The Ricardo Monagas Podcast

José Luis Cordeiro is a futurist and author of the book The Death of Death who is passionate about helping people live longer, healthier lives.

In this episode, he shares his journey from engineering to longevity, the motivations behind his book, his daily health routine, his favorite longevity companies to watch, and his favorite resources for learning about the future, exponential technologies, and longevity.

Feel free to follow José's journey on his LinkedIn.

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If you have any feedback and suggestions for upcoming episodes or would like to suggest more guests, you can connect with Ricardo Monagas.

Petra Čuřínová is the Founder & CEO of GIVILI, a company that produce premium organic home textiles with the greater good in mind.

In this episode, Petra talks about how she started her company from scratch, her routines for staying motivated and healthy, her advice for aspiring entrepreneurs who are building direct-to-consumer products, and the resources she follows to learn new things.

Feel free to follow Petra's journey on her LinkedIn and get to know more GIVILI on their website.

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If you have any feedback and suggestions for upcoming episodes or would like to suggest more guests, you can connect with Ricardo Monagas.

Šárka Pelikánová is the CEO of Connect Economic Group (CEG), a company that helps other companies with their accounting and tax needs. CEG is based in Prague, Czech Republic.

In this episode of the podcast, Šárka shares her story of starting the business with her mother. She also talks about the key elements to consider in business accounting, her advice on business networking, and how she keeps grounded and reduces the risk of burnout. Finally, she discusses how she approaches the operation of a business that started as a family business.

Feel free to follow Šárka's journey on her LinkedIn.

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If you have any feedback and suggestions for upcoming episodes or would like to suggest more guests, you can connect with Ricardo Monagas.

Blake Wittman is the European Business Director of GoodCall. They bring a refreshing way of doing talent recruitment.

During this episode, Blake shares his story of moving to the Czech Republic, starting his career in talent recruitment, and what makes GoodCall innovative. He also talks about his approach to cold calling and networking, his advice on balancing work and personal life, and how his life has changed after a ski accident.

Feel free to follow Blake's journey on his LinkedIn.

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If you have any feedback and suggestions for upcoming episodes or would like to suggest more guests, you can connect with Ricardo Monagas.

Amanda Mataija is the CEO & Founder of Prague Integration. They offer mental health services, programs and events that support the community of expats living in Prague.

During this episode, Amanda shares her story and motivation behind Prague Integration, how she has funded her company, what are her recommendations to start a business, what is mental health for her & how to improve it and, what are the resources that she follows to learn more.

Some of the resources shared by Amanda are over here:

Feel free to follow Amanda's journey on her LinkedIn.

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If you have any feedback and suggestions for upcoming episodes or would like to suggest more guests, you can connect with Ricardo Monagas.

Raja Skogland was born in Morocco, grew up in Switzerland, and currently living in Oslo, Norway. She is the founder of The Visionary Company. Previously, she has been managing projects like TheFactory Academy (https://www.thefactory.no/) and the hub (https://thehub.io/).

During this episode, we talk about her path to work in Oslo, how she advises startups founders and angel investors, what are the lessons she usually gives to company owners/founders, her journey as an angel investor, valuable lessons to build a network when you arrive in a new city and what’s coming in her future.

Feel free to follow Raja’s journey in her Instagram account on: https://www.instagram.com/raja_skogland/

Dimitris Polychronopoulos was born in the United States, has lived in 7 countries, and currently living in Oslo, Norway. He is leading the Founder Institute Norway - helping startups to improve their business ideas and grow.

During the episode, we talked about his journey, how he has learned different languages, how he got involved with the Founder Institute, the startup & angel investment ecosystem in Norway, valuable lessons for startups and resources, and his future goals.

Dimitris Polychronopoulos was born in the United States, has lived in 7 countries, and currently living in Oslo, Norway. He is leading the Founder Institute Norway - helping startups to improve their business ideas and grow.

During the episode, we talked about his journey, how he has learned different languages, how he got involved with the Founder Institute, the startup & angel investment ecosystem in Norway, valuable lessons for startups and resources, and his future goals.

Vladimira Mesko Briestenska was born and raised in Slovakia and currently living between the UK and Pakistan. She has good experience building and advising different impact-driven companies. 

During the episode, we talked about the best practices to make a successful and scalable company, how was her story to kickstart a business in Pakistan, what are her sources of knowledge and inspiration to keep doing a great job in a daily basis, her motivations to kickstart Neem Exponential and The Future Farm, personal advise to maintain mental health, what’s the current impact of her companies and what are her plans. 

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This episode was recorded during a Social Impact Night (Online event talking with impact-driven founders) and it will have online attendees making questions too.

Tomas Sluka was born and raised in the Czech Republic and currently living in Lausanne, Switzerland. We talked about his journey as a researcher and later kickstarting his venture called CREAL. Also, we talked about the technology he's currently working on and how it has been the process from idea to reality.

About CREAL

CREAL is a startup company developing a near-eye light-field display which will replace the flat screens in today’s Virtual and Mixed Reality glasses. Our light-field display adds correct one-eye depth cues to virtual images allowing their seamless mixing with the real world. Our technology brings depth immersion in 3D images and removes the eye-strain.