NAKED by The Future Farm

Join Vladi and Nektarios as they reflect together on the vulnerable and open conversations you’ve heard in series one of the NAKED podcast. They look back on some of the things that have surprised them most - both about themselves and the honesty of their guests; the learnings they will take away from the experience; and share tips and tools that might help in building your own emotional resilience. Our hosts also give a sneak peek of what you can expect from series two when we return in 2021.

Please share your comments, feedback, who has inspired you and what you have learnt from the first series of the NAKED podcast.

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Not all entrepreneurs fit the common definition of an entrepreneur. But are still builders and risk takers as any Silicon Valley tech founder. When a car accident took away Muniba Mazari’s mobility at 21 years old, it took her hopes and dreams with it. Over the last decade, she has turned her life around and been through a transformational experience, turning her worst fears into a true calling.

Muniba is a role model, albeit a reluctant one. She shares with NAKED the journey that she has been on since not wanting to live after her accident, to becoming the activist, model, TV anchor, famous artist and voice of change in Pakistan she is today. Muniba takes us through the moments where she had to be brutally honest with herself; accept her new reality; and most importantly, learn to love and accept herself.

Muniba’s story changed in the blink of an eye. How do you find the strength and the courage to not give up? And then dedicate your life’s purpose to making a difference to other people’s lives?

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The Coronavirus pandemic has thrown the world into disorder. Millions of lives were turned upside down overnight, including Kate Shepherd’s. Over 15 years, Kate grew her business into a multimillion dollar company, but at the beginning of 2020, everything changed.

Kate joins the NAKED podcast to talk about her experience of grieving the loss of her business but also her own identity and people’s expectations on how she was supposed to feel. We talk a lot about grief, and Kate makes it clear that this is far from fully digested. Not unlike when we lose a person close to us, it is not a linear process.

How do you bounce back from that? How do you find the strength to be able to do that? Kate shares how she draws her strength from her family and her faith, and about the importance of surrounding yourself with mentors and entrepreneurs who understand your experience.

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Today, he’s a calm and charming man that exudes confidence and knows how to navigate the challenges that life throws at you. You would never have thought that the same man was once booed by a stadium of football fans and was close to being public enemy number one in the Netherlands. Ruud Hendriks has experienced failure on a gigantic scale.

A successful DJ, reporter and media mogul (for more, visit www.hendriks.tv), Ruud joins NAKED to talk about how it felt to be hated by the Dutch public and how he knew he had hit rock bottom. There’s a thin line between the self-belief required to build a successful global business and believing your own hype to the point that it leads to the failure of the very business you’re trying to launch. How do you rebuild your confidence when you don’t even have the strength to leave the house and your marriage is falling apart?

How sustainable is success when you believe your own hype?

How did Ruud fight to build back his self-confidence?

How has ‘mind over matter’ and psychotherapy helped Ruud face his failures and challenges head-on?

* This episode covers the topic of illegal recreational drugs. The creators of NAKED do not condone taking illegal recreational drugs. Free, confidential support services and general information ranging from drug effects to support for a drug dependency, are available at https://www.talktofrank.com/

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We hear the stories that glorify entrepreneurial success but rarely do we hear about the ones that failed. Nadira Yusoff is an impressive woman. She built a successful computer hardware business from scratch, in a world dominated by men in Malaysia. All whilst juggling her responsibilities as a single mother raising six children. But when the business went south overnight, she found herself left out in the cold.

Nadira joins NAKED to talk about the loneliness she experienced when she found herself at rock bottom. And for the first time in our series, we hear about ‘shame’. Something we all carry with us but are often not aware of. The shame we feel when the business fails, because it feels we failed our customers, our employees, our investors or our families. How do you put on a brave face everyday because you don’t want your family to worry? How do you come out of it?

* This episode covers sensitive topics including suicide. If you are feeling suicidal, thinking about hurting yourself, or are concerned that someone you know may be in danger of hurting himself or herself, please contact a hotline: Global Suicide Hotline Resources

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Off balance. Out of sync. Feelings, as entrepreneurs, we’ve all felt at some point in our lives. Entrepreneurs are always striving for that balance or feeling that everything is in our control. But how do we know when our body is giving us the signal to tell us we finally need to pause, stop and change the way we are living every day? How do we find meaningful ways to achieve the balance we crave?

Serial entrepreneur Emma Obanye, talks to Vladi and Nektarios about when she started to realise that her life was out of balance; how she worked to change her approach to life and her business; the experiences she went through to get there, and how she is now learning to not restrict or control herself.

* This episode discusses the subject of psychedelics. Please research the use of psychedelics and other psychoactive drugs and use responsibly.

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When we talk about entrepreneurs we usually imagine the stereotypical 20 year olds in sneakers and t-shirts hacking away on their macbooks in the corner of a hipster cafe drinking soy lattes. Enrico Scopa is none of that! He represents the large number of business builders who come into this later in life. Going from a structured, high-pressured consulting career to one that is full of risk and uncertainty, and a lot of adventure is quite a change. What was his trigger to make the leap?

If his life expectancy was similar to his father's, how long did he have left? He started to count the months, not the years. For Enrico, suddenly time became the most precious currency. Not wanting to spend another day doing something he didn’t enjoy became vital.

Enrico joins Vladi and Nektarios to talk about pursuing his passions, the importance of mentors, and navigating the choppy waters of a partnership, all under the idea that “time is very important. Let’s not waste time.”

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Celebrated chef Asma Khan was born in India, named number 1 on Business Insider’s 2019 list of "100 Coolest People in Food and Drink", and shot to fame after being the first British chef to appear on Netflix show Chef’s Table. Where others crumble, Asma has taken everything in her stride and doesn’t let fame define her.

Asma doesn’t proclaim to be an entrepreneur because she’s never allowed herself to be labeled by anyone. She finds it limiting. Asma’s path to becoming a successful chef and business owner wasn’t easy. She joins Vladi and Nektarios to share her very personal story: how she has built her business in the face of adversity, has felt loneliness but has pushed through largely with the support of a very close network of women.

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Founders often reach a point when they need to look beyond family and friends to continue funding their growing business. This is the moment where they look for external investment, for venture capital. Beyond financing, what else is there to a VC and founder relationship? Do investors actually care about the emotional and mental state of the company founders they invest in?

For many, it is not a factor. For others, like Simon Cant, it is. Simon’s views are informed by his personal experiences. Experiences he shares with Vladi and Nektarios about how dealing with the roadblocks he encountered during his career, now helps shape how he works with company founders. He believes that investors should value an entrepreneur’s state, and provide them with the right tools so they can manage their own state.

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When following the career of somebody who is very successful, has made a name for themselves and is the face of the business, you might often forget that they are still a person. They face the same challenges as anyone running their own business does, and we assume that they have a network of support to fall on in times of trouble. But we shouldn’t assume that this is always the case. So if that network doesn’t exist, how do they get through the hard times?

Mindset is key. When renowned futurist and global financial services influencer, Brett King, joined Vladi and Nektarios on the NAKED podcast, this is exactly what he shared. That mindset is fundamental. Brett opened up about the personal struggles he faced due to the challenges the business bought up; how being a founder is often a very lonely existence, but that persistence, and the absolute belief that you can make it work, is critical.

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