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How Mr Rich is taking a bite out of the legal profession. Nov 11, 2019

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LawBite was founded in 2011 by Clive Rich, barrister, mediator, arbitrator and professional negotiator. Clive recognised a need for SMEs to have greater access to affordable, understandable legal services.

LawBite’s recent You Gov research indicated that the UK’s SMEs collectively lose over £13 billion a year as a result of failing to take care of their legal business properly. These failures range from not taking care of trading contracts, intellectual property, terms and conditions and shareholder contracts, through to regulatory issues, staffing problems, and disputes.

Clive talks with Jim James about raising money through crowd cube, balancing working life with a growing family, and how he is managing to install a professional management team in order to spend more time on the vision of the company.

Find out more about Clive Rich at his site:

https://www.lawbite.co.uk

Production by BeHeard.co.uk

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Richard Robinson, Beijing based Bostonian entrepreneur and professor Oct 31, 2019

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Seasoned Advisor, Entrepreneur, Keynote Speaker, Professor & Investor based in China, Richard Robinson talks with Jim James about start-ups, the Jack Ma University, the Stupid American Diet, and why relationship are true wealth.

He writes about himself:

Into my third decade in China where I advise and invest in companies and help them crack the Chinese and Asian markets. I also teach at China's top two universities: at Peking University's Guanghua Int'l MBA program I teach Entrepreneurship in China and at Tsinghua University's BI-Tsinghua joint program I teach 'pracademics' to senior execs.
Previously with 8 successive startups as a co-founder or senior exec, and with dozens of others as an investor, board member, adviser or mentor (HAX, Chinaccelerator & 500).
Initially I was a senior exec at 3 companies from private entities through to their listings, then went on to co-found 5 companies: 3 exited to publicly listed companies and 2 landed squarely in the 'L' column ;-).
Active in the geek-o-system in Asia/globally and speak frequently at conferences. (I MC'ed: Web Summit Lisbon & Dublin, TechCrunch Beijing, GMIC Beijing & Silicon Valley, Rise Hong Kong and TechInAsia Singapore & Jakarta).
Grew up in Greater Boston and my Boston accent and I went to study at USC in L.A. and Cambridge University in the UK. After graduation I was a wild-eyed backpacker working my way around the world as a bartender in the Virgin Islands, a concierge/ski bum in the Swiss Alps, an English teacher in post-revolution Prague, a house-painter in Norway, a grape picker in France and a BMW factory worker in Munich. In '93 I traveled overland from Switzerland to Hong Kong via Beijing on the Trans-Siberian and fell in love with China.
Got an MBA at the Rotterdam School of Management in The Netherlands '94-'96 & fell in love with the web. After grad school did a solo 4,000km bicycle trip through Africa from Nairobi to Cape Town vimeo.com/22348199
Labors of love to exercise/exorcise my creative muse:
- Write children's books with all proceeds going to charity;
- Produce / MC stand-up comedy shows across Asia with top comedians like Jim Gaffigan.
Lovely entrepreneur wife, 3 kids 'Made in China'. Perpetual Mandarin student.

LinkedIn Profile

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Twitter@RichardRobinson

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Tony Colston talks of the Retireista Project - and why now is the best time of your life Oct 21, 2019

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Tony, and fizz, came to The Drawing Room in Bath to talk about not retiring. The importance of staying active, not taking health for granted, and taking on new challenges including starting a new business when most people are thinking of laying out the deck chairs and eating ice creams with the grandchildren.

the retireista project is a must-read guidebook for all men wanting to get the best out of the best years of their lives.

Divided into sections that mirror those here on our website, the retiresta project includes anecdotes, case studies, advice and checklists for the reader in an upbeat, friendly style. It redefines retirement as a positive, energised and dynamic life stage we can all aspire to once our conventional working life is over.

https://retireista.com

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Matthew Rochford on the importance of mindset Oct 21, 2019

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Matthew Rochford, life coach talks with Jim James on Silver Fox Entrepreneurs.

Your mind. Your life. Your success.

I've been supporting, coaching, advising and providing counsel to people since the late nineties. Whether it's been as a business consultant, Executive Coach, meditation teacher or martial arts trainer - being able to help and support other people to be more insightful, successful and fulfilled has always been a passion of mine.
Qualifications and Experience

Certified Coach
Coached by Integral Master Coach Dale Lockett
Mentored and Coached by Martin Palethorpe (The Pragma Group)
Completed Quality of Mind Programme with The Pragma Group
Completed Leadership in Times of Chaos training via Schumacher College
Completed Invisible Power - The New Paradigm training with Ken Manning and Robin Charbit
BA Politics and History
Senior Coach (Martial Arts)
Qualified Mindfulness Teacher

Key Take Aways:

- We get in our own way

- Define and write down a statement which forms an anchor point

- Allow our inner self confidence to come to the fore by managing negative narratives.

It all sounds so easy, but it's not...which is why we need coaching from people like Matthew.

Find out more about Matthew on his website:

https://www.matthewrochford.co.uk

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British adman in China becomes UK property guru. Sep 25, 2019

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