BRILLIANT EXAMPLES OF WORLD-CHANGING ENTREPRENEURS
The Visionary Network is full of wonderful visionaries who are doing breathtaking things in the world. We've highlighted some of them here to inspire you to be all you can be, to bring passion and creativity to your work and to make that difference you're yearning to make in the world.
If you're sitting on the fence, not certain about whether to take the leap as an entrepreneur, these visionaries will light a fire under you. If you're already running your own business and want to bring it more alive in brilliant new ways, these examples will hopefully open up new possibilities for you.
If you're sitting on the fence, not certain about whether to take the leap as an entrepreneur, these visionaries will light a fire under you. If you're already running your own business and want to bring it more alive in brilliant new ways, these examples will hopefully open up new possibilities for you.
Bart van der Vliet, UK
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Previously a financial executive, Bart took the leap into running his own successful leadership development and executive coaching business. But his big love is his work as a trustee of Street Child of Sierra Leone, where they've built a number of schools for street children and have reunited over 2000 children with their parents lost in the war. In a 2011 interview with us, he said: "I believe we can solve the problem of steet children in Sierra Leone, to perhaps 20% of the current numbers. When you say that to a professional charity worker, they laugh in your face and say you'll never do that, that's impossible, grow up, be realistic. I don't want to be realistic. I want to dream that that is possible. I know it's possible and we have a plan to get there through a self-funding organisation." |
Matt & Lynn Cohen, USA
You can connect with Lynn at Designs To Grow www.designstogrow.com
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Lynn Cohen, a visionary entrepreneur herself, had a conversation with her son Matt (who's in university) about a new business idea called Hire for Brilliance, creating apprenticeships in a symbiotic way for young people who can, without the need for a college degree, share their brilliance with companies in that need of new innovative thinking. Matt went away and, unbeknownst to her, put a listing on Craigs List for his new business called Symbiotic Services, offering university student assistance to any business who'd be willing to help a student get started in life. The response was overwhelming and today, two weeks later, he now has an assistant to help handle the response his new business is getting. |
Ellie Frost, UK
Ellie's new website is just being built, so watch for it at www.think-hatch.com
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Ellie Frost is the founder of Hatch, an innovation and development company set up to empower innovation and creative thinking within businesses. Having worked in Jamie Oilver's organisation from 2002 to 2011, she really knows how to operate as a visionary entrepreneur influencing the way business and society is shaped. She's passionate about generating a new paradigm culture in businesses that celebrate innovation, creativity, people potential and contribution to the planet. You can listen to an interview of Ellie on people and planet conscious business at Visionary Voices. |
Jacquie Clarke, UK
Check out Jacquie's latest collaborative venture, A New Life Now, at www.anewlifenow.weebly.com
| Jacquie bubbles with vitality and has a natural capacity for making things happen, so it's no surprise that following the loss of her career, ill heath, a heavy responsibiloity for caring and widowhood, she set about turning her life around and making it a happy, fulfilling and entreprising one whilst simultaneously helping many others to find similar purpose. If you're ready to open new doors, step out of old life patterns and embrace the new, Jacquie will work with you to help you reach the next stage of your life with grace, ease, friendship and fun. Come on in - the ocean of potential is teeming with potential. |
Ole Hoyer, Denmark
To listen to an interview of Ole and Manisha Dahad about an amazing social entrepreneurs group they took to India Dec. 2011, go to Visionary Voices.
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Four years ago, Ole was a trainer for someone else's company. Today he's a thriving entrepreneur, running Energy Excellence www.energy-excellence.com with clients in 4 countries and offices in Denmark and New York. But that's not even the most exciting part. In the last year, Ole started the Periamma Foundation www.periamma.org to build schools for children in rural India and today, one year later, he's helped to build five schools for 550 children in India, Kenya, Uganda and Thailand. |
Manisha Dahad, UK
For more on the Centre for Social Brilliance, visit www.socialbrilliance.org
| Manisha is the founder of the Centre for Social Brilliance with a mission to bring societies alive through the expression of brilliance. The Centre brings together visionary social entrepreneurs, socially conscious business leaders, innovators and creators to collaborate and create vibrant societies that enables the expression of every individuals' brilliance in the world. She's hosted multiple world-changing events and is just about to launch a new collaborative venture called Future Business. |
Soleira Green, UK
To find out more about Soleira and the Visionary Network, go to www.transformingourworld.com
| Soleira is a co-founder of the Visionary Network, a global alliance of visionary entrepreneurs, coaches, trainers, parents and people everywhere who are transforming our world in brilliantly creative new ways. She loves creating new ideas, names, courses, books, etc. ... anything that takes us into a whole new paradigm of play. She runs an international business hosting courses, teleclasses, coaching and world-changing events all around the globe. She's passionate about inspiring others to dive in to be visionary entrepreneurs in a new kind of abundance, gracious, creative flow! |