On Episode 141 of Impact Boom, Adam McCurdie shares some of the key lessons learnt from co-founding Humanitix, from cultivating the right mindset, to staying the course, as well as insights into the social enterprise sector (and ongoing debate as to how the sector defines itself).
Read MoreImpact Boom has welcomed a high potential group of 15 diverse social enterprises into the Elevate+ Accelerator Program in Brisbane. The enterprises, led by a group of passionate, purpose-led entrepreneurs, are tackling an array of pressing community issues both locally and internationally. Keep your eyes on this cohort as they work hard to maximise their impact!
Read MoreOn February 4th, Impact Boom hosted the First Nations Impact Entrepreneurship Experience, bringing together Indigenous Australians for a workshop, networking and informative discussion on Indigenous business in Queensland and more broadly in Australia. The panel conversation and audience Q&A focussed on ‘Accelerating Indigenous Entrepreneurship’ with the aim of advancing the conversation forward.
Read MoreOn Episode 138 of Impact Boom, Karen Lynch of Belu Water shares her journey turning a struggling charity, into a hugely impactful, premium social enterprise brand.
Read MoreOn Episode 137 of Impact Boom, Meg Doherty shares her experience of the Year Here course, her placement in a homeless hostel and how this led her to launch Fat Macy’s, a catering company supporting young Londoners out of homelessness.
Read MoreOn Episode 136 of Impact Boom, Claire Coder discusses her experience in founding Aunt Flow, sharing key insights, resources and tools to help other entrepreneurs take the leap and start something they love.
Read MoreOn Episode 134 of Impact Boom, Ruth Drinkwater of Alkira Software shares her broad experience on turning ideas into impact, provides advice for entrepreneurs and discusses opportunities and challenges within the Australian investment landscape.
Read MoreOn Episode 132 of Impact Boom, Matthew Taylor of the Victorian Government provides strong insights into a $600 billion dollar social change opportunity and Victoria’s Social Procurement Framework, whilst sharing his journey and lessons from creating a social enterprise called MET Designs.
Read MoreOn Episode 130 of Impact Boom, Alex Oppes of Social Ventures Australia discusses the social enterprise movement in Australia, providing key insights into some of the progress made, as well as opportunities to improve, whilst providing advice for social entrepreneurs to maximise their impact.
Read MoreOn Episode 133 of Impact Boom, Andrea shares her experience after founding _SocialStarters, which enables corporate professionals to volunteer their time as social enterprise consultants, after making this transition herself. Andrea also manages the Serious Impact incubator in East London, and provides us with insights for social entrepreneurs.
Read MoreOn Episode 128 of Impact Boom, Andrew Hamilton of Social Scaffolding discusses consistent gaps where non profits could commonly improve and provides insights into impact investing, effective boards and implementing ideas.
Read MoreOn Episode 127 of Impact Boom, Sharon Zivkovic of Community Capacity Builders and Wicked Lab discusses the difference between simple and complicated problems, providing communities and governments with insights on how to best tackle complex issues with effective approaches.
Read MoreOn Episode 126 of Impact Boom, Brad Clair and Nick Kamols discuss how they got early traction at Powerwells, sharing insights into their social enterprise journey and what they’ve learnt about the future of business.
Read MoreOn Episode 125 of Impact Boom, Minister Fentiman talks about the strong grassroots social enterprise movement in Queensland, and how government is creating a Social Enterprise Strategy to help support the sector, ultimately making a difference in the lives of vulnerable Queensland families.
Read MoreOn Episode 123 of Impact Boom, Sabrina Chakori discusses a practical response to the sharing economy, explaining her experience in building the Brisbane Tool Library (based at State Library of Queensland), and talks about how the ‘circular economy’ has become a mainstream term, sometimes misused, and points us to where we should be focussing…
Read MoreOn Episode 124 of Impact Boom, Gabriela Gallardo and Santiago Mejia Acosta of Yaku Latin Goods discuss how they saw a need to create a self-sustaining business to provide ongoing support to social projects, whilst sharing a few lessons they’ve learnt along the way.
Read MoreOn Episode 121 of Impact Boom, Louise Aitken of the Akina Foundation discusses what social enterprises need to know to deliver significant impact, she shares her views on how the government can most appropriately support the sector, as well as suggesting the core ingredients at the heart of any good enterprise.
Read MoreOn Episode 119 of Impact Boom, Alexandra van der Ploeg of SAP shares her experience in integrating corporate social responsibility into business strategy, rather than seeing it as a bolt-on, whilst providing insights into social enterprise around the world.
Read MoreOn October 26th, the Logan Social enterprise Forum was held, bringing together key stakeholders to share ideas and experience, network and discuss the future of social enterprise in Queensland and more broadly in Australia. Impact Boom hosted a great panel which local and national leaders, with the aim of advancing forward conversation, ideas and the sector.
Read MoreOn Episode 118 of Impact Boom, Robbie Semple (currently at Nesta, but will soon join Social Entrepreneurs Ireland), shares useful insights on the realities of starting and scaling social enterprises, as well as transitioning into social impact work more broadly.
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