Coffee with Centuro: Recent Episodes
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An Englishman an Australian and a South African walk into a virtual cafe ... and talk business.
Join us for a light hearted discussion on the latest business news and trending topics around the world.
Welcome to Episode 19 of Coffee with Centuro!
In the news round-up session we hit on a couple of business and tech trending topics such as the take-off of new South African airline; Lift, Airbnb’s IPO and subsequent rise in stocks, Tesla’s stumbling shares and many others. Our case study this week is Netflix and their hit show, The Queen’s Gambit. This is our last episode of the year. We hope you enjoyed the first 18 episodes!
We'll be back in January. Happy Holidays and best wishes for a safe and healthy New Year!
Welcome to the eighteenth episode of Coffee with Centuro. Ekaterina Blake (Co-founder and Growth Marketer at Inspohub) joins the Centuro trio Seraj, Zain and Ben this week. Slack’s massive payday, Nestle and Porsche’s investment contributions towards climate change, Robotaxis and 2021’s marketing trends are some of the topics discussed in the news round-up segment. Our case study for this week is Red Bull and their buzz-worthy wings.
We're back with our 17th episode! In keeping up with our two sections formula, our news round-up section this week includes topics such as Amazon’s recent web service outage, AstraZeneca “accidental” improvement with their Covid vaccine, Christmas Wonderland’s win against Ipswich Borough Council reprieve and the mixed blessings of retail robots. Our case study this week is Mcdonalds’ success in global expansion and the lessons entrepreneurs can learn from it.
Welcome to the 16th episode of Coffee with Centuro, our vlog series where we share insights, personal experiences, tips and suggestions revolving around the latest business and tech news. This week’s discussions were split over our usual news round-up and case study sections. Topics include BofA’s report on GenZ’s future spending habits, Covid-19’s impact on the world’s most expensive cities and The SpaceX Starlink launch. Our case study this week is Uber’s global expansion and the lessons entrepreneurs can learn from it
We're back with our 15th episode! Ben Calegari (Senior Software Engineer at Code for America) joins us on this episode as we discuss the recent US elections; leadership lessons to learn from it, Trademarks, Patents, Copyright, the work from home trend and many more.
Welcome to the 14th episode of Coffee with Centuro, our vlog series where we share insights, personal experiences, tips and suggestions revolving around the latest business and tech news.
This week’s discussions include a case study of H&M’s global expansion; tone-deaf campaigns, backlashes and lessons to learn from it among other happenings in the business and tech world.
Our 13th episode is live! We start this week’s episode by case studying Starbucks' expansion into Australia and then delve into the US presidential elections 2020. Get our thoughts and opinions on the candidates, issues and battleground states.
We're back with our 12th episode! Miguel Pereira (Executive President of Social Noise) joins us on this episode as we discuss the latest business and tech topics including electric truck Arrival setting up ‘micro-factories’, new advertising company models, Tesla’s fifth quarter profits, robots taking over 50% of the workforce by 2025 and many more.
Welcome to our eleventh episode of Coffee with Centuro. Parineeta Chahal (Barrister and Solicitor, Negotiator and Entrepreneur) joins us this week as we discuss a wide range of topics including modern forms of leadership, self-driving public transportation and happenings in the business and tech world.
Welcome to the 10th episode of Coffee with Centuro. This week Seraj and Ben are joined by Shukri Toefy (CEO at Fortified Group & Entrepreneurship Expert at Saïd Business School University of Oxford) as they discuss topics such as the Olympics, the Dubai World Expo among much other business and tech news.
Our ninth episode is live! Topics broached in this episode includes the current global housing bubble, Pub chain Fuller’s decision to axe 10% of its workforce, the impact of the working-from-home trend among many others.
We're back with our eighth episode! In this episode we discuss latest business topics including celebrities investing in cloud paper, Facebook’s threat to quit Europe over ban on sharing data with US, LVMH $16 billion merger deal with Tiffany and many more. Thank you for listening! We’ll be back next week. Stay healthy & safe.
Welcome to the seventh episode of Coffee with Centuro! Today Seraj takes us on a very well connected journey through the news as we talk about Billionaires giving away their money, a driver of a self driving car charged with negligent homicide, new hydrogen powered cars, new Lego stores and packaging, Staff value propositions and moving to cheaper towns but getting paid less.
If you like what we are doing or have any feedback, please reach out to us via all the usual social channels. We'd love to hear from you.
Welcome to the sixth episode of Coffee with Centuro. This week’s episode includes discussions about Neuralink, Amazon's spike in job creation, Uber's new rent-a-car feature, France’s massive stimulus package towards digitization among much other business and tech news.
On this weeks episode of Coffee with Centuro we delve into:
Netflix looking to offer it's original content for free, at least the first episode.
Amazon has been given approval by the US Federal aviation administration to do commercial deliveries via drone.
Australian Government is looking to make Google and Facebook share revenue related to news articles with News Agencies.
Join us as we discuss these and more. Plus for a bonus learn one of Zain's high school nicknames!
Welcome to the 4th episode of Coffee with Centuro! In this episode, Seraj Toefy is joined by Zain Ali and Ben Blackburn as they share their thoughts and opinions on a range of trending topics in the Business world from Jeff Bezos, Stocks rises, KFC’s slogan change among many others. Get some news and updates too!
Recessions - Unicorns - Top Countries to do business
Nothing like grabbing a coffee and diving right into it. In this episode we discuss the UK being in the worst recession in history and how quickly we think it will bounce back. On a more positive light we also look at the top countries to set up a business and which ones we weren't expecting. Keep an ear out for a hot tip on the Slipper Market as we wrap up with a discussion on 50 future Unicorns (Billion dollar companies).
An Englishman an Australian and a South African walk into a virtual cafe ... and talk business.
Join us for a light hearted discussion on the latest business news and trending topics around the world.
In this Episode we tackle the US government hearing with Google, Amazon, Facebook & Apple. We take a look at the impact of Covid on the most valuable brands in the world and some of the big swings in the stock market.
Hosts:
Zain Ali - CEO
Zain started his career as an Intellectual Property lawyer at Bird & Bird advising large multinational media, sports, & technology companies on how to protect and license their brands, inventions and creative content. He had stints working for the The FA and the Brit Awards before branching out to advising startups and scale ups, exposing him to some key challenges that all entrepreneurs face and inspiring him to start Centuro Global.
Seraj Toefy - Director of Strategy
Seraj is a serial entrepreneur based in Cape Town with a rich background in marketing, communication & entrepreneurship. He started his career in the oil industry before switching to the internet, publishing & communication industry heading up several consumer magazines before starting his own content marketing business. Seraj lectures Entrepreneurial strategy & management at a few leading universities throughout Africa and is a regular guest speaker on the topic in Europe.
Ben Blackburn - Business Development Executive
Ben is a professional with over 10 years’ experience working both in the UK and overseas. He has implemented partnership programs for large companies as well as establishing successful strategic plans for business growth. Ben is a creative and analytical individual with specialist skills in developing unique solutions.
We are used to having South African, English and Australian pundits talking about rugby and cricket, now we're doing it for business. Below is a snippet from our first episode of a new series called Coffee with Centuro, where we talk about the week's business news. I share the platform on a weekly basis with Zain and Ben, and we occasionally get guests to have some coffee with us.
IP lawyer, Zain Ali of Centuro Global, will be joined by Alex Athienitis of EdTech startup, Education Shed, to explore the different types of intellectual property and how to use them to grow your business.
Who is this Podcast for?
This event is for dynamic forward-thinking entrepreneurs and business owners to help them get an edge on their competition by understanding intellectual property and how this might apply to their business.
What will we cover?
Zain Ali will guide you through the core forms of IP and how these can be exploited by your business, he will cover:
Core forms of IP - Trade Marks, Patents, Copyright and Design Rights
Top tips for protecting your IP
Do’s and don'ts when using IP to get ahead of the competition
How to exploit your IP
Zain will be joined by Alex Athienitis to discuss how Education Shed exploited Trade Marks to scale their brand globally across 102 countries. With over two million users of their technology, the innovative online platform that provides educational resources globally has gone from strength to strength. Alex will also share his experience of how they protect themselves from competition plus the key considerations for startups when creating their IP strategy.
Discover your business's Intellectual Property Every company will have some form of IP that they own or can own, yet many businesses are not aware of some of the IP that exists within their company and do not know how to exploit it. Apple reached a TRILLION DOLLAR evaluation in 2019, and 80% of that value arose from their intellectual property.
Want to know how to impress investors and raise funding during these challenging times?
We have gathered a formidable panel of investors and serial entrepreneurs within the Centuro network for a webinar on how to raise investment during a crisis, from an investor's perspective.
Whether you are a start-up, a business facing tough decisions due to coronavirus or looking to grow and go global, our expert panel will share their years of experience with you on how to raise the funds to achieve your goals.
The event will be hosted by Joshua Romisher, the CEO of LaunchLab, who has raised over $250 million in funding over the past 6 years.
We will cover:
- How have investors been affected by COVID-19?
- How to find opportunities for investment
- What investors are looking for
- Tips on fundraising both now and beyond COVID-19
Reserve your ticket now!
SPEAKERS
Peter Cowley
Awarded the accolade of Best Angel Investor in the World 2017 by the World Business Angel Investment Forum. He has also founded 14 of his own businesses in technology and construction.
Tuba Terekli
A serial investor funding companies globally over the past 15 years & founding the first accelerator program in Saudi Arabia and the Saudi Fast Growth 100 list.
Nicholas Russell
A serial entrepreneur from Silicon Valley and involved with a new initiative - Conception X, a venture builder that creates deep tech start-ups from PhDs. He has also mentored some of the most innovative and highly successful businesses in the tech sector.
Josh Romisher
A serial entrepreneur and former US banker, his array of ventures include a boutique investment bank in New York, a solar irrigation start-up in India, entering the solar sector in Africa and a frozen yoghurt franchise in San Francisco. Josh has been successful in raising funds of over $250 million in the past 6 years.
ABOUT CENTURO GLOBAL
Centuro Global offers leading business consultancy to help businesses go global. With over 20 years' experience working in legal services and management consultancy and an extensive global network, they can help you scale your business and achieve your goals.
Services include:
- Support finding investment and funding
- Helping businesses go global
- Intellectual property advice
- Start-up and Innovator Visas
- Business strategy
and much more...
Find out more and get in touch: https://www.centuroglobal.com/contact-us
The start up ecosystem has been growing exponentially for the past decade with many success stories. With billion dollar tech companies having disrupted the market and highly successful entrepreneurs, creating jobs and prosperity for the UK economy.
This work is now under immense threat as the Covid 19 shutdown has imposed substantial harm to the start up environment. We are seeing an increasing number of companies running out of cash to survive this difficult period without any recourse to options or investors.
What should the government be doing to support entrepreneurs and start ups in our economy?
Should the government provide an equity based liquidity package or runway fund to help these businesses survive?
We will be asking these and many other questions to our expert panel of speakers to find ways to support businesses who are still struggling to get through the current crisis.
Whether you need to seek funding, or find alternative ways to manage your company, ask the experts during our webinar.
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SPEAKERS:
Philip Salter
Founder, The Entrepreneurs Network
Philip Salter founded The Entrepreneurs Network in 2014 with the aim of building an organisation with the aim of helping make Britain the best place in the world to start and grow a business.
Philip was previously Business Features Editor of City A.M. where he wrote a weekly column on entrepreneurship and interviewed many of Britain’s leading entrepreneurs.
He is a frequent speaker at conferences, writes a column for Forbes on entrepreneurship and appears regularly elsewhere in the media.
Henry Whorwood
Henry leads Beauhurst’s Research and Consultancy team. He is an expert on business finance and has worked on briefs for clients including the British Business Bank, Penningtons Manches, Syndicate Room, and Innovate UK. Henry regularly gives presentations on market trends at events around the country. He studied Classics at the University of Oxford.
Asma Bashir
Asma has worked in the legal services industry for most of her career, having been with multinational law firms before she established her own practice. Asma went on to found Newland Chase, where she worked for 13 years before the firm was eventually acquired by an American corporation.
She is now a mentor on the Mayor's International Business Programme as well as a Senator for the World Business Angel Forum. Asma has worked with both multinational clients and SME's to help them expand into complex regions across the world. Her specialist skills are to match entrepreneurs and scaling companies to the right investor either for funding, merger or acquisition.