One is terrified of pitching - and does it brilliantly, Another is a master of marketing and effortlessly appears on TV - yet works like crazy to achieve that calm. Can you guess which is which? 

All is revealed as Janneke van den Heuvel and Steven Kroon of TryLikes share their public speaking journey, as well as the way they have pivoted after Covid lockdowns took hold of their market. 

They tell about how to manage nerves, prepare for TV interviews, and how constantly talking through the story helps to make it concrete and certain. 

Steven and Janneke were the only team I ever agreed to making a duo pitch at Startupbootcamp Demo Day, and that;'s because they can almost read each others' mind. Listen to the story of these excellent entrepreneurs!

Find out more about them at Trylikes. You'll find them on LinkedIn - Janneke here and Steven here.

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David Allen is the author and creator of Getting Things Done™. He's delivered three TED talks, and spoken on stages with some of the greatest entrepreneurs, including Guy Kawasaki and Tim Ferriss, and has numerous trained Fortune 500 CEOs and companies. In this episode, we talk about how you prepare for a TED talk, about how a self-confessed introvert became a great speaker - and most of all, you'll hear how David is always learning, even with his massive experience. 

Find out more about David Allen at gettingthingsdone.com

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With a Twitter biog of "Teen Mom-turned-International Human Rights Lawyer-turned-Founder & CEO", it's clear that Christina Moreno has a story to tell! And what a story it is. 

She shares her own journey of overcoming poverty, becoming a lawyer after being told the only available job was as a supermarket cashier, and then leaving the security of that job to follow her true passion: empowering others, who might face some of what she has faced. 

Christina talks about how to pitch Diversity - as a moral, or business decision? She also shares how it was to pitch in one minute, to speak on the TEDx stage, and how she approaches sharing her story in front of audiences large and small. 

Find out more about Christina's company at shematters.nl. Christina is on LinkedIn. 

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Willemijn Schneyder is a full energy founder, who has taken Swipeguide to a fast level of growth, and who once pitched 2 weeks before giving birth! She brings clarity and honestly to the job, with an admission that Public Speaking is not her comfort zone. 

In this episode, Willemijn talks through how she and her team see communicating the story as critically important isn the development of the company, and faces head-on some of the challenges faced by female founders. 

Having won top-3 prizes in global pitch competitions, raised millions in funding, she has great advice for any founder looking to bring their story to a wider audience. 

Find out more about Willemijn here, and Swipeguide here. 

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Why is it allowed that companies who mess up the world are allowed to make as much money as they like - and companies who do good in the world should only operate as charities? David Batstone challenges this point of view head on, every single day. 

David is an amazing entrepreneur who has created $100Million+ companies, because he is able to use his experience as a silicon valley investor to gather funding and talented people around great products. But his companies have a difference - they all have a social or environmental purpose at their heart and soul, and the amazing products they create are fulfilling a purpose side by side with best quality. 

He's taken this story to world, at times presenting in 200 cities a year. David is a master of communicating the story in a fresh and inspiring way, and has great insights for any impact entrepreneur. He's also the kind of guy who gets emails in his inbox from Bono...

Learn more about David here. His company Just Business is here. The Not For Sale Campaign is here. And his amazing drinks company REBBL is here. 

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This episode is a little different to the usual focus on Public Speaking. It's my own personal story about going for a dream, which was to write a book. 10 years ago today (May 23 2011) I published Amsterdam... The Essence, and I want to share how following a dream changed everything in my life - learning to finding my life partner, and having two wonderful kids. 

I left my corporate life - a 16 year career in Canon - in April 2009, at the age of 42, with a deep-seated desire to change my personal and professional life. I set 3 goals at my leaving party, with no plan for how to achieve them. This is the story of what happened as a result of pursuing that dream. 

You can find a free pdf of Amsterdam... The Essence at https://best3minutes.com/essence.

Movies, photos and more at https://best3minutes.com/essence.

What an amazing track record Jacqueline van den Ende has! She's gone through each stage of building and scaling companies in her own career - and now invests in companies that scale, at one of Europe's leading investors in early stage and Series A startups and scaleups. Here Jacqueline talks about how she and her company assess startups, what matters in the pitch, and how a scaleup pitch is different to an early stage startup pitch. 

Find out more about Jacqueline van den Ende at LinkedIn. 

More information about Peak Capital HERE. 

Patrick de Zeeuw is one of the most dynamic forces in the vibrant Amsterdam Startup ecosystem. After a successful career in media, and moved on to innovation by co-founding the international startup accelerator Startupbootcamp. He has shaped the modern pitch - and my own coaching approach - through sheer force of will and energy. Patrick is one of the most passionate people you'll find in business. 

Find out more about Patrick de Zeeuw at linkedin.com/in/patrickdezeeuw, and about Startupbootcamp HERE. 

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