Global Goals Project
Taking inspiration from the United Nations 17 biggest challenges that face the planet, we bring you conversations with the leaders of the most innovative technology companies tackling these Global Goals. You'll also learn from the impact investors leveraging their capital to help these companies achieve massive scale. Join us each week to stay informed on the companies paving the way to create solutions to our world's greatest challenges on the Global Goals Project!
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In this episode, founder Alex Drysden talks ...
Lila Karbassi is the Chief of Programs at the United Nations Global Compact. The UNGC exists to help companies implement the UN Global Goals, track their progress, and give them tools to continually improve their practices.
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When Ted Carling and Tim Roman tackled the problem of measuring impact to get useful data, they didn’t expect to work on the next level of business accounting.
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B Lab exists to support the cultural change happening around business: How can we create social change with business? And how can we operate sustainably, from sourcing to selling?
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Fledge Accelerators have helped 81 companies from 26 countries since 2012. Their goal is to help foster a wave of companies that make a measurable impact in the world, collectively improving in the lives of everyone on the planet.
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Josh doesn’t think about investing as a numbers game. For him, it’s like surfing. In this episode, Josh shares how to catch the wave of a trend and spot companies that could transform an industry by changing the narrative of a stigmatized product.
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Social Capital Markets is the #1 conference for social entrepreneurs and impact investors. This year, you can watch sessions from the event in the Digital Experience online… for free!
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The Conveners team believes it is critically important that people come together to address the greatest challenges facing the planet. Conveners host events, connect businesses to accelerators and gathers technology tools to help impact companies navigate the changing economy.
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Listen in for a preview of season 3 on the Global Goals projec...
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Listen in for a preview of season 3 on the Global Goals project.
We’re talking to impact investors and private equity organizations, as well as some of the stars of the impact space with B Lab and the UN Glo...
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In this podcast, our goal is to uncover some of the most innovative companies leveraging leading-edge technology, like Singularity University. Companies like SU are taking on the global goals with social-impact driven business models.
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The mission of Hyperloop One is to create effortless journeys and expanding possibilities. With fast-moving pods magnetically propelled through tubes, people will be able to get to work in places hundreds of miles from where they live… and save time and costs in transportation.
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"Moonshots" are the kind of goals and projects that invent a new era... the kind of projects that will usher in the intelligence age.
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By 2030, AI and robots will most likely take care of all of our day j...
In this episode, we talk with Dr. Tiffany Vora, Head of Faculty at Singularity University, about Digital Biology and treating DNA like computer code.
- 5:00 The global SU faculty
- 11:00 Digital Biology
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Singularity University Impact Director Brett Schilke shares how S...
The mission of Key2Enable is to help kids with movement disabilities to stay in school and get great jobs with access to technology that they can use easily.
- 1:30 The mission and founding story
- 4:00 How it works and who can use it
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Singularity University is on a mission to make the world a more abundant place. In this episode, we'll hear from Molly Pyle, the Senior Program Manager of Singularity University Programs and the Co-Chair of the Women's Impact Network.
- 2:00 How Singularity Started: Niching in Expo...
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