Full blog post: https://mariya.blog/2018/10/02/lina-zdruli-saving-refugee-crisis-through-social-entrepreneurship/ A conversation with Lina Zdruli about how to get started as an entrepreneur and use business for social good. Lina stands for the rights of those who are less privileged, for those who maybe lost their homes. She's a founder of a social enterprise business employing women refugees. She has expertise in building businesses in Middle East, speaking in world conferences, winning multiple awards, being written about in Forbes, starting and passing on the legacy of her initiatives that now impact thousands of students across the world. 1:12 - what does she do at world bank and what’s her own business about? 3:14 - how did she come up with social enterprise idea to help refugees get involved? 8:13 - enrolling others and how to start executing on her idea 11:30 - what does business for social good mean? 15:00 - executing on her passion even in school: helping bring peace to the world through by promoting connections among different cultures 18:25 - realizations of being crazy to ignore any risks and what it means to jump into your passion projects 27:30 - advice on overcoming analysis paralysis 35:00 - being lean and flexible to really understand what your customers want while maintaining your own safety

A conversation with Larissa Maier, a post-doc UCSF researcher on drug policy with interest in psychedelics about benefits of psychedelics, understanding what they are and exploring stories from her research. She recently visited Burning Man where she was invited as a speaker, and she shares her research findings, promoting awareness on drug checking, safety injection sites and much more.

Sam Hodges, co-founder and chairman of Funding Circle who recently stepped down as US head of the fintech company shares his lessons on how to build a successful startup. 0:48 - what was it like for Sam to be a teenager 3:50 - when he knew he wanted to build something 6:30 - steps to start his own company 9:05 - learning from others 10:04 - lessons “should do” and “shouldn’t do” in the business 14:15 - how to validate your idea 17:56 - people who made a significant impact 20:46 - advice how to meet and learn from experienced leaders 22:56 - influencing books 26:49 - outlook on failures 31:46 - cooking up a new project

In this episode Artur shares why and how he changed his career, got a job as software engineer, started a podcast and now has his own startup.

A conversation with Yas about looking at life in new perspective after experiencing loss of loved one. and mind and life changing journey with Ayahuasca psychedelic