#40: Invest in POVERTY? If you're EVER gonna listen in, THIS is the one!!

Yo! Number 40!!! Woohoooo! You. Gotta. LISTEN TO THIS ONE! We had one of the most legit-amazing-O.G.-human-beings-on-the-planet: Teju Ravilochan. This G is a hidden treasure! This episode was fun! Inspiring! Education fo' the soul! Can you imagine investing in social causes that have BAD-A$$ potential to change the world? AND make money?! Teju makes that happen! Teju co-founded a *social impact* accelerator called Unreasonable Institute (now Uncharted). Basically, Teju's (former) organization gets behind entrepreneurs that try to push the world to be better. Like Moses, for example, whose company Eco-Fuel Africa discovered a way to turn human waste into fuel (which has now helped millions of girls in Uganda attend school instead of traveling long distances to search for firewood). Our comedian guest Sam Prickett was....also on. He quit smoking this week. So he was ANNOYING 🤣 We then jumped into talking about markets - company earnings reports, the Federal Reserve, and the eye-popping jobs report showing 263,000 peeps gettin hired in the US (but were those jobs any good? we discuss). Finally, we got into the nitty gritty of WHY should a person even bother investing? Get ready for some feel-good! Peace... SHOW HIGHLIGHTS: 02:40- Teju - co-founded a non-profit called "Unreasonable Institute" (now Uncharted) 04:00- Examples of entrepreneurs launching startups that do social good 08:40- Teju's personal story on his first trip to India 12:20- Can a person invest AND do social good? 16:50- How does Uncharted help startups? 19:00- Where is Teju headed next? 23:00- Can we solve the homeless problem by giving away money? 33:00- How can a layperson support holistically? 37:40- Talking about the markets - Jobs and Unemployment 48:20- Google and apple earnings reports 49:40- Warren Buffett buying billions of Amazon stock 51:50- What's insider trading? 53:30- All about Apple getting into services 58:15- Federal reserve bank meeting 1:00:20- Tesla needs cash FAST 1:02:10- Is convertible debt basically a drop-top? 1:04:50- Why should a person invest? 1:14:20- Become shareholders instead of just employees! Connect with Amer and BNOS:  Visit the BNOS PODCAST: https://bit.ly/2rYjUBr  Visit the Amer Abdullah BLOG: http://bit.ly/17jDHw3  Like BNOS on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/businessnewsandothershit Follow BNOS on Twitter: https://twitter.com/amer5x  Follow BNOS on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/realamerabdullah