Spotlighting Companies Making Money By Making The World A Better Place
Join host Paul Shapiro as he talks with some of the leading start-up entrepreneurs and titans of industry alike using their businesses to help solve the world’s most pressing problems.
Whether it’s climate change, unsustainable agricultural practices, cyber threats, coral reef die-offs, nuclear waste storage, plastic pollution, or more, many of the world’s greatest challenges are also exciting business opportunities. On this show, we feature business leaders who are marrying profit and purpose by inventing solutions to both build a better world and offer investors a bang for their bucks.
Recent Episodes
Our guests include executives from companies you know, such as Whole Foods Market, McDonald’s, Beyond Meat, and Honest Tea. But we also focus heavily on early-stage startups that you haven’t heard of but are promising to revolutionize their respective industries with inventions they claim will solve dire crises.
If you’re interested in business or just want to create a better future for humanity and the rest of our planet, this twice-monthly podcast is a must-listen that will bring you another inspirational tale of entrepreneurial innovation every episode.
Want to start with some of our most popular episodes? Some fan favorites:
Episode 116: From Villain To Hero: Rubi Labs’s Quest To Make CO2 Work For The Climate
Episode 100: Billionaire VC Steve Jurvetson’s Quest to Improve Life On Earth and Beyond
Episode 89: Is Alt-Protein a National Security Issue? Rep. Ro Khanna Thinks So
Episode 81: The Rapid Rise, High-Profile Fall, and Resilient Recovery of Juicero’s Doug Evans
Episode 78: A Conversation with NYC’s Mayor-Elect Eric Adams
Episode 71: Life as a Scrappy Startup Exec: Doni Curkendall and The Better Meat Co.
Episode 69: The Sharks Tried to Buy Her Plant-Based Fried Chicken Company: Deborah Torres and Atlas Monroe
Episode 65: The Billionaire Out to End Factory Farming: Jim Mellon
Episode 62: Maximizing the Good We Can Do: A Conversation with Peter Singer
Episode 51: Making a Living as an Influencer: Toni Okamoto & The Plant-Based on a Budget Story
Episode 50: The Conscious Leader: Whole Foods Market CEO John Mackey
Episode 23: Resilience in the Face of Both Adversity and Success: Josh Tetrick and Eat Just
Episode 6: The Saudi Prince Who’s Investing in a More Humane Future