An Interview with Diego Saez-Gil

AI & The Mission To Restoring Nature

 
 

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EPISODE DESCRIPTION

Diego Saez-Gil is the Co-Founder & CEO of Pachama, a company aiming to restore nature by creating a marketplace for forest carbon offsets. Pachama is Diego’s third startup following WeHostels (2011), the first mobile-only travel booking app (acquired by StudentUniverse) and Bluesmart (2015), the world's first smart luggage with GPS tracking (acquired by Travelpro). Dive in to hear Diego’s stories of following his passions of saving Mother Earth.


ABOUT DIEGO AND STACEY

Connect with Diego through https://www.linkedin.com/in/dsaezgil/
and get to know Pachama.

Connect with Stacey through https://www.linkedin.com/in/stacey-lawson-204a3/ 


MENTIONED IN THE EPISODE

Book: Reinventing Organizations: A Guide to Creating Organizations Inspired by the Next Stage of Human Consciousness,by Frédéric Laloux

Book: Conscious Business: How to Build Value Through Values, by Fred Kofman

Book: The diamond cutter, by Michael Roach

Book: Bhagavad Gita

TIME FRAME

[0:47] About Diego

[6:29] First company

[8:57] One lesson from your 1st company

[10:25] Second company

[12:53] The “Black Swan” event

[15:43] The start of Pachama

[19:46] Behind the name Pachama

[23:04] What does Pachama do?

[25:23] The future of Pachama

[27:53] Lessons that shape Diego’s leadership

[30:40] Tools and mindsets of a founder

[33:04] The house got burnt down 

[35:35] Advice for first-time founders

[36:59] Resources for first-time founders

[38:26] Someone he deeply admires


MUSIC

Quietly Confident Outlook - Stevens Grenga

Efficiency - Manuel Ochoa

Enjoy the Ride - Simon Pettersson

 
Stacey Lawson

Stacey Lawson is an entrepreneur, business leader, and climate advocate. She is the Vice Chairman of Ygrene Energy Fund, co-founder of the Sutardja Center for Entrepreneurship & Technology at UC Berkeley, and a 20-year meditation practitioner and teacher.

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