This episode’s guest is Erik Bergman, founder of Great.com. Great.com is a next-generation charity. A company focused on making as much money as possible - only to give it all away. Where people can utilize their passions and greatest skills and combine that with the purpose of helping the world.
Erik has a lofty goal for his company. He wants to be able to donate a hundred percent of Great.com’s profits to climate change initiatives. The reason behind this goal is incredibly interesting. If you have a desire to make a difference, create a business that is bigger than yourself, you need to listen to Erik. Learn about the trial and tribulations that he went through to grow his first company to a $200m valuation and the challenges they have today to achieve their goal of making an impact on the environment.
In this episode we discuss:
Being entrepreneurial at a young age [5:55]
Failed businesses and his first successful business [7:36]
What made him a good poker player [10:02]
Challenges in starting and growing his online gambling marketing business and almost going bankrupt [11:19]
How investors found their business and how they inspired them to improve their company [14:51]
Selling his business and earning millions at 28 [17:18]
What prompted him to start Great.com [18:11]
His goal for Great.com and how he plans to achieve it [22:33]
Challenges he is facing right now with Great.com [26:26]
Erik’s criteria for finding charities to donate to [29:38]
How to learn more about Erik and Great.com [35:19]
Links to sources and tools
Interested to learn more about Great.com and the literal and sometimes spiritual journey to becoming the world’s most innovative and controversial charitable organization? Listen to their podcast - Becoming Great - here: https://great.com/becoming-great/ and visit their website: https://great.com/
Connect with Erik through these social media platforms:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/smilingerik/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/smilingerik
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/smilingerik/
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