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He's been there, he's done that and JBM talks Saturday with PJ Coogan Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Matilda made Producer Sara help her go with manual labour Connie from Sneaky Sound System joins us to talk her upcoming performance at Synthony! Battle of the Hits: Sneaky Sound System addition! Ben from JBM took us off air the other day, what was your big work mistake? Our How To Train Your Dragon trip to Florida winner! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The hiring market has seen some major shifts over the past few years, and as businesses continue to navigate economic changes, evolving workplace trends, and shifting candidate expectations, staying ahead of these trends has never been more important, than in 2025.  In today's 40 Minute Mentor episode, we're diving deep into the key hiring and talent trends for the year ahead.  You'll hear from some of the JBM and the wider Amplified People Group teams who share their insights on how the Hiring and Talent market is shaping up for the year.  We'll be answering questions like:  ➡️ How is the hiring market shaping up compared to 2024?  ➡️ What new trends are we seeing, and what are candidates and clients asking more about?  ➡️ What are our top predictions for hiring in 2025? Whether you're a Founder planning your next big hire, a talent leader navigating an evolving workforce, or a job seeker looking to understand the market, this episode is packed with insights to help you stay ahead. ⭐Enjoyed this episode?⭐️ Keep up to date with all our latest episodes, by hitting the subscribe button on your favourite podcast platform. And for any feedback on what you enjoy the most and ideas on what we can do to make 40 Minute Mentor even better, please leave us a review at https://ratethispodcast.com/40mm 

Before the 40 Minute Mentor team heads into hibernation until 2025, your Host, James Mitra shares a short festive message with you.  Tune in to hear some of James's favourite moments on the podcast this year and some of the biggest milestones the JBM team have achieved this year. 

“Feedback is the only way you will develop as a Leader. It is the only way people develop, full stop.”  If you've been following JBM's journey or been listening to 40 Minute Mentor for a while now, you will know that we've recently joined forces with Amplified People Group - the people services supergroup, supporting tech companies from inception to IPO.  That's what makes today's 40 Minute Mentor episode so special.  In this episode, we are joined by Andrew Richardson, Amplified People Group's Co-Founder and Director.  Not only will you find out the ins and outs of JBM's acquisition and what the future holds for the Group, but we also cover Andrew's impressive career journey, why VC simply wasn't for him and where his passion and love for Sales really comes from.  Episode Chapters: ➡️ Upbringing in an entrepreneurial environment [04:00]  ➡️ Foundation in recruitment & joining La Fosse [10:30]  ➡️ The power of mentorship in Andrew's early career [12:20]  ➡️ Growing a passion for Sales & why it's such a good grounding for anyone's career [15:20]  ➡️ More about today's sponsor [20:00]  ➡️ Moving from Recruitment into VC [21:00]  ➡️ The challenges of building a new fund [23:15]  ➡️ The beginning of Foundation Partners & the evolution to Amplified Group[28:00]  ➡️ Fractional support for early-stage Founders [33:50]  ➡️ The hallmark of success [38:00]  ➡️ Building a high-performance business & attracting the right talent [40:50]  ➡️ Why feedback is so important [46:00]  ⛳ Helpful links: ➡️ Connect with Andrew: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrew-richardson-34404b33  ➡️ Find out more about Amplified People Group: https://www.amplifiedgroup.com/ 

The Young Bar of Montreal will be holding its 42nd free legal clinic to promote access to justice. Lawyer and president of the Young Bar Association of Montreal, Maitre Marie Flambard, joined Andrew Carter with all the details.

Some announcements from JBM about the Episode 6 release, as well as the remastering of the FATHOM episodes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

“Make networking a daily occurrence. It's everyday interactions. It's making a good impression early doors and really taking the time to build meaningful relationships and connections.”  In today's episode, we've put our host, James Mitra, into the interviewee seat.  James was recently invited on Alembic Strategy's Strategy Café, hosted by Founder and MD, Nick Mayhew.  If you haven't heard of Alembic before, they're a team of facilitators and coaches working at board level with family businesses, founder-led businesses, private equity and with developing leaders, in the UK and internationally.  Nick and James discuss the unique journey JBM has been on and the key lessons James has learned over the last 11 years of leading JBM.  Episode chapters:  ➡️ Introductions [01:08]  ➡️ The power of networking [04:45]  ➡️ Bringing networking into your day to day [08:20]  ➡️ Starting JBM at age 25 [14:20]  ➡️ Disrupting traditional recruitment [17:40]  ➡️ Dealing with competition [20:15]  ➡️ Changing lives through recruitment [24:50]  ➡️ The mistakes along the way [28:30]  ⛳ Helpful links: ➡️ Follow Nick on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mayhewnick/  ➡️ Follow James on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamesmitra-jbm/?originalSubdomain=uk  ➡️ Find out more about Alembic Strategy: https://www.alembicstrategy.com/  ➡️ Find out more about JBM: https://jbmc.co.uk/  ⭐Enjoyed this episode?⭐️ Keep up to date with all our latest episodes, by hitting the subscribe button on your favourite podcast platform. And for any feedback on what you enjoy the most and ideas on what we can do to make 40 Minute Mentor even better, please leave us a review on https://ratethispodcast.com/40mm Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tune in to our Strategy Café with James Mitra to hear: - How a chance encounter had a positive impact on both himself and his business, and was a lightbulb moment that changed his attitude to networking, - How JBM has scaled purely through word of mouth from clients, - The importance of creating an environment where people want to stay, - What he has learned through his mistakes, - How James and JBM are disrupting the recruitment industry with their focus on relationships, values and connection. During the session, James shows a beautiful vulnerability as he shares a pivotal moment for JBM during a difficult time - an experience that has significantly shaped JBM into what it is today.

Show Notes and Transcript Jaco Booyens joins Hearts of Oak to discuss his journey from South Africa to the U.S, becoming a citizen and focusing on anti-trafficking work.  His organisation prioritizes prevention, inspired by his sister's trafficking experience.  Jaco highlights the prevalence of human trafficking in the U.S, especially within families, tells us of the destructive impact of the pornography industry on exploitation and criticizes the church for not actively addressing these issues. Despite facing opposition from Big Tech, Big Pharma, and the pornography lobby, Jaco encourages engagement, education, and support for anti-trafficking efforts and tells us how we can all get involved. With 29 years of fighting trafficking, Jaco Booyens is the leading voice in America addressing the entire ecosystem that feeds human trafficking. His team collaborates with 170+ anti-trafficking organizations nationwide, as well as local and federal law enforcement agencies. JBM is consistently tracking the evolution of this crime in real time. This intel allows us to conduct a global gap analysis to best advocate for the needs of the anti-trafficking community on all fronts (legislation, awareness, training our first responders and government officials). JBM sees early and is able to sound the alarm - warning the American public about what's happening to their children. Jaco Booyens Ministries is an anti-trafficking organization led by the Holy Spirit to redeem the lives of children, victims, survivors, and those creating demand for sexual exploitation.  They support real-life rescues and save children BEFORE they need to be rescued Connect with Jaco and the Ministry... WEBSITE           jacobooyensministries.org X/TWITTER       x.com/BooyensJaco INSTAGRAM      instagram.com/jaco.booyens Interview recorded 29.5.24 Connect with Hearts of Oak... X/TWITTER        x.com/HeartsofOakUK WEBSITE            heartsofoak.org/ PODCASTS        heartsofoak.podbean.com/ SOCIAL MEDIA  heartsofoak.org/connect/ SHOP                  heartsofoak.org/shop/ *Special thanks to Bosch Fawstin for recording our intro/outro on this podcast. Check out his art theboschfawstinstore.blogspot.com and follow him on X/Twitter x.com/TheBoschFawstin TRANSCRIPT Hello, Hearts of Oak. I'm delighted to be joined by a brand new guest that I had the privilege of meeting over in my trip in Texas, and that's Jaco Booyens. Jaco, thank you so much for your time today. Thank you. It was great to meet you in person, and thank you for the kind gesture of having me on your show. Not at all. It was wonderful meeting you and then meeting you again later jumping on with you on your show and I had not actually known about the work you're doing. I've looked into it and and it's a phenomenal work you do and i'm hoping that we can share that with our viewers and listeners, but of course first of all people can obviously find you there's your twitter handle which is on the screen or X and this Jaco Booyans Ministries.org is the website that is on the the twitter handle at the top when you go on to Jaco's profile and also everything is in the description. And you describe yourself Jaco as as an anti-trafficking organization led by the Holy Spirit which we'll delve into that point in a moment which is alien for UK viewers certainly but to redeem the lives of children victims survivors and those creating demand for sexual exploitation. We support real life rescues and save children before they need to be rescued. So, we want to delve into the work you do, the vital work you've done for nearly three decades. But before I start with that, can I ask you about yourself? How does a South African end up in the US and becoming a US citizen, legally becoming a US citizen? You know, that's the question today is what's legal and what's not legal, because we still have legal immigration in the US, you know, there's still and as you do in the UK, there are laws on the books, it's whether those laws are actually upheld or not. That's the question of the day. You know, Peter, when I was 18 years old as a South African, born and raised in Johannesburg, with a tremendous, you know, love for England because all our sport are the same. Our school system is built on the British school system. Our legal system is British law. I mean, there's such an intertwinement between the UK and South Africa, right? I was destined to play professional rugby at that time as an 18-year-old. My sister was 12 years old. We were on the brink of civil war. This is 1994, South Africa, Nelson Mandela's coming out of prison. I mean, it is just a melting pot of change, right? And in that year, 1994, when my sister Ilonka was 12, she was trafficked. Now, we're from a single-parent home. Father was not in our lives. I'm a senior in high school, or a matriculant in high school, as we'll call it. But on my way to the military, because it's last class of military, mandatory military service, I'm also on my way to play professional rugby, which both happened. But then also my sister is trafficked. And it was a six-year journey. Of this 12-year-old girl being trafficked until she was 18, my sister, so for me from just about turning 19 to 26, 25, 26, it was this process of not knowing exactly what has happened, what is happening to our sister. And by God's grace, I was there the night she was rescued. And in that process, none of us knew what human trafficking was, but in that six-year process, there was this agreement by the family, my mother, myself, my brother, that when Ilonka was coming home, and we believed that God had her, that she was safe, that we would immigrate to Nashville, Tennessee, because music was our love. Music is, in fact, the industry she was trafficked through. We didn't know it at the time. And so once that happened in 2001, we immigrated to the U.S. We came as visitors and started the process of becoming legal U.S. Citizens, came in legally and worked the process. And for me, it was a 14-year process of becoming a citizen, because I was a visitor and then I became a professional athlete in the U.S., which changed my visa status. And you start over every time. And then I lived in Canada for two years playing professional football in Canada, football, not British football, American football. Which changed my legal status again. And so I had to restart three or four times. And hence the reason it took 14 years before I was sworn in as a U.S. Citizen, you know, and very proudly so. Where was that? Which city, which area was that you were sworn in? Did most of my work with the Memphis Office of Immigration, but I actually was sworn in in Dallas, Texas, because we moved to Dallas 2011 and 2014, sworn in as a U.S. citizen. So, I've been a citizen now for nine, ten years almost. It was such a proud moment, Peter. You know, I love South Africa. That red dirt never gets out of your system. I love my people. I love the country. But we're called here for the fight. We're in fighting human trafficking. We're called here. And standing in front of an immigration judge, I say this to a lot of U.K. residents would understand this. When you have migration and immigration into a country, into the U.S., you are asked to assimilate. You're required. I had to write a written English exam, verbal exam, understand the branches of government. An exam, I argue, most American citizens, naturally born, will fail. They'll fail that test. Same here. Same situation in the U.K. And so pass that exam, then you go through a bar. Then you go through an immigration federal judge, you get questioned. You get all your biometrics taken, they check your background, et cetera, et cetera. And then finally, you stand in front of a judge with your friends and family, and you hear, welcome, newest citizen of the United States. And you pledge that allegiance for the first time, and you sing that national anthem, the Star-Spangled Banner, for the first time. And what a moment, you know, what a moment. Incredible. Had my daughter there with me, my firstborn and she was witness to that. And so, you know, we honor that process, although it being a very expensive and a 14-year process, I honor it. Jaco, you touched on your sports background. You're an entrepreneur. You were in the media industry, which you refer to what happened to your family. That seems a lot on. Why jump into this issue whatever you've got your hands filled with so many other things. Yeah, you're right look I was I was born and raised on the stage. I mean my mom was a theater professor so my first memory we're doing the musical, the student prince I was three years old so I was raised in the entertainment business which ended up being the business that trafficked my sister. And so at the time, at 18, as I'm going to professional sport, the military, you've got a sister that's under duress. And so it takes precedent. Six years in, when Ilanka was rescued, by God's grace, I was there that night. Peter, I'll just tell you my story. I heard God's voice say, not another one. And although I didn't quite know and understand what trafficking was at the time, this is 2001. 2001, I knew that this, this had to end through her eyes in the US after we arrived in Nashville, she called a family meeting and unpacked for us in detail, what men had done to her and how, and you know, you can't, you, your brain disconnects. You don't want, you don't want to hear it, but you're hearing it because it's your sister. And so everything I knew in the beginning, I learned from Ilonka. That led us on this journey of fighting for every child and which led us to 2010 to realize that the United States is the leading nation in the world demanding the exploitation of people. That's a fact. It's sadly so, but it's a fact. We're demanding the highest demand on pornographic content, producing pornographic content, the distribution of CSAM, child sexual abuse material. We lead the world in social media and app development, which has become the platform on which this is prolificated, right? It's just, it's exploded since the age of social media. And so since 2010, although we do a lot of work in other countries still, our organization has a hyper focus on the 50 states of the United States. And thank you for the quote early. We believe we can save a child before they need to be rescued. And what we mean by that is predators look for vulnerabilities in children. If there's not a vulnerability, they'll exploit a potential vulnerability like love and belonging, care, shelter, food, community, identity, you know, and they'll explore what sticks and then they'll dig in. And, you know, remember, it's a crime. Human trafficking is such a broad term. There's labor trafficking, debt bondage, sexual exploitation, sex trafficking. But the crime of human trafficking by definition, which we had a hand in help write, is the exploitation of persons through the mechanism of force, fraud, and coercion. And so those are the mechanisms predators use. The bully uses force. Fraud, coercion is so effective when you combine it with sexual exploitation, so for us we just learned how to use our relationships in media which is still ongoing and active. Proud member of the blaze network with Glenn Beck. We produce feature films. We produce a lot of content and music and television. We utilize those platforms now as sounding boards and awareness campaigns to drive all attention attention and focus to end the sexual exploitation of children. That is our main focus, is to end trafficking. Now, with that being said, our organization has four key pillars, of which one is policy and legislation. Where we are unbelievably active in policy and legislation. We've got great leaders of that in our organization, where we write bills for individual U.S. States, U.S. Senate, the House. We consult. We are even busy with a bill for the House of Lords to speak into how do we protect children in a community by us identifying the vulnerability, vulnerability securing the vulnerability before a predatory force gets to to exploit. Tell me about the early days of starting the JBM, Jaco Booyan's Ministries? Yeah, what were those kind of early days, because this is a huge issue and has got much worse there's so many facets where you can tackle this. And you talk about media and legislation? There are so many angles that you can start on. And it seems as though this is something which actually is just too big to tackle. And I'm sure a number of people have tried to look at this and walked away by the beast they see in front of them. But tell us about those early days, how you started and how you grew in those first few years. Yeah, what a question, man. This is what makes you such a great interviewer, Peter, and congratulations on all the success of the show and the impact you're making. It's because of questions like this. That question is actually also the answer to the big problem. You know, I came full circle, 30 years is a long time, Peter. I mean, 30 years in, I now know that where we started is actually the solution to the problem. We started by focusing on one child in one family, understanding that if the family breaks down, the child is vulnerable. And so the solution to this multi-headed dragon monster that you're addressing is actually where we started. We focused on one child, my sister, her story, her voice. How did this happen? Learning about where we were vulnerable and we didn't know as a family, because we have a mother that worked three jobs, actively engaged in every aspect of the lifestyle, but yet it's not a sound, stable family. It's not. And that's not to frown upon single-parent families. They're to be celebrated, but they are vulnerable. We have to understand how they're vulnerable. And so the early days was very tough because when Ilonka, first of all, when she went through trafficking. The word human trafficking wasn't even socialized. Law enforcement deemed it a runaway right away, quickly, as is happening today. There was no policy and legislation. We didn't have a definition for human trafficking in the US until 2015. We didn't have laws on the books specific to child sex trafficking in the United States until 2015. And so the early years from 2001 to 2015 was a desert. You couldn't raise funds. You couldn't get anybody to repeat the word. Nobody wanted to even know. You couldn't talk about sexual exploitation and really child rape. Rape it was it was just a taboo across the board and and there was these prayers of could we just see a day when people would at least want to talk about it. Could we not just us but other amazing organizations that have championed this with us the problem was in the U.S. at that time and really still today to be honest on the heels of the Sound of Freedom movie. Great film, we consulted on it know the guys well, but it still paints a misconception of really what's happening, is it paints this picture to the American population that the problem is elsewhere. The problem is in Cambodia, it's in the Philippines, it's in Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, in the Congo, and then they tie the problem directly to poverty or displacement, right? Right. Sure. Poverty and displacement plays a big role, but that's, in fact, no longer a driving factor. You know, the fastest growing form of human trafficking globally and in the U.S. is what's called familial trafficking, where it's family members trafficking their own children, where the child is not homeless, is not a runaway, is not in the foster care system. So, for years we fought to say, hey, wait a minute. It's not just over there. It's here. It's in the U.S. And that's still a battle we face today. So we come full circle because we thought for a time period around 2010 through 15, we started saying to law enforcement, look, you're arresting the wrong people. You're arresting the victims and the Johns. The bad guys are walking free. The pimps and the predators are walking free. You know, so we said, could we just get laws on the books? And then we did. And then we thought that we could arrest ourselves out of the problem. And you realize you cannot. Then we thought we could legislate ourselves out of the problem. And we realized, as you do in the UK at the moment, just because the laws on the books doesn't mean it's adjudicated as such in the court of law. And so you're not going to legislate yourself out of the problem, although we need great legislation. So, how then do we fix this? We heal the nuclear family. That's how you fix this. The fight starts at home. Each parent, every child, you don't wait until a child is destitute. Or, I mean, it is a constant bombardment, a barrage of attack on our Gen Z culture of misinformation, lies, deceit, and sexualized content, normalizing absolutely absurd behavior. And so the law is tossed aside for social norm. So, once we realize that, okay, we started with, bonding one family together around one child, we come full circle and realize the only way to stop child sexual exploitation is to educate one family at a time for them to take ownership. Over the problem, which means accountability, fortify that family, and do not allow any of the crazy that you fight and I fight into the family. Don't allow them to radicalize the school system, the education platform, driving the church out of the home, bringing radicalized ideology through different religion, as you are literally living in every day, into the conversation because it disfranchised the strength of a family, which then renders that family completely vulnerable to predatory forces. I want to get on to the demand you talked about, and there are all different points on the website that people, the viewers, listeners do need to go to and absorb some of that information, to realize the scale of what you face and how you're working towards a solution for this. But the industry, you talk about kind of, well, people talk about industries, the lobby power of Big Pharma or the war industry or the food industry. But the sex industry, the pornography industry, and then the people trafficking kind of coming together, that sex industry, that must be a powerful industry with their tentacles in governments, not only in the US, but worldwide. Have you seen that? Yeah, it's because of the nature of it, you know, Peter in my in my Ted Talk, I say I open my ted talk I believe with every single human being can be trafficked. If I know your greatest vulnerability and your greatest need you can be trafficked well. Finance is a mechanism of vulnerability. Finance. The desire to be loved and understood and seen as every human being. So, every human being is a sexual being. So, when you take sex as a concept and you corrupt it, you're going to devastate and destroy. Absolutely so, now you're seeing that sex, in fact, a drug in pornography, 100%, right? It's actually very effective. So, you'll find that when we work with law enforcement in the U.S. and there's a drug raid. There's not always sex involved. There's not always guns smuggling involved. There's not always money laundering or people smuggling involved. It could be drugs. Where you fight sexual exploitation, all of the above are involved. Every single human trafficking case has illegal weapons, money laundering, people smuggling, drugs, crime, homicide. It's the one thing that begets all of it because it's the ultimate moral compromise. Once you go to that level where you are willing to look the other way or be participant in subjecting a child to exploitation, all the rest is fair game. So evil will play that card. And so when we talk about the size of that industry, we are in this year going to surpass the illegal drug trade in the U.S. With sexual exploitation. It will become the number one crime in the U.S. Now, in 2023, it was a $152 billion U.S. crime, sorry, international crime. $52 billion of the $152 billion was domestic, was U.S. So, a third of the world's human exploitation by dollar value is in the U.S. When you would consider sexual exploitation as a for-profit enterprise, publicly traded, it would be a Fortune 100 company in the US. This is tax-free, which makes its EBITDA close to probably $5 billion, right? Because it's all for gain and for profit. But it's not just money, Peter. It's the corruption of power. I'll give you an example. Were deep into this conversation and investigation in the Sean Combs P. Diddy case, like we were in 2007 and are currently in the Jeffrey Epstein case, Ghislaine Maxwell, Harvey Weinstein. Why it's prevalent at those levels is the following. It's not just money. It's not that they're making money through sex. Yes, they do. It's power and position. It's compromise, it's throwing a freak out party. P. Diddy's party inviting a bunch of people, positioning activity that's illicit in front of everybody. Compromising everybody at the party. Filming people. Get a knock on the door going, hey, you were at the party. You're in a photograph with a minor. You didn't talk to the minor. You didn't touch the minor. You didn't engage in the basement. None of it. But you are compromised. And it's a tool, unbelievably prevalent tool in politics to sway votes, to move people, to move judges, to move. Look, you've got a member of the royal family implicated in the Jeffrey Epstein case. There is no level of society as low or high where you cannot use sex to compromise an individual for power, position, or finance. And that's why it's so prevalent. It's effective, highly effective, because it speaks to the moral compass of a man or a woman, the fortitude and the spine of saying no, even if it costs you everything. And so when you take desire for political position, right now, one of our top things we're doing with the United Nations in the UK, and I shared this with you, is looking into premiership soccer, premiership football. The amount of Premier League players that had been trafficked from Africa, right? It's, again, there's a young talent. How do you control that talent? You compromise the talent, take passports, visa, you compromise them sexually, you hold something over your head. This is an effective tool that's in business and in public and private sector alike. Is part of the problem under the demand issue, and you touched about a moral compass, you've also got an innate sexual desire compass. And when that gift of sex is abused by society, by media, then we see the end result. Adult, but you've got men in positions of power and pornography and masculinity, sadly, have become mixed and therefore, and it's also seen as a non-victimless activity. It's seen as actually, this is fine, this is natural and these women, I'm sure they've made this decision to enter this career. You kind of come up against that of men in positions and why would any man in a position who enjoys pornography, why would you want to stop this? It's kind of seen as normal and natural and yet you're giving a different message which hits at it from an angle of truth that people don't want to accept I assume. Yeah, look. Taking accountability and personal responsibility for anything, as a father, for you as a father, right? Staring your faults and your mistakes in the face and say, I own them. That human nature shies away from that. Even if it's not sex, just making a mistake, saying, hey, that was me. I own it. I'm going to fix it. I'm going to do better next time. By nature, people don't want to do that. When it is sexual compromise now it's secret in my world it's secret it's private. It is their self-condemnation most of most men if they're honest they'll tell you right after they watch porn they feel guilty, they feel empty, they feel void, it does not fulfill them, and it will not, it cannot, because they've objectified a person where that where there's a dissonance, you know, there's a disassociation with nobody is being harmed. Let me give you some statistics real quick, okay? Over 80% of what the world deems prostitutes, over 80% of those women have filed rape charges. And you would say, well, how is a prostitute able to file a rape charge? It's easy. All she has to do in the moment is say, 'no.' It's not consensual. Well, you're branded a prostitute, so it must always be consensual. No, there's no irrevocable consent, right? Over 80%, get this number, 87% of what the world today classifies as prostitutes, we're talking about adult women now, right, had been sexually exploited as minors. So are they prostitutes? They're actually, in fact, not prostitutes. Because you have to understand the human behavioural science, the mind, the psyche, what happens to sex hormones in the brain, puberty, what actually happens to a human being with sexual encounter and interaction. It's chemical. It's metaphysical. It's physical. It's biological. It's not just a feeling. There's real reaction and there's bonding and tearing, bonding and tearing. This is why divorce is so detrimental. This is why having multiple sexual partners, there's a tearing because it's a bonding agent. It's the most vulnerable, most intimate moment a human being will ever be in. Complete exposure, nudity, nakedness, heart, emotion. So, it's this constant bonding, tearing, bonding, tearing. When you normalize that, you decimate culture. Here's some statistics. There's not a single civilization recorded in the history of mankind that embraced sexual exploitation that survived three generations, not one. Rome fell because of this. The Mayan culture fell. The Greeks fell. The Asian culture fell to where the Chinese have outlawed pornography completely. They'll give the US TikTok with porn and the UK TikTok, but porn is illegal in China. Why? They understand that it will kill their culture. Porn is the most destructive weapon on the face of the earth because it seems normal. It's sex. Here's another thing. Do you know that in Nevada, the state of Nevada that has legal brothels, and it's not on the Vegas strip, by the way, there's not a single legal brothel on the Vegas strip. The areas in Nevada that has legal brothels. Most of those women have pimps. Most of those women perform pornography because they're not making enough money to make their quota on general sex trafficking on the Vegas Strip. Most of those women in organized porn are intoxicated, are manipulated. What I want men to understand is when you objectify a woman or a man, the violation of privacy. What if it was your daughter? For young men, your future wife. The violation of privacy by observing porn, just observing it, watching it, you are creating demand for another human being to be exploited. And it is exploitation, whether they understand it or not. Remember, most victims don't self-identify. So, we are asking for human beings to be exploited, while we are frowning upon racism and all these things. There's more slaves today, sex slaves, than ever before in human history, ever before. We are dealing with a cataclysmic problem here in society where now we're looking at it and go, well, if we normalize it, there's Germany two weeks ago legalizing the possession of child. Pornography. Okay, I hear you. How did the individual obtain the child pornography? A child was exploited. So, you could say it's legal to possess it, but then you're saying it's legal to create it. So, the child has no defence. The child is a sitting duck. That culture, you mark my words, the German culture is going to implode. It will implode. It'll be decimated at the core because it's the ultimate moral compromise. When you have a situation in the UK where you have rape gangs, when you have a situation in the UK where there's no go zones, where you have a situation in the UK where a doctrine that does not frown upon sex with children becomes normalized. You're going to lose the culture. You'll be decimated like the Romans. You will lose it all. There is no way around this. If you cannot protect, for me as a Christian, it's a mandate, Peter. But even if you're not a Christian, let me tell you, if you cannot protect the vulnerable of your culture, the most vulnerable children, you don't have a future. Forget about them standing up for freedom, for liberty and justice, for our constitution, your constitution, for be kind to your neighbour, be a good citizen. You are having a Gen Z class. That is the most self exploitive class in human history. They sell their own bodies on OnlyFans. The girls in, and I've been on many UK campuses, go talk to them, ask them what's their body count, what's their sexual partner relations like. They've lost count. They've lost hope and they're empty. So pornography in any form, hentai, animation, porn, pornography is the entry drug into human exploitation and human trafficking. Speaking, I've never met a single paedophile, child trafficker, convicted trafficker that was not a porn addict that has not told me it started with pornography. And the drug no longer sustains the dopamine requirement. So, it has to go to harder core porn than it goes to purchasing sex from an adult. That doesn't satisfy. And the ultimate end goal is prepubescent sexual encounter, which is where you see Germany going on a bullet train. I agree. It's a massive concern watching that legislation. Jaco, you talked about your faith right at the beginning. And on the website, you say you're led by the Holy Spirit. Tell me where the church fits into this, because we've seen the church in the UK shy away from any major issues, and as long as they can have their Bible study on a Wednesday and their service on a Sunday morning, they've ticked those boxes, and we see a church withdrawing from society. What's it like for you as a high-profile individual on this huge, horrendous, dark issue that needs to be addressed and that no one really, if you talk to anyone in the street, no one would disagree with anything you say. Then you get down to actually them doing something that's a different issue. But where is the church in this? Where are Christians in this, especially over there in the US? You know, earlier, and I can't be a hypocrite. And I told you this before, every morning I start my day in the mirror asking myself if I'm part of the problem. Do I look the other way? Do I see something and not say something? Am I in some way, you know, demanding for some human being to be exploited? And the answer has to be absolutely not. So as a non-hypocrite, I'm going to tell you, the church has been nowhere in this conversation, because the church has believed the separation of church and state, and the church can't speak into societal issues, and the church is not supposed to bring the gospel of Jesus Christ. And I'm now speaking to the church, and I'm speaking to all denominations, not just Catholicism that's very prevalent in the UK history. I'm talking to the Protestants, you know, all of them, right? The Anglicans, you know, the non-denominationalists. Our faith is not a faith of gathering, tapping each other on the shoulder and saying, hey, let's have Bible study. The greatest commandment of our faith to the one we serve, Jesus Christ, is go into all the nations and disciple, which means bring solutions, kingdom solutions to earthly problems. He tells Peter, pray on earth as in heaven. Heaven, our Father who art in heaven, on earth as in heaven, meaning bring heavenly, Holy Spirit-led, divine, scriptural, foundational solutions to great earthly problems like foster care and abortion and racism and whatever conversation you want to have. If the church does not actively engage with solutions in love, not in hate, in love, but with truth, which is the word of God in the public square, the church is in fact abandoning their watch post on the wall. That is, Peter, Ezekiel 33, 7 says, if the watchman on the wall, which by biblical precedent is the believer, the Christian. If the watchman on the wall does not warn society of an injustice that it sees, meaning speak into it, speak biblical truth, not a fluid biblical worldview, not a watered down false gospel, the gospel. If a Christian, each individual, does not actively speak with their mouth into that injustice, then the blood of is on the hands of the watchman. If that watchman, the Christian engages in culture in these conversations that you're having with Brexit, with the parliamentarians, the house of lords; what's happening. If they don't engage in election conversation from a biblical worldview, if they don't preach it from the pulpit, right? They're in fact the watchman with the blood on their hands. You can't as a Christian stand and say well look at Joe Biden, what is happening to America? We are, we're having drag shows for kids. We are losing our culture. My question immediately is where was the church when they drove you know prayer out of school? Where is the church when we say: hey we're going to show up at a drag show for kids and say this is not okay. They don't show up. So, the role of the church, in fact, the Messiah we follow, Jesus Christ, didn't even have a home, Peter. Didn't have a building, met under trees and went town to town to do what? Meet need, feed people, heal people, right? And spread a different message, a gospel that's a gospel of love, but correction, accountability, take ownership, wait for the British Parliament to save your family. You've got stewardship over your family, over your community, your child's school, right? And so Christians have abdicated their social responsibility because we've made the gospel just about me and my salvation. And now it's private. And now I'm not even a contributor to society. I'm just hoarding faith. But the Great Commission is go and spread this news. So, the church is complicit, 100%. When we are told Jesus went around doing good, destroying the works of the enemy, that verse is enough to live by until our dying day. Jaco, let me finish off just on the opposition you face on this issue. You talk about legislation. I'm sure there's opposition there. I know you're heavily involved in the media and I had the privilege of you showing me around the Blaze studio. And I felt a little bit of envy rising up as you were showing me around the facilities you have. Where does the opposition come from? Is it the political? Is it the media? Or is it lobby groups? Because again, publicly, no one will reject your message. But privately, there must be opposition to what you're doing or else we will see this situation eradicated. I agree with you. You know, the people in general, if we go into what I love, and I'm just going to say this, I love walking from Piccadilly to the West End. I love that walk all the way to Waterloo Bridge. I love that city, right? And when I stop people, I'll never forget, there was a group of kindergartners that were connected with a yellow vest, a bright yellow vest, and their teachers were all around them. And they were protecting them, walking through on a field trip through Piccadilly Circus, right? And there was an immediate reverence by the people they made way. In general, the public's gonna agree. Look, when they look in the eyes of a child, yeah, we've got to protect that child. The problem comes in when they abdicate their voice to government and they abdicate their voice. Well, this parliamentarian, this member of the House of Lords will speak on my behalf. They will not. They will not. They've got a different mission. Their mission is to stay in office. Their mission is to stay in power. The Uniparty, the globalists, their mission is to not have their own personal faults exposed to the world, to not lose position. So, the problem comes with general society agrees, but general society doesn't speak up and general society doesn't hold those who have been elected accountable. So now by default, we're forfeiting power to organizations. And so our biggest opposition comes from political parties on both sides of the aisle in every country. The Republicans, the Democrats, there's as much opposition sometimes in the House of Lords to a subject like age verification for social media websites. The second I bring that up, they go, wait a minute. Okay, well, hold on. Or when you bring up freedom of speech should not protect pornography to children. That's not a right, right? And that's what Germany grappled with. Do I think the German culture on the ground in the countryside want to see pornography children? Absolutely not. But they lost their voice. They've given it over. So in the U.S., our top opposition is big tech. Think how well they're funded. Big pharma. Absolutely. Big pharma as making a radical push for gender modification, puberty blockers, you know, sexual alteration of children, massive push, and they throwing money at politicians to sway votes. We have now an official pornography lobby, not against porn, for porn on K Street, over a hundred million dollar funded porn lobby that knocks on the doors of politicians every day and coerce them to legalize porn, child porn, to lower the age of consent. We've got a gigantic opposition in the non-faith community. We have a massive fight with radicalized Islam. It's just a fact. It's just a fact because societally in that religion, they don't frown upon. Activities we frown upon as an American culture. I'm reminded in the last Soccer World Cup, I was asked to work with the Qataris on an anti-trafficking campaign. And I said, I cannot, because you guys don't frown upon having eight-year-old child brides. That's the trafficking, the selling of little girls. And their response to me was, well, would you help us to say trafficking of boys is frown upon? I said, this is asinine. It's insane. Which FIFA stepped up and said, hey, we're against trafficking of all sorts. But culturally, when you abandon your core culture as a nation for a foreign entity to come in, and you're not asking that entity to become British. And I'm not saying they got to love bangers and mash, you know, but culturally who what what is the fabric and the fibre of of of Great Britain. What is what is an American what is the we do not consent with the exploitation of children in this country we do not agree with hate or racism we do not agree that that you shouldn't have freedom of speech, a first and second amendment. You cannot come to this country from a Joseph Kabila regime in the Congo and think that you can come cut people's limbs off. That's not okay. And the second culture loses its voice that we don't agree. You have people speaking on your behalf, but they're not speaking on your behalf. They're speaking on their own behalf and on their own compromise. And you lose your culture. Jaco, I really appreciate your time. I'm intrigued and excited at the work you're doing and for the viewers and listeners maybe you haven't come across your mister before how do they how do they partner with you how do they support you? I know you've got a shop on the website. I'm sure you've got a donate button. I mean how do people become part of what you're doing? Yeah, thank you. Our number one social platform we use is is Instagram. We're on X and Twitter but But there's massive censorship of our voice on some of those platforms. Please go to HelpJBM, Juliet Bravo Mike, Help, Jacobooyens Ministries, Help JBM.org. Number one thing I want your viewers to do is to get educated on our website, how to protect their own families, how to have a conversation with their teenager. How do predators talk online? Is your child already engaging with a predator on DMs, on social media? Secondly, they can help us for a nominal fee save lives period to rescue children from trafficking, fortify them, partner with us in donations but they can also partner with us by by becoming ambassadors in their community; distributing truth and educating families on how to how to protect men, women, and children from sexual exploitation. Jaco, thank you so much for saying that I know the viewers and listeners will really want to go delve into the website and support you in any way possible. So, thank you so much for coming along and sharing the work you're doing. Appreciate you, Peter. God bless you.

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“You need to be able to own what you do have, but even more so, what you don't have.” Following last week's episode on building a stand-out CV and personal brand on LinkedIn, we're now focusing on the next crucial stage in the recruitment process - the interview. Very often, the interview stage can feel quite daunting, but a lot of it comes down to preparation and doing the work upfront.  In today's episode, we'll hear from our wonderful JBM team who lift the curtain on the secret to nailing the interview stage and share some of the most common mistakes they see people make, when it comes to interviews.  So, whether you're job hunting right now or starting to think about the next step in your career, this episode will help set you on the right path…  Episode chapters: ➡️ Different methods to prepare for an interview [1:05] ➡️ Communicating your strengths [2:21] ➡️ Getting your questions answered [4:19] ➡️ Bringing relevant experience to the table [5:48] ➡️ Getting the basics right [06:55] ➡️ A reminder on working with your headhunter [07:25] ➡️ Focusing on the human side in interviews [08:17] ➡️ Key skills for Startups [08:48] ➡️ The power of curiosity: a non-negotiable [10:54] ➡️ How to let the conversation flow [13:21] ➡️ Do you feel drained or energised? [13:59] ➡️ Every failure is a redirection [16:58] ➡️ Common interview mistakes [18:45] ➡️ The biggest faux pas: Yes it happens! [20:23] ⛳ Helpful links: ➡️ For more career mentorship, follow us on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/jbm-consulting-ltd/?viewAsMember=true ➡️ Find out more about our team and mission here: https://jbmc.co.uk/  ⭐Enjoyed this episode?⭐️ Keep up to date with all our latest episodes, by hitting the subscribe button on your favourite podcast platform. And for any feedback on what you enjoy the most and ideas on what we can do to make 40 Minute Mentor even better, please leave us a review on https://ratethispodcast.com/40mm

“The CV is not the one thing that will or will not get you hired, there is a whole interview process…” New year, new job? January is a month of reset, refresh and for many, the time to scope out a new opportunity…  No matter whether you're in the middle of hunting for a new role, are just starting to think about it or are looking to hire into your team in 2024, our ‘Career Spotlight' feature series has something for everyone.  For our first episode, we sat down with JBM's team to share their top tips when it comes to building a CV that will help you secure an interview.  Plus, we also discuss the importance of building and optimising your personal brand on LinkedIn, featuring a contribution from former 40 Minute Mentor and Founder of personal branding agency, Klowt, Amelia Sordell.  Episode chapters: ➡️ Rethinking the purpose of your CV [1:12] ➡️ Communicating your achievements [2:41] ➡️ The winning structure [5:29] ➡️ First impressions and the importance of layout [7:51] ➡️ To tailor or not to tailor your CV [9:16] ➡️ Say goodbye to paragraphs [10:14] ➡️ Numbers, metrics and demonstrating data [10:45] ➡️ Addressing career gaps [11:29] ➡️ Owning the impact you've made [12:37] ➡️ How long should your CV be? [15:37] ➡️ Bringing your personality to paper [17:33] ➡️ Harnessing the power of your LinkedIn profile [18:07] ➡️ Getting the most out of LinkedIn [21:29] ➡️ Passion, authenticity and being realistic [23:25] ➡️ Striking the balance between personal & professional [26:40] ➡️ What do you want to be known for? [27:07]  ⛳ Helpful links: ➡️ For more career mentorship, follow us on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/jbm-consulting-ltd/?viewAsMember=true ➡️ The full episode with Amelia Sordell: https://jbmc.co.uk/insights/40-minute-mentor/the-power-of-personal-branding-with-amelia-sordell-founder-of-klowt/  ⭐Enjoyed this episode?⭐️ Keep up to date with all our latest episodes, by hitting the subscribe button on your favourite podcast platform. And for any feedback on what you enjoy the most and ideas on what we can do to make 40 Minute Mentor even better, please leave us a review on https://ratethispodcast.com/40mm

Just like that we're closing another year of 40 Minute Mentor.  This year, we surpassed our 200 published episodes mark and are fast approaching 1 million downloads.  Before we kick off a brand new feature series in the new year, we asked some of our biggest 40 Minute Mentor fans for their nominations for the best episode of 2023. From scaling teams to Founder mistakes and investment advice, our guests may range across industries but they all align on one thing - sharing pocket-sized career mentorship with you all.  So, for one final time this year, join us to discover the best episodes of the past 12 months.  We'd also love to know YOUR favourite episode, so feel free to drop our producer Hannah a note on hannah@jbmc.co.uk  ⛳ Helpful links: ➡️ Follow JBM on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/jbm-consulting-ltd/?viewAsMember=true ➡️ Find out more about JBM: https://jbmc.co.uk/  ⭐Enjoyed this episode?⭐️ Keep up to date with all our latest episodes, by hitting the subscribe button on your favourite podcast platform. And for any feedback on what you enjoy the most and ideas on what we can do to make 40 Minute Mentor even better, please leave us a review on https://ratethispodcast.com/40mm

As we're nearing the end of the year, your 40 Minute Mentor Host, James Mitra, takes a moment to reflect on the last 12 months of podcasting and what the year ahead may have in store.  A huge thank you for all your support over the last 12 months - we wouldn't be where we are without you!  If you have any feedback, topic or guest ideas for 2024, please get in touch on hannah@jbmc.co.uk - we always love hearing from you!  For now, all that's left to say is - Happy Holidays, Merry Christmas (if you're celebrating!) and see you next Wednesday for more pocket-sized mentorship!  ⛳ Helpful links: ➡️ Follow JBM on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/jbm-consulting-ltd/?viewAsMember=true ➡️ Find out more about JBM: https://jbmc.co.uk/  ⭐Enjoyed this episode?⭐️ Keep up to date with all our latest episodes, by hitting the subscribe button on your favourite podcast platform. And for any feedback on what you enjoy the most and ideas on what we can do to make 40 Minute Mentor even better, please leave us a review on https://ratethispodcast.com/40mm

“Becoming financially free but not being a Unicorn, is still success.”Today's 40 Minute Mentor is Nick Telson, exited Founder of DesignMyNight, Co-Founder of Trumpet, Angel Investor and Podcast Host of the popular Pitch Deck show. With so many hats to wear, we loved diving into Nick's story and career from starting at L'Oreal to scratching that entrepreneurial itch by building DesignMyNight to 100+ employees with minimal angel funding and finally returning to the Founder seat to disrupt B2B sales. There is SO much to unpack from Nick's impressive story, from his views on failures to what it really feels like to exit and start again, and so much more: ➡️ Having ‘failure moments' and the glorification of entrepreneurship [02:37] ➡️ Growing up with a creative brain and unconventional paths [03:50] ➡️ The idea of DesignMyNight from the streets of NYC [06:46] ➡️ From side hustle to exit [10:55] ➡️ More about JBM [18:13] ➡️ Round 2 of Founder life: Trumpet's origin story [19:21] ➡️ Being VC backed and hiring principles [22:17] ➡️ Building in public and fundraising journey [23:52] ➡️ Fundraising advice [34:35] ➡️ Hiring advice for securing your initial team [37:09] ➡️ Applying to and joining Trumpet [39:50] ➡️ Audience question: Making the startup world more inclusive [42:25]  ⛳ Helpful links:➡️ Connect with Nick: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicktelson/➡️ Find out more about Trumpet: https://www.sendtrumpet.com/?ref=linkedin➡️ Listen to Pitch Deck: https://www.nicktelson.com/podcast⭐Enjoyed this episode?⭐️Keep up to date with all our latest episodes, by hitting the subscribe button on your favourite podcast platform. And for any feedback on what you enjoy the most and ideas on what we can do to make 40 Minute Mentor even better, please leave us a review on https://ratethispodcast.com/40mm 

“Never underestimate the power of a rant, if you're going to do something about it.”In today's bite-sized 40 Minute Mentor episode, we're joined by fellow podcaster and good friend of JBM, Amardeep Parmar, Co-Founder and Co-CEO of BAE HQ. Amardeep has been on an incredible journey - from being a Tech consultant in 2020, to setting a New Year's resolution which made him the second fastest writer to gain 50,000 followers on Medium.com. Now, he's inspiring, connecting and guiding British Asian Entrepreneurs with BAE HQ. Today, Amardeep shared more about his journey and the crucial lessons he has learned along the way, including: ➡️ His traditional journey and accidental entrepreneurship [00:55] ➡️ Questioning your identity as a Founder [04:51] ➡️ A New Year's resolution turned career [06:26] ➡️ Advice for aspiring writers [08:32] ➡️ How a rant with a friend paved the foundations for BAE HQ [10:05] ➡️ Scaling a not-for-profit and navigating the corporate landscape [12:34] ➡️ Connecting people for mutual success [15:26] ➡️ The secret sauce of community building [16:28] ➡️ A selection of stand out stories from BAE HQ [22:51] ⛳ Helpful links:➡️ Connect with Amardeep: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amardeepsparmar/➡️ Find out more about BAE HQ: https://www.thebaehq.com/ ➡️ Listen to the BAE HQ podcast: https://www.thebaehq.com/podcasts➡️ James Mitra on BAE HQ: https://www.thebaehq.com/podcasts/episode-51-james⭐Enjoyed this episode?⭐️Keep up to date with all our latest episodes, by hitting the subscribe button on your favourite podcast platform. And for any feedback on what you enjoy the most and ideas on what we can do to make 40 Minute Mentor even better, please leave us a review on https://ratethispodcast.com/40mm 

"There's some horrible sacrifices in the first few years to get it to a place where it's got to survive..."Today's 40 Minute Mentor epitomises what it means to be Tech for Good. We're joined by Sanjay Lobo MBE, the Founder & CEO of OnHand - the all-in-one tool to engage your team in volunteering and environmental action. Dubbed the ‘Uber of volunteering', OnHand lets employees learn and take action on the issues that matter. You may even recognise Sanjay from his recent appearance on BBC's Dragons' Den, where he successfully secured investment from FOUR dragons. Here's what we talk about in today's episode:➡️ Finding his path to entrepreneurship [04:02]➡️ Moving from law into tech [06:58]➡️ How Parkinson's disease became Chapter 1 of the OnHand story [11:05]➡️ Engaging employees in volunteering and environmental action [13:45]➡️ The significance of a great team in a scaling business [15:08]➡️ Managing stress and pressures as a Founder [16:38]➡️ Business benefits of company-wide volunteering opportunities [22:08]➡️ Advert: More about JBM [25:36] ➡️ A Behind the Scenes look at Dragons' Den [27:10]➡️ Working with the Dragons after the show [29:31]➡️ Advice for other Founders looking to get on Dragons' Den [31:13] ➡️ Dealing with increased media attention [32:29] ➡️ Applying to OnHand [35:10] ➡️ Audience Question: Advice for anyone starting their volunteering journey [38:51]⛳ Helpful links:➡️ Connect with Sanjay: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sanjaylobo/➡️ Find out more about OnHand: https://www.beonhand.co.uk/ ⭐Enjoyed this episode?⭐️Keep up to date with all our latest episodes, by hitting the subscribe button on your favourite podcast platform. And for any feedback on what you enjoy the most and ideas on what we can do to make 40 Minute Mentor even better, please leave us a review on https://ratethispodcast.com/40mm 

"Community for me has always been - What is our purpose? Why do we exist? What's it all for? Why does it even matter?”There are two popular topics that come up time and time again when we interview our 40 Minute Mentors and when we speak to JBM clients and candidates. These topics are: Building communities and sticking to your purpose. In this week's episode, we've rounded up some of the best advice from our most recent Series, including: ➡️ Vanity metrics vs Impact -  Nikki Wicks, CEO of The Body Coach  [00:41] ➡️ Meaningful exchanges over numbers - Abadesi Osunsade, Founder of Hustle Crew [03:28] ➡️ Staying true to yourself throughout the journey - Simmy Dhillon, Founder of Simmer  [05:23] ➡️ The dark side of social media - Sue Fennessy, Founder of WeAre8  [06:13] ➡️ Fixing problems with purpose-driven solutions - Nader AlSalim, Founder of Gaia  [07:29] ➡️ Bringing change-makers into your network - Pierre Paslier, Co-Founder of Notpla  [09:13] ➡️ Tapping into what your community wants - Alice Pelton, Founder of The Lowdown  [10:46]  ⛳ Helpful links:➡️ For the full Series 9 episodes, check out our 40 Minute Mentor archives: https://jbmc.co.uk/insights/category/40-minute-mentor/ ➡️ And for more mentorship, make sure you follow JBM on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/jbm-consulting-ltd/ 

As we approach 1 million downloads and wrap up Series 9 of our 40 Minute Mentor podcast, we wanted to reflect on the brilliant career mentorship we received over the last 12 weeks. From building a bootstrapped global fitness brand, to the end of HR, a CBD drink phenomenon to mental health and football, we really covered a spectrum of golden nuggets in the world of startups and scaleups. Not to mention some candid life lessons along the way.In today's episode, we hear the very best moments from this series, with some spectacular insights into all things Founder life and beyond, including:➡️ Why you should stop searching for happiness [03:47] ➡️ How playing poker is like being a Founder [04:21]➡️ Diversity & privilege in politics [05:10]➡️ Layoffs are not personal, don't be ashamed [07:15]➡️ Overdose & mental health stigma [08:10]➡️ Get a tech career on your own terms [09:14] But that's not goodbye for now, as we are back next week with our special series, on all things mental health and wellbeing. ⛳ Helpful links:➡️ More about JBM on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/jbm-consulting-ltd/➡️ Check us out online: https://jbmc.co.uk/ 

One of the biggest trends we've seen in hiring over the last year has been the rise of fractional careers. It doesn't just give talent more flexibility and freedom, but also gives Founders the opportunity to hire highly experienced operators at a fraction of the cost, and even try before they buy. To discuss how you actually build a fractional career, the benefits to both talent and employers, plus the downfalls you might want to consider before pursuing a portfolio career, we've invited JBM board advisor and Fractional Managing Director, Ben Sanders to share his own experience with us.  ⛳ Helpful links:➡️ Connect with Ben: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ben-sanders-b280716/➡️ More about JBM SOS: https://jbmc.co.uk/sos-candidates/ 

Recruitment and Tech are both not industries with the best reputation when it comes to Diversity, Equity and Inclusivity. That's why JBM and 40 Minute Mentor are on a mission to change that. With our podcast specifically, we're always looking to feature unique and inspiring stories, especially giving underrepresented voices a platform to share theirs. We're very much still a work in progress and are always looking to improve series on series and year on year. With that in mind, we have had the great pleasure of welcoming industry trailblazers and leading voices and DE&I over the years. In today's bite-sized episode, we're looking back on some of our favourite moments, featuring DE&I advice from: ➡️ Claire Valoti, VP for EMEA at Snap Inc ➡️ Check Warner, Partner at ADA Ventures ➡️ Sharmadean Reid, Founder of The Stack World ➡️ Marta Krupinska, former Head of Google for Startups UK and Co-Founder of CUR8 ➡️ Grace Beverley, Founder and CEO of TALA and SHREDDY ➡️ Baroness Oona King, VP of DE&I at Snap Inc ➡️ Alice Bentinck, Co-Founder of Entrepreneur First  

“The best way of treating people is not as if they're a resource, but by working with them to create something amazing.” In today's 40 Minute Mentor episode, we're joined by Anouk Agussol, the Founder and CEO of Unleashed. Unleashed are on a mission to gear up early stage and scaling companies for speedy and sustainable success, through people and culture. They help create thriving businesses and great places to work, through leadership programmes, coaching, bespoke people projects and embedded partnerships. JBM have loved collaborating with Anouk and the wider Unleashed team over the years and we loved finding out more about Anouk's journey and her advice for any Founders and leaders, in today's episode.  We chat about: ➡️ More about our sponsors, Alchemist [00:16] ➡️ Overcoming imposter syndrome [3:19] ➡️ The juggling act of being a parent and a Founder [04:37] ➡️ Anouk's career journey and why she chose the People function [09:08] ➡️ Why the People function is becoming increasingly more popular [11:13] ➡️ Her transition from Chief People Officer to starting her own business [14:17] ➡️ More about Unleashed [18:28] ➡️ Why HR is dead [21:55] ➡️ A podcast recommendation from us [23:16] ➡️ What a difference Unleashed has made to teams over the years [24:31] ➡️ Why your culture won't evolve organically [28:00] ➡️ When is the right time to hire a People person for your startup [32:01] ➡️ The key steps to evolving your culture [34:51] ➡️ How to attract and retain great talent [39:04] ➡️ The evolution of the People function in 2023 and beyond [42:05]  ⛳ Helpful links:➡️ More about Anouk: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anoukagussol/➡️ Check out Unleashed: https://www.unleashed.company/ 

“The key is to be niche on an audience, but fairly liberal in what's the best way for you to interact with them. And particularly with how to monetise that audience.” In this week's ‘Where Are They Now' feature episode, we're joined by James McClure - experienced C-level Tech Exec, Angel Investor, Advisor and Executive Coach. James has grown big names, like Airbnb and Google, internationally and scaled up VC-backed businesses, like SeatGeek and Adzuna, running the commercial operations in regional and global roles. Since the last time he's come on 40 Minute Mentor, James has made the move down under, officially turned his coaching, investing and advisory side hustle into a business and launched x2 online courses for busy tech execs. In today's episode, we find out: ➡️ Why James decided to move to Australia [02:03] ➡️ The importance of being active on social media, especially as a Solopreneur [05:22] ➡️ Defining where you get your energy from and finding your audience [08:03]➡️ More about our sponsors, Alchemist [10:59] ➡️ What to expect from James's online courses [12:06] ➡️ The biggest lessons he's learned as an angel investor [15:52] ➡️ How Founders benefit from angel investors [19:02] ➡️ More about his plans for 2023 [21:23] ➡️ How you can partner with JBM/40 Minute Mentor [22:42] ⛳ Helpful links:➡️ More about James: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamesmcclure/➡️ Sign up to “How To Angel Invest For Busy Tech Execs”: https://maven.com/reload-ventures/how-to-angel-invest➡️ Sign up to “Scale Your Impact Beyond Your Authority”: https://coleap.cc/s4m

As 2022 is coming to an end, we take the chance to look back and reflect on the last 12 months of 40 Minute Mentor. We did this, by asking some of the JBM team, our series sponsors and 40 Minute Mentor ambassadors for their favourite episodes of the year. To listen back to the episodes mentioned in today's episode, click through the list below: 

“Where it does become an issue for you, the people around you, your team and your family, is when you are burning out, getting stressed and ill, because you're not finding any balance at all.” In this second part of our new 40 Minute Mentor mini-series, we learn more about the lessons our Founder, CEO and host of this podcast, James Mitra, learned over the last 10 years of building and scaling JBM. If you haven't caught up with the first part of the series, yet, make sure you check it out here:  https://40-minute-mentor.simplecast.com/episodes/part-1-10-lessons-from-10-years-of-scaling-jbm-with-james-mitra-founder-ceo-of-jb-VKWGjvCD Today, we learn about: ➡️ The importance of long-term partnerships [01:08] ➡️ The impossible task of finding balance as a Founder [05:16] ➡️ Why you need to listen to your gut more [10:18] ➡️ Learn more about our Series Sponsors, Alchemist [14:52] ➡️ Why hiring is incredibly difficult, even when recruitment is your day job [15:34] ➡️ The importance of letting your hires leave on good terms, when it doesn't work out [19:23]  ⛳ Helpful links:➡️ More about James Mitra: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamesmitra-jbm/➡️ More about JBM: https://jbmc.co.uk/

“I'm ashamed to say I was a bit embarrassed at times when I went to dinner parties and told people what I did for a living. There was always this reputation of sharky, dishonest recruiters.” This week, we're launching the first of a special two-part Series on 40 Minute Mentor. JBM turned 10 years old this year and we're officially turning the microphone and sharing our own Startup story. In today's episode, our Founder, CEO and Host of this podcast, James Mitra, will share how JBM was started and the ups and downs along the way, including: ➡️ The importance of building relationships [2:08] ➡️ JBM's mission and how this drives us as a team [04:00] ➡️ The mistakes James made along the way and how he overcame them [06:12]➡️ Learn more about our Series sponsors, Alchemist [11:26] ➡️ The power of mentorship and why that's always been the foundation of JBM [12:08] ➡️ How personal branding has made all the difference over the years [14:07] For more startup lessons, tune back in next week for part 2 of this mini-series.  ⛳ Helpful links:➡️ More about James Mitra: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamesmitra-jbm/➡️ More about JBM: https://jbmc.co.uk/ 

“I realised that for the first time in my career, I reported to a board and investors, but the decisions were on me. It was all on me.” In this week's 40 Minute Mentor episode, we're joined by Stuart Packham, CEO of our Series Sponsor's Alchemist, JBM board advisor and longtime mentor and friend of team JBM. Our host, James Mitra, and Stu have known each other for years, dating back to their days at Michael Page, so it was extra special to have Alchemist as our Series sponsor and Stu joining us on the podcast today. We chat about: ➡️ Stu's journey through recruitment and into learning and development [02:05]➡️ Why recruitment is such a great foundation to your career [04:36] ➡️ His transition from recruitment to learning and development [07:58] ➡️ Why becoming a CEO was a much bigger shift than expected [10:47] ➡️ How he puts being people-centric first [14:00] ➡️ The imposter syndrome that comes with being CEO [15:42] ➡️ Realities of merging two businesses into one [18:43] ➡️ How Alchemist approaches L&D differently [22:51] ➡️ Transitioning from 98% face to face L&D sessions to digital and virtual sessions [25:56] ➡️ The benefits of bringing on external partners to help with hiring [29:42] ➡️ Why now is the time to put together a risk plan and not ignore the downturn [33:47] ➡️ What the future holds for Alchemist [35:59] ➡️ The advantages of being a board advisor [38:02] ➡️ Why Alchemist partnered with JBM and the results they've seen so far [40:06]  ⛳ Helpful links:➡️ More about Stu: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stuartpackham/➡️ More about Alchemist: https://thisisalchemist.com/40minutementor/   

James Mitra is a multi-seven-figure business owner, who fell into the recruitment industry by chance, but who has since marked himself as one of the most respected experts in his sector. He is the Founder & CEO of JBM, an award-winning Executive Search firm that works with some of the world's fastest-growing startups and scaleups. He's also the host of the popular 40 Minute Mentor podcast, in which he talks to business leaders about how they found their own versions of success. In this episode James joins me to talk about his fascinating ascent in the world of business, the value of perspective when it comes to recognising the person we are becoming, and how he continually strives to find the balance between life and work, as well as the mental health challenges he's personally faced and overcame.  KEY TAKEAWAYS The world of business is changing, and so are the expectations from managers. People are beginning to realise that jobs can be performed in a more natural way - less target-driven and more productivity-based. If you remember to put people at the heart of every transaction, and show that you care and empathise with their issues, then these actions will be remembered, and it'll help to build trust. This is how referrals and word-of-mouth are established effectively. Our definitions of success change as we develop within ourselves. Achievements are not always necessarily tied to financial goals, because once we reach them, we understand that there's far more to life. The challenges we face don't always show up on the surface, and so the only way to make sure we're taking care of ourselves and those we love, is to keep having conversations about mental health, and gradually normalise them. BEST MOMENTS 'I'm not the best people manager. I just don't have the patience for it' 'Go above and beyond for people and be a good person, and care' 'You can really have an impact on this world if you care enough' 'I want to change lives through what I do' VALUABLE RESOURCES On A Mission - https://omny.fm/shows/on-a-mission   James Mitra LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamesmitra-jbm/ JMB Website - https://jbmc.co.uk/  40 Minute Mentor Podcast - https://jbmc.co.uk/insights/category/40-minute-mentor/ ABOUT THE HOST Not so long ago, life was barely recognisable for Ellie McKay, raising three children under five, battling post-natal depression, facing redundancy and walking into the job centre to claim benefits with a double pram, no confidence, and wracked with insecurities. Fast forward to today, and life looks very different. Ellie committed to turning her life around for herself and her family. Following this commitment, she got to work and has now built multiple successful companies, as well as having created a multimillion-pound property portfolio from a standing start. Ellie is now on a mission to make a positive impact and add value to others through her podcast which has attracted phenomenal guests worldwide. The show is specifically to help those trying to reach their full potential through its inspirational and motivational content, as well as challenging conventional wisdom to discuss all the “hot topics” in a relentless pursuit of the truth. CONTACT METHODS: Website: http://www.elliemckay.com LinkedIn: Linkedin.com/in/ellie-mckay/ Facebook: Facebook.com/ellie.mckay.3150 Instagram: https://instagram.com/ellie_mckay_official?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= OAM Instagram: https://instagram.com/onamissionshow?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/EllieMckaySee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

“Don't think because you perhaps don't have a typical background for VC, that you're not welcomed. That's actually far from the truth.”In our penultimate episode of this 40 Minute Mentor series, we're joined by Eleanor Kaye, Executive Director at Newton Venture Program. Newton is a joint venture between London Business School and Local Globe VC, on a mission to ensure the next generation of VCs represents the world we all live in, by running programmes for people from overlooked or under-estimated backgrounds who want to break into VC or accelerate their career in the sector. As social mobility and diversity are topics very close to our heart at JBM, we're huge fans of the work Eleanor and the Newton Venture team are doing. In today's episode, we find out: ➡️ The difficulties of returning to work after being on parental leave [05:22]➡️ Her unconventional path into VC [06:43] ➡️ How she overcame her initial imposter syndrome [11:01] ➡️ The day to day of an Executive Director at Newton [12:44] ➡️ Advantages of an operational background [14:44] ➡️ A note from our sponsors, Alchemist [20:45] ➡️ The joint venture between London Business School and Local Globe VC [21:38]➡️ How to apply to Newton Venture Program [27:26]➡️ Leveling the playing field in VC [30:31] ➡️ Retaining diverse talent [32:08] ➡️ Advice for diverse Founders fundraising [35:15] ➡️ Europe's VC landscape and why you should consider a career in VC [36:30]  ⛳ Helpful links:➡️ More about Eleanor: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eleanorkaye/➡️ More about Newton Ventures Program: https://newtonprogram.vc/ 

“Within 24 hours, we said goodbye to all our corporate partners and set off on a new path.” In this week's bite-sized 40 Minute Mentor episode, we chat more about the pivot that turned JBM into the search firm it is today. James Mitra, Founder of JBM and Host of 40 Minute Mentor, talks us through why he decided to pivot the business, the drastic decision he had to make and why transparency, empathy and mentorship were so crucial to the success of the pivot.  ⭐Enjoyed this episode?⭐️Keep up to date with all our latest episodes, by hitting the subscribe button on your favourite podcast platform. And for any feedback on what you enjoy the most and ideas on what we can do to make 40 Minute Mentor even better, please leave us a review on https://ratethispodcast.com/40mmPlus, if you have any questions you'd like us to answer in our bite-sized Monday episodes, please get in touch with Hannah at hannah@jbmc.co.uk 

“There is nothing wrong with doubting yourself. Having a bit of self doubt is good, because it means you're constantly trying to improve, grow and evolve.” In this week's bite-sized 40 Minute Mentor episode, we tackle a topic that is often discussed amongst Founders and leaders - imposter syndrome. Having experienced imposter syndrome on many occasions over the last 10 years of leading JBM, our host James Mitra shares some of the advice that has helped him to push through self doubt. Plus, we hear again from two previous 40 Minute Mentors - Michelle You of Supercritical and Amelia Sordell of Klowt, and their own experience with imposter syndrome. ⭐Enjoyed this episode?⭐️Keep up to date with all our latest episodes, by hitting the subscribe button on your favourite podcast platform. And for any feedback on what you enjoy the most and ideas on what we can do to make 40 Minute Mentor even better, please leave us a review on https://ratethispodcast.com/40mmPlus, if you have any questions you'd like us to answer in our bite-sized Monday episodes, please get in touch with Hannah at hannah@jbmc.co.uk 

“Sometimes you can use difficult times to come up with incredible new ideas. It's a great opportunity to get your team to think creatively and empower them to come to you with suggestions and try new things. It's probably going to be pretty scrappy, but you never know, it might just be the making of your business.” In this week's bite-sized 40 Minute Mentor episode, we talk about navigating challenging times, as a Founder and business leader. James reflects on the pandemic and shares some of the best advice he's received over the years and some insights into how he's applied the advice during difficult times for JBM, including: ➡️ Increasing your transparency and communication with the team [1:43]➡️ Leila Zegna's advice on reminding yourself of what you can and can't control [3:20] ➡️ The importance of having a great board of advisors and mentors [5:18] ➡️ And why this could be a great time for you to innovate and come up with new ideas for your business [6:27]  

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“The biggest shift in the candidate market is that people care just as much about how they work as what they do.” In this week's 40 Minute Mentor episode, we're joined by the brilliant Molly Johnson-Jones, Co-Founder and CEO of Flexa. Flexa is a global directory of verified flexible companies that lists companies by vacancies and flexibility percentage scores, benchmarked against thousands of data points. We're proud partners of Flexa and were ‘flexified' earlier in 2022. That's why we were so excited to catch up with Molly on the podcast, share her story and the incredible journey Flexa have been on. Molly shares some truly candid insights into her own journey and the future of flexible working, including: ➡️Her unfair dismissal from investment banking and how she bounced back after [06:43]➡️Why she started Flexa and how it works for candidates and employers [14:36] ➡️ The hardest parts of being a first-time Founder [18:33]  ➡️ Why investing in your mental health is so important [20:00] ➡️ Her advice for any aspiring Founders [22:23]  ➡️ What it's like to found a business with your partner and why it held them back when raising funding [24:31]  ➡️ Why flexibility means choice and how employers can embrace flexible working [31:33] ➡️ The cases in which stripping back flexibility can be beneficial [33:48]  ➡️ How employers can attract more talent in a very competitive market [36:31]  ➡️ What do the next 5 to 10 years of flexible working look like [40:53] ⛳ Helpful links:➡️ More about Molly: https://www.linkedin.com/in/molly-johnson-jones/➡️ More about Flexa: https://flexa.careers/➡️ JBM on Flexa: https://flexa.careers/companies/jbm 

“We've really found that added flexibility has been an amazing way to attract talent, retain talent, and give everybody a chance to work in a way they want to work.” In this week's bite-sized 40 Minute Mentor episode, we talk about all things flexible working and the way in which we've implemented more flexible ways of working here at JBM. We touch on the various benefits we introduced to the JBM team over the past 12 months, what's been working the best and the lessons we learned along the way. Whether you'd like to find out more about how you can benefit as an employer or you'd just like some candid insights into what is working and what isn't when it comes to flexible working at JBM - there's something for everyone in this bite-sized episode. 

“If you feel that you can be your vulnerable self, and you can bring your true self to work, you're going to push yourself outside your comfort zone and achieve more.”In addition to our usual 40 Minute Mentor episode on Wednesdays, we're launching a brand new bite-sized mentorship format. Starting today, every Monday, you can tune in and spend 4 minutes with JBM Founder and 40 Minute Mentor host, James Mitra. We'll be covering some of the most popular topics we get asked about, share first-hand experiences and mentorship; and you'll get a chance to submit your questions at the end of every episode. Today's episode is all about resilience. James shares his own experience of building resilience, within himself and the JBM team, why he almost threw in the towel 5 years ago and what 3 things helped him stick with it and turn JBM into what it is today.  ⭐Enjoyed this episode?⭐️Keep up to date with all our latest episodes, by hitting the subscribe button on your favourite podcast platform. And for any feedback on what you enjoy the most and ideas on what we can do to make 40 Minute Mentor even better, please leave us a review on https://ratethispodcast.com/40mmPlus, if you have any questions you'd like us to answer in our bite-sized Monday episodes, please get in touch with Hannah at hannah@jbmc.co.uk 

In today's episode we talk to Mr. Sridhar Ramanujam who founded Integrated Brand.Comm Ramanujam Sridhar is a communication consultant, author, columnist, teacher, trainer, cricket enthusiast and a passionate social activist.Brand Comm's  range of services include Public Relations, Digit al Marketing and Brand Advisory. Several well known brands such as the CavinKare, IIMB, JBM, Peps, IFIM, Manipal Global, NR Group, Suguna Foods, and Casagrand are some of the clients of brand-comm.He is a former President of the Advertising Club, Bangalore and a former president of the IIMB Alumni association. IIM Bangalore has recently awarded Sridhar as a distinguished alumnus of the institute. He was honoured by the Madras Advertising Club for his service to the advertising profession in South India. He has been awarded the Life Time Achievement Award for Communicators from Public Relations Council of India (PRCI) in March 4, 2017.Listen to this episode to learn "How to build a Trusting Brand"?"How building relationships will have a long lasting impact in the growth of business"?"How important it is to be different"?Connect with Mr. Sridhar  https://www.linkedin.com/in/sridhar-ramanujam-56882a9/Tune in to this episode on this link to listen from anywhere http://pod.link/1572767376Subscribe to the podcast on Spotify and Apple podcastE-mail: dream100@hasovan.com to get Podcast service for your bizCall to Action - Join the telegram group to share your views.https://t.me/+GWwZuajgeWdYEuxu 

“VC should be a great career for people from diverse backgrounds, because it's really a role where you're judged on your output. At the end of a fund cycle, it's pretty clear to see whether you're a good investor or not.” In our final 40 Minute Mentor VC Feature series episode, we're joined by Hannah Seal, Partner at one of the most prestigious VCs in the world and one of JBM's favourite clients, Index Ventures. Index Ventures is an international multi-stage venture capital firm, investing in technology-enabled industry disrupters. Their portfolio includes multiple 40 Minute Mentors, such as Unicorns Ankorstore and Multiverse and category defining companies like Bloom & Wild and Sourceful. As well as household names such as Deliveroo, Revolut, Glossier, and many others. In today's episode, Hannah shares some brilliant insights into how Index work and what they look for when assessing Founders, as well as some great mentorship for anyone looking to get into VC, including: Why she decided to pivot from Operator to VC [06:23]What skills Hannah relied on when making the transition [07:22]Hannah's advice for any Operators thinking of moving into VC [10:02]What differentiates Index Ventures from other VCs [11:22]How Index Ventures works with Founders [13:10]What Hannah looks for when assessing companies and their Founders [14:52]The trends Index Ventures are seeing at the moment and some of the sectors Hannah's getting excited about [16:28]How the economic downturn doesn't necessarily mean doom and gloom for Founders [18:58]What changes Hannah has seen in the European VC landscape, compared to the US [20:22]And why VC is actually a great career option for diverse talent [22:17] ⛳️  Helpful links: ➡️ More about Hannah: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hannah-seal-78938a22/➡️ More about Index Ventures: https://www.indexventures.com/ ⭐Enjoyed this episode?⭐️Keep up to date with all our latest episodes, by hitting the subscribe button on your favourite podcast platform. And for any feedback on what you enjoy the most and ideas on what we can do to make 40 Minute Mentor even better, please leave us a review on https://ratethispodcast.com/40mm

In this episode, the CEI esports team sit down to have a discussion with 2x 2KL Champion, 2021 Finals MVP, and All-Star Center, Dayfri. We discuss everything from where he got his gamertag from to him starting a food truck. We also talk about winning back to back championships, changes in the league, changes within the team, the OG WDG squad, JBM retirement, and much more. Follow Dayfri here: IG: https://www.instagram.com/ryancongerr/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/dayfri Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/dayfri Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/Dayfri WDG IG: https://www.instagram.com/wizardsdg/ WDG Twitter: https://twitter.com/WizardsDG Follow Reachin' & Teachin' Team here: IG: https://www.instagram.com/reachinandteachin/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/CeiEsports Rob IG: https://www.instagram.com/robbp_/ Johnnie IG: https://www.instagram.com/jay_king23/

“Before you scale, you need to make sure you are solving big pains with a great value proposition.” It's not every day you get to speak to someone who turned their Startup into a Double-Unicorn with over 500 employees in just 3 years. Today's 40 Minute Mentor is Nicolas d'Audiffret, one of the Co-Founders of Ankorstore - the marketplace taking on e-Commerce giants like Amazon. Ankorstore was founded by entrepreneurs for entrepreneurs and is a partner to more than 200,000 retailers, florists, coffee shops and other concept-stores across 23 countries in Europe. Ankorstore have been on an incredible journey and reached their $2 billion valuation after just two years of launching their wholesale marketplace, and are backed by world-class VCs like Bond, Tiger Global and Index Ventures, to name a few.JBM have had a front row seat to their incredible Scaleup journey over the last years and we're so excited to have Nicolas on the podcast to share some candid Founder insights and mentorship, including: How Nicolas pivoted from being a consultant to an entrepreneur [06:15]The story behind his first Startup, A Little Market, and how he ended up selling it to Etsy [10:08]Why, even though the sale to Etsy looked like a huge success, Nicolas didn't only see it as such [11:45]How Ankorstore was born and more about their brilliant mission [13:23]What the dynamic between the four Co-Founders looks like and Nicolas's advice for any fellow Co-Founders listening [17:10]Why the pandemic was such a great opportunity of growth for Ankorstore and how they got to their $2 Billion evaluation in such a short amount of time [18:38]The crucial attributes Ankorstore look for when interviewing talent [22:40]His advice on building a truly authentic community [26:05]What the future of retail will look like and Nicolas's advice for anyone looking to break into the industry [28:32] 

It's a Marcus episode! As a coffee podcast, we thought it important to maybe tell the story of coffee itself so we asked our resident expert to weigh in. When a friend sent us a bag of Jamaican Blue Mountain that she picked from the Island in the same week Marcus roasted some JBM for another friend, an episode was serendipitously born.Marcus tells us the tale of the history of coffee, its many harrowing tales of smuggling and deceit, and we compare Marcus's roast to the roast of Jamaica. Who will win JBM Wars?"Oh thank god we're finally doing a good coffee episode."Further media:https://www.livehistoryindia.com/story/living-culture/the-curious-case-of-coffeehttps://blog.mcmenamins.com/gabriel-de-clieu-the-man-who-brought-coffee-to-the-new-world/https://www.zocalopublicsquare.org/2020/05/28/jamaican-uprising-samuel-sharpe-rebellion-christmas-uprising-great-jamaican-slave-revolt/ideas/essay/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTDy-L0NKIgHelp us buy questionable coffee by supporting us on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/nobadreviewspodSponsored by Modest Coffee! Single-origin coffee without the snobbery. Visit https://www.modest.coffee/nobadreviews to see what they're roasting today.

“When people say that you can't do something, it's really because they can't do it. Don't stop doing what you want to do because someone told you you can't, because you can.” To ring in the halfway point of Series 7, we had the pleasure of interviewing an absolute icon in personal branding: Amelia Sordell, the Founder of Klowt.Klowt is THE personal branding agency on a mission to build entirely authentic personal brands that drive real results - something we've had the pleasure of experiencing first-hand here at JBM. In today's episode, Amelia shares some brilliant mentorship, including: The lessons she learned from her first business failing [08:40]How she dealt with the heartbreak and feelings of grief after her first business and how she decided the time was right to start another business [17:30]Her mission with Klowt and what inspired Amelia to start Klowt in the first place [21:36]Why personal branding is such a critical aspect of any successful business [28:10]Amelia's step by step advice on how you can get started with your own personal branding [34:30]Her advice on how to deal with negative comments - online as well as offline [40:45]How you can tackle imposter syndrome and why it's okay to doubt yourself [46:00] 

Welcome to Episode Sixty Nine (Season Four) of the Executive Career Jump Podcast with your host, Andrew MacAskill!This week's podcast features James Mitra, a fellow LinkedIn Top Voice for Careers.   James is the Founder of JBM, an award-winning executive search firm working with some of the fastest-growing Tech Startups & Scale-ups in the world. He also hosts one of the UK's most popular business and career podcasts ‘40 Minute Mentor' which has had hundreds of thousands of downloads to date and features inspiring career stories and mentorship from world-class business leaders, entrepreneurs, and sporting legends.We have turned the tables on him this week!  In this episode, we talk to James about how he got to where he is today from a background with two parents who were Preachers, how he fell into recruitment, and how he ultimately built a business that aligns with his values. There is also lots of discussion around what it looks like moving from the corporate world to the world of startups, mobilising your network, and why it's so important to bring your energy to an interview. Lots of golden nuggets in this episode whether you're a job-seeker, leader in transition, or a business owner. Enjoy!Linkshttps://www.linkedin.com/in/jamesmitra-jbm/

Game On, DC! is a show dedicated to you, the gamers and esports fanatics right here in the East Coast Capital of Esports! On this week's episode: • Washington Justice - Opener joins the roster • Wizards District Gaming - NBA2KL Expansion Draft, JBM nominated for Controller Esports Player of the Year, Combine, etc. • Caps Gaming - Caps Gaming Showcase (6v6), Caps Gaming 3s Challenge, & Caps Gaming Esports Youth Camp Follow the show on social media (Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram) @GameOnDC. You can also find Joey on twitter @KourtsideKing and Jon @Phiask0. This podcast is part of @OTNMedia get more at OTNMedia.org. If you're interested in becoming more involved in our growing community, come join our Discord server at discord.gg/TCkgF9m! Finally, please consider supporting us on Patreon at patreon.com/OTN. The support of our patrons is what makes this podcast possible. Thank you in advance for your generosity and support! Opening Music: Robin Hustin x TobiMorrow - Light It Up (feat. Jex) Closing Music: Dreams by Lost Sky

For solo workers, it can seem as if there is no clear path to career progression. For people in more traditional roles, progress is marked by a promotion, a bonus or a corner office. So do we need to start thinking about this differently? This week's guest James Mitra, founder of JBM (a values-driven executive search firm) and the host of the 40 Minute Mentor podcast, is here to help us change up our thinking. He advocates for thinking less about titles and salaries and more about ways to spend time with loved ones and the things that bring you joy.The 6th series of 40 Minute Mentor is available to listen to now. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Episode 19 of the Locker Room Podcast features Jack Mascone, also known as JBM. Jack was the first pick of the 2020 NBA 2K League Draft, leading Wizards District Gaming to a championship in his rookie season. JBM recently joined Team USA Basketball as one of seven players to represent our country. Still not amazed? Imagine playing 2k for the first time two years ago at the age of 17! Tune in to the episode to hear what it's like to be a professional 2K athlete and where the future of esports is headed.