Helping Mission-Driven Entrepreneurs Find Scale

In this episode of the Mission Driven Podcast, I speak with Cheryl Jacob, Founder and Chief of Growth and Impact at Resonate & Co, about her work helping mission-driven entrepreneurs scale. We begin with a direct challenge to investors: their responsibility isn’t to personally deliver every layer of support, but to find and fund the people who know how to provide it—whether that’s operational expertise, systems support, coaching, or even mental wellbeing resources—based on what founders are actually struggling with. From there, we explore the realities facing social entrepreneurs today: navigating the "valley of death" between startup and scale, building hybrid nonprofit/for-profit models as global aid tightens, and ensuring founders themselves don’t burn out before their organizations mature. This is a candid conversation about ecosystems, responsibility, leadership growth, and designing organizations that can endure long enough to deliver lasting impact. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.