The Journeys were started by Luna Shrestha Thakur and Catrin Froehlich who spent a few years supporting the ecosystem for social entrepreneurs in Nepal. Among a number of other activities they co-created and executed the first social entrepreneurship competition. During this work they learned about the struggles and accomplishments of the hidden heroes. They understood that on one hand most of them have an amazing array of experiences to share and that on the other hand they could benefit from greater exposure to concepts and success stories from other parts of the world. At the same time both of them realized that their own inspiration came from fascinating individuals who they met while traveling and working around the world or when such people dropped into their lives while on their own journeys. They decided to scale up their informal way of connecting changemakers to give more people the chance to learn from each other.