#005 - High Impact Professionals with Federico Speziali

Federico Speziali

Federico is a co-founder of High Impact Professionals.

In this episode we discuss

• Fede's journey in prioritising an impactful career

• Fede’s experience with Charity Entreprenurship’s incubation program {link}

• The potential for engineers as founders and tips for entrepreneurial success

• The paths to impact for working professionals, including:

• Donating to effective causes

  1. Applying professional skills through volunteering or transitioning to impactful work

  2. Advocating for meaningful initiatives at work

• The limitations professionals encounter in making an impact and potential strategies to reduce their effects

• How High Impact Professionals support working professionals

Top resources

• Books

  • The Lean Startup

  • Doing Good Better

  • How to Launch a High Impact Nonprofit

• Career planning

  • 80,000 hours

  • Probably Good

• High Impact Professionals

  • Talent Directory

  • Talent Directoy Sign-Up Form

Federico Speziali

• High Impact Professionals

• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/federicospeziali/

Timestamps

00:00:00 Intro
00:01:28 Rachael's journey
00:07:10 Role models
00:09:20 Work life balance
00:11:09 Multidisciplinary work
00:13:37 Cultivated meat materials
00:19:24 Engineering in cultivated meats
00:26:15 Funding challenges
00:33:00 Research community
00:35:15 Values
00:40:39 Business education/experience
00:46:17 Scale up challenges
00:51:34 Academic research
00:55:37 Advice for becoming a researcher
01:04:50 Pitching research ideas to professors
01:10:21 Resources for people interested in the space
01:12:11 What do you wish you had invented?
01:15:24 Where to learn more about Rachael's research

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