Alejandro Juárez Crawford and Miriam Plavin-Masterman on One Size Fits None - Why Innovation Needs to Start Local

In this episode, Bard MBA director Eban Goodstein interviews Alejandro Juárez Crawford and Miriam Plavin-Masterman, co-authors of One Size Fits None, about how VC-driven scale and corporate cost-cutting have created unresponsive systems that squeeze consumers and workers alike. They share stories of grassroots innovators using platforms like Rebel Base to solve local problems—from disability employment in the Philippines to vegan leather made from jackfruit peels in Bangladesh—and discuss alternative funding models that keep capital and decision-making in communities. Their message: structured opportunities to experiment can awaken entrepreneurial capabilities everywhere, because "there's no Hollywood hero riding in to save us.

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Alejandro Juárez Crawford and Miriam Plavin-Masterman on One Size Fits None - Why Innovation Needs to Start Local is an episode from The Impact Report by Bard MBA in Sustainability.

This episode is 37:47 long.

This episode was published on Feb 5, 2026.

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