Professional Background: Business
Hugh is the CEO of Ujama and was recently named the President and CTO of the Buy Nothing Project. He is also the author of The Entrepreneur’s Journey. Hugh was previously Vice President of Innovation at Intuit where he worked for 22 years. He is a board member of Mozilla and Barlow World LTP, headquartered in South Africa. Hugh is also an advisor to several companies, including Limeade. He started his career as a software engineer for Hewlett-Packard.
Interview Quotes:
“Wanted to apply some of my Silicon Valley experience/expertise regarding innovation to Africa where some of the technologies were still emerging.”
“You should cast a wide net regarding serving on boards, including serving on boards outside of North America.”
“We ought to expect that there is always going to be pushback to change.”
“People should be willing to talk about what worked and what didn’t work.”