Karmic Capitalist - businesses with purpose
Business done right - Purpose, Values AND Profit.
In the Karmic Capitalist conversations, we talk to CEOs and founders of organisations with purpose and values at their heart. We dive into their journeys, and into the nitty gritty of what it takes to build organisations that make good and make money. Some are starting the journey, others are a long way down it, and still others still are changing direction.
But all are business leaders who believe that a successful businesses is defined by profit, purpose and values. And, oftentimes, fun.
Episodes
54 episodes
"I'm a missionary, not a mercenary" Freddie Fforde CEO of Patch
The rise in demand for local working spaces is very visible. It's unfortunate that the category was tarnished by WeWork founder Adam Neumann, whose fortune is dwarfed only by the lack of ethics displayed in building it. But it doesn't need to b...
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Episode 54
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50:46
Not funding the Porsches and Divorces of the Senior Partners - Lindsay Healy founder of Aria Grace
A company that makes lawyers wealthier? On the Karmic Capitalist podcast?Have I sold out?Stay with me. This law company, Aria Grace, intentionally does the following:It o...
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Season 1
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Episode 53
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1:00:10
"Move Fast and Break Things" is a terrible way to be anti-racist - Jamey Harvey and Javaughn Spencer of Agilian
"Move Fast and Break Things" is a terrible way to be anti-racist.This Karmic Capitalist podcast episode is FULL of gold.I talk to Javaughn and Jamey, VP of culture and CEO respectively of Agilian.com, a technology consulting fir...
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Episode 52
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1:07:34
The agency that helps big companies be good, and good companies get bigger. Leo Rayman of EdenLabs
Helping big companies be good, and good companies get bigger.Not quite EdenLab's motto, but not far off it.In this episode of the Karmic Capitalist podcast, I talk to
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Episode 51
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45:08
"Products and businesses in harmony with the world shouldn't be niche" Tom Greenwood, MD Wholegrain Digital
A founder who doesn’t see himself as a salesman, targeting purpose-led companies that don't identify that way, to tackle a problem that people don't think exist.Recipe for success...And exactly what
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Episode 50
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39:15
Helping people overcome the stigma of loneliness - Faisal Shaikh CEO MyBabble
Very few businesses have the level or resonance and commitment from founders more than those whose origins came from personal tragedy.MyBabble was born after founder
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Episode 49
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43:49
"We correlate our income and impact at a structural level" Vinay Nair, CEO of Lightful
"How can we collectively increase the quantity and quality of giving to nonprofits, to charities, so that they can raise more awareness, raise more funds, deliver more impact in their communities?"If there's a question that defines Ligh...
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Episode 48
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42:13
"We're helping people on a fundamental level to be more sustainable" Hussein Allawi, Founder the Sustainability Show
From the high-stakes financial environment of the now defunct Lehman Brothers ("buy-and-sell in its most aggressive manner") to putting on an exhibition of some of the most ethical and long-term thinking brands.That’s the varied journey...
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Episode 47
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36:17
Georgie Delanie MBE: From chance meetings to 2000 gyms. The story of The Great Outdoor Gym Company
"If going to a TGO gym can help unlock your potential not only for your life, but for your community, for your planet, that's the end game."Georgie Delaney MBE isn't short on a big vision. But critically - she's also not ...
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Episode 46
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52:17
The final judgement is "Does it Feel good?" - Alex Holliman, CEO of Climbing Trees
So you're running an ethical agency. A criminal organisation posing as a listed company - let's call them Belgian Australian Tobacco - approaches you."We fund an 'anti-smoking education programme' along with some of our other friends. B...
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Episode 45
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40:34
How to pivot and stay true to your company's purpose - Dr Thomas Fudge, CEO of Wase
This episode of the Karmic Capitalist tells the story of a company that stayed true to its mission while undergoing a substantial pivot, and a founder who left his own comfortable path in pursuit of his passion.For sanitation!
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Episode 44
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35:16
From Chris Froome to wellness in your office - Phill Bell CEO of ART Health Solutions
From Chris Froome to wellness in your office.That's the journey that Phill Bell and Paul Smith undertook to co-founding ART Health, a company that helps employees and employers to improve workplace wellbeing using evidence-based techniqu...
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Episode 43
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46:07
Building the pipeline for girls to flourish in business - Charly Young MBE, Founder of The Girls' Network
There’s a moral case for your company to give equal opportunities for your team regardless of gender (or background, or sexual orientation, or ethnicity, etc). And there’s a business-performance one in terms of the improved decision-making that...
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Episode 42
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34:37
The company that helps charities make a bigger impact - Rachael Murray, CEO of Making Impact Matter
Giving to charity is one of the easiest ways to do good. But have you ever wondered what impact your donation actually has?Enter my guest on the Karmic Capitalist podcast, Rachael Murray, founder of a company appropriately called
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Episode 41
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46:31
"We need to make it easier to do the right thing". Diversity in companies with Martin Mason, CEO of Unleashed
I remember in the early 90s being told to staple my photograph to any CVs I sent out applying for work. I'm no George Clooney, so I wondered why. I later found out it was so that people who only had my name to go on would see that I wasn't Paki...
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Episode 40
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38:38
Fashion can be done ethically - Antonia Johnstone, CEO Sign of the Times
When it comes to sustainability and human rights, Fashion has earned a terrible reputation. And mostly for very good reason.But there are some shining examples who are showing what good can look like in the industry.One of these...
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Episode 39
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35:37
Doing good and having meaning is a far bigger focus than growing - Stephanie Fisher, Founder Hello Earth
You’ve just moved from one end of the planet to the other. You’re pregnant. And you want to be working. What do you do?It’s a sad indictment on how the workplace still treats pregnancy that for my guest on this #KarmicCapitalist podcast ...
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Episode 38
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32:32
Create wealth on Capitalist principles and distribute it on Marxist ones - Simon Biltcliffe, Webmart CEO
"Create wealth like a Capitalist, distribute it like a Marxist." Here's what that looks like...Simon Biltcliffe believes that Capitalism is a great way to create wealth, but is terrible at distributing it. And Marxism can't create wealth...
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Episode 37
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48:38
The organisation fixing a fundamental employment paradox in the UK - Matt Powell of Breaking Barriers
We have a bit of an employment paradox in the UK. As Matt Powell, the founder and CEO of Breaking Barriers, puts it "We have a government that is anti-immigration, and an economy that needs immigra...
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Episode 36
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42:31
Bad news may sell. But it doesn't make things better. Seán Wood CEO of Positive News
What do you do if the prevailing business model is very clearly saying one thing, yet your values and what the world needs are in diametric opposition to this?That's the dilemma that faced my Karmic Capitalist guest on this week's podcas...
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Episode 35
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44:21
Coffee and TV - growing a creative, human-focussed B Corp business
Like probably most people who start a business, Derek Moore founded Coffee and TV because he believed that there might be a better way to do things than how it was being done in the industry. Key for hi...
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Episode 34
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43:50
Building a renewable energy company with fossil fuel skills - Karl Farrow CEO CeraPhi Energy
Karl Farrow was awarded a medal by the Mexican authorities for his role as a volunteer overseeing the safe destruction of buildings in the immediate aftermath of the Mexico City earthquake of 2017.What's that got to do with the company h...
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Episode 33
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48:10
Artistry and commercial reality collide to eliminate 93% carbon in this part of the film industry - Tom Henderson of Vectar Project
This episode of the Karmic Capitalist podcast is a real testament to the role of innovation in cutting our environmental footprint while creating a more profitable and attractive solution.The film production industry has a shocking trac...
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Episode 32
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42:54
Preparing the next generation of execs for business and impact - Tom Rippin CEO of On Purpose
For business to be better, we (i.e. humans) need to be better.The way most companies have been doing business in the last few decades has been having a glaringly detrimental impact on society and the environment. If we're to pul...
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Episode 31
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46:08
"Purpose-driven people are problem solvers and doers" - Ruth Hartnoll, CEO of Matchstick Creative
A fundamental principle if you want to do purpose well in your company is to look after your profit.Note that "look after" is not the same as "maximise".Ruth Hartnoll, co-founder and CEO of
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Episode 30
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