2.3 Esme Verity, Considered Capital: Alternative funding, balancing profit with purpose, and embracing 'failure'

Social Innovators Podcast

Esme Verity is the founder of Considered Capital, where she runs an Alternative Funding School to support business founders who are balancing profit with purpose. Since 2021, Esme has now worked with 120 founders, over 75% of whom are underrepresented; and her popular newsletter is now read by over 2,500 people every week. In this episode, Esme talks about: Alternative funding (3.01) Taking a 'leap of faith' as a founder (12.05) What it takes to be an entrepreneur (14.43) Defining and measuring 'impact' (20.47) Overcoming perfectionism (27.58) Handling failure (32.15) Embracing fear as an entrepreneur (35.29) Being selective with advice (41.28) The Social Innovators Podcast is hosted by Naomi Whitbourn, an Innovation Manager at Challenge Works (a Nesta enterprise). In this podcast, Naomi speaks to entrepreneurs and leaders developing innovative solutions to tackle global challenges. You can follow us on: Twitter: @Soc_Innov_Pod Linked In: @Social Innovators Podcast We'd also love to hear from you if you have any feedback or questions for our guests. Do get in touch at: [e-mail]