The Entrepreneur Insight

The Entrepreneur Insight

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The Entrepreneur Insight episodes

  • #80 Board Member of the worlds first water bank, Investor | Interview with Sam Katiela

    Sam Katiela is the CEO of Mamemo Consulting which is a future-focused group of companies that provide public and private sector clients with ideas, communication strategies, services and products. In addition to that he is the Managing & Creative Director from mamemo, an interactive media and marketing company delivering a full creative service.

    In our conversation we talk about his story over the last 20 years starting in Dubai as a young and successful TV producer to now bringing events like the Formula 1 to the area. He tells us about his projects, events he was involved in and how his work was impacted by covid. Furthermore he mentions his future strategy including crypto currency and a waterbank.

    If you enjoy the podcast, would you please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes? It takes less than 60 seconds, and it really makes a difference reaching as many people as possible with this show. 

    I also love reading the reviews.

    Thomas Reck is the Founder & CEO of Insight Consulting and an expert when it comes to CEO-Personal-Branding. Together with his team, he builds personal brands for CEO's, Startup Founders and Consulting Partners to attract more target clients, build an impactful personal brand with a strong why and become the #1 Thought Leader in their industry (like Elon, Donald and Bill).

    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomas-reck/ 

    Insight Consulting: https://www.insights.consulting/main 

    I’m looking forward to your feedback on the show!

    42 min
  • #79 Investor, World Traveller and General Partner at Gaia Capital Partners | Interview with Robin Eric Haak

    Robin Eric Haak is a multi-founder and investor in Germany and the US. He is the co-founder of Wo|men Inc., a global network that connects leaders, executives, professionals, entrepreneurial women across Europe and the Axel Springer Plug&Play Accelerator. He just joined Gaia Capital Partners as a Partner.

    In our conversation we talk about his story including his childhood, the different companies he worked on and the world trip he was on for one and a half years. On this world trip he opened a coffee shop in Bhutan, slept in a tent of a local family in the Gobi Desert and experienced several other adventures.

    If you enjoy the podcast, would you please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes? It takes less than 60 seconds, and it really makes a difference reaching as many people as possible with this show.

    I also love reading the reviews.

    Thomas Reck is the Founder & CEO of Insight Consulting and an expert when it comes to CEO-Personal-Branding. Together with his team, he builds personal brands for CEO's, Startup Founders and Consulting Partners to attract more target clients, build an impactful personal brand with a strong why and become the #1 Thought Leader in their industry (like Elon, Donald and Bill).

    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomas-reck/ 

    Insight Consulting: https://www.insights.consulting/main 

    I’m looking forward to your feedback on the show!

    51 min
  • #78 The future of digital business banking | Interview with Jessica Holzbach

    Jessica Holzbach is a female entrepreneur from Berlin, Germany mentioned by Forbes 30 under 30 and Capital 40 under 40. She is the Co-Founder and CCO at Penta, a digital platform for business banking especially for start-ups, small and medium-sized enterprises. 

    In our conversation we talk about her story, how they started Penta over 4 years ago and also about a start-up she founded before that which failed. Having the urge to do it better the second time she kept on going even after this failure and learned some important lessons for example in hiring.

    If you enjoy the podcast, would you please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes? It takes less than 60 seconds, and it really makes a difference reaching as many people as possible with this show. 

    I also love reading the reviews.

    Thomas Reck is the Founder & CEO of Insight Consulting and an expert when it comes to CEO-Personal-Branding. Together with his team, he builds personal brands for CEO's, Startup Founders and Consulting Partners to attract more target clients, build an impactful personal brand with a strong why and become the #1 Thought Leader in their industry (like Elon, Donald and Bill).

    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomas-reck/ 

    Insight Consulting: https://www.insights.consulting/main 

    I’m looking forward to your feedback on the show!

    35 min
  • #77 Former COO of Wolt and CGO at Uber | Interview with Patrick Studener

    Patrick Studener is the former Head of Expansion of Uber working there early on in 2013 as one of the first 100 employees. From that he moved on to Wolt, a technology company focused on food delivery, as a COO and now he is the Vice President and Head of EMEA for Bird, an e-scooter start-up.

    In our conversation we talk about his career, the process of launching Uber in different regions and the strategy behind Bird which for example includes producing everything that’s needed in-house. Another topic we touch base on are the challenges he currently has to deal with as well as him starting something on his own in the future.

    If you enjoy the podcast, would you please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes? It takes less than 60 seconds, and it really makes a difference reaching as many people as possible with this show. 

    I also love reading the reviews.

    Thomas Reck is the Founder & CEO of Insight Consulting and an expert when it comes to CEO-Personal-Branding. Together with his team, he builds personal brands for CEO's, Startup Founders and Consulting Partners to attract more target clients, build an impactful personal brand with a strong why and become the #1 Thought Leader in their industry (like Elon, Donald and Bill).

    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomas-reck/ 

    Insight Consulting: https://www.insights.consulting/main 

    I’m looking forward to your feedback on the show!

    38 min
  • #77 Investor, CEO and Creator | Interview with Sam Katiela
    Sam Katiela is the CEO of Mamemo Consulting which is a future-focused group of companies that provide public and private sector clients with ideas, communication strategies, services and products. In addition to that he is the Managing & Creative Director from mamemo, an interactive media and marketing company delivering a full creative service.
    In our conversation we talk about his story over the last 20 years starting in Dubai as a young and successful TV producer to now bringing events like the Formula 1 to the area. He tells us about his projects, events he was involved in and how his work was impacted by covid. Furthermore he mentions his future strategy including crypto currency and the worlds first waterbank.
    If you enjoy the podcast, would you please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes? It takes less than 60 seconds, and it really makes a difference reaching as many people as possible with this show. 
    I also love reading the reviews.
    Thomas Reck is the Founder & CEO of Insight Consulting and an expert when it comes to CEO-Personal-Branding. Together with his team, he builds personal brands for CEO's, Startup Founders and Consulting Partners to attract more target clients, build an impactful personal brand with a strong why and become the #1 Thought Leader in their industry (like Elon, Donald and Bill).
    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomas-reck/ 
    Insight Consulting: https://www.insights.consulting/main 
    I’m looking forward to your feedback on the show!
    42 min
  • #76 From $20M to $400M in revenue in less then 10 years | Interview with Tariq Chauhan

    Tariq Chauhan is the Group CEO and Co-founder of EFS, a facility management company with now 400M $ in revenue and 18,000 employees. He is also ranked amongst the top 5 Indian CEOs by Forbes in 2019.  

    In our conversation we talk about his accomplishments like the outstanding employee satisfaction in his company, how to build trust and most importantly about his personal story, including many successes but also some setbacks. Regarding these setbacks he furthermore tells us how he has overcome them.  

    If you enjoy the podcast, would you please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes? It takes less than 60 seconds, and it really makes a difference reaching as many people as possible with this show. 

    I also love reading the reviews.  

    Thomas Reck is the Founder & CEO of Insight Consulting and an expert when it comes to CEO-Personal-Branding. Together with his team, he builds personal brands for CEO's, Startup Founders and Consulting Partners to attract more target clients, build an impactful personal brand with a strong why and become the #1 Thought Leader in their industry (like Elon, Donald and Bill).  

    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomas-reck/ 

    Insight Consulting: https://www.insights.consulting/main I’m looking forward to your feedback on the show!

    55 min
  • #75 How it is to be one of Elon Musks best friends | Interview with Adeo Ressi

    Adeo Ressi is CEO of the Founder Institute, a startup launch program that operates in over 200 cities worldwide. He is a recognized mentor for fast growing technology businesses. He has been a big figure in the Silicon Valley since creating TheFunded in 2007.

    In our conversation we talk about his personal story, the motivation behind his company and how we need to change our focus from working on optimizations to solving problems that actually matter.

    Website mentioned during the episode: https://fi.co/progress

    If you enjoy the podcast, would you please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes? It takes less than 60 seconds, and it really makes a difference reaching as many people as possible with this show.

    I also love reading the reviews.

    Thomas Reck is the Founder & CEO of Insight Consulting and an expert when it comes to CEO-Personal-Branding. Together with his team, he builds personal brands for CEO's, Startup Founders and Consulting Partners to attract more target clients, build an impactful personal brand with a strong why and become the #1 Thought Leader in their industry (like Elon, Donald and Bill).

    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomas-reck/

    Insight Consulting: https://www.insights.consulting/main

    I’m looking forward to your feedback on the show!

    24 min
  • #74 Predicting what people buy through data analytics | Interview with Sebastian Johnston

    Sebastian Johnston is the founder and CEO of VIVERE. VIVERE is a data-driven, environmentally friendly and customer-centric company building innovative and sustainable brands from the ground up.


    In our conversation we talk about how VIVERE's business model works, how they compete against companies like Amazon and they have been able to start 70+ brands from the ground up in less then three years.

    If you enjoy the podcast, would you please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes? It takes less than 60 seconds, and it really makes a difference reaching as many people as possible with this show.

    I also love reading the reviews.

    Thomas Reck is the Founder & CEO of Insight Consulting and an expert when it comes to CEO-Personal-Branding. Together with his team, he builds personal brands for CEO's, Startup Founders and Consulting Partners to attract more target clients, build an impactful personal brand with a strong why and become the #1 Thought Leader in their industry (like Elon, Donald and Bill).

    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomas-reck/

    Insight Consulting: https://www.insights.consulting/main

    I’m looking forward to your feedback on the show!

    48 min
  • #73 She raised $15M in funding and hit the 1st place in the App Store | Interview with Prerna Gupta
    My guest today is Prerna Gupta who is the founder and CEO of HOOKED which redefines fiction for the generation Z and has a reach of over 100 million viewers. The Hooked app has hit the number one App in the App Store in 25 countries.
    In this episode Prerna and I talk about how she started building mobile apps together with her husband and then working as a team.
    She also describes her view of the future of media especially regarding the use of mobile phones.
    If you listened to the episode, please give me your opinion on it on LinkedIn.
    Connect with Thomas Reck:
    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomas-reck/
    Insight Consulting: https://www.insights.consulting/main
    About Thomas Reck:
    Thomas Reck is Founder & CEO of Insight Consulting and an expert when it comes to CEO-Personal-Branding. Together with his team, he builds personal brands for CEO's, Startup Founders and Consulting Partners to attract more target clients, build an impactful personal brand with a strong why and become the #1 Thought Leader in their industry (like Elon, Donald and Bill).
    28 min
  • #72 Communities as a business model? | Interview with Beri Meric

    My guest today is Beri Meric, CEO and Co-Founder of IVY which is providing mentorship workshops and exchanges with world-class leaders to unlock potential and ignite your mind.

    In this episode Beri and I talk about the importance of communities and how he built a business based on this realization.

    Furthermore, he recommends his favorite books that had an impact on his life and explains his weekly routine in detail.

    If you listened to the episode, please give me your opinion on it on LinkedIn.

    Connect with Thomas Reck:

    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomas-reck/

    Insight Consulting: https://www.insights.consulting/main

    About Thomas Reck:

    Thomas Reck is Founder & CEO of Insight Consulting and an expert when it comes to CEO-Personal-Branding. Together with his team, he builds personal brands for CEO's, Startup Founders and Consulting Partners to attract more target clients, build an impactful personal brand with a strong why and become the #1 Thought Leader in their industry (like Elon, Donald and Bill).

    28 min

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