Starting a non-profit, leaving the corporate game, and designing your own life.

The third episode of the Extraordinary Living Series, features Andrew Hall, UVic BComm graduate and co-Founder of the non-profit Mealshare. After landing a solid consulting job at Deloitte following undergrad, Andrew had the burning desire to do more and gathered the courage to leave a secure job and start a non-profit with Jeremy Bryant and Derek Juno. After only 2 years, Mealshare is currently in over 150 restaurants in Canada and continues to expand across the country.

Show Highlights:

• What is Mealshare and how did start?
• Gathering the courage to leave a secure job for a passion project
• Social entrepreneurship: challenges & rewards

 

Andrew’s Recommendations

Book: Talk Like TED by Carmine Gallo
Article: Why Generation Y Yuppies Are Unhappy
Article: Lessons From my 20s

 

Check out MealShare on the social channels:

Website: http://www.mealshare.ca
Twitter: https://twitter.com/mealshareteam