Productivity Mastery

This episode will be specifically relevant to founders, investors and anyone interested in startups.    Our guest - Ivo Remmelg is an entrepreneur, investor and author. Ivo has been owner and manager at Telegrupp and Ridango. His portfolio includes more than 40 startup investments. Today, Ivo mainly focuses on investing and consulting startups.   He is the former President and founding member of the Estonian Association of Business Angels EstBAN, a venture partner of the VC fund Superhero Capital and a founding member and partner of the NestCap fund.   Enjoy listening and stay #productive!   #productivity #investments #startups

Tune in LIVE for the very first episode of 2023!    Stoyan's guest is Dr. Ivan Joseph. You might have seen his TEDx talk: "The Skill of Self-Confidence: with over 26 million views, that was named by Forbes as one of the 10 Best TED Talks for Graduates on the Meaning of Life 🍎   Dr. Ivan Joseph is the Vice President, Student Affairs at Wilfrid Laurier University known for its exceptional student experience.    He is also:  ✅ an internationally renowned speaker  ✅ bestselling author  ✅ award-winning performance coach  ✅ in-demand consultant  ✅ prominent educator   ✅ and accomplished leader.   Ivan also contributes regularly to publications like University Affairs, The Huffington Post and The Globe and Mail. He has spent his career leading cultural transformation, inspiring people to believe in themselves and creating cohesive teams. He has also shared his remarkable story as an immigrant who has excelled and led a shift to inclusivity wherever he has gone.    Among his many accomplishments at Ryerson, Ivan spearheaded the landmark $100M renovation of the historic Maple Leaf Gardens, created a culture of belonging, spirit and pride across Ryerson’s diverse urban campus, and inspired student-athletes to break records in their athletic, academic, and outreach accomplishments. Under his leadership, Ryerson teams won the first provincial and national championships in the university’s history.  Ivan is also regularly called on to support national team programs. Most recently, he was asked to serve as Head Coach for the Women’s National Soccer Team in his native Guyana. In 2017, he was the high-performance coach for the Canadian men’s basketball team that won the country’s first ever FIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup.    Born in Guyana, Ivan grew up north of Toronto. He has a bachelor’s in Physical Education and Health, a Master’s in Higher Education Administration, and a PhD in Psychology with an emphasis in Sport Psychology. Enjoy listening and stay #productive #podcast #selfesteem #highperformance

This was a special pre-holiday episode with the co-founder of B1G1 (Buy1Give1) - Paul Dunn and we talked about "The Power of Giving".  Paul Dunn is a 4-time TEDx speaker, award-winning entrepreneur and master presenter. Paul has received numerous honours for his work such as the Global Lifetime Achievement Award for Service to the Accounting Profession – even though he’s very definitely NOT an accountant!    His work as chairman of the revolutionary business-giving movement B1G1: Business for Good has been featured in leading-edge publications such as Forbes, Fast Company, Springwise, Mashable, as well as Voice of America. Already, B1G1 has created over 311 million giving impacts around the world   B1G1 is a global giving initiative that’s quickly grown into a global movement. B1G1 helps businesses embed giving right into the heart of their everyday activities. B1G1 makes business giving easy, effective and meaningful. It focuses on connecting small-to-medium-size businesses with more than 500 carefully selected high impact giving projects.    The B1G1 giving movement has brought together more than 3000 businesses and these businesses have created over 311 million giving impacts to date.   #giving #positiveimpact #productivity

In episode #134 of Productivity Mastery, we welcomed Gene Bernier - Co-Active Coach at Pealed Back. Together we explored how entrepreneurship and practical fulfillment intertwine. Gene shared a lot with us, including: 💡What is practical fulfillment and how to achieve it, 💡How not to become Chief Exhaustion Officer, 💡Important questions he asks his clients as a coach, and much more! As a Co-Active Coach, LiveCast Host, Husband, and Father, Gene spent over 20 years in the world of tech as a leader building high-performing teams and delivering predictable results for clients across many industries. Gene has watched as people in business drove themselves into the ground and believing there was a better way, took a step back. Now his mission is to influence people to discover what it would take for them to live their life with direction, presence, courage, and boldness. To live a life beyond the fog. As a Coach, Gene works with clients to step beyond their comfort zone, begin facing their challenges, and to find one thing daily that can bring them closer to the life they desire. Through his show "LiveCast Conversation With", he interviews guests to "peal" back the curtain on the bumps and triumphs of their story. Enjoy listening and stay #productive! #entrepreneurship #podcast #businesslessons

In episode #133 of Productivity Mastery, we welcomed Fo Hussain - the CEO of EEVA and The Smart Fashion Club. We discussed how to make it happen as a business tech founder, but also as a mother and Fo shared a lot with us, including: 💡How she overcame the end of her athletic career, 💡Finding the balance between being a mom and a startup founder, 💡Fighting the stigma of “being perfect”, and much more! Fo Hussain is the Co-Founder and CEO of EEVA and CEO of The Smart Fashion Club. EEVA is a smart solution enabling companies to source their supply chain with 50% less waste whilst measuring and monitoring their environmental impact. Over 10 years in the fashion and supply chain space,  Fo has made the move to apply her knowledge and experience to EEVA, enabling thousands of companies around the world to source their supply chain whilst understanding their impact in real-time. Having launched and successfully run two international businesses in her 20s, EEVA is a natural progression combining her passion for supply chains with purpose with scalable tech to help businesses around the world. Enjoy listening and stay #productive! #womeninbusiness #womenempowerment #podcast

In episode #132 of Productivity Mastery, we welcome to the podcast Zach Nadler, the Co-founder and CEO of one of the most successful speakers bureaus in the world 🔥 He’s worked with USA Presidents, Academy-award winners, and Nobel prize recipients. Zach shared a lot with us, including: 💡 How he founded a business with Gary Vaynerchuk, 💡 VaynerSpeakers’ strategy about clients, 💡 How to become more distinguishable as a speaker, and much more! Co-Founder and CEO of VaynerSpeakers, Zach Nadler has built a career helping luminaries share their stories of impact and inspiration. With his longtime client, and now partner, Gary Vaynerchuk, Nadler founded VaynerSpeakers in 2018, a speakers bureau for the modern event planner. He represents bestselling authors, entrepreneurs, CEOs, thought leaders, and tastemakers, negotiating innovative deals for his clients on stages and screens around the world. Enjoy listening and stay #productive #podcast #garyvaynerchuk #speaker

In episode #131 of Productivity Mastery we talked with Patrick Hamilton Walsh – prior head of talent for the City of Stockholm and co-founder of Glotal and the Sweden Talent Foundation about his newly published book – “Talent Cities”, and we explore the topic of a holistic approach to talent and its value for societies. Patrick shared many things, some of which are: 💡 The importance of talent value proposition, 💡 The 8 ‘A’s of talent mobility, 💡 Successful Nordic practices for attracting talent, and much more! I look forward to welcoming back to Productivity Mastery the author of the newly published book: Talent Cities - Patrick Hamilton Walsh.    A problem-solver with an unquenching thirst to explore, Patrick Hamilton Walsh is an award-winning author and keynote speaker from Co. Tyrone, Northern Ireland, who has presented his insights and work to audiences, governments, and corporations across the world.    Working to ensure everyone receives an equal chance in life, he has focused extensively on creating solutions to global megatrends for the benefit of all.   Currently based in Stockholm, Sweden, Patrick has been working within the city’s famed ‘unicorn factory’ tech scene since 2014.    Prior to co-founding Glotal and the Sweden Talent Foundation, he served as head of talent for the City of Stockholm, advising on global talent mobility, European pandemic response leadership, and business intelligence and growth.   Having qualified as a chartered accountant and taxation lawyer with PwC and Grant Thornton in Dublin, Patrick has over 25 years of domestic and international experience in advising and growing start-ups, multinational corporations, major accounting firms, and governments.   Patrick spends his spare time backpacking, having traveled to over 140 countries across seven continents building relationships with people of all backgrounds, faith, and outlook.    Enjoy listening and stay#productive! 🤗 #talent #podcast #business

Don't miss our new format 🚀 PERFORM in Times of Crisis 🚀 We will interview experienced business leaders and include some of the best examples, strategies, and stories in our upcoming book with the same name (and co-author, Cristobal Alonso). In episode #130 we had as a guest Ilma Tiki - a culture-driven leader who has a lot to share on how to lead in times of crisis. She shared a lot with us, including: 💡Why you need to “leave the basecamp”, 💡How to create a team that would help you through a crisis, 💡How to take care of yourself, so that you can deliver at 100% always, and much more! Ilma is a cofounder & CEO at The Remote Company. She's also a co-founder of MailerLite, a marketing automation platform that got acquired by Vercom for USD 90+ million. Ilma is also an investor and author of the book "Leaving Base Camp". Enjoy listening and stay #productive! #podcast #leadership #crisismanagement

In episode #129 of Productivity Mastery, we welcome to the podcast Mike Radoor, a serial entrepreneur with 3 successful exits (at the age of 36) and multiple business ventures. More than that - he is not stopping anytime soon. He's one of the most passionate and driven people you will ever meet. 🔥 His energy is contagious, least to say. Miked shared a lot with us, including: 💡 Some of his best strategies for peak performance, 💡 How to attract mentors that could later become your friends, 💡 How not to “run faster than you can manage” as a startup, and much more! 🚀 MORE ABOUT MY GUEST🚀 Mike Radoor is the co-founder of a number of great companies such as miinto.dk, playbookapp.io, ocast.com and schoolparrot.com. He is a trained Master Coach (lifestyle coach), Behavioral Coach and Performance Nutrition Coach, but one of Mike's absolute strengths is his mindset and approach to everyday life. He manages to make complex things simple. Mike has incredible drive and is passionate about everything he starts. Enjoy listening and stay #productive! 🤘 #productivity #entrepreneur #business

Don't miss our new format 🚀 PERFORM in Times of Crisis 🚀 We will interview experienced business leaders and include some of the best examples, strategies, and stories in our upcoming book with the same name (and co-author, Cristobal Alonso ). Our guest in episode #128, Georgi Malchev, is a Managing Partner of Xplora BG - a digital marketing agency. He has an inspiring background and he shared a lot of insightful lessons with us, including: 💡 What’s the 3S Framework, 💡 What being a “mother-friendly” company means, 💡 Communicating with your clients, team, and partners during a crisis, and much more ! Georgi Malchev, is a Managing Partner of Xplora BG - a digital marketing agency. It took only 12 months after its creation for the agency to become one of the leading digital marketing agencies in Bulgaria. The agency has over 70 team members - strategy, content, creative, performance, and over 100 active clients in Bulgaria and abroad - FMCG, B2C, B2B, B2B2C. Georgi is Managing Partner as well of www.xplora.academy - a company for corporate trainings and workshops, consulting and a platform for online video courses for digital marketing. Georgi has over 25 years of experience in marketing, communications and business development, as well as operations management - as a manager, director, and COO. He graduated magna cum laude from the eMBA program at the American University in Bulgaria. Georgi is an active blogger on leadership, personal development, and marketing – www.malchev.net Georgi has been a member of the Board of IAB Bulgaria from 2016 to 2021. He teaches classes in marketing, advertising and communications to masters and bachelors at New Bulgarian University. He is a moderator and keynote speaker at business, marketing, digital marketing and HR forums. He is a co-host of Xplore Marketing - a podcast in which professionals from brands, agencies and media/tech platforms share best practices and useful resources for a specific topic - branding, content marketing, AI in marketing, employer branding, email marketing, marketing tech infrastructure etc. Enjoy listening and learn more about #marketing and #crisismanagement ✅