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FIP 129: Using Design Thinking in the Needfinding Process, with Juliana Proserpio of Echos Innovation Lab

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FIP 128: The Elder Series with Jack Lowe of the Fit For Life Foundation

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How to shift your attitude to perform at your best

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FIP 126: How Business Can Respond to a Crisis with James Mwangi representing Safe Hands Kenya

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FIP 125: Venture Debt Fund for revenue-generating businesses during COVID-19 with Amanda Cotterman

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FIP 124: Using Design Thinking in the Needfinding Process with Elizabeth Knight

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FIP 123: How this young founder is bootstrapping his EdTech Startup, with Cyril Michino of Chaptr Global

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FIP 122: How to build processes and systems for scale, with Boston Nyer of BURN Manufacturing

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FIP 121: Maintaining culture with growth through scale, with Paul Breloff of Shortlist

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FIP 120: Adapting managment and leadership styles for scale

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FIP 119: Tips for young founders with Lamia Makkar who launched her first startup at age 13

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FIP 118: Building entrepreneurial ecosystems in emerging markets with Maryanne Ochola of ANDE

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FIP 117: Hardware entrepreneurs II 3/3 – Deploying a network of kiosks, automated fuel dispensers, with Sagun Saxena of KOKO Networks

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FIP 116: Hardware entrepreneurs II 2/3 - The inventor who's creating Africa's first CNC machines, with Simon Oshera of Proteq Automation

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FIP 115: Hardware entrepreneurs II 1/3 - PayGo Energy with Mike Hahn

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FIP 114: When to say 'No' to more investment with Solonia Teodros of The Change School

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FIP 113: Funding for when things go wrong, with Caroline Bressan of Open Road Alliance

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FIP 112: Tips for Social Entrepreneurs Wanting to Apply to an Accelerator

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FIP 111: Hardware entrepreneurs 3/3 - Creating a modem-cum-router device aimed at solving last-mile connectivity issues in Africa, with Erik Hersman

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FIP 110: Hardware entrepreneurs - 2/3 Creating electronic hardware products for businesses in East Africa, with Mary Mwangi

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FIP 109: Hardware entrepreneurs 1/3 - Creating tools for manufacturing in Africa, with William Maluki

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FIP 108: Last mile distribution 3/3 - How to pivot from a cash-based to a PAYGO model, with Washikala of Altech

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FIP 107: Last mile distribution 2/3 - How to manage a merger of like-minded social enterprises, with Sita Adhikari and Alexie Seller of Pollinate Group

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FIP 106: Last mile distribution 1/3 - How to pivot a distribution model from door-to-door to retail, with Philip Wilson of EcoFiltro

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FIP 105: The view from inside an accelerator, with Fhiwa Ndou, formerly with MassChallenge

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FIP 104: What I learnt from attending my first accelerator, with Nava Osembo of Enda Athletics

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FIP 103: Do accelerators actually work? A look into the evidence, with Emily Eastman of GALI

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FIP 102: Why donor money is distorting the entrepreneurship ecosystem in East Africa, with Fiona Mungai of Endeavor

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FIP: 101 Experience from a recent investment raise with Dr. Christie Peacock of Sidai Africa

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FIP 100: What I've learnt building my social enterprise after 100 episodes, interview by Andrew Foote of Sanivation

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FIP 99: How local founders can attract foreign impact capital with Andreas Zeller

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FIP 098 Mental stress and isolation with Bedriye Hulya

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FIP 97: The dangers of being a Corporate Insurgent with Gib Bulloch

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FIP 96: Burnout in Social Entrepreneurs with Ilaina Rabbat of Amani Institute

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FIP 95: The ingredients of an effective government partnership with Ruth Ngechu of Living Goods

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FIP 94: Shannon May from Bridge International Academies

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FIP 93: Scaling Pathways with Erin Worsham of CASE, Duke University

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FIP 92: Helping People Make the Right Choices with Kevin Green from Rare

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FIP 91: Alexandra Fiorillo on behavioral science and social impact

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FIP 90: Drones for Social Enterprise? Imagining What's Possible with Lauren Fletcher

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FIP 89: High Tech Bio Tech for Development with Eddy Agbo of Fyodor Biotech

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FIP 88: Using Cryptocurrencies in Social Enterprise with Elizabeth Rossiello from BitPesa

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FIP 87: Audience Stories – Ravi Shankar from AcceleratED

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FIP 86: Audience Stories - Rachel Sklar from Pit Vidura

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FIP 85: Audience Stories – Emily Woods from Sanivation

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FIP 84: How to Build a Relationship with Your Core Customer Base with Lindsay Stradley

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FIP 83: Marketing in Emerging Markets with Amanda Arch of Kasha

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FIP 82: Building an Iterative Product Testing Platform with David Henia

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FIP 81: What mobile data can do for social enterprise with Guilherme Lichand

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FIP 80: The case for not collecting impact data – and what to do instead with Loïc Watine of IPA

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FIP 79: Lessons from a data driven social enterprise with Mina Shahid

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FIP 78: Finding Strengths to Let Managers Shine with Raghu Krishnaswamy

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FIP 77: Company culture and ways to motivate and build cohesion with Julienne Oyler

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FIP 76: KPIs, Cohesion, and Driving Performance with Gayatri Datar of EarthEnable

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FIP 75: Board Effectiveness with Charity Chanda Lumpa

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FIP 74: Gender Smart Investing with Suzanne Biegel

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FIP 73: Men Who Champion Women with Isaac Fokuo

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FIP 72: Funding 4/4 – Breaking Down Term Sheet Terms with Nina Gené of Jasmine Social Investments

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FIP71: Fundraising 3/4 – Getting to First Close (Part 2) with Miora Randriambeloma of Chalkboard Education

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FIP70: Fundraising 2/4 – Getting to First Close (Part 1) with Miora Randriambeloma of Chalkboard Education

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FIP 69: Funding 1/4 – Are you ready to raise money? With Elizabeth West of iGravity

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FIP 68: The Boardroom Africa with Marcia Ashong

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FIP 67: Profit vs. Impact 3/3 – with Arielle Molino of Intellecap

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FIP 66: Profit vs. Impact 2/3 – with Tom Adams of Acumen

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FIP 65: Profit vs Impact Series 1/3 – with Arjun Bolangdy

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FIP 64: The Failure Files – Six Guests Share Their Stories

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FIP 63: Human Capital Series 3/3 – Creating Company Culture and the Role of Self-Confidence with Ayla Schlosser

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FIP 62: Human Capital Series 2/3 – Recruiting and Retaining High Performers at more Mature Organizations with Sarah Perrott

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FIP 61: Human Capital Series 1/3 – Building Strong Teams Through Trial and Error with Anastasia Uglova

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FIP 60: David Auerbach Interviews Samir Ibrahim of SunCulture

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FIP 59: 11 Social Entrepreneurs Answer “What I Wish I’d Known Before Starting My Social Enterprise”

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FIP 58: David Auerbach Interviews Premal Shah of Kiva

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FIP 57: David Auerbach Interviews Lauren Russell Nkuranga of GET IT

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FIP 56: David Auerbach Interviews Andrew Youn of One Acre Fund

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FIP 55: Tools and Tactics to Maintain Strong Founder Relationships with Edith Elliott

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FIP 54: Gender-lens Investing with Shloka Nath

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FIP 53: Distributing Social Products to Rural Markets with Gaurav Mehta

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FIP 52: Bridging Education Gaps in Rural India with Umesh Malhotra

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FIP 51: Social Franchising Series 4/4 Franchising in Nairobi with CJ Bak

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FIP 50: Social Franchising Series 3/4: What Everyone’s getting Wrong about Social Franchising, with Ben Litalien

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FIP 49: Social Franchising Series 2/4: Social Micro-franchising with Beth Meadows

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FIP 48: Social Franchising Series 1/4: Social Franchising 101 with Bill Maddocks

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FIP 47: Most Downloaded Episode of 2017

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FIP 46: Tackling Unit Economics with Steve Andrews

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FIP 045: Product design and validation for the urban poor with Simon Dixon

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FIP044: Product Prototyping with Fausto Marcigot

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FIP 43: Bootstrapping with Audrey Cheng

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FIP042: Franchising Social Enterprise with Randy Welsch

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FIP 41: World Toilet Day with Jack Sim

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FIP 40: Cash Flow Fundamentals with Alex Eaton

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FIP 39: Product Design and Market Fit with Charlie Nichols

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FIP 38: Designing for Impact at Scale with Kevin Starr

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FIP 37: The Key to Success is Knowing Your Why with Ken Njoroge

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FIP 36: A Billion Dollar Homegrown African Business with Ken Njoroge

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FIP 35: Optimising business models for impact entrepreneurs, with Jon Shepard

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FIP 34: Avoiding Burnout, Maximum Employee Output and Hiring with a Dog, with David Goldberg

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FIP 33: Charity Revenue via Consulting with David Goldberg of Founders Pledge

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FIP 32: Designing an Organisation that People Love to Work For with Jim Taylor

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FIP 31: Tips on Building Trust and Hiring People by Founder-CEO, Grant Brooke

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FIP 30: Disrupting Markets with Grant Brooke