
CEO World, by Maria Gourtsilidou
Nowadays, more and more people interfere with the business sector trying at the same time to create a social impact through their activities. The entrepreneurs below show as the way to social entrepreneurship with their unique ideas.
- Ruben Harris – Career Karma: He is the CEO and Co-Founder at Career Karma. It all begun in 2014 when Ruben and the other two members of the executive team, Timur Meyster and Artur Meyster moved to Silicon Valley to break into tech. In 2016 they launched “Breaking Into Startups” podcast to feature stories of people from non-traditional backgrounds and in 2018 was launched Career Karma mobile application. The community of Career Karma grew to 150.000 members in 2020. Career Karma offers free coaching and advice to people of different backgrounds and professions in order to better organize their careers.
- Robert Luo – Mi Terro: Robert Luo is the founder of Mi Terro. Its mission is to help protect the environment through the reduction of food waste. As far as food waste is concerned Robert Luo believes that “nothing is ever waste, but rather an opportunity”. Mi Terro turns spoiled milk into fibers for clothing. Consumers who are interested can shop online T-shirts, boxers and more through the website of Mi Terro. Mi Terro won second place in December 2020 at Global Agricultural Challenge launched by FAO, Zhejiang University and Pinduoduo.
- Tiila Abbitt – Aether Beauty: Aether Beauty was founded in 2018. Tiila Abbitt has a BFA in sculpture and an MFA in fashion design. She worked in the fashion industry for over 5 years before transitioning to beauty. Tilla Abbitt substitutes chemical ingredients with cleaner alternatives in order to formulate color cosmetics. She is passionate about organic products and she has also been a vegetarian for over 24 years. Her cosmetics include make – up products for face, eyes and lips.
- Bonnie Gringer – Sharethelovely: Sharethelovely helps women to live a full authentically wedding experience with a mindful approach to make great decisions that have a positive longstanding effect. Sharethelovely provides the wedding industry and consumers a range of sustainable products and services helping couples create the wedding of their dreams at a fraction of the cost and supporting local businesses nationwide online and offline for positive local, environmental and social impact. At sharethelovely.com consumers will find a wide range of wedding dresses, accessories and decorating ideas. Consumers can either buy or sell items through the website. The whole business concept belongs to Bonnie Gringer who is a supporter of the protection of the environment.
