Growth Mindset Podcast

158: Mindsets for growing a podcast - Debbie Arcangeles, Dan Murray-Serter and Christina Nicholson

February 23rd, 2021  |  Season 7  |  19 mins 34 secs

business mindset, podcast tips, podcasting

Lately, I've been getting a lot of questions about how to start a podcast, the lessons you learn and the mindsets you need to run one. So, I'm digging through some of the archives to showcase some of the best advice that I've received on the subject of running a podcast.

157: Wiser Than Yesterday podcast - The best books of 2020

February 16th, 2021  |  Season 7  |  38 mins 38 secs

books, philosophy, recap, wiser than yesterday

A look back at the favourite books Sam and Nico read in the Wiser than Yesterday podcast from last year 2020 and the biggest lessons they kept with them.

156: Study now, pay later - Austen Allred, CEO and co-founder Lambda School

February 9th, 2021  |  Season 7  |  40 mins 17 secs

business tips, code, online education

We are joined by the co-founder and CEO of Lambda School, Austen Allred. Austen saw a problem that no one else was willing to fix, and decided to do something about it. He has some exciting solutions in the education space and we look into the past, present and future of education.

155: Making humans Indistractable - Nir Eyal, author ‘Hooked’ and ‘Indistractable’

February 2nd, 2021  |  Season 7  |  42 mins 17 secs

habits and attention, hooked, indistractible, social media

For those of us who feel hopelessly addicted to technology, this episode can offer some guidance on how to start breaking bad habits. Author and investor, Nir Eyal, shares the practical techniques to control your time and attention—helping you live the life you really want.

We dive deep into the steps we can take to take to regain control of our attention. We also discuss his four-step, research-backed model that will help you manage distractions and finally do what you say you will do.

154: Startup Investing - Nick Telson, Horseplay Ventures and Pitch Deck Podcast

January 26th, 2021  |  Season 7  |  11 mins 43 secs

angel investor, business tips, investing, pitch deck podcast, podcasting, syncify

Angel Investor and cofounder of Horseplay Ventures, Nick Telson, shares his insights on being an angel investor and his experiences with different founders. We also go into podcasting and, the app I'm currently building - Syncify.

153: Impact investing with Dhiraj Mukherjee, cofounder Shazam

January 19th, 2021  |  Season 7  |  11 mins 54 secs

clean tech, investing, shazam, tech for good

Angel investor and Shazam co-founder, Dhiraj Mukherjee, joins the show as we share with you our discussion on his projects that are focused on tech for good and our passion to change the world.

152: Hacking our default mode - pt 2 Nazra Noushad, futurist and blogger

January 12th, 2021  |  Season 7  |  32 mins 48 secs

books, mindsets, psychedelics, syncify

In this second part episode with Nazra, we go into exploring consciousness and the purpose of yourself in the world, our favourite books and lots of really big topics, which are focused on growth and being the best person you can be.

151: Olympic training to change the world - Nazra Noushad, futurist and blogger

January 6th, 2021  |  Season 7  |  40 mins 25 secs

climate technology, futurist, the knowledge society, youth leader

A youth leader and entrepreneur, Nazra Noushad, joins the podcast as we focus on technology and changing the world in the episode. We also take a dive in topics such as developing mindsets, psychedelics and businesses.

150: Top life-hack from 2020- Charity budgets

December 24th, 2020  |  Season 7  |  14 mins 34 secs

charity, happiness

A real life hack should benefit your life and save you time, effort and stress in achieving your goals. My life hack for this year does this in an unconventional way.

149: Lessons from building Shazam - Dhiraj Mukherjee, Cofounder of Shazam and Angel Investor

December 15th, 2020  |  Season 7  |  49 mins 20 secs

angel investor, shazam, startup tips, syncify

The founder of Shazam, Dheeraj Mukherjee, joins the podcast as we get to hear a really inspiring story with tons of lessons.

Dhiraj will share to us the whole story of how he built the business with his partners. How they figured out how to build the app when none of them could even code and just turning the whole thing into a reality. And then actually being able to grow the business and exit and just all the trials and tribulations along the way.

148: Planning and executing - Nick Telson, Design My Night

December 1st, 2020  |  Season 7  |  45 mins 24 secs

business planning, design my night, horseplay ventures, pitch deck, venture capital

Founder and angel investor, Nick Telson joins the podcast as he shares his rollercoaster journey into the startup industry and how he and his partner have managed to bootstrap the company to success after pivoting three years into the business.

In the episode, we discuss how different it was to build a startup back then and comparing the venture capital industry now from when they started DesignMyNight.

Nick also highlighted the importance of creating a culture in the workplace and what made him start his own venture company, Horseplay Venture.

147: Building people that build startups - David Brown, CEO Techstars

November 17th, 2020  |  Season 7  |  34 mins 46 secs

entrepreneurship, startup, techstars

Founder and CEO of Techstars, David Brown joins the podcast as he shares his ups and downs building startups and working with entrepreneurs.

David also talks about the founding story of Techstars, characteristics of successful founders and teams, and his take on "entrepreneurs are born."

This episode is timely for the Syncify team as we're one of the startups included in Techstars London 2020. David's perspective was really insightful and can be of help to other entrepreneurs about to partake on their startup adventure.

146: Work on your game - Dre Baldwin, Pro Basketball player and coach

November 10th, 2020  |  Season 7  |  10 mins 5 secs

basketball tips, coaching, mentoring, startup

Pro basketball player, now business coach and author, Dre Baldwin joins the podcast as he gives out his tips on how to be a better basketball player. Dre also gives a brief summary of how the business of basketball is.

Apart from basketball, we dive into Dre's journey on becoming a motivational speaker and his attitude towards improvement and life.

145: Speaking your mind in crazy times - Dre Baldwin, Pro Basketball player and coach

November 3rd, 2020  |  Season 7  |  39 mins 20 secs

2020 election, black lives matter, politics, work on your game

On the show, we have an NBA player, life coach and author, Dre Baldwin. In this episode, we spend a good time talking about the election, black lives matter and relationships.

A really interesting episode, especially with the whole election stuff coming up and the general target part of America that seems to be going on.

We do go into basketball and coaching and such, uh, in another interview, but not today. So for now, you can enjoy hearing about what Dre thinks about Donald Trump and the election and the world at large.

144: Deep dive into my hidden mindset limitations - Ryan Gottfredson, Ph.D.

October 27th, 2020  |  Season 6  |  31 mins 35 secs

coaching, mindsets, success, syncify

On the second part of my interview with Ryan Gottfredson, we go deeper into mindsets and neuroscience behind them. So this is basically me being coached and you get to see how coaching works,

We went into some of the practices that he's been using to help his clients to really overcome their mindsets and to find the things that are holding them back and just smash through their own internal barriers.

I would also add that this was recorded a few months ago, so it's not reflecting my current problems with the business right now. Just a bit of history of what it took to get where we are now.

143: Hacking the microbiome to unlock superpowers - Zack Abbott, founder and CEO - ZBiotics

October 20th, 2020  |  Season 6  |  17 mins 26 secs

biotechnology, gut health, microbiome, science, zbiotics

Founder and CEO of the ZBiotics, Zack Abbott, is back on the show for the second part of his interview where we go deep into what they're actually doing.

In this interview, we go deeper into how ZBiotics engineer these bacteria to work in the microbiome and just lots of cool stuff that's going on in your microbiome and how it affects you.

This is a really interesting interview if you're into your health and knowing what's going on inside you.