The G&T Sessions: Recent Episodes

Andrew J Turner

We cover G = Growth from a Personal & Business perspective, as it is a fascinating and compelling topic to share stories and experiences, and T = Technology, something that is everywhere and is firmly here to stay...asking the questions about what does it mean, is it for good, how do we harness it and ensure it helps our future.

So, in the G&T Sessions Podcast, we are speaking directly to ourselves, when we were younger, not as wise as we are today, how could we know how transformative that Technology would affect the world .... And know how getting your personal growth and mindset in order, is a key building block and enabler to any organisation or business idea you want to scale.

We're going to try to take you, the audience, on a journey through the stories and lessons of gifted and talented people who have written their own personal growth stories, dealt with amazing peaks and character building valleys, but have learned and carved their own path to making their own history and future.

Gifted #Talented.

Given Tech now integrates into so many areas of our life and many people see this as their new path for opportunity, we will also discuss Tech with our guests who are growing, advising, supporting, coaching and innovating in and around technology and so the founders, co-founders, entrepreneurs, CEO’s, leadership teams of tomorrow will know how to realise their dreams, find and unleash their own ideas to become unicorns, build new markets, new businesses & disrupt the world for the greater good.

Growth #Tech

In this episode of the G&T Sessions podcast, Andrew Turner speaks with Chelsea Spencer, Founder & CEO of Big Reputation, about her journey into entrepreneurship, the impact of social media on business, and the importance of authenticity in marketing. Chelsea shares insights on the generational shift in perspectives towards entrepreneurship, the challenges of running a business, and the role of AI in marketing strategies. The conversation also delves into the distinction between personal branding and building a genuine reputation, emphasising the need for businesses to live their values and deliver on promises.

Takeaways

Chelsea Spencer shares her journey of starting her own business during COVID.
The perception of entrepreneurship has shifted among younger generations.
Social media can create pressure to succeed but also offers opportunities for growth.
Authenticity and proof of work are crucial for building a reputation.
Many entrepreneurs struggle with the realities of running a business versus the glamorised image on social media.
AI tools are changing marketing strategies but should be used cautiously.
The importance of having a solid product or service to back marketing efforts.
The distinction between personal branding and building a genuine reputation.
Future marketing will focus on authenticity and the real versus the fake.
Chelsea emphasises the need for businesses to live their values and deliver on promises.

Chapters

00:00 Introduction and Background

02:50 Chelsea's Journey to Entrepreneurship

05:36 Generational Perspectives on Business

08:25 The Impact of Social Media on Business Aspirations

11:27 Building a Business with Integrity

14:27 The Importance of Reputation in Marketing

17:11 Navigating the Challenges of Startups

19:52 The Role of Founders in Business Success

22:54 The Influence of AI on Marketing Strategies

27:24 The Impact of AI on Mental Health

30:11 The Role of Human Creativity in Marketing

34:08 Authenticity vs. Personal Branding

44:38 The Future of Marketing and Technology

50:16 Closing Thoughts on Reputation and Branding

Linkedin

/ chelsea-spencer-big-reputation

Enjoy 😜

In this episode of the G&T Sessions podcast, Andrew Turner speaks with Sangram Vajre about the evolution of go-to-market strategies, the importance of aligning marketing, sales, and customer success, and the role of net revenue retention in business success. They discuss the impact of AI on business operations, the significance of the Move framework, and the necessity of revenue operations in scaling companies. Sangram emphasises the need for clarity, alignment, and trust at the executive level and shares insights on how companies can adapt to the changing landscape of work and workflows.

Takeaways

Go-to-market is a business problem, not just a marketing or sales issue.
The CEO should own the go-to-market strategy.
Net Revenue Retention (NRR) is crucial for business success.
AI is transforming how businesses operate and interact with customers.
Companies need to create their own operating systems for effective go-to-market strategies.
Clarity, alignment, and trust at the executive level are essential for success.
The Move framework helps companies identify where they can operate effectively.
Revenue operations should be implemented earlier in the business lifecycle.
Deep work and focused time are necessary for effective leadership.
The future of work will rely on workflows and the integration of AI.

Chapters

00:00 Introduction and Context of Go-To-Market Evolution

02:53 The Importance of Customer Success and Retention

05:43 Defining Go-To-Market Ownership

08:27 The Role of Founders in Go-To-Market Strategy

11:26 Aligning Teams for Effective Go-To-Market Execution

14:13 The Impact of Net Revenue Retention

17:12 The Challenges of Pipeline Management

20:09 The Need for Clarity and Alignment in Leadership

22:53 The Future of Go-To-Market Strategies

24:38 Navigating Business Growth and Outliers

27:01 The Importance of Security in AI

30:40 Prioritising the MOVE Framework for Limited Resources

33:55 Integrating Revenue Operations into Business Strategy

37:39 Evolving Go-to-Market Strategies

39:44 The Future of Work and Business Operations

46:25 Key Moves Companies Should Make for Success

Sangram's Linkedin profile

https://www.linkedin.com/in/sangramvajre/

GTM Partners Website

https://www.gtmpartners.com

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Anna Tutova is a public speaker and CEO of Coinstelegram https://www.coinstelegram.com, a crypto-media group and PR-consulting agency. Anna holds a degree of Master in International Law. She is an expert in public relations and business development, featured on CNBC Arabia TV, Forbes Middle East, Nasdaq, Finance Yahoo, Gulf News, Cointelegraph. Anna is also co-producer of the documentary film “Encrypted” on the new era of the digital economy (featuring El Salvador’s government officials, CZ, Founder Binance, Sandeep Nailwal, Polygon Founder, Charles Hoskinson, Founder Cardano, Justin Sun, Founder Tron, Sebastien Borget, co-Founder Sandbox, Chairman DMCC, Head of Dubai blockchain Centre). This was a great episode as we dive into Digital Currency, Crypto, NFT, DeFI, Unbanked and the whole area of new Financial Services for the world. Enjoy !!!

You can find more about Anna via

https://www.linkedin.com/in/anna-tutova-7b435b14b/

Twitter https://twitter.com/anna_tutova

Crunchbase https://www.crunchbase.com/person/anna-tutova

YouTube https://www.youtube.com/c/AlexWhite22

Media - https://coinstelegram.com/

Randy Bean is the author of Fail Fast, Learn Faster: Lessons in Data-Drive Leadership in an Age of Disruption, Big Data, and AI, a business bestseller released in September 2021. He is a widely recognised industry thought leader, author, and speaker in the field of data-driven business leadership, and known for his frequent columns in Harvard Business Review, MIT Sloan Management Review, Forbes, and The Wall Street Journal. He is the Founder and CEO of NewVantage Partners, a strategic advisory firm to Fortune 1000 clients that he founded in 2001, and which was acquired in December 2021 by Wavestone, a Paris-based global consultancy. Very enjoyable episode with Randy and please check out his book it's essential reading. Enjoy !

Social Links

https://www.linkedin.com/in/randy-bean-6903882/

https://twitter.com/RandyBeanNVP

https://www.failfastlearnfaster.org/

https://www.newvantage.com/

Taking comedy seriously - the business of making people happy. Jon is co-founder and CEO of The Comedy Crowd - empowering the world’s comedy creators. He's a former astrophysicist and qualified Chartered Accountant, who worked for more than a decade with Ernst & Young before taking the natural step into comedy. Jon has advised startups including a 3D printing business in Moscow, and started the Comedy Crowd as an aspiring writer who saw the potential in working with a global community of talented creators. Jon’s favourite subjects include comedy, entrepreneurship, creativity, and sports, with his support of Liverpool FC a natural extension of his scouse [Liverpool] roots. The rest of his free time is spent being a Dad to a young son. Great episode with Jon, outlining his career pivots and showing anything is possible. Look forward to what the Comedy Crowd will do in the future. Enjoy!

Social and other links:

My Linkedin
Comedy Crowd Twitter, Facebook, and Insta
Comedy Crowd website

Ketan Mavinkurve, CEO of Alpha Coach - India’s first hyper-personalised online coaching platform

Change is hard. Discipline towards health and fitness doesn’t come naturally to anyone. After years of training hundreds of trainees, we know that substantial long-lasting changes don't come from quick tips, but from building habits in phases. This is why we help you make positive changes that stay with you for life. Ketan is the Founder and CEO of Alpha Coach. He's a Chartered Accountant and has worked in prestigious firms such as PricewaterhouseCoopers, Ernst & Young, and last served as Vice President at Berggruen Holdings in India, involved in private equity deals for the past 14 years. Prior to Alpha Coach, Ketan also co-founded AKRO Fitness, a boutique personal training studio in Mumbai, one of the most notable brands in the fitness industry in the country. He is a fitness enthusiast, and after struggling with his own fitness for over a decade due to lack of knowledge and proper guidance, has dedicated his time and efforts to create businesses designed to positively impact people’s health and fitness, and help them create long-term sustainable lifestyle solutions. He is always challenging the status quo, in breaking barriers, and blasting through ceilings we set for our own personal growth. “Everyone has the right and obligation to be fit, strong and healthy” Ketan says, – so, at AKRO and now at Alpha Coach, he has created a platform to allow everyone to achieve their health goals.He also walks the talk in terms of taking action and execution, and takes his own fitness very seriously. He truly believes that “No matter how hard the struggle is – if one wants something desperately, they need to go out and get it!”

Social Links

Website

https://www.alphacoach.app/index.html

Instagram

https://www.instagram.com/thealphacoachapp/

https://www.instagram.com/ketanmavinkurve/

Facebook

https://www.facebook.com/AlphaCoachApp

https://www.facebook.com/ketan.mavinkurve

Linkedin

https://in.linkedin.com/company/alphacoach-app

https://www.linkedin.com/in/ketan-mavinkurve/

If you are based in India [As Alpha Coach is ONLY available in India at the moment)

CTA 1: BOOK A FREE FITNESS CONSULTATION

CTA 2: SIGN UP

Welcome to our next episode with Tom Allen. Tom is an AI enthusiast with a passion for telling stories about awesome technology and how it will help people. Tom built The AI Journal from his bedroom in late Feb 2020. Have a background in marketing and a keen interest for understanding why people buy from certain companies. The AI Journal currently serves startups, SMEs, and publicly traded companies with research & advisory, Award programmes, & consulting services. The AI Journal and Tom have been featured in Forbes, Harvard Business Review, VentureBeat, Business Insider, Yahoo! Finance, MarketWatch, Reuters since it was founded less than two years ago. The AI Journal has been labelled as the fastest-growing new media company 'you need to watch' and ‘most admired media brand’. Alongside this Tom is a Board Advisor to Alphalake AI. Alphalake AI supports the healthcare sector by giving a better Digital Patient Experience through RPA and Intelligent Automation. He love's to take calculated risks while protecting the downside. Always enter a situation with all his energy. Always optimistic. Love to read books and learn from other peoples mistakes. Results focussed and value-driven with an obsession on high output. Love to give back and help people such as yourself at every opportunity I get. His favourite quote he always aim to live his life by is “Giving is the secret to living". Great episode with an inspiring guest and a great example for anyone starting their own venture, with some very authentic and real examples of what Tom has been through to-date. Enjoy!

Social Links

https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-ai-journal

https://www.linkedin.com/in/tom-allen-515058b7/

We are so pleased to release today's episode of The G&T Sessions Podcast show with Guy Rigby. Vision. Ambition. Enthusiasm and Determination. These are some of the qualities Guy most admires. As an entrepreneurial adviser with a financial background and a restless spirit, he has been lucky to spend almost all his life advising founders and management teams of growing, SME businesses. It’s been a stimulating journey, encompassing many exciting success stories. In terms of experience, he has been the senior partner of two accountancy firms, a managing director, a finance director, a sales and marketing director, a charity trustee, an executor, a chairman and a non-executive director. In 2010 he decided to write it all down. Guy’s book, “From Vision to Exit – The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Building and Selling a Business” received wide critical acclaim, becoming one of Amazon’s best-selling business books when it was published in 2011. He now split my time between chairing and promoting the Entrepreneurial Services Group at Smith & Williamson, and running his own advisory and mentoring business, “The Entrepreneurs’ Adviser”. In two days from today, 10h December 2021, Guy and David Murray will attempt to break the record for the oldest pair to row across the Atlantic. With a combined age of 124, they will compete in the Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge, to make a successful East/West crossing in under 60 days. The Entrepreneur Ship purpose is to promote entrepreneurship in all its aspects and to raise funds for a charity focusing on supporting young and aspiring entrepreneurs who are or who are seeking to create sustainable, socially responsible businesses which support both local and global communities. Most Atlantic crossings are made by teams of four and take about 30-40 days. Rowing as a pair, however will make life far more challenging, increasing each individual's responsibilities and substantially lengthening the crossing. The Entrepreneur Ship will depart from La Gomera (an island just to the west of Tenerife) in December 2021. The destination will be Nelson's Dockyard in Antigua, arriving sometime in February 2022. Personally, I took a great inspiration from this episode with Guy & David’s mission and have kindly been allowed to sponsor Lily, The Entrepreneur Ship. The Unleash Your Unicorn brand is proudly on the bow of Lily, #UnleashYourUnicorn is a community launching in Q1 2022 for Tech Founders who need help to take their amazing ideas to impact. If you are interested in joining the community see the link below. Guy like myself, firmly and passionately believes in innovation & entrepreneurship and I can relate wholeheartedly to Guy’s motto - "If it isn't broken, break it" - there's always a better way. Such a great episode and an amazing mission for Guy and David. Gods speed and safe passage and wish you all the best with the row to the finish in Antigua.

LinkedIn Guy Rigby | LinkedIn

Twitter (1) Guy Rigby (@guyrigby) / Twitter

The Entrepreneur Ship on LinkedIn (6) The Entrepreneur Ship : Company Page Admin | LinkedIn

The Entrepreneur Ship on Twitter (1) The Entrepreneur Ship 2021 (@_Entrepreneur21) / Twitter

Link to YouTube video of recent training in Dartmouth - https://youtu.be/KfUqfJyjtxY

Iskren is on a mission - KindLink - the social network for sustainable businesses and transparent non-profits, Iskren Kulev is the co-founder and CEO of KindLink, the online platform where businesses and charities connect and manage their corporate social responsibility, fundraising, volunteering, donor Customer Relationship Management, and measure and share their sustainability impact. He has a background in FinTech, and he holds an MBA from Henley, one of the top 5 UK business schools. Through his work with KindLink, Iskren has received coverage from international news outlets such as the BBC and Bloomberg TV. Founded in 2015, KindLink started as a movement to bring greater transparency to the charity sector, and help entities in the space attract more donations. It evolved into the go-to place for companies that are looking to manage their CSR and find more causes worthy of support in the process, as well as empower their team to place doing good at the core of their work life. KindLink also offers extensive support for charities in all their endeavours - from fundraising to attracting new supporters through the newly-launched marketplace for opportunities. KindLink has a current ecosystem of over 1,300 charities around the world. KindLink has a board of four directors and is led by Iskren Kulev, CEO and Founder. Wonderful episode with Iskren where he shares his journey from zero to today, and the peaks and valleys of his own personal path to success. Iskren and Kindlink have also very kindly agreed to provide their platform for my Motor Neurone Disease Association Charity Fundraise, which I announced on my Birthday in April 2021. This will allow me to collect donations to raising £1M [$1.4M] for MNDA during the 2022 and 2023 period with a series of challenges and events to raise awareness and critical funding on research and to help individuals and families affected by MNDA. MND was the condition that took my father, Ray to the next life 16 years ago and I am proud to be given a place to run the London Marathon in October 2022 to honour his life and this mission #1MMND. Thank you Iskren and enjoy the episode!

Social links

https://www.facebook.com/kindlinked ;

https://twitter.com/kindlink

https://www.linkedin.com/company/kindlink/

Garry describes himself as a Hacker/Hustler with decades of experience building and shipping Digital Products. He has been a software engineer, systems architect & consultant for over three decades. He has worked across a range of industries with a strong focus on applications for data and intelligence. He has worked for blue-chip organisations as well start-ups where he has had both successes and failures as a founder. He has also been a DJ, Music Maker and sound artist for a little longer. He first started playing records and making music in the 1980s. He loved plugging synths and other equipment together to find out what noise they could make. He can still be found creating audio feedback loops using mobile phones and Zoom. He is currently CEO/CTO at Kinicho, an early-stage start-up specialising in volumetric spatial audio. Great episode and an amazing mission, where Garry shares some great stories of his experiences with even Harry Potter to validate the hypothesis to take on the Audio Market and re-define it for the future for all of us. Enjoy!

https://www.linkedin.com/in/garryhaywood/

https://twitter.com/kinicho

Welcome to 2022, and pleased with achieving my 70th Episode of The G&T Sessions today, with Jeroen Corthout, Co-Founder & CEO of Salesflare. Jeroen joins the show from Antwerp, Belgium where Salesflare global HQ is based, and this was a great episode covering the journey from finding a problem worth solving to building an at scale global software business over the last 7 years. Salesflare, os an intelligent CRM built for SMBs selling B2B, mostly popular with agencies and SaaS companies. Salesflare itself was founded when Jeroen and his co-founder Lieven wanted to manage the leads for their own software company in an easier way. They didn't like to keep track of them manually and built Salesflare, which pulls customer data together automatically. It's now the most popular CRM on Product Hunt and top rated on review platforms like G2 for its ease of use and automation features. Jeroen shares some great insights, his peaks and valleys in a market that is gigantic and growing at pace. Enjoy the episode and welcome to more Episodes in 2022 and beyond...as our plan this year is to achieve 150 episodes at least if we can do it !! Let's go !

https://linkedin.com/in/jeroencorthout

Lucas Caneda is originally from Argentina, and now Global Team Lead at UNIQORN Incubator and a professional rugby player for Sarlat Rugby Team. A student of engineering, management, economics, and self-taught in nutrition and fitness, Lucas has always had a very keen interest in business, entrepreneurship, and personal development. Which lead him to be the Director of one of UNIQORN startups, CXSports, a SaaS company who is turning amateur sport clubs into pro. Very much enjoyed this episode with Lucas and he shared some great insights into the world of sports and how we can learn in business.

Links to Lucas and his ventures

https://cxsports.io

https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucascaneda

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCejZnY7hIfI5psW3rpCBVWQ/featured

https://www.instagram.com/lukicaneda

Dan Mallin is a force in technology-based entrepreneurship, creating transformative tools that serve the needs of Fortune 1000s and the agencies that serve them. Working with business partner Scott Litman, he’s repeatedly broken new ground in the digital marketing services space. Together, the two have grown and sold four businesses and built forward-thinking ad tech platforms that are still in use day-to-day by some of the world’s largest brands, agencies and media firms. Today, Dan is the Co-founder of Equals 3, where he and his team created Lucy, the AI-powered knowledge management platform. Since launching in May 2016, Lucy was awarded the 2016 IBM Watson Innovative Partner Award, earned DMA’s Innovation Award, called the AdTech product to watch in 2017 by Advertising Age and was one of only four AI solutions on Gartner’s 2017 Cool Vendor List.

Awards include:

· Ernst & Young's Entrepreneur of the Year

· University of Minnesota Outstanding Achievement

· The Business Journal's Titans of Technology

· Twin Cities Business 200 Minnesotans You Should Know

· The Business Journal's 40 Under 40

· University of Minnesota Alumni Service Award

· Minnesota Business Magazine’s Real Power 50

Great episode with Dan, the second Dan who's a CEO published this month but we did have Scarlett with us too just to keep us company. Enjoy !

linkedin.com/in/mallin/

Twitter @danmallin

Dan is a serial entrepreneur having built several multi-million dollar technology companies starting at the age of 17. He's also an award-winning angel investor, having invested in companies like Intercom, Udemy, Hootsuite, Unbounce. Today he's an executive coach focused exclusively on B2B SaaS working with the founders of ClickFunnels.com, Proposify.com, Carrot.com, and many others to help scale their businesses. He lives in Kelowna, British Columbia with his wife, Renee, and two boys. Great episode with Dan, lots of advice, guidance and checkout his business if you want help on scaling your SaaS business.

Social

https://www.tiktok.com/@danvmartell

https://www.instagram.com/danmartell/

At just 12, Mike Wimmer is already being called the real Tony Stark and the Musk, Jobs, and Gates of his generation. Mike recently made worldwide press for graduating from both high school and college in the same week. His work in artificial intelligence and machine learning gained the attention of the military. To date, Mike has completed six contracts with the United States Special Operations Command, receiving numerous awards for his efforts.

Additionally, Mike has been invited to speak at conventions, schools, and podcasts, including Mensa, IEEE Berlin, DataRobot’s More Intelligent Tomorrow Series, and The Ellen DeGeneres Show. Mike has also presented and been a technical instructor at the International NAO Robotics Congress.

Mike learned the value of perseverance at an early age navigating through a world not equipped for profoundly gifted students. Realising there is always more than one way to reach a goal allows Mike to view the world with a nothing is impossible attitude.

Mike learned his robotic and programming knowledge through trial and error, books and videos, and online documentation. His desire to help others motivated Mike to become an entrepreneur with a goal of “building technology that enables people to live better lives.” He has started two technology companies, the first at seven years old, Next Era Innovations. His most recent start-up, Reflect Social, provides an easy and fun codeless integration platform for IoT devices that anyone can use.

When not attending school, scaling a company, or working for the military, Mike can be found SIM racing with friends, playing with Legos and Hotwheels, and on the weekends, you will likely find him in the paddock of an IMSA Sportscar race.

This was a wonderful episode and hope this inspires many more of my audience with your son's and daughter's to go the extra mile and see what they can achieve while on this planet. It's a topic I will be discussing with my sons, Ben & James this weekend for sure.

Mike aka “The Real Tony Stark” LInkedin

https://www.linkedin.com/in/mike-wimmer-9738b5167/

Mike's businesses aka Tech Startups

www.nexterainnovations.com

www.reflect.social

IG and Twitter @mike_aighost

For many years, Gary has helped business from public to private sector to improve their security and data protection. Taking the complex and making it simple is what makes Gary special. Working for @GE Money, @Laterooms.com and now running Cybersecurity business @Cyberfort Group he’s had industry recognition as Business Continuity & Cybersecurity Personality of the Year. He’s also written widely on the topic including The Dummies Guide to Business Continuity. Now working with the Resilience Association and YCSC, Gary is influencing a whole industry, either directly or indirectly through his support to steer these groups or participating in events at a national level. And he was recently interviewed on the BBC News about the topics of Data Privacy and protection. Starting as a developer many years ago, he is now deemed the Professor of Communicating Cyber, as he talks in schools (including primary) through to Universities on the topics of cyber security, risk, business continuity and organisational resilience.as we all live in such a tech dominant world it’s amazing what you need to know. Hope you learn something new and enjoy the episode

Anthony is co-founder and CEO at SeedLegals, a LegalTech platform that lets startups and investors complete the legals needed to build, grow and fund their business, at a fraction of the cost of using a law firm. More than one in six of all early-stage funding rounds in the UK are now done on SeedLegals. Anthony’s career has included 3D graphics, P2P music, internet video, social TV and online communities. In 2015 Anthony founded 6Tribes, a world of communities based on shared interests. 6Tribes was acquired less than a year later. Previously, Anthony co-founded Beamly, a social and content network for television, which was acquired by Coty in 2015. Known as “The man behind BBC iPlayer”, Anthony ran the iPlayer and other BBC services from 2007 to 2010, taking the iPlayer from pre-launch to major success story. Anthony’s patent portfolio includes patents for distributed online rewards, content discovery and interactive television. Great episode with Anthony and packed with valuable advice and guidance - thank you! Enjoy!

https://seedlegals.com

https://twitter.com/anthonyrose

https://www.linkedin.com/in/anrose/

Cindi Howson is the Chief Data Strategy Officer at ThoughtSpot and host of The Data Chief podcast. Cindi is an analytics and BI thought leader and expert with a flair for bridging business needs with technology. As Chief Data Strategy Officer at ThoughtSpot, she advises top clients on data strategy and best practices to becoming data- driven, influences ThoughtSpot’s product strategy, and is the host of The Data Chief podcast. Cindi was previously a Gartner research Vice President, as the lead author for the data and analytics maturity model and analytics and BI Magic Quadrant, and a popular keynote speaker. She introduced new research in data and AI for good, NLP/BI Search, and augmented analytics and brought both the BI bake offs and innovation panels to Gartner globally. She’s rated a top 12 influencer in big data and analytics by Onalytca, Solutions Review, and Humans of Data. Prior to joining Gartner, she was founder of BI Scorecard, a resource for in-depth product reviews based on exclusive hands-on testing, contributor to Information Week, and the author of several books including: Successful Business Intelligence: Unlock the Value of BI & Big Data and SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.0: The Complete Reference. She served as The Data Warehousing Institute (TDWI) faculty member for more than a decade. Prior to founding BI Scorecard, Howson was a manager at Deloitte & Touche and a global BI standards leader for Dow Chemical. She has an MBA from Rice University. Great episode with Cindi, enjoy !

Cindi's Twitter @BIScorecard

Thoughspot Data Chief Blog https://www.thoughtspot.com/blog/data-chief

Cindi's Linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/in/biscorecard/

John came up with the idea to launch a daily podcast interviewing today’s most successful and inspiring entrepreneurs when he realised no one else was doing it. All of his favourite podcasts – ones that shared interviews with individuals who were doing amazing things and leading inspiring lives – were once per week, and some of them only once every other week. As a Commercial Real Estate Broker, John found himself in the car every single day driving back and forth to appointments wishing there was more motivational content available to him on-demand. That’s when he had his own AH-HA moment and decided that he would be the one to create that content. The name EOFire, short for “Entrepreneurs On Fire”, was inspired by the late, great Stuart Scott, who was famous not only for being an incredible sportscaster, but also for a phrase he loved and used often: “HE’S ON FIRE!” Scott would use the term in reference to a player who was on such a roll that he couldn’t be stopped. When John heard Scott use the phrase during the 2012 playoffs, he knew it was a perfect fit for his podcast that would share the journeys of entrepreneurs who couldn’t be stopped.

In September 2012. John Lee Dumas launched Entrepreneurs On Fire with zero podcasting or radio experience and zero online presence. Entrepreneurs On Fire gets over 1 million listens every single month from over 145 countries. Over 3000+ interviews published to date. John signed his first book deal with HarperCollins Leadership, 2021 release: The Common Path to Uncommon Success now released in USA 23rd March 2021 and UK on 29th April 2021.

USA Today: Becoming a person of value: The common path to uncommon success, March 2021

Podcast Magazine Cover: Inside the mind of a podcaster on fire, September 2020

Huffington Post: Finding Your Entrepreneurial Moment With John Lee Dumas, January 2016

Wall Street Journal: Small Businesses Use Audio to Build Their Brands, November 2015

Entrepreneur: 4 Strategies the ‘Entrepreneur on Fire’ Used to Build a $250K a Month Podcast, September 2015

Forbes: How To Podcast For Profit ($2M Sales In Year 2) With Entrepreneur On Fire John Dumas, July 2014

The shortest episode to date for The G&T Sessions but oodles of value and guidance from JLD. Enjoy!

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 over 1,000 live events all over the world and provided free face-to-face mentoring to over 1,000 entrepreneurs.

Mike and I covered a wide range of topics on this episode including his love of growing companies, sales, being a rock-star himself, adventures in Liverpool and The Beatles. Enjoy!

Anna Faelten is a Partner at EY, and Head of TMT corporate finance team in the UK. Anna is originally from Sweden, but has spent a number of years working in and around the City of London with time in Academia at Cass Business School, but her real passion is data, tech and deals. She describes herself as a Tech Banker, and is a published Author Why Deals Fail and How to Rescue Them : M&A lessons for business success. Anna is also the #EY sponsoring partner for Diversity and Inclusion which involves leading how the organisation truly celebrates and supports the development of the gifts, talents and superpowers of all the people, internally as well as her clients. Very enjoyable episode and thank you to Anna.

LinkedIn:

http://linkedin.com/in/anna-faelten

Twitter: @annafaelten

Why Deals Fail and How to Rescue Them: M&A lessons for business success https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1781254532/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_fabc_6HCA07F1C194WTHY6BHX

Why Deals Fail and How to Rescue Them: M&A lessons for business success

Samuel P.N. Cook graduated from West Point in 2000. He went on to become a U.S. Armoured Cavalry Officer where he served as the Regimental Adjutant for Colonel H.R. McMaster in the Battle of Tal Afar in 2005-2006 that was cited by President Bush as a turning point in the war. With a front row seat to history, Sam was responsible for the media messaging and writing the history of this campaign. In 2007, Sam returned to Iraq as the commander of Crazyhorse Troop, 1st Squadron, 3d Armoured Cavalry Regiment where he was cited in the Washington Post and Tom Rick’s best-selling book on Iraq for his novel counterinsurgency strategy that combined tribal negotiations and police trained parole system for a mass surrender. When he returned from Iraq in 2008, Sam went on to get a Masters in Russian and Ukrainian history at New York University’s Jordan Center for Slavic Studies. He then went on to teach history at West Point from 2010-2013. Sam founded James Cook Media in 2013 after leaving the army. The company is a storytelling marketing agency that focuses on growing then brands of authors and experts around the world. Here he created the StoryMatters mini-course with over 100,000 subscribers as well as the StoryMatters Podcast. in 2019, he founded SanityDesk, a full-stack software solution for experts and small service businesses to launch and manage their business online. SanityDesk is funded by Angel investors and is rapidly becoming an innovative solution for savvy marketing professionals who help small business owners grow their brand online. Great episode with Sam and know you will enjoy!

Learn more about Story Matters https://StoryMattersacademy.com/stda-sf-2

Learn about SanityDesk https://SanityDesk.com

Everyone is now starting to realise the implications of AI on our daily lives. Maria knows more than anyone, in her role as Responsible AI and AI for Good Lead at PwC. She is based in London, but working globally leading the implementation of ethics in AI for the firm while partnering with industry, academia, governments, NGO and civil society, to harness the power of AI in an ethical and responsible manner. Maria acknowledges the benefits and risks in many walks of life for organisations and citizens. She has played a crucial part in the development and set-up of PwC’s UK AI Center of Excellence, the firm’s AI strategy and most recently the development of PwC’s Responsible AI toolkit, firms methodology for embedding ethics in AI. Maria is a globally recognised AI ethics expert, a Advisory Board member of the UK All-Party Parliamentary Group on AI, member of BSI/ISO & IEEE AI standard groups, a Fellow of the RSA and an advocate for gender diversity, children and youth rights in the age of AI. Enjoy this journey into AI and hope you learn something that helps you. Thank you Maria for joining the show.

Twitter https://twitter.com/maria_axente

LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/mariaaxente/

Tendayi Viki is an author and corporate innovation expert. As Associate Partner at Strategyzer, he helps companies innovate for the future while managing their core business. He has written three books; Pirates In The Navy, The Corporate Startup and The Lean Product Lifecycle. He previously served as Director of Product Lifecycle at Pearson, where he co-developed an innovation framework that won the Best Innovation Program 2015 at the Corporate Entrepreneur Awards in New York. Tendayi has been shortlisted for the Thinkers50 Innovation Award and was named on the Thinkers50 2018 Radar List for emerging management thinkers to watch. He is also a regular contributor at Forbes. This was our first Episode from Africa as Tendayi is currently in Zimbabwe, and hope you enjoy !!

Understanding more about Tendayi

Website: https://tendayiviki.com/

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tendayiviki/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/tendayiviki

Ismail has decades of experience in helping Fortune 500 companies through his work with IBM, Accenture, Capco and Capita. Ismail is currently chief growth officer at Capita, a non exec board member for UK Sports and on the board of governors at the University of London. He recently released his first book..’from incremental to Exponential’. Ismail and I had a great time on this episode given our Northern roots and great to hear the journey and advice to help people on their journey. Enjoy !

Twitter @ismailamla

Linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/in/ismail-amla-b981891/

Link to Ismail's First Book https://www.amazon.co.uk/Incremental-Exponential-Vivek-Wadhwa/dp/1523089563/

From Incremental to Exponential: How Large Companies Can See the Future and Rethink Innovation

Following his time in the music business with the 80s band Scritti Politti Tom has developed a truly artistic way of living where every experience leads him to the humorous uncovering of some universal truth. He turns his disasters and successes into stand-up comedy for conference audiences. 40 years onstage, first behind a drum kit then being the multi-talented front man for whole troupes of performers earned him the name ‘The Rockstar Activator’. Instant Teamwork is both Tom’s speciality and the name of his company. Teambuilding, be it drumming or harmony singing is all very energising on the day but how do you make that bonded feeling sustainable. Tom has devoted the last 20 years to answering that question and he turns up with a customised set of tools he is passionate about sharing. Fascinated by the creative process Tom is passionate about sharing what he’s learned about art, rhythm and harmony over the past 65 years. From playing kit drums with the Art School band Scritti Politti in his 20s, through songwriting in his 30s, to studying psychology and facilitation in his 40s, Tom eventually set up Instant Teamwork International in his 50s. Equally at home challenging a global board of directors as he is when inspiring a local charity group, Tom has an experienced and humorous approach, which puts people at ease immediately. His down-to-earth belief that people can achieve great things when they overcome their natural fears, has empowered thousands of individuals to work together effectively. Tom’s style, developed working with teams as small as five to groups of five thousand during the last decade, ignites people’s curiosity. His own enjoyment of the creative process is an irresistible invitation for us to leave our comfort zones for a while and join him on his journey. And, of course, we expand our horizons on the way. This was a very entertaining episode and hope you enjoy listening and watching on your favourite platform. Enjoy!

https://twitter.com/TomMorley

https://www.linkedin.com/in/tommorleyrockstar/

https://www.instagram.com/_tommorley_/

https://www.facebook.com/tommorleyspeaker/

https://tommorley.com/

We are joined by Ravi, son of 2 Indian immigrants, raised in #EastLondon, a graduate of #KingsCollegeLondon & @CASSBusiness and Co-Founder & CEO of #FourPointsConsulting. Having worked as an employee, a supplier & an advisor to over 30 organisations, Ravi has a fascination with businesses that show up with Conscience and Purpose and he’s now on a mission to spread the word that businesses are, and can be a #ForceForGood. Our conversation meanders around topics such as the good and bad sides of tech, on being #Stoic, the immense power of #GEculture & finding #Ikigai.

Linked-In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/raviraifourpoints/

Twitter: @ravifpc

Podcast: www.goodbusinesstalking.com

E-mail: ravi@fourpoints.net

Ravi’s favourite links to finding out more about conscious businesses:

https://www.instituteforcorporatetransformation.com/

https://www.consciouscapitalism.org/

https://bcorporation.net/

https://fortune.com/topic/leadership-next/

We are joined by Denis Tudor, CEO & Co-Founder of Swisspod Technologies and based in #lausanne #switzerland the lucky man. Denis has had a very interesting journey already from his origins in #Romania to #SiliconValley, entering a competition by forming a "project team" over Reddit, Inc. then winning multiple awards for his team's work that have contributed significantly to moving the #Hyperloop phenomenon for efficient, safe travel to a new level. He's even been hanging out with a certain Mr. Musk, whoever he is? ;) Denis and his Swisspod Technologies team are on an amazing mission and journey and this was a very enjoyable episode with a very inspiring CEO who knows what he wants and you get the distinct impression he will get there very soon. Enjoy!

www.swisspod.ch

Bill is an economist at heart, who now consults, speaks, writes and has a strong point of view about how to connect the dots between the economy and business. He charted his own course to being an #Economist from an early age and after his Ph.D. at Duke University went into business with First Interstate. He writes for Forbes besides is an author of The Flexible Stance, Thriving in a Boom/Bust Economy [link below]. Bill and I met last year after one of his posts in Forbes about forecasting the future struck me with its impact and thought. So pleased to spend time with Bill on this episode and if you listen to the end he makes some great predictions about 1, 5, 10, and 25 years out from today. Enjoy!

Website: www.ConerlyConsulting.com

Forbes: blogs.Forbes.com/BillConerly

Book: www.TheFlexibleStance.com

LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/businomics

Daniel Marcos is the co-founder and CEO of Growth Institute, the leading online executive education company for C-level executives at fast-growing firms. He is a keynote speaker and a CEO Coach, with a mission to help 1 million entrepreneurs scale their impact and reduce drama in the process. He is a member of YPO and EO and is a certified coach in the Scaling Up methodology. He is a graduate of EO’s premiere CEO program, the “Birthing of Giants”, and he holds a BS in Industrial and Systems Engineering from ITESM (Monterrey Tech) and an MBA from Babson College.

Daniel was an early entrepreneur. He started a t-shirt business at the age of eight and then partnered with a car detailing franchise to provide cleaning services throughout his high school years. In the year 2000, he built an online trading business that was acquired within six months by what was Argentina's largest financial player at the time. Daniel’s next business launched just before the untimely crash of the financial markets in 2008. His business was shut down and Daniel took on $1 million in debt. Despite the recent setback, Daniel had an abundance of experience and successes under his belt and had recently been recognised in Expansion Magazine's “30 under 30”. As a serial entrepreneur, Daniel quickly realised that CEOs are often the bottleneck of the company. In the same way that you can’t solve a problem without first elevating your mindset, a business can’t evolve beyond what the CEO can handle.

Daniel partnered with Verne Harnish in 2012 to bring executive training to the masses. What was once reserved for a small niche of wealthy companies is now available to all CEOs and their executive teams. In less than a decade, Growth Institute has been recognised among the top 5,000 fastest-growing companies in the USA, with over 40,000 members across 64 countries. Great episode with Daniel, and look forward to the trip to South America in 2022 along with Alejandro Canonero. Enjoy!

Linkedin: linkedin.com/in/danielmarcos/

Website: danielmarcos.co/

Daniel's Impact X methodology on how to build a personal CEO system mentioned during the Episode

https://hubs.ly/H0F7Kl60

Minter Dial is an international professional speaker, elevator and a multiple award-winning author, specialised in leadership, branding and transformation. An agent of change, he's a three-time entrepreneur who has exercised twelve different métiers and changed country fifteen times. Minter's core career stint of 16 years was spent as a top executive at L’Oréal, where he was a member of the worldwide Executive Committee for the Professional Products Division. He’s author of the award-winning WWII story, The Last Ring Home (documentary film and biographical book, 2016) as well as two prize-winning business books, Futureproof (2017) and Heartificial Empathy (2019). His latest book on leadership, You Lead, How Being Yourself Makes You A Better Leader (Kogan Page) released in January 2021. He’s been host of the Minter Dialogue weekly podcast since 2010. He is passionate about the Grateful Dead, Padel Tennis, languages and generating meaningful conversations.

How to connect to Minter

https://linktr.ee/mdial

Upcoming Minter Events

Working with the Supporting Wounded Veterans charity, Minter is co-hosting an online screening and talk of his WWII doc film, The Last Ring Home, on March 3rd at 6pm GMT. After the screening, he will be doing a talk with his co-host, Ed Jennings, a Royal Marines veteran. The event is FREE.

👉 Sign up here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/screening-of-the-last-ring-home-tickets-140973663021

Please sign up and share about with any WWII history buffs. NB The time slot is good for anyone in mainland Europe over to the West Coast USA.

Are you in need of some fresh energy?

Come join Stephen Gresty and Minter Dial in the next Connected Leaders' Experience. You'll get a boost and inspiration with novel insights and stimulating content and you'll enjoy connecting with people in a surprisingly deep manner. It's free and 1 1/4 hours long on Feb 25 at 4pm GMT, 5pm CET and 11am EST.

👉 Find the form to sign up here https://www.minterdial.com/connected-leaders-experience/

Brad has been working closely with funders, intermediaries, founders & visionary entrepreneurs for his entire professional career (30+ years). He is a venture finance expert, and creator and developer of a suite of info products, tools & services to help startup founders, funders and teams do more deals faster. Also, he is an active seed investor, company advisor, entrepreneur & lawyer.

Brad is a creator and producer of Venture Finance 101 Masterclasses and Term Sheet Battle™ – digital courses and live programs to educate and empower startup founders, funders & teams. He has been engaged to advise on more than 150 angel and venture capital financings, more than 50 mergers and acquisitions, and 10+ public offerings.

Over the past ten years, he has lived and worked in four countries – the USA, Denmark, Australia & now Switzerland.

Brad served as President and CEO of a bootstrapped and profitable consumer Internet software + services global tech startup.

He was a co-founder of an innovative law firm for startups and emerging growth companies.

Also, he was a founding business leader of a cross-faculty innovation center at one of the world’s top 50 research-intensive universities.

Investor Readiness Test link

http://bit.ly/InvestorsReadinessTest

Subscribe to Brad's Newsletter

aeryadvisors.com/newsletter/

Social Media Links

https://www.linkedin.com/company/aery-advisors/

https://www.facebook.com/aeryadvisors

https://twitter.com/bradfurber

https://www.instagram.com/aeryadvisors/

Cédric Bollag is an expert in the Swiss and Israeli startup scene. Cédric is deeply passionate about innovation and is excited to be on the forefront of shaping the future. His network and knowledge extends to entrepreneurs of new companies, innovative corporate executives, investors, and everyone in between.

Cédric Bollag is the founder of GlobalTechBox.com, a powerful online video platform that provides a stage for ‘Startups & Investors.’ Cédric Bollag also hosts “The StartupShow,” where he interviews cutting-edge CEOs and founders of the most promising startups. After showcasing over 200+ entrepreneurs and investors on the show, Cédric has become a true authority about the startup world. In his videos, he integrates information that interests investors together with advice and inspiration from founders, creating a unique combination that everyone finds valuable. This was a great episode and fun to do with Cedric. Hope you enjoy too ;)

What is GlobalTechBox.com? "GlobalTechBox is the first business content platform for startups and investors that provides deep and reliable insights thanks to high-quality video interview formats, gives founders and investors the opportunity to present themselves in a different light and provides inspiration, best practice & knowledge transfer within the startup ecosystem."

Links

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cedricbollag/

WhatsApp: https://goo.gl/JJyJJy

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/globaltechbox?sub_confirmation=1

Newsletter: https://globaltechbox.com/

As seen on:

https://booster-magazine.ch/cedric-bollag-gibt-der-start-up-szene-ein-gesicht/

https://www.handelszeitung.ch/beruf/inspiration-wie-manager-von-instagram-profitieren-konnen

https://creatorstory.ch/cedric-bollag/

https://www.lionstep.com/lionstep-talk-with-cedric-bollag-from-the-start-up-show/

https://www.startupticker.ch/en/news/december-2017/inspiring-podcasts-and-videos-for-swiss-entrepreneurs

https://www.startupticker.ch/en/news/may-2017/first-hand-insights-into-start-up-life

https://www.moneytoday.ch/news/digital-trailblazers-cedric-bollag-gruender-der-global-tech-box/

As heard on:

https://www.handelszeitung.ch/podcasts/schone-neue-arbeitswelt/schone-neue-arbeitswelt-der-startup-entdecker

https://www.voiceoffintech.com/episodes/ep1-2020-nk7ya

https://poddtoppen.se/podcast/1406771682/startup-stories-entrepreneurship-education-startup-training-by-europes-founders/content-building-a-personal-brand-that-reaches-thousands-of-people-and-why-views-dont-matter-w-globaltechbox-founder-cedric-bollag

https://www.amazon.com/Building-Content-Business-Switzerland-Cedric/dp/B08KKN7K98

https://contentcreation.space/cedric-bollag/

https://www.badasstimes.com/badass-show-with-cedric-bollag/

https://blog.influencer.world/2017/03/with-my-influence-i-have-several-goals-says-cedric-n-bollag-top-ranked-in-our-startup-blogger-ranking/

https://www.radio.com/podcasts/the-social-radio-31220/014-cedric-bollag-the-content-creator-for-vcs-111901307

https://www.discoveryourtalentpodcast.com/podcast/cedric-bollag/

http://influencerstoday.com/22-start-up-show-with-cedric-bollag/#!

Building Content is Big Business in Switzerland (feat. Cedric Bollag)

Jose Tomas has spent a career helping brands harness their most valuable assets: their employees, present and future. Jose is the Principal and Managing Partner of BrandSparc, a group of Brand Culturists helping companies thrive by making the most out of their teams.

Most recently, Jose was the senior vice president of global human resources for General Motors, reporting directly to the CEO, and was a member of the senior leadership team. In this role, he was responsible for the company’s human capital strategy impacting nearly two hundred thousand employees throughout the world.

Previously, he was the executive vice president and chief human resources officer of Anthem, Inc., one of the largest health benefits providers in the United States. As a member of Anthem’s executive leadership team, Jose was responsible for succession planning, talent management, compensation and benefits, workforce development, diversity management, associate engagement, corporate communications, and corporate security. During his time at Anthem, Jose led the implementation of highly progressive health, wellness and benefits programs and was a regular speaker on topics related to national trends on compensation and benefits.

Jose held other senior global human resources and operations positions, including previously serving as global chief people officer and president for the Latin America and Caribbean region for Burger King Corporation. As a key member of the executive team, he was responsible for the company’s global human resources and communications functions. He led operations, marketing, business development, purchasing, and supply and distribution functions for the region.

Jose has also served in both field and corporate human resources positions with Ryder System Inc., a global logistics company, and Publix Super Markets, an industry-leading grocery chain in the southeastern United States.

Great episode with Jose, who has led some amazing businesses and supported putting people at the heart. Enjoy !

www.brandsparc.com

http://linkedin.com/in/josephtomas

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Sharry has worked all over the world as a Marketing Director and is regarded as one of the best in her profession globally. She spent 12 years at Tesco is numerous commercial and marketing roles, including being part of the small team that created Tesco Bank and then Tesco Mobile. Sharry ran Marketing as part of the turnaround team at Coles In Australia (reputedly one of the greatest turnarounds in retail history) and also was EVP (CMO) at private equity backed Southeastern Grocers based in Florida (the fifth biggest food retailer in the US). Sharry now lives just outside London with her husband and two children and runs Marketing for Marks and Spencer.

Recently, Sharry released her first book, Win Your Lottery that is fast becoming a global best seller with significant recognition and positive feedback from many people, including well known celebrities across the world. She covers her ten simple steps to be as happy and as rich as you want to be, and we discuss some amazing stories and learnings from her journey and her book during this very enjoyable episode. Thank you Sharry, it was amazing to spend time with you.

Win Your Lottery Book https://www.amazon.co.uk/Win-Your-Lottery-simple-steps-ebook/dp/B08H16LQFL

Instagram @sharrycramond

Twitter @sharrycramond

Win Your Lottery.: My ten simple steps to be as happy and as rich as you want to be.

Become a Peak Performer with IPA: Identity, Productivity & Anti-fragility

As a Peak Performance Expert, Eric Partaker helps CEOs, entrepreneurs, and leaders reach their full potential, become better leaders, and build better companies. Within his approach he draws from his time advising Fortune 50 CEOs at McKinsey, his experience helping build up Skype’s multi-billion dollar success story, and his own entrepreneurial journeys – together with behavioral science from Stanford University, as well as techniques from the worlds of elite sports and the military, areas where peak performance is key.

Eric has been named “CEO of the Year” at the 2019 UK Business Excellence Awards, one of the “Top 30 Entrepreneurs in the UK”, 35 and under, by Startups Magazine, and among “Britain’s Most Disruptive Entrepreneurs” by The Telegraph. His work has been featured on over 7 major TV stations, in the Wall Street Journal, and The Economist. He has also appeared as a guest judge on The Apprentice with Lord Alan Sugar.

He is also the author of the new book The 3 Alarms: A Simple System to Transform Your Health, Wealth, and Relationships Forever.

Very enjoyable and insightful episode with Eric where he covers some stories which hit home and show that everyone has to go through adversity along their journey. Enjoy and highly recommend Eric's book - The 3 Alarms...it's a must read ;)

Get The 3 Alarms print book: https://www.amazon.com/Alarms-Simple-Transform-Relationships-Forever/dp/0990378527/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=the+3+alarms+eric&qid=1602856031&sr=8-1

Get The 3 Alarms, Free digital book and training: https://www.ericpartaker.com/the3alarms

Website: www.ericpartaker.com

Podcast: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1184612

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYRealX1sBZmvCw9VXUvWyg/featured

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ericpartaker/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PPIericpartaker

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eric-partaker-5560b92/

The 3 Alarms: A Simple System to Transform Your Health, Wealth, and Relationships Forever

Leda is a recovering banker and chronic financial technology executive.

Prior to joining 10x, Leda was the founding CEO of 11:FS Foundry, where she led the growth of its modular core digital banking offering. Prior to that, Leda was Chief Innovation Officer at Qatar National Bank, the largest bank in the Middle East and North Africa, a Director at business and technology consulting firm Sapient and led EMEA innovation at BNY Mellon.

Leda joined BNY Mellon from Fintech Start-up Great East London Software, where she served as head of services development.

Leda holds an MA from King’s College, Cambridge, and an MSc and PhD from the London School of Economics and Political Science. This is a great episode and was a pleasure to understand Leda's journey through Financial Services & FInTech and her thoughts and feedback for everyone to learn, digest and take on board.

LedaWrites on Thursdays

Twitter: @LedaGlyptis

Ronan Dunne

Ronan is EVP & Group CEO of Verizon Consumer. He leads the teams responsible for providing wireline voice, data and TV products and services and wireless connected experiences to more than 100 million consumers every day. In addition, his teams are helping to build the first 5G technology network that will redefine how customers live, work and play. Prior to this, Ronan was executive vice president and president of Verizon Wireless, responsible for all aspects of Wireless’ strategy, product development, marketing, operations, customer care and digital operations. He led the teams that provide products and communications services for consumer, business and government customers on the nation’s largest and most reliable network. Before coming to Verizon, Ronan was chief executive officer of Telefónica UK (O2). While leading O2 UK, the largest wireless operator in the United Kingdom, he significantly improved market leadership across brand, customer satisfaction and loyalty. Ronan was previously O2’s chief financial officer in the UK, and prior to that, served as head of finance and deputy to the group chief financial officer of O2. Prior to joining O2 in 2001, Ronan held senior positions in banking with Banque Nationale de Paris and in the corporate sector with Exel plc. and Waste Management International plc. He is a fellow and former council member of the Chartered Accountants Ireland (CAI) and a fellow of the Association of Corporate Treasurers (ACT). Ronan is a Counsellor for the One Young World charity that brings together young leaders from around the world and empowers them to make lasting connections to create positive change. Born and raised in Dublin, Ireland, Ronan and his wife Elaine now reside in New Jersey, USA. He is an avid sports fan and enjoys soccer, rugby, field hockey and traveling with his family. This was a great Episode with Ronan and for him to share his journey and advice for anyone on their journey today. Enjoy !

With over three decades of experience and a proven track record at leading global corporations, Ziad Matar is a digital native, leader in emerging technologies, 5G, entrepreneurship, and a firm believer that the right talent powers innovative businesses. As the founding partner of Meditari, a digital advisory network, Ziad’s expertise helps bridge the gap between global innovation and local opportunities. He is the Executive Chairman at Coconut an online social recruitment community for the hospitality industry that offers an extensive portfolio of candidates for client facing positions. Ziad is a Board Member of Potential.com, a leading EdTech platform and President of the Dubai Chapter of TiE, a worldwide organisation fostering entrepreneurship since 1992. Known for his strategic mindset, extensive regional network and driven personality, he remains at the forefront of change as a sought-after thought leader and true global citizen. Ziad’s previous professional experience spans a sales and technology-focused stint at Ericsson, before he moved to Qualcomm and led strategic business development across the MEA region. With so many hats in the ring, Ziad is a globally recognised intellectual, professional moderator and active participant in the World Economic Forum and shares his learnings in the field of IoT, 5G, advanced technologies and entrepreneurship. He is driven to support and build the region’s innovation ecosystem as a true believer in the power of the digital era. When he’s not out advancing the digital world through innovative solutions, Ziad is a casual photographer, an accidental athlete, and most importantly, unanimously appointed Chief BBQ Officer. The ultimate all-rounder. Very enjoyable episode with Ziad and he also has launched his own podcast, Wirelessly Yours...Enjoy !

LinkedIn -https://www.linkedin.com/in/wirelessly/

Twitter https://twitter.com/wirelessly

Website https://www.wirelessly-yours.com/about-ziad-matar

Dominique is currently a Solutions Engineer at HashiCorp. Being passionate about music, technology and giving back to the community, she prides herself in being a keen learner, solver of problems and connector of dots and people. Always interested in more efficient ways of doing things and helping others to do the same. Aside from having been an active part of the DevOps Community in London since 2016, these are some of the cool community things she is doing or has done;

Docker Community Leader for the London Chapter
Docker London Meetup Organiser (http://docker.london/getinvolved)
Cloud Native London Co-Organiser
Container Camp Super Meetup Co-Organiser
DevOpsDays London 2019 / 2020 Organiser
DevSecOps Days London 2020 Organiser
Co-Founder and Ambassador of Teck Camp (formerly known as Meetup Mates)
Ambassador for Menta (ismenta.com)
Emcee’d the 1st ever HashiConf Digital EU, June 2020
Ambassador for OpenUK (openuk.uk)

This was a lively episode with Domi as she is legendary on London Tech Community scene and always helping people to do great things. Enjoy !

LinkedIn:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/dominiquetop/

Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/devopsdom

Simon Scott-Nelson joins us for today's Episode. Simon is Founder at Wellity, was recently a finalist in the Great British Entrepreneur 2020, a regular Public Speaker and proudly the Mental Health & Wellbeing Leader at ISM

Simon's first sales business was started in the property industry in 2009 which grew to two offices, included four business acquisitions and a successful exit in 2017. Simon realised that what he has really enjoyed over 20 years in business and corporate leadership across various industries is creating a rewarding environment for people, motivating teams and helping everyone on in their careers. He realised there must be a way to improve the sales industry’s approach to mental health and wellbeing and this is now his burning passion. Following a period in his life where he experienced burn-out, he also gained a healthy appreciation for mental health, which in turn, through resilience, led to the birth of Wellity.

Wellity now helps organisations from all across the world, unite, learn and normalise the conversation around their Mental Health and wellbeing. Wellity is a network of wellbeing experts and partners that provides a community for people to craft the best versions of themselves. Wellity ethos - Success comes in the form of changing habits, making small steps and having at least one eye on health and wellbeing. Your life does not get better by chance, it gets better by actions. Simon is also delighted to be Chair of the ISM Mental Health and Wellbeing Committee, collaborating with the world’s leading experts to bring the best wellbeing advice to organisations around the world.

Given the continuing challenges we all face in 2020 I hope you enjoy this episode and learn from Simon and it helps you think about your own lives. All the best

Simon can be contacted

Website –www.be-wellity.co.uk

Facebook / Twitter / Instagram - @BeWellity

LinkedIn / You Tube – Wellity

Email – ssn@wellity.co.uk

Mary Senkowska, is CEO of My Creative Brain and a Leadership coach, originally from the Netherlands but today joining the show from New York, USA. Mary is passionate about inspiring leaders to become unstoppable in creating positive and sustainable change in their organisations. Her approach is distinguished by a modern, transformative approach to leadership of the future. She is an alumni of Heidrick & Struggles, working on global executive search and leadership consulting, was the youngest PCC certified coach in the world and shortlisted as one of the most promising minds in the digital space in the Netherlands. She’s delivered coaching and intercultural communication training across 40+ countries and executive coaching to executives across many industries. Now bringing My Creative Brain to the world to help everyone realise their potential. Great episode with Mary and would love your feedback. Enjoy.

https://www.linkedin.com/company/mycreativebrain/

https://www.instagram.com/my_creativebrain/

https://twitter.com/m_creativebrain

https://www.facebook.com/creativebrainacademy/

www.mycreativebrain.eu

Shaun Sharkey operates in the Investment Team at Crowdcube. His role is to source the U.K's hottest startups for the Crowdcube platform. He assists those startups to raise investment from the crowd, which enables them to unlock the power of community-driven growth. This was an entertaining discussion about Startups, Scale-ups and how Shaun helps Founders, Co-Founders to make their dreams come true through crowd funding. This phenomenon was pioneered by Crowdcube who've helped organisations such as Monzo, Brewdog, Revolut, Perkbox and more recently what3words and Moneybox plus many other's to get support and access to capital to scale their idea. Since this episode was recorded a huge announcement that Crowdcube and Seedrs, have agreed to merge, in a move that will accelerate their shared plan to create the world’s largest private equity marketplace and further democratise investment. We also delve into Shaun's love of history and football and confirm his favourite team is Liverpool F.C. Enjoy the episode.

Twitter: @sshrkey

Linkedin

https://www.linkedin.com/in/shaun-sharkey/

Email: shaun.sharkey@crowdcube.com

Travis Fox has been Architecting lives, cultures and stages for 30 years, holding doctorates in both psychology and clinical hypnotherapy. Reaching beyond the common conscious & subconscious models. Travis has perfected a step-by-step program designed for those who are ready to transform their lives and wake up from the hypnosis of the day to day boredom. Travis’ online training program allows anyone, anywhere to unwind their mind’s thoughts to redefine and refine their habits, processes, interrupt negative thoughts and arrive with skills to Architect not only their lives, but their lifestyle. Travis has been named by Yahoo Finance as a top 20 entrepreneurs for 2020 and even more recently Top 20 Instagram Influencers by BuzzFeed. Travis has been on radio shows, podcasts and television programs across the country. Some of which include "The Dew Sweepers”' on XM Radio Saturday mornings, as well as the Sigurd Vedal, Travis Chappel and more. From television programs like ABC's "One Life to Live '', The Nashville network and Resorts Networks to name a few. He also has most recently appeared in such documentary films “Beyond The Secret-The Awakening,” (March 2020) the long awaited sequel to “The Secret,” as well as “How Thoughts Become Things” (April 2020). Coming from the world of movies and entertainment makes all of his interviews no matter the platform a truly one of a kind entertaining, educational experience.

Facebook, Twitter & Instagram

@TravisFox360

Linkedin, YouTube

Travis Fox - Architects of BEing®

Elvin Turner is an award-winning consultant, TEDx speaker and associate professor of innovation, entrepreneurship & creativity at several business schools.

Elvin has coached and facilitated hundreds of strategy and innovation programmes around the world for companies including Universal, Telefonica, Cisco, O2, Santander and Accenture.

Elvin's work spans consulting, facilitation, conference speaking, leadership development and coaching.

His experience extends from working with new and disruptive technology start-ups, through to seasoned leadership teams inside conservative, global institutions.

His free "Innovation Essentials" training course, based on his MBA teaching, consulting experience and "Be Less Zombie" can be accessed at: www.elvinturner.com/ie-access

Elvin's TEDx talk, "The Secret Life of Great Ideas" can be viewed at http://bit.ly/TEDSLGI

Social links

Be Less Zombie website: www.belesszombie.com

Amazon link to Be Less Zombie: getbook.at/BLZ

w: www.elvinturner.com

l: https://www.linkedin.com/in/elvint

Twitter: @elvinturner

Contact

elvin@elvinturner.com

Chris is the World's No.1 Personal Branding & LinkedIn Marketing Expert with over 1,600 LinkedIn Recommendations, Four x No.1 International Best Selling Books about LinkedIn and Personal Branding, He is an Official Forbes Contributor on the subjects of LinkedIn and Personal Branding, an Official LinkedIn Power Profile and has been enabling Leaders, Entrepreneurs, CEO's and Founders to become LinkedIn Rock Stars since 2013 through his company Black Marketing where he's CEO and Founder.

Chris love's to share his uncensored, authentic and sometimes polarising thoughts on a variety of business topics on LinkedIn and he's infamously known as "The Only CEO With A Mohawk", recognised globally by his notorious mohawk!

Prior to Chris's current mission, he created 5 marketing firms and exited 4 of them in Europe and Asia Pacific.

He love's Singapore so much that he renounced his UK citizenship and is now a fully fledged and very proud and passionate Singaporean citizen.

Chris has had 4 x No.1 International Bestselling Books, "Personal Branding Mastery For Entrepreneurs", "LinkedIn Mastery For Entrepreneurs" and "Social Selling Mastery For Entrepreneurs" and my 4th best selling book “How To Become a LinkedIn Rock Star”. Chris is an Official LinkedIn Power Profile, have one of the world's most viewed and searched LinkedIn profiles with 58,000 followers, have won "Social Media Entrepreneur of the Year", "Asia's Most Influential Digital Media Professional" and "B2B Social Media Influencer of the Year".

Chris's firm, Black Marketing, is the World's Most Recommended LinkedIn Marketing Firm and has been going for 8 years. Black Marketing can make you a LinkedIn Rock Star to achieve all of your professional goals through a personal branding strategy on LinkedIn, content marketing strategy on LinkedIn, company branding through your personal profile on LinkedIn and social selling strategy on LinkedIn.

Contact Chris directly on LinkedIn or Chris@BlackMarketing.com or WhatsApp +65 9026 1966

As his Grandad used to say "It's who you know, not what you know".

This was a very enjoyable episode and we went rather off-piste but was great fun. And Chris holds the record for the earliest wake-up call in all my guests so far. 3.30am Singapore time. Enjoy !

Eva Dimitrova is someone who gets things done on time, every time. An infinite learner, equipped with a strong sense of duty and an aptitude for problem solving, she can transform a simple proof of concept into a marketable product in even the tightest schedules. A two-times startup founder and a Founder Institute chapter Director, Eva is an entrepreneur by heart. During the last 9 years she has helped international startups and companies like Vodafone, Google, Microsoft, Amazon and IBM launch their innovative tech products and services. More than 30 on the last count. Before that she was a sports medalist in downhill mountain bike, karate, kick box and volleyball. She freely speaks three languages and understands four more. This was a great episode to understand more about the steps when you have created your product and how you achieve product/market fit and traction. Eva dedicates most of her time these days, helping founders, co-founders create traction and long term success. Enjoy the episode.

Social and links:

Website: https://www.evadimitrova.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/evadimitrova/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/evadimitrova9/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/evadimitrovacom/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/EveDimitrova

Email: eva@evadimitrova.com

Patrick heads the AI Engineering and AI Sciences teams at Samsung SDS America. He is responsible for Brightics AI Accelerator, a distributed ML training and automated ML product that is also included in the Brightics AI platform. He is responsible for X.insights, a data center intelligence platform. Among his other responsibilities is to act as a visionary for the future of AI at Samsung.

Before joining Samsung, Patrick spent 15 years as CEO at Algorithmica Technologies, a machine learning software company serving the chemicals and oil and gas industries. Prior to that, he was assistant professor of applied mathematics at Jacobs University in Germany, as well as a researcher at Los Alamos National Laboratory and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Patrick obtained his machine learning PhD in mathematics and his Masters in theoretical physics from University College London.

A German native, Patrick grew up in Malaysia and the Philippines, and later lived in the UK, Austria, Nepal and USA. He has done business in many countries and believes that AI must serve humanity beyond mere automation of routine tasks. An avid reader of books, Patrick lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with his wife and two children.

Social links

https://www.linkedin.com/in/patrick-bangert-452ab013/

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCI0Laq3Ac84sOoeuHrid2Pw

Ash Ali and Hasan Kubba are startup entrepreneurs. Despite not going to university, Ash became an award-winning serial tech entrepreneur and the first marketing director of Just Eat (now worth over £5 billion). Hasan built a successful startup from his bedroom with nothing more than an online course and a yearning to escape the corporate ‘rat race’. They have each spoken at TEDx, advised and mentored hundreds of startups all over the world, and are passionate about spreading the opportunities of startup entrepreneurship. Ash is a highly sought-after international speaker and expert on digital disruption and tech transformation, and has spoken at numerous global organisations and conferences including Salesforce, Ernst & Young and TEDx. He is currently co-founder of Uhubs a new skills training platform to help entrepreneurs and professionals upskill.

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashali

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ashaliuk/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/ash_ali

Ash speaking: https://youtu.be/dYpkwG-y2ww

Hasan is particularly strong at breaking down complex business concepts into simple and effective strategies and tactics. His recent TEDx talk titled Startups, Entrepreneurship and Unfair Advantages was voted highest ever on the Official TED subreddit. He is passionate about the future of entrepreneurship and digital disruption globally and is an in-demand startup mentor to early-stage entrepreneurs, workshop trainer, and international speaker.

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/startuphasan/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/startuphasan/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/startuphasan

Hasan Speaking: https://www.ted.com/talks/hasan_kubba_startups_entrepreneurship_and_unfair_advantages

Ash and Hassan are extremely busy boys and so it was a pleasure to get some time with both of them for this episode to discuss their book, The Unfair Advantage which has established itself as a firm favourite on many startup founders, co-founders and leadership teams book shelves, kindle and audible accounts. Very enjoyable and some great insights and discussions. Hope you enjoy the episode.

Graham is a published author on the subject of The Digital Transformation of Communication, works including "The Human Communication Playbook", “The Mobile Youth: Voices of the Connected Generation” – documenting the rise of mobile culture in the early 2000s in Japan, China, Africa and India and “Brand Love – How to Build a Brand Worth Talking About”.

Graham also is the founder of Pikkal & Co – an AI Powered, Data Driven B2B Podcast and Webinar Agency. He also hosts The Be More Human Podcast, Asia Tech Podcast and The Pitchdeck Asia show. He has published over 1,000 podcast episodes.

Guests include Tony Fernandes – CEO and Founder of AirAsia, Rod Drury – Founder of Xero and Sahar Hashemi – Founder of Coffee Republic.

His work has been featured in the Financial Times, The Wall Street Journal and has helped shaped the communications strategy of clients McKinsey, Leap by McKinsey, AirAsia, Xero, The Singapore Institute of Management, Vodafone, Nokia, UNICEF, MTV, The European Commission, Disney and Monster Energy Drinks.

You can contact Graham via

www.grahamdbrown.com

www.pikkal.com

https://www.linkedin.com/in/grahamdbrown/

Sinem is an entrepreneur, coach, and writer. Her work is dedicated to personal development and self fulfilment. During her studies in business administration, she realised there must be more than the usual path of studying and getting a job to pay off bills. At the age of 19, she came into touch with entrepreneurship and realised that’s what she truly wanted to do. After reading several biographies of successful entrepreneurs, she realised there’s one thing all these people have in common: They worked on themselves as hard as on their business.

Personal growth, mental strength, and emotional intelligence seemed to be major components of happy and successful people. After realising that none of these competencies are taught at school, Sinem started organising workshops, creating online courses, and writing blog posts to help other people unfold their full potential and live a life they truly love.

Personal Growth Toolkit: https://pgb.ck.page/b4f25dde9d

Medium:https://medium.com/@sinemgnel

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sinem.guenel/

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sinemg%C3%BCnel/

Here are Sinem's website's

Personal development:

https://personalgrowthbase.com

And for Medium Writing Academy:

https://www.mediumwritingacademy.com

Nir Bashan is a world-renowned creativity expert. He has taught thousands of leaders and individuals around the globe how to harness the power of creativity to improve profitability, increase sales, improve customer service and ultimately create more meaning in their work. Nir has spent the last two decades working on a formula to codify creativity.

That formula is found in The Creator Mindset, which has been translated into two languages. He was one of the youngest professors ever selected to teach graduate courses at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena and also taught undergraduate courses at the University of California at Los Angeles. He has worked on numerous albums, movies, and advertisements with famous actors and musicians ranging from Rod Stewart to Woody Harrelson. His work on creativity has won a Clio Award and was nominated for an Emmy.

Nir is the founder and CEO of The Creator Mindset LLC, a company that conducts workshops, consulting, coaching, and keynote speeches at conferences and corporate events. His clients include AT&T, Microsoft, Ace Hardware, NFL Network, EA Sports, Suzuki, Activision and jetBlue. Nir lives in Orlando, Florida, with his wife, young son, and two Bernedoodles named P-Paws and Waylon Jennings.

Social Contact info:

http://www.nirbashan.com | Website

http://www.thecreatormindset.com | Book Website

https://www.nirbashan.com/thecreatormindset | Online Community

@nirbashan | Instagram

@Nir_Bashan | Twitter

nirbashan1 | Facebook

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOiXZjhjjVQ2jTpI2iukBAg | Youtube

nb@nirbashan.com | Email

Lavinia is a Blockchain Educator and Consultant. As well as a Financial Wellbeing & Business Coach. She is the host and Founder of Women in Blockchain Talks - the UK's No.1 Female-led and award-winning Blockchain educational and networking events platform in the UK. Women in Blockchain Talks' premise is to elevate female leaders in the Blockchain tech sphere with the objective to promote inclusivity and diversity in the space by encouraging other women, as well as all types of individuals, to come into the industry and create a career in it. Blockchain is the future of both business and money, and it is important that we all take our place in it as well as show others how to do the same. This was a great episode with Lavinia, as she explains how she has amplified STEM and female-inclusion in the male-dominated Tech industry. And her mission is to scale her community and also continue her work in helping people with their Financial Wellbeing. So important in these times. Enjoy !

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laviniaosbourne/

Linkedin Company - https://www.linkedin.com/company/34656301

Twitter: @laviniaosbourne

Insta: @Lovely_lavinia

Facebook

https://www.facebook.com/TheFinancialSpiritualista

Email: info@womeninblockchaintalks.com

http://WomenInBlockchainTalks.com

https://www.meetup.com/Women-in-Blockchain-Talks-London-Networking-Event)

Aled Miles is president and CEO of Sauce Labs, the leading provider of continuous testing solutions that deliver digital confidence. He has more than three decades of experience in enterprise IT, with an extensive focus on the development and implementation of SaaS delivery models. Aled was previously CEO at TeleSign, where he helped transform the company into a leading provider of platform-as-a-service-based customer identity and engagement solutions, and guided it through its successful sale to BICS, a telecommunications provider jointly owned by the Proximus Group, Swisscom and MTN. Previous to TeleSign, Aled was a senior vice president on the executive committee for Symantec Corp., where he oversaw the largest global enterprise accounts for the company and its flagship Norton business. He was also responsible for Symantec’s IoT and SaaS strategies. Aled and I covered a lot of topics, packed with value and it hopefully helps all budding Tech CEO's or existing CEO's to understand what's in the mind of your peers and what is important today and for the future ... hope you enjoy as much as Aled and I did recording this episode !

Twitter: https://twitter.com/AledMiles

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aledmiles/

Personal website: https://www.aledmiles.com/

Étienne Garbugli is a three-time startup founder (Flagback, HireVoice, and Highlights) and the author of Lean B2B: Build Products Businesses Want. The Lean B2B methodology helps thousands of entrepreneurs and innovators around the world build successful businesses.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/egarbugli/

https://www.instagram.com/egarbugli/

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFP4D3cYP9cuWBzEX0Vj2Mg

https://twitter.com/egarbugli

https://solvingproduct.com/

Jeff Hancock is an Australian born entrepreneur with a long background of Cybersecurity and IT Infrastructure. He started his career in the IT security and operations sector with Tabcorp Casinos and Hotels in Australia before immigrating to the UK to service Datacentres and Trading Funds in London. He spent time building and securing the systems for the £100b SoftBank Vision Fund in London before Co-founding coinpass.com, an Award-winning, UK Based Cryptocurrency Trading and Investing Platform

coinpass.com, an Award-winning, UK Based Cryptocurrency Trading and Investing Platform helping retail investors, professional traders and businesses access the cryptocurrency marketing in GBP Sterling and other Fiat currencies faster, more reliably with better quality service than any other fiat on-ramp or crypto trading platform. Since coinpass.com’s inception in 2018, they’ve seen triple-digit growth year on year and have a global reach in sight for 2020 and beyond.

web: www.coinpass.com

Twitter: https://twitter.com/coinpassglobal

Blog: https://blog.coinpass.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/coinpassglobal

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/coinpass

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfs5WkT1mecmB0YWJipJLdw

Mark runs a small group of businesses. His main business is Editors Keys.com, which is now the worlds most popular website for shortcut editing keyboards. (as rated by Alexa Rankings 2009-2011.) The company has also been nominated at the eCommerce Awards 2012 and the E3 Awards 2013. Mark also runs StudioSeries, which is an umbrella company of Editors Keys. Studio Series produces USB Microphones, Vocal Booths, Guitar and recording accessories. Mark, along with his Editors Keys team, design a range of audio, video and design equipment, which is used today by many of the worlds largest media companies such as ITV, The BBC, MTV and the Fox Network. The Portable Vocal Booth, has been used by bands such as Coldplay and No Doubt to name a few. Mark also writes for DVUser and TV Bay and creates content for YouTube.The Editors Keys YouTube Channel presented by Mark Brown, boasts over 2 Million Viewers with his iMac Review having over 400,000 viewers in the first three months. Mark has more recently started writing on a freelance basis for technology newspapers and blogs, mainly one of the UK's largest television production trade magazines, 'TV Bay' which has a readership of over 18,000. Mark's companies specialise mainly in media services and equipment for the following products:

✔ AUDIO: Pro Tools, Cubase, Logic, Sonar, Serato, Sibelius & More

✔ VIDEO: Final Cut, Premiere, Edius, Sony Vegas and Avid

✔ DESIGN: Photoshop, Maya 3D, Aperture, After Effects

✔ RECORDING EQUIPMENT: USB Microphones, Portable Vocal Booths, Pop Filters, Headphones and Accessories.

✔ PC/MAC: MacBook and Laptop Cases.

Named The UK's #1 CX Influencer by Customer Experience Magazine. James used to be an actual, real-life, legitimate, award-winning rockstar. He played guitar in a heavy metal band, released albums and tore up stages all over the world, James uses this unique experience to energise, empower and inspire his clients and their teams as a 'Customer Experience Rockstar'.

►Were you really in a band?◄

Yes, I played guitar in a heavy metal band, I toured the world, was in magazines, released albums and had a video on TV.

►Are you a consultant?◄

No. I’m an international keynote speaker, trainer and content creator. #notaconsultant

►What kind of people do you work with?◄

CX practitioners, Heads of CX, Directors of CX and CCOs that are serious about learning, evolving and growing as CX professionals.

►How do you work with these people? ◄

Through unique and inspiring musical keynote performances and powerful and energising non-musical training & certification programs.

►Are you rich now because of your Amazon Prime show?◄

Yes....no, not really, I get $0.16 for every hour watched, you do the maths 😂

►How do I join one of your ACXS training & certification programs?◄

The most common way is to be personally invited by me or recommended by a past attendee. However, if you don’t want to wait for that, drop me a message or email me and I can let you know the next available open classes or discuss in-house possibilities. www.acxs.co.uk

►What’s this ‘Evangelist For Hire’ stuff?◄

Basically, if you’d like a keynote speaker to talk at an event on your company’s behalf, I can do that.

►Do you really play guitar in your keynotes?◄

Yes, my keynotes are all musically themed and I LOVE performing them, so if you’ve got a conference, event, birthday or Bar Mitzvah you’d like to go off with a bang, take a look at some videos at www.jamesdodkins.com and get in touch.If you would like to know more about speaking, training or content creation drop me a line today.

Email: jd@rockstar.cx Phone: 07809703073

Eric Edmeades is an internationally recognised business speaker, film producer and serial entrepreneur. Eric’s varied business background includes mobile computing, medical simulation, augmented reality gaming, 3D camera engineering and Hollywood special effects. Eric is also the founder of WildFit and the creator of both Inception Marketing™ and Business Freedom™ -- a business ownership methodology that empowers you to own a business that doesn’t own you.

FACEBOOK PAGE - https://www.facebook.com/ericedmeades/
INSTAGRAM - https://www.instagram.com/ericedmeades
TWITTER - https://twitter.com/EricEdmeades
LINKEDIN - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ericedmeades/
WEBSITE - https://ericedmeades.com/

Ed Johnson is the CEO & Co-Founder of PushFar, a globally-leading platform helping to make mentoring more accessible and effective for individuals and organisations. With a background in digital marketing and online business growth, Ed now works closely with HR directors and Learning & Development Managers in organisations across a wide range of industries and sectors, helping to unlock mentoring and employee potential.

Twitter:https://www.twitter.com/PushFar

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pushfarapp

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/pushfar/

Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/pushfar/

Patrick is the Founder of The World's 2nd biggest business meet-up. with 27,500+ members http://www.meetup.com/Entrepreneursinlondon. His expertise and superpowers are Pitching, Presentation, Lead generation, Copywriting and Sales Funnel conversion... basically how to influence and persuade with words. He has authored a few books including How To Conquer Fear Of Public Speaking and "Turn Your Contacts Into Cash" . He is super-connected and can get you connected to anyone, anywhere... even VIP’s. He teaches the science of doing this and also make introductions through his meet-up group of 26,000+ Entrepreneurs who are mainly in London/UK and through www.Vipdinners.com and he love's speaking .. with his favourite subjects being ; 1) How to pitch with confidence and Impact 2) How to get connected to ANYONE anywhere… even VIP’s 3) How to create prospects on demand 4) The secrets of power influencers 5) How to become a social genius. Patrick is originally from Denmark but has lived in 9 different countries, currently living in Surrey/UK

This was a fun episode with Patrick, Enjoy !

Alejandro Canonero is Criteo's VP of Indirect Channels & Platform Ecosystem. He has 30+ years of successful hands-on experience in building Technology Platform Ecosystems while leading commercial teams at the global level at innovative Technology companies like NCR, Oracle, Dell, Hewlett Packard and Amazon. Alejandro earned a University Business degree in Argentina, an MBA from Ashridge Business School in London, has run several full distance Ironman triathlons all over the world and is a passionate scuba diver Instructor focused on shark diving globally. Alejandro is currently writing his doctoral thesis [DBA] on Technology Platform Ecosystems with BSI, Skema & Iaelyon from France. This is a great episode with Alejandro where he explains his amazing experiences in life, business and his plans for the future. Enjoy !.

Alejandro Canonero LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/canonero/

Alejandro Canonero Shark diving https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_B5M1jw0DBQ

Alejandro Canonero Ironman Race: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khhy7w-iiVE

Alejandro Canonero Ironman University Coach Certification: https://u.ironman.com/certified-coach/alejandro-canonero

Alejandro Canonero PADI Divemaster Certification: http://www2.padi.com/mypadi/pros/online-services/pro-chek/default.aspx enter263183

Tiger Shark Diving: https://www.projectaware.org/blog/aliwal-shoal-scuba/jan-24-16/working-conserve-tiger-sharks-aliwal-shoal-scuba

Famous Argentineans

Rene Favaloro: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Favaloro

Juan Manuel Fangio: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_Manuel_Fangio

Carlos Gardel: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_Gardel

Cesar Milstein: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%C3%A9sar_Milstein

Jorge Luis Borges: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jorge_Luis_Borges

Gabriela Sabatini: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabriela_Sabatini

Guillermo Vilas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guillermo_Vilas

Lionel Messi: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lionel_Messi

Manu Ginobili: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manu_Gin%C3%B3bili

The Pope: https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francisco_(papa)

Diego Maradona: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diego_Maradona

Marcus Cauchi started his sales career in 1986. He has failed a lot. He's left money on the table. Well in excess of £56,000,000, and that's the stuff he can remember. He's snatched defeat from the jaws of victory more often than he cares to admit. He's a flawed human being, a creature of emotion, programming and messed up beliefs. He's also cunning, turning his propensity for self-sabotage, laziness and idiocy into a lucrative career as an author, trainer, coach, consultant and star of his own YouTube channel (www.tinyurl.com/cauchisubscribe). A master of work avoidance and a creature of the moment, he frequently writes on all subjects related to sales and selling on LinkedIn if you'd like to connect or follow his work on there. He is very responsive to questions and apt to connect especially if you engage in his threads or his 400+ articles (https://www.linkedin.com/in/sandlersa...).

A frustrated stand-up comedian and heavy (metal) lead singer, Marcus channels his creative juices into entertaining CEOs, business owners and salespeople with his special brand of curmudgeonly, brutally direct, practical ways for doing less but better on purpose. His company motto is "pecunia opus dimidium duplum" which means double the money for half the work.

You can follow him on Twitter @The_Inquisitor and on Facebook via his company page https://www.facebook.com/sandler.se.uk/

He teaches his clients ways to cut out the useless fat from their selling, management, recruitment and channels. His clients regularly see revenue growth in excess of 300% and profit growth in excess of 500% in under 1 year. He has clients who've been with him for 15 years. He's a licensed franchisee with Sandler, the global leader in performance improvement. His greatest pleasure in business is seeing his clients grow, win deals they never thought possible and free up choices that used to be out of their reach. He is married with 3 bright, brilliant daughters who have managed to dodge a bullet through his wife's superior gene pool. When he eventually retires he intends to be the oldest stand-up comedian on the circuit and fill the Apollo in Hammersmith where he will perform his yoga-based routine in his red latex catsuit

David is the CEO of 11:FS and since his dream of being a sportsperson was crushed (along with the ligaments in his knee!) and he had to get a proper job, he has worked in pretty much every angle of the financial services industry never losing that competitive desire to win. Having pitched, established and run billion-pound transformations for some of the biggest FS companies on the planet the realisation that digital banking is only 1% finished has spurred his desire to establish an organisation that can actually make it happen. 11:FS is a challenger consultancy building out new propositions and ventures in the UK, US, Europe and Asia for some of the biggest brands on the planet. Alongside this 11:FS build in-house products from competitor benchmarking tools like 11:FS Pulse, to core banking systems like 11:FS Foundry. Most recently David has led the creation and market establishment of the challenger business bank Mettle for Natwest in the UK as its CEO, proving that the big banks can fight back against the FinTech threat. Enjoy this Episode.

Chris Obdam is founder and CEO of no-code platform Betty Blocks. He’s a born programmer turned internet entrepreneur with a passion for people and a lust for life. His vision is to empower the human side of innovation and push the limits of what is possible with technology. Under Chris’s leadership, Betty Blocks is bringing no-code to the world.

Robert Brus started in the Australian Defense Force when he was 17 years old and traveled the world as a Combat Systems Operator for the Royal Australian Navy. Now, Rob seeks to pay it forward by hosting the Go All In podcast (available at https://www.goallin.com.au/ on iTunes at https://apple.co/2K9qyMn and on all major podcasting platforms), where amazing people share stories of triumph and heartache to help others GO ALL IN. He also helps entrepreneurs amplify their message through his own digital marketing and podcast booking agency (https://www.goallin.com.au/podcast-booking-agency/) In this episode, Rob and I discuss the importance of having a mindset of incremental growth, how he “goes all in” in his personal and professional life and his advice for battling back from adversity and tough times. Please follow Rob everywhere on social media at:

https://www.youtube.com/goallin

https://twitter.com/goallinpodcast

https://www.linkedin.com/in/robertnbrus/

https://www.instagram.com/go_all_in_podcast/

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Jacqui is one of the 100 most powerful UK entrepreneurs, awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Science in recognition of her international web science work. One of the 250 Founders of Tech City in December 2016 she pivoted her company FlyingBinary to meet the challenge of Brexit and the Internet of Things (IoT) with spectacular results. She is recognised as one of the 100 Global Leaders in 2019, Top Ten Global IoT innovators, and is an independent industry analyst for IoT. One of 4 IoT leaders advising the European Commission on their Citizen strategy for smart cities. One of the UK’s most influential Women in Tech, most influential web science researcher in 2019, 34 IoT Influencers on Twitter, 20 global entrepreneurs to watch, a UK Smart City leader. Shortlisted for a Cyber Security industry award based she was invited to speak in Davos on the future of the Cyber Security Industry. Globally recognised as a Smart City Tzar, and a strategic Advisor to the UK Government, Cities lead on Digital Built, Principal UK Expert lead for BSI international team for Smart Cities and AI. As a UK Science Diplomat she is working across the world to connect nations with her IoT innovations. She created CyberSafe to share the secrets of her Brexit success plan with entrepreneurs via a unique membership offering. CyberSafe launches after the UK exits from the European Union and will give entrepreneurs resources to meet the challenges of transition and the IIoT based on a proven success plan. Great stories and insights into the evolution of the UK Tech market and the future of Tech. Enjoy !

Tara Rule is no stranger to challenging herself to try new things, say yes! And stretch outside of her comfort zone. As a Senior Director of Commercial Strategy & Operations at Adobe, and a qualified professional coach she is passionate about leading and motivating people. She’s a mum of 2 young girls and in her spare time she writes a blog called ‘Cocktails and Coaching’ which give hints & tips and poses questions to help you grow. In this podcast episode she’ll challenge you to think about your values, to find your ‘sticky toffee pudding’ and share her secrets to success. Enjoy !

Tara's contact details are uk.linkedin.com/in/tararule and http://cocktailsandcoaching.blogspot.com/

Matthew is a plant based, ultra marathon runner and transformation coach. This episode is a fantastic journey through Matthew's personal and business journey and he explains his exciting future plans. A truly compelling episode. Enjoy !

James Mulvany is a successful entrepreneur and over the past 10 years, has built multiple internet companies (including Podcast.co & Radio.co) plus a property portfolio and has made a range of angel investments in startups, having actually never had a job in his life, he started his first business when leaving school. Podcasting is a medium that has grown significantly over the past years so it was great to have James on the show as he is doing pioneering things in the online audio space. Enjoy this episode where we talk enthusiastically about podcasting, radio and about his entrepreneurial journey. Connect with James at this link https://jamesm.com/connect

Adam Mendler is the Chief Executive Officer of The Veloz Group, where he co-founded and oversees ventures across a wide variety of industries: Beverly Hills Chairs, a leading office furniture e-tailer; Custom Tobacco, a one-of-a-kind cigar customisation e-commerce platform; and Veloz Solutions, a technology consulting and software development practice. Adam remains active in each portfolio company, providing strategic guidance and support. Adam also provides business thought leadership as a speaker to businesses, universities and non-profit organisations; as the host of the leadership and personal / professional development podcast Thirty Minute Mentors; as an expert regularly cited in national media outlets; and as an advisor, consultant, coach and board member.

Adam utilises his professional, entrepreneurial and managerial background developed through a unique set of experiences. Enjoy this Episode with Adam sharing his personal insights on his own journey and advice for anyone wanting to embark on their own journey.

Allan is an authority on agile and software development, being the author of seven books including "Continuous Digital", "Little Book of Requirements and User Stories" and his latest book is "The Art of Agile Product Ownership." He has pioneered techniques such as Value Poker, Time-Value Profiles and Retrospective Dialogue Sheets. When not writing Allan consults, coaches and trains software teams. He helps companies embrace the agile and digital world and teams improve their performance. His blog is at allankelly.net/blog and on Twitter he is @allankellynet.

Jonathan McGuinness is an author and lifelong entrepreneur who helps entrepreneurs too. He's had experience of many technology innovations and changes over the last few decades and now is working on a number of exciting startups in Europe and Asia.Jonathan and I met originally at a Movie Premiere in London, after experiencing the London Real Academy with Brian Rose and Susan Guner. So thanks to Brian and Susan, for motivating both of us to move our journeys forward and share this episode of The G&T Sessions PodCast today. Enjoy ;)

Chris joins us from near Old Street [Silicon Roundabout] London, discusses his personal and business growth journey, from his work doing marketing and sales outside the Tech industry even in Thailand, to his baptism into Tech, his work helping the Atlassian eco-system grow and his guidance for anyone embarking on their journey into the heady heights of sales in Tech. Great episode and thanks for keeping the Host on track ... Enjoy !

Philippe share his personal growth journey and how he focuses on the people and leadership side of Digital transformations. Where consultancies focus on delivering technical solutions, Philippe and his Henko team focus on developing the people that develop & operate the digital business. Based on operating in multiple business and technology leadership roles across financial and non-financial services, this is a fascinating episode. Enjoy !

Joe is in Brazil and discusses his personal growth journey, from his work inside Google to leaving and writing his book "Automating Humanity" about how ethics and data and privacy are so key to the future and how he intends to make a difference in educating the world. Enjoy ! Joe's book is available now at Amazon https://www.amazon.com/Automating-Humanity-Joe-Toscano/dp/1576879208/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1533500065&sr=8-1&keywords=automating+humanity

Automating Humanity

Andy discusses his personal growth journey, joining up with the Future Kings team and founding FK ventures to help startups stop missing out on investment opportunities by not having an easy to understand, compelling story. FKV use brand as a strategic business tool to bring your business strategy to life, align founders’ thinking and get investors as excited as you are. We help you win by defining your story, your brand, creating your investor website and investor deck. The Minimum Viable Brand Programme (MVB) gives you everything you need to make an impression and get funding. Fast. It’s your ambitious idea made real. Enjoy !

Lars Kruse has been in Technology for a few years, and has built some amazing businesses....listen to his story as Rainmaker and Digital Transformer from his time founding and then Chairman of Praqma www.praqma.com and now Founder of ProLike www.prolike.io, Home of the Yipees [Young, Independant Professionals] moving the dial everyday with disruptive thinking, methods, practices and making an impact with their customers. Enjoy !

Bruce Johnson, Co-Founder & Chief Commercial Officer of Phable, a Design Studio focussed on helping start-ups and scale-ups leverage brand & communication strategy as a core element of realising their growth ambition.