Maiko is the Founder of Impact Hustlers, a community of entrepreneurs solving the world’s biggest social & environmental problems. He hosts the weekly Impact Hustlers podcast where social entrepreneurs share their lessons-learnt on building impact into their business models. Maiko writes on the topics of social entrepreneurship and Tech for Good for Forbes. He is a regular keynote speaker and panel moderator at conferences and events such as Change Now Summit and Fast Forward 2030.
In this episode we cover: * The importance of schools to inspire the next generation of change-makers * Maiko's journey to entrepreneurship, and his lessons learnt along the way * Why Maiko set up Impact Hustlers * Maiko's mistakes to avoid when you're starting your social enterprise * The importance of idea validation and how to go about doing this * How much testing you should do before launching
Maiko also referred to some really useful books you may want to look in to: * The Mom Test: How to talk to customers & learn if your business is a good idea when everyone is lying to you, by Rob Fitzpatrick * The Lean Start Up: How constant innovation creates radically successful businesses, by Eric Reis
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