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Perhaps you need support navigating the diverse impact investor landscape? Or you’re struggling to balance profitability, scale and social impact?

If it’s anything that’s preventing your social enterprise from growing faster, then you’re in the right place. This is a practical resource for social entrepreneurs in the trenches, making things happen against all the odds.

My name is Andy Narracott and I’m here to serve social entrepreneurs in the best way I possibly can. I’ll be serving up great content through the interviews on my podcast. If you’ve got a question, head on over to the Finding Impact Facebook page or tweet me at @AndyNarracott for inclusion in the next show. We’ll go further and faster together.

Sign up to the Finding Impact Newsletter to be informed of the latest podcasts with a few choice articles for the social entrepreneur. I only send it every couple of weeks and I absolutely respect your time. Put in your name and email address, check your inbox to confirm, and we’re in business. Let’s do this!

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The Finding Impact Podcast

FIP 129: Using Design Thinking in the Needfinding Process 2/3, with Juliana Proserpio of Echos Innovation Lab

FIP 128: The principles of fundraising, building teams and asking for advice with Jack Lowe of the Fit For Life Foundation

FIP 127: How to shift your attitude to perform at your best, with Scott Roy of Whitten & Roy Partnership

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

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

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

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

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

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

FIP 120: Adapting management and leadership styles for scale, with Glynis Rankin

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

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

FIP 117: Hardware entrepreneurs II 3/3 – Deploying a network of automated fuel dispensers for clean cookstoves, 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 Wachira of Proteq Automation

FIP 115: Hardware entrepreneurs II 1/3 - Creating a smart gas meter for the BoP, with Mike Hahn from PayGo Energy

FIP 114: Why you need a clear fundraising strategy before going to market with Solonia Teodros of The Change School

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

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

FIP 111: Hardware entrepreneurs 3/3 - Creating a device to solve last-mile connectivity issues in Africa, with Erik Hersman

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

FIP 98: Lessons From Bedriye Hulya Who Was Able to Prevent a Burnout

FIP 97: The Dangers of Being a Corporate Insurgent with Gib Bulloch

FIP 96: How to manage the isolation and mental stress as a social enterprise founder with Ilaina Rabbat

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

FIP 94: Scaling Partnerships with Government, Shannon May of Bridge International Academies

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

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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The Finding Impact Newsletter keeps you informed of the latest podcasts and a few choice articles for the social entrepreneur. I only send it every couple of weeks and I absolutely respect your time. Put in your name and email address, check your inbox to confirm, and you’re in business.