Matter: Microplastics - Macro Visions
03/07/22 • 37 min
Besides climate change, the issue of microplastics is one of the biggest environmental challenges facing society.
Passionate to put his engineering talent to use, but unable to find a business that matched the scale of his ambitions, Adam Root founded Matter - a company built on the principle of capturing, harvesting and recycling microplastics.
In conversation with Founded & Grounded, Adam talks passionately about the origins of Matter, and also how he didn't seek to be an entrepreneur - but how entrepreneurship found him. He also discusses how developing and nurturing employees can be a golden opportunity rather than a headache, and ultimately why founders need to "back themselves".
Presented by Andrew Parsonage, with analysis from start-up advisor Ollie Collard and feedback from our Founded & Grounded community courtesy of Samantha Miles.
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Besides climate change, the issue of microplastics is one of the biggest environmental challenges facing society.
Passionate to put his engineering talent to use, but unable to find a business that matched the scale of his ambitions, Adam Root founded Matter - a company built on the principle of capturing, harvesting and recycling microplastics.
In conversation with Founded & Grounded, Adam talks passionately about the origins of Matter, and also how he didn't seek to be an entrepreneur - but how entrepreneurship found him. He also discusses how developing and nurturing employees can be a golden opportunity rather than a headache, and ultimately why founders need to "back themselves".
Presented by Andrew Parsonage, with analysis from start-up advisor Ollie Collard and feedback from our Founded & Grounded community courtesy of Samantha Miles.
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National Protective Security Authority - NSPA: The Secure Innovation campaign helps you take steps to protect your business from hostile threats. Don’t leave it too late. Use the link to download the quick-start guide now:
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Founded & Grounded - Matter: Microplastics - Macro Visions
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Hello and welcome to the founded and grounded podcast. Every episode we take the wisdom and experiences of an established entrepreneur so that you may apply these to your own business circumstances, or indeed, to any aspects of your life. Where evidence. If that sounds good, then this is the podcast for you. This is Episode 11 from Syria's three. I'm Andrew
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