Episode 47 – What Happens When 8.5 Million People Start Sharing? with Tessa Clarke from Olio

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What if your unwanted food or household items could change someone else’s day?

In this episode, we chat with Tessa Clarke, co-founder of Olio, the app turning waste into community. With over 8.5 million users in 64 countries, Olio has helped share over 120 million meals and 14 million items so far.

We chat with Tessa about scaling a values-led tech company, the psychology behind why we struggle to give things away, and the real-life impact of local sharing. Plus, how her upbringing on a Yorkshire farm gave her the grit and passion to tackle one of the world’s biggest problems... waste.

Topics covered include:

• How local sharing helps cut waste
• The power of Olio’s 210,000+ volunteers
• What happens when neighbours start sharing
• Why most people don’t give things away, and how to change that
• The ups and downs of leading a climate tech startup as a woman
• How growing up on a farm shaped Tessa’s mission

Music by Stock_Studio from Pixabay.