Managing Growth

Virtual CEO Summit Recap

READY FOR TAKEOFF WITH KRISTIN HULL

 
 

Kristin Hull, Founder & CEO of Nia Impact Capital - Scaling Growth - Ready for take off?

The final speaker for the Virtual ONE WORLD CEO Summit event was Kristin Hull, Founder and CEO of Nia Impact Capital, a women led firm that invests at the intersection of social justice and environmental sustainability.

Key Takeaways, Insights, and Resources on Managing Growth as a CEO:

  • Philosophy - Be aware that what you are building and creating becomes the new future. Changing a traditional and hierarchical market takes time to change, so there is no time to waste

  • Human Capital Growth:

    • Hire for values and then train up

    • Continue to attract top talent as Nia grows

    • Focus on hiring diverse team members, alignment with the racial activism work that Nia does

  • Building strategic partnerships is important to scale impact and growth

  • Important to know when to enter new markets and provide new services  

  •  Most important lessons about growing your company:

    • Believe in yourself earlier

    • Get your product out earlier

    • Bring crucial team members in early: strategy, sales strategy

    • Don’t only build and assume that you’re welcomed as a “new player”

Resources:

  • For CEOs - invitation to offer Nia in their retirement plans

  • GEN certified (The gold standard for intersectional equity in the US workplace)

  • Hella Social Impact - is a good resource/partner or diversity and racial justice and offers an assessment you can take to see where you are with your business.

  • The Mosaic Project - (Mosaic does anti-bias training with teams)

 

Find Kristin’s session from 3:24:20 to 3:45:15

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