Can Sharing Save the World
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Claim: a neighbor-to-neighbor app that turns unwanted food into pickup listings and community exchanges. Built from from WhatsApp group into a 5–6 million user network with 50,000 volunteers and partnerships that collect unsold store food. Tools and product moves: onboarding that shows nearby users, recent‑pickup visibility to boost listings, freemium and planned in‑app payments. Outcomes and numbers: cites one‑third global food waste, half wasted at home, 10 million portions shared (≈30M car miles avoided), and raised $43M.
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- 0:00Titles
- 0:18Intro - Where It All Started
- 2:40Food Waste - A 1Trillion Dollar Problem
- 3:10Hunger - 1 in 9 Worldwide Going To Bed Hungry
- 4:20The Environmental Impact/Future World Population Needs
- 5:2050% of Food Waste Happens in the Home
- 6:17The Importance of Sharing
- 7:00OLIO - The Journey So Far
- 8:41Challenge - The Intention Gap
- 10:09The Silver Bullet?
- 12:14Importance of speaking to Users
- 14:37Volunteers
- 16:35Money
- 19:09Wider Sustainability - Earth Overshoot Day
- 22:00The future & What's Next
- 22:46Q&A
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