CiC 2024 Year End Wrap Up: Impactful Storytelling

2024 brought us 38 new guests, 2,091 minutes of conversation, and an immeasurable wealth of new ideas and narratives about how to use business to make the world a better place. The challenges we face are great, but with every challenge comes opportunity, and it’s never been more important for impact businesses to tell a compelling, mission-centric story. Join Conor Gaughan as he revisits the best storytelling advice from this year’s expert guests, sharing key insights, analysis, and takeaways. 

Whether it's harnessing your inner Luke Skywalker to wow investors and attract customers with analogies that will resonate, or learning the secret to explaining your incredible new technology in lay terms, this episode will definitely offer new angles and perspectives on crafting your business story. 

Featured guests in order of appearance:

• 00:00 Conor introduces the CiC 2024 Year End Wrap Up
• 04:24 Keith Norman: Chief Sustainability Officer, Lyten
• 06:00 Jasmine Crowe-Houston: Founder & CEO, Goodr
• 08:09 Jay Kapoor: Co-Founder & General Partner, VSC Ventures
• 14:58 Nicolas Pinkowski: Co-Founder & CEO, Nitricity
• 17:17 Shivam Mallick Shah: Co-Founder & CEO, 1953 Tequila and Lindsey Davis Stover: Co-Founder & President, 1953 Tequila
• 20:27 Ben Christensen: Co-Founder & CEO, Cambium 
• 24:34 Grant Quasha: Chairman & CEO, Eco Material Technologies
• 26:48 Peter Godart: Co-Founder & CEO, Found Energy
• 29:11 Zal Bilimoria: Co-Founder & Solo Capitalist, Refactor Capital
• 31:59 Pavle Jeremic: Founder & CEO, Aether Biomachines
• 35:39 Jay Kapoor: Co-Founder & General Partner, VSC Ventures
• 39:31 Karthik Balakrishnan: Co-Founder & President, ACTUAL
• 43:02 Lauren Dunford: Co-Founder & CEO, Guidewheel
• 46:52 Dr. Vince Romanin: Founder & CEO, Gradient
• 49:50 Conor Gaughan on the power of storytelling

A big thank you to all of our guests this year!

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Have questions, or a great idea for a potential guest? Email us at CiC@consensus-digital.com

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