Adapt or Die! Tips for surviving a culture clash & emerging fulfilled - with Justin Damian Furness
Expat Business Hero: Inspiring Interviews with Expat Entrepreneurs & Business Experts
Release Date: 04/11/2018
From Engineer To Award Winning Entrepreneur - With Barbara Lax
Expat Business Hero: Inspiring Interviews with Expat Entrepreneurs & Business Experts
A brain-storming session at a BBQ with friends inspired Barbara Lax to quit her successful engineering career and create a winning child care concept for modern families and companies in Switzerland. Undaunted by attempts to sabotage her business and the inevitable family struggles, Barbara eventually won Veuve Clicquot's Swiss Business Woman of the Year 2017 and is today ranked among the Financial Times 1000 fastest growing companies in Europe. Notes: https://www.alexcongdon.com/29
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Why Purpose Is The Foundation: With James Moffat
Expat Business Hero: Inspiring Interviews with Expat Entrepreneurs & Business Experts
James Moffat is a Scottish born entrepreneur living in Switzerland. After 20 years in the corporate world and thinking, ‘Is this it?’ he found himself on the outside, looking for a new adventure. On his journey to gain his own clarity and purpose, he built a business helping entrepreneurs better align to their own purpose whilst boosting their visibility. Episode notes : https://www.alexcongdon.com/28
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How To Build Trust In B2B Sales - With Yuri van der Sluis
Expat Business Hero: Inspiring Interviews with Expat Entrepreneurs & Business Experts
Yuri van der Sluis is a Dutch sales expert, speaker and author living in the Valencia region of Spain. His passion is helping B2B sales organisations to lead with trust because without trust in the sales process you’ll never create value. Full of inspiration and enthusiasm, Yuri speaks to Alex about his struggles and difficulties in setting up the business and the things he has learnt along the way, and what he hopes to achieve in the future. Episode Notes:
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Are You Worth What You Charge? - With Janene Liston
Expat Business Hero: Inspiring Interviews with Expat Entrepreneurs & Business Experts
One of the hardest things a business owner faces is setting the price for their products, especially if you are the product! Janene Liston moved from California to Switzerland and has taken her career expertise and created a business advising small & medium sized businesses on their pricing and how to charge what you are worth. And that's why she calls herself The Pricing Lady! Full Episode notes : www.alexcongdon.com/26
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Why Entrepreneurs Need Community - With Johan Franzen
Expat Business Hero: Inspiring Interviews with Expat Entrepreneurs & Business Experts
Johan Franzen, a Swede living in Switzerland, is proving there is entrepreneurial life after a long and successful corporate career. He's created what he calls a “virtual swiss army knife for your entrepreneurial journey”, a platform for entrepreneurs that want to connect and be part of a trusted community of like minded business owners and specialists, exchanging resources, tips and tools. He’s given it a novel name too, Episode Highlights 01:33 - What prompted the start of your community ?05:01 - The connection of trusted people for entrepreneurs07:08 - The bigger and global...
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How Podcasting Can Grow Your Business with Yann Ilunga
Expat Business Hero: Inspiring Interviews with Expat Entrepreneurs & Business Experts
Yann Ilunga is a Swiss-Italian entrepreneur based in Helsinki. His passion is podcasting and as well as producing his own successful shows, he coaches those interested in starting and growing a podcast very often to support their business. He also has a successful Facebook community group with over 2,400 member from all over the world and has been featured in Inc.com, Forbes and Entrepreneur Magazine. Full Show Notes: Episode Highlights 02:14 - How and why did the business get started?06:49 - Is podcasting an ideal business when split between locations?09:57 - What is...
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I'll Tell You What Consumers Really, Really Want - With Guy White
Expat Business Hero: Inspiring Interviews with Expat Entrepreneurs & Business Experts
Guy White is the founder of Catalyx, a successful and very innovative agency based in Geneva helping brands connect with their ideal consumers. Originally from the UK, Guy quit the safety of corporate life to start his 1st business before he turned 30. In this episode Guy we discuss his view of risk, entrepreneurship and leading a start-up organisation. Full Episode notes Episode Highlights 00:57 - Who does Catalyx help and how?05:36 - A different approach from other market research agencies13:27 - Challenges and difficulties of setting up the business19:22 -...
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Make Your LinkedIn Profile Talk To Your Audience - With Sarah Santacroce
Expat Business Hero: Inspiring Interviews with Expat Entrepreneurs & Business Experts
Sarah SantaCroce is a Switzerland born and bred LinkedIn expert who spent time living abroad in California where she mastered the art of social media networks. Now living back in Switzerland, Sarah was able to build on her experience to build her business and the LinkedIn expertise that she has today. Sarah works with introverted entrepreneurs, coaches and consultants, to help them establish systems, make worthwhile connections, generate leads and for them to create their own businesses using LinkedIn. For the full transcript and resources, please visit: https://www.alexcongdon.com/22
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It's Good To Talk About Mens Mental Health - With Carl Wahlers
Expat Business Hero: Inspiring Interviews with Expat Entrepreneurs & Business Experts
Carl Wahlers, former rugby player and corporate manager wants men with mental health issues to get things off their chest. He's set up Blokes And Black Dogs, a support group in Switzerland for men who want to enjoy life once again.
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Why Women Make Great Entrepreneurs - With Melitta Campbell
Expat Business Hero: Inspiring Interviews with Expat Entrepreneurs & Business Experts
Melitta Campbell, has a formula for helping women start a business on their own terms. Originally from Wales, she's now in Montreux, Switzerland and has overcome her own out of balance lifestyle to become a successful business coach for women. The full episode page is available here:
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Justin Damian Furness wants to help you lead a fulfilled life and that's why he created the Life Print System, a transformation program he delivers around the world. In this interview, Justin shares the ups and downs of moving from South Africa to Switzerland, creating a business as an expat and the importance of 'adapt or die' as a guiding principle.
You can reach him on www.JustinFurness.net where he is offering a free 30 minute consultation called the 'Fulfilment Factor Assessment'.
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Youtube: LifePrint System