Bonus: ETL’s Emily Ma on Move Fast and Fix the Planet

Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders (ETL)

Stanford eCorner

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4.4 • 739 Ratings

🗓️ 7 February 2024

⏱️ 52 minutes

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ETL is off this week, but in its place, we’re pleased to share the first episode of a new podcast from Stanford eCorner and STVP called Move Fast and Fix the Planet. It’s about climate and sustainability entrepreneurship, and this episode features ETL host Emily Ma, head of special projects in sustainability, real estate, and workplace services at Google. Delve into Emily's journey as an intrapreneur focusing on sustainability within Google's internal operations, particularly in the realm of food systems. Learn about the unique opportunities and obstacles she’s encountered in building a more sustainable future. Gain insights into the entrepreneurial mindset, the intersection of technology and agriculture, and the importance of holistic approaches in addressing global challenges. Move Fast and Fix the Planet is hosted by Mike Lepech, professor of civil and environmental engineering at Stanford’s School of Engineering.

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0:00.0	Hey, ETL listeners, Ravi Balani here.
0:02.7	ETL is off this week, but we have a special treat for you, a new podcast from STVP called Move Fast and Fix the Planet.
0:11.1	It's about climate and sustainability entrepreneurship.
0:14.5	And this episode features ETL host Emily Ma from Google, talking about her work using technology to improve food systems.
0:23.6	If you like this episode, please subscribe to Move Fast and Fix the Planet wherever you get your
0:29.1	podcasts.
0:30.5	Enjoy, and ETL will be back in your feeds next week.
0:35.3	Fall in love with the problem and not the solution because the solution that you come up with
0:40.9	99% of the time will not be the right one you'll get the timing wrong something might not be right
0:47.4	about it or it doesn't get traction for whatever reason if you fall in love with the problem
0:52.4	you will continuously come up with new solutions.
0:56.0	It will free you to let go of the solution you have in front of you and allow you to pivot more quickly to something that works.
1:05.0	Hi, and welcome back to move fast and fix the planet. I'm Mike Leppick, professor of civil and
1:13.1	environmental engineering at Stanford, an associate faculty director of STVP, the Stanford
1:18.5	Engineering Entrepreneurship Center. STVP empowers aspiring entrepreneurs to become global citizens
1:24.7	who create and scale responsible innovations.
1:32.8	One of the ways we do that is with this podcast, where we talk to different experts about entrepreneurship and climate and sustainability, and what's different about it, if
1:36.9	anything, from entrepreneurship in other spaces.
1:41.1	Sometimes entrepreneurs are founders, and sometimes they're entrepreneurs working with a company to innovate and drive change.
1:49.7	Today we're talking to entrepreneur Emily Maugh, who's head of special projects in sustainability, real estate, and workplace services at Google.
1:58.9	Emily's longtime passion has been helping Google step up where it can
2:03.1	contribute across all of its business units to a future food system that is sustainable,
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