Adeo Ressi, CEO of The Founder Institute, argues that startups can build billion-dollar businesses by solving the UN's 17 Sustainable Development Goals. He's running a competition for impact-driven ideas with prizes including free Founder Institute entry and pitches at major events like Mobile World Congress.
Hi there, my name is Adeo Ressi. I'm CEO of The Founder Institute, and I'm excited to be talking to you today about finding purpose in your life and finding purpose in your business. Now, for many years, if you said you were working on impact or purpose, a lot of people thought, oh, is it a nonprofit or something like that? Possibly associating that with a negative stereotype. Well, nothing could be further from reality. The world has a lot of great opportunities today to build businesses that matter, and these businesses are going to be some of the largest businesses created in human history. And to that end, we have an amazing roadmap for ideas on the type of purpose-based and impact-based businesses that you can work on. Those are the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. These are 17 goals that each represent, in some cases, multiple multi-billion-dollar companies. Hopefully, someone watching this, you, will be thinking of how to turn one of those goals into a company. And if you pitch it to us by April 26th, 2019, We are going to award a number of prizes, including free entry to the Founder Institute, pitching on stage at major global events like the Mobile World Congress 4 Year From Now event, and a number of other amazing prizes. And all you need to do is just tell us your idea. So take a moment, go to fi.co/good, Don't be shy and let out from your heart what you think will make the world brighter and better. And we'd love to hear it. And if it's something we can help you with, we will. Because we know that people who create companies today are going to have a positive impact on the world in the next few years to come. And if those companies are focused on really amazing problems, such as the problems outlined in the UN Sustainable Development Goals and opportunities outlined there, then we're gonna see a beautiful planet in the next few years by 2030 when the UN Sustainable Development Goals are meant to be hit. So fi.co/good. Don't be shy. Let's see your pitch. Let's hear your idea. We're here to help. Thank you.
