In this episode of Before The Valley we discuss the topic of empathy and its utility in various business situations through the lenses of our personal experience. We then move on to role models and how admiration and looking up to positive figures influences your character, gives you direction and often even shapes your objectives [25:31].

In this episode of Before The Valley we try to redefine our perspective on fear and start looking at it as a driving force and a guide rather than just an obstacle that we need to overcome when chasing our goals. We also discuss the topic of finance in startups and how important it is to closely track your income and costs, also sharing a story from our personal experience while building our business [23:23]

In this episode of Before The Valley we discuss the decision making framework described in Peter Drucker's "The Effective Executive". There are 5 required steps to making a reasonable decision according to the founding father of management which are presented in detail by Nikolay and are then illustrated with a few examples. We elaborate on each of the 5 points and show how they relate to other practices and business advice.

In this episode of Before The Valley we talk about the importance of self-talk and its crucial impact on our actions and performance. We also analyse Seth Godin's (entrepreneur and best-selling author) idea of why we need to be thinking small to get big in the context of new markets for innovative products [22:45].

In this episode of Before The Valley we focus on intuition, its importance when making decisions in chaotic or uncertain environments and how to avoid being misled by your gut feeling. We also look into a mental exercise presented by the CEO of Google’s X - Astro Teller and discuss the significance of crazy ideas for your company [23:23].

In this episode of Before The Valley we discuss what Mark Cuban considers to be the right mindset when making the significant choices many of us will soon face after graduating. We also dive into the topic of teams and how important they are to the success of an organisation and the long-term development of the individuals in it [21:20].

In this experimental episode of Before The Valley Nikolay talks about the importance of continuous focus based on the Effective Executive (The Definitive Guide to Getting the Right Things Done). He also shares personally tested strategies which helped him to avoid distractions and increase his attention span.

In this episode of Before The Valley we talk about Eric Ries’s revolutionary approach to building companies known as The Lean Startup method and how we’ve applied it across our own projects. We then move on to books and ways of choosing them also giving a few recommendations [23:55].

In the first episode of Before The Valley, we explain the purpose of our podcast and the meaning behind its name, discussing why this journey can be compared to a long-term experiment that has the objective to identify key actions for personal and professional growth. We also dive into the topic of journaling in the context of goal setting, improving focus and time management to give you a sense of what we'll be talking about in this podcast [17:38]. Enjoy!