Profit Meets Purpose
Profit Meets Purpose
Podcast Description
Welcome to Profit Meets Purpose, a podcast brought to you by Sustainable Times. Here, we connect a dynamic community of founders and investors who believe in redefining how business is done. Join us as we dive into a world of sustainable investments, where profit and purpose go hand in hand. Each episode, we’ll bring you inspiring conversations with visionary founders, savvy investors, and industry leaders, uncovering fresh insights and actionable ideas on how to build a better, more sustainable future through business.
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Content Themes
The podcast centers on themes of sustainable business practices, investment strategies, and entrepreneurial innovation. Examples include discussions on high-net-worth individuals in philanthropy, sustainable foam alternatives addressing plastic pollution, and the journey from food waste to product development, emphasizing the balance of profit and purpose in business.
Welcome to Profit Meets Purpose, a podcast brought to you by Sustainable Times. Here, we connect a dynamic community of founders and investors who believe in redefining how business is done. Join us as we dive into a world of sustainable investments, where profit and purpose go hand in hand. Each episode, we’ll bring you inspiring conversations with visionary founders, savvy investors, and industry leaders, uncovering fresh insights and actionable ideas on how to build a better, more sustainable future through business.
Host: Stuart Hall, Managing Director, Sustainable Media Group
Guest: Robin Grenfell Cowan, High-Net-Worth Investor
Episode Overview
In the first episode of the Sustainable Times Investor Series, Stuart sits down with HNW investor Robin Grenfell Cowan to explore how early-stage investment decisions are really made in private markets. Robin has backed multiple pre-seed and seed-stage companies and brings a candid view on founders, deal flow, due diligence and sustainability-led innovation.
This episode focuses on what makes an opportunity stand out, what makes investors walk away, and how honesty, humility and long-term thinking shape investment outcomes.
• Why people matter more than anything
• Due diligence beyond the numbers
• The biggest red flags
• Pitch decks: what works and what doesn’t
• Why he doesn’t require revenue
• EIS/SEIS and the awareness gap
• Where the next wave of innovation will come from
• Advice for founders
This conversation cuts through the noise. It’s a grounded look at how investors actually think, something both founders and early-stage investors will find useful as the market resets for 2026.
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