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#217 What makes an investor pitch successful? A Shark from Shark Tank Answers| Manuj Aggarwal | Bootstrapping Your Dreams Show Dec 22, 2020

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Want to learn how to manage and grow your startup in this socially distant economy? Join us with Marcus Dantus, renowned entrepreneur, mentor and one of the sharks in Shark Tank.

You may know him from Shark Tank but Marcus has also been responsible for managing many start-ups in Mexico and the United States for more than two decades. He is also an angel investor, keynote speaker, and a professor at the most prestigious business schools and universities in the country.

He is currently the co-founder and managing director of Startup Mexico, the first entrepreneurship super campus in Mexico. He has been the founder and CEO of various other companies, including Mexico.com, Simitel, Peerant y Abdeo Medical, and others.

Also, He is an operating partner of the DUX Capital fund, Managing Director Mexico at Global Entrepreneurship Network.

In this episode, we will talk about his journey and how he started Startup Mexico. What are the entrepreneurial challenges he faced, his vision behind the company etc. Also, he will answer some burning questions regarding the impact of covid-19 on business and business leaders and how we should be prepared for it.

Here Marcus talks about:

(2:22) Marcus talks about his early journey and the challenges he faced
(8:47) Finding the balance between being flexible and following your passion
(10:30) Marcus’ experience with incubation and helping people
(13:30) The key difference between successful and unsuccessful entrepreneurs
(15:50) Marcus’ views on bootstrapping vs. procuring investment
(17:46) Effect of having cultural diversity
(19:43) How to keep calm amidst uncertainty and chaos
(21:30) The pros of the pandemic
(24:05) How and why Marcus became a shark
(25:52) Behind the Scenes of the production of Shark tank Mexico
(28:29) What does Marcus look for in a pitch
(29:10) Marcus’ favourite ideas pitched so far to him
(30:30) Products specifically for the post-pandemic era
(32:17) Marcus reveals how to prevent idea theft

Find Marcus on:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcusdantus/

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Shark tank Mexico

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCe1hlvtryjtpNL7b0C3c_iA

Startup Mexico

https://www.startupmexico.com/

Global Entrepreneurship Network

https://www.genglobal.org/mexico

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#216 AI generated millions in revenue last year; are you feeling left out? | Colin Priest | Manuj Aggarwal Dec 22, 2020

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Artificial Intelligence has redefined the way the business world works. Individual success stories with AI helped one corporation save $18M in operational costs. Another corporation used AI to help them achieve 304% ROI, amounting to $33M. Interested in leveraging AI for similar results? You won’t want to miss this.

In our next episode, we are going to talk about how Artificial Intelligence is actually helping measure, manage and mitigate risk in business! Join us to learn more about it from a sought-after public speaker, thought leader, and a firm believer in data-based decision making and applying automation to improve customer experience. Colin Priest.

Colin is the VP, AI Strategy for DataRobot, where he advises businesses on how to build business cases and successfully manage data science projects.

DataRobot is headquartered in Boston, MA and has 10 office locations across 6 countries

DataRobot’s enterprise platforms are used by Kroger, Humana, USBank, Reckitt Benckiser, Australian Red Cross Blood Service, Boston Redsox, Lending Tree, University of Michigan, PNC, Lenovo, Nationwide, StanleyBlackDecker. Their platform helped Steward Health save $18M. Their platform also helped a Global Bank and Financial Services Firm realize a 304% Return on Investment that amounts to $33M.

He is passionate about how humans and AIs can work together and is an advisor to the Singapore Government on AI ethics, AI governance, and the future of work.

With more than three decades of experience in financial services, Colin has held several C-suite roles, where he has championed data science initiatives in banking, fintech, insurance, risk management, and marketing!

Colin is passionate about the science of healthcare and does pro-bono work to support cancer research.

Here Colin talks about-

(1.50) Colin talks about how he started his career in AI and his journey up to this point
(4.52) Familiarising with AI jargons
(8.07) How Data Science is applied to optimize pricing
(10.50) Colin’s take on C-suite executives dealing with AI
(15:41) Importance of Data in AI
(19.16) Future of AI in humanistic fields
(23.20) Colin talking about whether there is a possibility of an AI takeover
(26.16) The Role of the pandemic in changing the trajectory of AI and adoption
(29.37) Things to be unlearnt by C-Suite Executives about technology and AI
(34.21) Future of work in the socially distant economy
(36.35) Human emotions and professions compared to inherent machines
(37.43) How to connect with Colin

Find Colin on-

Linkedin-https://www.linkedin.com/in/colinpriest/?originalSubdomain=sg

Website-https://colinpriest.com/

Datarobot.com- https://www.datarobot.com/blog/author/colin-priest/page/6/

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#215 Learn about habits from Stanford professor and award-winning author | Nir Eyal | Manuj Aggarwal | Bootstrapping Your Dreams Show Dec 21, 2020

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How will you like to listen to a Stanford professor and award-winning author face to face LIVE on our podcast?

Are you interested to learn how to be indistractable and grow your business in this socially distant economy? Join us and learn from the Wall Street Journal Best Selling Author, Sought after Speaker, and Investor, Nir Eyal!

Nir Eyal writes, consults, and teaches about the intersection of psychology, technology, and business. Nir previously taught as a Lecturer in Marketing at the Stanford Graduate School of Business and the Hasso Plattner Institute of Design at Stanford.

Nir co-founded and sold two tech companies since 2003 and was dubbed by The M.I.T. Technology Review as, "The Prophet of Habit-Forming Technology.” He is the author of two bestselling books, Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products and Indistractable: How to Control Your Attention and Choose Your Life.

Indistractable received critical acclaim, winning the Outstanding Works of Literature (OWL) Award as well as being named one of the Best Business and Leadership Books of the Year by Amazon and one of the Best Personal Development Books of the Year by Audible. The Globe and Mail called Indistractable, "The best business book of 2019."

In addition to blogging at NirAndFar.com, Nir's writing has been featured in The New York Times, The Harvard Business Review, Time Magazine, and Psychology Today.

Nir is also an active investor in habit-forming technologies. Some of his past investments include Eventbrite (NYSE:EB), Anchor.fm (acquired by Spotify), Kahoot! (KAHOOT-ME.OL), Canva, Refresh.io (acquired by LinkedIn), Product Hunt, Marco Polo, Presence Learning, 7 Cups, Pana, Byte Foods, FocusMate, and Shadow.

Here Nir talks about:

(2.01) Nir talks about his latest book “ Indistractable”
(5.55) Nir talks about how he does the research for books
(10.15) Preview of the book “ Indistractable”
(17.28) Results of the techniques used to prevent distraction
(22.30) The level of productivity and distractions during the pandemic
(26.52) Building habit-forming products and healthy habits
(28.51) Changes in the industries due to the pandemic
(31.44) Effects of distractions on relationships and techniques to improve them
(35.22) How to connect with Nir
(35.27) How to access the Free 80 page workbook to control distractions on his website

Find Nir on-

Website - https://www.nirandfar.com/

Purchase Indistractable from his website - https://www.nirandfar.com/indistractable/

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#214 The secret to building lifelong customer relationships | Jeff Moore | Manuj Aggarwal | Bootstrapping Your Dreams Show Dec 20, 2020

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Are you keen to learn about value-based quantifiable business solutions, team building, and World-Class lifelong customer and supplier relationships?

Our podcast guest Jeff Moore will reveal all the answers!

Jeff Moore is the Director of Seafood and Business Development at Global Protein Group, the foodservice and custom product solutions division of Porky Products, Inc. - one of the largest traders of Beef, Pork, and Poultry in North America in 2019 Porky Products, Inc generated $207.11 million in sales (USD).

He had been the President of International Pacific Seafoods, Inc. for 19 years from Sept 1999 to Sept 2018 – A Specialty Importer, Customer Processor, and Trader of premium quality chef ready frozen seafood foodservice and retail segments, primarily food service.

He is the Founder of a Business Development, Marketing, and Entrepreneurial Lifestyle and Business Advisory Mastermind Group called Thursday Night Boardroom. Over 800 members from 26 countries represent dozens of different industries.

An experienced leader, coach, and speaker, he is also the creator of multilayer strategic initiatives involving suppliers and customers in tandem that share a common language called ValYOU.

Here Jeff talks about:

(2:16) Jeffs talks about his journey in the business world
(9:50) What is the drive that pushes Jeff
(14:00) Treating business as an extension of life
(15:16) Jeff reveals the biggest lessons he learned
(17:47) How important is asking the right questions
(20:15) What is the Thursday Night Boardroom
(25:50) Aggressive word of mouth marketing
(27:34) The story behind Thursday Night Boardroom
(32:57) Importance of sharing messages
(39:21) The future of business in a socially distant economy
(49:17) How to join the Thursday Night Boardroom

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https://www.facebook.com/Moore.Jeff.L

Thursday Night Boardroom:

http://thursdaynightboardroom.com/

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#213 General David H. Petraeus On Army Life, Leadership & Combat Frame Of Mind | Bootstrapping Your Dreams Show Nov 17, 2020

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Welcome to this episode of “Bootstrapping Your Dream Show”. I am Manuj Aggarwal, and I will be having a very interesting conversation with General David Petraeus.

Gen. Petraeus served over 37 years in the U.S. military, including tours in Cold War Europe, the United States, Central America, Haiti, Bosnia, Kuwait, Iraq, Afghanistan, and the greater Middle East. He culminated his military service with six consecutive commands as a general officer, five of which were in combat, including command of: the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) during the fight to Baghdad and the first year in Iraq; Multinational Security Transition Command-Iraq over 15 subsequent months; Multi-National Force-Iraq during the Surge from February 2007 to September 2008; U.S. Central Command from 2008 to 2010; and the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan from 2010-2011.

Gen. Petraeus graduated with distinction from the U.S. Military Academy, subsequently earned a Ph.D. from Princeton University, and has held academic appointments at six universities. He has received numerous U.S. military, State Dept, NATO, and UN medals, including four Defense Distinguished Service Medals, the Bronze Star Medal for Valor, and the Combat Action Badge, and he has been decorated by 13 foreign countries.

Following his service in the military, Gen. Petraeus served as the Director of the CIA, leading the Agency during a period that saw significant achievements in the global counter-terrorism effort, development of a strategic plan for the Agency, and an initiative to increase worldwide human intelligence coverage.

General Petraeus joined KKR in June 2013 as Chairman of the KKR Global Institute. He went on to become a Partner at KKR in December 2014. The Global Institute supports the KKR investment process and KKR's portfolio companies with an analysis of geopolitical, macro-economic, environmental, social, and governance issues. General Petraeus is also a member of the board of directors at successful companies like Optiv and OneStream. David is also a successful venture capitalist himself, a Visiting Fellow at Yale University's Jackson Center, and an Honorary Professor of International Security at the University of Birmingham (England).

Glad to have you on the show, General Petraeus. Welcome!

General David H. Petraeus talks about:

(3:08) What prompted him to join the US military academy.

(4:11) What he loved about military life.

(5:42) His academic life.

(9:40) Publicly committing yourself to a particular goal.

(11:56) The pivotal role that mentors played in his life.

(18:00) Lessons learned in combat.

(22:00) Fateful choices and decision making in war.

(26:00) How do we end the never-ending wars and maintain peace?

(30:20) The future of warfare.

(38:00) How a socially distant economy is going to affect business?

(43:00) Some valuable lessons learned while working in the private sector and the military sector.

(49:24) Causes he’s passionate about.

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LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidpetraeus/

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#212 The master plan to turn around your business | Peter Oncken | Bootstrapping Your Dreams Show Nov 17, 2020

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Welcome to this episode of “Bootstrapping Your Dream Show.” I am Manuj Aggarwal, and I will be having a very interesting conversation with Peter Oncken.

Peter Oncken is the managing director of INTRO Aviation, Corsair’s parent company, a long-haul specialist French airline based in Rungisand based at Paris-Orly Airport. Corsair has been chosen by more than 1 million passengers every year since 1981.

Peter leads all airline investment and acquisition projects and manages the airline investments personally along with his highly skilled team.

As an accomplished lawyer, Peter has profound expertise of 16 years in the aviation industry with a focus on strategy, restructuring and turn-around processes, strategic planning and corporate development, cost reduction programs, efficient group structures, and governance, turnaround planning and management, carve-out and spin-off strategy as well as analysis and feasibility evaluation of start-ups.

Before acquiring Corsair, of which he is the chairman, Peter served as a non-executive chairman at Ireland’s CityJet Ltd. He also actively managed and turned around LTU International Airlines, FlyNext Airlines, served as a board member at DBA, and invested in the ongoing South Korean low-cost carrier project, Aero K, which Intro Aviation advises exclusively.

Glad to have you on the show, Peter.

Peter Oncken talks about:

(1:56) Transitioning a career from being a lawyer to starting an entrepreneurial journey in Aviation.

(5:17) How Peter entered into the entrepreneurial life of the aviation industry?

(6:04) How did Peter understand about Aviation business?

(13:50) How resourceful, companies are not able to generate profits.

(18:21) Views on the airline’s industry hit by the pandemic and how airlines respond to the pandemic’s challenges.

(22:32) How consumer behavior is changing post-pandemic.

(25:26) Views on government supporting the aviation industry.

(30:26) How can airlines build in greater resilience to survive future challenges?

(33:00) Unique Selling Points (USPs).

(35:00) Standout out the competition to excel.

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LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/peter-oncken-6882321/

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#211 How to find your WHY? | Dr. Gary Sanchez | Bootstrapping Your Dreams Show Nov 17, 2020

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Welcome to the 'Bootstrapping Your Dreams' Podcast. I'm your host Manuj Aggarwal, and today I'll be having a fascinating conversation with an international speaker and founder of WHY Institute, Dr. Gary Sanchez.

His company has helped over 30,000 individuals, and over 500 companies find their WHY.

Gary has helped everyone from a single entrepreneur to multi-billion dollar Fortune 500 publicly traded companies find their WHY and reap the benefits of positioning their companies through their WHY.

Apart from this, Gary is the popular podcast host, ‘Behind you WHY-WHY Inst.’ Gary has been in his profession for the past 29 years, learning the art to cater to his patients' needs.

Dr. Gary Sanchez is a graduate of the University of Southern California with a degree of DDS, Doctor of dental surgery. He also has a degree of BS in Biology from the University of Colorado.

In this episode, Dr. Gary Sanchez talks about:

(1:08) His life journey and how he got started.

(6:04) The concept of WHY.

(14:15) How he distilled it down to an algorithm that software could understand.

(18:41) How this concept extrapolates to a corporation.

(22:26) How to stay consistent with the WHY with changes happening every day.

(26:38) Different types of WHY.

(30:24) Next step, once you figure out your WHY.

(34:13) How many people understand what their WHY is.

(35:47) What discovering your WHY does.

(38:20) Success stories of people he has worked with.

(42:57) How he helps people and how much it costs.

(45:36) How to get started with the process and discover your WHY.

Find Dr. Gary Sanchez on:

Website: https://whyinstitute.com

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gary-sanchez-dds-9118bb4

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#210 Growth Can Be Your Middle Name | Greg Muzzillo | Bootstrapping Your Dreams Show Nov 17, 2020

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Welcome to the 'Bootstrapping Your Dreams' Podcast. I'm Manuj Aggarwal, and today we’ll be talking with Greg Muzzillo.

A veteran franchiser of printing and promotional products services, Greg brings more than four decades of experience to his role as a Proforma founder, one of the nation’s largest providers of business graphics, marketing materials.

Greg founded Proforma in 1978, a few months after graduating from college from modest beginnings. The firm quickly expanded into one of the industry’s most promising companies earning a spot on Inc magazine fastest company growing list for three consecutive years to accommodate its rapid expansion in 1986.

Greg developed a franchise model that shaped the company’s direction over the next 35 years by creating a network of independent distributors of more than 650 franchises. He helped transform Proforma into a company generating more than 500 million per year while serving 50,000 clients across the country.

Greg Muzzillo talks about:

(1:28) The story behind owning his own business.

(6:06) Early days in setting up the business.

(5:58) Mistakes made in building up the business.

(7:08) Views on starting a business in a time of crisis.

(10:42) Impact of the crisis on our industry.

(13:08) How important is publishing content and networking with people in business?

(14:42) The journey of his success.

(15:58) How did he suppress negative thoughts from others on the way?

(18:01) Fear of failure

(22:03) Motivation to get him going through hard times.

(25:05) How does he prepare for downturns?

(28:08) Use of technology in the virtual world.

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LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/greg-muzzillo-ba51ba2/

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#209 Key factors affecting work-life balance | Albert Zbily | Bootstrapping Your Dreams Show Nov 16, 2020

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Welcome to the 'Bootstrapping Your Dreams' Podcast. I'm Manuj Aggarwal and today I'll be having a fascinating conversation with Albert Zbily.

Albert Zbily, founding president of the International Federation of Corporate Football (FIFCO) will share what many of you are seeking - the roadmap to a healthy work-life balance.

International Federation of Corporate Football (FIFCO) is the world governing body of the sport of corporate football (soccer).

Putting working adults onto a soccer field and encouraging a sound work-life balance is a life-long passion that Albert has embraced for over 10 years. Albert has successfully expanded the federation to 60 countries and to 2.5 million amateur players.

With over 20 years of progressive experience in government, international development, business, and sports diplomacy, he developed a keen acumen for business and development.

Here we learn about:

1:30 Albert talks about how he started on his journey.

5:01 What makes FIFCO unique and extraordinary.

10:00 Why Albert chose Soccer as the sport to work upon.

11:03 How introverts get over their reservations and play in the league.

14:25 Albert shares the dynamics of rivalry between corporate giants.

18:00 How Albert scaled FIFCO into a multi million thriving business.

21:36 How pandemic has affected the sport industry.

24:09 Albert predicts how the sports industry is going to be impacted in the long run from the global pandemic.

28:48 Albert talks about the different reactions to the pandemic and fluctuating rationality behind them.

Find Albert Zbily:

FIFCO: https://fifco.org

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/albertzbily

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#208 Transition to an online business model successfully | Alejandro D’Andrea | Manuj Aggarwal | Bootstrapping Your Dreams Show Oct 27, 2020

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Welcome to the 'Bootstrapping Your Dreams show' Podcast. I'm Manuj Aggarwal, and today I'll be having a fascinating conversation with Alejandro D’Andrea

Have you wondered how big brands like Walmart have managed to navigate the challenges of the global pandemic?

Alejandro D’Andrea will reveal all the answers!

Armed with a degree in computer science and business administration, Alejandro is currently the Chief Information Officer at Walmart, Chile, responsible for the management, implementation, and usability of information and computer technologies.

He has also been a consultant in Accenture for seven years.

Alejandro does not limit himself to the corporate world and has 3D brain image segmentation publications.

Get the insider secrets to making successful change - no matter what the scale!

In this episode, Alejandro talks about:

(1:29) His journey and dealing with a tight childhood

(3:35) How he grew up in Argentina and why he shifted to chile

(4:43) What digital transformation means

(7:07) How he motivated people to adapt with digital transformation

(9:56) How these agile technologies can be implanted in traditional businesses

(12:27) Why is flexibility and autonomy important in a company?

(13:55) The future of digital technology, is it short term phase or is it to last

(15:58) How did walmart deal with innovation