Carrie Freeman is Co-CEO of SecondMuse, an impact and innovation company that builds resilient economies. Since 2012, she has been steering the global company’s approach to finding and nurturing innovators dedicated to social and environmental good, and building supportive ecosystems around them. Its mission aligns with Carrie’s fundamental belief in the infinite capacity for humans to learn and grow, and the potential for inclusive markets and businesses to massively scale positive change.Under Carrie’s leadership, SecondMuse has run programs that define inspiring visions, build lasting businesses and unite people across the globe. Over the last decade, they’ve designed and implemented programs on 7 continents with 600+ organizations such as NASA, The World Bank, and Nike. Carrie’s experiences at SecondMuse have strengthened her conviction that deep, sustained collaboration between governments, businesses, and the communities in which they operate, fosters innovation.Before joining SecondMuse, Carrie worked for 15 years at Intel, where she honed her business and leadership experience in a range of management positions. In her most recent role there as Director of Sustainable Business Innovation, she pioneered strategies around a corporate impact investing fund and became deeply involved in, and impassioned by, technology market solutions to global sustainability problems.In life and work, Carrie is drawn to challenges. She credits her guiding belief in the capacity of the human spirit to experiences that tested her physical and mental limits: rafting one of the most challenging rivers in the world; climbing out of a canyon during a thunderstorm; standing steadfast, time and again, before skeptical gazes as the only woman in a boardroom. Her outdoor adventures have also expanded her view of capital, beyond financial assets, to include the environment and human potential — both of which provide the world immense, often untapped or under-appreciated value.Throughout her life and career, she has mentored and advocated for women, encouraging them to take risks and to see the value in their unique perspectives and experiences. She has also promoted the true inclusion of diverse views and experiences in the businesses and departments she has been fortunate enough to lead.She has held numerous advisory and board positions that span the for-profit, non-profit, public and philanthropic sectors, including the U.S. EPA, Water Innovations Alliance, the Technology Venture Corporation, Packard Foundation, World Economic Forum, the Nature Conservancy, the Permaculture Credit Union, Bonneville Environmental Foundation, World Policy Institute, LAUNCH, the government of Costa Rica and several cross-industry consortia.Carrie has undergraduate degrees from New Mexico State University and an MBA from the University of New Mexico.Connect with Carrie on LinkedIn.

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Season 4, Episode #2 - Carrie Freeman with SecondMuse

Welcome to Daring To, a podcast that finds out how CEOs and entrepreneurs navigate today’s business world – the conventions they’re breaking, the challenges they’ve faced and the decisions that they’ve made, and lastly, just what makes them different.A sound-driven A&R platform, Andrson is a brand new A.I.-powered tool which connects emerging artists to the right industry professionals, helping them to become discovered.Zach Miller-Frankel is Co-Founder and CEO of Andrson. A manager himself, he and partner Neil Dunne built Andrson to solve their own A&R challenges. He is also the founder & co-director of ThinkTank Music Management, a boutique firm based in New York City and Dublin.For his artists, Zach has secured multi-million dollar contracts, global tours, mainstage festival performances, and talent agency representation. He has nearly a decade of experience in the music industry and artist management, and has worked with artists such as Philip Glass, The National, and The Antlers.A frequent conference speaker, his dynamic keynotes on innovative methods for Digital A&R and the use of AI and Machine Learning in Music Tech, have been heard by audiences around the world. He sits on the Young Leadership Board of a cancer research fund, from which he received the “Founder’s Award” for the production of their inaugural music festival.He holds an MBA from Trinity College Dublin and undergraduate degrees in Opera Performance & French.Neil Dunne is the Co-Founder and COO of Andrson. At age 25 he has already been named in the 30 Under 30 list for both the Sunday Business Post and The Sunday Independent in 2020.In 2019, Neil was awarded a spot as one of Ireland’s Best Young Entrepreneurs and has represented Andrson in print, broadcast, and digital media. Neil is also the co-director of ThinkTank Music Management, a boutique firm based in New York City and Dublin.Alongside founder Zach, they have now grown their Irish roster to 7 artists, for whom Neil has secured agency representation, sync deals, and international touring opportunities. He studied engineering at Trinity College Dublin and also holds an undergraduate degree in Marketing from IADT.A musician himself, Neil grew up in the south of Ireland singing and performing with orchestras, bands and singing groups. He has featured in podcasts and hosted panels on the application of AI in music and on the broader A&R landscape.Connect with Zach and Neil on LinkedIn and follow Andrson on Facebook and Twitter.

Series 4, Episode #1 - Zach Miller-Frankel and Neil Dunne with Andrson

Rita chats with entrepreneur Beth Armknecht Miller, CEO of the Executive Velocity in the latest episode of Daring To!Listen to Beth talk about her career and the twists and turns it took to get her where she is today. Rita and Beth are both passionate about a topic that is close to their hearts, the next generation of leaders. “Every leader you know, legacy maybe, we would like to believe that they are developing great leadership talent.”

Series 3, Episode #8 - Beth Armknecht Miller of the Executive Velocity

Rita chats with entrepreneur Liam Hayes, founder of Train My Athlete in the latest episode of Daring To! Listen to Liam talk about what Train My Athlete is and his journey from being a professional footballer to physiotherapy and now founder of a technology app. 

Series 3, Episode #7 - Liam Hayes of Train My Athlete

Three time entrepreneur and Author, Bob Tinker, chats with Rita about his journey to becoming a CEO, discusses the importance of team culture in an organisation and shares his top tips for building and hiring an effective team.

Series 3, Episode #6 - Bob Tinker

Nelson, CEO and founder of intelligent learning platform HowNow, chats with Rita about how his tried and tested businesses, including a t-shirt printing and a film production company, lead him to create HowNow. Nelson also shares his top tips for choosing the right career path and discusses what HowNow is doing to help businesses during the Covid-19 pandemic

Series 3, Episode #5 - Nelson Sivalingam of HowNow

Patrick, founder of the world’s only ultra-compact travelling garment bag company, PLIQO,  chats with Rita about his drastic career change and journey to becoming a CEO. In the episode Patrick also shares his top tips for new CEO's and discusses the benefits of crowd funding for start-ups. 

Series 3, Episode #4 - Patrick Tatham of PLIQO

Peter, CEO of online employee e-coaching tool VIC – Your Virtual Interactive Coach, chats with Rita about his journey to finding himself and how he went from working in engineering to becoming an award winning CEO and coach. Peter also shares his leadership advice, including his top tips on motivating a team and setting aspirations.

Series 3, Episode #3 - Peter Ryding of VIC, Your Virtual Interactive Coach

Shazia, UK CEO of Neuro-Insight, a neuromarketing and neuroanalytics company, chats with Rita about the power of neuromarketing, her personal journey to becoming CEO, how the COVID-19 pandemic will affect the future of marketing and her top tips for women in business today.

Series 3, Episode #2 - Shazia Ginai of Neuro-Insight UK

Rita and Jonny, CEO of cashless parking provider PayByPhone UK, discuss launching a successful business, moving from a worldwide company to a small startup and securing the backing of a global brand.

Series 3, Episode #1 - Jonny Combe of PayByPhone

Rita and Evan discuss identifying a gap in the market, building a technology company from scratch and how simplicity is key in today's ever-evolving world. 

Evan Goldberg of Oracle NetSuite

Rita and Ben, Director of Cognizant&apos;s Center for the Future of Work, discuss just that and what impact technology like AI will have on the modern workforce. 

Benjamin Pring Director of Cognizant's Center for the Future of Work

Rita and Mark talk about how to close the gender pay gap, entrepreneurship and the measurement of success.

Episode #11 - Mark Smith, CEO of ContactEngine

Rita discusses women-led business as with two female bosses, who happen to best friends. The ladies discuss working together, as client and service provider and how to create effective business eco-systems.

Episode #10 - Jennifer Hartz with Corporate Hartz and Halley Morochnik with WebStep Design

Rita talks to Rafael dos Santos, an award-winning entrepreneur, author and speaker about sexuality and inclusivity, finding happiness despite early struggles and seizing opportunity.

Rafael dos Santos

Welcome to Daring To, a podcast that finds out how CEOs and entrepreneurs navigate today's business world - the conventions they're breaking, the challenges they've faced and the decisions that they've made, and lastly, just what makes them different.

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