Season 2, Episode 9 – Alexia Akbay
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A member of the Forbes 30 Under 30 2022 class in the Social Impact category, Alexia founded Symbrosia. With a background in green chemistry and a lifetime growing up amid entrepreneurship, Alexia’s passion is climate innovation management.
Her previous work focused on the effects of petroleum-based consumer products on public health, medical marijuana and a blockchain-enabled carbon accounting system. She received an MPH from Yale and holds a B.S. from New York University in Chemistry. Outside of work, Alexia enjoys outrigger canoe, painting, cooking for friends, and volunteering for local organizations tackling waste and food sovereignty.
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All environmental entrepreneurs listen up! Today we had the pleasure of speaking with the CEO and Founder of Symbrosia, Alexia Akbay. Alexia is a member of the Forbes 30 under 30 2022 class in Social Impact and Symbrosia is a CleanTech startup reducing livestock methane emissions with seaweed.
We discuss Alexia’s background, how her seaweed product works and where it originated from, what she’s learned working directly with producers and large consumer facing brands, where her company is headed and how to navigate competition, what it is like being a woman in business and STEM, her mentors, and more.
If you have an idea or solution but aren’t sure how to execute it, this is a great episode to push you to keep innovating. The world needs your magic!
