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Thanks for checking out the Awarepreneurs podcast! My name is Paul Zelizer and I am passionate - you could say obsessed - about the intersection of 3 things: a) conscious business, b) social impact and c) awareness practices. I believe these 3 movements are some of the most dynamic movements on our planet at this time. Around the world. people are discovering how to lead with compassion and create businesses that truly are a force for good. Each week, I do a deep dive interview with a though ...
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Many healing practitioners want to make a difference in the world and have awesome healing skills, abilities and tools. And then... get disillusioned because of inner blocks, beliefs and very few business skills. Join me for tips, techniques, clearing out of inner blocks with EFT and other methods.
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Summer Break Announcement - Next Episode August 6th, 2024.
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After 6.5 years and 337 episodes, we're taking a break for June & July. We will return to our regular weekly schedule on August 6th.
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337 | Be the SOLution: Building Community and Sharing Resources with Megan Bott
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Megan Bott is the Community & Business Impact Manager at Positive Energy Solar, a Certified B Corp in New Mexico. Today, Positive Energy employs over 120 people including 75 employee owners and has completed over 5000 solar installations throughout New Mexico with very high customer satisfaction (at the time of this interview, they had 73 Google re…
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336 | Capital and Exit Strategies for Impact Founders with Miyoko Schinner
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Miyoko is an epicurean activist out to create justice for animals, people and planet by connecting our palate to our future. VegNews of her “The enormously talented chef/TV host/singer/athlete/she-can-do-anything Miyoko Schinner is nothing short of a genius.” She is the Founder of Miyoko’s Creamery, one of the best known vegan butter and cheese com…
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335: Business as a Force for Good and Impactful Leadership with Catherine Bell
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Catherine loves to help people, teams and organizations thrive. She is the CEO, Author and Founder of The Awakened Company. Catherine helps organizations create healthy corporate cultures through executive coaching, team strategy sessions, speaking and online webinars. She holds an MBA from Queen’s University and is an award winning Profit 500 Foun…
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334 | Navigating Board and Volunteer Opportunities: Yes or No? with Paul Zelizer
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This week on the pod is our monthly solo episode with Paul Zelizer. Paul is one of the first business coaches to specialize in working with social entrepreneurs and the host of the popular Awarepreneurs podcast. This episode explore offer 7 questions to help you decide if joining a particular board or saying yes to specific volunteer opportunities …
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333 | Effective Financial Inclusion with Rodney Williams
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Our guest this week on the pod is Rodney Williams. Rodney is the Co-Founder and President of SoLo, a financial services company enabling community banking and lending solutions for everyday Americans. 82% of their members live in underserved communities. This episode is sponsored by the coaching company of the host, Paul Zelizer. Consider a Strateg…
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332 | A Global Network of Social Impact Leaders with Sherry Lassiter
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Our guest this week on the pod is Sherry Lassiter. Sherry is the President and CEO of the Fab Foundation, a network of over 2700 digital fabrication facilities in 150 countries. The goal of a Fab Lab is to provide access to the tools, the knowledge and the financial means to allow anyone to make almost anything thereby creating opportunities to imp…
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331 | Animal Free Dairy: Making Cheese Without Cows with Irina Gerry
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Our guest this week on the pod is Irina Gerry. Irina is the Chief Marketing Officer of Change Foods, a precision fermentation food tech company creating animal-free dairy products. Prior to joining Change Foods, Irina worked in 2 of the largest plant-based food and beverage brands - Silk and So Delicious. Irina holds an MBA from Harvard Business Sc…
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330 | Harnessing Gen Z in the Workplace: 5 Strategies for Impact Leaders
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This week on the pod is our monthly solo episode with Paul Zelizer. Paul is one of the first business coaches to specialize in working with social entrepreneurs and the host of the popular Awarepreneurs podcast. This episode explore 5 strategies to engage Gen Z in impact workplaces. This episode is sponsored by the coaching company of our host, Zel…
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329 | Supporting the Growth of Black Businesses with Karla Causey
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Our guest this week on the pod is Karla Causey. Karla grew up in Albuquerque and graduated from the University of New Mexico. She had a 25 year career at Sandia National Labs doing HR and contracts work and then went to the Public Service Company of New Mexico where she also worked in HR. She then thought she was retired - until the Board Chair of …
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328 | The Practical Applications of Impact Accounting with Angel Lance
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Our guest this week on the pod is Angel Lance. Angel is a visionary founder and CEO with an impressive track record of creating and leading successful companies that solve big problems. In over 2 decades of serial entrepreneurship, she has launched and scaled 4 self-funded, profitable enterprises from the ground up, demonstrating an unparcelled bus…
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327 | Briding the Divide Between Funders and Founders
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Our guest this week on the pod is Sarah Sterling. Sarah is the Executive Director of Entrepreneurship for SOCAP, which brings together social entrepreneurs, investors, foundation leaders, government leaders and more for live and digital experiences. The goal is to accelerate the movement to a more just and sustainable economy. She has worked with a…
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326 | 3 Challenges Social Impact Startups Face Now with Paul Zelizer
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This week on the pod is our monthly solo episode with Paul Zelizer. Paul is one of the first business coaches to specialize in working with social entrepreneurs and the host of the popular Awarepreneurs podcast. The topic is how to navigate 3 common challenges social impact startups face in 2024. This episode is sponsored by the coaching company of…
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325 | Toxic Positivity and Leadership in the Impact Space with Satyen Raja
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Our guest this week on the pod is Satyen Raja. Satyen is the Founder and CEO of WarriorSage and is a renowned Teacher, Mentor and Guide for his ability to move companies beyond the old business model of struggle into a new paradigm of passion, purpose, freedom and the magic of flow. Satyen has been founding, building and scaling businesses for over…
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324 | The Art of Social Impact Storytelling with Tamika Bickham
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Our guest this week on the pod is Tamika Bickman. Tamika is the Founder and CEO of TB Media Group. She's an award winning journalist and podcast host who helps CSR and ESG leaders build brand trust and loyalty through non-fiction video production. This episode is sponsored by the coaching company of the host, Paul Zelizer. Consider a Strategy Sessi…
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323 | Vegan Marketing Success Stories with Sandra Nomoto
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Our guest this week on the pod is Sandra Nomoto. At 25 years old, Sandra founded Conscious Public Relations Inc, an award-winning vitural agency that certified as a B Corp. After a decade in business, she wrote The Only Public Relations Guide You'll Ever Need in 2019. More recently, Sandra pivoted to working with vegan businesses and authors, Her n…
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322 | How to Sustain Profitability in Uncertain Times with Paul Zelizer
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This week on the pod is our monthly solo episode with Paul Zelizer. Paul is one of the first business coaches to specialize in working with social entrepreneurs and the host of the popular Awarepreneurs podcast. The topic is how to sustain profitability in uncertain times. This episode is sponsored by the coaching company of our host, Zelizer Consu…
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321 | How to Grow a Climate Organization 10x in 5 Years with Satyam Vyas
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Our guest this week on the pod is Satyam Vyas. Satyam is a visionary social entrepreneur who is the Founder and CEO of Arthan and Climate Asia. Arthan is an orgaization with a bold vision to transform the social impact sector in India and Asia. And Climate Asia is provides people with opportunities for impactful climate careers and the latest insig…
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320 | Helping Companies in Latin America Become More Inclusive with Diego Tomasino
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Our guest this week on the pod is Diego Tomasino. Diego is an executive coach who specializes in business diversity, the founder of Coach Map and the regional director of Casin & Asociados. His latest book COME OUT!: The Ultimate Guide for Inclusivity in the Business was released in English in September 2023. This episode is sponsored by the Awarep…
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319 | Supporting Social Entrepreneurship in Indian Country with Cecilia Pacheco
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Our guest this week on the pod is Cecilia Pacheco. Cecilia is the Program Manager - Tribal Entrepreneurship at the University of New Mexico's Rainforest Innovations and the host of the Indigenous Entrepreneurs Podcast. This episode is sponsored by the coaching company of our host, Zelizer Consulting Services. Resources mentioned in this episode inc…
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318 | The Zero Burnout Social Entrepreneur Launch with Paul Zelizer
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This week on the pod is our monthly solo episode with Paul Zelizer. Paul is one of the first business coaches to specialize in working with social entrepreneurs and the host of the popular Awarepreneurs podcast. The topic is how to launch a social impact product or service effectively and without burnout. This episode is sponsored by the coaching c…
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317 | The Intersection of Community Food and Justice with Erika Allen
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Our guest this week on the pod is Erika Allen. She is the Co-Founder and CEO-Strategic Development & Programs for the Urban Grower’s Collective and the President of Green ERA Education and Co-Owner of Green ERA Sustainability Partners. She has been involved in the community food and justice space since 2002. This episode is sponsored by the coachin…
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316 | Get Your Climate Startup Funded with a Great Pitch Deck with Zoë Dove-Many
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Our guest this week on the pod is Zoë Dove-Many. Zoë is on a mission to get climate solutions out of the lab and into the mainstream with the power of storytelling. As a brand strategist and designer her well crafted pitch decks helped raise a total of $22.8M in 2022. She writes a weekly newsletter on storytelling, brand strategy and climate soluti…
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315 | Capital Entrepreneurship in the Indo-Pacific Region with Cameron Neil
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Our guest this week on the pod is the Co-Founder and Director of Lead for Good, a crowd lending platform to support the growth of impact enterprises and the Co-Founder & Director of Red Hat Impact, which mobilizes capital to finance impact ventures in the Asia-Pacific Region. This episode is sponsored by the coaching company of our host, Zelizer Co…
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314 | How December Shapes a Resilient New Year with Paul Zelizer
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This week on the pod is our monthly solo episode with Paul Zelizer. He shares 5 powerful social entrepreneur resiliency strategies to help you enhance your wellbeing and increase your success in 2024. Paul is one of the first business coaches to specialize in working with social entrepreneurs and the host of the popular Awarepreneurs podcast. This …
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