43. Vendor Meetings for Good with Carl Gough

Started in 2017 by founder Carl Gough, Meet Magic is a new philanthropic platform that matches Executives with Vendors who want to meet with them. Their mission is to inspire a world of meaningful human connections, that simultaneously empower organisational growth and social change by creating conversations that count. Carl's background is very humble and colourful being raised with a Jamaican family in Nottingham. Leaving school at 15, home at 16, with no university degrees, he set about trying to survive life. And here we are... In this episode Carl shares how he started Meet Magic and subsequently partnered with The Starlight Foundation and created Meetings for Good - which has found a way to to bring Executives and Vendors together for curated business discussions, whilst helping sick children at the same time. . Links www.meetmagic.org www.meetingforgood.org.au Time Stamps 00:25 Claire's introduction of Carl 01:30 How Meetings for Good started 05:13 How Meetings for Good works by overcoming the usual vendor/client issues 07:09 "The vendors get to see the list of executives who have pledged their time, and they can pick off that list, who they want to go and see" 09:16 The executives and leader benefits from being a part of Meetings for Good 09:39 "You end up going off and having a great day and being a better person to be around for a start, because you've just done some good" 10:00 Why lead to Meetings for Good partnering with The Starlight Foundation 12:20 Having targeted Vendor meetings means valuing everyone's time 14:24 "They're coming back for more. And they love the outcomes of the meetings" 14:59 Carl's goal for Meet Magic 18:06 "1000 meetings a month in 10 cities around the world. That's a huge business.…it's making a massive contribution back to society in helping all these different charities" 20:41 How you can get involved with Meet Magic and Meetings for Good