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
