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Voor de eerste aflevering van het tweede seizoen van de Offerte Podcast zijn wij geland in de podcast studio van de Venture Club in hartje Rotterdam. Hier ontmoeten wij Ernst-Jan Buijs, die met zijn ConversieClub ondernemers helpt om op een vrij onconventionele wijze hoogwaardige leads te werven. We hebben het over Nigeriaanse prinsen, over Chad, waarom je met marketing ook of vooral doelgroepen moet uitsluiten, en dat te lange teksten niet bestaan. Het is een verrassend relevant verhaal, waar iedereen die offertes maakt aan het denken wordt gezet.

Gamecock Central's Wes Mitchell and Chris Clark discuss South Carolina football's most recent commitments, the latest on the football team after the second scrimmage, and look back on the Gamecock Central Kickoff Party at Steel Hands Brewing, presented by 1801 Venture Club.GC Live is presented by Clint Hammond of Mortgage Network: https://www.mortgagenetwork.com/clint-hammondClint is the branch manager for the Columbia Mortgage Network. Contact Clint for all of your mortgage needs:chammond@MortgageNetwork.comPhone: 803-771-6933Mobile: 803-422-6797Fax: 866-741-1723As an experienced mortgage professional Clint is available to provide knowledgeable information for all your home financing goals. Let Clint help you identify the financing solution that best meets your specific needs. Links to GamecockCentral Live! will be found on GamecockCentral.com's web platform and discussion forums and will stream live on YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter, in addition to being hosted on the GamecockCentral.com podcast network.Subscribing (for free) to the GamecockCentral YouTube channel and clicking the "bell" icon next to the subscribe button will turn on your notifications, which means you will be notified each time GamecockCentral Live! drops a new show. #SouthCarolinaFootball #Gamecocks

Experienced Venture Capitallists and investors offer their insight and advice to navigate through these tumultuous times. If you are starting, or investing, in a veenntre club, you don't want to miss this!

It's Friday and that can only mean one thing, The Young Venture Club is back! This week we covered CryptoDad: The Fight for the Future of Money and today's episode is all about the major takeaways. Who is CryptoDad?What does the government approval process look like in the financial system?How is crypto changing the way we look at money.If you are interested in reading CryptoDad, it is linked above. Let us know your thoughts and what you found valuable! Make sure to check out our Instagram to see what book we are diving into next!Check out the newest The Real Venture Podcast episodes directly to you - subscribe here. And, if you're enjoying The Real Venture Podcast, please give us a 5-Star rating on Itunes!Want to be featured in an episode? Drop a comment below, or share your questions, feedback, and whatever else using #therealventure​​ and TAG US @therealventure_ on Instagram. SUMMARY KEYWORDScrypto, book, talk, week, internet, venture, continue, information, financial, listening, wikipedia, podcast, generation, financial system, former commissioner, full transparency, fact, building, antiquated, big infrastructure projectsThe Real Venture PodcastThe Real Venture Website | The Real Venture Instagram | The Real Venture LinkedIn | The Real Venture YouTube | Peyton Truitt - Linkedin | Peyton Truitt - Instagram | Luke Truitt - LinkedIn

It's Friday and that can only mean one thing, The Young Venture Club is back! This week we covered Play Bigger: How Pirates, Dreamers, and Innovators Create and Dominate Markets and today's episode is all about the major takeaways. What are the 3 foundations of building your business?What is Category Design?How to launch your new category… (hint ⚡)If you are interested in reading Play Bigger, it is linked above. Let us know your thoughts and what you found valuable! Make sure to check out our Instagram to see what book we are diving into next!Check out the newest The Real Venture Podcast episodes directly to you - subscribe here. And, if you're enjoying The Real Venture Podcast, please give us a 5-Star rating on Itunes!Want to be featured in an episode? Drop a comment below, or share your questions, feedback, and whatever else using #therealventure​​ and TAG US @therealventure_ on Instagram. SUMMARY KEYWORDSsalesforce, book, company, product, category, design, uber, bigger, talking, continue, lightning strike, week, barstool, build, podcast, hop, problem, excited, bought, marketThe Real Venture PodcastThe Real Venture Website | The Real Venture Instagram | The Real Venture LinkedIn | The Real Venture YouTube | Peyton Truitt - Linkedin | Peyton Truitt - Instagram | Luke Truitt - LinkedIn

 In today's episode, I talk with Doug Mandic and Dave Harris from the Rockies Venture Club. We talk about RVC's history and both of their backgrounds. They give us the inside scoop on Angel Investing, and how it is different from traditional Venture Capital investing. We talk about the evolution of the entity. We dive into what it's like for new angel investors. They share with us the three pillars of RVC Academy. Doug talks about his experience as a mentor. We discuss finding investors and companies and the current trends. They share some things to consider for founders. We discuss the future of early stage venture in Colorado as well as RVC's future.  Here's a closer look at the episode:Rockies Venture Club history Dave's background Doug's background and path RVC's mission How does it work for an entrepreneur What is it like for new angel investors The three pillars of RVC Academy Doug's experience as a mentor RVC's Events Finding investors and sourcing angel investors Finding companies Trends in the types of entrepreneurs / companies What's winning in Colorado Things to consider for founders The future of early state venture in Colorado What is the future of RVC Resources:Website: https://rockiesventureclub.wildapricot.org/Twitter: https://twitter.com/rockiesvcLinkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/rockies-venture-club/https://www.linkedin.com/in/dougmandic/https://www.linkedin.com/in/daveharris5280/

In today's episode, I talk with Doug Mandic and Dave Harris from the Rockies Venture Club. We talk about RVC's history and both of their backgrounds. They give us the inside scoop on Angel Investing, and how it is different from traditional Venture Capital investing. We talk about the evolution of the entity. We dive into what it's like for new angel investors. They share with us the three pillars of RVC Academy. Doug talks about his experience as a mentor. We discuss finding investors and companies and the current trends. They share some things to consider for founders. We discuss the future of early stage venture in Colorado as well as RVC's future. Here's a closer look at the episode: Rockies Venture Club history Dave's background Doug's background and path RVC's mission How does it work for an entrepreneur What is it like for new angel investors The three pillars of RVC Academy Doug's experience as a mentor RVC's Events Finding investors and sourcing angel investors Finding companies Trends in the types of entrepreneurs / companies What's winning in Colorado Things to consider for founders The future of early state venture in Colorado What is the future of RVC Resources: Website: https://rockiesventureclub.wildapricot.org/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/rockiesvc Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/rockies-venture-club/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/dougmandic/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/daveharris5280/

In today's episode, I talk with Doug Mandic and Dave Harris from the Rockies Venture Club. We talk about RVC's history and both of their backgrounds. They give us the inside scoop on Angel Investing, and how it is different from traditional Venture Capital investing. We talk about the evolution of the entity. We dive into what it's like for new angel investors. They share with us the three pillars of RVC Academy. Doug talks about his experience as a mentor. We discuss finding investors and companies and the current trends. They share some things to consider for founders. We discuss the future of early stage venture in Colorado as well as RVC's future. Here's a closer look at the episode: Rockies Venture Club history Dave's background Doug's background and path RVC's mission How does it work for an entrepreneur What is it like for new angel investors The three pillars of RVC Academy Doug's experience as a mentor RVC's Events Finding investors and sourcing angel investors Finding companies Trends in the types of entrepreneurs / companies What's winning in Colorado Things to consider for founders The future of early state venture in Colorado What is the future of RVC Resources: Website: https://rockiesventureclub.wildapricot.org/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/rockiesvc Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/rockies-venture-club/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/dougmandic/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/daveharris5280/

It's Friday and that can only mean one thing, The Young Venture Club is back! This week we covered Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win and today's episode is all about the major takeaways. What does it mean to take extreme ownership?How do leaders act under pressure?What is the best way to prevent the majority of problems?If you are interested in reading Extreme Ownership, it is linked above. Let us know your thoughts and what you found valuable! For this next week, the Young Venture Club is reading How I Built This: The Unexpected Paths to Success from the World's Most Inspiring EntrepreneursCheck out the newest The Real Venture Podcast episodes directly to you - subscribe here. And, if you're enjoying The Real Venture Podcast, please give us a 5-Star rating on Itunes!Want to be featured in an episode? Drop a comment below, or share your questions, feedback, and whatever else using #therealventure​​ and TAG US @therealventure_ on Instagram. SUMMARY KEYWORDSbook, extreme ownership, leader, jocko, read, risk, war, ultimately, business, incredible, important, manage, episode, breaks, continue, build, hop, life, moving, regulationsThe Real Venture PodcastThe Real Venture Website | The Real Venture Instagram | The Real Venture LinkedIn | The Real Venture YouTube | Peyton Truitt - Linkedin | Peyton Truitt - Instagram | Luke Truitt - LinkedIn

Today caps a new weekly format here at The Real Venture. With our normal episodes moving to Monday + Wednesday releases it allows us to use Fridays to try new things.Que The Young Venture Club - we want to begin to take this community to the next level so we wanted to issues a challenge. Every week we are going to cover a new book that can help us on our own entrepreneurial journey. We are excited to get this started and hope you join us! Check out Peyton breaking down the format and the goals in todays episodeWeek 1's book: Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win Check out the newest The Real Venture Podcast episodes directly to you - subscribe here. And, if you're enjoying The Real Venture Podcast, please give us a 5-Star rating on Itunes!Want to be featured in an episode? Drop a comment below, or share your questions, feedback, and whatever else using #therealventure​​ and TAG US @therealventure_ on Instagram. SUMMARY KEYWORDSextreme ownership, book, week, friday, instagram, venture, continue, excited, podcast, parallels, fridays, starting, shoot, read, talk, amazon, love, dive, growing, journeyThe Real Venture PodcastThe Real Venture Website | The Real Venture Instagram | The Real Venture LinkedIn | The Real Venture YouTube | Peyton Truitt - Linkedin | Peyton Truitt - Instagram | Luke Truitt - LinkedIn

„Ihr kennt ja wirklich soo viele Leute!“ - Kontakte sind für junge Gründer:innen ja oft mit das Wichtigste auf Ihrer Reise. In dieser Folge aus der Reihe #Gründertalk mit Start-up Coach Friedrich Grimm nehmen uns Alica und Kathrin von Herbsom mit auf ihre Gründerjourney. Die beiden sind eines der ersten Gründungsteams bei uns im REACH und erzählen uns, warum der Austausch mit anderen so essentiell ist. Herbsom - Das steht für individualisierbare Naturkosmetik, die ihr ganz einfach auf die spezifischen Bedürfnisse eurer Haut abstimmen könnt. Lernt, was es auf dem Weg zur erfolgreichen Gründung zu beachten gibt, wo Hürden, Risiken und Fallstricke sind, und was zu tun ist, um diese zu vermeiden. Welche Rechtsform soll das Untern nehmen haben? Warum spielen z.B. Fragen zur Produktsicherheit hierfür eine entscheidende Rolle? Und warum ist es wichtig, rechtzeitig anzufangen, wenn man seine Marke erfolgreich eintragen und etablieren will? Erfahrt außerdem, wie u.a. der Venture Club (hört hierzu auch mal in Folge 22 rein!) und natürlich wir vom REACH euch dabei helfen können, damit auch ihr eure Ideen mutig und erfolgreich in die Tat umsetzen könnt! www.reach-euregio.de 
 Kontakt: info@reach-euregio.de Kontakt Herbsom: info@herbsom.de https://www.instagram.com/herbsom.skincare/

„We connect and empower students to become entrepreneurs!“ - unter diesem Motto richtet sich der Venture Club (VCM) - eine der größten studentischen Initiativen in Münster - speziell an Startups und Gründungsinteressierte. Er ist eine der ersten Anlaufstellen zum Thema Gründen. In dieser Folge spricht Christina Fiege mit Anja Overwien, der 1. Vorsitzenden des VCM. Begeistern, vernetzen, ausbilden - Mit diesen drei Schlagworten richtet sich der VCM mit seinen vielen Events ausdrücklich nicht nur an Studierende aus dem Bereich Wirtschaftswissenschaften, sondern will die verschiedensten Fachrichtungen miteinander connecten. Anja z.B. promoviert selbst am Institut für betriebswirtschaftliches Management in der Chemie und Pharmazie bei Prof. Dr. Jens Leker zum Thema wie studentisches Gründertum gefördert werden kann. Sie erklärt uns, welche Hürden auf Gründer:innen zukommen, aber auch, welche Hebel es gibt um diese Hürden zu überwinden und wie der VCM und natürlich wir vom REACH euch dabei unterstützen, eure Ideen in die Tat umzusetzen! Erfahrt außerdem mehr über die Sommerakademie Ende September - einer Art Startup-Grundausbildung - und wie ihr dort mitmachen könnt! Ein langes Wochenende steht ganz im Zeichen von Workshops, Networking und Ausbildung rund um das Thema Gründen. Seid gespannt und lasst euch von Anja und dem Venture Club begeistern! www.reach-euregio.de Kontakt: info@reach-euregio.de www.ventureclub-muenster.de Kontakt: info@ventureclub-muenster.de

Friedrich Grimm, Start-up Coach der ersten Stunde beim REACH, stellt im Interview mit Christina den REACH Coaching Prozess vor. Diese Episode ist der erste Teil von Dreien. Es geht um die Basics, was ist eigentlich der Unterschied zwischen dem REACH und Venture Club? Wie ist das Coaching Team für Euch aufgestellt? Und warum und wieso eigentlich „Multiplyer“?

Ben Pidgeon is a 15-year veteran of the banking industry, joining VisionTech Partners/VisionTech Angels as the organization’s first executive director in 2016. Ben joined VisionTech to continue to expand our role in Indiana and across the Midwest in supporting business startups, innovation, commercialization, and job creation. Ben’s focus is optimizing VisionTech’s growth, recruiting qualified investors, and attracting and evaluating investment opportunities for our members. Ben is also the former president of the Venture Club of Indiana and is a member of its Board of Directors. Prior to joining VisionTech, Ben served as vice president and private banker at Stock Yards Bank and Trust in Indianapolis. He has also worked with MainSource Bank and M&I Bank/BMO Financial, both in Indianapolis; Bank One in Greenwood, and Oak Street Mortgage in Carmel. He is professionally and community oriented.  He served as president and treasurer of the Institute of Management Accountants, Indianapolis Chapter and is a former member of the Woodruff Place Foundation Board of Directors. A native of West Lafayette, Indiana, Ben earned a Bachelor’s of Science in Economics from Purdue University and a Master’s of Business Administration from the IU Kelley School of Business. Learn more about VisionTech Partners Connect with Ben Pidgeon on LinkedIn Sponsors: Talevation Ninety.io Straticos Buy your copy of Level Up To Professional: Second Edition

"One of the hottest ecosystems in investing; Colorado has really great entrepreneurs, a ton of great ideas, and capital needs to work together to support them."   In this interview, we chat with Dave Harris - Director of Operations with Rockies Venture Club. He shares the top habits and successful values that embody prosperous entrepreneurs.   Rockies Venture Club connects, educates, and builds up investors & entrepreneurs. Their events and education has facilitated over $40 million invested and brought on 200+ investors.   Rockies Venture Club: https://www.rockiesventureclub.org/ REBL Jane: https://rebljane.com/ Vortic Watch Company: https://vorticwatches.com/   Want to create a product based business? Start here: https://productsworthtalkingabout.com/index.php/bplan/   Looking for more business resources? Check out our comprehensive resource page: https://productsworthtalkingabout.com/index.php/tools/   Connect with Products Worth Talking About IG: https://www.instagram.com/productsworthtalkingabout FB: https://www.facebook.com/productsworthtalkingabout LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/pwta

Recruiting and Consulting Firm @Riderflex Podcast Presents: Barbara Bauer, Director, Women's Investor Network (WIN) at Rockies Venture Club - "Advice For Herself at 21" Riderflex.com | 888-964-5876 Riderflex is a global Recruiting and Consulting Firm. We give Career Advice & Job Interviewing Tips on this podcast. Learn more about Barbara Bauer at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/barbaratbauer/ Learn more about WIN at: https://www.rockiesventureclub.org/win-2/ Learn more about Women's Leadership Foundation at: https://womensleadershipfoundation.org/ This episode of the Riderflex Podcast is sponsored by our friends at Marketing360, the #1 marketing platform for small businesses. It’s everything you need to grow your business. Visit Marketing360.com or call them at 833-277-1328. #WomensLeadershipFoundation #WomensInvestorNetwork #RockiesVentureClub #investing #startup #entrepreneur #interview #podcast #Founder #riderflex #recruiter #executiverecruiter #recruitingfirm #techrecruiter #headhunter --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/riderflex/support

In this episode, Hall welcomes Peter Adams, Executive Director of Rockies Venture Club. Rockies Venture Club is “...an angel investing group dedicated to accelerating economic development by educating and connecting investors and entrepreneurs.” Their culture is based on the following three “pillars”: events, education and execution. Excited by impact investing, Peter explains Rockies Venture Club’s investment thesis and gives examples of startups within the Club. Peter also gives advice to both investors and entrepreneurs, and speaks at length about the challenges startups face. Visit Rockies Venture Club at    Peter can be contacted via LinkedIn at  and via email at  

Learn more about Paul Foley at https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulfoleylinkedin/ Learn more about Rockies Venture Club at https://www.rockiesventureclub.org/ This episode of the Riderflex Podcast is sponsored by our friends at Marketing360, the #1 marketing platform for small business. It’s everything you need to grow your business. Visit https://marketing360.com/riderflex --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/riderflex/support

Norman Musengimana (@munorma) dropped by Venture Club to talk about growing up in Rwanda and his life in many other countries. Norman came to Canada and YGK in 2017 to attend the Smith School of Business at Queen's University. As a result of his time at Queen's, Norman started and now operates Bizskills Academy which helps young entrepreneurs and others gain access to the workforce.

Kingstonist new Wolfe Island contributor Alix Carr-Harris visited Venture Club for a chat about island life, island events and her new venture Haymaker's Coffee.

Darrell Bryan, Artistic Director of the Kingston Chamber Choir stopped into Venture Club to chat about the ever changing world of music and the upcoming concert season for @ChoirKingston.

Mike Downie was in our Venture Club studio for a two part interview to discuss Chanie Wenjack, history as it pertains to Indigenous people of Canada and the Downie-Wenjack project that his brother Gord championed. @downiewenjack.

Co-host @KyleSCP (Kyle Compeau) dropped by Venture Club for our weekly look at sports. We discussed the Austin Matthews, Queen's women's rugby and a few other subjects.

Robb Bagg (@R_Bagg6) paid a visit to Venture Club to discuss his outstanding CFL career, how he got there and what he's up to now.

The voice of the Kingston Frontenacs Jim Gilchrist dropped by Venture Club to discuss the upcoming OHL season.

Justin Chenier (@ChenierYGK) Executive Director of Business Operations for the Kingston Frontenac's payed a visit to Venture Club for a two segment podcast. In the first segment we talk about the Frontenac's (@KingstonFronts) upcoming season and some great events that they will be holding over the course of the season. During the second segment we discuss Justin's journey with mental health struggles as a result from his time serving with the Canadian Military.

Mayor Bryan Paterson dropped by Venture Club for his live monthly Ask Me Anything segment.

Co-host Kyle Compeau dropped into Venture Club to discuss Bianca Andreescu, Gaels football, NFL and local high school fall sports.

Jeff Downie, Queen's Athletics Director, Business Development and Operations stopped into Venture Club to discuss Gaels, Junior Gaels and other exciting news within the department.

Downtown Kingston's Senior Project Manager Jan MacDonald stopped into Venture Club to talk about this weekends Limestone City Blues Festival.

Mark Potter dropped into Venture Club to tell some local sports stories and about his time at The Original Hockey Hall of Fame.

Local entrepreneur and developer Ben Pilon dropped into Venture Club for a great chat.

Hello and welcome to Smart venture club podcast. I’m your host Tyson Sam and I invite you to join me on this journey as we interview successful entrepreneurs and how we can learn from their experiences. One day it just clicks. You realize what’s important and what isn’t. You learn to care less about what other people think of Of you and more about what you think of yourself. You realize how far you’ve come, and you remember when you thought things were such a mess but you would never recover. And you smile you smile because you are truly proud of yourself and the person you have fought to become. Clever Investor - Instagram --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/gettothemoney/message

Former Whig Standard sports columnist Patrick Kennedy stopped by Venture Club to discuss the upcoming Little League Provincial Playdowns which get underway at Veterans Field on Saturday July 20, 2019.

Chris MacDonald stopped into Venture Club to talk about his new role as Director of European scouting for the Arizona Coyotes, his time with the Vancouver Canucks and our time together at Queen's.

Arron Geisler from Football Canada dropped by Venture Club to chat about this weeks Canada Cup at Richardson Stadium as well as the development of football in Canada.

Blake McGinness is a remarkable young entrepreneur and entertainer who just happens to refurbish classic cars amongst many other things. He dropped into Venture Club for a chat.

Larry Stafford stopped into Venture Club to talk about his six decades in the music business and his popular Facebook page, Kingston History of Bands.

Reid Cunningham dropped by Venture Club to talk about his new band Funkyard who will be debuting at The Blue Martini on June 15, 2019. Doors open at 9pm.

Sarah Garton Stanley dropped by Venture Club to talk about Fold A Festival which gets underway June 12, 2019.

Mayor Bryan Paterson stopped into Venture Club for his monthly session answering questions from constituents.

I spent some time with the staff and members of Venture Club. They have an incredible culture there which made it really enjoyable to hang out with them for the afternoon. We discussed the shift in the market towards leveraging influence as a means to find business growth.

inX3 is the largest regional gathering of entrepreneurial companies. Check out this fantastic interview with conference co-founder Kara Kavensky as she talks about bringing together venture capital and investors so they can connect with scale-up and investment-ready companies here in Indiana. InX3 is combining the value of Venture Club of Indiana’s Innovation Showcase with the equally valuable TechPoint’s Winner’s Circle Event.  

Discover more tech podcasts like this: Tech Podcast Asia. Produced by Pikkal & Co - Award Winning Podcast Agency. Robert Lomnitz has been doing business in Asia for almost 25 years. His experience as an asset manager, investment portfolio builder and advisor lead to his joining and leading the Bangkok Venture Club. The Club aims to aggregate the experience of many local business builders and angel investors into a platform that invests in seed stage businesses and provide real value to those businesses by using the accumulated network of the Club's members. We touched on a range of relevant topics in the investment space, including the impact of corporate venture capitalists like SCB's Digital Ventures, SCG's AddVentures and the accelerators of the mobile operators in Thailand. How will these actors work together with newer investors like K2 and BVC locally and the other regional micro funds. We also spent a bit of time talking about blockchain and cryptocurrencies. Finally, we touched on how to monetize these investments via trade sales, listings and other sources of liquidity.

We have another exciting show for you this week as we learn more from the culture at Gregory & Appel Insurance and find out more about the upcoming conference inX3. -- Gregory & Appel Insurance was founded in 1884 and is a 100% Family & Employee company. Recently, they were named as the #1 Best Place to Work in Indiana in 2017. We welcome David Riley, COO/CFO, and Karl Ahlrichs, Senior Consultant, from Gregory & Appel on the show to talk about the history of their company and what they have done to create a company culture that has been recognized as a Best Place to Work. -- Have you heard about the newest conference coming to Indianapolis? It's the inX3 conference and this will be the largest regional gathering of entrepreneurial in the Midwest. This event will combine the Venture Club of Indiana's Innovation Showcase with TechPoint's Winner's Circle Event during a whole week in June.  The event takes place June 13-17 at Union 525 and they have 111 sponsors for the event! Edge Media Studios is one of those sponsors and we will be live streaming at the event!

Barbara Bauer has traveled the world and has spent the last several years in Myanmar as the Executive Director, Myanmar, for Partnership for Change, a Norwegian impact investment and international development organization. While in Myanmar, Barbara worked closely with community, state and national Myanmar leaders to identify, plan and implement programs and development models to improve economic opportunities, focused especially for women. She now is heading up the Women Investor Network for the Rockies Venture Club, focused on bringing more women into venture capital and angel investing! We had a blast talking about why empowering women is so important today - the time is now!

I am excited to introduce to you one of my very good friends and someone who I find extremely inspiring. In this episode, I interview Eli Johnston who does a lot of very interesting work bringing together corporations and entrepreneurs to accelerate social innovation. He does this through his work as the head of corporate innovation at the Impact Hub in Singapore which is a co-working space and community for social entrepreneurs. If that’s not enough, he is also the co-founder of Own Your Brilliance that brings students together from around the world and gives them to tools to get started on their journey to becoming social entrepreneurs. In this spare time, for the next 9 months Eli is also teaching a class of 10 women from all over South East Asia. They are house helpers also known as foreign domestic workers in Singapore. And he is going to be running a Venture Club through an organisation called Aidha which teaches financial literacy, business and entrepreneurship to these incredible hardworking women on their days off. Eli will be working with the women to build their business plans for a venture in their home countries and for the first time in Aidha’s history, these businesses will be designed as social enterprises. Honestly don’t know how he does this all! Anyway, I hope you enjoy this episode, it was definitely one of the more fun ones for me to record, especially as I find that Eli is someone who can be a lot of fun but also very deep in his thoughts and motivation to change the world. I’m keen to hear what your thoughts are after you’ve had a listen!   Favorite quote from episode: “We are here to discover who we are, not who we think we need to be” – Eli [58:20]   People/ items mentioned in this episode: Impact Hub Singapore Own Your Brilliance Aidha P&G Disrupt the Laundry Experience Duolingo Tesla   Get in contact with Eli on LinkedIn, Email (The Hub), Email (Own Your Brilliance)   Show notes “We call it a social enterprise launch pad for university students” [04:30] How do you support ideas after ‘Impactathons’? [10:45] Shout out to David Nosibor from Mazars [13:30] Eli chats about his work at the Impact Hub in Singapore fostering social innovation [22:00] Disrupting the laundry experience using hardware and software [24:00] “Innovation is what makes us human” [32:00] Eli and I rant about words that grind our gears [32:30] Eli explains how he got started with his career [34:30] What are some common misconceptions about the work that you do or the industry that you’re in? [42:00] What is something that you love about what you do? [44:00] Eli is in a unique position working on both top-down and bottom-up approaches to creating social impact through innovation. He shares his predictions for the future of the space [46:50] Future of Own Your Brilliance and the Impact Hub Singapore [53:15] “We are here to discover who we are, not who we think we need to be” [58:20] “I think not enough people are curious! Reading is such a beautiful gateway to learning new things and exploring the depths of that curiosity” [59:33] “I think people fight intuition too much. I often tell friends, don’t fight intuition, there’s truth to that. Sometimes there’s more truth than you sitting down and trying to map out a decision” [1:00:00] “Do shit. Do things … The most helpful thing in [finding your purpose] is doing things. Because even if you don’t like something, finding out what you don’t like is just as useful as finding out what you do like. Everything in life is either a lesson or a blessing. You’ll grow from it either way. I always encourage people to just do things” [1:00:55] Eli chats about the things that he needs help with [1:02:00] Three Things [1:03:30]   What was your favorite quote or lesson from this episode? Let me know in the comments!