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Giving A Shit | How Simon Griffiths Got Away With Breaking Every Law of Capitalism with Who Gives A Crap
Episode Description
Featuring Simon Griffiths, Co-Founder & CEO of Who Gives A Crap - a company that sells beautiful, forest-friendly toilet paper, paper towels, and tissues and donates 50% of their profits to help build toilets for those in need.
This episode is about building a business for the sole purpose of impact. Does it actually work?
Join our conversations about:
- The branding power of just doing good business
- Handling money as an impact-first business
- Bootstrapping on 50% profit for 9 years and loving it
- How giving away profits makes a business more successful
- Dealing with greenwashing in today's world
How do you build a moat around your brand through impact? How do you successfully delegate as a CEO? Can impact businesses exit successfully? Why give 50% of your profits? Here's everything we learned from Simon Griffiths.
Starring guest co-host: Argentino Molinuevo; Business Development Team Lead at Athyna, with some special comments.
Hosted by Bill Kerr & Walo Olapoju, produced by Matías Rosenberg, Celeste Bono, and creative direction by Josefina Córdoba.
This show was sponsored by Athyna. Hire, manage and retain world-class global talent at www.athyna.io/rare.
Song Lyrics:
Who gives a crap if there's still poop in your bum?
Who gives a crap if you've got nowhere to run?
Who gives a crap if you've got potable water?
Simon Griffiths, gives a crap, Griffiths...
There's a whole world of shit to save,
Need to flush with all your might - tonight!