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EP41: Social entrepreneurship in telecoms, challenging the incumbents
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Michael Potter is an entrepreneur, documentary filmmaker, author, and social enterprise investor. In this episode, he and Mattias Fridström discuss:
- Michael’s professional background in the 80’s, working as a nuclear arms controller, with international telecoms at the United Nations, and joining the very first class of students at the International Space University.
- The story of Esprit Telecom, a European telco co-founded by Michael in the 90's, and how the company challenged the telecoms incumbents.
- Geeks without Frontiers, an NGO co-founded by Michael promoting technology including broadband connectivity to support health, education, poverty reduction and gender equality in developing countries.
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