Meaningful

Katie Carlson is the founder of the Paper Crown Institute, an organisation that engages girls and young women in education and capacity building programmes in Rwanda. Based in Kigali, Rwanda’s capital, Katie has built an impressive career for herself. In five short years she has gone from struggling in an unfulfilling job to becoming an entrepreneur and a well-known expert in the field of gender. I first met Katie in Kigali in 2013,  and was excited to learn what she’s been up to since then (hint: it’s A LOT!). In this episode we talk about: finding your passion; switching careers after college; the value of crappy jobs; networking; fundraising; starting a social business from scratch; taking your work seriously; and making money in the social sector. Discover more about Katie and her work in the show notes to this episode.