, Author of The Code: Silicon Valley and the Remaking of America. Margaret is a historian of modern America who writes and teaches about the history of the technology industry, American po...
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Episode 5
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48:36
Zach Supalla, CEO and Co-Founder, Particle
In episode 4 we hear from Zach Supalla, CEO and Co-Founder of Particle. Particle is an IoT platform taking the physical world online. The company has a program, Particle for Good, that provides their produ...
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Episode 4
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36:47
Sissi Liu, CEO and Co-Founder, Metalmark Innovations
In our third episode we hear from Sissi Liu, CEO and Co-Founder of Metalmark Innovations. Metalmark Innovations is a company with a novel technology that can purify the air and kill viruses including COV...
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Episode 3
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33:58
Stonly Blue, Co-Founder and Partner, Urban Us
In our second episode we hear from Stonly Blue, Co-Founder and Partner of Urban Us. Urban Us is a fund focused on investing in entrepreneurs building for the massive problem of climate change with solutions that ...
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Episode 2
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34:23
Lindsey Tropf, CEO, Immersed Games
In our first episode, Lindsey Tropf, CEO of Immersed Games, shares her entrepreneurial journey building an immersive science learning game. Immersed Games' core product, Tyto Online, allows students to experientially learn about cellular biolog...
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Episode 1
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