Entrepreneurship and Leadership
132 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 1 month ago - ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsThe NBN Entrepreneurship and Leadership channel podcast focusses on entrepreneurship, leadership and innovation, interviewing entrepreneurial people, leaders and others about their journey, motivations, lessons learned and advice for others.
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Alexandra Pedraszewska: Polish Non-Technical Co-Founder of a Tech Startup in Cambridge/London
October 31, 2018 13:37 - 1 hourAleksandra Pedraszewska is a Co-Founder and Head of Commercial at VividQ - a UK-based start-up offering revolutionary software platform for next generation holographic display. Aleksandra co-founded VividQ when completing her MPhil degree in Technology Policy at Cambridge Judge Business School. Today, she heads up VividQ’s sales, marketing, and operations teams based in London. She manages the implementation of VividQ software framework by world-leading customer electronics and embedded syste...
Alex Van Someren: Amadeus Capital
October 31, 2018 12:25 - 59 minutesAlex van Someren is Managing Partner of the Early Stage Funds at Amadeus and sits on the boards of several Amadeus portfolio companies. Amadeus is one of the highest profile VC funds in the UK with offices in Bangalore, Cambridge, Cape Town, London and San Francisco, Amadeus has invested in over 130 companies, and raised more than billion pounds for its portfolio companies. Investing from early stage to global growth, they are focused on AI & machine learning, online consumer services, cyber ...
Richard Lucas: An Chat with Cambridge University Careers Service on Entrepreneurship
September 13, 2018 10:58 - 36 minutesCambridge University Careers Service interviewed Richard Lucas about entrepreneurship Normally Richard is asking the questions, In this episode hear him answer a few. About Richard Lucas Richard is a business and social entrepreneur who founded, led and/or invested in more than 30 businesses, Richard has been a TEDx event organiser, supports the pro-entrepreneurship ecosystem, and leads entrepreneurship workshops at all levels: from pre-schools to leading business schools. Richard was born ...
Gill Grose: A Volunteer Librarian Changing Lives in South Africa (s4ep18)
April 19, 2018 11:31 - 57 minutesGill has been s a volunteer librarian at Claremont Primary School in Cape Town South Africa since 2010. Through her initiative she has been able to give several hundred children aged 6-14 from largely disadvantaged backgrounds access to books and advice about reading. She believes that this has been life changing for a significant number of her readers – as well as giving her life profound value. Gill is a great example of a social entrepreneur. Richard nominated her to speak at TEDxCapeTown,...
Florian Faes: Co-founder of Slator, the Translation Industry’s News, Analysis and Event Service
March 29, 2018 23:00 - 1 hourFlorian Faes is Co-Founder of Slator. Linguist, business developer, and mountain runner. Based in the beautiful lakeside city of Zurich, Switzerland. Florian had a senior job in translation company and realised he couldn’t find the news and analysis he was looking for so with a partner he launched Slator. Slator.com SlatorCon (our conference series) Slator Youtube Florian Faes Linkedin Florian Faes Twitter About your host Richard Lucas Richard is a business and social entrepreneur who f...
Patrick Ney: Filmmaker, Writer and Digital Marketer with 23 million views on YouTube
March 26, 2018 16:52 - 1 hourPatrick Ney is a British-born filmmaker and writer living in Poland. His films focus on Polish society and history. They have had more than 17,000,000 views in the last 12 months. He works as a digital marketer specialising in story-based digital sales funnels at James Cook Media. His specialisation is in producing short-form video content that works on Facebook. He is a popular media commentator on UK-Polish affairs. He also regularly appears as a guest in podcasts on digital marketing and L...
Harriet Noble: On BBC World Hacks/People Fixing the World
February 16, 2018 12:10 - 46 minutesHarriet Noble is a radio journalist working for the BBC in London. She started her career on Radio 4’s flagship Today programme, where over the course of 7 years she graduated from work experience girl to Duty Editor. At the beginning of 2017 she moved to World Hacks on the BBC World Service, where she presents, reports and produces. She is also developing other radio projects for the BBC. World Hacks is a weekly radio programme, podcast and digital video platform, leading the BBC’s solutions...
Peter Cowley: At the CAMentrepreneurs Launch in New York with Peter Cowley
December 15, 2017 11:57 - 25 minutesAn interview with Peter Cowley for the launch of Cambentrepreneurs in New York, recorded in April 2017. Cambentrepreneurs was founded in December 2016 to promote entrepreneurship among the alumni of Cambridge University, current Students and others. Working in a similar way to the relationship between TED.com and TEDx-es, we launch in cities where there is a local leader ready to take the initiative and organise events and activities with a minimum of support from myself and Peter. CAMentrep...
J. R. Lucas: Perspectives from a Retired Oxford Philosopher
October 04, 2017 20:33 - 45 minutesIn this podcast John Lucas reflected on recruitment - his role and processes in selecting undergraduates to study at the world's finest universities. John Randolph Lucas was educated at Winchester College and Balliol College, Oxford, where he studied first mathematics, then Greats (Greek, Latin, Philosophy and Ancient History), obtaining first class honours, and taking the Oxford MA in 1954. He spent the 1957–58 academic year at Princeton University, studying mathematics and logic. For 36 yea...
Piotr Nabielec: On Time Management and Productivity
September 20, 2017 22:48 - 1 hourAfter 10 years in IT in various roles (Developer, Scrum Master, Manager, Head of QA, Trainer) I founded Produktywni.pl, where I am a trainer and consultant and also created two online trainings - I help people, teams and companies be more productive, build positive habits, achieve their dreams and get things done. I have a blog (in Polish) and my articles can be found on Lifehack and my book "Effective Multitasking" on Amazon. 6 tips for productivity by Richard produktywni.pl Productivity ...
Paweł Tkaczyk: Author, TEDxKazimierz Speaker and Marketing Expert
April 26, 2017 15:27 - 1 hourPaweł Tkaczyk is a writer, public speaker and an expert in branding and gamification. He wrote two bestsellers - „Zakamarki marki” and „Grywalizacja” that focus on branding (zakamarki marki) and gamification (grywalizacja) operations. He is also a lecturer at many Polish universities such us Akademia im. Leona Koźmińskiego w Warszawie, Akademia Górniczo-Hutnicza w Krakowie, Wyższa Szkoła Bankowa w Poznaniu and many companies such as Credit Agricole, Citibank, Sanofi Aventis or Hama. He is quo...
Jeff Kirschner: Founder of Litterati- a community that's Crowdsourcing "Cleaning the Planet"
April 05, 2017 10:15 - 57 minutesWhen his 4-year old daughter saw a plastic tub of cat litter in the woods, little did Jeff Kirschner realise that it would be the spark for creating Litterati - a global movement that’s “crowdsource-cleaning” the planet one piece of litter at a time. Featured in National Geographic, Time Magazine, Fast Company, and USA Today, Litterati has become a shining example of how communities are using technology and data to solve our world’s most complex problems. Jeff has shared the Litterati story a...
Rudradeb Mitra: AI/ML Big Data Entrepreneur and Minimalist (s3ep8)
March 29, 2017 15:54 - 50 minutesRudradeb Mitra - Alumni of University of Cambridge. He started his first venture in 2010. Till now he has been a founding member of 5 startups - two in Silicon Valley, one in UK, one in Belgium and one in India. He is also a mentor of Founder Institute, Polska Agencja Rozwoju Przedsiębiorczości, MIT Enterprise Forum Poland. Recently he seed invested in two startups and is always looking for interesting opportunities and people to work with. The Ashton Kutcher talk and transcript Linkedin Pr...
Richard Lucas: A Wall Street Lab Interview
February 22, 2017 11:17 - 1 hourAn interview with Richard Lucas by The Wall Street Lab Podcast - originally went on line here http://www.thewallstreetlab.co... is what they wrote "Richard Lucas is an angel investor who is currently involved with close to 20 different companies across a variety of industries. He has made many investments into world-class startups over the years, including deals with startups backed by the likes of Y Combinator. For example, Richard was an early investor in the company Estimote, which won the...
Józef Kącki: Leadership Educator and Entrepreneur
October 25, 2016 16:05 - 1 hourJózef Kącki is the founder of Leaders Island - and organisation focused on training young managers and future leaders and a managing director of S4A. Leaders Island About your host - Richard Lucas Richard is a business and social entrepreneur who founded, led and/or invested in more than 30 businesses, Richard has been a TEDx event organiser, supports the pro-entrepreneurship ecosystem, and leads entrepreneurship workshops at all levels: from pre-schools to leading business schools. Richard ...
Philip Zimbardo: On Heroic Leadership
October 09, 2016 14:52 - 30 minutesHave you ever heard of Stanford Prison Experiment? If you're familiar with it, you must recognise our today's episode guest - Prof. Philip Zimbardo who is one of the most known and respected psychologists in the world. Besides being a professor emeritus at Stanford University, he has just started a very inspiring project in Poland. Learn about the inspiring life of Prof. Zimbardo in our thirteenth Project Kazimierz episode of the second season! Have you ever heard of Stanford Prison Experimen...
Tom Clarke: Founder of u2i
September 18, 2016 12:21 - 1 hourTom Clarke is the CEO and founder of u2i, a web technology consulting company based in Krakow, Tom found success after doubling down on his core strength – technology. Now, u2i has over 40 employees and generates millions of dollars in revenue every year. Not only that, u2i employees co-own the company, and as a result, the level of creative effort they pour into every client project leaves a big impression! u2i Open Coffee Codility About your host - Richard Lucas Richard is a business a...
Rafał Płutecki: Head of Google Campus Warsaw
June 14, 2016 17:15 - 42 minutesAs the head of Google Campus Warsaw, our guest today has had a critical role in the startup ecosystem in Poland. Rafał Płutecki started business in Poland by providing dial-up internet access to businesses that needed to be connected. Today, he’s connecting young businesses to much more than just a modem. Through the Campus he links entrepreneurs to the networks and resources they need to become global enterprises. Google Campus Warsaw Central-Eastern European Exchange Google for Entrepre...
Kimon Fountoukidis: CEO and Founder of Argos Multilingual
May 17, 2016 12:07 - 1 hourHe went from selling t-shirts door to door to running a global translation services company. Meet Kimon Fountoukidis, CEO of the Argos Multilingual and PMR. Kimon moved to Poland 27 years ago and in this time be became a successful entrepreneur with an innovative approach to doing business. Learn his story, his insights on how to do sales, why job automation is not a bad thing, why Krakow is a great place to live and work and much more in this week’s episode. In March 2021 Kimon became a co-h...
Paul Klipp: Entrepreneur, Agile, Kanban, Ruby and Kanban Evangelist and Founder of TEDxKrakow
April 01, 2016 15:51 - 1 hourBorn in the USA, Paul has been in Kraków for over a decade, and was instrumental in the explosion of Ruby on Rails popularity here, the improvement of management systems with Agile methodology and Kanbanery, as well as helping to get Kraków on the map as the perfect place to come for talent. From Paul’s point of view, the advantages of Poland and the companies operating here is abundantly clear.. LunarLogic Kanbanery Aperitif ACE Conference TEDxKraków Estimote About your host - Richard...
Rafał Styczeń: Co-Founder of Comarch and other leading Polish IT Companies and Funds
March 15, 2016 10:00 - 1 hourRafał Styczeń is a legend in the tech startup scene in Kraków. He helped build a hugely successful telecommunication application when he was a student of computer science at Kraków Technical University. He’s now growing Meble.pl, a furniture ecommerce store that’s proving nothing is safe from software domination, not even our sofas. Rafał brings a unique wisdom to the table that comes from a combination of innate entrepreneurial passion and the hard-graft hustle of building multiple large bus...
Samuel Cook: From Business Burnout to New Beginnings
March 02, 2016 19:43 - 1 hourSam was the co-host of Project Kazimierz, before resigning after the first years. In this episode, Sam tells listeners about a tough business decision he had to make, and how he recovered from the fallout. Who’d have guessed that consulting world-class triathlon coaches would eventually lead to arriving in Cracow? Sam talks about building a team here to expand the business, about traveling to Silicon Valley for investments, and about pivoting into a brand new market. Innovation Nest Google ...
Gareth Mitchell and Bill Thompson: BBC's "Digital Planet"
September 15, 2015 15:21 - 27 minutesAn interview with Gareth Mitchell and Bill Thompson, Gareth and Bill discuss podcasting and their BBC show, ‘Digital Planet’, and the formation of the unofficial listener "Fan Club" BBC's Digital Planet Facebook Group Economist Article Click podcast Gareth's LinkedIn Gareth's Twitter Bill's LinkedIn Bill's Twitter About your host - Richard Lucas Richard is a business and social entrepreneur who founded, led and/or invested in more than 30 businesses, Richard has been a TEDx event orga...
Paul Papadimitriou and Ivan Hernandez: Podcasters, Consultants and Speakers.
September 02, 2015 23:02 - 1 hourPaul Papadimitriou and Ivan Hernandez were early examples of the podcast with Richard Lucas and Sam Cook. Paul and Ivan, co-founders of Digital Loop, discuss podcasting and its effectiveness in distributing a message. Richard discusses angel investing and entrepreneurship with them. Finally, they look forward to predicting technology trends and how they judge startups to invest in. Paul's website Paul's Linkedin Paul's Twitter Paul's Facebook Page Ivan's blog Ivan's Linkedin Ivan's Twi...
Peter Cowley: Angel Investor of The Year, President of European Business Angels Network
August 28, 2015 15:21 - 1 hourPeter Cowley, with Richard Lucas and Sam Cook. Peter discusses angel investing and how he came to be the UK Angel Investor of the Year in 2014, later becoming President of the European Business Angels Network. Richard and Peter talk about the different ventures they’ve invested in. They also break down why Peter is much better at it. Finally, Sam looks into growing hisbusiness, while Peter and Richard explain what success means to them. Mentions and links: Peter’s website Peter’s Linkedin ...
Will Bunker: Founder of the World's First Dating App, "One and Only"
August 13, 2015 17:30 - 38 minutesWill Bunker talks to Richard Lucas and Sam Cook. Will was the founder of One-and-Only.com (currently owned by Match.com). He is a successful entrepreneur and investor. Richard and Will chat about their philosophies around investing. They discuss the importance of surrounding yourself with people that can bring you new ideas and ventures. Finally, Sam and Will look into analyzing data and its use in predicting startup success. Will Bunker LinkedIn Silicon Valley Growth Syndicate Borrow my d...
Wojciech Burkot: From Google Engineering Director to Forming a Fund
August 07, 2015 03:39 - 1 hour#Project Kazimierz presents Wojciech Burkot, with Richard Lucas and Sam Cook. Wojciech discusses his early companies, moving onto Google, and what he’s working on next. They examine the ways in which universities in Poland need to change and adjust to the blossoming tech community surround Krakow. Finally, Wojciech lends a few words of advice for those interested in journeying to Krakow and also to those who are already chasing the dream in Krakow. Google for entrepreneurs Hub:raum Techwee...
Mark Bradshaw: Founder of local-life.com and Eataway.com
July 30, 2015 19:51 - 52 minutesThis week Sam and Richard welcome Mark Bradshaw, British-African farmer who moved to Poland to escape Mugabe’s oppressive policies, and discovered the perfect place for entrepreneurship. Both a fountain of ideas, and a seasoned implementer, Mark talks us through how to choose ideas, build a great team, and build something that matters. Krakow-Life, which has become Local-Life Bidroom Eataway About your host - Richard Lucas Richard is a business and social entrepreneur who founded, led and...
Ramon Tancinco: Cisco Centre Head of Krakow as Europe's Silicon Valley
July 25, 2015 18:36 - 49 minutesRamón Tancinco, with Richard Lucas and Sam Cook. Ramón discusses his prophetic TEDxKrakow talk concerning Krakow as a European Silicon Valley. They analyse the reason Krakow is a hub for tech companies and how it mirrors Silicon Valley in the United States. Richard talks about the influx of billion dollar companies. Finally, Sam explains how Krakow is not Silicon Valley and why that’s not a bad thing. Table of contents, resources and links:Resources and links: Ramon Tancinco LinkedIn account...
Pawel Nowak: Less Talking, More Action
July 16, 2015 16:07 - 1 hourWe welcome Pawel Nowak, tech entrepreneur for a chat about current trends in technology-based business in Poland. Join Sam, Richard and Pawel for the discussion. Pawel’s Twitter Pawel’s Facebook Colab Appleblog Jakub Krzych Ela Madej Piotr Wilam Google Meetups Open Coffee Krakow About your host - Richard Lucas Richard is a business and social entrepreneur who founded, led and/or invested in more than 30 businesses, Richard has been a TEDx event organiser, supports the pro-entreprene...
Vincent Vergonjeanne: French Online and Board Games Entrepreneur
July 09, 2015 23:06 - 50 minutesSam and Richard introduce Vincent Vergonjeanne, a French entrepreneur who takes us through how he built a successful ninety-person video game company, why he escaped it and moved to Krakow, and how he finally created his dream company producing beautiful, world-class video games, “One game at a time.” Vincent’s Linkedin Kobojo EveryDayIPlay About your host - Richard Lucas Richard is a business and social entrepreneur who founded, led and/or invested in more than 30 businesses, Richard has...
Ela Madej: Startup Community/Software House, Base CRM and 50 Years Co-founder
July 02, 2015 09:00 - 1 hourEla Madej, co-founder of Base, a Krakow-based startup that later exited to Zendesk, as well as Hive 53, which has stood at the spear-head of the Krakow startup scene since 2011. This week, Sam and Richard hear the details of Ela’s colourful career. After she left Base she founded, European Ruby Conference Piotr Nidzynski. Co-founder of Hive Stefan Sagmeister New York city designer Jerry Colonna CEO/Executive Coach, investor in New York city Hive 53 fiftyyears.com About your host - Rich...