Action And Ambition

Welcome to another episode of Action & Ambition with your host, Phillip Lanos. Today’s guest is Michael Stausholm. Michael Stausholm is the founder of Sprout. Since the company was founded in 2013, Sprout has sold more than 25 million plantable pencils in more than 80 countries from its head office in Denmark. Michael Stausholm began his career in the shipping industry, working for A.P. Møller/Mærsk, and traveled to Indonesia in 1993, where he lived for 14 years. His most significant interests are green entrepreneurship and sustainability. Between 1996 and 2006, he worked for Nike and Walmart companies, helping them establish more sustainable and responsible textile production processes.  You’re going to love this episode. Let’s get to it! What has been Michael’s past experiences with podcasts? (2:32) The way Michael usually prefers a conversation over an interview.  He thinks Interviews are things you can just Google, but a conversation is like an audience is a fly on the wall, and they weren’t supposed