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🌟 Transforming your Purchases into Social Impact 🌟
I believe your wallet, bookshelf, and media choices can spark real social impact. From supporting women-led social enterprises to amplifying artisan communities and sustainable businesses, each recommendation is a step towards economic justice.
Want to make your wallet a tool for social transformation? 👇
- Discover gifts that create jobs in marginalized communities
- Support businesses owned by entrepreneurs from underrepresented backgrounds
- Invest in products that drive systemic economic opportunity
Here's Maslow®'s Purchase for Purpose Gifting Guide 2024
Let's redefine gifting – one purposeful purchase at a time. 💡
#SocialImpact#PurchaseWithPurpose#ChasingFinancialEquality
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🌟 𝗛𝗲𝗹𝗽 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗜𝗻𝗰𝗹𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻!🌟
We're building something special at Maslow®, and we want 𝘆𝗼𝘂 to be part of our journey toward a world where financial equality is made possible because of a finance industry built on foundations that are fit for humanity.
We're looking for people from all backgrounds who use banking and financial services - or who don't - to join our 𝙋𝙧𝙤𝙙𝙪𝙘𝙩 𝘼𝙙𝙫𝙞𝙨𝙤𝙧𝙮 𝙋𝙖𝙣𝙚𝙡.
Your experiences, challenges and insights will directly influence how we build our solutions.
𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁'𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝘃𝗼𝗹𝘃𝗲𝗱:
✦ Just 1-2 hours of time per month
✦ 6-month commitment
✦ Share your honest feedback and experiences
✦ Help shape financial products that work for everyone
You don't need to be a finance expert - we want to hear from real people with real experiences.
Whether you're tech-savvy or traditional, a frequent investor or someone who keeps things simple, your perspective matters.
This is a volunteer opportunity with a pre-revenue social impact startup.
While there's no monetary compensation, you'll get early access to our platform, networking opportunities with fintech innovators, career advisors + startup leaders and the chance to directly influence a product that could change lives.
Please join us in democratising finance so we can build a financial system that truly works for everyone.
Interested? Comment below or DM Hilary Callaghan (or me!) to learn more.
#FinancialInclusion#Fintech#SocialImpact#Innovation
Post Script: anyone on this panel will have direct access to me. So if you think I can add value to your work, and would like me to share some feedback or any of my knowledge / experience with you, I am happy to offer it in return for your support (within reason - I don't do washing or dog walking).
Driving Growth for B2B, SaaS, & Social Impact Companies | Fractional CMO & Content Creator | Airtree Explorer
How Much Does It Cost a Couple to Climb Maslow’s Pyramid in Sydney?
Ever wondered how income levels align with Maslow’s hierarchy of needs? I asked Perplexity this question:
"Based on the mean income level for Australians, visualise Maslow's hierarchy of needs according to approximate income levels for a couple living in Sydney."
Here’s the fascinating (and slightly terrifying) result:
🏔️ Self-Actualisation: $300,000+/year
✨ Self-Esteem Needs: $240,000 - $300,000/year
❤️ Belongingness Needs: $180,000 - $240,000/year
💪 Safety Needs: $140,000 - $180,000/year
🌱 Physiological Needs: $0 - $140,000/year
This visualisation isn’t perfect, but it’s a fascinating and creative way to think about how our financial situation influences the cost of living and the pursuit of fulfilment.
In case you're curious, the median income for Australians, taking into account both full-time and part-time workers, is approximately $67,600 per year as of 2024. (according to ABS). For a couple, that’s $135,200 combined, which places them right at the edge of meeting their safety needs.
For many, life feels like a constant cycle of “work to live” rather than “live to work.” And sadly, most don’t have the privilege to choose otherwise.
No wonder so many people are stressed right now.
With the rising cost of living, tough job market, and the housing affordability crisis, we've got a BIG problem.
#wealthyimmigrant#CostOfLiving#Sydney
Described as a “must read” article that “deserves more than LinkedIn”, here is pur CEO’s take on what Brian Thompson’s murder means for us all - A take no media outlet would publish.
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Nobody would publish my take on Brian Thompson's murder. In fact, I've never had an article so rejected. One editor insisted Brian was a hero, another, that they'd covered the subject enough, another, that my words weren't relevant enough to business.
Perhaps it was my Taylor Swift references. Perhaps it was calling poor people animals. Perhaps it was saying that Brian Thompson's murder is closer to the beginning of a terrifying story than it is to the end.
In any case, here are 837 imperfect words on the impact financial inequality has on us, and the choice that people on both sides of it have to make.
We can choose sides in a class war and draw up battle plans, or, we can try to bridge the gap that makes us want to fight one.
I’ve committed my life to this subject because I believe humanity's survival depends on what we choose.
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Thanks to friend of Maslow, Fiona Harrison, and her 100% indigenous owned company, for highlighting the amazing work of Hilary Callaghan, who's helping us get ready for a huge 2025 at Maslow!!
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Hilary Callaghan, Community Head at Maslow® and friend of Chocolate On Purpose, has shared their Christmas Gift Guide which is bursting at the seams with ‘Businesses For Good’ offering innovative products & services that are impacting People and Planet in positive and beneficial ways. Check the Gift Guide attached… another way to Shop with Purpose. 🎄🌟🛍️
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I don’t know Mark’s story but yesterday I sat in Hyde Park between meetings and listened to him sing. As I did, an arsehole man with his friends walked up and kicked his sign away, laughing as he did. It was disgusting.
I watched Mark gather himself, wipe away a tear, smile at a stranger who walked past, physically hold back his feelings and start singing…. wait for it….. “what a wonderful world” 🤯
And he sung it beautifully, too. But after that he started packing up so I went and asked if he was okay and all he said, while choking back tears, was “why would someone do that?”
I don’t know why someone would do that.
I gave Mark all I can afford right now. But with his permission I’ve shared his details in this photo.
Please let Mark know, with as many small transactions as possible hitting his account today, that the world can be wonderful.
$2. $5. Or $5,000 - please flood Mark’s bank feed with kindness.
His PayID is 0452462922. I made my payment reference “a wonderful world” - maybe you could too ❤️
I’m sorry people are assholes, Mark. I hope this goes viral and you make more than that flog earns in a year 🫶🏻
Mark’s not on LinkedIn - so he won’t know about this. And that's just perfect. Because kindness doesn't need thanks :)
Please, tag people. Repost. Shout it from the rooftops.
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Last week, a post by a darling of the white male tech complex went viral when he announced his retirement from the extractive industry he helped create: BNPL.
Triumphant in his success - built on Australia’s most vulnerable with loopholes he called a business - sycophants rushed to celebrate him.
Alongside his gratitude came a declaration of love for the company—and the sale of half his shares, despite attesting its future had just begun.
It was a textbook example of what's wrong with the startup and investment industry: the uncritical celebration of mediocrity which so often accompanies the systematic strip-mining of our society.
It was the usual culprits: those who celebrate the amassing of personal wealth at any cost, rushed to celebrate the wealth extraction he'd cloaked in the language of progress - as they so often do.
The world is crumbling; wealth inequality is growing, social division is thriving, the wealthy are getting wealthier because the poor are getting poorer - still, they celebrated his extraction.
It's time we demand more of those we celebrate and aspire to be like.
It’s time we demand more of a decade spent working than the unashamed extraction of wealth from those with the least of it to give.
It’s time that we celebrate those who contribute more than they take. Who selflessly, bravely, and blindly fight for those with less, instead of devoting time to the discovery of new ways to extract.
This ongoing celebration of mediocrity in tech—based almost singularly on a founder’s ability to accumulate wealth, even at society’s expense—is a big part of why society is falling apart.
We don’t live on this planet alone; we share it. That’s why we must celebrate those who believe that their own success shouldn’t come at the expense of those around them.
All of the data we have points to human happiness coming from more equal societies. Despite that, we continue to cheer those proudly working against us, so that they might accumulate more.
Our celebration of others should be hard earned, not rooted in our own selfish aspirations of wealth.
For that reason I’ve decided that each year, starting now, I’m going to nominate someone for the Australia Day Awards. Someone who is working to achieve the opposite of what is eating away at the fabric of our society - which so many keep celebrating as if replicating it is a worthy aspiration.
Nobody I know in Australia has worked harder this year for equality, fairness and to give more to our society than they take, than 🍇 Kirstin Hunter.
Nobody embodies what the Order of Australia means more than Kirstin.
Thats why I'm nominating her. So that we might celebrate someone in tech worthy of our aspirations and adulation.
Instead of continuing to celebrate extraction hoping that one day it might be you, I encourage everyone to nominate someone around you who gives more than they take from the world that we will always have to share.
It's not much. But it's a start ❤️
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After watching Mike Smith’s transparency about Zero Co’s shipping setback, I’m happy to share Maslow®’s delayed wrap-up of our no-longer-weekly newsletter 😅
People loved our social impact newsletter—but not weekly. So, we switched to fortnightly, and the stats are through the roof, with the highest open/click rates yet on Maslow®'s Social Impact Wrap-Up 🎉
🚨 In case you missed it, here’s the latest in social impact and hope for a better future:
💸 LendForGood launched a new lending platform, marking their 43rd impact loan campaign. Cameron Neil and Tom Dawkins are on track to their goal of mobilising $1b in impact loans globally.
👗 Style Her Empowered (SHE) designed a revolutionary dress to help girls stay in school. This adaptable uniform grows 6 sizes and aims to reduce schooling costs in Africa, where 34 million children lack access to education.
🎟️ Humanitix reached $16.5 million in charity donations, with AU$10 million donated in 2024 alone. Their goal: AU$100 million by 2030. Imagine using any other ticket platform?!
🧗 Maree Sidey, CEO of Philanthropy Australia, and others shared eye-opening insights about the predominance of women in philanthropy, and the future challenges facing all kinds of giving. Watch the video for more!
🌔 Atlassian Foundation's Social Impact Book Club, led by Tiah Goldstein, discussed 'Mission Economy' by Mariana Mazzucato, who argues for remaking capitalism by leveraging governments to shape markets. The debate was lively!
📚 The next session on 6th March, hosted by Abbey Pantano, will cover Weh Yeoh’s 'Redundant Charities: Escaping The Cycle of Dependence.' No prior reading required!
😍 Hilary Callaghan introduced Maslow®'s Social Impact Gift and Buying Guide, evolving into the 'Maslow's Pay-it-Forward' project to turn everyday purchases into social change. 😍
On it, I discovered Song Hotel Sydney, my new go-to Sydney hotel, because all their profits support women and gender-diverse people, through YWCA Australia 🫶🏻
🍻 Heaps Normal launched Heaps Normal Records, aiming to elevate important stories for a more inclusive, equitable Australian music scene.
Maslow's Chasing Financial Equality show interviewed Seabin™'s founder Pete Ceglinski, in an episode called 'Project Isolation: The hidden cost and struggle of social impact startups'. Available wherever you get your pods.
For links to these stories, visit https://lnkd.in/gg_KFGNg
Special thanks to the individuals behind these impactful initiatives: Emmie Faust, Joshua Ross, Adam McCurdie, Jenny Chung, Harry Cole, Sarah MacDiarmid, 🧠 Andy Miller (米乐)
It's not every day a 𝗦𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗰𝘁 & 𝗘𝗾𝘂𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗪𝗿𝗮𝗽-𝗨𝗽 gets started, and today isn't that day. But... it is the day we start covering it here. Don't miss this weekly wrap-up about all the good things happening in the world of positive change 🙋♀️
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You know what's hard to find? An easy to follow, informative and heartwarming wrap-up of what's happening in Social Impact & Equity...🤔
🎉 Introducing Maslow®'s new 𝗦𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗰𝘁 & 𝗘𝗾𝘂𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗪𝗿𝗮𝗽-𝗨𝗽 which goes out every Wednesday.
But enough dribble from me...let's get into it.
🌟 This Week in 𝗦𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗰𝘁 & 𝗘𝗾𝘂𝗶𝘁𝘆 💬✨
♻️ Circularity: Beyond the buzzwords of "reduce, reuse, recycle," Circularity is about creating closed-loop systems that eliminate waste and maximise value.
💰 It's estimated that over $1 trillion annually could be saved around the world by 2025 with the adoption of circular economic practices.
🎥 Bega Valley’s Bid to Become Australia’s Most Circular Economy by 2030, thanks in part to Bega Group chairman Barry Irvin AM. Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC)
🌐 Circularity Conference lands in Sydney 26-27 November.
🟢 Sustainability Victoria awards $1m to boost Circular Economy Capabilities
🏦 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗕𝗮𝗻𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴. 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗟𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀 was the theme of #BankingOnValues Day 2024 where Global Alliance for Banking on Values said "The rules of the game need to change" to address challenges like climate change and social inequality, and finance plays a crucial role!
🌟 Celebrating 15 years of the Global Alliance for Banking on Values, which continues to champion purpose-driven banking to prioritise people and planet.
🎙️ Maslow®'s 𝘊𝘩𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘍𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘌𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 show interviewed Lacey Filipich, exploring systemic barriers in finance and how values-based models can drive equity.
👩💼 Employee Ownership Australia is hosting 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘍𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘞𝘰𝘳𝘬: 𝘌𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘺𝘦𝘦 𝘖𝘸𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘛𝘳𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘴 on Nov 25 in Melbourne 888 Co-operative Causeway Limited with Graeme Nuttall OBE
🧑🏫 An introduction to co-operatives and mutuals webinar is being held online by Business Council of Co-operatives and Mutuals (BCCM) on Nov 2, called Mutual Mindset!
📖 What We’re Reading:
- The Code of Capital by Katharina Pistor, highlighted by ReImagined Futures
- Alvin Foo’s reflections: “It is more important to live longer than to have more wealth.”
- Delilah Rothenberg’s powerful take: “Inequality is the bigger existential threat than climate"
📅 Dates to Remember:
Nov 16: International Day for Tolerance
Nov 18: Inclusion at Work Week (SeenCultureNikki Tugano, MAPPCP)
Nov 19: World Toilet Day (because sanitation saves lives!)
Nov 20: Transgender Day of Remembrance
💌 Love this? Want the links? Get the Social Impact & Equity Wrap-Up in your inbox every Wednesday and our growing community of change-makers (link in comments). 🌟
HUGE thank you to Hilary Callaghan for the production of the wrap-up!
𝘌𝘭𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘌𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘺: 𝘈𝘯 𝘌𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘍𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘶𝘭𝘢 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘍𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘍𝘢𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘳 𝘚𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘺 is the tale of Award-Winning Author Lacey Filipich. It's a hopeful story that shares a profound realisation Lacey has had after 14 years in financial education.
🔗 𝗟𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝗡𝗼𝘄 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗽𝗼𝗱𝘀!
𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗲: https://lnkd.in/gaNTg77G
𝗦𝗽𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗳𝘆: https://lnkd.in/gTbjMwsu
𝗣𝗼𝗱𝗯𝗲𝗮𝗻: https://lnkd.in/gsTwD_Sv
Trigger warning: this episode contains discussion of suicide.
Chasing Financial Equality For Humanity @ Maslow. Former child, ex boyfriend, multiple exits (from conversations) and have never been frightened of a pronoun - I'm very brave. A neuro 🌶️ 🏳️🌈 safe space
🔊 𝘌𝘭𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘌𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘺: 𝘈𝘯 𝘌𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘍𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘶𝘭𝘢 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘍𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘍𝘢𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘳 𝘚𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘺
Imagine waking up one day to discover your burgeoning career had cost you your health. You're bedridden. Questioning 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨. What do you do next?
🎙️ This episode of Maslow®'s 𝘾𝙝𝙖𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙁𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙞𝙖𝙡 𝙀𝙦𝙪𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙮 is with Lacey Filipich. It's a raw and hopeful tale of transformation that poses questions about the finance industry, the way we think about work and what really matters in life.
🛌 𝗕𝗲𝗱𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗱𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗕𝗿𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗻𝘁 ⭐️
Lacey's story starts in bed, with a severe illness brought on by her relentless work as a chemical engineer as she pursued her goal of becoming the CEO of BHP.
Then she suffered the heartbreaking loss of her sister.
These events motivated Lacey to leave a lucrative career and dedicate her life to educating others on a journey that’s brought her to where she is today: advocating for systemic change in the finance industry
🎙️✨ 𝗛𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀 𝗜𝗻𝗰𝗹𝘂𝗱𝗲:
1️⃣ The Pivotal moments that had Lacey asking big life questions
2️⃣ How systemic barriers keep people trapped in financial stress
3️⃣ Why financial literacy doesn’t solve the bigger problems
4️⃣ How financial education puts the burden of problems solely on individuals
5️⃣ How the finance industry can and must evolve to serve everyone
6️⃣ Why humanity needs a more equitable financial industry (hint: happiness)
🔗 𝗟𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝗡𝗼𝘄 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗽𝗼𝗱𝘀!
𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗲: https://lnkd.in/gaNTg77G
𝗦𝗽𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗳𝘆: https://lnkd.in/gTbjMwsu
𝗣𝗼𝗱𝗯𝗲𝗮𝗻: https://lnkd.in/gsTwD_Sv
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Trigger warning: this episode contains discussion of suicide.
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