Project Kazimierz: Innovation in Central Europe: Recent Episodes
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Project Kazimierz is leading the Innovation in Europe Movement through its Innovation in Europe Podcast, Educational Articles, and Business Innovation Education
Summary: In this final episode of Project Kazimierz, Richard reflects on the people he talks to, thanks to his co-founder Sam, producer Adam, and the listeners, explains his motivations for working on the podcast and gives details of the migration to the Entrepreneurship and Leadership channel on the New Books Network. A recent media roundup: … Continue reading The end of Project Kazimierz and a new beginning with NBN →
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Summary: Adam Davidson is the CEO of the newly listed Trident Royalties. In this interview he explains the history of the company, and the business case for invcsting in royalty based mininig businesses. Trident Royalties PLC is a United Kingdom-based diversified mining royalty and streaming company. The Company focuses on base and precious metals, bulk … Continue reading Richard Lucas interviews Adam Davidson CEO of Trident Royalties (s5ep22) →
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Summary: Mike Southon is a serially successful entrepreneur, best-selling business author and one of the world’s top business keynote speakers on entrepreneurship, intrapreneurship and sales. He specialises in teaching entrepreneurship to University students. Mike is co-author with Chris West of The Beermat Entrepreneur, The Boardroom Entrepreneur and Sales on a Beermat. He has spoken at … Continue reading Interview with Mike Southon, a serial entrepreneur and best-selling author (s5ep23) →
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Summary: Family-man and serial entrepreneur, Peter Harrington has a deep interest in education. Following graduation in York in 1989, he created his first business and over 15 years started and grew companies in the fields of research, marketing, design, print and consultancy. Since 2005, Peter has been at the heart of Venture Simulations Ltd, a … Continue reading Interview with Peter Harrington of Venture Simulations Ltd. – a serial entrepreneur and family-man (s5ep24) →
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Summary: Alex Schey is the CEO and co-founder of Vantage Power, which was founded in 2011 and sold to Allison Transmission in 2019, where he is the Chief Commercial Officer for Electrification. The company pioneered the concept of converting double decker buses to a hybrid deisel electric solution to greatly reduce pollution and increase efficiency. … Continue reading Interview with Alex Schey, founder and CEO of Vantage Power (s5ep21) →
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Summary: The New Books Network has over 800,000 downloads a month. NBN enables authors to talk about their books with a specialist host. Founded in 2007 by Marshall Poe – formerly a Russian history Professor from the US, it has grown to be probably the most downloaded podcast of its type in the world. https://newbooksnetwork.com … Continue reading Interview with Marshall Poe the founder and editor of the New Books Network (s5ep20) →
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Summary: Mel Rosenberg is a microbiologist best known for his research on the diagnosis and treatment of bad breath (halitosis). His research led to several successful commercial products addressing the problem. He is also the creator of a wildly popular TED-ED video on the topic. and is an active part of the TED-ED community. Mel … Continue reading Richard Lucas in conversation with Mel Rosenberg, Entrepreneur, Educator, TED-ED-ster (s5ep19) →
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Summary: Mark McKergow spoke at TEDxKazimierz in 2018 on the topic of host leadership. Dr Mark McKergow brings new ideas into the world of business and management, with an inimitable combination of scientific rigour and performance pizzazz. Mark is best known for his work on introduction the ideas of Solutions Focus (2002) and Host Leadership … Continue reading Richard Lucas in conversation with Dr Mark McKergow – author, scientist, and speaker (s5ep18) →
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Summary: Michael Sliwinski is a productivity guy – he’s the founder and CEO of Nozbe – a project management and collaboration tool for busy professionals and their teams. Nozbe is a web-based tool with apps for all the major platforms. Michael is also a speaker, author of best-selling books, a podcaster and a blogger. He … Continue reading Michael Sliwinski – founder and CEO of Nozbe – a leading productivity tool (s5ep17) →
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Summary: John Murn is a marketing strategist based in Taipei, Taiwan. After starting his career in 4A agencies, he now plies his trade in the adtech world, where he’s spent time working on e-commerce, streaming, mobile video advertising, and programmatic advertising optimization. In addition to his day job, John is a serial networker, which led … Continue reading John Murn – Founder of All Hands Taiwan, a fast-growing networking platform (s5ep16) →
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Summary: Marek Jankowski is the host of Mała Wielka Firma – one of the most popular business podcasts in Poland launched in 2009. He wrote two books for entrepreneurs: Mała wielka firma (Little Big Company) and Pułapki small biznesu (Small Business Pitfalls). Marek is also a former radio journalist, who in 2004 started his own … Continue reading Marek Jankowski – the host of Mała Wielka Firma, an author, entrepreneur and a former journalist (s5ep17) →
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Summary: David Troy is a serial entrepreneur and community activist in Baltimore, Maryland. He is currently CEO and product architect at 410 Labs, maker of the popular e-mail management tools Mailstrom.co and Chuck. He has been acknowledged by the founding team at Twitter as the first developer to utilize the Twitter API, with his project … Continue reading David Troy: Tech Entrepreneur, Investor, TED Speaker, and TEDx organiser (s5ep15) →
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Summary: Alex Hoskyns – Founded the Chatty Cafe Scheme. Cafes that take part have a ‘Chatter & Natter’ table which creates a space for people to talk; whether it is for five minutes while you drink a tea or coffee, or for an hour of good conversation. We’re not trying to build friendships – just … Continue reading Alex Hoskyns – Founder of the Chatty Cafe Scheme (s5ep12) →
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Summary: Fred Schmidt (nee Fernando Klemens Jan Borys Czochralski-Schmidt) MBE is Director of International Affairs at Capital Factory, a top U.S. incubator – accelerator – investment fund nurturing over 700 tech startups in downtown Austin Texas. There he oversees Touchdown Austin, a soft landing program for foreign companies seeking to expand into the U.S. market, … Continue reading Fred Schmidt – International Director of Capital Factory in Austin Texas USA (s5ep13) →
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Summary: Jon Powell is Chair of Enterprise Educators UK – a membership organisation for Universities, Colleges and private sector organisations to support enterprise educators. Head of Enterprise and Innovation Services and resident expert on enterprise education and business Growth Hubs at Lancaster University. Jon Powell has experience in supporting technology and knowledge-based start-up companies including … Continue reading Jon Powell – a leading enterprise educator and entrepreneur (s5ep10) →
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Summary: Chris Bomgaars – worked with his father to build up to a $100 million dollar revenue pig farming business from 2003-14 managing pigs on 350 farms. Based on his experience of what was needed to improve the way pig farms worked, he decided to create Everypig – a simple yet powerful pig health and … Continue reading Chris Bomgaars – CEO and Founder of Everypig.co (s5ep11) →
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Summary: Kai Parsons is a young South African entrepreneur who believes that entrepreneurship is the key to solving some of societies biggest problems. He is the Co-Founder of Air Alert (a social enterprise that is creating an awareness of harmful gasses released by fossil fuels in informal settlements). He also Co-founded Silicon Development, a web … Continue reading Kai Parsons – TEDxYouth@CapeTown speaker and a young entrepreneur (s5ep9) →
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Summary: Paul Kulon is Head of Operations at the Foundation Supporting #OMGKRK which works to build a world-class innovation ecosystem in Krakow. A recent media roundup: OMGKRK website omgkrk facebook group Paul’s Linkedin Don’t miss an episodes of Project Kazimierz – Sign up on i Tunes here
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Summary: Aleksandra Pedraszewska is a Co-Founder and Head of Commercial at VividQ – a UK-based start-up offering revolutionary software platform for next generation holographic display. Aleksandra co-founded VividQ when completing her MPhil degree in Technology Policy at Cambridge Judge Business School. Today, she heads up VividQ’s sales, marketing, and operations teams based in London. She … Continue reading Alexandra Pedraszewska – Polish non-technical co-founder of a tech startup in Cambridge/London (s5ep7) →
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Summary: Alex Mcleod has a background in infrastructure and educational social entrepreneurship, having helped found Bak USA, a social enterprise company based in Buffalo, NY that now hires 100+ employees from underserved communities and refugee populations. Prior to Bak USA, she developed the business plan and helped obtain a $250,000 USAID grant for Surtab Inc, … Continue reading Multi-cultural business and social entrepreneur Alex Mcleod (s5ep6) →
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Summary: Alex van Someren is Managing Partner of the Early Stage Funds at Amadeus and sits on the boards of several Amadeus portfolio companies. Amadeus is one of the highest profile VC funds in the UK with offices in Bangalore, Cambridge, Cape Town, London and San Francisco, Amadeus has invested in over 130 companies, and … Continue reading A chat with Alex Van Someren, of Amadeus Capital (s5ep5) →
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Summary: This is an interview that Richard Lucas had a long time ago with the University of Cambridge Careers. About Richard Lucas: My non-profit activities are primarily to do with entrepreneurship, the promotion of entrepreneurship, TED.com and TEDx, alumni activation, event hosting, public speaking and leadership. I teach entrepreneurship and run business courses in Universities, … Continue reading Richard Lucas on entrepreneurship (s5ep4) →
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Summary: In this podcast Richard talks to Rudradeb about his new book. Creating Value With Artificial Intelligence: Lessons Learned from 10 yrs of Building AI Products and Overcoming Data, Adoption, and Engineering Challenges. It’s a good entry level introduction to the topic, and a great place to start if you know that AI is important … Continue reading Creating Value With Artificial Intelligence: an interview with Rudradeb Mitra (s5ep3) →
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Summary: Alessandro Lombardi is CEO and Business development manager at ITSELECTA where, together with his team, supports companies by finding best talents, moreover, he helps some Polish and Ukrainian IT companies increase customers and sales volume. Italian by birth, but currently living and in love with Poland, Alessandro likes “connecting the dots” like link the … Continue reading Alessandro Lombardi interviews Richard Lucas about Krakow’s startup community (s5ep2) →
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Summary: Agata Dutkowska’s academic background is in fine arts and social studies. For the last seven years she has been working with women, helping them to create sustainable businesses as the CEO of the Flying School. Before that she was an international facilitator working for several leadership programs in Eastern Europe helping changemakers create meaningful … Continue reading Agata Dutkowska – Founder – Latająca Szkoła (s5ep1) →
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Summary: Gill has been s a volunteer librarian at Claremont Primary School in Cape Town South Africa since 2010. Through her initiative she has been able to give several hundred children aged 6-14 from largely disadvantaged backgrounds access to books and advice about reading. She believes that this has been life changing for a significant … Continue reading Gill Grose – a volunteer librarian changing lives in South Africa (s4ep18) →
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Summary: Florian Faes is Co-Founder of Slator – linguist, business developer, and mountain runner. Based in the beautiful lakeside city of Zurich, Switzerland. Florian had a senior job in translation company and realized he couldn’t find the news and analysis he was looking for. about the industry he worked in. So – with a partner … Continue reading Florian Faes – co-founder of Slator – the translation industry’s news, analysis and event service (s4ep17) →
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Summary: Patrick Ney is a British-born filmmaker and writer living in Poland. His films focus on Polish society and history. They have had more than 23 million views in the last 12 months. He works as a digital marketer specialising in story-based digital sales funnels at James Cook Media. His specialisation is in producing short-form … Continue reading Patrick Ney – filmmaker, writer and digital marketer with 23 million views on Youtube (s4ep16) →
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Summary: Harriet Noble is a radio journalist working for the BBC in London. She started her career on Radio 4’s flagship Today programme, where over the course of 7 years she graduated from work experience girl to Duty Editor. At the beginning of 2017 she moved to World Hacks on the BBC World Service, where … Continue reading Harriet Noble, BBC World Service Radio producer of World Hacks, on Solutions Journalism (s4ep15) →
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Summary: Jethro Binns was rated 84th in the world squash rankings. A terrible accident on court cutt his career short, later he founded Squashskills, which is now the world’s leading online squash training resource. A recent media roundup: Jethro’s Twitter Jethro’s squash ranking More about Jethro Binns on his business webiste Just Jack Just Jack … Continue reading Jethro Binns – founder of Squashskills.com – the world’s leading online squash training portal (s4ep14) →
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Summary: Kevin Rabinovich is a student involved in the intersections of ideas, youth, technology, design, and education. Most notably, he is the founder and curator of TEDxYouth@Columbia, South Carolina’s by-youth, for-youth organization that unites high school students around the power of ideas. He has also worked with organizations ranging from the United Nations Children’s Fund … Continue reading Kevin Rabinovich – TEDxYouth organiser (s4ep13) →
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Summary: An interview with Peter Cowley for the launch of CAMentrepreneurs in New York, recorded in April 2017. CAMentrepreneurs was founded in December 2016 to promote entrepreneurship among the alumni of Cambridge University, current Students and others. Working in a similar way to the relationship between TED.com amd TEDx-es, we launch in cities where there … Continue reading CAMentrepreneurs launch in New York with Peter Cowley (s4ep12) →
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Summary: This is part 2 of the talk given by Krysia Griffith-Jones about her life story during the WWII. Talks given by a Polish Second World War survivor about being a refugee in 1939, arrest and imprisonment by the Soviets. Her trek to join the Anders Army and other wartime experiences. Why have this talk … Continue reading Krysia Griffith-Jones – Part 2 – Release from Soviet Gulag and Service in the Anders Army (s4ep11) →
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Summary: Talks given by a Polish Second World War survivor about being a refugee in 1939, arrest and imprisonment by the Soviets. Her trek to join the Anders Army and other wartime experiences. Why have this talk as part of the Project Kazimierz podcast ? Krysia Griffith-Jones says in her talk that one of the … Continue reading Invasion, Flight, Arrest, Imprisonment, Release and Fighting Back – the real “war story” of Krysia Griffith-Jones (s4ep10) →
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Summary: Ralph Talmont is the Curator of TEDxWarsaw, a consultant on creativity and innovation, a photographer, has a position in Warsaw’s University of Social Sciences and Humanities and is a friend. A recent media roundup: Ralph’s Linkedin Ralph’s Twitter “So Good They Can’t Ignore You” SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities Guy Kawasaki – … Continue reading Ralph Talmont TEDxWarsaw Curator, on Creativity, Innovation, Leadership and staying competitive (s4ep9) →
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Summary: Russell Hicks is a successful professoinal standup comedian, based in London, but originally from the United States, This is the not the first Project Kazimierz podcast with someone other than a classic entrepreneur, but it is the first with the special new “Showbiz” intro.. enjoy.. Richard has written up is reflections on the interivew … Continue reading A “showbiz” edition – a conversation with Russell Hicks – Standup Comedian (s4ep8) →
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Summary: Asaf Navot is the founder of Home Made in London, a fast growing residential property service which is both cheaper and better than existing services. Prior to founding his startup Asaf did an MBA at Insead, was a consultant with Bain Private Equity Group and Wilson Perumal, and served in the Israeli Armed Services. … Continue reading Asaf Navot – Founder of Home Made – disrupting the real estate management and rental market (s4ep7) →
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Summary: Dawid Ostrowski is startups and technology enthusiast, who loves to work in areas where humans and machines meet to create amazing new products and services. He is experienced program manager with strong technical background, who knows how to create and maintain relations with people, establish priorities for complex projects and execute across multiple organizations, … Continue reading Google Developers Program with Dawid Ostrowski (s4ep6) →
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Summary: Augustin Kennady is a Media Relations Director for ShipMonk, Columbia alum, eCommerce enthusiast. He talks about content writing on Quora and other forums, guest posting, finding leads on social media, and the general future of the intersection between machine learning, automation, and technology with eCommerce. A recent media roundup: Augustin Kennady Linkedin Shipmonk Mixergy … Continue reading B2B Content Marketing with Augustin Kennady of Shipmonk (s4ep5) →
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Summary: John Lucas was educated at Winchester College and Balliol College, Oxford, where he studied first mathematics, then Greats (Greek, Latin, Philosophy and Ancient History), obtaining first class honours, and taking the Oxford MA in 1954. He spent the 1957–58 academic year at Princeton University, studying mathematics and logic. For 36 years, until his 1996 … Continue reading Wise words from retired Oxford Philosopher – J R Lucas (s4ep4) →
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Summary: Katie Underwood graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in 2009 and spent 7 years as an actress, working extensively in theatre across the UK with the likes of Peter Hall, Howard Davies and Jonathan Miller. Increasingly disgruntled with the nature of roles available to women in their thirties, she returned to her … Continue reading The road to TEDxShoreditch – an interview with Katie Underwood TEDx licence holder (s4ep3) →
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Summary: After 10 years in IT in various roles (Developer, Scrum Master, Manager, Head of QA, Trainer) Piotr Nabielec founded Produktywni.pl, where he is a trainer and consultant and also created two online training courses. – Piotr helps people, teams and companies to be more productive, to build positive habits, to achieve their dreams and … Continue reading How to raise your productivity with Piotr Nabielec (s4ep2) →
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Summary: A special event live recording during the Project Kazimierz event in Food&People by Pastrami with Sam Cook. The Krakow Fringe Festival is a new arts and culture festival that will take place between June 15th-18th 2017. During this event, Sam has officially hand overed the project to Richard Lucas. As a farewell to the … Continue reading Live Podcast Recording with Sam Cook (s4ep1) →
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Summary: An interview with the leader of the Krakow Fringe Festival and co-founder of Krakow StandUp Comedy – Ashley Deppeler. The Krakow Fringe Festival is a new arts and culture festival that will take place between June 15th-18th 2017. Krakow Fringe Festival works specifically to promote spoken word arts and culture and offers attendees a … Continue reading Ashley Deppeler – Krakow Fringe Festival & Krakow StandUp Comedy (s3ep14) →
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Summary: An interview with the authors of “The Happiest Kids in the World”. Rina Mae Acostais a writer from California currently living in the Netherlands with her Dutch husband and two young sons. She founded the successful parenting blogFinding Dutchland. Michele Hutchison worked in publishing in Britain before moving to Amsterdam in 2004. She is … Continue reading Michele Hutchison and Rina Mae Acosta – The Happiest Kids in the World (s3ep13) →
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Summary: Paweł Tkaczyk is a writer, public speaker and an expert in branding and gamification. He wrote two bestsellers – „Zakamarki marki” and „Grywalizacja” that focus on branding (zakamarki marki) and gamification (grywalizacja) operations. He is also a lecturer at many Polish universities such us Akademia im. Leona Koźmińskiego w Warszawie, Akademia Górniczo-Hutnicza w Krakowie, … Continue reading Paweł Tkaczyk – Writer, Public Speaker and Marketing Expert (s3ep12) →
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Summary: Richard Millington is the founder of FeverBee. FeverBee uses proven social science to develop successful online and offline communities for B2B organisations around the world. Over the past 13 years, Richard has helped to develop over 250+ successful communities, including those for Facebook, Google, The World Bank, Oracle, Amazon, Autodesk, Lego, The United Nations, … Continue reading Richard Millington – Founder of Feverbee – Expert in Online Community Building (s3ep11) →
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Summary: Brooke Allen is a father, son, husband, and brother. He has training in mathematics, computer science, and finance. He has worked as a programmer and analyst for American Airlines, Morgan Stanley, Merrill Lynch, CS First Boston, as well as a few smaller start-ups and financial firms. He has founded two consulting firms, one technology … Continue reading Brooke Allen – Entrepreneur, writer and comedian (s3ep10) →
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Summary: When his 4-year old daughter saw a plastic tub of cat litter in the woods, little did Jeff Kirschner realize that it would be the spark for creating Litterati – a global movement that’s “crowdsource-cleaning” the planet one piece of litter at a time. Featured in National Geographic, Time Magazine, Fast Company, and USA … Continue reading Jeff Kirschner – Founder of Litterati- a community that’s “crowdsourcing “cleaning the planet”(s3ep9) →
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Summary: Rudradeb Mitra – Alumni of University of Cambridge. He started his first venture in 2010. Till now he has been a founding member of 5 startups – two in Silicon Valley, one in the UK, one in Belgium and one in India. He is also a mentor of Founder Institute, Polska Agencja Rozwoju Przedsiębiorczości, … Continue reading Rudradeb Mitra – A minimalist Indian Entrepreneur in Warsaw (s3ep8) →
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Summary: Lynn Skotnitsky is a Coach, Coach Trainer, and Community builder. Our hope is to select and support 10-12 top financial inclusion ventures this spring, providing them with mentoring and connections to help them build their businesses. We also hope to form a long-term partnership with a local accelerator to help us remain involved long-term. … Continue reading Lynn Skotnitsky – An introduction to coaching, what it can bring to entrepreneurs and others (s3ep7) →
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Summary: As background, I work for Village Capital, a venture firm focused on seed stage investments in companies solving important global problems. We’re beginning to explore Poland as a future investment market, and we’re particularly interested in the financial technology sector. I’d love to get your perspective on the ecosystem and opportunities, as well as … Continue reading Szymon Lach – Global Entrepreneurship Week PM, Village Capital, Hotel Consultancy and Business Publisher (s3ep6) →
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Summary: Anna Kosińska – Graduate of the University of Cambridge (BA Natural Sciences) and the College of Europe (MA in European Interdisciplinary Studies). Alumna of Downside School in England. Previously has worked in the sector of education in Poland and the UK and has acquired experience in the Polish Foreign Ministry. Currently manages ADAMED SmartUP … Continue reading Anna Kosińska – support for innovation, education and enterprise from Adamed – a Polish life sciences company (s3ep5) →
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Summary: Andrzej Targosz is the Chief Everything Officer at Eventory – Event Management Solution (Web, Mobile & Beacons) and founder of ProIdea. Mentions and links: Andrzej Targosz – LinkedIn Eventory Proidea Wojtek The Bear Wojtek The Bear Facebook Group
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Summary: An interview with Ricahrd Lucas by The Wall Street Lab Podcast – orginally went on line here http://www.thewallstreetlab.com/episode-05-richard-lucas-angel-investing. This is what they wrote “Richard Lucas is an angel investor who is currently involved with close to 20 different companies across a variety of industries. He has made many investments into world-class startups over the … Continue reading The Wall Street Lab interviews Richard Lucas (s3ep3) →
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Summary: Matt Clifford is the co founder of Entrepreneur First. One of the most successful British accellerators, specialising in supporting the most talented engineers they can find to build companies from scratch. Their programmes in London and Singapore those who get in the best shot at building a world-class technology company. EF have helped over … Continue reading Matt Clifford – Founder of Entrepreneur First -a new type of accellerator (s3ep2) →
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Summary: Stuart Goldsmith is a stand up comedian and the founder of the Comedians Comedian podcast, which has become one of the most popular podcast about Comedy on line. Learn Stuart’s story in our podcast in the first episode of season three. Mentions and links: Stuart Goldsmith Comedians Comedian Comedians Comedian Facebook Group Comedians Comedian … Continue reading Stuart Goldsmith – Stand Up Comedian and Podcaster (s3ep1) →
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Summary: Józef Kącki, our this episode’s Project Kazimierz guest is the founder of Leaders Island – and organisation focused on training young managers and future leaders. Before founding the Leaders Island, Józef has been a managing director of S4A – the Newconnect Stock Market noted fast growing IT distribution company. Learn about his initiative and … Continue reading Józef Kącki – the Community of Leaders (s2ep14) →
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Summary: Have you ever heard of Stanford Prison Experiment? If you’re familiar with it, you must recognise our today’s episode guest – Prof. Philip Zimbardo who is one of the most known and respected psychologists in the world. Besides being a professor emeritus at Stanford University, he has just started a very inspiring project in … Continue reading Philip Zimbardo: Develop as a Hero (s2ep13) →
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Summary: Our next Project Kazimierz guest, Peter Sage is an international serial entrepreneur, business teacher and as you’ll find in the episode, a school dropout! Peter has founded his first business at the age he was 18 and up until that time he has run over 20 different businesses, the biggest of which is The … Continue reading Peter Sage: From School Dropout to a Serial Entrepreneur (s2ep12) →
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Summary: This episode guest is David Nothacker. David is a founder and CEO of Sennder – startup from Berlin that takes innovative approach on delivery business, allowing customers to get the package across all Europe the same day. David will tell us his story and his experience in contact with Polish software house and engineering … Continue reading David Nothacker: How to build your Minimum Viable Product (s2ep11) →
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Summary: Today we have Tom Clarke speaking to us all the way from New York. As CEO and founder of u2i, a web technology consulting company based in Krakow, Tom found success after doubling down on his core strength – technology. Now, u2i has over 40 employees and generates millions of dollars in revenue every … Continue reading Tom Clarke: Run a Business That Puts Employees First (s2ep10) →
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Summary: Sitting down with us today is General Secretary of ASPIRE, Andrew Hallam. As an influential part of a multinational corporation that aims to strengthen businesses in various sectors, and as a leader in the business world in Krakow, Andrew has a unique perspective on how multinationals and startups can work together to create far … Continue reading Andrew Hallam: The Surprising Role Corporations Have in Startup Success (s2ep9) →
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Summary: As the head of Google Campus Warsaw, our guest today has had a critical role in the startup ecosystem in Poland. Rafał Płutecki started business in Poland by providing dial-up internet access to businesses that needed to be connected. Today, he’s connecting young businesses to much more than just a modem. Through the Campus … Continue reading Rafał Plutecki:The Catalyst of Startup Success (S2 Ep8) →
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Summary: Our guest today, Szymon Niemczura, is the founder and CEO of Kontakt.io, a famous beacon company which started two years ago here in Cracow, and already boasts a staff of 80 people. The rapidly growing Internet of Things is silently enhancing our world, and the amazing work of Szymon and his team is … Continue reading Szymon Niemczura: Growing a Team from 2 to 80 in Two Years (S2Ep7) →
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Aspire Conference May 2016: Polish Startups & Their Place in The World Summary: This May, Wojtek Burkot hosted a discussion about Polish startups at the Aspire Conference, in front of a live audience. Join Richard, John Straw, Tim Jackson, Andrzej Targosz, Paulina Mazurek and Joanna Chwastowska as they break apart the challenges facing young Polish … Continue reading Aspire Conference May 2016: Polish Startups & Their Place in The World (S2Ep6) →
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Kimon Fountoukidis: Translating Success for Krakow Summary: He went from selling t-shirts door to door to running a global translation services company. Meet Kimon Fountoukidis, CEO of the ARGOS Multilingual and PMR. Kimon moved to Poland 23 years ago and in this time he became a highly successful entrepreneur with an innovative approach to doing … Continue reading Kimon Fountoukidis: Translating Success for Krakow (S2 Ep5) →
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Jakub Krzych – A beacon of Innovation – Project Kazimierz S2Ep4 Summary: It’s difficult to spend any time in the startup community in Poland without hearing the name “Estimote”. Today, we sit down with its founder, Jakub (Kuba) Krzych. Estimote’s core technology is beacons, small physical blocks that can be attached anywhere to boost wifi … Continue reading Kuba Krzych: A Beacon of Innovation (S2 Ep4) →
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Summary: Born in the USA, Paul has been in Kraków for over a decade, and was instrumental in the explosion of Ruby on Rails popularity here, the improvement of management systems with Agile methodology and Kanbanery, as well as helping to get Kraków on the map as the perfect place to come for talent. From … Continue reading Paul Klipp: Making Poland the Place to Go for Talent (S2 Ep3) →
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Summary: Rafał Styczeń is a legend in the tech startup scene in Kraków. He helped build a hugely successful telecommunication application when he was a student of computer science at Kraków Technical University. He’s now growing Meble.pl, a furniture ecommerce store that’s proving nothing is safe from software domination, not even our sofas. Rafał brings … Continue reading Rafal Styczen: The Next Chapter in The History of Ecommerce (S2 Ep2) →
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Summary: Welcome to a whole new season of Project Kazimierz! A lot has changed in 2 months. Samuel Cook tells us about a tough business decision he had to make, and how he recovered from the fallout. Who’d have guessed that consulting world-class triathlon coaches would eventually lead to arriving in Cracow? Sam talks about … Continue reading Samuel Cook: How to Recover from Setbacks in Business (S2 Ep1) →
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Summary: Jed Crews has been immersing himself in the tech community in Krakow for many months while studying the prevailing paradigms of our culture. His findings help shed light on our strengths as well as potential weak points, including how we’ve developed over the last generation, and how we compare ourselves to the “Silicon Valley … Continue reading Jed Crews: Inside the Minds of Polish Entrepreneurs (Episode 20) →
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Summary: Project Kazimierz presents Gareth Mitchell and Bill Thompson, with Richard Lucas and Sam Cook. Gareth and Bill discuss podcasting and their BBC show, ‘Click’. Richard joins in to analyze technologies throughout Europe. Sam talks about the Americanization of technology and its effects in the business communities across Europe. Mentions and links: BBC’s Digital Planet … Continue reading Gareth Mitchell and Bill Thompson – How Poland Fits in the European Tech Landscape (Episode 19) →
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Summary: Project Kazimierz presents Michal Borkowski, with Richard Lucas and Sam Cook. On today’s episode of Project Kazimierz, Richard and Sam talk with Michal Borkowski, co-founder of Brainly. Michal explains the importance of building, growing, and nurturing a community. Richard and Michal break down the competition within the networking platforms. Finally, Sam and Michal look … Continue reading Michał Borkowski: The Best Learning Experience is in the Community (Episode 18) →
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Summary: Project Kazimierz presents Paul Papadimitriou and Ivan Hernandez, with Richard Lucas and Sam Cook. Paul and Ivan, co-founders of Digital Loop, discuss podcasting and its effectiveness in distributing a message. Richard discusses angel investing and entrepreneurship with them. Finally, they look forward to predicting technology trends and how they judge startups to invest in. … Continue reading Paul Papadimitriou & Ivan Hernandez: Podcasting in the Age of New Media (Episode 17) →
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Summary: Project Kazimierz presents Peter Cowley, with Richard Lucas and Sam Cook. Peter discusses angel investing and how he came to be the UK Angel Investor of the Year in 2014. Richard and Peter talk about the different ventures they’ve invested in. They also break down why Peter is much better at it. Finally, Sam […]
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Summary: ProjectKazimierz presents Mariusz Trojak, with Richard Lucas and Sam Cook. Mariusz is a professor of economics at Jagiellonian University in Kraków. They discuss economics and the changing economy of Poland pre- and post-war. Richard analyzes the way government can assist or hinder entrepreneurship and business growth. Sam discuss the effect of Communism on Poland … Continue reading Mariusz Trojak: Through The Economic History of Poland (Episode 15) →
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Summary: ProjectKazimierz presents Will Bunker, with Richard Lucas and Sam Cook. Will was the founder of One-and-Only.com (currently owned by Match.com). He is a successful entrepreneur and investor. Richard and Will chat about their philosophies around investing. They discuss the importance of surrounding yourself with people that can bring you new ideas and ventures. Finally, … Continue reading Will Bunker: My life is a startup – learn, do & build (Episode 14) →
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Summary: #ProjectKazimierz presents Wojciech Burkot, with Richard Lucas and Sam Cook. Wojciech discusses his early companies, moving onto Google, and what he’s working on next. They examine the ways in which universities in Poland need to change and adjust to the blossoming tech community surround Krakow. Finally, Wojciech lends a few words of advice for … Continue reading Wojciech Burkot: The Chain Reaction of Startups in Krakow (Episode 13) →
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Summary: This week Sam and Richard welcome Mark Bradshaw, British-African farmer who moved to Poland to escape Mugabe’s oppressive policies, and discovered the perfect place for entrepreneurship. Both a fountain of ideas, and a seasoned implementer, Mark talks us through how to choose ideas, build a great team, and build something that matters. Table of … Continue reading Mark Bradshaw: Take On The World (Episode 12) →
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Summary: #Project Kazimierz presents Ramon Tancinco, with Richard Lucas and Sam Cook. Ramon discusses his prophetic TEDxTalk concerning Krakow as a European Silicon Valley. They analyze the reason Krakow is a hub for tech companies and how it mirrors Silicon Valley in the United States. Richard talks about the influx of billion dollar companies. Finally, … Continue reading Ramon Tancinco: Krakow as Europe’s Silicon Valley (Episode 11) →
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Summary: #ProjectKazimierz welcomes Pawel Nowak, tech entrepreneur for a discussion on current trends in technology-based business in Poland. Join Sam, Richard and Pawel for the discussion in this latest edition of our podcast. Table of contents, resources and links Resources and links: Pawel’s Twitter Pawel’s Facebook Colab Appleblog Jakub Krzych Ela Madej Piotr Wilam Google … Continue reading Pawel Nowak: Less Talking, More Action (Episode 10) →
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Summary: Sam and Richard introduce Vincent Vergonjeanne, a French entrepreneur who takes us through how he built a successful ninety-person video game company, why he escaped it and moved to Krakow, and how he finally created his dream company producing beautiful, world-class video games, “One game at a time.” Table of contents, resources and links … Continue reading Vincent Vergonjeanne: The Game of Entrepreneurship (Episode 9) →
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Summary: #ProjectKazimierz would not be complete without an interview with Ela Madej, co-founder of Base, a world-famous Krakow-based startup, as well as Hive 53, which has stood at the spear-head of the Krakow startup scene since 2011. This week, Sam and Richard hear the details of Ela’s colourful career. Table of contents, resources and links … Continue reading Ela Madej: Know Your Reason Why (Episode 8) →
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Summary: Sam and Richard welcome Onet.pl founder and Innovation Nest Co-Founder Piotr Wilam to the mic for this latest episode of #ProjectKazimierz. Listen to find out what Piotr learned in his early entrepreneurship endeavors and how he applied that knowledge to future successes. Table of contents: From Onet To Innovation Nest 00:47 Sam’s Intro 01:26 … Continue reading Piotr Wilam: Beyond the Local Market (Episode 7) →
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Summary: Meet Kuba Probola and Luka Sučić: the minds behind #HubRaum – Krakow’s premier startup investment collaborative in this episode of #ProjectKazimierz. Find out what they do and how they are helping advance the growing startup community that is migrating to central Europe today. Table of contents, resources and links Resources and links: Hub:raum official … Continue reading Hub:Raum: Creating Community Connections (Episode 6) →
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Summary: Sam and Richard welcome Wojciech Narębski to #ProjectKazimierz. At 89 years old, Wojciech has seen and experienced things that we rarely get a firsthand look at anymore. From soldier to Soviet prisoner, to college professor, his lifetime of experience makes him uniquely qualified to offer some very thought-provoking insights. Table of contents: The Polish … Continue reading Wojciech Narębski: Wojciech and the Bear (Episode 4) →
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Summary: It’s no secret that Poland’s Jewish community has had a tumultuous existence. Our guest for this edition of #ProjectKazimierz is upcoming TEDx Krakow speaker Jonathan Ornstein who brings his unique perspective on the state of the Jewish community in Poland to the mic for a discussion with Sam and Richard. Table of contents, resources … Continue reading Jonathan Ornstein: Kazimierz Transformed (Episode 3) →
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Summary: Richard Lucas welcomes his brother Edward to #ProjectKazimierz for a discussion on the role that Poland and Central Europe play in today’s global technology market and how history has affected, and continues to affect, perceptions around the world of Poland and Central Europe in terms of business. Table of contents: Why Poland is A … Continue reading Edward Lucas: Central Europe in the Global Tech Market (Episode 2) →
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Summary: Sam Cook and Richard Lucas talk about their new project and the climate for business, particularly entrepreneurship, in Central Europe today. This is the premier episode of this new and unique podcast experience. Table of contents: Welcome Sam and Richard 00:47 Sam Introduces Richard Lucas 02:26 What Project Kazimierz is About? 05:49 Who is … Continue reading Project Kazimierz: Innovation in Central Europe (Episode 1) →
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