22. SOCIAL & OCEAN How to build an enterprise with a social and an environmental impact, with Wietse Van Der Werf (Sea Ranger Service)

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Would you prefer having a social impact or a sustainable environmental impact on the world?

Well, do you know it's possible to achieve both?!

In this episode, I have the chance to talk to Wietse Van Der Werf, CEO and founder of Sea Ranger Service.

Sea Ranger Service is a social enterprise with a mission to restore 1 million hectares of ocean biodiversity by 2040, whilst training 20,000 young people towards a maritime career.

When the common advice for entrepreneurs is to focus on one product only, Wietse developed successfully three products / services with his social enterprise: from marine research services to offering a bootcamp to train people for a new career, and also the construction and design of a new ship certified in the industry with a zero-emission specification.

For this episode, Wietse prepared a list of very hands-on tips about

💡how to create a company with a social and environmental impact!💡

Ready, set, go!

Resources

• Wietse on Linkedin
• Sea Ranger Service website
• More info about the admin structure of for-profit and non-profit companies composing the Sea Ranger Service social enterprise.
• Books: Eat like a fish

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1. Resist the core focus trap (00:18:53)

2. Legal: How to structure a social entreprise: mixing for-profit and non-profit companies (00:25:18)

3. Combining impact and money? (00:31:00)

4. Don't be drawn into market fit thinking (00:33:23)

5. Don't be afraid of governments (00:39:27)

6. Do focus on multiple impacts - part 2 (00:43:36)

7. Using Asana as a project management tool to restore the ocean (00:46:48)

8. Do Dream big (00:55:17)