Purpose, Remote Teams and Becoming a B Corp

This is a conversation about meaning and purpose, both in a personal and a professional sense.

How do you create the company you want to be a part of? And that everyone within it wants to be a part of?

And beyond that, a company that everyone impacted by it appreciates and wants to engage with?

Riva has uncovered many of the answers to those questions. She has built SA Expeditions with her partners to serve all the stakeholders involved, whilst also allowing her to live the life she wants to lead.

We talk about purpose and why B Corp status was so important to them. We cover remote teams and how to make them work. And we talk a lot about personal growth and the constant mission to learn and improve.

And all this came from Riva taking a punt on a couple of guys starting a travel company in Peru many moons ago. There’s a lesson in itself right there.

This immediately felt like the perfect episode to round off Season 2, and I’m excited to share it with everyone. I loved it, I’m sure you will too.

Enjoy!

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First interest in travel

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University and studying abroad

0:09:00

First job

0:11:00

Joining SA Expeditions

0:18:00

Growing the team and building culture

0:27:00

How to make remote teams work well

0:38:00

Maintaining a good relationship with business partners

0:43:00

Uberised travel

0:46:00

Purpose and B Corp

0:51:00

The B Corp process

0:54:00

Making purpose practical

1:00:00

Marketing approaches that have worked and those that haven’t

1:06:00

The challenge of closing as a DMC and being self funded

1:08:00

Engaging with risk

1:12:00

Doing an MBA

1:14:00

Lifelong learning and how to do it

1:20:00

The typical day to day

1:23:00

Finding balance with family life as a business owner

1:25:00

Advice for others starting their own travel business