
About
Can innovation, entrepreneurship and investment make the planet happier and healthier? Abigail Carroll thinks so. Known as Maine's Oyster Lady, Abigail sold her aquaculture and tourism business NONESUCH MAINE in 2021 and has since been advising and investing in high-growth start-ups in the US and Europe that seek to help solve some of the world's most pressing problems, all while turning a profit. Through conversations with founders, investors, and thought leaders, Abigail shares this thought-provoking and hope-promoting world with her audience. And always with a little humour.
Abigail Carroll
22 Episodes
Episodes
The Man in the Middle of Maine's North Atlantic Right Whale Crisis
As I think you know by now, I believe technology can solve most things - but sometimes the right tech just can’t come fast enough, and in the meantime, the... more
Time to Upgrade to an Electric Outboard? Benjamin Sorkin of Flux Marine.
Our guest today is Benjamin Sorkin, Founder of Flux Marine, a Rhode Island-based company innovating electric outboard motors.I was invited to visit Ben’s shop back in January following a conference... more
Art and Interdisciplinarity Inspire Cutting Edge Ocean Research: Deborah Bronk
Today we’re going to dive into the world of marine research. Our guest is Deborah Bronk, President and CEO of Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, a Maine-based marine research institute... more
Supporting Innovation through Angel Investing - with Adam de Sola Pool
A number of listeners have reached out with questions about how to get involved in angel investing. So in this episode I speak to one of the most experienced and... more
Can Venture Philanthropy Close the Critical BlueTech Funding Gap?
When you think about GOOGLE, ocean innovation may be the last thing that comes to mind. But Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt and his wife Wendy have been great friends... more
Billion Oyster Project and NYC Harbor School: Models for Urban Development
This week’s podcast touches upon two themes that are close to my heart: my college town of New York City and oysters! Our guest today is Murray Fisher. He is... more
The Future is in (Seaweed) Plastics: FlexSea Co-Founder Thibault Monfort-Micheo
This week we’re going to address the planet’s plastic problem. These petroleum-based materials only became mass produced after WW2 but as we heard from our very first guest Bill Curtsinger,... more
I am really excited to introduce you all to Steven Fox, a founding Partner of Propeller VC, a new early stage venture fund that invests in and builds ocean-climate companies... more
Alex Searle on the Art and Importance of Impact Storytelling
There are a few things that separate winning startups from those that crash. Some of them are pretty obvious: Good leadership. A Good Market Fit. Sufficient Cash on hand to... more
This week we meet Edwina Tanner and Jill Storey of Whale X, an Australian company competing for Elon Musk’s X Prize, a multi-year competition resulting in the awarding of $100M... more
Can Crypto Save the Planet? Rob Cobbold, COO, Beach Collective
This week we are going to speak with Rob Cobbold, COO of Beach Collective, a company that is building a digital platform that merges some of the most abstract and... more
This week’s guest, Christophe Maier, Founder and CEO of Lagosta. Christophe was raised in Switzerland, on lake Geneva, but once he discovered the Mediterranean he couldn’t get enough of salty... more
Can getting a B in Business be an A+ Move? B Corps with Ben Anderson
We’ve spoken to a lot of entrepreneurs from around the world in the past few months and there is one thing they all have in common - a corporation. The... more
Can Nemo's Smarter Twin Save our Waterways? Liane Thompson, Co-Founder Aquaai
Watch out NEMO there’s a new clownfish in town and he’s a lot smarter than you are! Today we are talking to Liane Thompson, co-founder and CEO of Aquaai (Uh-qu-why)-... more
Propelling Green Hydrogen Forward with Tore Enger of TECO2030
This week’s guest, Tore Enger, Founder and CEO of the group TECO 2030, is pioneering the fuel cell stacks designed for green hydrogen in trucking and shipping, industries traditionally reliant... more
This week I am delighted to introduce you to the entrepreneur who inspired this whole podcast, Brian Tsuyoshi Takeda, Founder and CEO of Urchinomics. I met Brian through our last... more
Today we cross the pond and speak with Harry Wright, Founder of Bright Tide, a UK-based consultancy helping businesses achieve their milestones and sustainability goals through hackathons, accelerator programs, and... more
This week we meet Nanette Medved-Po, a Philippine entrepreneur who began her career as an actress and became a regional celebrity thanks to her role as the local version of... more
Can Lobster Heal our Skin? 🦞 Patrick Breeding, CEO, Marin Skincare
As promised, Happy Planet is kicking off 2023 with an interview with Patrick Breeding, the young founder who says he’s building Maine’s next “unicorn.” And he’s doing it with a... more
Meet Chip Terry, Founder and CEO of BlueTrace, a Maine based software company aiming to digitize the seafood industry where the vast majority of tagging, tracing and reporting is still... more
Lisa Scali, serving up seaweed for personal and planetary health.
Meet Lisa Scali of Ocean’s Balance, a seaweed-based food startup specializing in staple pantry items. This is a particularly fun episode for me because Lisa and I met in graduate... more
What can Sea Urchins teach us about Boat Anti-Fouling? We ask Bernard Hidier.
In this week’s episode of Happy Planet we meet Bernard Hidier, Co-Founder of Finsulate. The serial impact-entrepreneur shares his story of how the sea urchin inspired his company’s totally unique... more