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00:00 Introduction and the approach to anti-ageing

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00:00 Introduction and Entrepreneurial and Silicon Valley experience

12:16 Why stay in Silicon Valley and then why leave after 10 years

15:31 The transition from Silicon Valley to the Netherlands

18:03 Why stay in the Netherlands and not go back

19:54 Practicing what you preach - Background before Microsoft

29:24 Think big, stay humble - Convincing investors

36:42 Formula to becoming a Thought Leader

38:53 Adjusting to the pandemic at Microsoft

47:21 Personal connection during remote working

50:20 Marketing advice for increasing users/community members

54:35 Getting to know your target audience

01:01:17 Book recommendations

01:02:58 Current activities that give you energy, not related to business

& Closing 

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Passionate about innovation and the opportunities of tech. An Out of the box thinker. Challenger of status quo. Helping companies, startups and executives take full advantage of digital opportunities. Executive digital advisor and non-executive board member. Drive change and empower sales teams. Ten years in Silicon Valley and start-up experience. Helping customers in Retail, Consumer Goods, Telco and Media to excel through digital transformation and out of the box thinking.

Keynote speaker on digital selling and innovation. Author of several books, the latest on Social Selling.

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0:00 Introduction and why become an Industrial Designer

10:07 Where did the passion come from

20:40 Why combine engineering and design

28:00 What’s the designing process

51:45 Successful product example

01:09:30 When do you have to dial it back?

01:14:00 Are you born with this?

01:18:17 Flopped product example

01:34:31 Why not create a product and make it yours?

01:37:00 Working with Steve Jobs

01:56:14 Experience before Entrepreneurship

02:05:00 Parental background

02:13:18 Starting at FrogDesign

02:24:01 Project with the biggest impact

02:34:50 What gives you energy - not business-related?

02:41:56 Physically struggling to find a solution

02:45:29 Recommended books and closing

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Dan is CEO, Principal Designer and cofounder of Whipsaw, a highly acclaimed design firm in San Jose & San Francisco, California.

Throughout his career, Dan has designed many market hits such as the Google Chromecast, OnHub & Wifi, Nest Dropcam cameras, Brita Stream pitchers, Dell Precision line, Tonal home gym, Cisco Telepresence, Livescribe smart pens, Eton radios, Adiri baby bottles, Yubo lunchboxes, Intel tablets, Leapfrog LeapPads, Roku TV devices, Highfive teleconferencing, TP-Link networking, Topcon survey gear, Braun thermometers, Motorola phones, Gateway PC's, Sony headsets, Acer Aspire PC's, NeXT computers, AT&T answer machines & Logitech mice.

Whipsaw designs products and experiences for clients Bosch, Brita, Cisco, Ford, GE, Haier, Intel, Leitz, Merck, Motorola, Nike, Olympus, Samsung, Sony, TP-Link & Uber plus many startups. Dan is the highly active creative force of Whipsaw where he directs the strategic and conceptual direction of most accounts. His passion and philosophies about art, culture, psychology, and technology permeate the work and brand.

Fast Company selected Dan as one of the 100 Most Creative People in 2014, calling him “design’s secret weapon”. They ranked Whipsaw among the top 5 design firms in the world in '09 and featured Dan as a Master of Design in '05. His views and work have been in Abitare, Axis, Business Week, CNN, Domus, Form, Fortune, Metropolis, Newsweek, Time, & Wired.

Dan has won over 275 design awards, granted over 350 patents, and work placed in the Smithsonian Cooper Hewitt Museum, The Henry Ford Museum, the Chicago Athenaeum, and Pasadena Museum of Art.

Prior to cofounding Whipsaw in 1999, Dan was President of Frogdesign where he designed many notable products and led the company for ten years. Before joining Frog in '89 he was a lead designer at Henry Dreyfuss Assoc. Dan interned with design master George Nelson and also at Hewlett Packard and Richardson Smith. Dan graduated Univ. of Cincinnati, DAA College, '82.

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00:00 Introduction and why the switch to an NGO

14:36 Difference between CFO and COO

17:41 Improvements made in Greenpeace & Learning lessons

31:21 Non-profit office vs corporate office

39:10 Greenpeace and politics 

48:05 Having a structure to inspire change

51:37 Biggest learning lessons before Greenpeace

53:38 Unwinding with exercise 

01:04:00 Consulting skills & entrepreneurship

01:14:50 Differences between corporate and NGO

01:22:14 How to get volunteers and keep them motivated

01:28:52 Maximising donations, marketing, petitions, recruiting volunteers and COVID-19

01:49:52 Director’s role 

01:55:39 Biggest unexpected failures and lessons learned

01:59:38 Project with biggest impact

02:01:29 What gives you energy-not related to business?

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0:00 Introduction

2:15 Reach and the Scale of Illy Caffè

8:14 How Science Evolved in Nutrition and Well-Being Sector

11:37 Why is coffee a good Nootropic?

15:20 Starting in Coffee business and getting into the family business

23:55 Process and Supply Chain of the Coffee Industry

28:17 Maintaining Excellence in Big Scale Companies

35:22 Digitilazition and Tech in Supply Chain & Collaborations

43:10 Current Function and Responsibilities of Dari & University of Coffee

47:30 Illy Caffè’s Relationship with Coffee Producers

50:13 Ethical Coffee Producing

54:20 Illy Caffè’s Early Plans - Segmentation and Single-Product Focus

59:35 Women Empowerment in the Coffee Industry and Dari’s Personal Mission

1:08:32 Solutions and Discussion on Improving the Coffee Industry

1:12:07 How did COVID-19 affect the Coffee Industry & Women Empowerment - Future of Coffee and Hospitality Industry

1:17:55 Climate Change and Coffee Production

1:25:35 How Illy compensates for overproduction and maintains sustainability

1:30:11 Dari’s Skills, Stories, and Biggest Learning Lessons 

1:36:55 Practical Tips from Dari for Being a Good Listener

1:41:10 Crash and Burn: Dari’s Biggest Failures in Career

1:45:10 Dari’s Most Impactful Project and Stories

1:51:16 What Dari is currently doing to gain energy

1:54:59 Audience Question: What books would you recommend?

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Discover in this podcast how to train, eat, and prepare yourself for an Ironman triathlon world championship.

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0:00 Introduction

1:20 From recordshop to online entrepreneur

5:53 Becoming an Ironman triathlete

14:30 Evolving to ironman coach

22:30 Differences between (the community of) marathon runners and Ultra competitors

27:57 (mental) Training for an ironman while undergoing panic-attacks

36:01 Finish rate of ironmans

40:50 How finishing an ironman changes your life

47:15 Esther’s recommendation to start working out

53:17 How to deal with bad experiences

1:02:24 Why asking help is the best choice of action

1:05:13 Ironman Technical: cycling and bicycle tips

1:16:35 Ironman Technical: general clothing

1:18:38 Ironman Technical: swim clothing and gear

1:20:17 Ironman Technical: running gear

1:22:30 Ironman Technical: other gear (heart-rate, Garmin watch, etc.)

1:24:28 Indoor cycling and other indoor training

1:28:56 The costs of an ironman

1:29:29 When to replace gear and clothing

1:30:37 Barefoot-running and how to run with the right technique

1:37:58 Estehr’s proper warm-up routine

1:40:06 Esther’s proper cooling-down routine and how it relates to transitions in ironmans

1:42:35 The lead-up to an ironman, food, and how to combine it with a full-time job

1:45:55 Food, nutritions and liquids before an ironman

1:49:11 Intermittent fasting and Ultra sports

1:51:00 Food, nutritions and liquids on race day and during the race

1:54:49 Combining work with 35 hours of training

2:00:47 Brands of nutritions to carry during the race and when to take them

2:04:24 Impact of training-camps

2:06:36 How all life and sport experiences influence Esther’s tech career part 1

2:08:03 Why and How Esther found her co-partner

2:10:39 Esther’s startup: making starters with minimal CV’s noticeable for companies

2:12:39 How all life and sport experiences influence Esther’s tech career part 1

2:17:31 Crash & Burn segment: biggest failures and biggest lessons learned

2:21:06 Impact Talk: project that has the biggest impact on Esther’s career

2:26:30 What Esther is currently doing to gain energy

2:27:09 Audience Question: What books would you recommend?

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0:19 Introduction and what Dan does

1:25 Combining data analytics and creativity for customer strategy

2:40 The North Face culture: startup or corporate?

3:45 Dan’s relation and interactions with the startup world

7:13 Evaluation of tech vs consumer retail startups

10:34 Differences of men vs women as founders of startups

12:14 Dan’s career and the role of mentorship

14:40 Sidetrack: Where Dan gets energy from; business and private life

19:07 Dan’s first mentorship

20:40 Starters: begin at a startup or big corporate?

27:15 Dan’s first (failed?) strategic consultant assignment: Mr. Clean

39:02 The importance of an effective exit strategy

44:50 Strategic thinking in times like Covid-19

48:27 Product promotion (and Black Friday) from a strategic point of view

58:37 Strategically turning a company from the bottom to the top

1:05:15 Three ingredients for a successful brand and company

1:09:58 What will knock off Amazon’s global domination?

1:12:53 Why startups outpace large (older generation) companies

1:15:11 Innovation at a large company

1:25:44 How to make scale possible

1:29:44 Crash & Burn segment: biggest failures and biggest lessons learned

1:34:52 Private Equity career detour

1:43:41 Differences in challenges among small, medium, and big companies

1:49:19 Founders in (growing) businesses

1:52:36 Impact Talk: Dan career’s biggest impact

1:56:16 Innovation at The North Face

2:01:08 Random Story Segment: Dan’s life outside his career

2:06:10 Audience Question: What books would you recommend?

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0:26 - Introduction & Daily Responsibilities in Wholesale Businesses 8:51 - How to Manage Online & Offline Franchise Stores 13:04 - How did COVID-19 affect the fashion business, personal life, and Barcelona? 26:50 - Biggest Learning Lessons during Mango 39:23 - Getting Hired to Work with BlueStar Company 45:27 - Fast Fashion Companies vs. Normal Fashion Companies 57:56 - Moving to Argentina Working with BlueStar Company 1:07:18 - Managing a Team and Failing in Leadership 1:18:10 - Going Back to Mango 1:22:40 - How to Structure Your Team and Make Them Happy? 1:32:17 - Shift and Changes in Mango’s Company Culture, Adapting to The New Position 1:43:20 - Adapting to New Standards and Technology -  Productive Remote Working 1:58:40 - Biggest Learning Lessons Throughout the Entire Career & Book Recommendations

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Marc is Responsible for Mango’s profit on all these markets. 

600 Million Euros in turnover 

120 franchises 

600 stores 

Heading a 13 people team

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0:12 Introduction and overview of Cory’s career

2:20 From a singing scholarship, Jackass, NewGrounds, stuntman, Myspace to the beginning of Youtube

18:26 Giving up a scholarship to start video production

22:00 Life beside and after Youtube

1:01:21 Paid ads on Social Media

1:06:57 How and why Cory decides to solely focus on a Social Media career (???)

1:09:40 Cory’s side jobs: blockbuster, Toco’s, movie theatre, management center, pest control, all while ...

1:12:10 .. being a firefighter: seeing birth and death

1:26:06 Work motivation, subscriber counts, and money

1:36:50 Cory Williams: a one-man, six-figure team

1:41:11 Collaborating with Jackass

1:41:55 The biggest lesson learned during a Youtube Career

1:49:56 A week in the life of Cory: combining multiple projects and family

1:52:40 What books does Cory Williams ‘read’

1:54:17 Cory’s biggest life lesson

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00:40 Intro and Childhood background 11:10 Joining an advertising agency 22:14 Marketing and the two-wheeler industry 35:30 Going into the TV industry – MTV Asia – as Head of Marketing 58:40 Work-life balance 01:11:18 Managing Director at MTV Asia & Recruiting a team and learning lessons 01:22:50 Going into entrepreneurship – music industry – & Getting investment 01:45:02 The ups and downs in the music industry 01:55:40 Tips for digital start-ups 01:57:10 Acquisition by Motorola 02:02:40 Starting at an NGO - WWF Global & Open source branding, & Limitations of an NGO 02:34:38 Closing and last tips

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✔️ A business and communications global executive with Board and senior-level leadership experience at high profile, international organizations like WWF International, MTV Asia, MTV India, STAR TV, and more ... . A strategic visionary who has predicted and helped further systemic change (digital music, satellite television, mass social campaigning, online streaming) and positions organizations to take advantage of that change. Analyzing data is a core strength and has been at the center of much of his work.

He has helped build global brands, negotiated with UN and government agencies, and designed and executed strategies that will help better the state of the planet through his position in WWF International. His work includes communicating en masse through environmental campaigns (e.g. Earth Hour) that have touched +2 billion people globally and have engaged high-level decision-makers worldwide. He's launched, grown, and sold businesses, has served on boards for both For-profit and Not-for-profit organizations, and has done so across Europe and Asia.