Entrepreneurs who run purpose-based ventures are a special breed. Determined to tackle social and environmental challenges with business their tool of choice, these impassioned changemakers give us much hope for the future. But their passionate pursuits aren’t easy....
Subscribe: SpotifyAfter surviving a near-death experience, Jen Perry decided she wanted to do more with her life. A lot more. So in 2014, she founded a social enterprise that sells a practical product, tackles plastic waste and provides opportunities to uplift women...
It’s estimated that hundreds of thousands are victims of trafficking in the United States each year. After witnessing unimaginable poverty and the exploitation of women both abroad and at home, Amber Runyon was determined to bring awareness to an epidemic that rarely...
As a bright-eyed college volunteer for AmeriCorps, I spent time in some of the poorest neighborhoods in Puerto Rico. It was probably the hardest year of my life and the most eye-opening. In the aftermath of Hurricane Georges, I traveled around the island with FEMA...
Subscribe: SpotifyIt’s often been said that society’s most intractable problems require innovative and audacious solutions. Most recently, we’ve witnessed the growth of impact investing, for example, investment made into companies, organizations, and funds...
