ABOUT THIS EPISODE
Peter Samuelson (Co-founder, Ripples of Kindness; President, First Star) joins Emiliano Gutiérrez on Future Roots: conversations with the people building what's next.
Film producer Peter Samuelson, founder behind Starlight, First Star and EDAR, on making kindness spread like a network and why giving at checkout sells more than a discount.
He also covers what producing 27 films taught him about raising money, how Starlight started with one sick boy's trip to Disneyland, and why you shouldn't wait to be successful to give.
Chapters
0:00 Kindness, ROI and servant leadership
3:33 Coming to America with nothing
6:34 Ripples of Kindness: kindness as a network
13:02 Why giving sells more than discounts
16:25 From junior crew to film producer
20:07 The film producer's toolkit
24:09 How Starlight began
30:34 First Star: foster kids to college
32:55 EDAR: a bed for the unhoused
37:22 Hunger, food waste and giving early
Connect with Peter: linkedin.com/in/petersamuelson
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