Entrepreneur's Handbook

Get 50 Free Lessons From 50 Top Entrepreneurs From Season 1: https://www.ehandbook.com/subscribeThis is long time host Amardeep Parmar's final episode for a while!Learn his story, challenge, wins and lessons from nearly 100 episodes!Our Website: https://www.ehandbook.comAmardeep Parmar: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amardeepsparmar/

Get 50 Free Lessons From 50 Top Entrepreneurs From Season 1: https://www.ehandbook.com/subscribeEach week, we interview real experts about topics you need to know about.Today we have Tim Chong, Founder and CEO at Yonder.We're covering HHow To Find The Ideal People For Customer Discovery.Our Website: https://www.ehandbook.comTim Chong: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tim-chong/Yonder: https://www.yondercard.com/

Get 50 Free Lessons From 50 Top Entrepreneurs From Season 1: https://www.ehandbook.com/subscribeEach week, we interview real experts about topics you need to know about.Today we have Pablo Srugo, a Partner at Mistral VC and the host of The Product Market Fit Show.We're covering How To Go From Zero to One in 5 StepsOur Website: https://www.ehandbook.comPablo Srugo: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pablosrugo/PMF Show: https://pmfshow.buzzsprout.com/

Get 50 Free Lessons From 50 Top Entrepreneurs From Season 1: https://www.ehandbook.com/subscribeEach week, we interview real experts about topics you need to know about.Today we have Michael Houck, a former Series A funded founder who now runs Houck's Newsletter which has an entrepreneur community and has built a rapidly growing personal brand. We're covering How To Grow A Successful Newsletter As A Startup FounderOur Website: https://www.ehandbook.comMichael Houck: https://join.houck.news/

Get 50 Free Lessons From 50 Top Entrepreneurs From Season 1: https://www.ehandbook.com/subscribeEach week, we interview real experts about topics you need to know about.Today we have Pete Sena, a demand designer, co-founder of Digital Surgeons, a Venture Mentor at Yale University and an EIR at University of Connecticut.We're covering How To Leverage AI Effectively As A Founder.Our Website: https://www.ehandbook.comPete Sena: https://www.petesena.com/

Get 50 Free Lessons From 50 Top Entrepreneurs From Season 1: https://www.ehandbook.com/subscribeEach week, we interview real experts about topics you need to know about.Today we have Kieran Drew, an online writer with hundreds of thousands of followers who made $300k through his Digital Freedom course in two launches!We're covering How To Launch A Six-Figure Online Course in 2023Our Website: https://www.ehandbook.comKieran Drew: https://kierandrew.com/

Get 50 Free Lessons From 50 Top Entrepreneurs From Season 1: https://www.ehandbook.com/subscribeEach week, we interview real experts about topics you need to know about.Today we have Scott Herman, who has millions of YouTube Subscribers and is also the co-founder and VP of Strategic Partnerships for Wagmi.We're covering How To Transition From YouTube Creator To Startup Co-FounderOur Website: https://www.ehandbook.comScott Herman: https://twitter.com/Scott_HermanWagmi: https://wagmigame.io/

Get 50 Free Lessons From 50 Top Entrepreneurs From Season 1: https://www.ehandbook.com/subscribeEach week, we interview real experts about topics you need to know about.Today we have Aaron Dinin who is a professor of entrepreneurship at Duke University.We're covering How To Leverage Social Media To Build A Company That Lasts.Our Website: https://www.ehandbook.comAaron Dinin: https://aarondinin.com/

Get 50 Free Lessons From 50 Top Entrepreneurs From Season 1: https://www.ehandbook.com/subscribeEach week, we interview real experts about topics you need to know about.Today we have Wei Lien Dang, who is a General Partner at Unusual Ventures and before that was an exited cofounder at StackRox which got acquired by RedHat.We're covering How To Scale An Open Source Startup - And Should You?Our Website: https://www.ehandbook.comUnusual Ventures: https://www.unusual.vc/Wei Lien Dang: https://www.linkedin.com/in/weiliendang/

Get 50 Free Lessons From 50 Top Entrepreneurs From Season 1: https://www.ehandbook.com/subscribeEach week, we interview real experts about topics you need to know about.Today we have Tania Luna, who is an exited founder, the author of "Lead Together: Stop Squirreling Away Power And Build A Better Team" and founder of Scarlet Spark.We're covering How Sharing Power Can Lead To Build Better Teams And Greater Success.Our Website: https://www.ehandbook.comHer book: https://www.tanialuna.com/lead-togetherTania Luna: https://www.tanialuna.com/Scarlet Spark: https://www.scarletspark.org/

Get 50 Free Lessons From 50 Top Entrepreneurs From Season 1: https://www.ehandbook.com/subscribeEach week, we interview real experts about topics you need to know about.Today we have Adam Nathan, the Founder and CEO of Almanac, who have built fastest wiki and workflow tool and raised over $40m.We're covering How To Use The Modern Work Method.Our Website: https://www.ehandbook.comAlmanac: https://almanac.io/Adam Nathan: https://twitter.com/adampnathan

Get 50 Free Lessons From 50 Top Entrepreneurs From Season 1: https://www.ehandbook.com/subscribeEach week, we interview real experts about topics you need to know about.Today we have Lars Albright, a 3x exited founder and a General Partner at Unusual Ventures. They are an early stage fund and Lars leads investments in fintech, vertical SaaS and application softwareWe're covering How Founders Should Approach M&A .Our Website: https://www.ehandbook.comUnusual Ventures: https://www.unusual.vc/Lars Albright: https://www.linkedin.com/in/larsalbright/

Get 50 Free Lessons From 50 Top Entrepreneurs From Season 1: https://www.ehandbook.com/subscribeEach week, we interview real experts about topics you need to know about.Today we have Ali Tajskandar, CEO and Founder of Wishpond. Wishpond makes it easy for marketers to create landing pages and contests, track leads, send emails and more. They have IPO'd and made 6 acquisitions along their journey so far.We're covering How To Use Acquisitions To Effectively Grow Faster.Our Website: https://www.ehandbook.comWishpond: https://www.wishpond.com/Ali Tajskandar: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ali-tajsekandar/

Get 50 Free Lessons From 50 Top Entrepreneurs From Season 1: https://www.ehandbook.com/subscribeEach week, we interview real experts about topics you need to know about.Today we have Sabrina Castiglione, COO at Pento and ex-CFO at Tessian. Pento make UK Payroll Smooth, Compliant and Error-Free.We're covering How To Use Automation As A Competitive Advantage.Our Website: https://www.ehandbook.comPento: https://www.pento.ioSabrina Castiglione: https://www.linkedin.com/in/scastiglione/

Get 50 Free Lessons From 50 Top Entrepreneurs From Season 1: https://www.ehandbook.com/subscribeEach week, we interview real experts about topics you need to know about.Today we have Lloyed Lobo, author of Grassroots to Greatness and co-founder of Boast.AI and Traction. Lloyed has scaled his entrepreneur community to over 100,000 people!We're covering How To Scale With Community Led Growth.Our Website: https://www.ehandbook.comHis book: https://www.lloyedlobo.com/Lloyed Lobo: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lloyedlobo/

Get 50 Free Lessons From 50 Top Entrepreneurs From Season 1: https://www.ehandbook.com/subscribeEach week, we interview real experts about topics you need to know about.Today we have Sandhya Hegde who is a General Partner at Unusual Ventures who focus on early stage companies. Sandhya's specialism is early stage SaaS.She was previously EVP at Amplitude and worked at both Khosla Ventures and Sequoia Capital. We're covering The Impact of Gen AI on Enterprise SaaS Today.Our Website: https://www.ehandbook.comUnusual Ventures: https://www.unusual.vc/Sandhya Hegde: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sandhyahegde/

Get 50 Free Lessons From 50 Top Entrepreneurs From Season 1: https://www.ehandbook.com/subscribeEach week, we interview real experts about topics you need to know about.Today we have Tyler Denk, Beehiiv CEO and Founder which is the hottest newsletter platform for creators.Tyler was the 2nd employee at Morning Brew and helped them grow from 100,000 subscribers to 2.5 million! He took all the learnings from there to build Beehiiv which is growing rapidly and has already raised a $12.5m Series A.We're covering How To Grow Your Newsletter Fast On The Hottest Platform.Our Website: https://www.ehandbook.comBeehiiv: https://www.beehiiv.com?via=dave-schoolsTyler Denk: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tyler-denk

Get 50 Free Lessons From 50 Top Entrepreneurs From Season 1: https://www.ehandbook.com/subscribeEach week, we interview real experts about topics you need to know about.Today we have Raz Golan, CEO and Co-Founder of Shopic, which is "Intelligent Retail with the World's Smartest Shopping Cart". They use innovative AI computer vision to tell what a customer puts in their cart without there ever being a need to scan and much more.They've raised over $50m and are used in supermarkets across the world.  We're covering How To Use AI To Disrupt Traditional Markets. Everyone is obsessed with generative AI but there are so many other ways AI can be used to build companies.Our Website: https://www.ehandbook.comRaz Golan: https://www.linkedin.com/in/razgo/Shopic: https://www.shopic.co/

Get 50 Free Lessons From 50 Top Entrepreneurs From Season 1: https://www.ehandbook.com/subscribeEach week, we interview real experts about topics you need to know about.Today is with Maria Colacurcio, the CEO of Syndio, the home of workplace equity who have raised over $80m. We're covering How To Make Your Workplace Equitable Using Data.Our Website: https://www.ehandbook.comMaria: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mcolacurcioSyndio: https://synd.io/

Welcome to the EH Podcast Season 4!@AmardeepSParmar and @stevomoore talk about the latest from the startup worldWebsite: http://www.entrepreneurshandbook.coLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/entrepreneur's-handbookTwitter: https://twitter.com/entrehandbookDave Schools (The Boss): https://www.linkedin.com/in/daveschools/Amardeep Parmar (The Host): https://www.linkedin.com/in/amardeepsparmar/Stephen Moore (The Editor): https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephen-james-Episode is LivePublished: Jun. 27, 2023 @11AM EditUnpublishAdd a TranscriptGet episode better indexed by search engines.Add Chapter MarkersListeners can tap through & see what's coming up.Create a Visual SoundbiteBest way to share to social media for engagement.FacebookTwitterLinkedIn

Welcome to the EH Podcast Season 4!@AmardeepSParmar and @stevomoore talk about the latest from the startup worldWebsite: http://www.entrepreneurshandbook.coLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/entrepreneur's-handbookTwitter: https://twitter.com/entrehandbookDave Schools (The Boss): https://www.linkedin.com/in/daveschools/Amardeep Parmar (The Host): https://www.linkedin.com/in/amardeepsparmar/Stephen Moore (The Editor): https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephen-james-

Welcome to the EH Podcast Season 4!@AmardeepSParmar and @stevomoore talk about the latest from the startup worldWebsite: http://www.entrepreneurshandbook.coLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/entrepreneur's-handbookTwitter: https://twitter.com/entrehandbookDave Schools (The Boss): https://www.linkedin.com/in/daveschools/Amardeep Parmar (The Host): https://www.linkedin.com/in/amardeepsparmar/Stephen Moore (The Editor): https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephen-james-

Welcome to the EH Podcast Season 3!@AmardeepSParmar and @stevomoore talk about the latest from the startup worldWebsite: http://www.entrepreneurshandbook.coLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/entrepreneur's-handbookTwitter: https://twitter.com/entrehandbookDave Schools (The Boss): https://www.linkedin.com/in/daveschools/Amardeep Parmar (The Host): https://www.linkedin.com/in/amardeepsparmar/Stephen Moore (The Editor): https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephen-james-moore/

Welcome to the EH Podcast Season 2! @AmardeepSParmar talks about taking vacation as an entrepreneur and setting boundaries. Website: https://lnkd.in/eVKqagXP LinkedIn: https://lnkd.in/eq-fQxyy Twitter: https://lnkd.in/eik5fdJt Dave Schools (The Boss): https://lnkd.in/e4f6_prZ Amardeep Parmar (The Host): https://lnkd.in/e7f3CmHg Stephen Moore (The Editor): https://lnkd.in/eDBnYz5h

Welcome to the EH Podcast Season 2!Amar runs through what to expect this season!Website: http://www.entrepreneurshandbook.coLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/entrepreneur's-handbookTwitter: https://twitter.com/entrehandbookDave Schools (The Boss): https://www.linkedin.com/in/daveschools/Amardeep Parmar (The Host): https://www.linkedin.com/in/amardeepsparmar/Stephen Moore (The Editor): https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephen-james-moore/

Inspirational stories plus practical takeaways from the entrepreneurship world. We've reached the season finale. We will be back with a new style.We hope you enjoy the episode and don't forget to share it with others. You can learn more at:Our Website:http//www.entrepreneurshandbook.coKeynotes:1:29 The beginnings5:25 The power of Entrepreneur's Handbook6:33 Natural conversations9:07 Starting young and the impact of this podcast14:44 Getting help and taking a break17:01 Going forward19:27 Lessons learned from Entrepreneur's Handbook25:16 We will be back with a new style

Inspirational stories plus practical takeaways from the entrepreneurship world. Today we have with us Jason Smith. Jason is a five-time entrepreneur and the current CEO of Klue. It's a competitive enablement platform and it's raised over 80 million and has over 250 employees.We hope you enjoy the episode and don't forget to share it with others. You can learn more at:Our Website:http//www.entrepreneurshandbook.coJason's Twitter:https://twitter.com/jasonsJason's LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/onemoresmith/Klue website:https://klue.com/Keynotes:Introduction (0:00)The entrepreneurial journey (1:05)“You find entrepreneurial problems to solve.” (3:06)Thinking big and believing in yourself (5:16)Talking about confidence (10:37)Success, failures and lessons (13:44)Telling the narrative (18:49)All about Klue (20:27)The value of culture (24:59)Understanding your competition (29:24)Build a company that delights your customers (31:12)

Inspirational stories plus practical takeaways from the entrepreneurship world. Today we have with us Dave Kline, Co-Founder of MGMT Accelerator. Dave teaches leaders the codified management playbook to build great teams & level up their careers.MGMT Accelerator helps managers rapidly develop into trusted leaders by combining the art & science of management.We hope you enjoy the episode and don't forget to share it with others. You can learn more at:Our Website:http//www.entrepreneurshandbook.coDave's Twitter:https://twitter.com/dklineiiDave's LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidkline/MGMT Accelerator website:http://MgmtAccelerator.comKeynotes:Introduction (0:00)The duopreneurs (10:05)Growing an audience (13:31)The Maven Courses and maintaining the high ratings (18:18)The impostor syndrome (23:24)You can give most of it away (25:17)Delegation (27:23)A way of getting better conversations with customers (32:43)The tribe (37:14)

Inspirational stories plus practical takeaways from the entrepreneurship world. Today we have with us Jason Kirby. Jason is the managing director and founding partner of Thunder vc. For his own startups in the past, he raised over 40 million.Thunder.vc is a tech-enabled investment banking improving on the gruelling process of raising capital.We hope you enjoy the episode and don't forget to share it with others. You can learn more at:Our Website:http//www.entrepreneurshandbook.coJason's Twitter:https://twitter.com/JasonKirbyJason's LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasonrkirby/Thunder website:https://web.thunder.vc/Keynotes:Introduction (0:00)Rewinding all the way from the beginning (1:21)Lighting money on fire (8:05)Picking yourself up (11:20)Other opportunities on the table (14:05)Investing in different start-ups before (16:55)The actual baseline of vc (19:59)The network effect (27:25)Advise in getting funding (34:40)The future (37:18)

Inspirational stories plus practical takeaways from the entrepreneurship world. Today we have with us Guido Meardi, the founder and CEO of V-Nova, a data compression company that has created two international standards in their field.V-Nova is a London-based deep tech company dedicated to improving data compression by game-changing use of AI and parallel processing for data, video, imaging, and point cloud compression, with applications across several verticals.We hope you enjoy the episode and don't forget to share it with others. You can learn more at:Our Website:http//www.entrepreneurshandbook.coGuido's Twitter:https://twitter.com/GuidoMeardiGuido's LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/guidomeardi/Guido‘s website:https://www.v-nova.com/Keynotes:Introduction (0:00)A family of entrepreneurs (1:16)Getting the confidence (3:21)Constantly looking for innovation (4:51)The pivot (7:39)A certain degree of protection (12:59)Talking about data (15:14)Achieving more with less (18:23)Getting investors on board (25:20)Handling the pressure (29:30)When people believe in you (31:56)When you need to prove yourself (34:41)Working with big tech names (39:15)

Inspirational stories plus practical takeaways from the entrepreneurship world. Today we have with us Tal Mozes. Tal is the co-founder of Mitiga, a global leader in cloud incident response. Mitiga helps its customers to recover over 90% faster from breaches in their SaaS and cloud environments.They've raised $32m so far and Tal has previously had several other exits including to EY where he led EY UK's Cyber Threat Management services.We hope you enjoy the episode and don't forget to share it with others. You can learn more at:Our Website:http//www.entrepreneurshandbook.co.Tal's LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/talmozes/Tal's Twitter:https://twitter.com/talmozes?lang=enMitiga Website:https://www.mitiga.io/Keynotes:Introduction (0:00)The beginnings (1:31)Innovation and changes (7:51)Not aiming to make an exit  (10:19)Nobody is fully protected (15:47)Experience and building solutions (19:40)The network effect (23:24)How it works (25:09)Future plans (32:02)Make mistakes (35:05)Getting customer feedback (38:22)

Inspirational stories plus practical takeaways from the entrepreneurship world. Today we have with us Sarosh Waghmar, the founder of Spotnana. They are revolutionising travel by providing travellers with a service with the most modern technology. We hope you enjoy the episode and don't forget to share it with others. You can learn more at:Our Website:http//www.entrepreneurshandbook.co.Sarosh's LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/swaghmar/Spotnana Website:https://www.spotnana.com/Keynotes:Introduction (0:00)Once an entrepreneur (1:14)Travel is fundamentally broken (3:18)Building something from the ground up (9:47)The first customers (13:07)When you fight for change  (16:54)The right people (20:55)The importance of mentors and constructive feedback (24:42)Adjustments to think about (26:54)Targets in the future (29:03)The biggest pivot (30:38)Your closest relationships are a mirror to you (34:22)Resilience (36:28)

Inspirational stories plus practical takeaways from the entrepreneurship world. Today we have with us Niklas Goeke, the founder and CEO of Four Minute Books. It's a collection of over a thousand free summaries available online. They only take 4 minutes to read and consume.Since 2014, Nik's writing has garnered over 50 million views across a variety of platforms. He has a following of 90,000 email subscribers, 600,000+ social media followers, and over 500,000 monthly readers.Nik has been published in Business Insider, CNBC, Fast Company, The Next Web, and many others. He's also been featured on Medium (Top Writer in 10+ topics), Quora (Top Writer 2017 & 2018), Pocket, and more.We hope you enjoy the episode and don't forget to share it with others. You can learn more at:Our Website:http//www.entrepreneurshandbook.co.Nik's Medium:https://ngoeke.medium.com/Nik's LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/ngoeke/Nik‘s website:https://nik.art/Four Minute Books Website:https://fourminutebooks.com/ Keynotes:Introduction (0:00)The short(ish) version of when it all started (1:41)Monetizing initially (6:26)The formula (8:41)The first two years of doing everything (10:48)Ownership (13:27)Being a creator (17:09)Talking about Blinkist (18:44)Peer Groups (24:55)YouTube (31:05)Future plans (34:36)Insisting on owning your work (38:40)Focus (42:36)

Inspirational stories plus practical takeaways from the entrepreneurship world. Today we have with us Rhomaios Ram who is the CEO of Fnality International. Fnality International has been founded to create a network of decentralised Financial Market Infrastructures (dFMIs) to deliver the means of payment-on-chain in tomorrow's wholesale banking markets. They've raised over $60m to date!Rhom is a former Banking Executive with 22+ years of experience and is interested in developing digital businesses for finance and finance-related areas.We hope you enjoy the episode and don't forget to share it with others. You can learn more at:Our Website:http//www.entrepreneurshandbook.co.Rhom's LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/rhomaios-ram/Fnality‘s website:https://www.fnality.org/  Keynotes:Introduction (0:00)The accidental entrepreneur (1:11)“II couldn't retire”  (3:41)The role of a CEO (5:08)Client-focus (8:08)Looking at where the future is  (10:05)Believing in blockchain (12:41)Who's credible and who's not? (14:32)Onboarding the right people (17:34)Growing pains, lessons learned and switching to remote work easily (20:01)A larger scale (22:22)Enjoying the role (25:07) Making payments easier (28:02)Looking forward to the future (30:27)‘Find the problems you are interested in fixing' (33:00)

A quick one to update you on what we've been up to this year!Entrepreneur's Handbook:Home: https://entrepreneurshandbook.co/podcast/homeSubmission: https://entrepreneurshandbook.co/im-looking-for-writers-8b16382fc089YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQgbeI4K2Zuk_sY2oW-l2XADave Schools:Medium: https://daveschools.medium.com/Hopin: https://hopin.com/Party Qs: https://www.partyqs.com/Stephen Moore:Medium: https://stephenmoore.medium.com/Twitter: https://twitter.com/SteevoMooreAmardeep ParmarMedium: https://amardeep.medium.comLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amardeepsparmar/IG: https://www.instagram.com/amardeep.s.parmar/The BAE HQ: https://thebaehq.com/LinksFWCC:  https://www.amardeep.co/founder-writing-crash-course

Inspirational stories plus practical takeaways from the entrepreneurship world. Today we have with us Dennis Kelly, the founder and CEO of Postalytics, a fast-growing software company that automates direct mail marketing, measures the results and connects it to CRM/Marketing Automation.Dennis was also co-owner of Wireless City - a chain of 37 Verizon Wireless stores based in Florida, Massachusetts and Georgia. He's started many more startups and sold them as you'll hear in this episode.We hope you enjoy the episode and don't forget to share it with others. You can learn more at:Our Website:http//www.entrepreneurshandbook.co.Dennis' LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/dennisjohnkelly/Dennis's Twitterhttps://twitter.com/djkelly1?lang=enPostalytics website:https://www.postalytics.com/  Keynotes:Introduction (0:00)Growing up on a farm (00:54)A natural (3:22)Lessons learned (4:45)When you are right about the next big thing (6:56)Talking about the transition from a small to a bigger firm (8:50)The one with the biggest impact (13:55)Having full control (18:10)Postalytics (19:46)When customers knock on your door (26:00)Keeping motivated (28:35)A long road map for Postalytics (31:21)Reinvesting and marketing strategies  (32:51)Adjusting the marketing message (35:16)Talking with customers (37:20)Dealing with imposter syndrome (39:08)A higher return on investment (40:39)

Inspirational stories plus practical takeaways from the entrepreneurship world. Today we have Jonathan Yaffe, Co-Founder and CEO of AnyRoad.AnyRoad has raised $80M+ and attracted backers such as Marc Benioff of Salesforce. They are building a platform that makes delivering live experiences and events for enterprises and adds the crucial data layer underneath. They've made a key pivot that transformed the business after nearly shutting down several years ago.Jonathan has had a colorful journey to where he is today including marketing at Red Bull followed by the founding of a school in Japan. You're sure to be entertained by his anecdotes and learn a lot along the way.We hope you enjoy the episode and don't forget to share it with others. You can learn more at:Our Website:http//www.entrepreneurshandbook.co.Jonathan LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/yaffe/AnyRoad:https://www.anyroad.com/

Inspirational stories plus practical takeaways from the entrepreneurship world. Today we have Rohan Deuskar, Founder of Stylitics.Stylitics have raised $100M and have 150+ huge enterprise clients which means their plugin is seen over 140M times every month. They are a fashion bundling and recommendation engine used by some of the world's biggest brands.The actually started off down a completely different path and nearly went bust but turned things around. This is their story.We hope you enjoy the episode and don't forget to share it with others. You can learn more at:Our Website:http//www.entrepreneurshandbook.co.Rohan LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/rohandeuskar/Stylitics:http://stylitics.com/

Inspirational stories plus practical takeaways from the entrepreneurship world. Today we have Lloyed Lobo, the cofounder of both Boast.AI and Traction.Boast.AI have raised over $100m and Lloyed sits on the board after previously being President. Traction is a community of entrepreneurs that 100,000 strong.To build these kinds of organizations when he grew up in a warzone where he had to drive through what the locals called death valley to get to the shops is remarkable. Since Lloyed sold his stake, he's realized happiness isn't what he thought it was for much of his life.We hope you enjoy the episode and don't forget to share it with others. You can learn more at:Our Website:http//www.entrepreneurshandbook.co.Lloyed LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/lloyedlobo/?originalSubdomain=ae

Inspirational stories plus practical takeaways from the entrepreneurship world. Today we have Ezechi Britton MBE, a founding member, principal and CTO of Impact X Capital. He's also a co-founder of Code Untapped and was a co-founder at Neybar.He started as an employee in the banking industry before building Neybar which gained hundreds of millions of investment from non-VC sources. He's then founded other businesses including Code Untapped but his main focus to is Impact X Capital which is all about funding underrepresented founders.We hope you enjoy the episode and don't forget to share it with others. You can learn more at:Our Website:http//www.entrepreneurshandbook.co.Ezechi's LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/ezechi-britton-mbe-452a893/Ezechi's Twitterhttps://twitter.com/ezechibritton?lang=enImpact X website:https://www.impactxcapital.com/  Keynotes:Introduction (0:00)The ambition to start something (1:40)The confidence to keep going (8:18)Everything is a negotiation (10:16)Talking about burnout and challenges(15:32)Impact X (21:55)Overcoming the bias (23:27)Making it easier for the next generation to step up (29:47)

Inspirational stories plus practical takeaways from the entrepreneurship world. Today we have with us Chris Volk, who's taken three companies public two of which he founded. He's managed $20 billion in assets and has now written the Value Equation.  Chris is also the Former Chairman/Co-Founder, Store Capital Corp.We hope you enjoy the episode and don't forget to share it with others. You can learn more at:Our Website:http//www.entrepreneurshandbook.co.Christopher's LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/christopher-volk-86848b3/The Value Equation website:https://thevalueequation.com/  Keynotes:Introduction (0:00)Embarking on the journey and the first idea (1:03)The importance of a business model  (5:27)Hard lessons during the early days (7:25)The process of writing the book (11:58)Creating more value (16:11)Chris' passion (20:45)Other people's money (22:20)Talking about Store Capital (25:28)Managing companies effectively (32:07)Working with students (35:06)Behavioural Economics (40:52)Christopher's shoutouts (43:27)

Inspirational stories plus practical takeaways from the entrepreneurship world. Today we welcome logistics expert and founder Anshu Prasad onto the podcast.Anshu is the CEO and co-founder of Leaf Logistics. They started five and a half years ago and managed over a hundred million in transportation, and they're just getting started.We hope you enjoy the episode and don't forget to share it with others. You can learn more at:Our Website:http//www.entrepreneurshandbook.co.Anshu's Twitter:https://twitter.com/anshupGLeaf Logistics website:https://leaflogistics.com/ Keynotes:Introduction (0:00)Seeing the problem over and over again (1:15)Talking about investors and rejection (5:23)‘Tell me after you've done it' (10:27)Role changes (13:21)Getting institution investors on board (17:27)Logistics during the pandemic (20:21)The impact of logistics (23:00)Talking about expansion on a global scale (28:00)Using experience to pick the landing spot (30:41)‘You have to love the problem' (34:05)The 3 questions worth asking (35:33)The headlines in a few years' time (37:36)A few shoutouts (40:41)

Inspirational stories plus practical takeaways from the entrepreneurship world. Today we welcome serial entrepreneur and founder of gatewayx Jesse Pujji onto the podcast.Jesse has entrepreneurship in his blood. He was a first-hand witness to his father's journey, and cut his teeth with a shoveling business. Looking back now, with a number of multi-million dollar companies under his belt, he reflects on the specifics of his journey. From DJing weddings to Wall Street - and back to entrepreneurship with remarkable success, Jessie's story is filled with practical gold for aspiring entrepreneurs. We hope you enjoy the episode and don't forget to share it with others. You can learn more at our Website:http//www.entrepreneurshandbook.co.Jesse's Twitter:https://twitter.com/jspujjiGatewayx website:https://www.gateway.xyz/ Keynotes:Introduction (0:00)‘It chose me' (1:17)What consulting taught Jesse (3:54)Talking about commitment and focus (5:34)Professional friends (7:53)The right product-market fit (9:59)Growing the revenue and the business (12:47)Humanizing yourself (17:49)A great idea to reality (20:29)Time management and relationships (24:17)Self-awareness and being present in the moment (26:47)“I am who you see.” - Jesse (28:07)A good hook (31:10)Talking about Kahani (31:51)

Inspirational stories plus practical takeaways from the entrepreneurship world.In this episode, we welcome Joseph Dallago onto the podcast. Joe is the Co-Founder and CEO of Rain. They are a cryptocurrency exchange based in the middle east that has raised over a hundred million. Rain is the first-ever cryptocurrency exchange to get a license from the Bank of Bahrain. Rain is the simplest way to trade cryptocurrency across the middle east.Joe Dallago has had two past jobs including the Founder at Pi and Clusterfunk.Listen in to find out why building a product that people want is one of the biggest lessons in the industry.We hope you enjoy the episode and don't forget to share it with others. You can learn more at:Our website: http//www.entrepreneurshandbook.co.Joe's Twitter:https://twitter.com/_jayd3eRain's Website:https://www.rain.com/Keynotes:Introduction (0:00)The deep journey to entrepreneurship (0:55)Creating a business, building a perfect product, and discussing roles and friendships (7:58)The classic mistake in getting feedback (14:33)The early interest in the world of crypto (15:29)The biggest lesson - build a product that people want (19:11)Moving to the Middle East and the opportunities (22:30)Convincing the government (24:20)The biggest joys of Joe's life (28:08)The fundamental needs are the same but the execution is different abroad  (30:27)The rules and changes of the cryptocurrency (33:27)Rain's contribution to solving the problems (36:03)Stay focused (38:31)

Inspirational stories plus practical takeaways from the entrepreneurship world.Today we welcome Henri Pierre-Jacques, the founder of Harlem Capital.After losing money in the stock market, Henri managed to take his own savings of $10k and transform it into the empire that is Harlem Capital.Harlem Capital is now managing $175m across two funds and sealing 3000 investor deals per year.Harlem capital focuses not just on securing huge returns, but doing so in a way that promotes diversity and equality in entrepreneurship. Listen in to find out why investing in diversity is not only a moral choice, but a smart choice too.We hope you enjoy the episode and don't forget to share it with others.Our Website:http//www.entrepreneurshandbook.co.Henri's Twitter:https://twitter.com/hpierrejacquesHarlem Capital's Website:https://harlem.capital/Keynotes:Introduction (0:00)The beginning and starting with friends (00:56)Pulling people and bringing them into the community (5:38)Advice and red flags (7:40)From angel to venture (11:32)Raising the first fund (14:23)Talking about diversity, bias, and confidence(18:06)The first founders (30:19)Growing the brand (34:04)Common mistakes (39:44)

Inspirational stories plus practical takeaways from the entrepreneurship world.In this episode, we welcome Julian Weisser onto the podcast. Julian is a cofounder of On Deck. To date, On Deck has assisted in the launch of over 1000 companies with a combined worth of $8 billion.  He's invested in over 100 himself!‘The best creations resonate with something that someone needs in their life.Julian realized that there were many people with extraordinary ideas but lacked the skills to bring that creation to life.And in response, he created a community to help develop those skills. Listen in to hear about his extraordinary journey. We hope you enjoy the episode and don't forget to share it with others. You can learn more at:Our website: http//www.entrepreneurshandbook.co.On Deck:https://www.beondeck.com/Julian's Twitter:https://twitter.com/julianweisserKeynotes:Introduction (0:00)The revelation (1:02)Understanding people (3:33) On Deck (7:04)Evolving roles (10:37)Creating a community (14:21) Momentum capital (16:17)The mistakes (19:06)Talking about investors, due diligence, and strategies (22:59)The hardest lessons (39:00)

Aadit Sheth is the remarkable co-founder of Maker's Mark. With more than 200k followers on Twitter, he's an expert in leveraging your personal brand to create a successful business.And at just 20 years old, the clarity of his writing and his ability to build businesses has taken the internet by storm. In this episode, Aadit takes a stand: in a world that demands ‘likes' and attention, he explains why you should go against the tide to build a meaningful community. We hope you enjoy the episode and don't forget to share it with others. You can learn more at:Our website: http://www.entrepreneurshandbook.coMaker's Mark: https://maven.com/brandonaadit/makersmarkAadits Twitter: https://twitter.com/aaditsh 

Join our community event! https://app.session.com/entrepreneurs-handbook/community-ama-october-2022?s=1Inspirational stories plus practical takeaways from the entrepreneurship world.Today's guest is Anne-Laure La Cunff, the founder of Ness Labs which has over 40,000 subscribers. Anne-Laure burnt out while trying to build a Silicon Valley start-up. She then went back to school to study neuroscience and started sharing her thoughts online. She now has a huge audience and provides cutting edge insights into how the mind works for people who are ambitious just like you.If you want to understand how an entrepreneur's brain works, this is the episode for you.We hope you enjoy the episode and don't forget to share it with others. You can learn more at http://www.entrepreneurshandbook.co.Take your writing to the next level through the Founder Writing Crash Course: https://www.amardeep.co/a/2147521024/ZpCPcNpWAnne-Laure's Twitter: https://twitter.com/anthilemoonNess Labs: https://nesslabs.com/newsletter

Inspirational stories plus practical takeaways from the entrepreneurship world.Doctor turned founder Charles Armitage built company Florence from the ground - raising $50 million in funding and serving over 90,000 care professionals and 2,000 organizations. In this episode, Charles breaks down how he rapidly scaled Florence - without having ANY prior tech or entrepreneurial experience.Covering fundraising, principles of success, and upskilling, this podcast is for anybody interested in succeeding in the game of entrepreneurship. We hope you enjoy the episode and don't forget to share it with others.You can learn more at:Our Website:http//www.entrepreneurshandbook.coCharles' LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-charles-armitage/Florence Website:https://www.florence.co.uk/ Keynotes:Introduction (0:00)To journey to becoming an entrepreneur (1:35)A deep understanding of the problem (2:59)Jump in with both feet (4:48)Building the marketplace (6:00)Talking about trust and reliability (7:26)The first funding (9:46)The network (13:44)Connecting during the pandemic (15:07)The barriers of growth and growing a lot (22:03)Picking the right market (27:19)Marketing-Lead activity and campaigns (31:14) Mistakes and lessons (33:30)

Inspirational stories plus practical takeaways from the entrepreneurship world.Today's guest is Wes Kao, the Co-Founder of Maven. It's a platform that hosts cohort-based courses from some of the world's greatest business experts including Anthony Pompliano, Shaan Puri, and Li Jin. Wes co-founded Maven with Gagan Biyani who also founded Udemy and they've already raised $25m in just a year.Wes previously co-founded the AltMBA with Seth Godin and helped other huge creators such as Tiago Forte, David Perrell, and Scott Galloway. She's one of the world's foremost experts on how to build a compelling cohort-based course and why it's the future of the knowledge economy.We hope you enjoy the episode and don't forget to share it with others. You can learn more at http://www.entrepreneurshandbook.co.Website: https://maven.com/Wes's Website: https://www.weskao.com/Keynotes:Introduction (0:00)Starting as early as high school (1:47)A phenomenal experience (5:23)Taking the initiative (10:08)Making every line count (14:14)Talking about distribution and kicking it off with a bang (17:00)How do you derisk? (22:08)Credibility and experience (25:14)The relaunch (29:33)The discovery piece (31:31)Talking about an audience (33:53)Big ambitions (36:41)The aliveness of working with Maven (39:48)

Inspirational stories plus practical takeaways from the entrepreneurship world.With combined revenues of over $100 million, serial entrepreneur Michael Girdley leaks his secrets in creating multiple multi-million dollar companies.“You don't learn much about being entrepreneurial from being an employee”. After leaving a large tech firm and learning substantially more from running his family's business. Michael details the common misconceptions that you must avoid in order to become a successful entrepreneur. Tune in to find out why over 100k people are following his every move. We hope you enjoy the episode and don't forget to share it with others. You can learn more at http//www.entrepreneurshandbook.co.Michael's website: https://girdley.com/Michael's Twitter: https://twitter.com/girdley