🏠 From one $6,000 house in Haiti to the world's first 3D printed neighborhood.
This is what happens when you combine Silicon Valley startup principles with a mission to end global homelessness.
The latest episode of Visionaries is out and available everywhere you listen to podcasts, and on this episode we were joined by @ Brett Hagler of Newstory, for an inspiring deep dive into visionary leadership, social entrepreneurship, and pioneering solutions to the global housing crisis.
In this episode, Brett shares his remarkable journey from a 23-year-old college graduate on his first mission trip to Haiti, to building one of the world's most innovative housing nonprofits that's revolutionizing how we think about affordable housing through technology, land ownership, and market-based solutions.
Things we cover along the way:
⚡ Why "courage is in far shorter supply than genius"
⚡ The mindset shift from charity to customers that changes everything
⚡ How to turn "impossible" ideas into breakthrough innovations
⚡ The simple formula: Dream big, start small
Brett and his team didn't just build homes—they pioneered an entirely new approach to affordable housing that's now attracting traditional lenders to serve underserved families across Latin America.
Sometimes the most revolutionary solutions come from asking simple questions with hard answers: "What if we did this completely differently?"
We believe the world needs more visionaries.
We’re all familiar with the visionaries who shaped our past, but what about the ones who are shaping our future?
The ones who see what others don’t.
Who challenge the status quo.
Who imagine a future not just as it is, but as it ought to be.
Next week, we're launching a new podcast series called Visionaries, where we’ll dive deep with some of today’s boldest thinkers—leaders, artists, and entrepreneurs—who are crafting the next chapter of our world. And ask them:
How do they see what’s coming?
How do they make the impossible, inevitable?
And how can we learn to think like them?
We hope you'll join us.
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