Péter Kovács started his career as a head hunter, meeting and hiring people in an unconventional way and grew a large, ever expanding network across five continents. He takes us through the rollercoaster of a journey (including the pandemic) which led him to build the global Startup Awards, with a goal to overcome geographical borders with his co-founder Kim Balle and shares learnings and stories.

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Kamal Hassan, founding partner Loyal VC, a global VC fund that relies on process to deliver returns. In this episode he shares his journey to date and what helped him shape the vision of his global fund which aims to evolve the VC model. He takes us through his approach to investing in startups, with many examples, key learnings and research.

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Simon Squibb is an entrepreneur, investor, author, podcast host, social media influencer and mentor who strongly believes in Luck, hence the name of his podcast the good Luck Pod. He left home at 15 and went on to built 18 companies and invested in 65. He retired at the age of 40 and is currently on a mission to help 1 million people find their purpose and start their own businesses, doing it all for free.

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Nivi Sharma is the COO of BRCK and a co-founder of eLimu that was later acquired, the first company to digitize the Kenyan Primary School curriculum for revision and literacy. She spent the last 7 years or so of her career to developing EdTech solutions in emerging markets, specifically Kenya, Africa and reaching emerging markets in Latin America. Through her work which is quite on site, immersed in the realities as well, since the work is mainly in remote areas, Nivi aims to give access to the internet to 800 million Africans who currently don't have access, primarily for children education but also businesses.

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In this episode he takes us through how he had to adapt to remote work when the pandemic hit. We go through his views and experiences about online public speaking, engagement and even try a remote activity that showcases how emotions can be conveyed when speaking.

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Blake is involved in research, corporate work and educating primarily on the topics of responsible and islamic finance and ESG's. This is what we dive into in this episode. A nice follow-up to this conversation is Episode 9 with Ravi Chidambaram.

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In this episode, we dive into the voice as your engine to boost confidence and personal brands. He shares tips and best practices, and slightly tap into voice-related technologies that use voice at the core of user interface.

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In this episode, she takes us through some of her lessons learned, the journey of creating meaningful work through innovation and technology, the meaning and power of donations and sense of community. Her role also includes sourcing and empowering local talent, and piloting existing innovations through long term development projects across the country.

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In this episode I had a very inspiring and deep conversation with Ravi Chidambaram. He takes us through his journey in the traditional corporate world. A learning experience that paved his way in putting ethical and sustainable business at the forefront of his work. He has over 30 years of experience, of which 17 as an entrepreneur. His most recent venture is called RIMM - the chief sustainability hub that helps startups evaluate their scores and performance to do good. More in the episode.
Quick info, the internal 'Five Shades of Sustainability' mentioned in this episode is in the link below.

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What is Angel Investing? In this episode we dig deep into the mindset of a businessman and engineer turned Angel Investor. We talk about what made him become an angel investor, its meaning, learnings and mistakes and mindsets.

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