Our founder, Karmen talks through the 3 key steps you need to take now if COVID has negatively impacted your revenue and profit levels in your business. 

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After witnessing the fashion textile waste during her honeymoon in India, Eshita Kabra returned back home to London and took action. Leaving her familiar corporate career in investment and created ‘By Rotation', a fashion rental app that is leading the way into a more sustainable future.

Karmen and Eshita discuss her journey from the corporate culture she had always known to entrepreneurship in the fashion and tech industry with no business fashion experience. They also discuss marketing strategies for launching an App and how to get featured in the biggest fashion publications such as Vogue, Vanity Fair and Harper’s Bazaar. Eshita also offers advice in which we can take to make our own consumptions more sustainable.

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With a family history completely immersed in alcohol production since the 1900s, Raphael Holzer, alongside friend Neville Kotewall, launched Fernet Hunter in Hong Kong. Fernet Hunter is a fresh take on a classic Italian bitter, combining herbs and spices handpicked in the forests of Brunwald.

With a history working with Zuma and Yardbird, Raphael is also a seasoned F&B consultant helping to develop concepts for restaurants and bards.  

Raphael and Karmen discuss the best way to crack the F&B industry, the best launch strategies for Asia versus Europe, the importance of photography and typeface in branding and much more. 

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David Abraham is the co-founder of Outpost, which is a co-working and living space for digital nomads in Bali and Cambodia. His professional background spans many fields; from working at the United Nations Support Facility for Indonesian Recovery, overseeing budgets and foreign assistance programs at the White House Office of Management and Budget, and even having a short stint in risk management at Lehman Brothers.

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With a career background in strategy consulting for one of the “big four” Deloitte to founding and building new ventures, Kat’s knowledge in strategy, leadership and business growth is substantial. She has previously co-founded Sen Natural, an e-commerce beauty brand in SEA and is currently helping a number of brands to get to the next level of growth. She is also the co-host of the in.sync podcast, the podcast connecting business and spirituality. 

She and Karmen discuss different types of entrepreneurship and how you can find the type that suits you and also the importance of self-awareness and how personal development can help scale your business.

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At the young age of 19, Hanli started modelling and quickly coveted magazine covers for Seventeen, NYLON, RØMP, Her World and Shape in Singapore. Riding on the momentum, she auditioned for MTV’s host search and solidified her presence as an MTV VJ.

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Zaran runs a lead touring and music agency in APAC known as Collective Minds. Bringing over his experience from marketing for underground events in London to working with Pharrell Williams for a festival has made him well-versed in understanding the music industry.

We go over his little black book on networking, his insights as he adapts to a different business sector, as well as advice for the creatives, “the culture shifters” of our generation, as he likes to call it.

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After being unemployed for 6 months but continually putting in the work to grow her social media, Nadia Anya finally took the plunge and made it her full-time career. Since interviewing her on this episode, she has grown her following from 345K to 533K on Instagram and produces a thriving Youtube channel that showcases hand-picked pieces from her favourite fashion brands.

Collaborating with Pretty Lavish UK to curate her own collection, she has plans to launch her own fashion brand in the future. A fashion icon for many with a minimalist Scandinavian approach, Nadia takes us through humble beginnings when she would take mirror selfies in her University dorm room while smashing out her dissertation.

Join me, as we get an inside look into her business acumen and approach to finances. Learn the fundamental strategies to grow your social platform and engage with your community. And since we’re all trying to grapple with a routine that optimises work/life balance during this lockdown, we’ve added her daily schedule in the conversation for good measure.

Disclaimer: Information shared in this episode is relevant to the time the interview was made back in 2018. 

Talent Village (previously Model Village) is a community of models and brands. The company was created in 2017 and was born a member’s club for models transiting through London. It has now expanded as an influencer marketing platform and tech start-up which offers influence solutions for brands to collaborate with highly engaged models on Instagram. 

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