029: Going from 0 to 100 in just a few months? Collection millions of investments and growing your team to 300? Having 3 amazing founders all with a proven track record in one boat on a mission to disrupting the mobility industry?

Yes you have heard right. That is the story of Tier Mobility and I cannot wait to share it with you! I talked to Matthias Laug, co-founder and CTO of the company. I very much enjoyed his wisdom and wit and all the lessons learnt he shared!

If you want to follow along on Tier Mobility’s journey, check out their website or Linkedin.

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028: No disruption in an industry for so long? Is that even possible? And if it is, is there even a market for it?

Oh boy, or in this case, oh girl there is! A huge one and so much neglected, too!

I am talking to Kati, cofounder of Ooshi, the panty for your period! I love their company’s vision and mission and on top of it, it fits right into the female empowerment and the sustainability trend in an area that not many people think about reducing waste. 

What I think is super great about this episode is that Kati in detail explains the development of their company, from the first nudge of ‘oh this is interesting’ to the whole thought process of how to create this product, how to make it better, to the actual manufacturing, the launch and everything in between. I love how openly she shares her thoughts with the listeners and how you can hear her passion for the topic through every single sentence. 

Wonder where the name comes from? I did, too! It’s a funny story that is also shared in the episode!

If you want to follow along on Ooshi’s journey, check out their instagram (www.instagram.com/ooshi.period.underwear) or website http://www.ooshi-berlin.de.

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027: Social entrepreneurship? Sustainable business? Having the consumer being involved in the social mission? YES YES YES!

Share does all of this. Share is a startup following the 1 plus 1 philosophy, selling snacks, water and soap and giving away and equivalent product for every product purchased… they have just hit 10 million shared products - what an amazing win!

In this episode I am talking to Sebastian Stricker, the CEO of share. So great to talk to someone who has been in the corporate world, worked for the UN and is now leading his second company successfully. We are talking about the fears of leaving the stable world, the beginnings of starting something new, the dynamics of growing a company and everything in between. No more of an intro needed, let’s dive right in.

If you want to follow along on Share’s journey, check out their instagram or website and if you want to keep in touch with Sebastian find him on Linkedin.

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026: How to go from blogger to business owner and then published author?

Elise Cripe almost stumbled into entrepreneurship when back in the early 2000s she couldn’t find a job in marketing. She then started blogging about her life and crafts, started on Etsy, taught e-courses … until she started her current business: get to workbook. On top of that I am happy to announce that her very first book is available for pre-order - all about goal setting and getting things done!

I love how she tells her business journey, piece by piece everything came together. Nothing was set in stone when started but everything fell into place as soon as she did get started.

If you want to follow along on Elise’s journey, check out her instagram, her personal website, her get to work book and of course you can pre-order the book here!

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025: But what about MY journey? I have shared so many episodes of other people’s entrepreneurial journey... I thought it was time for a reflection on mine!

And we have reasons to celebrate! One year in business! What did I learn? What changed? What was hard and what easy? What’s about to happen next? 

Sharing about all those things... and on top of it I will read you the letter that I wrote myself one year ago for one year in the future (as in now!). It’s amazing to see how many of those thoughts became reality... 

Join me on this personal reflection of this last year in business. I hope you enjoy it! 

Oh also, if you want to follow me along on a daily basis, check out my instagram @jenny.watzka

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024: From running your own maid service to running a software company. That is exactly what Amar did! Learning from the industry itself, finding the flaws and then going on to solving them - it sounds like the most straightforward journey but it actually wasn’t!

How do you start a company like this? How do you figure out the demand? How do you get your first clients (let me already say - this wasn’t the easiest part of it!) and how do you then scale the business to a half a million dollar revenue one?

I love Amar’s honesty and willingness to share. Great tips for the entrepreneurs out there, on team building, on validating ideas and definitely also on patience and perseverance.

If you want to follow along on Amar’s journey, check out get.zenmaid.com, his instagram or website or shoot him an email at [email protected].

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023: Getting kicked out of your OWN business? Starting a new business within 30 days? Without an idea?

And then going on and creating a million dollar company out of it? What a badass business owner you are thinking? And you are totally right!

This is the story of Tina May, founder of the Institute of Code, a retreat style 10 day full immersion program where beginners learn how to code. Tina talks about how it felt like to be betrayed by your co-founder, why she didn’t settle for anything less than the success she deserves, the ups and downs as an entrepreneur and everything in between.

Such an honest and open conversation. She is totally killing it!

Plus I loved being able to talk to her in person! SO good.

!!! You guys, you MUST tune in … Tina is also giving a way her online course - launching this week - to listeners of this episode! Stay till the end to find out where to message her !!!

If you want to follow along on Tina’s journey, check out her instagram: @hellotinamay or @instituteofcode or her website: wwww.instituteofcode.com

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Special Bonus Episode all about my Silent Retreat here in Bali.

Why not talk for 3 days? How was it? What was the hardest? And especially, what kind of realizations did I have?

To be completely transparent already: I did say ONE word … and I totally think that everyone should be doing a silent retreat! It was amazing.

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022: Starting a million dollar company? Being the boss? The visionary? The leader of a team? What does all of this look like? And what if you run several companies at once?

In this episode, we are talking to Alex Ikonn, the founder of Luxy Hair, The Five Minute Journal and the Productivity Planner. In this episode Alex shares how he and his wife Mimi built and sold their first company Luxy Hair, what he is spending his time on now and what he thinks are the key factors of successful entrepreneurs. He inspires with amazing tips on how to stay focused, how to choose which business ideas to follow and talks about the challenges of scaling a big business.

I am extremely happy that Alex took the time to inspire all of us with his wisdom, his learning lessons and just his sheer enthusiasm for entrepreneurship! Thanks Alex.

Definitely tune in and let us know what you think! It’s a great one that you absolutely cannot miss!

If you want to follow along on Alex journey, check out his instagram or his podcast.

As well as his 5 minute journal and productivity planner (which I both have and cheerish!).

Things Alex mentions in this episode:

• His Youtube video on a mindset to succeed
• 4 Hour Work Week by Tim Ferris
• Traction by Gino Wickman
• The Happiness Advantage by Shawn Achor

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021: What is it like to have a co-founder? What are the pros and cons? How to structure the hiring process to take away the pain of hiring? And most importantly how to create a high performing team and how to be a great leader?

YESSSS, we are going through all of the above in our interview with Regine le Roux from Reputation Matters. Another in person interview recorded in Cape Town! Regine shares about her experience of running her own business for more than 10 years. What a journey! The good, the bad, the ugly - we are talking about all of it and especially the transformation for a company but also for the leader itself that comes with running a company for so long. Because guess what, it wasn’t all that easy from the start!

Stay tuned it’s a powerhouse of lessons learnt!

Favourite quote of the episode: “Doing everything for everyone might work at the beginning but is a recipe for failure in the long-run.”

Make sure to check out www.reputationmatters.co.za and if you have any questions for Regine, you can message her at [email protected]

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