Scott Harrison: CEO of charity: water| #ThePlaybook 109

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David Meltzer, Entrepreneur.com

Entrepreneurship, Business, Careers

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🗓️ 27 June 2019

⏱️ 31 minutes

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On Episode 109 of #ThePlaybook, Scott Harrison, CEO of charity: water and author of the best-selling book Thirst, shares his thoughts on: Choosing to dedicate one year of his life to serving others after “selfishly wasting” ten years as a club promoter [4:30] How he worked to build trust in charity: water by showing donors the impact that their donation has [11:40] The steps he took to make charity: water an “epic brand” that rivals Nike and Apple [14:33] Why he is so enthusiastic about introducing his donors to other charities [18:04] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	On this episode of the Playbook I have a founder of one of my favorite charities
0:03.5	Charity Water Scott Harrison. I don't know how Scott and I don't know each other
0:08.4	from the promotion in club days but we missed each other but we certainly got on the right path.
0:13.0	This is entrepreneurs, the playbook,
0:15.0	where each week I bring you some of the greatest athletes,
0:19.0	celebrities, and entrepreneurs
0:21.0	to talk about their personal and professional
0:23.8	playbook to success and what made them champions on the field and in the
0:28.7	boardroom. I'm your host and CEO of Sports One Marketing, David Melzer.
0:36.0	This Dave Melcher with Entrepreneurs The Playbook
0:38.0	and I'm so excited.
0:39.0	I have Scott Harrison, the founder and CEO of Charity Water.
0:42.2	What's up, Dave?
0:42.8	I love charitable entrepreneurs.
0:45.0	Okay.
0:45.8	Social entrepreneurs, they call us now.
0:47.6	Right.
0:48.6	That's the new term.
0:49.6	That wasn't around when I started.
0:51.2	I was reading about you and our journeys are so similar that the first thing
0:55.4	that came in my head was how the heck are we not best friends from our former
0:59.0	days right now I know we'll be best friends because we live our lives the exact same which will make this interview really easy for me.
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