Expat Business Hero
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Starting and growing your business as an expat will test you to the limit but the rewards can more than compensate. Become a business hero for your customers, your family and of course yourself. Join Alex Congdon, a UK expat in Switzerland, as he interviews expat business entrepreneurs and experts from around the world as they share their stories and strategies, successes and failures.
Expat Business Hero
4y ago
Interview with Sam Dorri, a Brit in Singapore, who creates customised art for parents who want to preserve their favourite parenting memories in Singapore. Sam gave up working with big brands and agencies and sought her independence as an expat, moving from the UK through Bahrain and eventually Singapore. We cover solopreneurship, the need for partnerships, sales and how to balance life with work.
Show Notes:
www.Sammyeve.com ..read more
Expat Business Hero
4y ago
Stuart Elliott, a British expat, arrived in southern China via a long detour through Southern Africa and whilst raising a new family, runs his global coaching practice from there. He's passionate about mindset and hypnosis as ways of building your confidence.
Show Notes:
Free 5 x step confidence boosting course https://doubleccoaching.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/stuartelliott1/
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Expat Business Hero
4y ago
Ekaterina Filippova (Kat) helps entrepreneurs make their brands and websites more visible online, dare I say radiate? Her journey to Montreux, Switzerland started in a town in the Urals, Russia where the Soviet nuclear program was born. Sit back and listen to Kat's story, a wonderful heart centred person who makes a difference to those she works with.
Show Notes:
https://ekatcommunication.ch
https://www.facebook.com/ekatcommunication/
https://www.instagram.com/ekatcommunication/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ekaterinafilippova/
Online visibility hacks community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/k ..read more
Expat Business Hero
4y ago
Interview with Alex Greve, a Dutch 'Food Techie' entrepreneur living in Malta & founder of KickDish.com, an e-commerce app unifying meal planning and grocery shopping. Tells the story of his ups & downs of building an eCommerce app, testing before building & how to outsource (& in source) programming work.
Show Notes:
www.KickDisk.com
www.Upwork.com for hiring freelancers  ..read more
Expat Business Hero
4y ago
Stuart Kibbe moved from the USA to Geneva, Switzerland where he founded THE IT GUYS, a very successful IT services business. On the way, he mentored disadvantaged children in inner city London, a phase which has greatly influenced his ability to show compassion for all those he works with today. As a double entrepreneur couple, Stuart is passionate about marriage and shares his tips on how to make it work, a topic his wife Harriet has turned into her own business (see link below). Stuart's always been obsessed with Peak Human Performance and just can't help himself running the odd triathlon he ..read more
Expat Business Hero
4y ago
Diana Dentinger is an Innovative Change Maker & Influential Thought Leader who inspires you to Live "who you really are". Entrepreneur, Corporate Team Builder & Executive Coach. From Chicago, USA, now living in Torino, Italy. Podcaster & author. She starts the episode telling us that you need to choose between the two major values of freedom and stability - you can't chase both! And she also has some interesting observations about why you can never really be fully part of a culture you were not brought up in. We went just over an hour but the episode is full of great nuggets & ..read more
Expat Business Hero
4y ago
Tulia Lopes is not acting! She's a Brazilian living in Germany and tells her story of bouncing back from business failure in Spain to becoming an award winning public speaker and coach & mentor, helping women boost their confidence & find their authentic message.
Show Notes:
www.tulialopes.com
www.speakupandleadacademy.com
On Amazon Books - Leading in High Heels ..read more
Expat Business Hero
4y ago
Dange Durrett left recently independent Lithuania for Chicago to raise her son and build her growth consulting business. She's on a mission to stop small businesses failing (85% do after 18 months) and explains why creating your own network can boost your sales and more!
Show Notes:
Labas Connect on Facebook
www.LabasConnect.com ..read more
Expat Business Hero
4y ago
Steph Fonteyn, an internationally exhibited artist, Tedx Speaker and Team Building expert explains how she overcame post natal depression (& a career in HR) to realise her dream of being an artist and an entrepreneur.
Show notes:
Www.stephfonteyn.com
Www.collaborativeart.ch
Info@stephfonteyn.com
Instagram: stephfonteyn
Facebook: stephfonteyn ..read more
Expat Business Hero
4y ago
Martin Daubney, a Brit in Switzerland, has transformed his own experience with excessive corporate workplace stress into a coaching & training business helping other companies rid themselves of the same. In this interview we cover his transition from corporate leader to independent coach and trainer and how discovering his strengths was his first key step;
Show Notes:
Martin mentions - http://martynnewman.com/ - Emotional Intelligence and Leadership.
To reach Martin -
Facebook Page - Inspire Coaching
www.InspireCoaching.com
martin@InspireCoaching.com
https://ww ..read more