FailFighters

Greg is a single dad that has a passion for teaching other parents how to do braids and buns. At his beginnings, he couldn't do a simple ponytail for his daughter but now he is globally known as The Hair Dad with over 200,000 followers.

Flow:
1:45 Idea of The Hair Dad;
5:10 The beginnings;
9:40 Going Viral;
12:37 The hardest part of a Single Dad's life;
16:40 Marketing Advice;
20:01 "Be Present" Mindset

Find Greg on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thehairdad/

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Sean is an American entrepreneur, investor, author and former VP of Online Marketing at Myspace. He has invested in 100+ startups and founded several of his own. Through his work in acclaimed accelerator programs like 500 Startups, Sean has helped to mentor 1000s of startups on growth marketing and fundraising.

Flow:
3:55 What went wrong with Myspace;
17:54 First-Time CEO - problems, investors, quitting;
31:50 Becoming Investor
41:20 Advice to founders

Contact Sean at www.seanpercival.com

Nghi was 19 years old when she came up with an idea of a Fashion app and with her dedication, she competed and secured investors in globally known TV Show Shark Tank. Nghi is sharing her journey and also reasons why her startup eventually didn't work out.

Flow:
4:43 Startup Idea;
09:43 Shark Tank Diaries;
18:00 Learning points of a Failed Startup;
20:53 The "Imposter" Syndrome;
23:20 New career in production;
25:15 Look-back and Advice for younger Nghi

Check Us Out here www.failfighters.com

Peter tells us what it was like to quit Wall Street and build his own empire.
Flow: 2:40 Millennial Finance Coach introduction; 9:00 Invest as soon as you possibly can; 12:55 First hurdles when building a coaching business; 16:53 Biggest learning moments of Pivoting the right audience; 21:08 Future challenges of highly ambitious goals; 23:30 Ideas for the future of work for millennials; 27:15 Summary of what Peter learned in his career.
Contact Peter for Financial Consultancy here: www.peterduan.com/

Michel is a founder of Wall Street English in South-East Asia and an angel investor.
Flow: 3:50 Building and managing team with a different cultural mindset; 9:42 Recruitment technique for hiring right people; 12:30 How to differentiate from competitors; 16:10 Journey from building to selling the company; 19:10 Shark bites vs. Mosquito bites startup ideas; 23:55 Michel's startup investments; 28:10 Understanding and accepting feedback.
Reach out Michel with your startup ideas at [email protected]

Cielo Superticioso is a Co-founder of The Cancer Voice and Owner of The Cancer Voice Asia blog, who shares about her successful fight through the whole cancer healing process. Cielo shares her feelings from being diagnosed to learn how to keep emotions in check and writing about it on her now very popular blog. Cielo is also running multiple campaigns like Goodbye Little Angel which focuses on families who lost their children due to cancer fight. Connect and support her activities at www.thecancervoice.net

Csilla Argyelan is a former professional tennis champion for the Hungarian national team who shares about her massive shoulder injury which ended up her career and opened her eyes to new possibilities.
She shares about work-life balance and what if feels like to achieve your dreams only to realize that this is not actually what you wanted after all.
We tackle the daily hustle and extremes in which high achievers have to go to prove their countries and to themselves that they are worth it.

Todd Gilmore, a professional engineer turned entrepreneur and IronMan Athlete & Coach sharing The Art Of Failing AND Winning at Endurance Sports and how to go to battle with who for many is the most difficult enemy of all: yourself.

Todd qualified for 2 IronMan world championships and having raced in more than 13 full IronMan events around the world, and he’s only getting faster.

Where you can reach Todd:
- https://www.theenduranceacademy.com/
Todd supports:
https://www.newbornsvietnam.org/

In today's episode, we are joined by Paul Espinas, serial entrepreneur and video-gaming junkie from the Philippines.

Paul has more than 10 years of insider experience in digital marketing with a focus on digital platforms in Asia.

He has invested in more than 15 startups at the seed stage and has co-founded three in the last 6 years.

We have a lot of interesting topics on the plate today, including the future of gaming and HR tech, how to invest in SUCCESSFUL startup companies, how to make your employees excited to come to work, and how NOT to make the mindset shift from the corporate to the startup world.

Paul's latest mission is to literally gamify the workplace with his newest company UpUp App, which is an interactive performance management and HR solution that rewards employees for completing tasks and successfully hitting KPIs.
You can reach Paul at: [email protected] , https://www.upupapp.info/

A brief history of how the FailFighters project was born and what our listeners can look for.