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Vrolijke Vrekken59. JAMES COOKE: "Er staan altijd 20 potten ravioli in mijn kast"Showbizzfenomeen James Cooke doet een bekentenis: "Mijn afhaalmaaltijden zijn zo talrijk, dat ik ze per maandelijkse factuur betaal." Hij vertelt waarom er 20 blikken ravioli in zijn kast staan, zijn zolder op een munitiedepot lijkt en hij nooit zonder toiletpapier zal vallen. Bekijk de hele aflevering ook op GoPlay.be.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
2024-04-3040 min
WiserWednesday - Scale up your StartupWiserWednesday.com S03.E02 - Becoming (Par)entrepreneurs with Perri LewisThis WiserWednesday we have Perri Lewis, CEO of Mastered speaking to us about the challenges of juggling a rapidly scaling business whilst meeting the needs of a young family. It’s also said that middle-age is when you are supporting both your parents and your kids – yay! So we’ll be sharing tools and coping mechanisms that could help anyone out there facing more than the demands of their business. Hosted by James Potten.
2024-04-1750 min
WiserWednesday - Scale up your StartupWiserWednesday.com #S03.E01 - An Ultraleap to Series D with Tom CarterThank you Tom for an excellent discussion on his journey to Series D (a feat only achieved by a few people on the planet). We dive into the human side of being a founder and how challenging that is with a young family and the excitement on Tom & his cofounders eureka moment when they realised this would actually work. From Bristol University PhD spin-out to CES Vegas & HQ in San Fransisco with an acquisition in between, tom share why we should make sure in life that we take the leap, realise we will step on rakes & why the trick to...
2024-01-2458 min
WiserWednesday - Scale up your StartupWiserWednesday.com #S02.E08 - Thriving Teams (that scale) with Alison CowardCome and find out how a the transition to a 'workshop culture' could catalyse the growth through the next s-curve for your business. Alison Coward shares how she wanted to bottle up that enthusiasm and energy at the end of a workshop and release it into organisations. Learn how you could do that yourself in your organisation. Your host as always is James Potten.
2023-11-3058 min
WiserWednesday - Scale up your StartupWiserWednesday.com #S02.E07 - Fundraising 'From Idea to Series A' with Raja SkoglandWelcome to our ‘WiserWednesday' Fireside chat with Raja Skogland, Investor and Founder of The Visionary Company and VC. We do a deep-dive into the current startup investor trends. Find out why Raja and her network invest in founders and their ideas and how you could better position yourself for fundraising. She also shares some insider insights on the post-generative-AI landscape, spotlighting fund-worthy founders and ideas. Your host as always is James Potten.
2023-09-271h 00
Giving up the GhostBehind the Scenes at Six Pines Haunted Attractions 2022Behind the Scenes at Six Pine Farms 2022We take a break from our Gimli Psychic Fair on this week to bring you a treasure from last year and James and Judy from Six Pines Haunted Attractions took us on the behind the scenes tour! If you have never been there, you simply must check out this yearly Horror fest - only the best at Six Pines, never a missing twisted detail when they come up with a new idea to shock, terrify and maze their Patrons.And let us not forget their resident spirit they affectionalely...
2023-09-2737 minGiving up the GhostPsychic Fair In Gimli with The Winnipeg Paranormal GroupPsychic Fair in Gimli with The Winnipeg Paranormal GroupThis week's episode takes Giving Up The Ghost Podcast to Gimli, MB! We were honoured to be included in Psychic Fair aka Mystics, Mediums & Mindfulness Market. It was truly the coolest venue that you could imagine! The vendors selling beauituflly crafted merch on one side and in in the connected Gimli Dance Pavillion the ambience was set for all the mediums, light workers and reiki masters to provide an introduction into the services that they can provide for their clients looking for answers & healing. On...
2023-09-1124 min
WiserWednesday - Scale up your StartupWiserWednesday.com #S02.06 - Building Trust with Casey FentonWelcome to our next ‘WiserWednesday' Fireside chat with Casey Fenton, founder of Upstock & Couchsurfing. We are talking about building trust in both your team, clients and your wider community. Trust is the foundation of every relationships. Find out why it is so important to build trust & how to do it from the person who built the largest trust experiment - Couchsurfing (which pre-dates Airbnb & Uber). Your host as always is James Potten.
2023-07-2629 min
WiserWednesday - Scale up your StartupWiserWednesday.com #S02.05 - Finding Flow with Jay BrownWelcome to our next ‘WiserWednesday' Fireside chat with Jay Brown, founder of MindFraime. We are talking about creativity and flow state. A concept first imagined by the psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi. Key take aways are. Let's make sure we work from our heart, not our head & let's become a perceivers, not just creators! Your host as always is James Potten.
2023-06-211h 04
WiserWednesday - Scale up your StartupWiserWednesday.com #S02.E04 - Talking Rubbish with James PiperIt gives me great pleasure to welcome James Piper - this is a unique interview as we've had the pleasure of working together at Ecosurety for a number of years.
Current backdrop is that AI hype is exploding, as is the planet. Unfortunately we are now expecting to breach the 1.5 DegC Climate Threshold by 2027. So this is an important debate (maybe the former can help us solve the latter)?
Key takeaways. Let's make sure we...
- trust in our people
- nurture our team culture
- & 'recycle more than a tennis ball!'
Hopefully you feel like you can go...
2023-05-241h 01
WiserWednesday - Scale up your StartupWiserWednesday.com #S02.E03 - Scaling Up & Selling Up with John RatliffIn this episode of WiserWednesday we talk about John’s experience of scaling to near unicorn levels, and the realities of burnout, the loneliness of entrepreneurship, and the secrets to scaling and selling.
John Ratliff is currently CEO of align5 & Scale Up Coaches. Don't miss this opportunity to learn from John's unique experiences and gain practical advice to help you succeed (lots of which I first learnt when John & I met on Necker in 2016). Your host as always is James Potten. Enjoy!
2023-04-261h 00
WiserWednesday - Scale up your StartupWiserWednesday.com #S02.E02 - Facing Our Futures with Nikolas BadmintonGreat debate about the future & AI. Key take aways - Let's make sure we...
- put Humanity before technology
- consider dystopian futures so we can create utopian ones instead!
- & If you aren't facing the future, you'll become part of the past
Hopefully you feel like you can go out there and face yours
Thanks to Nik our awesome speaker today. I hope you feel slightly Wiser this Wednesday as a result of joining us!
2023-04-051h 01
WiserWednesday - Scale up your StartupWiserWednesday.com #S02.E01 - Mastering Mindsets with Sarah FurnessA fantastic fireside chat with Sarah Furness. We learn key concepts about mastering mindsets, including…
- How we think and feel is a choice
- Sitting with difficulty is a skill
- We are born with only two fears (falling and loud noises). All others are learnt, so can be unlearnt!
Hopefully you feel like you can go out there, push harder and move bigger mountains this year as a result of listening :)
2023-01-251h 02
WiserWednesday - Scale up your StartupWiserWednesday.com #S01.E08 - What the Web3?!We delved into this Brave New World at this month’s Wiser Wednesday panel event – What in the Web3?!
We learn't that 'if it can be tokenised, it will be tokenised' - Ismail Malik.
Our speakers are Ismail Malik (Blockchain Lab), Ida Faldbakken (Katapult Future Fest), Nick Kengmana (Go Beyond) and Yaz El Hakim (VerifyEd). James Potten (amplified.me) is your host as always. Enjoy!
2022-12-211h 02
WiserWednesday - Scale up your StartupWiserWednesday.com #S01.E07 - How Purpose Powers Your StartupKey takeaways from this event:
- Purpose helps magnetise great people to want to join your cause
- Purpose does not hinder growth, it drives it
- Fear is the path of the dark side!
So, purpose Matters. It really matters. Unless you've worked in an organisation that has created a common purpose, you might question why it is so important. We explored the power of purpose to drive growth and magnetise great people to want to join your cause.
Thanks to the panelists Andy Hawkins (Founder @ Business on Purpose), Isabel Kelly (Founder @ Profit with Purpose), Robbie Staniforth (Policy Director...
2022-11-231h 00
Rocket PodJames Potten - Founder & CEO at Amplified FuturesMeet James Potten.
All visionaries, solopreneurs, and entrepreneurs would accelerate their enterprises much faster with the help of “integrator’ James Potten.
The youngest of seven and a former professional windsurfer with an engineering background, James is the founder of Amplified and mastermind behind the Catalyst program. James’s platform helps business leaders reduce complexity in their daily lives and implement tools and processes to help them scale their enterprises efficiently and with greater ease.
Having scaled multi-million pound businesses in his career, James talks passionately about his journey into coaching and how he discove...
2022-10-281h 11
WiserWednesday - Scale up your StartupWiserWednesday.com #S01.E06 - Rocketing Revenue for Solopreneurs & CEOsKey takeaways from this event:
- Build your brand by telling your story. PR works. Give it a try
- Be ok with making mistakes, it's the only way to learn
- Make sure you have feedback loops and be agile so you can learn from the future as much as the past
- Don't try to scale until you have clear product-market fit
- Ad spend can come later to increase touch-points with your potential client base
- Serving your existing clients so they become raving fans is key
Thanks to the panelists April Shprintz (Founder of Driven Outcomes...
2022-10-2657 min
The Leaders Council PodcastIn Conversation: James Potten James Potten is the founder and CEO of Amplified Futures, an entity that helps founders of consultancies, service providers and tech businesses scale-up.James launched Amplified Futures on the back of a proven track-record of scaling-up several businesses, leveraging technology to drive efficiency. Through Amplified Futures, James coaches leaders to successfully undertake the scale-up process and unlock their potential, building positive cultures that lay the foundations for success.
2022-10-1126 min
WiserWednesday - Scale up your StartupWiserWednesday.com #S01.E05 - Founder success through systemsFantastic debate on Systems & why Founders are more likely to succeed with a systems mindset. Hear from these awesome panelists including Vinay Patankar (Founder at Process Street - ex-Silicon Valley), Kelly Goss (Founder at Solvaa), Hugo Cox (Founder at 5HC Systems) & Zain Daniyal (Founder of ML Sense). Host is James Potten (Founder of Amplified.me). Enjoy!
2022-09-281h 01
WiserWednesday - Scale up your StartupWiserWednesday.com #S01.E04 - High Performing Hybrid TeamsFascinating debate about hybrid working. Spoiler alert, it isn’t going away, so it’s going to take a shift in how we manage our teams, and the trust we place in our workers to get hybrid to work. Key steps include clarity, compassion, collaboration & communicate, communicate, communicate! Plus, having a growth mindset will help, and why not make coming into the office a magnet not a mandate! Our awesome panellists this episode are Alison Coward (Founder of Bracket), Cate Murden (Founder of PUSH), John Hopkins (Founder - WorkFLEX-Australia) & Danny Smith (Hybrid Consultant and Ex-Oyster HR). Host is James Potten (Foun...
2022-08-171h 02
WiserWednesday - Scale up your StartupWiserWednesday #S01.E03 - 'Founder Fundraising in Stagflation'Brilliant discussion about navigating fundraising, especially in challenging financial backdrop. Key takeaways: - if you ask for advice, you’ll get money, if you ask for money, you’ll get advice!! Always build your fundraise through human outreach to connect with potential funders before opening your round. ‘When everything is rosy, it’s time to be cautious. When everyone is screaming it’s the end of the world, plant a tree!’. Our awesome panellists this episode are Jennifer Clamp (aata), Kirsty Ranger (ISQ Crowdfunding), Prateek Sanjay (Foundraisr) & Liam Ray (Virtus Energy). Host is James Potten (Founder of Amplified.me). Enjoy!
2022-07-201h 04
WiserWednesday - Scale up your StartupWiserWednesday #S01.E02 - 'Creating a culture of Innovation'Such knowledge shared about 'Creating a culture of Innovation'. This one you do not want to miss. It's got answers to questions you did not know you had! Our awesome panellists this episode are Sue Turner OBE, Joolz Lewis, Paul Corcoran & Simon Norris. Host is James Potten (Founder of Amplified.me). Enjoy!
2022-06-151h 03
WiserWednesday - Scale up your StartupWiserWednesday #S01.E01 - Sharing the 'Founder to CEO’ JourneyLearn about the the 'Founder to CEO journey' first hand from those that have been there and done it! Excited to have shared this event with Miranda Joseph, Jay Williams, Liam Ray & Karen Salmansohn who have been on an exponential growth journey the last few years... Host is James Potten (Founder of Amplified.me). Enjoy!
2022-05-251h 00
T&T Filmpodcast231. So This Is Christmas, And What Have We Done?Vi håller hårt på jultraditionerna i TT Filmpodcast. I årets sista avsnitt bjuder vi på maxat med julstämning.
Vi pratar om julfilmen GHOSTBUSTERS : AFTERLIFE som Thomas varit och sett på bio. Det blir en finstämd glittrig recension om de nya tomtarna som tvingas rädda världen ifrån spöken när det gamla Ghostbusters-männen har gått vidare.
Vi firar jul i värmen på ett lyxhotell och blir skjutsad ut på en privat strand av M. Night Shyamalan för att sedan upptäcka att här blir allt fort gammal...
2021-12-161h 22
ZondagsrijdersBMW: "Grillige geschiedenis."Dikke BMW! Van absolute perfectie tot ongeinspireerde hokken, BMW heeft het allemaal gemaakt. Wanneer gaan ze weer potten en pannen maken? Hoe fout kan je zijn in de oorlog? Tot welke leeftijd mag je naar het James Bond-museum voor een halve Z8? Je hoort het in de vijfde aflevering van Zondagsrijders. Freude am hören! Volg ons op Instagram voor plaatjes bij de praatjes: https://www.instagram.com/zondagsrijderspodcast/
2021-05-0853 min
TaboebsAflevering 12: 'De stille kerstdagen van vrienden' met Dorian LiveynsStille nacht, heilige nacht. Alles slaapt, eenzaam wacht. Er zijn nog drie weken tot kerstmis. Er zal anders gevierd worden en iedereen is er wat stil over. Wij bleven niet bij de kerstpakken zitten en gingen op zoek in onze vriendenkring naar mensen die open durfden praten over hun gevoelens tijdens deze periode. Wij belden hen op en vroegen hoe het écht met hen gaat. Ben je eenzaam? Of niet altijd even gelukkig? Heb je het gevoel dat je dit jaar niets bereikt hebt? Waar en met wie zal jij kerst vieren?Je hoort het allemaal in onze vijfdelige p...
2020-11-3000 min
Growth Mindset Podcast51. Education For the Future - James Potten, MD Red AcademyJames Potten is the Managing Director of Red Academy.
He was previously a professional windsurfer and set up the student windsurfing association as well as being the first person to cross the channel windsurfing. He ran Ecosurety for 12 years which he grew to multimillion revenue.
James has real insight into how teams work and how to really accelerate learning and get the best out of people. we discuss his current project with Red Academy as well as life lessons along the way.
From scaling businesses to Kitesurfing on Necker Island, James has learnt a...
2019-02-2730 min