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Entrepreneur’s Insights (Ep1) – Interview with Rafael Badziag, the “Billionaire Magnet”

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Cleantech Geek Entrepreneur’s Insights Series – At this series I will be talking with inspiring Entrepreneurs from around the world. We will be discussing about various topics and issues, giving their points of view, sharing their experiences and personal leanings.

At this video I am discussing with Rafael Badziag. Rafael, is a pioneer on e-commerce. He started one of the first successful e-commerce sport related platforms before the .com rise and then invested in cryptocurrency and domain names amongst other interesting ventures. Despite his success, Rafael did something remarkable. He embarked on a journey to interview and learn from the Billionaires of our generation, trying to unlock the secrets behind their Entrepreneurial Mindset. In this interview he talks about some of the learnings and experiences of his journey, gives valuable insights and shares with us the launch if his book. Don’t miss this video with the “Billionaire Magnet”.

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Guiding principles that all entrepreneurs should consider when designing their website and digital presence

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How important is the website for a business?

Imagine yourself getting a reference for a service or a product from a company that you have never heard before. What is the first thing you do? You go and search for the company’s website and also check their social media. Correct? At least this is what I do. In 2019 the digital presence or digital “foot-print” of companies is one their single most important assets. In simple terms you can simplify it and see it as a digital brochure a tool that informs your audience about who you are what you do and how you can help them with their problems.

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8 Reasons why Small Business and Start Ups Fail?

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“Failure is the opportunity to more intelligently begin again…”

Henry Ford

Today I’m going to explain to you what I see to be the essence of failure management and this is how failure should be managed by entrepreneurs and businesses.

Learn from your mistakes and make them part of your business experience. Try not to repeat them and always try to accumulate knowledge from more experienced professionals or experts. The attitude “I know best for my business” in most cases simply, doesn’t work.

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Two ways to valuate and put a price tag to your Startup…

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Two ways to valuate and put a price tag to your Startup.

There is an everlasting struggle between creativity and innovation vs cold business and hard finance.

Putting a price tag to your product is a fundamental starting point in raising the necessary capital to set off your business venture.

However, we recognize it is a very difficult thing to put a value your startup. How do you make a safe estimate? Is there any easy straight forward way to do that? What do you need to consider to give a realistic IRR and NPV calculation to your potential investors? How do you estimate the discount rate that you need to apply?

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6 Major Points to remember when planning for Mobile Device Management in the working environment

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Smartphones and tablets have changed the way we operate, the way we work and the way we communicate, both in the work environment and in our everyday lives.

The strategies towards new technological applications that providers and hardware companies are enforcing as well as the bohemian bourgeois lifestyle that the Western World is adopting (see Steve Jobs and Elon Musk) leads to deep penetration of the market and adoption of mobile devices from consumers.

This change in behavior alters the ways that information is transmitted, stored and managed. So much so that companies are forced to develop a corporate policy towards the use of Mobiles and tablets in the workplace.

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Small Fish, Big Sea – What are the chances startups survive in the current environment?

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Do you have what it takes as an individual to become the next “unicorn” entrepreneur? To follow on to the steps of Richard Branson, Steve Jobs and Elon Musk? Do you have a killer idea, an economic sense and the seed capital to start it up? What’s next? What is the story with all these entrepreneurs and small firm start-ups? Can you, a tiny little fish, survive in the deep sea?

If I had clear answers to all the questions above, I would have been a billionaire by now. But one thing I have learned in life is that things are not always black or white. Let’s elaborate a bit more….

Success in start-ups comes down to a number of factors. Of course, a solid business plan and a plausible idea are essential. But success also comes down to timings and perseverance. If at first you don’t succeed, try again.

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