The UnNoticed Entrepreneur

Get Noticed! Send a text.David Ringsell is an maturepreneur who I first met when talking about attending technology start up events; which at the age of 62 David said made him feel a little awkward.The truth is that David works with a wide range of technologies. These include Angular and SQL Server. Services are provided on both web and database development. The programming languages used include Java, Javas Script, C# and more.He's a pioneer in technology and has built a business which now is selling IT training to India. We talk about how he managed to use students to built minimum viable products, balances online courses with in person tutoring, sustains a loving relationship with his wife of 20 years, and the importance of having a cat.A holder of a BSc in Maths & Computer Science from the University of Sussex, with a stint in corporate roles, David founded TalkIT in 2006. He has created e-learning courses in all main industry standard coding languages. With TalkIT you can learn to code online when and where you want.Email: david@talk-it.biz Start now: www.talk-it.biz Call: +44 01225 469127, 07958 752303www.real-images.com This was a Silver Fox Entrepreneurs ProductionSubscribe to our podcasts - visit our website here: https://silverfoxentrepreneurs.life/podcastsBuilding a worldwide community for mature men with enterprise.Contact the Host: Jim JamesPost Production by Beheard. Support the showSubscribe to my free newsletterhttps://www.theunnoticedentrepreneur.com/

Get Noticed! Send a text.Marc Campman is a social media playmaker. He turns your social media content into stories and your stories into plays. He is a multi- award winning international marketing and social media specialist.He shares about how he has divided up his career into 10 year tranches; - corporate- individual advisory- agency consultant- lifestyle business Originally from the Netherlands and now living in the UK, Marc shares how he has built a successful consulting practice by authoring a book, how he got consulting gigs in Dubai, how much a consultant can earn per day, and his plans to now turn the digital marketing skills into a way to monetise his Moroccan hideaway.Marc’s experience spans over 30 years of marketing and sales in the technology, telecoms and gaming business in a wide variety of companies, from large global organisations to local startups. Over the years he has built up extensive expertise in every area of traditional and online marketing.With his experience in online marketing and Social Media, he can be considered a thought leader in Social Media and Content Marketing. Social Media Marketing is all about creating your own plays. Plays to make connections, participate in conversations and generate ideas.Check out his book on Amazon.Flirtonomics - how to attract, date and love your customers on social media. Riad Farasha. Link is http://riadfarasha.com- Simon Sinek start with why- Steve jobs commencement address Marc CampmanSocial Media Playmakersocialmediaplaymaker.com@marccampman------------------------------------------------Subscribe to our podcasts - visit our website here: https://silverfoxentrepreneurs.life/podcastsBuilding a community for mature men with enterprise.Contact the Host: Jim James Post Production by Beheard.  Support the showSubscribe to my free newsletterhttps://www.theunnoticedentrepreneur.com/

Get Noticed! Send a text.Bob Grace spent some 30 years in Jaguar Land Rover, starting in the Automotive Industry at the age of 16 and working his way to become President of JLR China from July 2010 to July 2015.  In October 2019 Bob established his own business offering personalised travel, Not Just Travel Bob Grace, as a franchise business within the Hays Group.Having travelled extensively over the years, and lived in many different countries, coupled with over three decades of working with luxury brands delivering high service and experience, he feels that he is well placed to develop travel experiences that will excite the senses.Bob shares in this episode the way in which he decided to get back into working life even though he didn’t need to financially, his views on working in China, how much he pays his children to help with his marketing, and the response of his mother when he invited her to Windsor Castle.We learn about actual the costs and revenue targets of taking on a franchise, what to look out for when one is self employed, and why a franchise can be an ideal solution to self employment giving the excitement of autonomy without the risk of going it alone. Given the experience he’s gained over the years working with and in China, Bob has also joined Asiability as a Partner, where the purpose is to enable good commercial and philanthropic partnerships between U.K., E.U., and the People’s Republic of China (see Asiability.co.uk).You can contact Bob for his views on these subjects, and booking a brilliant vacation, at bob.grace@notjusttravel.com or via Linkedin------------------------------------------------For more Silver Fox Entrepreneur stories check out the website & subscribe to your favourite player https://silverfoxentrepreneurs.life/podcastsBuilding a community for mature men with enterprise.Contact the Host: Jim James  Support the showSubscribe to my free newsletterhttps://www.theunnoticedentrepreneur.com/

Get Noticed! Send a text.Experienced entrepreneur and Silver Fox, Jay Shapiro is launching a #GamingForGood movement across Africa from his base in Nairobi, Kenya.  He uprooted his young family from America to move to Africa, sensing the sort of excitement and buzz he experienced in Singapore in the mid '90'sThere are 350 million connected smartphones in Africa, growing at 20%, and the median age in Africa is 19. UsikuGames is creating a new movement by gathering people on their mobile devices to play skills-based games and enjoy live entertainment, as a community.Canadian Jay started and built Blue interactive in Singapore in 1999 which he later sold to WPP in 2008.We talk about the importance of drinking with other techdads,  why he has a rap group on his payroll, why failing is a hallmark of an entrepreneur, and how he and his successful wife manage their relationship to care for their kids in Nairobi."If you are not failing at least 50% of the time, then you aren't trying. You have to be willing to get things wrong." Jay’s Profilelinkedin.com/in/jayshapiroWebsitesAppMakr.com (Company Website)www.Usiku.Games (Company website)DoGoodAsYouGo.org (Company Website)jayshapiro.info/ (Jay Shapiro Personal Website) Listen to our other podcasts at http://www.Silverfoxentrepreneurs.life Support the showSubscribe to my free newsletterhttps://www.theunnoticedentrepreneur.com/

Get Noticed! Send a text.Mark Goh, Founder,VanillaLaw™ | Barrister (UK) I Advocate & Solicitor (Singapore) | Accredited Mediator(SIMI) | Negotiator(Oxford) and retired Army Captain in the Singapore Reserves.In 1992 Mark set his own law firm upon returning from the UK to Singapore after studying law at the University of Buckingham. LAW FIRM GOING DIGITAL With the advent of the digital age, he began exploring ways to digitise Vanillalaw, observing that going digital could save the law firm's operational costs in a tremendous manner. Already experienced living overseas, he could also see the potential of the law firm expanding beyond the shores of the island nation of Singapore. So in 2011, he started transforming the law firm to go digital.  DEVELOPMENT OF VANILLALAW DOCS By 2014, Mark had already been in practice for almost 20 years as an experienced dispute resolution lawyer. He was disheartened to observe that many (SME) business owners were often embroiled in disputes simply because they had no or poorly drafted contracts. The very thought of paying huge legal fees to consult a lawyer was (and still is) a big turn off.  Vanillalaw Docs was developed with the intent of mitigating the huge legal fees. Its an ecosystem developed by lawyers for the business owner to hands on preparing the first draft. The lawyers come in afterwards with the vetting process and advice. Today, Vanillalaw Docs has more than 850 subscribers and counting.Mark has funded this himself, and recently launched GoSME.orgIndranee Rajah S.C., Senior Minister Of State For Law (16 May 2017) of Singapore said, "Tech for more productive interaction with clients: A good example is VanillaLaw™ Docs, an interactive web-based platform created by Singapore law firm, VanillaLaw™ LLC. VanillaLaw™ LLC developed their own online contract template which, when used together with this platform, allows their clients to insert relevant information to prepare the first draft of legal documents.The law firm reviews this and focuses on issues requiring legal advice and drafting amendments. The end product is still cleared by qualified lawyers but this technology enabled process cuts down the need for multiple or long meetings to take instructions. This saves time and costs for firm and clients.Vanilla Law DocsMark then started a community called 'Go-SME  to encourage Singapore SME's to take advantage of the opportunity in the wider world by using technology to distribute work processes and to find new clients. The community now has over 1,000 members in the network across Singapore, Japan and Australia. http://gosme.bizYou can find Mark Goh on LinkedinThank you for listening to Silver Fox Entrepreneurs podcast. Check out all our episodes, subscribe and please review us; it really helps.Silver Fox Entrepreneurs is a community for mature men to start and run better business for pleasure and for profit.Read all about us, and join us in the Den.http://www.silverfoxentrepreneurs.lSupport the showSubscribe to my free newsletterhttps://www.theunnoticedentrepreneur.com/

Get Noticed! Send a text.Pitch presentation coach. International speaker, selling strategist for coaches, speakers, & experts, Paul Elliott is a silver fox with amazing insights into why people can't sell, and how to help them.Paul chooses to work with people who value FREEDOM & IMPACT over growth. He adds value by helping them leverage their talents & their message, and ultimately to extract value from what they have to offer. In this podcast Paul shares his journey do self discovery through abject failure to neural linguistics programming to sales coaching; and why customers will be demanding to pay for your services if your motivation is right.Paul is also the author of  'Maven : From Invisible to In Demand'Email: paul@strategicrebel.com Twitter: @StrategicRebellinkedin.com/in/paul-elliott-strategic-rebelSupport the showSubscribe to my free newsletterhttps://www.theunnoticedentrepreneur.com/

Get Noticed! Send a text.LawBite was founded in 2011 by Clive Rich, barrister, mediator, arbitrator and professional negotiator. Clive recognised a need for SMEs to have greater access to affordable, understandable legal services.LawBite’s recent You Gov research indicated that the UK’s SMEs collectively lose over £13 billion a year as a result of failing to take care of their legal business properly. These failures range from not taking care of trading contracts, intellectual property, terms and conditions and shareholder contracts, through to regulatory issues, staffing problems, and disputes.Clive talks with Jim James about raising money through crowd cube, balancing working life with a growing family, and how he is managing to install a professional management team in order to spend more time on the vision of the company.Find out more about Clive Rich at his site:https://www.lawbite.co.uk Production by BeHeard.co.ukSupport the showSubscribe to my free newsletterhttps://www.theunnoticedentrepreneur.com/

Get Noticed! Send a text.Seasoned Advisor, Entrepreneur, Keynote Speaker, Professor & Investor based in China, Richard Robinson talks with Jim James about start-ups, the Jack Ma University, the Stupid American Diet, and why relationship are true wealth.He writes about himself: Into my third decade in China where I advise and invest in companies and help them crack the Chinese and Asian markets. I also teach at China's top two universities: at Peking University's Guanghua Int'l MBA program I teach Entrepreneurship in China and at Tsinghua University's BI-Tsinghua joint program I teach 'pracademics' to senior execs.  Previously with 8 successive startups as a co-founder or senior exec, and with dozens of others as an investor, board member, adviser or mentor (HAX, Chinaccelerator & 500).  Initially I was a senior exec at 3 companies from private entities through to their listings, then went on to co-found 5 companies: 3 exited to publicly listed companies and 2 landed squarely in the 'L' column ;-).  Active in the geek-o-system in Asia/globally and speak frequently at conferences. (I MC'ed: Web Summit Lisbon & Dublin, TechCrunch Beijing, GMIC Beijing & Silicon Valley, Rise Hong Kong and TechInAsia Singapore & Jakarta).  Grew up in Greater Boston and my Boston accent and I went to study at USC in L.A. and Cambridge University in the UK. After graduation I was a wild-eyed backpacker working my way around the world as a bartender in the Virgin Islands, a concierge/ski bum in the Swiss Alps, an English teacher in post-revolution Prague, a house-painter in Norway, a grape picker in France and a BMW factory worker in Munich. In '93 I traveled overland from Switzerland to Hong Kong via Beijing on the Trans-Siberian and fell in love with China.  Got an MBA at the Rotterdam School of Management in The Netherlands '94-'96 & fell in love with the web. After grad school did a solo 4,000km bicycle trip through Africa from Nairobi to Cape Town vimeo.com/22348199  Labors of love to exercise/exorcise my creative muse: - Write children's books with all proceeds going to charity; - Produce / MC stand-up comedy shows across Asia with top comedians like Jim Gaffigan.  Lovely entrepreneur wife, 3 kids 'Made in China'. Perpetual Mandarin student.   LinkedIn Profilelinkedin.com/in/richardrobinsonTwitter@RichardRobinsonSupport the showSubscribe to my free newsletterhttps://www.theunnoticedentrepreneur.com/

Get Noticed! Send a text.Tony, and fizz, came to The Drawing Room in Bath to talk about not retiring. The importance of staying active, not taking health for granted, and taking on new challenges including starting a new business when most people are thinking of laying out the deck chairs and eating ice creams with the grandchildren.the retireista project is a must-read guidebook for all men wanting to get the best out of the best years of their lives.Divided into sections that mirror those here on our website, the retiresta project includes anecdotes, case studies, advice and checklists for the reader in an upbeat, friendly style. It redefines retirement as a positive, energised and dynamic life stage we can all aspire to once our conventional working life is over.https://retireista.comSupport the showSubscribe to my free newsletterhttps://www.theunnoticedentrepreneur.com/

Get Noticed! Send a text.Matthew Rochford, life coach talks with Jim James on Silver Fox Entrepreneurs.Your mind. Your life. Your success.I've been supporting, coaching, advising and providing counsel to people since the late nineties. Whether it's been as a business consultant, Executive Coach, meditation teacher or martial arts trainer - being able to help and support other people to be more insightful, successful and fulfilled has always been a passion of mine.  Qualifications and ExperienceCertified CoachCoached by Integral Master Coach Dale LockettMentored and Coached by Martin Palethorpe (The Pragma Group)Completed Quality of Mind Programme with The Pragma GroupCompleted Leadership in Times of Chaos training via Schumacher CollegeCompleted Invisible Power - The New Paradigm training  with Ken Manning and Robin CharbitBA Politics and HistorySenior Coach (Martial Arts)Qualified Mindfulness TeacherKey Take Aways:- We get in our own way- Define and write down a statement which forms an anchor point- Allow our inner self confidence to come to the fore by managing negative narratives.It all sounds so easy, but it's not...which is why we need coaching from people like Matthew.Find out more about Matthew on his website:https://www.matthewrochford.co.ukSupport the showSubscribe to my free newsletterhttps://www.theunnoticedentrepreneur.com/