Products With Purpose
Welcome to Products with Purpose. This is Eli Harrell the purpose of this interview series is to tell the stories of people just like you and me, who are putting everything on the line, going all-in to create real impact. It is my job to tease out the most valuable stories from people who are building products and businesses that are laser-focused on solving meaningful problems on this planet (or beyond).
Products With Purpose
#95 Chris Wedding - Entrepreneurs for Impact: Helping Growth Stage Climate CEOs Grow Via Peer Groups
In this episode of Products With Purpose, Eli spoke with Chris Wedding Founder of Entrepreneurs for Impact
Entrepreneurs for Impact is a highly vetted membership community with members mobilizing $8 billion to tackle climate change profitably.
Chris Wedding is a climate tech CEO peer group leader, ex-private equity investor, 4x founder, Duke & UNC professor, podcast host, newsletter writer, ex-investment banker, ex-rainforest researcher, 4x Board member, and Time Magazine's Person of the Year in 2006, with $1B+ of investment experience and 75,000+ professional students taught.
Some of the highlights from this episode:
- How we can build climate tech businesses that create massive positive impact
- Learning from climate tech leaders and connecting with others
- Making an impact by teaching, investing, and mobilizing
- Focusing on the people and the solutions, not the problems
- Aligning your business with your values to attract talent and capital
Make sure to stay until the end to hear ’s book recommendation and something forward-looking that he’s optimistic about right now!
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- Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art by James Nestor
- The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living by Ryan Holiday
- Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl
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