47) From eco surfboard startup into global industry authority with Firewire’s CEO Mark Price

Green Dreamer: Seeding change towards collective healing, sustainability, regeneration

kaméa chayne

Nature, Alternative Health, Society & Culture, Philosophy, Health & Fitness, Science

4.9 • 661 Ratings

🗓️ 18 August 2018

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

What did it take for our guest today to help an eco surfboard startup become an industry authority and leader? What do we need to inspire a collective shift to valuing our needs over our desires?

Mark Price, CEO of Firewire surfboards and former executive at Reef and RipCurl, shares his wisdom with you.

HIGHLIGHTS:

[7:40] Mark walks through the process of manufacturing conventional surfboards versus Firewire's eco-conscious surfboards.

[11:49] Mark's greatest personal challenge in growing Firewire from a startup.

[16:08] How Mark balances longterm vision with current goals.

[20:32] What Mark believes has been key to Firewire going from startup to becoming a global authority.

[21:49] Kaméa: "What do you see as a common struggle that eco entrepreneurs face today?"

[22:16] Mark: "If you're looking to start a company with an eco component, that cannot be the only point of difference."

[25:57] Mark: "You have to be optimistic and fight the good fight."

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1:09.7	We have to get away from our focus on wants versus needs.
1:14.6	Once create an endless cycle of overproduction and consumption, along with waste and pollution.
1:20.9	But at that deeper level, I think it also creates a society that's in a perpetual state of emotional hunger,
1:27.2	because wants are never satisfied.
1:32.5	What did it take for our guest today to help an eco-surfboard startup become an industry authority and leader?
1:39.3	What do we need to inspire a collective shift to valuing our needs over our desires?
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