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August 3, 2021 by Simon Mainwaring

McKinleyville, California’s seafood industry veteran Bill Carvalho co-founded Wild Planet Foods in 2005, after years of exasperation with the unsustainable practices he witnessed — and sometimes reluctantly practiced — in his industry.

McKinleyville, California’s seafood industry veteran Bill Carvalho co-founded Wild Planet Foods in 2005, after years of exasperation with the unsustainable practices he witnessed — and sometimes reluctantly practiced — in his industry.

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Filed Under: Brands, Causes, Community, Consumers, Leadership, Sustainability, Values Tagged With: Bill Carvalho, fishing, Lead With We, seafood, Simon Mainwaring, sustainability, Wild Planet

July 29, 2021 by Simon Mainwaring

Davis Smith, the serial entrepreneur who cofounded the outdoor gear and apparel brand Cotopaxi with Wharton Business School buddy Stephan Jacob, and outdoor industry veteran CJ Whittaker seven years ago, had an idea that one could use a powerful company purpose to attract talent and continuously better the brand community. “Having a strong and authentic …

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Filed Under: Advertising, Causes, Community, Innovation, Leadership, Purpose, Uncategorized, We First Tagged With: Community, Cotopaxi, ethics, Lead With We, purpose, supply chain

November 27, 2019 by Simon Mainwaring

Brands that focus on creating value for their communities reap the benefits many times over. Rather than thinking about how to make the most money in the fastest way, they ask themselves, “How can my business add the most value over time?” A company doing a masterful job of building value for its communities is …

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Filed Under: Community, Leadership, Purpose Tagged With: Community, Ebay, social impact

September 16, 2019 by Simon Mainwaring

This is the eighth post in a series of conversations with business leaders from some of the most innovative companies in the world. The conversations were held around the Social Innovation Summit in Los Angeles. At the Summit, entrepreneurs, business people, philanthropists and individuals convened to discuss the present and future of purpose and business. …

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Filed Under: CSR, Innovation, Leadership Tagged With: data

April 25, 2019 by Simon Mainwaring

Each year SAP holds its annual conference, SAPPHIRE, which is a rallying point for a global network of customers that use SAP software and the cloud to execute a huge variety of B2B and B2C services. Simon Mainwaring, We First Founder and CEO, was invited to participate as a global thought leader, which involved interviewing …

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Filed Under: Conferences, Leadership, Purpose, We First Tagged With: purpose, sapphire now

April 18, 2019 by Simon Mainwaring

Each year SAP holds its annual conference, SAPPHIRE, which is a rallying point for a global network of customers that use SAP software and the cloud to execute a huge variety of B2B and B2C services. Simon Mainwaring, We First Founder and CEO, was invited to participate as a global thought leader, which involved interviewing …

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Filed Under: #SimonOnBrand, Conferences, Leadership, Purpose Tagged With: conferences, series

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