Productivity Mastery

Listen to another exciting #PERFORM Panel Discussion powered by ThePerformBook.com This time, the topic is #FocusAndExecution. I am excited about moderating another panel with a great line-up, including: Hovhannes Avoyan, the founder & CEO of PicsArt, the world’s largest creative platform and social editing app with 150 million monthly active creators. The company is backed by Sequoia Capital, Insight Venture Partners, DCM and Siguler Guff and employs more than 500 people. Avoyan brings more than 25 years of experience in computer programming and global business management. Prior to PicsArt, Avoyan founded five other startups, all of which had successful acquisitions by global companies including Lycos, Bertelsmann, GFI, Teamviewer, and Helpsystems. Cristobal Alonso, an experienced serial entrepreneur (3x CEO), serial early-stage investor (150+ investments), and global executive (leading teams and projects up to 500 people). Cristobal leads as CEO, “el Patron” of Startup Wise Guys. He holds an MBA from INSEAD and is serving as Spain's INSEAD Alumni Association President and President of INSEAD Global Entrepreneurship Club. Vytautas Noreika, the co-founder & COO of ZITICITY - a solution for any business that needs to deliver items to its customers on the same-day or even the same hour. ZITCITY delivers food, parcels, flowers, documents - anything in the same city. The company currently operates in Paris, Tallinn, Vilnius, Kaunas, and Klaipeda. Tune in!

#PERFORM Panel Discussion powered by ThePerformBook.com This time, topic #3 is Roles & Responsibilities! The panel: Cristobal Alonso, an experienced serial entrepreneur (3x CEO), serial early-stage investor (150+ investments), and global executive (leading teams and projects up to 500 people). Cristobal leads as CEO, “el Patron” of Startup Wise Guys. He holds an MBA from INSEAD and is serving as Spain's INSEAD Alumni Association President and President of INSEAD Global Entrepreneurship Club. Viktoriya Blazheva, an FVP in a leading bank, responsible for its communications strategy, events management, corporate culture, brand management, online communications, sustainability and CSR strategy, sponsorship, and donations, executive, internal and external communications. Tim Hall - a serial entrepreneur who co-founded Simporter to solve the problem of product launch failures in the FMCG industry, by using AI to automate consumer research with big data. He started/exited two companies before Simporter, and earlier progressed to senior levels at F-500 corporations. Tim knows the capital markets, having raised +$60M in equity rounds and +$100M in junior/senior debt for prior startups. He has a 30-year track record of organizing and inspiring teams, ensuring milestones are reached, commercializing new innovations, and M&A. Tune in!

Meet Patrick Collins - Founder of Prospect Labs, a LinkedIn lead Generation software and the Head of Growth at Startup Wise Guys, Europes largest B2B accelerator. Tune in to hear us talk about the business growth and best practices to accelerate a startup!

#PERFORM Panel Discussion #2 powered by ThePerformBook.com! This time the topic is #EffectivePlanning. My co-author Cristobal Alonso and I invited 2 successful founders from #NewEurope that were also featured in the book to explore it together in-depth. ➡ How often and how to set company goals and what methods are better than others? ➡ How to master your own self-management as a founder, while having to wear many hats? ➡ How to create a culture where the team grows ownership to prioritize and focus on what matters most? The Panel: Cristobal Alonso, CEO of Startup Wise Guys, Europe's leading B2B Startup Accelerator.  Anna Stepanoff, Founder & CEO of Wild Code School, a leading European tech school offering career-changing programs at 20+ campuses, remotely, or at the company’s offices. Anders Thomsen, Co-founder & CEO of No More Hours, a Danish B2B service company that helps its clients to become more productive by PowerPoint support. Tune in!

Learn more and get a copy of the book at: https://www.theperformbook.com/ #𝟭 𝗣𝗨𝗥𝗣𝗢𝗦𝗘 & 𝗩𝗔𝗟𝗨𝗘𝗦: ➡ Why is it important for a startup (and any other team) to build a strong culture? ➡ When should founders start to have conversations about it? ➡ What tools and practices work and do not work so well? Participants: Cristobal Alonso, an experienced serial entrepreneur (3x CEO), serial early-stage investor (150+ investments), and global executive (leading teams and projects up to 500 people). Cristobal leads as CEO, “el Patron” of Startup Wise Guys. He holds an MBA from INSEAD and is serving as Spain's INSEAD Alumni Association President and President of INSEAD Global Entrepreneurship Club. Ilma Nausedaite, Co-founder & COO of The Remote Company, a remote-first company that stands behind online products such: MailerLite, MailerCheck, MailerSend and Ycode with a team of 100+ talented people who work from 32 different countries in 14 different time zones. Maris Dagis, Co-founder and CEO of Sellfy, a Latvian e-commerce platform trusted by 300,000+ creators, and also the platform we use to distribute our book. Tune in!

Meet Alina Trigubenko - the founder of awarenow and a coach who specializes in working with individual coaches and large-scale organizations such as schools, agencies, and governments. Over the years, Alina has helped hundreds of coaches and organizations to scale and build long-lasting communities. She has worked with schools, agencies, governments, and independent coaches. Alina is also a certified Senior Executive Coach who specializes in working with entrepreneurs, senior executives, boards of directors, and management committees. You can download a valuable e-book by Alina about Trends, Tricks & Tips for Coaches to Thrive in 2021 for free at demo.awarenow.io/ebook-coaching-2021 Tune in & enjoy the episode!

Meet Anders Thomsen - CEO & CTO of NoMoreHours which he co-founded almost 5 years ago with his longtime friends Lasse and Rune. Besides being a self-taught programmer, Anders has a background in management consulting (McKinsey & Co) and Private Equity (CataCap). Anders also holds a degree in Finance from Aarhus University. Tune in and hear us talk about Anders' journey, takeaways and advice in growing a global startup from Denmark! Tune in!

Meet my podcast guest - Viktoriya Blazheva. Viktoriya wears many hats: she is FVP in a leading bank, responsible for its communications strategy, events management, corporate culture, brand management, online communications, sustainability and CSR strategy, sponsorship, and donations, executive, internal and external communications. She has also assumed additional responsibilities as the leader of the local roll-out of a new initiative of the bank – social impact banking. Among Viktoriya’s other hats are several board memberships in professional organizations and NGOs such as Trust for social achievement, Harvard Club of Bulgaria, etc. She is also a lecturer on corporate communications at the Bulgarian branch of London School of PR, and a speaker on marketing, communications, social entrepreneurship, among others. Prior to working in a bank, Viktoriya was a journalist in a leading business newspaper "Capital Weekly". She has continued to write for media outlets also during her banking career. Along with that, she founded the initiative The C-Suite Minimalists as part of her MBA dissertation at Warwick Business School. More recently she started a blog and YouTube channel "Victory Corners", which runs the theme about minimalism and productivity to support “people’s small and big victories in work and life”. Moreover, Viktoriya recently co-authored an e-book on how to efficiently work from home. Tune in!

Meet Artem Spiro, a well-being lifestyle influencer, biohacker, certified nutritionist, chef, and professional airline pilot: all in one! Artem keeps himself busy, healthy, and active by being also a co-owner of the flight experience center «TFT.aero» in Dubai, a co-founder at SPIROCOOKING — FoodTech project where they reimagine people's eating habits at a fundamental level and teach the world that food is healing and a source of health, energy and longevity, but that's not all! Artem is also running a personalized modern digital guide to well-being and holistic health where he is a co-founder at Spiro Health, and in addition to that, he has co-founded a company called IMPULSE elixirs that provides its clients with functional, organic, vegan, raw elixirs that are made of superfoods for energy, beauty, and health. Tune in and dig into the wellness lifestyle, and get some inspiration and practical tips for your own health improvements!

Meet Mihail Stefanov - a communications advisor and trainer with more than 13 years of experience in the field. Mihail has successfully trained and consulted the teams of many leading corporations and nonprofits, including Mtel (A1), Postbank, Coca-Cola, Heineken, Kamenitza, Graffiti BBDO, SoftUni, Overgaz, America for Bulgaria Foundation, and Bulgarian Donors Forum, among many others. Tune in!