Episode 7: Making an Impact: Social Entrepreneurship with Matthew Manos
Show Notes
We’re in the middle of extreme social upheaval and many brands are re-evaluating their cultures and the impact their actions are having on marginalized communities. As a leader, how do you make sure your good intentions have a positive and authentic impact? We interviewed Matthew Manos, a pioneer in the world of philanthropically-minded entrepreneurs, to find out. On the show, we talk about the radical give half model at the heart of verynice. We also address the challenge of using your talents authentically to have a positive impact and how to use creativity and generosity to create not just a customer-obsessed company, but a humanity-obsessed one.
Customer Obsessed Picks
Matt’s Picks
In our interview, Matt shared several resources on design thinking, creativity, and nonprofits, which are listed below.
While you might not be interested in nonprofit work, Matt shared this book to show the value of getting to know the specific communities you’re trying to help.
Reginald is verynice’s publishing house, established in early 2020, to share their donation-based toolkits. The toolkits cover topics like remote work, peculiar prompts to stimulate creativity and out-of-the-box thinking, and many more. If you’re able to donate, we encourage you to do so to help support verynice’s work and act as a sponsor for someone else who can’t afford to contribute.
Eric’s Pick
Eric shared powerful, inspiring advice from Arthur Ashe, a leader on and off the tennis court as a life-long activist, philanthropist, and educator.
“To achieve greatness, start where you are, use what you have, do what you can. True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost, but the urge to serve others at whatever cost. From what we get, we can make a living; what we give, however, makes a life.”
The quote is from Ashe’s book A Hard Road to Glory: A History of the African-American Athlete.
Erin’s Pick
Need an escape? Dive into the fantastical, transportive world of Shakespeare via the YouTube channel Shakespeare’s Globe. They’re streaming a few of their past performances at the famous Globe Theater in London, a recreation of Shakespeare’s open-air theatre that burned down in 1613.