Talks at Google

Ep457 - Taylor Conroy | Journey: Travel with Purpose

Jun 21, 2024

Disruptive social entrepreneur Taylor Conroy shares his impactful journey, from firefighting to studying with Zen monks in Japan. He co-founded Journey, a travel company focusing on building homes and aiding refugees. Learn how to travel with purpose and make a positive impact in communities.

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Empower grade school students in social ventures to create impactful change early.

Enable travelers to engage in purposeful travel experiences and contribute to humanitarian projects globally.

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Creating Social Impact Through Entrepreneurship and Travel

Taylor Conroy, a disruptive social entrepreneur, shares his journey from firefighting to real estate and eventually founding Change Heroes. By empowering grade school students to turn $100 into $500 through social ventures, Conroy emphasizes the impact of teaching entrepreneurship early. His philanthropic efforts led to building schools in Kenya and empowering others to create meaningful social change through initiatives like Change Heroes.

Intro

2min

Teaching Kids Entrepreneurship with Social Impact and Building a School in Kenya

9min

Transformative Impact of Travel and Service

4min

Traveling with Purpose: Building Homes for Families in Mexico City

2min

Creating Impactful Travel Experiences

13min

Taylor Conroy is a disruptive social entrepreneur. Taylor has been a professional firefighter, a real estate entrepreneur, and a bodybuilder. He has studied with Zen monks in Japan, run with the bulls in Spain, explored every continent on earth including Antarctica, and surfed the longest wave in the world in Peru. He has also filmed documentaries in the red light district of Cambodia to combat sex trafficking, the Ecuadorian Amazon to catalyze microfinance, and the jungles of Uganda as an activist for human rights.

He is the co-founder of Journey, an impact travel company bringing groups of people on international trips to build homes, renovate schools, coach women's collectives, and aid refugees, transforming both the communities they visit and the travelers they engage.

Listen to this Talk to learn how to travel with more purpose, help communities in need and get connected with an international family of like-minded individuals.

Originally published in November of 2016.

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