Scott Harrison, founder and CEO of charity: water, discusses his journey from partying in NYC to creating a meaningful impact through his organization. He shares his ambitions to provide clean water to 100 million people and advice for evaluating charities. They also explore the transformative power of storytelling and living a meaningful life.

Scott Harrison, Founder and CEO of charity: water, shares his inspiring journey from nightclub promoter to humanitarian. He discusses the transformative experiences that shifted his focus to providing clean water for underserved communities. Scott emphasizes the importance of storytelling and innovative fundraising strategies, revealing how charity: water's model ensures that donations directly fund projects. He also highlights the significance of building trust and transparency in philanthropy to effectively tackle global challenges.

Scott Harrison, a former top nightclub promoter turned humanitarian, shares his inspiring journey from material success to providing clean water to millions. He discusses how his storytelling and promotional skills led to impactful humanitarian work. The conversation highlights the transformative power of clean water on dignity and community, the importance of engaging narratives in charity, and integrating faith with leadership. Harrison's personal anecdotes from his work in Liberia emphasize the profound changes that arise from pursuing a meaningful purpose.

You need a great story to build a great company. And great stories are unwaveringly true. No one embodies this principle more fully than Scott Harrison, founder of Charity: Water. A master storyteller, Scott built his nonprofit on 3 radical principles: (1) 100% of donations would go to water projects (not overhead). (2) Progress reports would be utterly transparent, sharing victories, defeats and even GPS coordinates of water wells. (3) The brand’s storytelling would lead with hope instead of guilt, inspiring joyful participation without sacrificing honesty.Read a transcript of this interview at: https://mastersofscale.com/scott-harrison-to-scale-you-must-master-the-art-of-storytelling/Subscribe to the Masters of Scale weekly newsletter: https://mastersofscale.com/subscribeSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Scott Harrison, Founder of charity: water, reflects on the organization's rapid scale over the past five years. Topics include rebranding and partnership with Airbnb.org, providing clean water access, transparency and empowering customers, the success of Charity Water's birthday initiative, co-creation in refugee response, and strategies for encouraging reviews and sharing episodes.

Episode 443: Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) talks to Scott Harrison (@scottharrison), Founder and CEO of Charity Water, about life as a nightclub promoter to starting Charity Water.Want to see more MFM? Subscribe to the MFM YouTube channel here.Click here to sign up for our event in Austin, TX on Saturday April 29th: mfmpod.com/atxVote for MFM to win a Webby: mfmpod.com/webbyCheck Out Sam's Stuff:* Hampton* Ideation Bootcamp* Copy ThatCheck Out Shaan's Stuff:* Power Writing Course* Daily Newsletter-----Links:*Charity Water*The Spring*Shaan's 35th Birthday donation* Do you love MFM and want to see Sam and Shaan's smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtube channel.------Show Notes:(03:20) - Introduction to Scott(14:05) - Working in Liberia(20:55) - Start of Charity Water(28:20) - Scott's approach to marketing charity(37:05) - Michael Birch story(42:57) - Cost of giving water for 1 person(48:20) - Practice saying yes-----Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel Helwani, Ramit Sethi, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Diamandis, Dharmesh Shah, Brian Halligan, Marc Lore, Jason Calacanis, Andrew Wilkinson, Julian Shapiro, Kat Cole, Codie Sanchez, Nader Al-Naji, Steph Smith, Trung Phan, Nick Huber, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Askren, Ramon Van Meer, Brianne Kimmel, Andrew Gazdecki, Scott Belsky, Moiz Ali, Dan Held, Elaine Zelby, Michael Saylor, Ryan Begelman, Jack Butcher, Reed Duchscher, Tai Lopez, Harley Finkelstein, Alexa von Tobel, Noah Kagan, Nick Bare, Greg Isenberg, James Altucher, Randy Hetrick and more.-----Additional episodes you might enjoy:• #224 Rob Dyrdek - How Tracking Every Second of His Life Took Rob Drydek from 0 to $405M in Exits• #209 Gary Vaynerchuk - Why NFTS Are the Future• #178 Balaji Srinivasan - Balaji on How to Fix the Media, Cloud Cities & Crypto* #169 - How One Man Started 5, Billion Dollar Companies, Dan Gilbert's Empire, & Talking With Warren Buffett• ​​​​#218 - Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates• Dave Portnoy vs The World, Extreme Body Monitoring, The Future of Apparel Retail, "How Much is Anthony Pompliano Worth?", and More• How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, and More

From a life of decadent pleasures to a mission of redemption, Scott Harrison shares his journey from nightclub promoter to charity founder. His experiences in West Africa led him to dedicate his life to solving the global water crisis. With over $750 million raised, charity: water has impacted over 17.4 million people. A story of transformation, service, and finding fulfillment through giving back.

Scott Harrison is the founder and CEO of Charity: Water, one of the most innovative non-profit organisations in the world. Bringing the Netflix model to the charity sector, Scott has built a positive community around trying to bring drinking water to the 700 million people who don’t have access to it. For this episode, we’ve partnered with Charity: Water to ensure that all of the proceeds we receive from it will go towards providing drinking water to the people who need it the most. The story of how Scott came to lead a global movement in water provision is unlike any other. A former nightclub promoter and owner, he was a user of every type of drug under the sun before he cleaned up his act and started again. Because when he asked himself what was most important, it wasn’t his own pleasure, but helping other people. To help Scott in his mission, we are donating 100% of the advertising revenue from this episode to help people access clean water. If you’d like to donate also, click here: charitywater.org/thediaryofaceoFollow Scott:Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/scottharrisonTwitter - https://twitter.com/scottharrisonScott’s book - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Thirst-Story-Redemption-Compassion-Mission/dp/1524762865/ Charity: Water - https://www.charitywater.org/uk Mentioned books -  The Pursuit of God - Tozer, A. Whttps://www.amazon.co.uk/Pursuit-God-W-Tozer/dp/1940177103 Follow me:https://beacons.ai/diaryofaceo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Architect Bjarke Ingels, fashion entrepreneur Aurora James, tech entrepreneur Kathryn Finney, and philanthropist Scott Harrison discuss their strategies for tackling society's toughest challenges, including addressing systemic racism, sustainable architecture, and clean water access. Each leader emphasizes the importance of a daring mindset and embracing problems, regardless of size or complexity. Small actions, allyship, and overcoming adversity are also highlighted as key themes.

Scott Harrison, Founder of charity: water, shares his journey from a nightclub promoter to launching a charity. Topics include his life-changing experience on a hospital ship, the importance of clean water access, bringing storytelling to charity, his leadership lessons, and the power of small donations for greater impact.