The Drive To Succeed Podcast

8Billion Ideas with David Harkin

David Harkin [https://www.davidjharkin.com/]is an entrepreneur and the CEO of the award-winning education company 8billionideas which exists to give every student the skills and belief to change the world. Since its formation, 8billionideas [https://www.8billionideas.com/] (formerly 7billionideas) has worked with over 100,000 students around the world in 500 schools. 8billionideas has strategic partnerships in every part of the sector - including Multi-Academy Trusts, Young Offender Units, International and Independent Schools. Its work through its partner schools has been recognised by TES and most recently COBIS in 2020. In 2021, 8billionideas will feature in a publication led by St James Palace' and Prince Charles' team to give their insight into innovation and leadership as the country celebrates 300 years of Government. David is also proudly a 2x TED speaker and author and holds the post of Director of Entrepreneurship in a number of schools around the world.  In this episode we talked about: * The driving force behind 8billion ideas and the importance of designing the business to scale not just in profits but also it's impact. * Choosing the right role models to follow in the context of entrepreneurship and skills development. * Challenges David and his team faced during the COVID Crisis and many more.  -- 💻 Create and Sell Your Own Online Course, Signature Workshop or Coaching Business In The Next 90-120 Days! FREE TRAINING >> https://thedrivetosucceed.com/masterclass [https://thedrivetosucceed.com/masterclass]  Manage all your team's work in one place with monday․com. [https://mondaycom.grsm.io/jeg3asum2xtb]  🔓 Unlock Skillshare Premium Free [https://www.skillshare.com/r/profile/Danielle-Francisco/324013811] for 1 month  OTHER USEFUL LINKS: My website and weekly podcast - https://thedrivetosucceed.com [https://thedrivetosucceed.com/] Email Newsletter - https://thedrivetosucceed.com/newsletter/ [https://thedrivetosucceed.com/newsletter/] Resources I use - https://thedrivetosucceed.com/resources/ [https://thedrivetosucceed.com/resources/] Instagram - https://instagram.com/danielle_francisco_ [https://instagram.com/danielle_francisco_] LinkedIn - https://linkedin.com/in/daniellejfrancisco [https://linkedin.com/in/daniellejfrancisco] YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVtb_c32EanaDkSoXNCAzrw/ [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVtb_c32EanaDkSoXNCAzrw/]

Crowdfunding and Embedded Social Enterprise with StartSomeGood.com Founder - Tom Dawkins

Tom Dawkins [http://www.tomdawkins.com.au/about] - Co-Found er and CEO of social impact crowdfunding platform and innovation agency StartSomeGood.com. [http://StartSomeGood.com] StartSomeGood supports social entrepreneurs to raise the funds and mobilise the community they need to make a difference and has deployed over $12 million AUD so far with one of the highest success rates in crowdfunding. Tom has been recognized with numerous awards and fellowships and has been a regular speaker at conferences and teacher of seminars and workshops for past 15 years, including SXSW, SOCAP, REMIX, The World Summit on the Information Society, Connecting Up, Progress and FWD. I've worked with social enterprises, non-profits and government agencies to help them tell their stories and engage their communities In this episode we talked about: 1. What’s a social enterprise? How did it change over the last 10 years? What are the different models and innovation that plays a pivotal role in this entrepreneurship category. 2. How to leverage marketing effectively, messaging and social media to inspire people to share story for you. 3. We also talk about Why does ‘Poverty Porn’ being commonly used by non-profits, NGO’s are using disempowering images and videos in their advertising? 4. We deep dive Tom started his entrepreneurship career living in the US and many more.  -- 💻 Create and Sell Your Own Online Course, Signature Workshop or Coaching Business In The Next 90-120 Days! FREE TRAINING >> https://thedrivetosucceed.com/masterclass [https://thedrivetosucceed.com/masterclass]   OTHER USEFUL LINKS: My website and weekly podcast - https://thedrivetosucceed.com [https://thedrivetosucceed.com/] Email Newsletter - https://thedrivetosucceed.com/newsletter/ [https://thedrivetosucceed.com/newsletter/] Resources I use - https://thedrivetosucceed.com/resources/ [https://thedrivetosucceed.com/resources/] Instagram - https://instagram.com/danielle_francisco_ [https://instagram.com/danielle_francisco_] LinkedIn - https://linkedin.com/in/daniellejfrancisco [https://linkedin.com/in/daniellejfrancisco] YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVtb_c32EanaDkSoXNCAzrw/ [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVtb_c32EanaDkSoXNCAzrw/]

Attract Clients Through Your Story with Katja Rusanen

Katja Rusanen [https://www.katjarusanen.com/] is a #1 best -selling author, spiritual mentor, success coach, and creator of the Client Attraction Story System, a step-by-step program for purpose-driven entrepreneurs to craft stories that sell. After working as a supervisor in one of the world’s leading business banks, she obtained two master’s degrees in Spiritual Psychology and Spiritual Science. She has now dedicated her life to helping clients discover the power of personal stories and create a business they love. In this episode we talked about: * The importance of being vulnerable and able to narrate your story in the most powerful way * Framework for what story to choose that resonates with your ideal clients * We also talked about the importance of using Storybased content on Social Media * How to increase your engagement and conversion using private facebook groups and many more. -- 💻 Create and Sell Your Own Online Course, Signature Workshop or Coaching Business In The Next 90-120 Days! FREE TRAINING >> https://thedrivetosucceed.com/masterclass [https://thedrivetosucceed.com/masterclass] Manage all your team's work in one place with monday․com. [https://mondaycom.grsm.io/jeg3asum2xtb]  🔓 Unlock Skillshare Premium Free [https://www.skillshare.com/r/profile/Danielle-Francisco/324013811] for 1 month 💡 Create, Market Sell and Deliver Your Online Course. Black Friday Sale with Thinkific [https://try.thinkific.com/daniellefrancisco5868-blackfriday]  OTHER USEFUL LINKS: My website and weekly podcast - https://thedrivetosucceed.com [https://thedrivetosucceed.com/] Email Newsletter - https://thedrivetosucceed.com/newsletter/ [https://thedrivetosucceed.com/newsletter/] Resources I use - https://thedrivetosucceed.com/resources/ [https://thedrivetosucceed.com/resources/] Instagram - https://instagram.com/danielle_francisco_ [https://instagram.com/danielle_francisco_] LinkedIn - https://linkedin.com/in/daniellejfrancisco [https://linkedin.com/in/daniellejfrancisco] YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVtb_c32EanaDkSoXNCAzrw/ [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVtb_c32EanaDkSoXNCAzrw/]

Protect yourself from Cybercriminals with Ex-NATO Senior Executive and Founder of Thrive with EQ - Nadja El Fertasi

Nadja El Fertasi - Founder and CEO of Thrive with EQ. Nadja worked for NATO's Cyber Executive Arm for the past 20years as Stakeholder Engagement Senior Executive before jumping into entrepreneurship.  In this episode, we talked very relevant topics on Cyber Security Awareness and Emotional Intellegince.  * The impact of COVID to workforce. and how criminals work their way in to target companies and individuals who are vulnerable for cyber crime exploitation either be a financial/political gain. * We also talked about how to use Social Media Responsibly, Influencer and it's effect on kids and teenagers.  * Case studies of High profile breaches and in the C-Level Suite, * As parents, how do you protect yourself and your child from social engineering tactics from criminals who are financially motivated.  *  Voice Phishing, Technology and many more.  -- 💻 Create and Sell Your Own Online Course, Signature Workshop or Coaching Business In The Next 90-120 Days! FREE TRAINING >> https://thedrivetosucceed.com/masterclass [https://thedrivetosucceed.com/masterclass]  Manage all your team's work in one place with monday․com. [https://mondaycom.grsm.io/jeg3asum2xtb] 🔓 Unlock Skillshare Premium Free [https://www.skillshare.com/r/profile/Danielle-Francisco/324013811] for 1 month 💡 Create, Market Sell and Deliver Your Online Course. with Thinkfic [https://try.thinkific.com/626x1w2wh0al] OTHER USEFUL LINKS: My website and weekly podcast - https://thedrivetosucceed.com [https://thedrivetosucceed.com] Email Newsletter - https://thedrivetosucceed.com/newsletter/ [https://thedrivetosucceed.com/newsletter/] Resources I use - https://thedrivetosucceed.com/resources/ [https://thedrivetosucceed.com/resources/] Instagram - https://instagram.com/danielle_francisco_ [https://instagram.com/danielle_francisco_] LinkedIn - https://linkedin.com/in/daniellejfrancisco [https://linkedin.com/in/daniellejfrancisco] YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVtb_c32EanaDkSoXNCAzrw/ [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVtb_c32EanaDkSoXNCAzrw/]

Managing Your Financial Planning Business Revenue with Johan Vosloo

Johan Vosloo [https://www.linkedin.com/in/johanvosloo/] - Founder and CEO of Commspace - The ultimate solution for managing, tracking, splitting and analysing Financial Adviser revenue. Johan is a technologist with an entrepreneurial spirit who started working on a side-project in 2006 to solve the problem of tracking and splitting commission for a single advice practice with multiple advisers and dozens of referral sources. After seeing the enthusiastic response of the early users, he decided to develop it into a fully-fledged revenue management and analytics solution for the broader independent financial advice sector in South Africa. Today Commspace is used by hundreds of independent financial advice practices, ranging from solo advisers to large bank groups. In this episode we talk about: * How he found a gap and provided a solution to a real pain point within the financial planning and advice industry. * Johan’s ethos in building a tech start-up and finding the right co-founder. * The driving force behind quitting his corporate 9-5 before going all in Commspace [https://www.commspace.co.za/] and many more.  -- Manage all your team's work in one place with monday․com. [https://mondaycom.grsm.io/jeg3asum2xtb] No more endless e-mail threads or long meetings! With monday.com you can keep track of everything your team's working on, communicate in context, and get started in minutes with a super easy set-up! Click here. [https://mondaycom.grsm.io/jeg3asum2xtb] 💻 Learn to captivate and influence your audience that makes you money. Get your access today on 'Storytelling Secrets Success'. [http://thedrivetosucceed.com/storytelling] http://thedrivetosucceed.com/storytelling [http://thedrivetosucceed.com/storytelling] 🔓 Unlock Skillshare Premium Free [https://www.skillshare.com/r/profile/Danielle-Francisco/324013811] for 1 month 💡 Create, Market Sell and Deliver Your Online Course. with Thinkfic [https://try.thinkific.com/626x1w2wh0al] OTHER USEFUL LINKS: My website and weekly podcast - https://thedrivetosucceed.com [https://thedrivetosucceed.com] Email Newsletter - https://thedrivetosucceed.com/newsletter/ [https://thedrivetosucceed.com/newsletter/] Resources I use - https://thedrivetosucceed.com/resources/ [https://thedrivetosucceed.com/resources/] Instagram - https://instagram.com/danielle_francisco_ [https://instagram.com/danielle_francisco_] LinkedIn - https://linkedin.com/in/daniellejfrancisco [https://linkedin.com/in/daniellejfrancisco] YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVtb_c32EanaDkSoXNCAzrw [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVtb_c32EanaDkSoXNCAzrw] \