Tessa Clarke, OLIO: the shocking truths about food waste and solving that problem through OLIO's community sharing app
Tessa Clarke is the Founder and CEO of OLIO.
OLIO is an app that connects neighbours with each other and with local businesses, so surplus food and household items can be shared, not thrown away.
Tessa shares her eureka moment for building OLIO, the shocking impact of food waste, scaling OLIO to 6 million users, the pains of raising investment as a female founder and how to build a business that is both for profit and for purpose.
Tessa Clarke is the Founder and CEO of OLIO.
OLIO is an app that connects neighbours with each other and with local businesses, so surplus food and household items can be shared, not thrown away.
Tessa shares her eureka moment for building OLIO, the shocking impact of food waste, scaling OLIO to 6 million users, the pains of raising investment as a female founder and how to build a business that is both for profit and for purpose.
Highlights:
2.00: How one moment of failure triggered the need to build a solution to food waste
03.20: If food waste was a country, it would be the third largest greenhouse gas emitter
06.23: Why are people so ignorant about the global impact of food waste?
09.23: Fighting food waste through community sharing with OLIO
15.21: Growing a community from scratch to 6 million global users
19.54: Building a for purpose and for profit business, the OLIO revenue model
25.06: The challenges raising money as a female founding team and Tessa’s advice to other Founders
30.25: How do OLIO compete for top talent in a competitive market?
Our Host:
Craig Turner. Founder of Confido Talent, a business that helps Tech For Good startups to scale their product, design and engineering teams.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/craigturner7/ / www.confidotalent.com / craig@confidotalent.com
Craig Turner. Founder of Confido Talent, a business that helps Tech For Good startups to scale their product, design and engineering teams.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/craigturner7/ / www.confidotalent.com / craig@confidotalent.com
Our Guest:
Tessa Clarke, Co-Founder and CEO of OLIO.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/tecook/ / https://olioex.com/
Our Sponsor:
Tessa Clarke, Co-Founder and CEO of OLIO.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/tecook/ / https://olioex.com/
Our Sponsor:
Jobs For Good. The only job platform to find the best jobs in sustainability, impact and much more.
www.jobsforgood.io / https://bit.ly/3wjwJa0
Our Producer:
Jabriel Al-Suhaimi. Jabriel is a podcast aficionada, editing and producing podcasts for many, including himself.
https://www.jabrielalsuhaimi.com/ / https://twitter.com/jabealsuhaimi
Our Content and Marketing:
www.jobsforgood.io / https://bit.ly/3wjwJa0
Our Producer:
Jabriel Al-Suhaimi. Jabriel is a podcast aficionada, editing and producing podcasts for many, including himself.
https://www.jabrielalsuhaimi.com/ / https://twitter.com/jabealsuhaimi
Our Content and Marketing:
Rachel Loosley, Content and Marketing Manager at Confido Talent.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/rachelloosley/ / rachel@confidotalent.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/rachelloosley/ / rachel@confidotalent.com
