The Human Entrepreneur
The Human Entrepreneur
Varun Balsara Luke Netherclift
Hi! We are Varun Balsara and Luke Netherclift and we are the hosts of The Human Entrepreneur podcast. Through our conversations with expert guests, we aim to provide you with the skills, mindset and confidence to pursue your entrepreneurial ambitions whilst ensuring your look after your mental health. The Human Entrepreneur podcast is all about creating a supportive community to support student and other entrepreneurs and so feel free to reach out with concerns, requests or even advice! With love, Varun Balsara & Luke Netherclift
S03.12 Music Entrepreneurship with World Famous DJ Pete Gooding
Who said musicians aren't entrepreneurs? Not us!  This week we have world famous international DJ, Peete Gooding who has been in the game for 20 years now! He has been awarded the 'Best Ibiza DJ' award and has been a resident DJ in Cafe Mambo Ibizia for over 20 years. Pete is also the musical director at Hostal La Torre Ibiza since 2015 and an artist manager for the last 10 years.  Tune in this week for an amazing episode with an outstanding and super cool guest! You really, really don't want to miss out Entrepreneurship. Just. Got. Real THE Updates that matter: Read and download our the latest edition of The FourOneOne, The Gratitude Edition!  Check out our online community of young, like-minded entrepreneurs: Youth Entrepreneur Movement. Members have access to a range of fire resources, networking events and workshops! You don't wanna miss out. That's all for today folks! Have a great day. Follow us and get in touch with us on: [email protected] Instagram Facebook LinkedIn If you love what you hear, please leave us a review. Thanks & take care of yourself!
Apr 29, 2021
58 min
S03.11 Boosting Your Creativity
Creativity is undoubtedly an essential skill an entrepreneur must possess. It allows for innovation, unique ideation and problem solving!  Our episode this week will help you break through creative blocks and enter a flow, allowing you to think clearer and come up with innovative solutions.  Additional resources: Article on boosting creativity. Read here "Lateral Thinking" by Edward De Bono. Read here "The War of Art" by Steven Pressfield. Read here "Flow" by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi. Read here "A Powerful way to Unleash Your Natural Creativity" by Tim Harford. Watch the TED talk here. Tune in now for some much-needed advice on boosting your creativity! Entrepreneurship. Just. Got. Real THE Updates that matter: Read and download our Valentine's Day gift to you, our latest "self-love edition" of the FourOneOne. Look out for our upcoming edition! Check out our online community of young, like-minded entrepreneurs: Youth Entrepreneur Movement. Members have access to a range of fire resources, networking events and workshops! You don't wanna miss out. That's all for today folks! Have a great day. Follow us and get in touch with us on: [email protected] Instagram Facebook LinkedIn If you love what you hear, please leave us a review. Thanks & take care of yourself!
Apr 21, 2021
10 min
S03.10 Staying Relevant and Embracing Change with Peter Ptashko
This week we are thrilled to have the founder and CEO of Cambio Consultancy, and a dear supporter and mentor, Peter Ptashko on our show! Cambio Consultancy is an Enterprise and Social Change Consultancy working with clients around the world. Peter is also a social entrepreneur in residence within Warwick University which he attended. Previously, he has worked in social entrepreneurship education and was the Director of Global Social Entrepreneurship Network (GSEN) in UnTld. This week we learn all about change management, an extremely useful concept to think about as an entrepreneur, especially today, with Covid-19 demanding innovation and changes to business models.  To stay in the game you gotta keep up!  Entrepreneurship. Just. Got. Real THE Updates that matter: Read and download our Valentine's Day gift to you, our latest "self-love edition" of the FourOneOne. Check out our online community of young, like-minded entrepreneurs: Youth Entrepreneur Movement. Members have access to a range of fire resources, networking events and workshops! You don't wanna miss out. That's all for today folks! Have a great day. Follow us and get in touch with us on: [email protected] Instagram Facebook LinkedIn If you love what you hear, please leave us a review. Thanks & take care of yourself!
Apr 14, 2021
49 min
S03.9: Improving Your Listening Skills
Today we have another fabulous video on an essential entrepreneurial skill: listening We all know it's important and most of us can say "we are good listeners" but are you really a good listener? Find out by listening to this bonus, host-only episode now! Tune in for some key tips, practices and habits that you can incorporate into your conversations ASAP! Additional resources: Video: 5 Powerful Techniques. Watch here Video: Negotiation Skills. Watch here Book: Power Listening: Mastering the Most Critical Business Skill of All. Read here Entrepreneurship just. got. real. THE Updates that matter: Read and download our Valentine's Day gift to you, our latest "self-love edition" of the FourOneOne. Check out our online community of young, like-minded entrepreneurs: Youth Entrepreneur Movement. Members have access to a range of fire resources, networking events and workshops! You don't wanna miss out. That's all for today folks! Have a great day. Follow us and get in touch with us on: [email protected] Instagram Facebook LinkedIn If you love what you hear, please leave us a review.  Thanks & take care of yourself!
Apr 7, 2021
11 min
S03.8 The Life of a Voice Over Artist: Harnessing the Power of Voice
Happy hump day everyone! We are back with another killer episode this week with an iconic voice over artist, Tasia Valenza. Tasia Valenza is an EMMY-winning voiceover artist, actress, TEDX speaker and Confident Communication Coach. Renowned for voicing iconic female characters in video games and animated television shows, such as the seductress Poison Ivy in the Batman: Arkham Series, Comander Venisa Doza in Star Wars Resistance, General Shaak Ti in Star Wars: The Clone Wars and Sniper Wolf in the fan-favourite Metal Gear Solid games; Tasia voices countless commercials, animated series, video games, narrations, promos, and radio imaging. These experiences inspired the creation of #GiveGreatVoice, a platform that encourages confident, considerate verbal communication. Additionally, Tasia has co-created and voiced a free-to-use, science-based affirmation meditation app, Haven, with the hopes of helping people rewire their brains for peace of mind.  Visit her IMDb THE Updates that matter: Read and download our Valentine's Day gift to you, our latest "self-love edition" of the FourOneOne. Check out our online community of young, like-minded entrepreneurs: Youth Entrepreneur Movement. Members have access to a range of fire resources, networking events and workshops! You don't wanna miss out. That's all for today folks! Have a great day. Follow us and get in touch with us on: [email protected] Instagram Facebook LinkedIn If you love what you hear, please leave us a review.  Thanks & take care of yourself!
Mar 31, 2021
57 min
S03.7 The Power of Kind Leadership with Jack Parsons
We are back with another episode!  Today, we are thrilled to have the co-founder and CEO of The Youth Group, Jack Parsons on our show! Jack is an award-winning entrepreneur, public speaker and advisor who is empowering and supporting the youth of today. The Youth Group is working to break down barriers that young people face, allowing them to achieve their ambitions in their careers and personal lives. Jack has been awarded many titles but some of his most recent ones have included 'kindest leader', 'most connected young entrepreneur', 'top 100 business power list' and 'top 10 young entrepreneurs to watch in 2020'.  You do not want to miss out on this fantastic episode with Jack. Entrepreneurship just. got. real. THE Updates that matter: Read and download our Valentine's Day gift to you, our latest "self-love edition" of the FourOneOne. Check out our online community of young, like-minded entrepreneurs: Youth Entrepreneur Movement. Members have access to a range of fire resources, networking events and workshops! You don't wanna miss out. That's all for today folks! Have a great day. Follow us and get in touch with us on: [email protected] Instagram Facebook LinkedIn If you love what you hear, please leave us a review. Thanks & take care of yourself!
Mar 25, 2021
51 min
S03.6 Sales Done Right with David Smyth
The Human Entrepreneur podcast is EXCITED about guest this week, David Smyth! David is the Chief Marketing & Sales Officer at We Are Digital Training. He is a self-motivated entrepreneur with extensive international sales & marketing experience plus strong agile leadership and strategic management skills. He has proven success in setting up and managing international multi-location sales and marketing structures with full P&L responsibility. He has run sales and marketing teams with annual revenues of €95m and 10% organic EBITDA and GP growth as well as successfully grown revenue from £0 to £750k in 2 years in a start-up and from £1m to £10m in 5 years in a scale up. He is passionate about helping companies to commercialise technical products to ensure customers are totally satisfied and can see a true ROI in the solutions they buy and have helped to develop winning sales strategies for AI based facial recognition, demand forecasting and production optimisation software businesses as well as retail analytics, IoT and mobile communications and payments organisations.  THE Updates that matter: Read and download our Valentine's Day gift to you, our latest "self-love edition" of the FourOneOne. Check out our online community of young, like-minded entrepreneurs: Youth Entrepreneur Movement. Members have access to a range of fire resources, networking events and workshops! You don't wanna miss out. That's all for today folks! Have a great day. Follow us and get in touch with us on: [email protected] Instagram Facebook LinkedIn If you love what you hear, please leave us a review. Thanks & take care of yourself!
Mar 19, 2021
44 min
S03.5 How to Rapidly Launch a Business to Tackle Covid-19 with the SanHanz Sisters
Entrepreneurship keeps getting real with us on The Human Entrepreneur Podcast.  And today, it's as real as it can be as we dive into the world of COVID-19! The SanHanz sisters, Ciara and Seanna Hamill, are young entrepreneurs who co-founded SanHanz UK, a social enterprise that provides eithical PPE kits to businesses and sport organisations to combat the Covid-19 pandemic.  They have an innovative and impactful business model giving 20% of proceeds to local food banks, a cause that has seen a huge drive in demand since the beginning of the pandemic. They also offer 25% extra product to any frontline workers as a token of appreciation. They have given away over 1,000 bottles to NHS heroes and raised a significant amount for other good causes which we am incredibly impressed by and so is Theo Pathetis, having won his small business Sunday award! THE Updates that matter: Read and download our Valentine's Day gift to you, our latest "self-love edition" of the FourOneOne. Check out our online community of young, like-minded entrepreneurs: Youth Entrepreneur Movement. Members have access to a range of fire resources, networking events and workshops! You don't wanna miss out. Sit back and tune in for some awesome content to perk you up on hump day!  That's all for today folks! Have a great day. Follow us and get in touch with us on: [email protected] Instagram Facebook LinkedIn If you love what you hear, please leave us a review. Thanks & take care of yourself!
Mar 10, 2021
36 min
S03.4 Overcoming Perfectionism
Hello amazing humans!  We realise it's a Thursday but better late then never right! Today we are serving you with some fresh hot BONUS content feature our fabulous hosts. We discuss 'how to overcome perfectionism', something that is holding most of us back from achieving our goals and being productive.  Here our some additional resources you might want to check out: 1. Tips on overcoming perfectionism 2. 'How to be an Imperfectionist' (book) 3. 'Inside the Mind of a Master Procrastinator' (TED talk) 4. 'Faking it, Perfectionism and Living Wholeheartedly' (YouTube video) THE Updates that matter: Read and download our Valentine's Day gift to you, our latest "self-love edition" of the FourOneOne. Check out our online community of young, like-minded entrepreneurs: Youth Entrepreneur Movement. Members have access to a range of fire resources, networking events and workshops! You don't wanna miss out. Sit back, relax and get those brain juices flowing cause that's all for today folks! Follow us and get in touch with us on: [email protected] Instagram Facebook LinkedIn If you love what you hear, please leave us a review. Thanks & take care of yourself!
Mar 4, 2021
14 min
S03.3 Optimising Your Wellness Through Fitness and Diet with Eric Edmeades
Happy Wednesday people! We are back with another MAJOR kickass episode on our journey to unravel the myths and fantasies of entrepreneurship Eric Edmeades, founder of The Business Freedom Academy, is a compelling speaker and a prolific entrepreneur who has shared the stage with Tony Robbins, President Bill Clinton, Sir Richard Branson, and Jack Canfield in over 25 countries. He has owned companies in four countries with business related to: mobile computing, military research & development, 3D camera engineering, and Hollywood special effects where he worked on James Cameron’s smash hit Avatar and movies in the Transformers, Iron Man and Pirates of the Caribbean franchises. Eric’s family immigrated to Canada when he was a child. At 15 years old he was homeless and on the streets but he turned his life around and has enjoyed incredible personal and business success since.   In 2018, Eric was awarded a Medal by the Canadian Senate for his efforts in helping people ‘improve the quality of their lives’. THE Updates that matter:  Read and download our Valentine's Day gift to you, our latest "self-love edition" of the FourOneOne. Check out our online community of young, like-minded entrepreneurs: Youth Entrepreneur Movement. Members have access to a range of fire resources, networking events and workshops! You don't wanna miss out. Sit back, relax and get those brain juices flowing cause that's all for today folks! Follow us and get in touch with us on: [email protected] Instagram Facebook LinkedIn If you love what you hear, please leave us a review. Thanks & take care of yourself!
Feb 24, 2021
55 min
Load more