#10. Trent Pike - Mielie Mailer

Trent Pike (@trentcpike) - An exceptionally humble business man, travel enthusiast, and fellow inner-peace seeker joins me online for Episode 10.  With an exceptional story highlighting some of Trent's more recent life challenges and successes, Trent and I took a trip down memory lane to unpack much of where his current mental framework around past and present entrepreneurial successes has given him the experience and skillset to guide sustainable and consciously-minded business development. Don't let Trent's tranquil demeanour fool you though. This man possesses strong liberal beliefs in ethics and environmentalism encompassing a triple-bottom-line approach to value creation. Three specific topics we dive a little deeper into throughout our chat. From dropping out of university, creating an exceptionally successful business venture from R5,000 in hand, being threatened by Instagram for perceived trademark violation, a beautiful "awakening" after reading "The Tibetan Book of Living & Dying", to visiting over 20 National Parks whilst living out of a travel van in the U.S for 3 months, Trent and I went on an adventure through time. As Co-Founder of Mielie Mailer, his more recent business venture, Trent and his team are looking to bring sustainable packaging solutions to businesses throughout South Africa. What do they offer? A 100% compostable plastic-alternative to traditional delivery sleeves fly-bags, that could remove up to 50 million single-use plastic bags every year from circulation. He and his team are thought-leaders in sustainability, carbon sequestration and plastic-replacements, where their recent contribution to the South African Initiative to End Plastic Waste has cemented this position. With the belief that the best way to save nature is with more nature, here is another conversation where I was transfixed! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Resources and key points: 00:58 - 03:54 - Shout out to Ep #7. Flora & Sasha - Future Females 03:55 - 07:07 - Intro to Trent and Mielie Mailer Get in touch: Website: Miele Mailer Email: [email protected] IG: @mieliemailer FB: Mielie Mailer LI: Trent Pike -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Apple Podcast: Apple Podcast  Spotify: Spotify YouTube: YouTube Google Podcasts: Google Podcasts Instagram: @outcome_podcast Email: [email protected] Website: Coming Soon!