RBS BOTTOM LINE STUDIO: Recent Episodes

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Welcome to Riga Business School (RBS) podcast. We have created our Bottom Line Studio podcast for you to listen to leadership experience by our Alumni. Our RBS community podcast will be led by three wonderful moderators – Dāvis Indriksons, business administration bachelor student at RBS, Elīna Valdmane, MBA Alumna at RBS, Greg Mathers, lecturer at RBS. This trio is amazing, and they will have amazing guests in their studio to address leadership, performance, technology related topics. Enjoy listening.

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We are pleased to present the 12th episode of Riga Business School’s Bottom Line Studio’s second season, titled “When Energy Moves: The Impact of Energy Sector Changes.” In this episode, we welcome Haralds Millers, Business Development Manager at Sadales tīkls, who will share his knowledge of the energy sector and discuss how the changes affect other industries. Elina Tiliba, a Success coach, will host the discussion. Haralds and Elina are both graduates of the RBS professional MBA program. Haralds Millers is a dynamic professional with a diverse background in renewable energy, strategy and implementation, business development, innovation, and sales. Haralds’ passion for renewable energy and sustainability is also evident in his participation in the “World Energy Council Future Energy Leaders in Latvia” program. As a member of the program’s Batch No.1, Haralds is helping to inspire young professionals to address future energy challenges and strengthen Latvia’s positions and global visibility in the energy sector. Join this captivating discussion, delivering valuable insights for those with an interest in the energy sector and how changes in it affect other sectors.

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Get ready for the Bottom Line Studio video podcast, brought to you by the RBS Community! Join us for an enlightening conversation between Dāvis Indriksons, a talented RBS Bachelor of Business Administration student, and the accomplished Paula Elksne, Director at Education Innovation Lab and an alumna of RBS’s bachelor’s and master’s programs. In this episode, Paula will share her insights and experiences on working in the field of education in both Latvia and the United States, including her time as a researcher at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Paula also stands as a co-founder of the RBS Networking Dinner concept, and is delighted to witness its comeback. Despite a two-year hiatus imposed by the pandemic, Riga Business School is set to resume its flagship annual event.

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We’re excited to announce that our next podcast episode features Artūrs Pielēns-Pelēns, the International Business Development Director at Squalio Group Artūrs has extensive experience in Sales Strategy, Service Management and Operations, IT Strategy, and Business Relationship Management, and will be sharing his insights and experiences in International Business Development and Business Systems. He is also an RBS Alumnus and currently a lecturer. The episode will be moderated by Elina Tiliba, an RBS alumna and success coach, who will guide the conversation.

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Dāvis Indriksons, a second-year Bachelor of Business Administration program student, will lead the next Bottom Line Studio podcast episode and will meet Agnese Kazāka, an ambitious and creative personality. She graduated from the same program as our episode moderator. Agnese Kazāka is the Co-Founder of 100% natural high-quality knitwear brand “for lovers and trees” which has the goal to inspire exploring and experiencing nature. She has had more than 3 years’ experience working as Marketing Manager at the leading luxury loungewear brand in Latvia – Amoralle. As Agnese Kazāka describes herself – she is obsessed with creating the best brand experience and fulfilling the customers’ desires. That is why the episode will explore topics on bringing value to customers and brand storytelling. She will also discuss her experience transitioning from a manager to an entrepreneur, among other topics.

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Welcome to the Bottom Line Studio’s first episode of the new 2023 year! Claudio Rivera, RBS Deputy Director will moderate the episode and will hold a conversation with a recent Executive MBA alumnus – Andris Grafs. On a daily basis, he is involved in the operations of the Baltic Institute of Corporate Governance as its Vice President. Both Claudio and Andris are passionate about leadership. Claudio helps Executive MBA students at Riga Business School with their Leadership Development Practicum, but Andris is more focused on corporate governance. And because of this, they will dwell on the topic of leadership as an experiment. We wish that this semester is filled with many insightful and reflective conversations. Let’s meet you every third Wednesday Live on Facebook or YouTube! After, search us on the biggest podcast platforms to listen to the audio version.

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We can’t believe how quickly this semester has gone by! We are pleased to announce the final episode of the video podcast for this semester, the last episode of Bottom Line Studio this year before the leave for winter break. This episode will be moderated by RBS BBA student and Student Union president Dāvis Indriksons. He will interview a current Executive MBA student Kaspars Rozkalns who also happens to be the Director General at Investment and Development Agency of Latvia (Latvijas Investīciju un attīstības aģentūra – LIAA). In this episode we will be asking Kaspars about: the Step-by-step process of starting and building a business in Latvia, what is LIAA and how it can help businesses grow in Latvia, the current business environment in Latvia, and what it takes to grow a business as an entrepreneur. Kaspars has been working in LIAA for nearly 8 years where he is focusing on increasing export and the competitiveness of Latvian companies, facilitating foreign investment, and implementing tourism development and innovation policies. Currently, Kaspars Rožkalns is also studying in the RBS Executive MBA program. Prior to working at LIAA, Kaspars was working in the private sector and even was the entrepreneur of “Easypaint” for 5 years where he was offering transportation and logistics, recreational activities, and marketing campaigns.

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This year, only two video podcast episodes remain to be aired! Don’t miss out this one! Inese Eglīte as a guest, together with this week’s podcast episode moderator Elīna Tiliba, will cover a very challenging yet intriguing topic – should you manage your boss? As a marketing executive, Inese Eglīte has managed various leading companies in the manufacturing and service industries. She is a member of the Latvian National Opera and Ballet board of directors and has been a member of the LNOB management team since 2013. Inese is a close RBS Community member; she is a Riga Business School graduate and has been an Associate professor at RBS since 2001. She taught Marketing Management many years before switching to Power and Influence in Organizations.

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We are preparing to air the fifth episode – the fifth case study of the video podcast Bottom Line Studio run by the RBS Community. Claudio Rivera, RBS Bachelor programs director will have a conversation with one of his former students, Annija Paula Ezergaile. They will explore the topic of employer branding. For almost 6 […]

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For the fourth episode of the second season, we welcome our Bachelor of Business Administration student Dāvis Indriksons, who will moderate a discussion with Viesturs Kuikovskis about the best practices that students can take away from their studies at Riga Business School and further implement in their personal and professional life. Viesturs is an entrepreneur […]

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The third episode of the Bottom Line Studio podcast will focus on a case study on health performance habits. One of the most important intelligence for the twenty-first century is health intelligence. It is critical for leaders and managers to be health-conscious and to implement sustainable long-term health habits in their organizations. In this episode, […]

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We have some exciting news to share with you! We have a new moderator on board, and we are delighted to welcome RBS Bachelor Programs director Claudio Rivera to moderate the second episode of Bottom Line Studio. We welcome an experienced C-suite leader, an Executive MBA Alumna, and a charismatic person as a guest – […]

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This is it! This is the final and closing episode of season one of the Riga Business School video and audio podcast named Bottom Line Studio! In this episode we will host Executive MBA Alumna – Daiga Auziņa – Melalksne. She is the Chairman of the Management Board of Nasdaq Riga. She is an experienced […]

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Kārlis was active in participating in doings of PR Division of Riga Business School`s Student Union while pursuing his bachelor’s degree. His fellow students describe him as very enthusiastic and fully committed to self-improvement, with great leadership and managerial skills, as well as possessing an in-debt knowledge of marketing processes and visual identities. While pursuing […]

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There are only three episodes left in the first season of the video podcast Bottom Line Studio! So spare your Thursday afternoon for the live episode, to ask your questions to this week’s guest Kāris Danēvičs in real-time. This episode will be moderated by RBS lecturer Greg Mathers and he will dig deep into the […]

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Book your Thursday afternoon for an exciting episode of the Bottom Line studio video podcast! In this case study we will discuss missing skill sets and pitfalls for Baltic Managers to be hired in leading roles. The questions will be asked by moderator Elīna Valdmane, Success Coach, RBS MBA Alumna and the answers will be […]

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This episode’s moderator will be Dāvis Indriksons. As the episode’s guest, he will be joined by Romāns Galaiko, a Bachelor of Business Administration Alumni who currently is Marketing Project Manager at Printful. After graduating from the RBS, Romāns continued his career in the marketing field, revealing his creative potential 🎨 In this episode, Romāns will […]

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For 22 years Iluta Lāce and the Marta Centre have advocated tirelessly for the protection and rights of women. In this episode of Bottom Line Studio, it’s moderator Greg sits down with Iluta to learn more about her and Marta Centre and how this social organization has positively impacted life for women in Latvia and […]

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Case Study #8 of the RBS video podcast – BOTTOM LINE STUDIO – will be presented this week. Elīna Valdmane, an RBS MBA alumna, will host this episode. 👉 As the episode’s guest, she will be joined by Artūrs Cjunskis (Executive MBA Alumnus, Class of 2021). During the studies in Riga Business School Artūrs got […]

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We invite you to the #7 episode of the video podcast Bottom Line Studio! This time around, moderator Dāvis Indriksons will be joined by BBA alumna @Evelna Veitere. As President of the RBS Student Union, she was always actively involved in university life and established herself as a dependable key player within the team, a […]

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We invite you to the #6 episode of the video podcast Bottom Line Studio 🤩 She is deeply involved in the tech world and is the driving force behind the Baltics’ leading startup event, TechChill. She is a Forbes 30 Under 30 honoree in her early twenties, runs her own podcast Techie foundation, is an […]

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This week we will present you our fifth Case Study at RBS BOTTOM LINE STUDIO podcast! We invite you to spend Thursday afternoon in a great company – the moderator Elina Valdmane, RBS professional MBA Alumna and her guest – Raimonds Zeps, RBS professional MBA Student. Currently he is Head of Partnerships and Sport, Baltics […]

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