A brain-storming session at a BBQ with friends inspired Barbara Lax to quit her successful engineering career and create a winning child care concept for modern families and companies in Switzerland. Undaunted by attempts to sabotage her business and the inevitable family struggles, Barbara eventually won Veuve Clicquot's Swiss Business Woman of the Year 2017 and is today ranked among the Financial Times 1000 fastest growing companies in Europe.  Notes: https://www.alexcongdon.com/29

Expat Business Hero: Inspiring Interviews with Expat Entrepreneurs & Business Experts

From Engineer To Award Winning Entrepreneur - With Barbara Lax

James Moffat is a Scottish born entrepreneur living in Switzerland. After 20 years in the corporate world and thinking, ‘Is this it?’ he found himself on the outside, looking for a new adventure. On his journey to gain his own clarity and purpose, he built a business helping entrepreneurs better align to their own purpose whilst boosting their visibility. Episode notes : https://www.alexcongdon.com/28  

Why Purpose Is The Foundation: With James Moffat

Yuri van der Sluis is a Dutch sales expert, speaker and author living in the Valencia region of Spain. His passion is helping B2B sales organisations to lead with trust because without trust in the sales process you’ll never create value. Full of inspiration and enthusiasm, Yuri speaks to Alex about his struggles and difficulties in setting up the business and the things he has learnt along the way, and what he hopes to achieve in the future. Episode Notes: www.alexcongdon.com/27  

How To Build Trust In B2B Sales - With Yuri van der Sluis

One of the hardest things a business owner faces is setting the price for their products, especially if you are the product! Janene Liston moved from California to Switzerland and has taken her career expertise and created a business advising small & medium sized businesses on their pricing and how to charge what you are worth. And that's why she calls herself The Pricing Lady! Full Episode notes : www.alexcongdon.com/26

Are You Worth What You Charge? - With Janene Liston

Johan Franzen, a Swede living in Switzerland, is proving there is entrepreneurial life after a long and successful corporate career. He's created what he calls a “virtual swiss army knife for your entrepreneurial journey”,  a platform for entrepreneurs that want to connect and be part of a trusted community of like minded business owners and specialists, exchanging resources, tips and tools. He’s given it a novel name too, www.entnest.com Episode Highlights 01:33 - What prompted the start of your community ?05:01 - The connection of trusted people for entrepreneurs07:08 - The bigger and global vision to help entrepreneurs08:15 - How has your corporate background helped ?15:54 - The transition from employee to entrepreneur26:32 - Key learning points when starting a business32:16 - Future plans and goals Full Show Notes & Transcript https://www.alexcongdon.com/25

Why Entrepreneurs Need Community - With Johan Franzen

 Yann Ilunga is a Swiss-Italian entrepreneur based in Helsinki. His passion is podcasting and as well as producing his own successful shows, he coaches those interested in starting and growing a podcast very often to support their business. He also has a successful Facebook community group with over 2,400 member from all over the world and has been featured in Inc.com, Forbes and Entrepreneur Magazine. Full Show Notes: http://www.alexcongdon.com/24 Episode Highlights 02:14 -   How and why did the business get started?06:49 -   Is podcasting an ideal business when split between locations?09:57 - What is a mastermind group and how does it help your business?14:04 - When setting up a business why is a podcast a good idea?17:38 - How can podcasting be integrated into an established business?24:50 - Things to think about when starting a podcast28:03 - Does the business and podcast topic need to be exactly aligned?31:10 - How to get listeners to your podcast show38:54 - Is there a place to migrate from audio to video?42:07 - Structuring a location independent business46:17 - Learnings and success stories from working with clients50:07 - Future plans and goals

How Podcasting Can Grow Your Business with Yann Ilunga

Guy White is the founder of Catalyx, a successful and very innovative agency based in Geneva helping brands connect with their ideal consumers. Originally from the UK, Guy quit the safety of corporate life to start his 1st business before he turned 30. In this episode Guy we discuss his view of risk, entrepreneurship and leading a start-up organisation. Full Episode notes https://www.alexcongdon.com/23 Episode Highlights 00:57 -  Who does Catalyx help and how?05:36 -  A different approach from other market research agencies13:27 -  Challenges and difficulties of setting up the business19:22 -  Practical support and inspiration from others23:50 -  Business and clients achievements22:06 -  What are the future goals for the business?23:50 - Who would you like to mentor ?  

I'll Tell You What Consumers Really, Really Want - With Guy White

Sarah SantaCroce is a Switzerland born and bred LinkedIn expert who spent time living abroad in California where she mastered the art of social media networks. Now living back in Switzerland, Sarah was able to build on her experience to build her business and the LinkedIn expertise that she has today. Sarah works with introverted entrepreneurs, coaches and consultants, to help them establish systems, make worthwhile connections, generate leads and for them to create their own businesses using LinkedIn. For the full transcript and resources, please visit: https://www.alexcongdon.com/22

Make Your LinkedIn Profile Talk To Your Audience - With Sarah Santacroce

 Carl Wahlers, former rugby player and corporate manager wants men with mental health issues to get things off their chest. He's set up Blokes And Black Dogs, a support group in Switzerland for men who want to enjoy life once again.  http://www.alexcongdon.com/21

It's Good To Talk About Mens Mental Health - With Carl Wahlers

 Melitta Campbell, has a formula for helping women start a business on their own terms. Originally from Wales, she's now in Montreux, Switzerland and has overcome her own out of balance lifestyle to become a successful business coach for women. The full episode page is available here: https://www.alexcongdon.com/20      

Why Women Make Great Entrepreneurs - With Melitta Campbell

 Jonathan Cave is a Geneva based New Zealander who quit the "good life" managing the lives & money of ultra wealthy families and is now on a mission to help individuals and teams connect with their purpose so they can live extraordinary lives. He says that it all starts with getting clarity and that only then can you truly be happy and perform to your best. His approach is based on creating your own personal philosophy of life using his MyPhy system.  Show Notes: To take a free 'Happiness Gap' test, visit http://www.myphy.com Full Details on https://www.alexcongdon.com/19    

Why Clarity Is Your Force For Happiness - With Jonathan Cave

   Alessia Minkus, serial entrepreneur, award winning business owner, international speaker and trainer. Originally from Rome Italy (today spends half her time in California) between her and her partners they have started over 60 different companies generating over $2 billion in sales. Her main business today is Industry Rockstar which is currently touring Europe helping business owners create the results & success that they want. She runs that business with her husband Kane Minkus & Kevin Harrington, the original shark on the hit American business show Shark Tank.   During this fun interview, Alessia shares her lessons including: -why hiring a business mentor beats free advice from friends -how a mentor sees the potential in you that you can't -how to sell : moving from fear to impact & empowerment -the power of business & life partnerships -the secret to maximising your energy in your business and life And she also reveals why Italian women are great to date or marry! If you would like to join Alessia and the Industry Rockstar team on one of their free business mentoring events in Europe or beyond, please sign up here: https://www.alexcongdon.com/alessia

Why Hire A Business Mentor? With Alessia Minkus

 Michelle Masters, from California, is a world leader in NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming) and has the incredible gift of helping people rewire their brains to overcome limiting beliefs around money and other areas of personal change. Her latest book is called Money Magic and you can find more details on her work and the book on the show notes, at https://www.alexcongdon.com/17  

Rewire your brain and get over your money issues - With NLP expert Michelle Masters

Sundae Schneider-Bean is an intercultural strategist and host of The Expat Happy Hour podcast, which has been rated no.1 on iTunes Places & Travel section. Originally from North Dakota, she lives in South Africa but calls Switzerland home. She works with individuals and organisations in over 60 countries helping them adapt as quickly as possible to ever changing international life. She’s experienced a coup d’etat & terrorist attacks, navigated very doggy internet connections and all whilst keeping her family safe and growing her global coaching business. Useful Resources: www.sundaebean.com – FREEBIE “5 things you’re going to do wrong while living abroad” Expat Happy Hour Podcast 

How To Adapt To International Life With Sundae Schneider-Bean

 Interview with Sam Dorri, a Brit in Singapore, who creates customised art for parents who want to preserve their favourite parenting memories in Singapore. Sam gave up working with big brands and agencies and sought her independence as an expat, moving from the UK through Bahrain and eventually Singapore. We cover solopreneurship, the need for partnerships, sales and how to balance life with work.   Show Notes: www.Sammyeve.com

The Singapore Solopreneur Making Personalised Art - with Samantha Dorri

Starting and growing your business as an expat will test you to the limit but the rewards can more than compensate. Become a business hero for your customers, your family and of course yourself. But first you have to navigate your fears and concerns, adopt the right mindset, learn from others mistakes, build a supportive network and have a smart plan. Join Alex Congdon, a UK expat in Switzerland, as he interviews expat business entrepreneurs and experts from around the world as they share their stories and strategies, successes and failures.

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