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Tea, trees, and me -- life lessons I learned from Kichwa Shamans | Dan MacCombie | TEDxFargo

3,523 views · Published 27 August 2014 · 8:13 · Indexed 21 October 2026

Channel: TEDx Talks · 2014 · Nonprofits & Activism

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This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. Dan MacCombie, Co-founder & Co-CEO of Runa (runa.org/@drinkruna), shares his journey bringing a little known, caffeinated, tea-like Amazonian super-leaf called guayusa from the Ecuadorian Amazon to thousands of grocery aisles - and more importantly, what he learned along the way about living your dreams.

Dan MacCombie developed Runa, a company whose commitment to the indigenous farmer and their forests aligns with Dan's devotion to sustainability and cultural conservation. For his work, Dan was named a Forbes "30 under 30" in the January 2013 issue.

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