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Planning a podcast takes work, peers. Planning a podcast across continents and timezones, you guessed it, even more. But sometimes when you’re celebrating a five-year anniversary, you gotta. 

In a very special edition of the Peers2Peers podcast, The Peers Project CEO and Founder Michelle Akhidenor  takes us through what has to happen for an enterprise like the London Tour to come together.

From finding the perfect space (The London Edition in Soho!), finding the guests, and hustling together a UK production crew, if you’re willing to do the work, it can be done. But you’ll need to do your research. And you’ll need some videographers there to document the process.

Or rather, Michelle had to do the research. In this edition, she shares her working with you, so if you’re thinking about hosting a podcast, or intrigued by inter-hemisphere logistics, this episode will save you some serious time.

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Have you ever felt burnt out, peers? It’s an easy trap to fall into. Giving too much of yourself, or blaming yourself for failures completely beyond your control. 

When you’re ambitious, like this week’s guest Josephine Liang, it’s hard to find time to unwind. Which is just one of the reasons it’s so crucial to… go to parties! Not just to unwind, according to Josephine, but to find the people who will become your support network along your business journey.

In this episode of Peers2Peers, powered by Shopify, Josephine Liang Co-Founder of Caulibox discusses how her multicultural background has informed her quest for sustainability, as well as experiencing burnout in some of her previous enterprises, and ultimately the importance of doing what you love with the time you’re given.

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The third guest on the London Podcast Tour had especially humble beginnings. Growing up in regional Queensland, Doone Roisin learned to hustle, and drew inspiration from her single mum who strived to not just survive, but live the best life she could.

This is what drew Doone to entrepreneurship: the chance to wake up every morning and feel good about what she is doing. 

In this episode of Peers2Peers, powered by Shopify, Doone talks about her journey from regional Queensland to media powerhouse and podcasting superstar. The tips and tricks she used to get where she is today, and value she gets from sharing those same tips and tricks with her enormous community of female entrepreneurs, Female Startup Club.

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For many peers, appreciating that you are enough is one of the most  difficult personal goals to achieve. Even if you’re a first generation immigrant who attains a PhD in law, and then goes onto successfully build a brand which unifies a shared history amongst a diverse diaspora through culturally significant jewellery. Even then, you have to be conscious to not let your bad days define your business and your sense of self.

In this episode of Peers2Peers, powered by Shopify, Dr Ope Adegbulu talks us through growing a fulfilling side hustle, rather than a stressful one, and the secret to prioritising your mental health when you’re running a business with your sister: get a therapist, get friends who aren’t in the same field, and get a cat.

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F*ck Being Humble isn’t just a book, it’s a global movement which is peeling away hundreds of years of repression, modesty and societal norms: the idea that certain people, specifically certain types of people, are better seen than heard. 

In this episode of Peers2Peers, powered by Shopify, Stefanie Sword-Williams shares the journey of starting a provocative brand in her mid-twenties, the resilience and perseverance paramount to successfully navigating criticism when you’re changing the status-quo, and why she doesn’t listen to the unsolicited advice of “men from Middle-America on Linkedin”.

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Often when thinking about buying a home, we’re so concerned with purchasing the walls and the roof that filling it with furniture is a second-thought. But what if you could create that “home” feeling as soon as you sign the papers? This feeling is what spurred today’s guest, Audrey Joris into Co-Founding AFC Collection, a modern furniture leasing company. 

In this episode of Peers2Peers, powered by Shopify, the entrepreneur shares the value in being a leader, grasping the gap in the market, and the importance of having people in your network that challenge you.

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Sometimes, being a dual citizen can feel like straddling two worlds. You’re always two halves, identifying with both, and perhaps never fully feeling like you’re “home”. However, being a dual citizen, or simply a citizen of the world, can give you opportunities and values that you’d never have otherwise. 

Today’s guest, Radin Rahimzadeh is an Iranian-American who credits her immigrant parents and citizenship as the reason for her Co-Founding the sustainable transportation company, Fore Transit. In this ep, Radin shares how to harness the immigrant value of gratitude, finding joy in the ecosystem around you, and why we should be giving back 110%. 

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We all know that your experiences as a child shape the course of your adult life. But what if your childhood was made up by ranking systems, competition, and lack of recognition? This was the case for today’s guest, Dita Aisyah. 

Now, Dita is the Co-Founder of learning app, Binar Academy. In this episode of Peers2Peers, powered by Shopify, Dita shares how she got out of the toxic productivity loop, why she urges people to make a difference with their one, precious life, and that it’s okay for your priorities to shift.

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‘Taking the plunge’, it’s a phrase you hear often but how many examples do we have of people actually doing it? Today’s guest, Talia Datt, did just that when at 22 years old she founded The Social CliQ, a marketing agency specialising in social media. Now, Talia has two businesses, creating her second business, The Content CliQ during the pandemic. 

In this episode of Peers2Peers, powered by Shopify, Talia shares how she found the courage to take the entrepreneurial plunge at a young age, how to keep your eyes peeled for life-changing opportunities, and the value of working for free at the start of your entrepreneurial journey.

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Have you ever been at the forefront of something, peers? Today’s guest, Amrutha Vasan, was a pioneer of using virtual reality in education settings during her studies at Stanford University. Now, she’s the Co-Founder of Inspirit, a VR company providing K-12 science coursework for students. 

In this episode of Peers2Peers, powered by Shopify, Amrutha shares how her experience at school led her to making education more accessible, the culture shock of living between India and the U.S, and the blurred lines around “the fallback option”.

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