Green Planet Blue Planet Podcast
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Jim is the creator of Untapped, with the mission to bridge the investment gap in frontier markets by creating alternative financing opportunities for entrepreneurs and empowering the next billion to scale to their full potential. Untapped creates opportunities for entrepreneurs and small businesses in frontier markets to scale while providing strong returns and liquidity for investors around the world.
Jim is an entrepreneur, investor, and philanthropist dedicated creating opportunity in emerging markets.
Jim spent decades in tech in the US and Europe and in the last ten years has been focused on pioneering new ways apply innovations in technology and finance to drive equitable economic development in frontier markets worldwide.
He founded a social enterprise in Haiti that today sustainably provides clean water to over 200,000 people in underserved regions of the country through hundreds of local entrepreneurs.
Untapped Global spun out of dloHaiti to bridge the financing gap in emerging markets with Smart Asset FinancingTM, a technology-backed financing solution for SMEs.
Jim is also the founder of The Nest, an international investment network connecting investors with emerging-market startups from around the world.
Jim is on multiple non-profit boards including Watering Minds, a US public charity supporting youth in emerging markets and MCE Social Capital, a non-profit impact investment firm.
Jim has undergraduate and graduate degrees from Stanford University and in his spare time, enjoys paragliding, running, and occasionally flying planes.
Ep. 360 Full Circle: A 360° Review to the Green Planet Blue Planet Podcast
Ep. 359 Global Healing Mandala with Buddhist Teacher Cynthia Jurs
Ep. 358 The Bamboo House | Casa de la Tierra with Laura & Gonzalo
Ep. 357 Earth & Soul with Author Leah Rampy
Ep. 356 Dr. Bruce Lipton - Rewriting Your Reality: Harnessing the Power of Subconscious Programming
Ep. 355 Big Emotions Academy with Corey Gaidzionis
Ep: 354 The Boring Revolution: Shifting From Dominion to Entanglement
Ep. 353 Collective POWER through Sociocracy with Ted Rau
Ep. 352 Author JM Ryerson on Being Yourself
Ep. 351 Catalyzing Systems Change with David Peter Stroh
Ep. 350 Lisa Bronner: Soap and Soul, Minding Your Mind, Your Body, and Your Spirit with Dr. Bronner’s Magic Soap
Ep. 349 Monitoring Biodiversity with Dr. Kat Bruce
Ep. 348 Kosha Joubert: Healing Collective Trauma and Restoring Our Connectedness
Ep. 347 A Crisis in Leadership: What’s holding you back? with Satyen Raja
Ep. 346 Roundtable of Education with Hope Paterson, Catherine Fraise and Phil Moore
Ep. 345 Geoship CEO Morgan Bierschenk on Affordable Natural Homes
Ep. 344 Daniel Christian Wahl on Shifting to Regenerative cultures
Ep. 343 Dimitry Gershenson on Sustainable Investments in the Clean Energy Space
Ep. 342 Giles Hutchins: Embracing Regeneration and Unlocking Nature's Wisdom for Transformative Leadership
Ep. 341 The Arctic Circle with Elena Doms
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