Be a Happy Disruptor
Creative thinker with an unconventional approach to your industry? You just might be a happy disruptor. Join your friends at the Great Outdoors Foundation for honest conversations about tackling critical issues — like conservation — with an uncritical disposition. If you like to smile and get things done, this is the podcast for you.
Iowa Startup Week
This week on The Happy Disruptors Podcast, Kaylee Williams with Iowa Startup Week, joins Kaitie to discuss innovation, creativity, and building an ecosystem of happy disruptors. Listen in now! Remember to like and follow the Great Outdoors Foundation on Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn. Thank you to our partners, Vision Bank, for sponsoring this episode!
Closing the Missing Middle
This week on The Happy Disruptors Podcast, Rex Raimond, Director of Transformational Investing in Food Systems (TIFS), joins Hannah to discuss missing middle infrastructure in food systems — or “the missing middle.” The pair unpacks TIFS’ strategy of creating new financial architecture for food systems, ultimately contributing to more resilient farms and communities. Listen in now! Remember to like and follow the Great Outdoors Foundation on Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn.
Access, Curiosity, and Literacy: New Media as a Voice for Conservation
This week on The Happy Disruptors Podcast, Brian Bienkowski, Managing Editor of The New Lede, joins Kaitie to explore new media as a voice for conservation. The two cover the importance of access to information, the skill of staying curious, and the need for media literacy in the digital age. Listen in now! Remember to like and follow the Great Outdoors Foundation on Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn. Thank you to our partners, Community State Bank, for sponsoring this episode!
Cultivating Innovation
This week on The Happy Disruptors Podcast, Tej Dhawan, Cofounder of Plains Angels and Iowa’s latest innovation fund, 2946 Ventures, joins Hannah to discuss all things innovation, including how to cultivate it, what it’s not, and why it’s valuable regardless of sector. Listen in now! Remember to like and follow the Great Outdoors Foundation on Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn. Thank you to our partners, SCHEELS, for sponsoring this episode!
Co-op 101
This week on The Happy Disruptors Podcast, Bobby Martens, Executive Director of the Iowa Institute for Cooperatives, joins Hannah to discuss the co-op system, its history in Iowa, and how co-ops can be a delivery system for conservation. Listen in now! Remember to like and follow the Great Outdoors Foundation on Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn. Thank you to our partners, SCHEELS, for sponsoring this episode!
LIVE: Recreation as a Catalyst for Conservation
This week on The Happy Disruptors Podcast, hear from experts at Athene Watershed26 in this live session on recreation as a catalyst for conservation. Listen in now! Remember to like and follow the Great Outdoors Foundation on Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn.
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