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Empty Out The Piggy Bank

Business
Glen Peters
Founder of Western Solar
DO Wales
2018
Start ups
Big thinking
Community
Change
Growth
Success & Failiure
Sustainability
“If you’re trying to do something significant. Find people with the same passion as you from different walks of life.”

Having worked in engineering, pharmacy and investment banking, nothing ever felt quite right. Glen has now turned his hand to solar energy, building the first solar farm in west Wales. Here’s what he has learnt along the way.

DO Wales 2018

The best of DO Wales 2018
19 talks
26:27
Live A Life That You Love
Kris Hallenga•Social change
DO Wales
2018
Change
...
40:29
The Competition Between Stubbornness And Fragility
Giles Duley•Social change
DO Wales
2018
Big thinking
...
22:39
Discover The Art Of Listening
Bobette Buster•Productivity
DO Wales
2018
Change
...
16:52
A Visual Language
Andrew Paynter•Creativity
DO Wales
2018
Community
...
22:46
Go With Your Gut
Dearbhla Reynolds•Food
DO Wales
2018
Community
...
21:11
How To Have Faith In People No Matter How Hard Life Gets
Christy MacFarlane•Business
DO Wales
2018
Brands
...
19:40
It’s Possible To Make Money And Do Good
Vicki Saunders•Business
DO Wales
2018
Purpose
...
17:22
How Do You Innovate On One Of The Most Iconic Structures In The World?
Alan Maskin•Creativity
DO Wales
2018
Big thinking
...
19:37
Learning To Live With Death
Amanda Blainey•Wellbeing
DO Wales
2018
Community
...
25:32
You Have To Notice When The Universe Is Cheering You On
Tina Roth Eisenberg•Creativity
DO Wales
2018
Big thinking
...
22:29
In Singing We Can Find Our Tribe
James Sills•Wellbeing
DO Wales
2018
Community
...
24:05
Catch The Flame
Angelo Morgan-Somers•Technology
DO Wales
2018
Geeky stuff
...
18:24
Watching now
Empty Out The Piggy Bank
Glen Peters•Business
DO Wales
2018
Start ups
...
22:29
The Beauty of Not Knowing
Duke Stump•Business
DO Wales
2018
Community
...
23:18
Build A Fampany, Not A Company
Matt "Mills" Miller•Business
DO Wales
2018
Big thinking
...
18:37
Get The Story, Not The Deal
Dave Evans•Creativity
DO Wales
2018
Teams
...
25:44
How To Live Adventurously Every Day
Alastair Humphreys•Adventure
DO Wales
2018
Change
...
35:31
How To Believe In Your Own Magic
Romy Fraser•Wellbeing
DO Wales
2018
Brands
...
24:46
Go To The Limits Of Your Longing
Elle Luna•Creativity
DO Wales
2018
Big thinking
...

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