It is a rare set of skills that enable David Batstone to be active as a business entrepreneur, professor and journalist. Batstone is the Senior Editor of Motto magazine, the first publication for professionals seeking business success built on values and passion. Batstone was also a founding editor of Business 2.0 magazine, Executive Editor of Sojourners magazine, and a contributor to The New York Times, Wired, The Chicago Tribune, Spin and The San Francisco Chronicle.

In 2006, David journeyed across 5 continents to investigate the mechanisms of the global slave trade. The resulting book, Not for Sale, launched February 6, 2007. But David didn't stop there. He has created a full out movement end slavery in our lifetime. Batstone can also be credited with the bestselling book, Saving the Corporate Soul.

He is the recipient of two national journalist awards and named the National Endowment for the Humanities Chair at the University of San Francisco for his work in technology and ethics. Gifted as an entrepreneur, Batstone played an executive role in a niche investment bank operating internationally in the entertainment and technology industries. During the 1980s, he founded and directed a non-governmental agency dedicated to economic development and human rights in Latin America.

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