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What impact do you want to make as a social entrepreneur? Today , I am so excited to be joined by Douglas Smith. Douglas is a social entrepreneur from Western Uganda who is making an incredible impact in the world of sports and healthcare. Douglas is the founder and CEO of Sportrise, a social enterprise making durable hand-stitched soccer balls in Uganda. Sportrise donates the locally made durable balls to children in underserved communities & and sports organizations. Douglas is also the co-founder of Peleyta Health, a company on a mission to help uninsured low-income earners to prepare for and afford healthcare through our digital healthcare micro-savings & lending platform. Learning from other social entrepreneurs is interesting, eye-opening, and inspiring. Regardless of whether you are in a different phase of your entrepreneurial journey, hearing someone else’s story is a reminder that we are capable of making an impact. Tune in and listen to the tenth episode of Avant-garde Entrepreneur . You will learn about Douglas’ passion for providing access to sports and healthcare for his community in Uganda. Douglas shares his background, what the process is for making the soccer balls, why he created Peleyta Health, and his advice for other social entrepreneurs. In This Episode, You Will Learn: About Douglas’ background and company, Sportrise (6:00) The behind the scenes of making the soccer balls (16:05) Douglas’ advice for other social entrepreneurs (18:43) About Douglas’ passion for health and creating Peleyta Health (22:20) What keeps Douglas going on difficult days (30:28) Connect with Douglas Douglas Smith on LinkedIn Douglas Smith Wins MTN For Good Award Douglas Smith MTN Youth Empowerment Program Resources: SportRise SportRise Wins Community Prize 2022 How Peleyta Health Increases Financial Access to Healthcare Peleyta Health Let’s Connect! Website LinkedIn Facebook Instagram Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The state of health in America and how Doug built a global multimillion dollar sports nutrition company. About Doug Smith Douglas Smith is a worldwide adventurer and entrepreneur. Smith has circled the globe - from the North Pole to the South Pole - hiking, mountain climbing, skiing, surfing....even meditating with monks in South East Asia. He thrives on knowledge, especially when it comes to health and the undefined-ever changing landscape of nutrition, longevity and pushing physical limits. Smith's passion and personal experience suffering from the negative effects of poor nutrition, fueled him to create his own wellness empire. As Co-Founder/CEO of True Nutrition - one of the only companies on the globe that allows fully customizable dietary supplement and food powders - Paleo Pro, Primarch Manufacturing and The Lab Supplements, Smith supplies high-quality, sustainable, and affordable nutrition to the masses. He is proud to have kept the ethos of quality, transparency and validity of all his companies' products from the start of business back in 2003. The headquarters is also 100% solar powered and sustainably driven. In 2018, Smith achieved a Guinness World Record for the world's largest container of protein powder, with proceeds going to benefit the Challenged Athletes Foundation (CAF). Smith continues to educate people on the largely untapped and immense potential of proper nutrition, physical movements and mental health. He is a frequent contributor to wellness publications including SHAPE, Men's Health, Entrepreneur, Thrive Global, Elephant Journal and Reader's Digest. Smith's mission is to keep positive and progressive, as tomorrow will be his best day. EPISODE LINKS True Nutrition https://truenutrition.com CONNECT WITH US Get Your Weekly EDGE Newsletter. It's FREE. Bottom Line Up Front (BLUF) Brandon writes a weekly email newsletter called EDGE that over 22,000 people rely on for an edge to achieve their best selves in business and life. Content Brandon writes about what he knows...lessons from 2x exits, 20+ strike outs Venture Capital, Marketing at AOL, writing a #1 Amazon Best Seller, Podcasting, Angel Investing, Philanthropy, Public service, Fitness and Peak Performance. Who it's for People that want to achieve their full potential. Claim your edge with others who have been getting a step ahead. Link to sign up : https://edge.ck.page/bea5b3fda6 A Podcast for entrepreneurs and peak performers Other great podcasts worth listening: PRODUCTIVITY Podcast - Daily productivity tips in less than 5 minutes an episode..backed by science. MARKETING Podcast - The MARKETING podcast brings you marketing science, case studies that reveal successful marketing techniques and teach strategic marketing analysis where we model...

Douglas Smith talks about how you can turn your short fiction into a "magic bakery"—a term Doug borrows from Dean Wesley Smith—earning you money and building your resume over and over with the same content. We discuss the opportunities offered by reprints, foreign markets, and audio markets, and we discuss how writer's groups can—and can't—help you prepare your work for the professional markets. Douglas Smith is a multi-award-winning Canadian author described by Library Journal as "one of Canada's most original writers of speculative fiction." His fiction has been published in twenty-six languages and thirty-five countries. His books include the novel THE WOLF AT THE END OF THE WORLD, the collections CHIMERASCOPE and IMPOSSIBILIA, and the writer's guide PLAYING THE SHORT GAME: HOW TO MARKET & SELL SHORT FICTION. Doug is a three-time winner of Canada's Aurora Award and has been a finalist for the Astounding Award, CBC's Bookies Award, Canada's juried Sunburst Award, and France's juried Prix Masterton and Prix Bob Morane.

INTERVIEW BEGINS AT 23:30 We are pleased to welcome prize winning and best selling author Douglas Smith to the show to discuss his brilliant and powerful RASPUTIN Faith, Power, and the Twilight of the Romanovs. This is the definitive story of one of histories most enigmatic figures. Rasputin has been called everything from Mad Monk, Mystic, Drunk, Pervert, Con-Man and just about any other negative description you can imagine, but as is often the case, the truth is somewhere between fact and fiction. Douglas Smith, unearthed forgotten documents from archives in seven countries to bring us the closest version of the truth we are ever likely to find on this fascinating figure. So strap in and enjoy!! Douglas Smith website is https://douglassmith.info/books/ check out all his amazing work! All of our episodes are listed as explicit due to language and some topics, such as historical crime, that may not be suitable for all listeners