Oct 1, 2017
Do you sometimes feel alone with your ideas to change the world? You want to work in a company that cares for a better world and social impact but don’t know how to find them? These are the questions that Nicole, Nadia and Naomi had in Berlin a few years ago. And from the kitchen table, they set off to change it. Today, TBD.community is Germany’s largest on- and offline community for people interested to change the world via social enterprises and other projects.
In the interview, we talk about how TBD started and grew to a success story the last years, about their business model, how the three of them got together with their common vision and what people in social startups do wrong..
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In this episode:
On TBD:
- how TBD (formerly TheChanger.org) started from the conversation at a kitchen table
- TBD’s idea: helping people to find the jobs they love and interconnect social businesses for higher impact
- the business model: better people for better companies.
- How they built up a community of 40,000 followers without a marketing budget(!): Good partners and early value for followers
- The deepest crisis at TBD: Summer 2016 when they almost crashed
- their best moments: getting support from investors and community
- their latest ventures: stepping into US and UK
on Nicole’s life:
- $60 for Amnesty International when Nicole was 9 years old – love it!
- inspiration by her parents
- her time with Township families in South Africa - being a traveler between worlds
help for people who are looking for a job with more meaning and happiness:
- what Nicole loves about her job: being with a community you love
- finding the job you love: the 4 questions you have to ask yourself!
- How to get the job you love: 3 crucial tips. …and visit tbd.community, of course! ;-)
- Advice to her 20-year-old self
quick questions, quick answers
- misconceptions about social business
- importance of being a specialist
- mistakes beginners make when founding a social startup
- her favorite book: The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World by Michael Pollan
- the message of her life: “Everybody can bring about social impact.” – love it.
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