The Joypreneur

Today, I talk with Tessa Wernink. She shares how she thought business was rather meaningless until she discovered business can be a force for good, if not even the most effective vehicle for bringing about change in this world.

Tesla's journey into social entrepreneurship started when she co-founded Fairphone.

We talk about values, purpose, crowding out voices and joypreneurs.

After season 1 of the Joyful Learning Podcast, I noticed that talking about how to build a joyful business, that's what makes my eyes spark. That's why I renamed the podcast and shifted it's focus. Listen, to hear from my guests what a joypreneur is and what you can expect from the upcoming season.

In this final episode of season 1, I summarise and reflect about what I've learnt from the 9 guest speakers about the future of learning, how we can make it joyful, their entrepreneurial journeys and how they brought their courses and workshops online due to COVID-19.

We talk about the role communities play in learning and how WE SHAPE TECH fosters learning with their various events, like lunch and learns.

She shares how they brought their life events online, due to COVID-19. Last but not least, we envision how the educational system might look like in 50 years time and why we definitely don't want to have a chip implanted instead of learning.

We talk about how they match tutors and pupils and how they brought their tutoring business online within a week due to Corona. Christian also shares how he prevents mistakes and why he says NO to a lot of cool things.

We talk about why universities are a bit like dinosaurs and whether young people should still go to university. They explain why asking: “How to reproduce offline in online?” is the wrong question to start off with and share how they mix online and offline to create hybrid realities and spaces. And of course we talk about the Future of Learning.

We talk about why Annina believes working at a startup can be a fantastic opportunity for young talents. She shares how she dealt with the situation when her co-founder left. And we talk about why she wasted time looking for an expert and invented a digital speed-dating format.

We talk about how Nicole went from being skeptic of Instagram to founding the first Instagram agency in Switzerland. She shares what impact Instagram had on her business and the challenges and opportunities that arose with putting her courses online.

In addition, she shares what she did when she noticed she was not fulfilled at work anymore and how she reinvented herself.

I talked with Bilge about her journey from corporate job to co-founding Wewent.com, a booking platform for learning and team experiences with her best friend. She shares how they pitched while pregnant, why they kept WeWent a side hustle for two years and why she believes women are unstoppable now.

We talk about her her many ideas and how she evaluates their value.

During the lockdown, they went from two virtual learning experiences to 50 in a few days. In the end, she shares the story of her name and why you should incorporate that exercise into your courses and events.

Seraina is co-founder and co-director of Singa Switzerland. Singa provides opportunities for people with migrant and refugee background to collaborate and work on entrepreneurial projects.

In this podcast, we talk about her purpose, the right setting and support system. Seraina shares how they brought the whole Singa Factory Program online within two days and the challenges and opportunities that arose with that.

She shares how they evaluate the success of their program and what kind of people support it.

In the end, she shares three different icebreakers that you can do in online learning programs.