Supporting Entrepreneurs
Through the ONE WORLD CEO Network
The past year has brought about challenges for all, changing the way we work, communicate, and live. For CEOs in the early stages of company growth, this year has brought on an even greater set of challenges, not just making fundraising rounds more difficult but also restructuring their ability to lead at a crucial time for their companies. Noticing these challenges, we created the ONE WORLD CEO Network to provide an increased support system designed to accelerate learning and business growth for CEOs in the impact space.
With different highly curated cohorts of eight to ten members each, the network provides a small peer-to-peer support group in which participants are able to bounce ideas off of each other, trade advice, and address challenges both specific to their own companies as well as ones faced by CEOs in general. In order to create focus for each session, which are designed and guided by ONE WORLD’s Scott Saslow and Angie Mertens, the monthly group meetings have a theme that is determined by the network before each meeting. So far, some themes have included, development goals, talent management, building company culture, marketing, compensation, and evaluating where your company stands/ where it is going.
Bailey Farren, co-founder and CEO of Perimeter
In addition to the tight knit, supportive group of fellow CEOs that this network provides, both groups also consist of diverse members, with an equal male to female ratio in both of them. For female CEOs, this is particularly powerful. After the first session, Perimeter co-founder and CEO, Bailey Farren, expressed her excitement by saying; “Finally I am not the only female CEO in a group!”
Kelsey Moreira, founder and CEO of Doughp
For CEOs that are accustomed to juggling multiple tasks alone, the network has provided a much needed support group full of business leaders facing the same challenges. When asked how the CEO network was benefitting her, CEO of Doughp, Kelsey Moreira, replied: "The CEO Network is like getting a supercharged business-therapy session 1x a month. I leave feeling refreshed, with action-oriented guidance and feedback from others who are really traveling a similar path - even if in other industries. Being CEO can be isolating at times - "lonely at the top" as they say - but with this network, I feel more connected than ever and have great counterparts to reach out for, from sanity checks to reference checks and beyond. Absolutely worth my time, 10/10 would recommend."
Arup Roy-Burman, founder and CEO of Elemeno Health
CEO of Elemeno Health, Arup Roy-Burman, replied with a similar sentiment, saying: “The OneWorld CEO Network has helped me develop valuable connections with peer startup CEOs from differing backgrounds and industries facing common themes in company growth. Our shared experiences are immediately relatable and timely, resulting in robust group discussions, and valuable follow up 1:1's. This peer group has helped me become a better CEO.”
CEO of Climate Solutions Net, Lisa Altieri shares additional value for her being part of a group:
Lisa Altieri, founder and CEO of Climate Solutions Net
“One World has mastered the art of supporting the social entrepreneur. The CEO Network provides an invaluable opportunity to share, support and learn from other founder CEOs. One World extends this benefit beyond Network events to support member entrepreneurs through coaching, input and connections. “
According to Eric Quick, CEO of The Town Kitchen,
Eric Quick, President and CEO of The Town Kitchen
“The CEO Network is a dynamic group sharing the common purpose of helping others rise up. The meetings are time well spent with clear goals and time efficiency, allowing for everyone to leave energized. It’s like a CEO support group!”
With monthly network meetings, peer to peer accountability and support, strategic introductions with investors, corporate representatives and other partners across the ONE WORLD ecosystem, the network provides crucial benefits to help CEOs accelerate their learning and scale their businesses.
Elle Rustique, founder and CEO of TipBrightly
As a participant in the most recent cohort, CEO and founder of TipBrightly, Elle Rustique, has already found the network to be of value. When asked about her experience thus far, Rustique responded:
“One World Training, Scott, and Angie have created a wonderfully responsive model for supporting the unique needs of social impact founders in a highly personalized, interactive, small group setting. The content is inclusive and thoughtfully curated. The time is structured in a way that every minute feels like a-hand-on-the-shoulder, a-pat-on-the-back, I-get-it, and have-you-tried-this. A great experience.”
Sarah McDevitt, founder and CEO of Core Wellness
CEO and founder of Core Wellness, Sarah McDevitt, added:
"I resisted the time commitment of a group like this for a while, and am so glad I finally joined — the CEO Network prioritizes directly actionable and relevant takeaways and connections every time, and really respects your time as a CEO. The small group is extremely supportive and engaged, and it's really helpful to have Angie and Scott structuring everything for us so we just get to dive into what's most valuable to us."
Perimeter co-founder and CEO, Bailey Farren shares:
“Being able to share tactics, strategies, and stories with such high-caliber founders gives my team many more years of experience than we would have on our own. I would highly recommend joining the network if you’re looking to build a community of CEOs who are navigating (and thriving) in an environment dedicated to positively impacting the world around them.”
If you are a social impact CEO, interested in learning more and participating - kindly request more details HERE.