Social Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Show

The social entrepreneurship and sustainability show is a global platform that amplifies the people, ideas, and systems shaping the future of social innovation. Get inspired, empowered, and equipped to create positive change in your community.

Social Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Show is a business podcast hosted by Unknown Host, with 64 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Unknown Host hosts Social Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Show, a business show with 64 episodes published.

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  Episode #1

  Collaboration Moves at the Speed of Trust with Stephen Minix

  Aug 14, 202633 minS4

  Welcome to Season 4 of the Social Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Show . In this episode, Dr Faiz speaks with Stephen Minix, Vice President of Community at UpMetrics, about why collaboration moves at the speed of trust. The conversation explores how nonprofits can build stronger relationships with funders, why data should serve the mission rather than drive it, and how simple acts of communication can turn transactional relationships into genuine partnerships. Stephen also reflects on the role of AI in social impact, the importance of listening to the people being served, and why trust can never be outsourced. A practical and human conversation about clarity, relationships, data, and what it really takes to create sustainable impact. For more content, do visit: Email Stephen: stephen@upmetrics.com Stephen’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephenminix Upmetrics: https://upmetrics.com Catalyst Now: https://catalystnow.net AstroX: https://www.angkasawan.org.my Email Dr Faiz: mfaiz@angkasawan.org.my Dr Faiz’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gofaiz Creating positive change, one episode at a time. This show is sponsored by Faiz Space. https://faizspace.org

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  Episode #41

  Take the Phone Call: How Unexpected Conversations Create Opportunity with Jason West

  Jul 31, 202634 minS3

  Every breakthrough begins with an idea, but turning that idea into real-world impact is rarely straightforward. In this episode, Dr Faiz speaks with Jason West, Co-Founder and Executive Vice President of NextGen Scientific. Jason shares his unusual journey from biology to law, executive leadership, pharmaceuticals, and scientific commercialization. The conversation explores why promising ideas fail, how poor execution can undermine good intentions, what it takes to raise significant investment, and why courage, clarity, relationships, and persistence matter just as much as the original idea. Jason also reflects on building a family business from humble beginnings, helping scientific discoveries move through research and clinical development, and the importance of taking opportunities one step at a time. His clearest advice to entrepreneurs is simple: Take the phone call. You never know which conversation may open a door, create a partnership, solve a problem, or change the direction of your work. This episode is for entrepreneurs, social innovators, scientists, business leaders, and anyone trying to move an idea from vision to lasting impact. For more content, do visit: Email Jason: jason.west@genzada.com Jason’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jason-west-b33b7a163/ NextGen Scientific: https://investinnextgen.com Genzada Pharmaceuticals: https://genzada.com Hyatt Life Sciences: https://hyattlifesciences.com Catalyst Now: https://catalystnow.net AstroX: https://www.angkasawan.org.my Email Dr Faiz: mfaiz@angkasawan.org.my Dr Faiz’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gofaiz Creating positive change, one episode at a time. This show is sponsored by Faiz Space. https://faizspace.org

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  Episode #40

  What If the Money Never Left Your Community? with D.G. Safeer Hopton

  Jul 14, 202632 minS3

  In this episode, Dr Faiz speaks with lifelong cooperative innovator, author and founder of Global Village Co-op, D. G. Safeer Hopton. Drawing on more than five decades of experience, Safeer explains how cooperatives can help communities build and retain wealth rather than allowing outside corporations to continuously extract value. He shares the story of Co-op Village in Pasadena, where residents collectively owned not only their homes, but also the surrounding shopping centre and recreation facilities. Revenue generated by the commercial development was then reinvested to reduce housing costs and strengthen the wider community. The conversation explores the principles that make cooperatives distinct, including democratic ownership, one member, one vote, transparency, consumer education, and the circulation of money within local communities. Safeer also discusses patron refunds, cooperative supermarkets, credit unions, community-owned services, cash rewards systems and the potential of digital wallets to connect consumers and merchants around the world. At the heart of the episode is a powerful question: What becomes possible when communities stop competing against one another and begin building, buying and growing together? For more content, do visit: Email Safeer: newday44@earthlink.net Safeer’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/d-g-safeer-hopton-a4a8b3b Global Village: https://globalvillage.coop Get Safeer's Book: https://www.amazon.com/Creating-Co-op-Village-Real-World-Communities-ebook/dp/B0GWW7CDCG Safeer's Music: https://music.youtube.com/channel/UCtxuFmLojdg_86ttjJxCE2g Safeer World: https://youtube.com/@awakening_music_books?si=naM0KQuBDuoIU7d3 Safeer's Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/live/yMenf8PmpxU?si=ge-RDxRbu9nnmQOB Safeer's EP Album: https://open.spotify.com/artist/79zVNLgy8L7RMUuoYoALQn Catalyst Now: https://catalystnow.net AstroX: https://www.angkasawan.org.my Email Dr Faiz: mfaiz@angkasawan.org.my Dr Faiz’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gofaiz Creating positive change, one episode at a time. This show is sponsored by Faiz Space. https://faizspace.org

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  Episode #39

  Money Is Just a Tool: Building Sustainable Nonprofits with Sharmon Lebby

  Jun 30, 202634 minS3

  In this episode, Dr Faiz speaks with nonprofit strategist Sharmon Lebby, Founder of Blessed Designs Consulting and creator of the Nonprofit Launch Academy. With more than 20 years of experience in nonprofit leadership, movement building, and ethical entrepreneurship, Sharmon shares powerful insights on why many mission-driven organizations struggle, how leaders can avoid mission drift, and why sustainable impact requires more than passion alone. The conversation explores community-led organizations, funding challenges, organizational strategy, and one powerful reminder that stayed with us throughout the episode: money is just a tool. For more content, do visit: Email Sharmon: sharmonlebby@gmail.com Sharmon’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sharmon-lebby Blessed Designs Consulting: https://www.blesseddesignsco.com One Square World: https://www.onesquareworld.org Intersectional Environmentalist: https://intersectionalenvironmentalist.com Loving in Action Foundation: https://www.loveinactionfoundation.org Catalyst Now: https://catalystnow.net AstroX: https://www.angkasawan.org.my Email Dr Faiz: mfaiz@angkasawan.org.my Dr Faiz’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gofaiz Creating positive change, one episode at a time. This show is sponsored by Faiz Space. https://faizspace.org

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  Episode #38

  AI In Your Voice with Gillian Delaunay

  Jun 14, 202634 minS3

  In this episode, Faiz speaks with Gillian Delaunay, founder of NEON ID, about the future of personalized AI and why the next evolution of artificial intelligence may not be smarter AI, but AI that communicates in your voice. A conversation on identity, communication, and building more human-centered technology. For more content, do visit: Gillian’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gillianbrett Neon ID: https://neonid.ai Neon’s Website: https://neonid.com Email Gillian: gillian@neonid.com Catalyst Now: https://catalystnow.net AstroX: https://www.angkasawan.org.my Email Dr Faiz: mfaiz@angkasawan.org.my Dr Faiz’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gofaiz Creating positive change, one episode at a time. This show is sponsored by Faiz Space. https://faizspace.org

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