29 min
Lisa King Happy Marks The Spot
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Lisa is the founder of Eat My Lunch, one of NZ’s most successful for-profit social businesses, on a mission to ensure no child goes to school hungry. Lisa believes that business cannot just be about making money anymore and business can (and should) bring about social change. Using an innovative model, Eat My Lunch has shown you can do well and do good at the same time.Lisa was one of three finalists for New Zealander of the Year 2019, acknowledging not just her desire to address the issue of kids going to school hungry, but using her passion, creativity and commercial expertise to make it a reality. Eat My Lunch has Given over 1.3 million lunches in just 4 years and is an innovative and successful model that is sustainably transforming the lives of Kiwi kids.In March this year, Lisa was named MYOB Woman Entrepreneur of the Year giving her the opportunity to share Eat My Lunch to an audience of 1500 in Paris.She chats to Simone about her career before Eat My Lunch, the inspiration behind her idea and the journey she went on once she decided to embark on an entrepreneurial life! Lisa is incredibly inspiring and down to earth with some wonderful words of wisdom to be shared with listeners.
Lisa is the founder of Eat My Lunch, one of NZ’s most successful for-profit social businesses, on a mission to ensure no child goes to school hungry. Lisa believes that business cannot just be about making money anymore and business can (and should) bring about social change. Using an innovative model, Eat My Lunch has shown you can do well and do good at the same time.Lisa was one of three finalists for New Zealander of the Year 2019, acknowledging not just her desire to address the issue of kids going to school hungry, but using her passion, creativity and commercial expertise to make it a reality. Eat My Lunch has Given over 1.3 million lunches in just 4 years and is an innovative and successful model that is sustainably transforming the lives of Kiwi kids.In March this year, Lisa was named MYOB Woman Entrepreneur of the Year giving her the opportunity to share Eat My Lunch to an audience of 1500 in Paris.She chats to Simone about her career before Eat My Lunch, the inspiration behind her idea and the journey she went on once she decided to embark on an entrepreneurial life! Lisa is incredibly inspiring and down to earth with some wonderful words of wisdom to be shared with listeners.
29 min