What are the Yunus Social Business team listening to? We list our favourite podcasts.
What are the Yunus Social Business team listening to? We list our favourite podcasts.
Podcasts are a fantastic way to entertain and educate yourself on the latest news and trends in the sector. We asked our team for their recommendations…
THE GLOBAL GOALS CAST
Is it possible to change the world? Can we make the world a better place for all? The answer is YES. Claudia Romo Edelman and Edie Lush share the inspiring stories of people working to create a more sustainable world while sharing simple ways for you to start taking action today. Listen to our portfolio company Spouts of Water and our CEO Saskia Bruysten in the episode about ending poverty.
https://globalgoalscast.org/goal1nopoverty
BEYOND CAPITAL PODCAST
Now more than ever, stakeholders are demanding the integration of social values and causes in everything, from shoes, to soap, to investments. The Beyond Capital Podcast brings you the stories of leaders that are marrying profit with purpose.
https://www.beyondcapitalpodcast.com
NPR HOW I BUILT THIS
More entrepreneurial and not always social, Guy Raz dives into the stories behind some of the world's best known companies. How I Built This weaves a narrative journey about innovators, entrepreneurs and idealists—and the movements they built.
https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510313/how-i-built-this?t=1582280699797
IMPACT ALPHA
The Impact Alpha podcast is an essential briefing for anyone in the impact investing sector.
https://impactalpha.com/category/features/podcasts/
IMPACT PODCAST BY INNOV8SOCIAL
Meet inspiring founders, filmmakers, attorneys, students, CEO’s, global social entrepreneurs, designers, inventors, investors, professors, and social intrapreneurs who are shifting the paradigms of business, technology, law, and media to pursue good as well as profit. Learn from their experience and advice. And, find meaningful ways to reach your social impact potential.
https://www.innov8social.com/podcast
MASTERS OF SCALE
Masters of Scale is a podcast hosted by Reid Hoffman, co-founder of LinkedIn and investor at Greylock. In each episode, Reid shows how companies grow from zero to a gazillion, testing his theories with legendary leaders.
INSIDE SOCIAL INNOVATION SSIR
The SSIR podcast hosts the live recordings of talks or lectures held on a variety of topics from storytelling to building a more ethical blockchain.
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/inside-social-innovation-with-ssir/id990835722
THE DAILY
We also wanted to draw your attention to the latest episode of The Daily “Can Corporations Stop Climate Change”. In recent weeks, several of the largest and most profitable American companies have introduced elaborate plans to combat climate change. So why are they doing it now? And just how meaningful are their plans? The episode breaks down some of these recent pledges and tries to understand what they really mean.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/24/podcasts/the-daily/climate-change.html
Enjoy!
Financing Farmers In Rural Uganda - Cycle Connect Is A Social Business Making Tracks To End Poverty
We spoke to Molly Burke co-founder of Cycle Connect, our latest investment in our Ugandan Fund. Cycle Connect provides rural smallholder farmers with the necessary tools to propel them out of poverty.
6 Female Founders Changing the World with Social Business.
At Yunus Social Business we are proud to support female entrepreneurs all over the world who are innovating to solve social problems in a sustainable way. The theme for International Women’s Day this year is “Think equal, build smart, innovate for change”, so we wanted to take some time to celebrate the women we work with who are doing just that!
The Social Business Revolution: Why is Venture Philanthropy the Most Effective Form of Giving?
How should we give? Along with the issue of how much, questioning the model into which we donate our money is becoming more and more pertinent in the modern age. As we seek to optimise the way we spend and invest our money, it’s not surprising that we are also looking to optimise the way we give. There is a scarcity in the philanthropic capital available - so it’s important that it is spent well.
