Mondopreneur

In the episode No40, we spoke to Miha Matlievski, a serial entrepreneur and business coach from Slovenia. He shared with us how he managed to go from zero to million and back. What challenges stand behind his successful career as a business coach with the unique name of his company, Fail Coach. We discussed how previous experience with the economic crisis can help us overcome the crisis that Covid-19 brought to us. He shared with us what it means to be a good leader, how we can use emotional intelligence in making decisions and planning our growth for the future. Most important advice he shared with us is, how and when it is important to use emotions and put logic aside and rethink our entrepreneurial journey, and how important good foundations for the company are, if we want to grow and develop our companies and what knowledge is crucial on that journey. Follow Miha on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mihamatlievski/ Chapters: - Introduction - Fail Coach and Failure - 4 Pillars of Emotional Intelligence - Leadership - What can we learn from the crisis? Read the transcript of the episode here: https://bit.ly/3oBuUQ5 Visit our website and subscribe for the latest stories and news: https://bit.ly/31gjQxR Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://bit.ly/32f32q7 Follow Mondopreneur on social media channels like Facebook: https://bit.ly/3l4w0BU Instagram: https://bit.ly/3aLjZwq Twitter: https://bit.ly/3gbU95O LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/3aIfnXX

In episode 39 we spoke to Bojana Obradovic, Psychologist and Psychotherapist and founder of “Pricajmo o tome”, free online counseling place for students. She is a curious person with different hobbies and interests and strong dedication to help the community through her activities of pro bono counseling. We spoke about a stigma that follows people who decide to go to therapy in an environment like Serbia, how we are burdened with transgenerational problems and traumas. We spoke about trauma and traumatic experience and how therapy can help us to overcome it, integrate it in our personalities and try to live fulfilled lives without regrets. She explained to us what REBT and Schema therapy is and how they can help us in changing our irrational beliefs in order to improve our everyday lives. She also shared with us how she spent the last year and how she managed to recharge and look at things in life differently and how she discovered some new things about herself. In the end, she sent a warm message to encourage us to love ourselves even if we are not the best version of ourselves at some point of time. Chapters: - Introduction - Attitude towards Therapy in Serbia - REBT - Trauma and Traumatic Experience - Schema Therapy - Year 2020 - Pricajmo o tome - free online counseling place for students - Bojana`s Advice How to Look Back to Year 2020 Read the transcript of the episode here: https://bit.ly/2SLnIVL Visit our website and subscribe for the latest stories and news: https://bit.ly/31gjQxR 
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In episode 38, we spoke to Anu Chadha from Delhi, India. She is the owner of 3AClothing, a company that belongs to the textile industry. Anu shared with us how she became a late entrepreneur, which proves that age is not an obstacle in realizing our dreams and potentials. She left the bad marriage she was in and decided to move on with her life, without fear. Gradually, she developed a company and became a person that helps and mentors other people, young or old to start and develop their own businesses. We talked about what empowerment really means, what are possible ways of mentoring and empowering. Also, we spoke about mental hygiene and the importance of being quiet, present and conscious. In the end, she shared with us some thoughts about fast fashion and how the textile industry changed during this past quarter of century. Chapters: - Introduction - Covid-19 and how it affected Anu`s company - Women Empowerment - Importance of Mental Hygiene - 3A Clothing and Future of Fast Fashion Read the transcript of the episode here: https://bit.ly/3uy4PE0 Visit our website and subscribe for the latest stories and news: https://bit.ly/31gjQxR Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://bit.ly/32f32q7 Follow Mondopreneur on social media channels like Facebook: https://bit.ly/3l4w0BU Instagram: https://bit.ly/3aLjZwq Twitter: https://bit.ly/3gbU95O LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/3aIfnXX

In episode 37 we spoke to Katarzyna Świąder, a professor and food expert from Warsaw, Poland. We spoke about new product development, creativity and design thinking method in developing new products in the food industry. She shared her insights in past and future trends in the food industry and how Covid-19 actually accelerated what was preparing for the future but also how pandemic changed some of our habits regarding food and nutrition. She shared with us how she spent last year, and how creativity and flexibility can be practiced and enhanced in periods of stress. Follow Katarzyna on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/katarzyna-świąder-phd/ Chapters: - Introduction - Trends in Food Industry and Food Design - Design Thinking and New Product Development - Functional Food - Health Claims, Nutritional Claims and Labels - Life and Work throughout Pandemia Read the transcript of the episode here: https://bit.ly/3ta4tSi Visit our website and subscribe for the latest stories and news: https://bit.ly/31gjQxR Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://bit.ly/32f32q7 Follow Mondopreneur on social media channels like Facebook: https://bit.ly/3l4w0BU Instagram: https://bit.ly/3aLjZwq Twitter: https://bit.ly/3gbU95O LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/3aIfnXX

In the episode 36 we spoke to Natasa Ivancevic, from Novi Sad, Serbia. She is a teacher of Physical Education by education and she works as Chief Health Officer in an IT company. We spoke about insights last year and an experience of coronavirus infection had on her. We spoke about the importance of physical activity, what are the most common excuses people have when it comes to going to the gym, or becoming aware of being physically active and what are the benefits for our body but also the mind. She explained to us what CHO is and what are her duties in the company and how something that we accept for granted has become her career path. We discussed how Physical education looks like today and what it takes to become a professional athlete. She shared with us some of her insights regarding female athletes and how locker rooms make a difference. For the end of our conversation she shared with us where she finds motivation and how important gratitude is to develop healthy habits and life perspective. Aslo, she invited us to follow hers and her friends' journey called “442 Ride to Change” where they try to promote and gather some funds for young athletes with disabilities through their humanitarian cause. Chapters: - Introduction - Last year in rear window - Excuses and Benefits of Physical Activity - CHO - Chief Health Officer - Female Professional Athletes - Physical Education - 442 Ride To Change Read the transcript of the episode here: https://bit.ly/3nf1tTo Visit our website and subscribe for the latest stories and news: https://bit.ly/31gjQxR 
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In the episode 35, we spoke to Gorjan Jovanovski, an entrepreneur and eco-activist from Skopje, North Macedonia. He used open data to create an app that follows air pollution in certain areas, AirCare. We talked about how he spent the last year. He left a good position in Booking.com and returned to Macedonia to continue to work on his great passion as an eco-activist. He shared with us his opinion on the educational system in Balkan region and North Macedonian start-up ecosystem and relationship to investors. We also discussed what failure is and how it can help us to improve and to learn. Follow Gorjan on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gorjanjovanovski/ TEDxTalks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQOmyKwhd4I AirCare: https://getaircare.com/index.html Follow AirCare on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aircaretheapp/ Chapters: - Introduction - Eco-Activism - Year 2020 Through the Lenses of Tech Innovator - AirCare and Open Data - European Young Innovator - Educational System in Balkan Region - Entrepreneurship in Macedonia - Failure - Economy for the Future Read the transcript of the episode here: https://bit.ly/3doN3gk Visit our website and subscribe for the latest stories and news: https://bit.ly/31gjQxR Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://bit.ly/32f32q7 Follow Mondopreneur on social media channels like Facebook: https://bit.ly/3l4w0BU Instagram: https://bit.ly/3aLjZwq Twitter: https://bit.ly/3gbU95O LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/3aIfnXX

In episode 34 we spoke with Kosta Petrov from Skopje, Macedonia. He wears different hats, but what describes him the most is that he has done some interesting projects in the past, developed a successful consulting agency and he tries his best to promote North Macedonia as the next best destination for digital nomads. We spoke about the beauties of running your own business, and what it takes to promote the start-up ecosystem in North Macedonia. But we also spoke about stress and failure and how to overcome obstacles that can cross our paths. Chapters: - Introduction - Living and Studying in the States - Life During Pandemic - Fund for Innovation and Technology - Start-up ecosystem in North Macedonia - PWorld, PR and Communication Read the transcript of the episode here: https://bit.ly/3mxp2GA Visit our website and subscribe for the latest stories and news: https://bit.ly/31gjQxR Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://bit.ly/32f32q7 Follow Mondopreneur on social media channels like Facebook: https://bit.ly/3l4w0BU Instagram: https://bit.ly/3aLjZwq Twitter: https://bit.ly/3gbU95O LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/3aIfnXX

In episode 33, we spoke to Poonam Sagar from Jakarta, Indonesia. She shared with us how early experience of changing hometowns, due to her father's job, taught her how to adapt, learn new languages and easily find friends. She told us how she managed to find a niche community and build it, by using email list or word of mouth to grow it, before social media networks. As a social entrepreneur, she built a company, called “Million Trees”, where she managed, with the help of partners to plant million trees, near Jakarta. Community and social impact of this endeavour has a long term consequences, for good. She shared with us, what is the state of entrepreneurship in Indonesia, what being a IWEC Foundation Awardee meant to her and how she spent and reorganized her job during pandemic in 2020. For the end, she sent us a message that everything is possible. Chapters: - Introduction - Relocation and Starting Something New - Building Online Community before Social Networks - Social Entrepreneurship - IWEC Foundation and Women Support - Year 2020 in Indonesia - State of Entrepreneurship in Indonesia - Poonam`s Message Read the transcript of the episode here: https://bit.ly/3ujJk95 Visit our website and subscribe for the latest stories and news: https://bit.ly/31gjQxR 
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In episode 32, we spoke to Sanja Popovic Pantic, President of the Association of Business Women in Serbia. She shared with us her experience and thoughts on how challenging times can help us grow, how she gathered women and organized them in one Association more than 20 years ago. We spoke about the educational system in Serbia, and what and how it can be upgraded and improved, following the needs of the new generations and the fact that trying to mold kids into mainstream is not a good educational approach, if we think of education as an investment into the future. Sanja shared her insights regarding women entrepreneurship in Serbia in the last 2 decades. We spoke about Covid-19 and how it changed our lives. From those small things, like shopping and free time, to meetings and finishing our jobs and daily tasks at work. We also spoke about various times of crisis that marked the last three decades in Serbia. From wars, to bombing to world economic crisis. For the end, we spoke about some small things that have changed during the last year, and what we need to do as a nation, to regain trust in the institutions. What is the role of instinct? How can we use it to overcome the issues we encounter these days? Chapters: - Introduction - How Challenging Times Can Help us Grow - State of Women Entrepreneurship in Serbia - Educational System and Extracurricular Activities - Sanja`s New Value and Role of Media Read the transcript of the episode here: https://bit.ly/39csUqX Visit our website and subscribe for the latest stories and news: https://bit.ly/31gjQxR Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://bit.ly/32f32q7 Follow Mondopreneur on social media channels like Facebook: https://bit.ly/3l4w0BU Instagram: https://bit.ly/3aLjZwq Twitter: https://bit.ly/3gbU95O LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/3aIfnXX

In the episode No 31, we spoke to Milica Calija, co-founder of Angel’s cookies company, an activist and great supporter of women, and especially, women entrepreneurs. We discussed how pandemic changed her life, what is important to maintain mental health in these circumstances and how to deal with the stress through everyday challenges and how to find a way to improve ourselves and development. We spoke about role models in our lives, and who can be our mentors. At the end, we spoke about social media with the focus on TikTok, and what are the future expectations of young people or children that will enter the labor market in a decade. Chapters: - Introduction - State of Entrepreneurship and Division Between Male and Female - Entrepreneurship - Mentoring and Mentorship - Role of Media - Self-development - TikTok, Social media channels and Labor Market for the Future Read the transcript of the episode here: https://bit.ly/38Zj9we Visit our website and subscribe for the latest stories and news: https://bit.ly/31gjQxR Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://bit.ly/32f32q7 Follow Mondopreneur on social media channels like Facebook: https://bit.ly/3l4w0BU Instagram: https://bit.ly/3aLjZwq Twitter: https://bit.ly/3gbU95O LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/3aIfnXX