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.
Impact Drivers
Zach Supalla, CEO and Co-Founder, Particle
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Host: Jen Helms
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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 products at a reduced price to mission driven companies. However, it turns out, that many of Particle's use cases have a positive environmental impact, even if that wasn't the primary objective. Particle has raised a $40 million series C and has nearly 200,000 developers on its platform.
In this episode we learn from Zach about Particle's journey as a company, interesting ways Particle is being used, how their platform is making the world better, and what is next for the company and IoT.