#159 Scott Harrison & Joshua Coombes: On How To Do Good

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emma gannon

Authors, Wellbeing, Arts, Books, Social Media, Creativity

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🗓️ 6 November 2018

⏱️ 44 minutes

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This episode is with Scott Harrison, founder of Charity:Water and Joshua Coombes, founder of Do Something For Nothing.

I had the best time getting to know two amazing entrepreneurs last week when I hosted a master class called "Passion to Purpose" at the WeWork Creator Awards in London. Scott has the most interesting story and has helped millions get access to clean water. Joshua is probably best known for the haircuts he offers to homeless people all over the world and whose stories he shares shares their stories to encourage people to connect with others. These two guys essentially created their own opportunities in social entrepreneurialism using cultural norms like water and grooming to serve marginalised communities. I learned a lot and I hope you find this episode as inspiring as I did. Thank you to WeWork for having me host this.

If you're an entrepreneur, you're going to want to know more about the Creator Awards pitch competition - check out the WeWork London Creator recap to learn more. In the episode I mention the WeWork London Economic Impact Report which has a ton of interesting stats surrounding entrepreneurs. Stay up to date with WeWork on IG and Twitter.

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0:55.3	for sponsoring this podcast.
0:59.4	Hello and welcome back to another episode of Control-Alt Delete.
1:03.6	This episode was recorded live at We Works Creator Awards and it was such a brilliant day in
1:10.0	evening and I absolutely loved it.
1:12.2	I was so happy to be a part of it. We work as a brand I've worked with a few times now. I really love their slogan of Do What You Love and it's really what this podcast is all about. I interview people about what they do and why they do it.
1:26.4	And I even had my book launch for the multi-hiphon method at We Work. So yeah, I am very pleased to be sharing this with you. I also love
1:36.8	that We Work spaces are full of different types of people working across many different
1:41.1	industries in their recent economic impact report it says
1:46.0	that 45% of members credit we work with accelerating their company's growth. It is
1:52.4	important where you work the space that you work in.
1:55.0	54% of We Work London's female members are founders or in management or sole proprietors, and I really like that statistic.
2:05.0	The report really shows how many more people are going out and doing their own thing
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