Ex-Google. TEDx speaker. Founder.
Today, I’m speaking with Taalai Djuamabaev — former Google engineer, TEDx speaker, and founder of Growth Hungry Academy. He’s a true advocate for the growth hungry mindset.
💥 What do you talk about with someone who left Google, turned down millions of dollars, and chose to build a global academy for engineers instead?
– Childhood and education in Kyrgyzstan — how it shaped his values and worldview
– How to land a job at Google — and how to escape the golden cage
– Why startups aren’t always about the money
– What it really takes to prepare for a TEDx talk
– How Growth Hungry Academy was born — for engineers with global ambitions
– The emotional and mental toll of radical life changes
– Reflections on the future of AI and raising children in an uncertain world
🎧 Now streaming on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.
Welcome to the “Much Watch” podcast! Here, I break down the cultural barriers between English and non-English speaking worlds. I invite native English speakers and immigrants to share their insights on a wide range of cultural aspects of English-speaking countries. My first English-speaking guest is Alex Woolley, a Brit and Instagram influencer. He's known for his hilarious and educational videos where he puts English-teaching advice to the test, proving that it's not always as simple as it sounds. In our chat, we dive into some fascinating questions: • Why can it be tough for immigrants to make friends? • How can foreigners crack the code of British culture and learn to blend in? • Do native speakers always speak perfect English? • How good is AI at proofreading? _________________________
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Our next guest - Olga Barry, Founder of Barry Investments LLC.
Olga has been hustling in tech sales and startup growth for 8 years, and recently she has become fully immersed in scaling her own US-based Startup Growth Agency.
Olga has already enabled more than a dozen founders to execute growth hacking and find their first strategic clients, and she is ready to share her thoughts on:
- Ways startups can succeed in transitioning from local markets to the American market- Life in the USA and how to better understand local US buyers
- Experience speaking and attending 7 major tech conferences in less than a year and numerous networking events as an immigrant
- How one can monetize their English language skills as a business skill and succeed in the US
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Olga's Telegram Channel | Barry Hustles
Olga is hiring: Sales Tech Representative (entry to mid level). Please contact her on Linkedin for details.
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Our first guest will be Daniil Shcherbakov Shcherbakov - Co-Founder of Libi & Daughters Daughters. Daniil is a seasoned Startup Mentor with a decade of experience in launching companies from scratch. A Cambridge graduate holding an MBA from the Cambridge Judge Business School, he also manages a Telegram channel focused on guiding startups to the international market - "Другие Берега" ("Other Shores").
Daniil has been living in Cambridge for several years and will tell us about:
- His entrepreneurial journey
- How he made it from Samara to Cambridge
- Life in the UK and how to blend in with the Brits
- What the MBA at Cambridge has given him
- Why he does not put native English speakers on a pedestal 😎
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Daniil's course on Writing Cold Emails That Get Results
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