The NTM Growth Marketing Podcast

As the founder and CEO of Business for America, Sarah Bonk is on a mission to strengthen representative democracy. Business for America is a business group dedicated exclusively to educating and engaging the business community to help advance popular, bipartisan political reforms and technology solutions that strengthen and reform representative democracy. In this episode, I speak with Sarah Bonk about her mission and the impact Business for America is making in the world. Let's dive in! https://www.bfa.us/

Dr. Matthew Sleeth was at the peak of his career, an ER physician and chief of staff of his hospital. Matthew believed in science and what could be seen and measured. After several back to back tragedies, things shifted for Matthew and his wife Nancy. The Sleeths wrote several books, including Serving God, Saving the Planet, Almost Amish, 24/6: A Prescription to a Healthier, Happier Life, and Reforesting Faith (released April 2019). In 2008, he founded Blessed Earth to teach at churches, schools, and retreats around the country. Dr. Sleeth was invited to be the monthly guest preacher at The Washington National Cathedral, and 2,500 groups in 45 countries and all 50 states participated in Blessed Earth's Hope for Creation simulcast. Newsweek and Christianity Today have listed the Sleeths among the top fifty Christian leaders in America. In this episode, I speak with Dr. Sleeth about his mission and the impact Blessed Earth is making in the world. Let's do this! http://www.blessedearth.org/

Gexsi stands for Global Exchange for Social Investment. The search engine works like a platform that connects innovative social entrepreneurs with a multitude of supporters. These users generate the capital Gexsi invest socially almost unnoticed with their daily search on the Internet. Gexsi is the only search engine entirely dedicated to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Achieving the SDGs will require us to recognize that these big goals apply in our own backyard. The Global Goals are everyone's goals. Therefore, Gexsi supports projects and innovative social startups that are dedicated to contributing to these Goals. In this episode of The School For Humanity, Gexsi founder, Andreas Renner shares the story of Gexsi and their mission. https://gexsi.com/en/

As a certified B-Corp corporation, SES is a values based, mission driven company. A company that inspires while making a difference, creates green jobs, and promotes a healthy economy – all while accelerating GHG emission reductions through energy conservation. SES measures their success each year with more than just profit. Staff life balance, GHG emission reductions, and promoting innovation are part of their bottom line. Using traditional energy efficiency engineering as well as operator training, staff engagement, fault detection, and research into new technologies to increase impact, improve persistence, and continue the evolution of the building management industry. On today's episode I speak with Energy Efficiency Engineer, Christopher Naismith about the impact SES is making in the world. Listen now!

Models of Impact is a role-playing and ideation game that makes it easy to generate new and sustainable business models. With a pay-what-you-want business model, Models of Impact includes easy-to-understand instructions for gameplay, a glossary of 200+ business models, and a suite of other helpful resources. Model of Impact walks players through a series of activities in order to simulate the process of ideating and launching a social enterprise in just four steps: LEARN, INVENT, PROGRAM, and REPORT. This week I speak with Models of Impact Founder, Matt Manos, who is an award-winning design strategist, social entrepreneur, and educator. Matthew is the Founder and Managing Director of Verynice, a design strategy consultancy that gives half of its work away for free to nonprofit organizations. Launched in 2008, Verynice is known across the globe for being one of the first social enterprises in the design industry. Called "crazy or genius" by Forbes Magazine, and named one of seven millennials changing the world by The Huffington Post, Matthew's pioneering work in the field of social entrepreneurship has inspired thousands of practitioners to engage in socially and environmentally responsible business. Matthew speaks at institutions across the globe, and his work and ideas have also been featured in Entrepreneur, GOOD, Maxim, Inc, Fast Company, and Wired. Let's do this. http://www.modelsofimpact.co/

XCHG ingests data sourced from each commodity's lifecycle and converts it into Intelligent Commodities™, digital assets that enable transactions based on comprehensive information linked to source data. CEO Joe Madden is a pioneering entrepreneur focused on the convergence of markets, data and impact on a global scale. They have assembled a team of global experts in data science, distributed ledger technology (DLT), commodity exchanges and quantitative "smart standards" policy innovation. Joe has positioned the company to drive the digital transformation of global commodity markets. In this episode, Joe shares XCHG's journey to global impact. Listen now.

Based in Brazil, Movin uses smart materials to offer timeless fashion with the environment in mind. In this episode, I speak with Movin CEO and founder Pedro Ruffier about their focus on innovations that ensure environmental quality and partnerships that seek progressive attitudes for a fair balance between market, nature and community.

Near Me is a customizable marketplace solution powering the sharing economy. Global brands and Entrepreneurs now have a turnkey platform supported with go-to market strategy and expert advice for creating peer-to-peer marketplaces. Marketplace owners are empowered to augment the sharing ecosystem with their own branded sites that allow users to share, trade, swap, resell or rent anything. Near Me's mission is to create premium marketplaces that connect people and foster the exchange of knowledge, products and services within communities. In this episode, I talk with co-founder and CEO, Adam Broadway about Near Me's journey, goals and impact.

HEX Ferments uses the traditional method of fermentation to preserve and transform local, organic produce into nourishing foods. Their products range from sauerkrauts, kimchi, seasonal ferments, to kombucha tea. Fermented foods are in every culture and for thousands of years have been an effective way to preserve the harvest and make food more digestible while detoxifying and enhancing nutrients. The effect of fermentation transforms food to make flavors more complex, while adding naturally occurring probiotics to your diet. In this episode, I talk with founders Meaghan and Shane Carpenter about their mission to create healthy and delicious products with sustainable, environmentally sound systems in mind. Let's dive in.

As a B Corp Certified Corporation,OORR has a mission of creating performance that is good for the planet. Using coffee grounds and recycled materials to create eco-friendly performance apparel, OORR is making an impact on the way cyclists shop. On top of creating sustainable products, OORR donates 50% of their profit to environmental causes and plants 5 trees for every garment sold. In this episode, the Founder of OORR, Tim Christian, shares the story of his company and how turning this idea into reality is benefiting us all. Listen now.