Episode 011 - Pip ThomasThe Giving Effect, The Power of GenerosityPip is an entrepreneur having set up and sold several award-winning businesses in both the technology and the L&D sectors. This follows an extensive career in the corporate world with roles in Sales, Senior Management and HR in the retail and tech sectors.

What unites all of Pip’s business interests is her focus on engendering excellence in others, working with individuals and businesses to empower them with the skills, attitudes and self-awareness required to define and achieve their goals.

Pip can be found at pipthomas.co.uk & www.edgenlp.co.uk

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Far North - Sales, Marketing, Technology

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Quick Update for March 2016.

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Inspirational Speaker, Author & Extreme Empowerment Strategist

Taz shares her journey, leaving behind the corporate pinstripe suit into unleashing her awesome!For more than a decade, Taz Thornton has served as an advisor and encourager for people the world over. With a proven track record spanning personal development, leadership, business turnaround & corporate coaching, Taz’s brand of extreme empowerment encourages individuals and organisations to break through their fears, smash past limiting beliefs and achieve the seemingly impossible.

Ian and Taz discuss:-

Far North - Sales, Marketing, Technology

Are you looking to enter new markets? Launch a new business, product or service? Maybe introduce a new revenue stream?

Far North is an all-encompassing Business Development Consultancy.  We aim to fulfil your growth potential by reviewing your existing business strategy or developing a new, bespoke business model.

Tom is the founder of Virtual Valley - Hire An Awesome Virtual Assistant In 5 Minutes And 7 Clicks. 

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ZeroLight is the world’s most advanced car configurator solution.

Zerolight create engaging configurators using real-time 3D visualisation to drive a live, interactive scene of the car.

Ian and Darren discuss:-

Jamie Hill, Hill Shipping, has been shipping cars and motorcycles around the world for over 20 years.Jamie is passionate about UK exporting and has hosted live webinars for the UKTI and submitted articles to the Open To Export website.

Ian and Jamie discuss:-

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Dr. Abdalla Kablan is an entrepreneur and academic specialising in machine intelligence, big data analytics and computational Finance. He is the founder of Scheduit – a business oriented social network that uses artificial intelligence and machine learning to match relevant business professionals with each other.

Abdalla is also a lecturer and researcher of Computational Finance at the University of Malta. He obtained his PhD degree in Computational Finance from University of Essex, UK where he was a candidate at the Centre for Computational Finance and Economic Agents (CCFEA). His PhD thesis title was (The Use of Fuzzy Logic Applications for High frequency Trading).

Ian and Abdalla discuss:-

Back in January, I set some launch targets:-

Launch the show and website in February

Hit 'New & Noteworthy' in iTunes

Reach 1000 downloads

Have a global presence

Highlight the North East UK

It's safe to say we did it and we did it all in MONTH ONE.I'll now have to come up with some new goals!

Nat Robinson was recently the CEO and founder of Juhudi Kilimo Company Ltd. that provides micro-asset financing to rural smallholder farmers in Kenya. Nat is originally from the U.S.but has traveled, worked or studied in over 60 countries across six continents in the areas of business, nonprofit and government.

Ian and Nat discuss:-

Darren Williams has created over five companies in the past 10 years and successfully sold four of them despite only being in his 30's. His fifth, and latest, multi-award winning business ‘Harland Corp’ has become one of the fastest growing online hair and beauty companies in the UK. It attracts over 1 million unique visitors per year between its six ecommerce stores, employs 18 staff, operates from a 7000 Sq Ft warehouse in England and turns over £1 million annually.Harland dispatches over 10,000 products every month, with 10% of those being exported to over 37 countries worldwide including Barbados and Afghanistan. Darren was named as one of the most influential people in the North East in 2011 alongside business legends such as Sir Peter Vardy, Tom Maxfield and Duncan Bannatyne, winning national press coverage along the way.

Far North - Sales & Marketing

Are you looking to enter new markets? Launch a new business, product or service? Maybe introduce a new revenue stream?

Far North is an all-encompassing Business Development Consultancy.  We aim to fulfil your growth potential by reviewing your existing business strategy or developing a new, bespoke business model.