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Meet Iman Fadaei  Founder at employukraine.org & TalentPools Iman is helping the estimated 10m displaced Ukrainians to find work across the world. From a standing start he and his team are helping get Ukrainians into work wherever they end up which helps them with accommodation, mental well-being and quickly getting integrated into a society. The platform was initiated in response to the situation of their CTO Igor who is Ukrainian and still based in Ukraine. The suddenness of his plight during these first days of the war, and the severity of the situation his family and friends are still experiencing, has inspired the team to contribute however they can.  From over 100 countries they has posted 2000+ vacancies from companies looking to help. And this is just the beginning - staggeringly employukraine.org has only been live for 30 days and already covered by Forbes, CNBC, Sifted, SIA, REC and others.  Here's how you can help: Post a job.  Do you have a job you can post? Go to employukraine.org Promote.  Can you share employukraine.org with your business network and invite them to post their jobs? Feel free to tag employukraine.org on LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube or TikTok.  Volunteer. employukraine.org need help with PR, translations, social media, partnerships, research, development and more. If you're able to volunteer please send your LinkedIn details and (any) availability to team@employukraine.org Find out more at https://employukraine.org and find Iman on Linked In at https://www.linkedin.com/in/imanfadaei/ 

Andy is an experienced events producer and is now Chief Executive of Automotion Events, the business behind The British Motor Show.  After a 12 year absence The British Motor Show returned in 2021, delivering a unique new format and helping educate and entertain nearly 50,000 visitors over 4 days.  Unlike many specialist shows, they focus on bringing automotive back to the masses, helping to deliver new audiences to all elements of automotive, from EV to Motorsport.  The British Motor Show is like no motor show seen before, featuring dynamic content including an arena show, 2 Live Stages, "The Electric Motor Show", test drives and much much more.  Andy has over 20 years experience within the automotive industry, with specific experience in business development and event and business management. A strong passion for the industry and a leader with a focus on delivering innovative solutions to help promote our industry.  Find out more at https://thebritishmotorshow.live Find Andy on Linked In

Shannon, now 31, joined 10 Yetis when she was just 18-years-young and worked her way up through the PR ranks to the helm of the agency. She has previously been awarded accolades such as PR Week’s 30 under 30, The Drum’s UK's Top 50 Digital Women Under 30 and a place on B2B Marketing’s Top 10 30 under 30 list. She has led campaigns for the likes of Confused.com, Gocompare, Just Eat, carwow, Totaljobs, WaterAid, Optical Express and Hillarys Blind and is passionate about delivering creative campaigns for brands that drive phenomenal results. From helping start-ups sky-rocket to success through clever PR tactics, to making a splash with stunts and “hero” content, Shannon shares how things have changed over the years in the world of PR and the impact of digital media and SEO on client and journalist expectations.    10 Yetis works with start-ups right through to global brands on PR, social media, web, design, video and SEO campaigns. Find out more at www.10yetis.co.uk Find Shannon on Linked In

Imposter syndrome is the secret feeling of being a fraud when you’re not.  A doubt that you’re good enough, despite a track record of success, and a fear of being found out. It affects 70% of professionals at some point in their careers, men and women equally.  Imposter syndrome creates stress, reduces creativity and productivity. It can lead to burnout and people ending their careers.  When you resolve imposter syndrome, you finally feel good enough, you feel like you belong, excel and enjoy your success.  Dr Tara Halliday has been a holistic therapist and coach for 21 years and specialises in resolving imposter syndrome.  Her book ‘Unmasking' was an Amazon #1 Bestseller in 2018.  She runs Inner Success, an 8-week, one-to-one training and coaching programme for C-suite executives to eliminate imposter syndrome for good.Take the Free Imposter Syndrome Test: http://bit.ly/ImpostorQuiz https://completesuccess.co.ukhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/tara-halliday-phd/ Book: http://bit.ly/TH_Unmasking

Meet Darren Fell,  the Founder at Crunch an award-winning online accounting solution and community. Crunch is invested in by former Skype Chairman Michael van Swaaij.Darren has been named ‘Entrepreneur of the Year’ by Sussex Business Awards, and is also a past winner of the ‘Innovation in Business’ accolade at the Brighton and Hove Business Awards. Prior to Crunch, Darren created, built, and later sold the email marketing specialist company Pure360 to the NASD listed US firm, MobiVentures, for $7.8m (funds that Darren later used to create Crunch). Pure360 now employs around 100 people and has over 2,000 clients including Innocent Drinks, Financial Times, and Rightmove.Crunch offers easy-to-use, accounting software, with every add-on imaginable, all the way through to a full accountancy service. The audience they love to work with is freelancers, contractors, and small businesses across the UK.Crunch is also home to Crunch Chorus, an ever-expanding self-employed community of 50,000 members.

Nelly is on  a mission to help entrepreneurs minimise technology mistakes. She teaches the roadmap to successfully manage technology teams and projects like a CTO ... without being technical or learning how to code.She runs the TechSpeak for Entrepreneurs Academy  and was featured in ️Fast Company’s “League of Extraordinary Women” and ️Wall Street Journal’s “Woman on the IT Fast Track”The TechSpeak 10 step process consists of the following: Step 1: Validate and Refine the Idea Step 2: Build an interactive prototype of a possible solution. Step 3: Create technical specifications for your prototype Step 4: Pick the right tools & technologies that could be used to build the project. Step 5: Determine the price and budget for your project & define your MVP Step 6: Hire a Tech Team to estimate and code the project Step 7: Design your MVP. Step 8: Project manage the coding of the MVP Step 9: Hosting options, security, and scaling techniques Step 10: Refine your product based on data from actual users using your product You can find out more, completely free at https://www.techspeakforentrepreneurs.com/free-classes/ and if you subsequently decide to sign up Nelly has kindly given you a 10% discount code  - use code CONFOUNDEDTV Nelly is also a Speaker and presenter for many organisations and major industries events including: Women’s Enterprise Center, NY Entrepreneurs Business Network, Small Business Summit, BlogHer, Social Media Jungle, Women 2.0, BlogWorld, and has been featured in INC Magazine, NBC Today Show, Fast Company Magazine, NewsDay.com, O’Reilly, SmartMoney, SmallBiz, TechRepublic, Women’s RadioAnd if that wasn't enough Nelly is the CTO of Webgrrls International, the first and largest networking organisation of women in or interested in the Internet and Technology. Founded in April, '95 with six women in New York City, Webgrrls' currently has over 100 chapters worldwide with over 30,000 members.Watch:YouTube http://bit.ly/confounded2Confounded TV is the people podcast with amazingly successful and interesting guests and a high octane energy blast.

Rich has gone through an amazing journey, from concept, through the Y Combinator process and now back in the UK to landing his first clients, building a platform to support fast growth ecommerce business. His goal is to totally automate the supply of lending to fast growing ecommerce businesses where traditional funding just cannot deliver using old systems and measurements.  Along the way he has met Silicon Valleys finest and most famous investors and is one of the rare UK founders who have applied, won a place and graduated from the Y Combinator process.Business score is a funding platform designed to help high growth ecommerce businesses through automated lending.Find out more at https://www.scorethebusiness.comWatch:YouTube http://bit.ly/confounded2Confounded TV is the people podcast with amazingly successful and interesting guests and a high octane energy blast.

Already a provider of meeting and desking systems to blue chip clients, Gerry has seen huge demand since the Covid pandemic began as clients look for ways to safely manage their office spaces.  Not only that but Gerry has run the Cloudbooking team of over 60 people purely as a remote business for over a decade.  The changes that some people are struggling with today, he knows inside out.  He explains how he gets it to work and the key things he does to help motivate, engage and manage his team. It’s a long one at over an hour but I’m not apologising, Gerry has more experience in managing remote working, room planning and desk management than anyone else in the UK.  I guarantee you learn something useful in this podcast! Or your money back ;-) Cloudbooking is a workplace space management and utilisation tool that uses live data to analyse how desks and meeting rooms are actually used and helps companies to improve their efficiency and the booking process around them. This service is particularly important in the current pandemic and is helping companies plan the safe return of their staff to the office in a socially distanced and secure way.  Find out more at https://cloudbooking.comWatch:YouTube http://bit.ly/confounded2Confounded TV is the people podcast with amazingly successful and interesting guests and a high octane energy blast.

Just back in London from Copenhagen, we touch on how normal life is compared to the UK and how people need to meet people to build real relationships before going on to talk through his business and how he has built something really special.  A graduate of Copenhagen Business School, Mads honed his knowledge of lending at Zopa and Lendable growing a wide network of contacts and the knowledge and skills needed to try and attempt a super complex API for financial lending. For the last 3 years Mads has been building and championing his platform. A single API where consumer facing businesses and websites can allow their visitors to apply to multiple lenders simultaneously. As a platform and by re-defining the broker model Accepty makes finance fairer for consumers and doesn’t keep the customer details leaving the credit introducers with the relationship from the beginning.With multiple types of credit available on the platform, his company now counts comparison sites, loan brokers, finance apps, lenders and banks as clients. Accepty is becoming the leading search and comparison engine for credit in the UK, powering businesses that truly care for customer outcome and responsible data handling. Mads has retained Accepty's independence so there are no vested interests  - this means their service is not favouring higher commissions to the detriment of customers and unlike other providers, they do not compete against their partners and only succeed when their partners succeed.Find out more > Accepty.co.ukWatch:YouTube http://bit.ly/confounded2Confounded TV is the people podcast with amazingly successful and interesting guests and a high octane energy blast.

News Flash ! - Quinoa isn’t pronounced the way you think or why you think… That’s one of many amazing things I learned from Meeting Kathryn and the most trivial.  Listen to this episode as Kathryn tells the story behind her success at Discount Vouchers and her amazing new startup Upside Savings  - https://www.upsidesaving.com/ - an app that can save money in your bank account based on what and where you shop while you do nothing! Since our recording their Seedrs campaign is now live and as of 19/09/2020 is at 87% of target - have a look and find out more at https://www.seedrs.com/upsidesaving as they “Reinvent cashback through Open Banking to build a nation of savers.” Other subjects covered including maximising your email list open rates and being smart about which providers to use and why, how Honey won the toolbar / extension wars and ways to save while shopping online. Watch:YouTube http://bit.ly/confounded2Confounded TV is the people podcast with amazingly successful and interesting guests and a high octane energy blast.

Did you know there were 10,000 varieties of Champagnes in France you have never seen in the UK? Me neither! Peter and Dan are two of the most interesting people i've met - the depth and knowledge they have of the wine is amazing. Add in their energy, humour and sense of mission and this podcast fizzes with energy :-)They have launched Sip Champagnes https://sipchampagnes.com to bring you the very best wines from across France from small local vineyards. These champagnes are the very best they can find and the effort they put into to finding, tasting and importing these wines is immense.Really worth a listen - their genuine care and passion shines through and it was a pleasure to interview them!Watch:YouTube http://bit.ly/confounded2Confounded TV is the people podcast with amazingly successful and interesting guests and a high octane energy blast.

Tom hails from a business & innovation background having led technology teams within investment banking and pharmaceutical sectors and founded and sold companies in the marketing technology space. In a short space of time, he has built the company, raised crowdfunding and equity funding, bought https://carandclassic.co.uk and taken to Cazana to be a leading big data company in the automotive space.Cazana provides automotive insights for the future of vehicle ownership. Using big data and predictive analytics, Cazana analyses millions of automotive transactions daily to assess the value and risk associated with every vehicle on the road. Cazana's systems are used by manufacturers, finance companies, dealerships and insurers globally. Companies use Cazana's data to provide vehicles to the modern automotive consumer who wants to access, not own vehicles.Find out more at https://cazana.comWatch:YouTube http://bit.ly/confounded2Confounded TV is the people podcast with amazingly successful and interesting guests and a high octane energy blast.

Need to understand more about Bitcoin? Meet Mitch Eccles, a man with a mission to cut the jargon and help us mere mortals understand it. It's a headache, even for technical people to understand, Mitch will make this daunting process easy; guiding you and teaching you, so you gain confidence in using cryptocurrencies.He has years of experience and a deep understanding of what it is and how it works.Listen up to hear how it works and I promise we cut the jargon and also dig into the murky depths of the bitcoin conspiracy theories, breaking the requirement for fiat currencies and democratising financials transactions.We discuss amongst many other things, how Bitcoin can empower women in Saudi Arabia, helped Venezuelans protect their money from hyperinflation, how to start buying Bitcoins and how Mitch almost missed out on Bitcoin in the early days. The YouTube video he mentions as a good primer on how the economy works is found at https://youtu.be/PHe0bXAIuk0We also discuss the new website he has built at https://learnwhybitcoin.com/ to help educate us (for free!) and his personalised service to help people on a 1-2-1 basis at all all levels.Watch:YouTube http://bit.ly/confounded2Confounded TV is the people podcast with amazingly successful and interesting guests and a high octane energy blast.

I interviewed Andrew in 2018 for an older project and found the audio down the back of the sofa so can bring you this great interview for Confounded - yay!Andrew is an expert in building food & beverage businesses. Amongst other experiences he was the CEO of PJ Smoothies and is now a Director and co-founder of https://www.stryyk.com the alcohol free spirits company. An expert in branding and positioning there is lots to learn from this conversation. He explains in depth how to build your brand DNA and it's not just about packaging. learn about how your brand impacts the whole company, its ethos, beliefs and values.The sound quality is not as good as it could be - this was a recorded call without decent microphones but it is worth the listen!Watch:YouTube http://bit.ly/confounded2Confounded TV is the people podcast with amazingly successful and interesting guests and a high octane energy blast.

As part of a series of videos for PPE4People.com I was given the chance to interview Lee Parry, founder and CEO. Lee is currently in Thailand, having been stuck there during the global lockdown, and has decided to stay. With the help of Doug Scott, Angel Investor and co-founder, Lee has created a fantastic team of volunteers and now has over 1500 active buyers at any one time using the PPE4People website.Watch:YouTube http://bit.ly/confounded2Confounded TV is the people podcast with amazingly successful and interesting guests and a high octane energy blast.

Al Campbell and Sarah Curran bring you the first Episode of Confounded TV, a lighthearted and energetic video podcast talking about life, lockdown, startups, business and more.Will Bicknell tells all about starting a new (and amazing) social payments business using Open Banking to revolutionise online payments. He started the business within days of being furloughed and now has a chance and building a unique, transparent and social friendly payment system. A revolution in the making!Also, this week Dan Blatchford of SipChampagnes.com does a 60 second pitch for his new side hustle selling champagnes on subscription.Watch:YouTube http://bit.ly/confounded2Confounded TV is the people podcast with amazingly successful and interesting guests and a high octane energy blast.