183: Social Entrepreneurship with Jared Angaza

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Most entrepreneurs want to help people with their business, but today’s guest takes that to an extreme.

Jared Angaza is a strategist, philanthropist, and founder who has built his success on helping others succeed. Especially people most entrepreneurs don’t think they can help.

That’s why Jared has spent about a decade of his career building businesses in African nations like Kenya and Rwanda. His social entrepreneurship efforts have helped free 49 Rwandan women from the clutches of sex slavery by teaching them an entrepreneurial path forward.

You can’t donate dignity, but you can give a path so downtrodden people can experience it for themselves.

As cool as Jared’s stories are, one really stands out to me. In this episode, he tells me about how he walked with wild lions on the African savanna. And they didn’t even eat him!

In this episode, you’ll also hear story after story about how Jared, through social entrepreneurship, affected the people of Africa and how they in turn affected him.

Invest in your perspective because you know it’s going to change the way you view the world.

Too much social entrepreneurship, Jared says, is about putting out fires instead of changing perspectives.

If you want to do more for people through your business, this episode is for you. Or if you like to hear about best practices for social entrepreneurship, get listening. And if you just want to hear some crazy stories about living in Africa for a decade, click play in the player above to get started.

Listen to this episode to hear Jared Angaza tell me about social entrepreneurship and more:

• Drinking the blood of a bull Jared wrestled to the ground with Maasai tribesmen.
• Losing 36 pounds by integrating into African life.
• The story of Jared’s ethical fashion label that got him his “MBA in philanthropy.”
• What the overview effect astronauts experience when they see the world from space can teach you about social entrepreneurship.
• Why failure is a refining process.
• The greatest challenge facing the human race. (It isn’t what you think.)
• Why the only rule for Jared’s four kids is “just be love.”

Resources mentioned :

• “Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less,” by Greg McKeown
• “The Advertising Solution: Influence Prospects, Multiply Sales, and Promote Your Brand,” by Craig Simpson and . Buy at http://www.thelegendsbook.com/ for exclusive extras.
• “When I Stop Talking, You'll Know I'm Dead: Useful Stories from a Persuasive Man,” by Jerry Weintraub and Rich Cohen
• “The Robert Collier Letter Book,” by Robert Collier
• “Scientific Advertising,” by Claude Hopkins
• “Breakthrough Advertising,” by Eugene Schwartz and Martin Edelston
• “The Ultimate Sales Letter: Attract New Customers. Boost your Sales.” By Dan Kennedy

How to connect with Jared Angaza:

You can get in touch with Jared through his website. Or you can catch his podcast, Inipi Radio.

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