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The Mary Poppins of Startups Show#116 How Product Ideation Can Drastically Reduce Your Startup Development Costs (With Rich Cristina)🛑 Stop Building! Seriously STOP and shift your focus to product ideation and save thousands on development cost 😯... "Are you solving the right problem that customers will pay for and fall in love with? 🤔"
42% of startups fail because of a lack of market need. By that point, many of them would have wasted a considerable amount of money developing their platform.
Let's talk to Rich Cristina, a startup guru, serial entrepreneur, Founder Institute London Director and the co-founder of MentorLabs.
00:00 - "Build it and they will come... I think"
03:00 - What is MentorLabs?
11:40 - Investmen...2024-03-2959 min
The Mary Poppins of Startups Show#115 How To Build A Launch Waitlist For Your Productivity App Startup (With doqit Founder)🚀 Struggling to Get Traction for Your Product? Let's dive into the essential steps needed to create a thriving launch waitlist! 💡
Join us as we unravel the mysteries with Catherine Ann Reid, Founder & CEO of Doqit, as we uncover the gritty realities and actionable insights vital for a successful app launch.
From laying the groundwork early in development to integrating seamlessly with B2B clients, we'll uncover the key strategies that can make or break your app's success. Explore the critical importance of starting with a Minimum Viable Product (MVP), mastering the art of bug-fixing versus feature addition post-launch, and naviga...2024-03-2946 minThe Mary Poppins of Startups Show#114 AWS Warning and Tech Tips for Non-Tech Founders Building a MVP (From A Fractional CTO)
Are you a non-tech founder on your startup journey, wondering how to navigate the complexities of building a Minimum Viable Product (MVP) and avoid the common pitfalls of software development? 💡🚀
Hear from our guest, Sarah Eggleston (Founder of Fflow & Fractional CTO) how you can cut through software chaos, why you should look at AWS alternatives, and more tips on reducing cost.
CHAPTERS
00:00 - Welcome
02:00 - Building and launching Fflow
11:45 - Challenges understanding Tech Roles
21:11 - AWS Warning, Tech Pitfalls for Startups & Small Businesses
28:58 - Quickfire Q&A with S...2024-03-2945 minThe Mary Poppins of Startups Show#112 Practical Mind Hacks For Entrepreneurs: Brain-Savvy Selling and MoreDo you know how you unconsciously negatively influence sales calls? Is it really as simple as it seems to prioritise your mental health as an entrepreneur?
The rollercoaster journey of entrepreneurship requires unwavering resilience, relentless determination, and continually stepping outside of one's comfort zone. "WIN" moments, such as securing a funding round or landing a new client, are usually short lived. Thoughts of "what ifs" and "how" settle in our minds before we've finished the victory lap.
In this captivating episode, we have the pleasure of talking to Lynn Swain, who will help you with practical tools and brain...2024-03-2946 minThe Mary Poppins of Startups Show#113 Bootstrapping Startups Secrets: How To Scale A Mental Health Tech Startup (WITHOUT Investors)Improving employees mental health has been linked to increasing productivity. However, it's not always that simple to know what to do, let alone how much it might cost.
In this episode, we'll talk to Ngozi Cadmus, CEO of Happiworkers and Frontline Therapist, to discover how her startup is planning on keeping teams healthy and thriving.
Ngozi will also let us in on her bootstrapping secret and why focusing on "SALES FIRST" rather than "investment first" is a smart "investment - no pun intended" for startup growth.
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With Chamiah Dewey the CEO and Founder of DEWEY, we'll explore:
🔴 Chamiah's personal journey to creating DEWEY a fashionable tech product for those with Dwarfism and short stature
🔴 Whether AI is truly inclusive for underrepresented groups
🔴 The secret of designing products with inclusivity from the start
🔴 What founders need to know about Purple Tuesday
🔴 And so much more
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Do you need help figuring out your startups next steps? Looking to know where to go for help and advice to grow your startup?
With Naily Makangu, a seasoned Startup Advisor, Startup Mentor and now Director at Founder Institute, a global leading accelerator programme, we'll explore:
🔴 Assumptions and common mistakes made when validating products
🔴 The problem with the way most people think about MVPs
🔴 Recognising those pivotal moments when your startup needs a guiding...2024-03-2926 minThe Mary Poppins of Startups Show#109 Build It And They Will Come ... I Think: How To Test The Market And Validate Your Idea🧠 How to test the market and validate your tech product before you spend valuable time and resources building it!
This session today follows from a highly successful keynote delivered at Software Cornwall powered by Slush'd on 'Test it and they will come...I think' and in this episode I will be delivering this session LIVE to you today...
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Want to know this cutting-edge AI platform is reshaping the landscape for startup founders and tech entrepreneurs?
Elai.io's innovative technology seamlessly converts text into compelling video content featuring real humans, and gain valuable insights into the potential it holds for revolutionising your marketing strategies.
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Discover the untapped potential of entrepreneurship as we unveil the coveted strategies behind running a triumphant startup, from its inception all the way to scaling up without relying on venture capital. Whether you're a seasoned entrepreneur or just beginning to explore the startup world, this live show promises to equip you with invaluable insights to help you forge all the way to Series A+ with success.
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The Mary Poppins of Startups Show#49 Startup Founders, If You Feel Like Giving Up WATCH THIS VIDEO!Are you an ambitious entrepreneur feeling overwhelmed by the trials and tribulations of starting a business?
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Thank you to everyone of my guests for sharing their wisdom, as always you are fantastic!
Mike Pagan
🔗 • Don't KILL Your Innovation & Creativi...
Charles Ademola Akinyemi
🔗 • How A FinTech Startup Is Solving Inte...
Dr Tamsin Holland Brown
🔗 • Startup Life As A Doctor & Tech Entre...
Helena Oettingen
🔗 • Building Tech To Prevent & Deal With ...
Will Billingsley and Isa I Ibrahim
🔗 • From Football Friends To Fintech Star...
Me, Naily Makangu the host
🔗 • How To Take Care Of Your Mental Healt...
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The Mary Poppins of Startups Show#48 Plassroom - EdTech Startup Marketplace For Teachers And Children
Technology is everywhere! How can you ensure your kids learn and grow during the screen time that they have?
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In this episode, we talk to Plassroom's co-founders, Benjamin Chin and Phebe Lim and get their insights on:
🔴 The challenges of building a startup with a marketplace business model
🔴 How to make sure a product is fit for the target market
🔴 The highs and lows of two non-tech co-founders building a tech startup
🔴 How technology can help young children learn
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The Mary Poppins of Startups Show#47 How To Make HR In Your Startup Simple & FunDiscover Sally Bendtson's secrets for making HR in Startups Simple And Fun. Say goodbye to a high turnover rate and hello to designing a positive workplace playground.
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In this episode, with the amazing Sally Bendtson from Limelight HR, we will explore:
➡️ What happens when small companies and startups do not put their people first
➡️ The challenges that startup leaders face as they grow
➡️Challenges Sally faced on her journey to setting up her own business
➡️How TikTok as helped Sally promote her business?
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The Mary Poppins of Startups Show#46 How To Start A Podcast For Marketing And Business Growth (Real Truths)Do you want to know the real truths about starting a podcast in the tech startup world?🌎
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In this episode we are giving you ALL the secrets, yes ALL the secrets on how we are still going with our podcast after a year...
➡️ Learn the motivations required for starting your podcast
➡️ What are the early challenges you need to know?
➡️ How can you pivot and find your voice?
➡️ How to make your podcast run like a well-oiled machine?
➡️ Sharing our favourite guests we have had on the podcast and the best moments t...2024-03-2738 min
The Mary Poppins of Startups Show#45 What Startup Founders Worry About As They Are Scaling (to Pre-seed or Seed stage)
As startups grow, they start worrying about losing productivity, being overwhelmed as it’s hard to keep track of all the shifting pieces, pivoting to new ideas, delivering to clients and more importantly losing the culture they have.
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In this special episode, Naily Makangu will be interviewed by Shima Barakat.
Here is what we will be talking about:
✅ What startup founders worry about as they are preparing to scale?
✅ How can startup founders put in place a healthy dose of structure to get things done?
✅ What mistakes Naily has seen in organis...2024-03-271h 02
The Mary Poppins of Startups Show#44 Startup Life As A Doctor & Tech Entrepreneur On A Mission To Support The Deaf CommunityImagine finding out that you have Glue Ear, a condition that leads to losing the ability to hear properly for a few months? What is the impact of a child having this condition, especially at a crucial age of their learning and development?
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In this Mary Poppins of Startups Live Show, we will talk about:
⚡How Tamsin is juggling being a full-time doctor and a tech entrepreneur
⚡What is Hear Glue Ear and how does it help young children
⚡Your secret to bootstrapping your startup
⚡What entrepreneurs need to know about ente...2024-03-2757 min
The Mary Poppins of Startups Show#43 PHAST - How A FinTech Startup Is Solving International Payment ProblemsPHAST is a remote fintech startup with a team based in Cyprus, the US, and Nigeria with a mission to create the safest and most seamless way to transfer money between B2B and B2C in Africa and beyond.
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In this Mary Poppins of Startups Live Show, we will talk about:
⚡How to harness FinTech Technology to create job opportunities
⚡How PecuniaPay is helping Nigerians/Africans solve international payment problems home and abroad
⚡What are the challenges of setting up a fintech startup?
⚡How young Africans can pick a niche of the...2024-03-2753 min
The Mary Poppins of Startups Show#42 Don't KILL Your Innovation & Creativity In Your Startup, Foster A Mental Wealth TeamIsolation and loneliness - if you are a solopreneur, solo founder, or run your own business, these two words have probably been your companion at some point.
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In this Mary Poppins of Startups Live Show, we will talk about:
⚡What is Mental Wealth and more intriguingly, what is a Mental Wealth Team?
⚡How can startup founders, make themselves a number one priority through self-care?
⚡How to unlock your great potential on your own?
⚡How to empower others and be accountable in your workplace through a supportive ecosystem?
⚡And so much more...
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The Mary Poppins of Startups Show#41 ZEBRA VS UNICORNS: Bootstrap your way to impacting thousands around the world
Zebras vs Unicorns? Let’s find out how Kavin is bootstrapping his way to impacting thousands around the world.
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Most startup news sites regularly promote startups that have landed a huge investment from VCs. The hope is that any of these startups will become a unicorn. But at what price? Should rapid growth and unicorn status be the only measure of success of a startup? What about those who choose to initially turn away from Angel Investors and bootstrap their startups?
We’ll talk about:
➡️Breaking into a B2C market
➡️...2024-03-2751 min
The Mary Poppins of Startups Show#40 Why Your Personality Matters In Leadership!
Why your Personality Matters in Leadership 🙋♀️🙋🏿♀️
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➡️ How has leadership changed in startups?
➡️ How can you increase your emotional intelligence?
➡️ How can you adapt your leadership and communication style to different situations?
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💥 Check out our Tech and Product Catalyst 👉 ...2024-03-2734 minThe Mary Poppins of Startups Show#39 Work ON Your Business NOT IN Your BusinessHave you ever heard of "Having Dinner with The Queen?" How can you use this principle to Work ON your business and NOT IN your business 💪
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JOIN The Mary Poppins of Startups Live Show as we will be uncovering...
➡️ What is Dinner with the Queen and why all leaders need to know
➡️ When should you have Dinner with the Queen in your startup?
➡️ What are the important areas for focus in your startup?
➡️ How to reframe and elevate your mindset to be more accountable
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The Mary Poppins of Startups Show#38 Avoid These 10 Most Common Roadblocks For Entrepreneurs: Secrets From A Startup AdvisorWhat are the Startup Roadblocks you need to AVOID?❌
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JOIN The Mary Poppins of Startups Live Show as we will be exploring the startup roadblocks you need to avoid when building your products, processes and people in your startup. Hosted by Naily Makangu, founder of Athena Leaders who will be sharing her secrets as a Startup Advisor with a proven track record of kickstarting your development and delivering results to achieve KPIs and business goals.
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The Mary Poppins of Startups Show#37 Why Your Product Has NOT Launched☠ Want to know why your product has NOT been launched? Let's dive beyond looking at sprint velocity and really look at the various factors that are affecting your startup.
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The Mary Poppins of Startups Show#36 Why Your People Are NOT Happy - Secrets From A Startup AdvisorMost people leave their managers rather than a job. How can you keep your people with you despite the rollercoaster of building a startup?
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In this Mary Poppins of Startups Live Show, you will learn...
⚡How leadership can kill your startup
⚡How to get your goals and roadmaps clear so that every single person on the team is working towards the same goal.
⚡Do you have the right playbook to communicate effectively and work better as a team?
⚡How can you achieve results...2024-02-0831 min
The Mary Poppins of Startups Show#35 Remote Work And Economic Empowerment For Refugees🤔 What if we could channel some of our collective innovation and ambition towards solving some of the issues that face refugee communities?
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In this Mary Poppins of Startups Live Show, we will talk about:
⚡The importance of enabling refugees and other vulnerable populations
⚡How to build long-lasting partnerships in your business
⚡What is Economic Empowerment and why?
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The Mary Poppins of Startups Show#34 Nurturing Clients To Grow Startup: Secrets From A Startup AdvisorPart 2 of how to reclaim your time by automating manual, yet crucial tasks needed to engage with investors and clients.
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In this Mary Poppins of Startups Live Show, you will learn...
⚡How do you make sure you keep your contact list warm?
⚡How can you nurture your clients or investors?
⚡How to keep your client list HOT
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The Mary Poppins of Startups Show#33 CRM Productivity Hacks: Secrets From A Startup AdvisorLet's look at CRM Productivity Hacks that can help you nurture your contacts, engage investors and improve your productivity.
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⚡ How to create a system on HubSpot to nurture and engage clients, investors and more
⚡ How to create a winning Customer Relations Management (CRM) system
⚡ How to improve productivity as an early-stage or Series A+
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The Mary Poppins of Startups Show#32 How To Build A Startup Founding Team?Building a startup founding team is one of the toughest challenges for startups. Let's dive into the various roles you should have in a founding team. We will also look at potential drawbacks that solo founders face.
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We'll explore...
⚡Where and how can you find co-founders or your founding team?
⚡How to onboard co-founders or your founding team?
⚡How to ensure your new co-founders or founding team are kickstarting your early-stage development.
👉 And so much more...
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The Mary Poppins of Startups Show#31 What Makes A Great Startup Founding Team?Many early stage founders wonder what makes a great startup founding team. Do you get a co-founder or do you remain as a solo founder? If you get a co-founder, how do you work well together to scale up the startup?
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In this episode, we will be exploring...
👉 What does a founding team look like?
👉 The importance of a clear focus with a mind full of clarity.
👉 Startup growth strategies
👉 And so much more...
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The Mary Poppins of Startups Show#30 MeatFreed - How An Impact Startup Founder Is Helping You Eat Less MeatReducing how much meat we eat will help the planet.
🤔 Great, but what are the challenges faced when building a profitable & sustainable impact startup?
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In this episode, we talk to Patrick Huang (MeatFreed Co-Founder & CEO) about...
👉 How to align your impact vision and commercial potential (Environmental Sustainable Goals) in your business
👉 How to focus on the user's needs and get to grips of the pain that addresses a global, social and environmental challenge.
👉 How to co-build a community with your users and partners
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The Mary Poppins of Startups Show#29 How Can I Automate Processes To Scale And Grow My Startup?"How can I automate processes to scale and grow my startup?" ⚙
In this episode, our host, Naily Makangu, shares with you some of my secrets to optimising your business (whether you're a startup, solopreneur or a SME).
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The Mary Poppins of Startups Show#28 How To Design A Remote Employee Experience To Boost Innovation🤔Curious to know how designing an "Employee Experience" for your hybrid & remote workplace can boost innovation?
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In this discussion we covered:
👉 Why become a Future of Work Thought Leader
👉 Can hybrid/remote working and innovation go hand in hand?
👉 How should leaders map the “Employee Experience” in the Hybrid context?
👉 How can startups, that tend to experience fast growth, create an onboarding procedure that is fit for a hybrid world?
👉 What are the dos and don’ts of a company that brands itself as “Hybrid”?
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The Mary Poppins of Startups Show#27 How To Scale Your Startup & Partnerships With Symba (South Summit Conference Winners)How to grow your startups using the power of partnerships? Symba is an all-female-founded tech startup making it easier for companies to provide internships.
Naily Makangu, our host, knew they had to bring them on the show when she saw them at South Summit conference in Madrid, where Naily works as a MC & Speaker.
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In this episode, we looked at:
👉 How to scale your startup to success
👉 How to build fruitful partnerships
👉 What is it like to work in the early stages of a star...2023-12-1351 min
The Mary Poppins of Startups Show#26 Building Tech To Prevent & Deal With Sexual Harassment (With Helena Oettingen - Metta Space)Meet Helena Oettingen, the Co-Founder and CEO of Metta Space - a B2B platform that helps companies tackle sexual harassment. Through Metta Space, Helena hopes to push trust and transparency to the forefront of employee and company relationships through better privacy and communication.
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🎤🎤‘We had people doubting our credibility at the early stages. You’d hear things like “you should hire a male CTO to make you more credible on the technical side” or even more funny comments from investors like “ are you going to be emotionally...2023-12-1155 min
The Mary Poppins of Startups Show#25 How UK Tech Startups Raised Almost £30bnWorking from home has entrenched inequality – how can we use it to improve lives instead?
UK tech startups raise almost £30bn in record year
The CEO of a software company offers new staff $5,000 to resign after two weeks — and he says it's helped him retain top talent
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The Mary Poppins of Startups Show#24 Developer Advocacy - Why Is It Important? (Tech Careers Explained)What is Developer Advocacy? Let's explore some career in tech you might not be familiar with.
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In this episode, Helen Scott - MongoDB's keynote storyteller, and Grace Jansen - IBM's developer advocate, demystified developer advocacy and explained how it can allow people to pursue even more chances in tech. We will also look at what startup founders and leaders can do to attract, retain and grow people in tech.
• Their journey into starting a career in tech
• What is "Developer Advocacy" and why is it important
• Challenges of keeping up-to-date in a fast changi...2023-12-1049 min
The Mary Poppins of Startups Show#23 How To Take Care Of Your Mental Health & Wellbeing for Tech Leaders & Founders🧠Do you really invest time to prioritise your mental health and wellbeing?
It’s as important as regularly checking the oil level in your car but sadly, finding the time to look after yourself is not always high up on the list of priorities.
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Here is a teaser:
- Create work patterns that work for you
- Learn to delegate
- Prioritise important but less urgent tasks
- Have "Dinner with the Queen"
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The Mary Poppins of Startups Show#22 6 Secrets To Plan Your Startup During ChristmasHere is a reminder of our favourite tips and tricks to help business leaders and founders get ready for Christmas and start the following year with a winning mindset.
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In this short episode, we explored...
👉 How do you create a plan to make your business resilient with your short term and long term goals?
👉 How do you make sure your leaders have the leadership skills to lead strongly?
👉 How can you motivate your people to hit targets in December?
👉 How can leaders motivate and set-up their people for success for the next year?
👉 How do...2023-12-1011 min
The Mary Poppins of Startups Show#21 How To Plan Your Business Like A PRO For The Next YearDo you want to take some proactive steps to start the next year with the right mindset?
Do you have any short and long-term goals that include aspects of the workplace playground?
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Here is a teaser of what we discussed:
- Gut feeling and planning 🤔
- Build a resilient plan for the following year
- What are the components of a workplace playground?
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The Mary Poppins of Startups Show#20 How To Keep Your Teams Engaged And Motivated During December!According to research, October is one of the most productive month of the year. Then it all goes downhill, with 8% of tasks being completed in December. How can you keep your teams engaged and motivated in December?
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Here is a teaser of what we'll cover:
- Design your team personality blueprint
- Deconstructed team building exercises
- Hybrid teams? We've got you covered
- How to set a clear vision and direction
- and more
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The Mary Poppins of Startups Show#19 How To Plan Your Business Like A PRO For Christmas🤔 Are you planning on racing to the finish line of Christmas? How do you make sure that you wrap up the year on a high whilst taking time to relax?
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Here is a teaser of what we will cover:
Focusing on urgent tasks first
What about retrospectives?
Narrow vs "eagle-eye view"
Not keeping track of what is on your plate
...and more
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2023-12-0935 min
The Mary Poppins of Startups Show#18 How To Create A Culture Of Innovation With Design Thinking And Problem-SolvingHow can you create a culture of innovation with design thinking and problem-solving embedding in your business?
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What does innovation mean to you?
Why should leaders think about innovation?
How you can classify ideas as the starting point of innovation and client engagement?
When talking about innovation, the term Design Sprint usually comes up. Can a Design Sprint be used in startups?
Innovation involves making mistakes - many companies might want to innovate but they are worried about the unknown, making mistakes, not succeeding - How do you help executives create...2023-12-0153 min
The Mary Poppins of Startups Show#17 From Football Friends To Fintech Startup FoundersFrom Football Friends to FinTech Founders... in this episode, our host Naily Makangu talks to Will Billingsley and Isa I Ibrahim, two of the three start-up co-founders of FinTech ApTap.
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How to break the status quo
Overcome start-up challenges
Disrupt FinTech
And much more..
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The Mary Poppins of Startups Show#16 From Ballet To Startup Founder: How To Start A Company, Find A Co-Founder And Build A Product?💡Hear Rachel Cossar's story of going through the challenges of building a startup as a non-tech founder, finding a co-founder, finding new ideas and growing a products and more
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👉 Welcome to the show 00:00
👉 From ballet dancing, gymnast to a tech startup founder 01:39
👉 Finding new ideas, gap in the market and transitioning into a new career 04:12
👉 Building a tech startups as a non-tech founder, finding a co-founder 07:59
👉 Finding a co-founder is like getting married - how to test the relationship before having a baby? 14:47
👉 Virtual Sapiens and the Sidekick product that can help you improve your non-ve...2023-11-0141 min
The Mary Poppins of Startups Show#15 Future of Work And Tech StartupsThe great resignation poses a real threat to businesses, but how can you shield your organisation from the great resignation?
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💡 Creating More Familiar Work Environments In The Hybrid Era
💡 Future of the Office: pivoting from work to people
💡 The future of work: How can you protect your team against The Great Resignation?
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The Mary Poppins of Startups Show#14 Attracting Talent To Startups, Pivoting Product And Tracking Internal MessagingHow can I attract talents to my startup when I cannot offer the same salary as more established companies? How can you pivot to survive a crisis? "Big Brother is watching!" is a real concept. Last week on the show, we talked about tools being developed to track people's behaviours as they work, but what about tracking every single thing you write?
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00:00 - Going live
00:10 - Intro
04:00 - Breaking News [14 Oct 2021] - Here are the headlines
18:30 - How can I attract talent to my startup?
25:06 - What is the secret to pivo...2023-10-2531 min
The Mary Poppins of Startups Show#13 How To Improve Product Quality, Fundraise And Scale Your Start-UpHow can startup founders engage customers without the perfect prototype? What if they steal my idea? Should I focus on product development or a streamlined operations for potential customers? Do you really think that investors will be interested in a startup who is not generating revenue?
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00:00 - Going live
00:30 - Intro
04:45 - How perfect should my product be before I can start talking about it to potential clients or investors?
13:16 - Do you recommend that startups focus on product development or the operational part of the business?
18:05 - Do investors ever in...2023-10-1822 min
The Mary Poppins of Startups Show#12 What Is The Future Of Work?!Is remote work normal? What does the metaverse mean for startups and employees who are bringing their environment to work?
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💡 As remote work becomes normal, Ukio raises $9M for premium long-term rentals
💡 Facebook launches Horizon WorkRooms, a VR remote work app the company calls a step to the ‘metaverse’
💡 Workers Driving the Shift to a Bring Your Own Environment (BYOE) Culture
Let's explore the latest news in the future of work, tech startups, challenges and new concepts you need to be aware of!
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The Mary Poppins of Startups Show#11 Building Remote Teams, Asynchronous Communication And Remote Career ManagementDo you struggle to manage and communicate with your remote team? Find out how implementing Asynchronous Communication can help you.
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Our guest, Valentina Thörner, who has been leading remote teams for over a decade shares how you can can help your team move away from hybrid survival mode and work towards creating a proper strategy.
In this live show, we explored...
👉 Building Remote Teams
👉 Asynchronous Communication
👉 Remote Career Management
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The Mary Poppins of Startups Show#10 The Impact Of Hybrid Working On Tech Innovation And ProductivityBreaking news - Is hybrid/remote working damning to innovation?
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00:00 - Going live
01:45 - Recap on some key episodes about hybrid working that we have covered on the show so far
04:41 - Breaking News - Here are the headlines
➡ Is hybrid/remote working damning to innovation?
➡ Looking at the impact that hybrid working might have on innovation. What is "knowledge spillover" and how can it affect the level of innovation we currently benefit from in startups ecosystems
➡ What does data show about the actual productivity cost?
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The Mary Poppins of Startups Show#09 Q&A And Myth Busters About Hybrid WorkingWas your business the one of many that were forced to quickly transition to remote work due to the pandemic? Even now, adopting workflows to improve collaboration and avoid organisational silos is now a primary concern for many businesses.
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What will we cover:
⚡ Collaboration and video conferencing
⚡ Create social interaction
⚡ Break the silos barriers
⚡ Improving communication
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2023-10-1132 min
The Mary Poppins of Startups Show#08 What Is "Head of Remote" And Do You Need One?❓ Can you successfully run a hybrid organisation without a "Head of Remote"? What if a "Head of Remote" role is not on the card for you? What are your options?
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In many organisations, business leaders and HR professionals are carrying the added responsibility of transitioning to the hybrid model, in addition to their current workload. It is not always clear who is responsible for designing a detailed hybrid strategy with clear milestones, objectives and progression plan based on the capacity and skills of the organisation. How about assessing the organisat...2023-10-0832 min
The Mary Poppins of Startups Show#07 Are We Losing The Opportunity To Reimagine The Workplace For Hybrid Working?"The Future of Work": Are you getting lost in the definition of hybrid working? Is emphasising "how many days should we be in the office" blurring us from really looking at opportunities to reinvent work for future generations?
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With the help of the fantastic Pilar Orti, let's explore current challenges and new concepts such as "office optional," internal podcasting, async communication, and more.
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The Mary Poppins of Startups Show#06 Why most companies will fail at implementing hybrid working and how you can avoid it🛑 Do you find that going hybrid within your company is causing havoc and disruption? Are you struggling with new challenges that is worsening the silo between your teams?
Many business owners feel uncertain about the next steps and are nervous about potential failure. They have the right to be concerned as we have already seen many unsuccessful attempts, even among huge multinationals like Barclays, Facebook, and Goldman Sachs.
If you’re apprehensive about what hybrid means for the future of your company, this episode is for you.
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The Mary Poppins of Startups Show#05 Reluctant Hybrid Leaders - Hybrid Working Strategies For Leaders🤔 “Hybrid working? I've been thinking about this for a while now and I just can't seem to shake the feeling that it is not right for my company. But if I don't allow my people to work remotely, what will they think of me as their leader? Would they see me as ignorant or weak? Would they look for jobs elsewhere? What if this change negatively impact the culture of my company? Help, how do I tackle this?” - Question from a concerned business owner.
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In this video we explored:
Introduction...2023-10-0739 min
The Mary Poppins of Startups Show#04 Zoom Fatigue & Myths About Hybrid WorkingWhat is asynchronous communication and does it work? Is Zoom fatigue real? The world of hybrid/remote working comes with many buzzwords and new concepts. Let's demystify some of the myths surrounding remote working.
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Intro: (0:00)
Let's Record All Video Meetings (4:56)
Zoom Fatigue - Myth or Reality? (12:03)
I Have To Switch To Hybrid Working Now (25:04)
Thank you for watching! (31:13)
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The Mary Poppins of Startups Show#03 How Can Leaders Prepare For A Hybrid WorkplaceMany businesses are still struggling with how to implement hybrid working in their organisation. They don't know where to start or they feel overwhelmed with the number of changes that need to be made.
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In this video, we explore:
👉 Workplace playground
👉 The challenges that many businesses are facing right now
👉 Hybrid working for small and large organisations
👉 Who is tasked with implementing a hybrid working strategy?
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The Mary Poppins of Startups Show#02 IT & Security Tips For Your Hybrid Working Strategy with Naily Makangu👉 How you can embrace a Hybrid Working Strategy
👉 What you need to include in a Hybrid Working Strategy
Read a summary of key tips from the session
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The Mary Poppins of Startups Show#01 Official Launch of the Mary Poppins of Startups: Get To Know The ShowAre you ready to take your startup to the next level and become a magnet for investors and clients? Don't let the challenges of building and launching complex products hold you back.
The"Mary Poppins of Startups" podcast is designed to empower entrepreneurs and startup founders with the tools and knowledge to build products that customers love, attract investors, and grow their dreams whilst designing a HAPPY and productive Workplace Playground. Whether you are a technical or non-technical founders, we are bringing you the latest and hottest tips from our guest experts in Tech & Leadership.
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Startup Life Show with Ande LyonsHelping Founders Successfully Scale Their StartupWhether you're a tech founder or a non-tech founder, you need help to successfully scale a startup.Our guest, Software Engineer turned “The Mary Poppins of Startups”, Naily Makangu, is passionate about bringing her multi-faceted toolkit to lead complex software projects and launch products. With over ten years of experience, she has a proven track record of turning around struggling technical projects and organizations, from seed startups to large corporations such as Siemens Industry Software.Naily has a gift for bridging the gap between tech teams and the rest of the business to ensure successful project delivery. As a...2023-06-261h 01