"There's just no way I could not do it," says Impossible Foods founder and former CEO Pat Brown. "I felt like there's nothing more important I could do in terms of really having a positive impact on the world." Brown is also an active professor emeritus of biochemistry at Stanford, and the co-founder of the Carbon Ranch in Arkansas. In this episode of the Stanford Ecopreneurship Podcast, Sam McClure talks with him and GigaClimate CEO Nick Halla — who was Impossible’s first employee — about: - How Pat's sabbatical transformed into a mission to replace the world's most destructive technology, animal agriculture - Mission-driven leadership and staying scrappy to sustain impact - And how Pat and Nick are still turning scientific breakthroughs into market-ready innovation in their latest endeavors Learn more: Impossible Foods The Carbon Ranch GigaClimate Pat Brown Nick Halla Sam McClure Produced and edited by Eric Johnson from ⁠LightningPod.fm⁠ This podcast was developed and published by ⁠Stanford Ecopreneurship

The Stanford Ecopreneurship Podcast

Stanford University

A $2T Market, Inefficient Cows, & Great Culture with Impossible Foods Founder Pat Brown & Nick Halla

NOV 20, 202541 MIN
The Stanford Ecopreneurship Podcast

A $2T Market, Inefficient Cows, & Great Culture with Impossible Foods Founder Pat Brown & Nick Halla

NOV 20, 202541 MIN

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"There's just no way I could not do it," says Impossible Foods founder and former CEO Pat Brown. "I felt like there's nothing more important I could do in terms of really having a positive impact on the world." Brown is also an active professor emeritus of biochemistry at Stanford, and the co-founder of the Carbon Ranch in Arkansas. In this episode of the Stanford Ecopreneurship Podcast, Sam McClure talks with him and GigaClimate CEO Nick Halla — who was Impossible’s first employee — about: - How Pat's sabbatical transformed into a mission to replace the world's most destructive technology, animal agriculture - Mission-driven leadership and staying scrappy to sustain impact - And how Pat and Nick are still turning scientific breakthroughs into market-ready innovation in their latest endeavors

Learn more: Impossible Foods

The Carbon Ranch

GigaClimate

Pat Brown

Nick Halla

Sam McClure Produced and edited by Eric Johnson from ⁠LightningPod.fm⁠ This podcast was developed and published by ⁠Stanford Ecopreneurship