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Stories of Success Podcast
Volker Ballueder of Ballueder Partners interviews leaders for your personal
104 episodes
2 months ago
The podcast Stories of Success is a listening experience for your personal development. Craig A. Taylor will regularly interview high achievers, entrepreneurs, consultants, visionaries, coaches, and mentors about their secrets and experience. Learn from the best! Enjoy!

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The podcast Stories of Success is a listening experience for your personal development. Craig A. Taylor will regularly interview high achievers, entrepreneurs, consultants, visionaries, coaches, and mentors about their secrets and experience. Learn from the best! Enjoy!

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Stories of Success Podcast
The Daniel Snell Episode: opportunity and potential
Daniel Snell, co-founder and management consultant at Arrival, works with senior leaders of large PLCs, including Tesco, Investec, Sky, GSK and Morgan Stanley, and helps other founders to refocus on what they usually got into business for, and going back to the basics of productivity, performance and growth. In this podcast we talk about opportunity, potential and why happiness and productivity are not mutually exclusive...

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2 months ago
48 minutes 4 seconds

Stories of Success Podcast
The Philippa Armsby-Ward Episode: from films and photography to Madonna in New York

From making sandwiches in Sussex, to a one-way ticket to work with Madonna in 1990s New York, hear how this week's guest, Philippa Armsby-Ward shook off an inauspicious education to get into the world of film-making and photography.


Philippa takes us through her career; creating TV ads, documentaries, digital campaigns, and educational content for diverse audiences and industries across multiple platforms.


We cover her 'mis-steps' and how to own, and learn from your mistakes, as you carve out a rewarding and ultimately successful career path, on multiple continents.


Want to join us and tell your story? Find me on LinkedIn...


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2 months ago
42 minutes 53 seconds

Stories of Success Podcast
The Bridget Long Episode: notes from a serial entrepreneur

Every now and then you meet someone and you're blown away by their energy... introducing serial entrepreneur Bridget Long.


From Paris to India, with a gripping story of personal and business challenges and success, Bridget takes us through her story and ambitions for future growth.


Going forward, Stories of Success will continue to look at personal development, but also explore the back stories of respected visionaries, entrepreneurs and leading lights in the business, music, arts and entertainment industries.


Want to join us and tell your story? Find me on LinkedIn...


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4 months ago
54 minutes 31 seconds

Stories of Success Podcast
And... we are back; the relaunch episode with a new host

After a slight hiatus, Stories of Success is back, with a new host, Craig A. Taylor.


In this special (handover) episode we set the scene for Stories of Success going forward, with founder, Volker Ballueder, and new host, Craig. We discuss what we want to achieve, what success looks like for us personally, and we set sail for new land.


Going forward, Stories of Success will continue to look at personal development, but also explore the back stories of respected visionaries, entrepreneurs and leading lights in the business, music, arts and entertainment industries.


Want to join us and tell your story? Find me on LinkedIn...


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6 months ago
36 minutes 36 seconds

Stories of Success Podcast
Farewell, not goodbye. End to Season 5

This is the end of season 5 episode. You might think it's earlier than anticipated, but there is a reason. There is always a reason.

I say thank you.

Please stay in touch and add me on Linkedin or subscribe to my newsletter.

 

Volker is a sales, strategy and leadership consultant working as an interim CRO. Find out more on his website or subscribe to his newsletter.


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3 years ago
8 minutes 39 seconds

Stories of Success Podcast
Tom Glason - Creating value for interim and fractional revenue leaders
Today's episode is with Tom Glason. Tom is the co-founder and CEO of Scalewise which helps ambitious B2B tech scale-ups accelerate growth by providing unique and flexible access to a community of world-class Scale Experts. He's also the founding member and Chair of the London chapter of Pavilion - a private community for high-growth revenue leaders.     I am a big fan of Scalewise, the Sales Impact Academy and I recently joined Pavillion. Tom definitely created a lot of value for people like myself, but also for companies in the start- and scale-up world.   Topics we discussed, and unfortunately, we ran out of time:  
  • How he stumbled into sales
  • The hard lessons you learn from telemarketing and picking up the phone
  • Hard work paying off
  • His background and degree in sports psychology
  • How he met his wife when she offered him a job
  • His experience launching a juice bar
  • Tech and enterprise sales
  • How he founded Pavillion (formerly Revenue Collective) to build a community around tech sales
  • The latest report on interim and fractional leadership
  • How this lead to him founding Scalewise and building a platform to get companies and interim and fractional revenue leaders together
  • The average tenure of a CRO being 18 months
  • The change of work patterns for C-Levels pre Covid but then the accelerated change due to Covid
  • Redundancies and recession
  • Flexibility and work life balance
  • Sales Impact Academy - creating content and qualifications for sales leaders
  • Tom on Linkedin if you want to get in touch Volker is a sales, strategy and leadership consultant working as an interim CRO. Find out more on his website or subscribe to his newsletter.

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3 years ago
32 minutes 6 seconds

Stories of Success Podcast
Storytelling & Positioning - Martyn Baker
Martyn Baker and I got introduced back in the days when he left Twitter and I started my consulting career. We have since worked together on projects under his brand Gardn. He looks back at a corporate career, working with big clients like adidas, Twitter, Telefonica and Microsoft. That wealth of experience lead him to found Gardn as a company helping businesses to position themselves, get their storytelling right and make sure every company he works with operates at its most efficiency. I invited him to speak about how he can help freelancers and interim and fractional professionals to tell a better story, and how he launched himself into this world. Looking at the space from both ends. But who would be better to go into more details than Martyn himself.   Topics we discussed:
  • Companies Martyn worked for and how they lead him to do what he loves
  • How is storytelling skills apply to entrepreneurs, interim and fractional leaders or any portfolio professional
  • Why he started his own business www.gardn.co
  • Wanting to be more hands-on
  • Interim and fractional commercial roles
  • How he scales Gardn
  • Working with both scale-ups and big established companies that want to go to market with a new product
  • Sales narrative
  • Pitch decks
  • Breath and depth of positioning
  • 50% of business is coming through recommendations
  • Establishing a single narrative to talk to all people
  • You can't be all for all people, you have to narrow your focus
  • Negotiations
  • Value propositions
  • Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/martynbaker/

 

Volker is a sales, strategy and leadership consultant working as an interim CRO. Find out more on his website or subscribe to his newsletter.


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3 years ago
32 minutes 16 seconds

Stories of Success Podcast
Future Work/Life - Ollie Henderson
On this episode I welcome Ollie Henderson. It's another expert talk episode, where Ollie and I talk about the future or the state of work.   Ollie creates insights and systems for first-time founders and CEOs who want to attract clients and the best talent by sharing their ideas with the world. As a former start-up founder and CEO, he understands what it takes to grow a business while operating under pressure and time constraints. He is doing all that whilst having a family with 3 kids!   In May 2020, he launched "Future Work/Life" as a newsletter to document the fast-evolving relationship between our work and personal lives. This lead to a podcast and Ollie is currently writing a book called Work/Life Freewheel.   Things we discussed:  
  • Ran a digital advertising agency for over 10 years
  • Exited in 2020 to start a new business when the pandemic hit
  • Started his newsletter to figure out what to do next
  • Created a system for work-life
  • He got a book deal and started working on his book which will be published January 2023: Work/Life Flywheel
  • Interviewed 100s and surveyed 1000s for his book, listen to the interviews on his podcast
  • You can subscribe to his newsletter on his website
  • He works as a fractional CEO 2 days a week
  • Hybrid working
  • How to get more out of people: does collaboration IRL work?
  • If we improve collaboration by 20% meeting in person, does that balance the opportunity to get top talent from around the world dialling in, improving collaboration by more than 20% virtually?
  • Access to specialist skills
  • How IRL meeting helps with resolving conflict
  • Networking as a graduate
  • Selling oneself as a freelancer/interim/fractional person
  • The future of work being personalised work which gives the individual more choice
  • Marketplaces for freelancers
  • What happens when the economy slows down
  • Unbundling the workforce
  • Creating virtual teams of experts
  • Aggregation and re-bundling in verticals
  • Idea generation - put them out there!
  • Is Work Life Balance possible
  • Connect with Ollie on Linkedin

Volker is a sales, strategy and leadership consultant working as an interim CRO. Find out more on his website or subscribe to his newsletter.


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3 years ago
37 minutes 34 seconds

Stories of Success Podcast
Simon Severino - Strategy Sprints
I learned about Simon and his business when listening to another podcast, and loved his business idea: coaching and consulting businesses on the back of successful blueprints. So I bought his book 'Strategy Sprints' and I reached out to him. We hit it off, and I thought it would be great for him to share his journey  and his programme for solo entrepreneurs. In my series about fractional and interim leadership, Simon can help us to explore what individuals have to do in order to stand out and get more business.   Things we talked about:  
  • Doubling revenue in 90 days thanks to business blueprints
  • His sprint coaching programme
  • www.strategysprints.com
  • Enjoying business instead of the business running you
  • Pattern of solo entrepreneurs feeling guilty
  • Making the how happen
  • Increased LTV (life time value)
  • Taking holidays and switching off
  • We know what's right but don't know how to put it into practise
  • Focus on sales, and how to sell
  • Work out your go to market
  • Onboarding
  • Do the magic
  • Forget about lead generation, play instead!
  • Talk to people!
  • Create value
  • How to have skin in the game
  • Business models:
    • Exchanging money for time
    • Packaging things up as a retainer
    • Charge upfront and outcome based
  • Cash flow vs. profitability
  • His book, Strategy Sprints
  • His YouTube channel
  • You find lots of free open source blueprints on his website

 

Volker is a sales, strategy and leadership consultant working as an interim CRO. Find out more on his website or subscribe to his newsletter.


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3 years ago
33 minutes 43 seconds

Stories of Success Podcast
Interim, Fractional, Positioning, Content, Social - David Pawsey
This podcast is with copywriter and content strategist David Pawsey. He helps freelancers, interim and fractional leaders, and companies to position themselves. He actually helped me with my positioning and my website content. David is a former  journalist, so he is naturally inquisitive and creative. He also works for himself, so can look at the space from an expert and contract perspective.   Topics we discussed:
  • Being a wordsmith
  • Getting your story across
  • How to position yourself and tell your unique story
  • Juggling work and life, particularly as a freelancer and stay at home dad
  • Content is king
  • Direct response and sales copywriting
  • Playing to people's psychology
  • Email marketing workshops
  • SEO content writing
  • Relationship building
  • Finding work through Linkedin and networking
  • Pricing dilemma and selling services
  • Putting a price on passion
  • It shouldn't be about money
  • Do what you enjoy and what is sustainable
  • Be the thought leader
  • Be yourself
  • Get yourself know, get yourself liked, get yourself trusted
  • Personal content
  • www.deepsocial.co.uk
  • Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-pawsey-45496b2b/

Volker is a sales, strategy and leadership consultant working as an interim CRO. Find out more on his website or subscribe to his newsletter.


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3 years ago
31 minutes 6 seconds

Stories of Success Podcast
Jonathan Younger - The great (freelance) awakening
I am honoured to welcome Jonathan Younger on my podcast. Jon and I met when I reached out to him on Linkedin about some of the articles he has written about the new way of working on Forbes. He is an HR thought leader, author, teacher and early stage investor. He writes about the freelance revolution and the future of work. Jon's books include HR From the Outside In, HR Transformation, and Agile Talent.   We discussed:
  • Him learning from an early age about productivity and freelancing, bettering processes in a factory
  • How he defines freelancing and a portfolio career
  • The variety of freelance job boards
  • Differences in demand for consultants, marketing and tech workers
  • His involvement in the space since 2012
  • How the pandemic changed the freelance work even further
  • 40% of US workers having a side gig
  • How companies should appreciate those workers developing new capabilities and skillsets
  • 'Freelancer Light' - the ones that still have a full time job
  • The Great Awakening vs. The Great Resignation
  • Survey on Freelancing and some key incomes
  • The need for a portfolio for freelancers
  • Challenges for freelancers to sell themselves
  • Advantages for companies to employ top talent as freelancers
  • Open Assembly
  • The Center for the Transformation of Work
  • Jon's profile on Forbes
  • Jon's Linkedin

Volker is a sales, strategy and leadership consultant working as an interim CRO. Find out more on his website or subscribe to his newsletter.


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3 years ago
34 minutes 9 seconds

Stories of Success Podcast
Ben Legg - Portfolio Professionals
This is a very exciting episode with Ben Legg. Ben was the former COO of Google Europe and turned to being a successful portfolio professional. I actually met Ben a few years ago in Cannes, talking digital marketing. In his portfolio career, Ben focuses on supporting founders and investors in the startup and scale-up ecosystem. He is also CEO and co-founder of The Portfolio Collective, a global community of thousands of portfolio professionals, which is why I asked him to join me as an expert on the topic of interim and fractional leadership. So in this podcast we will learn not just from Ben's personal experiences, but also from the diverse learnings captured from members of The Portfolio Collective.   On the show we discussed the following:
  • The differences and sameness of Portfolio Professionals, fractional and interims, as well as freelancers
  • How a lot of the change in work style start with a side hustle
  • How the pandemic triggered more people to look at their lifestyle, and side hustles
  • Lockdown influencing the way we are working, and that hybrid is now the norm
  • Focused experts
  • The Portfolio Collective platform he founded
  • 2030 will see 50% of the workforce having more than one job
  • NEDs
  • Hedging bets with equity and jobs
  • Not putting all your eggs in one basket from a job/career and income perspective
  • Ben's journey from army to corporate to portfolio
  • A book about the portfolio career written by my former guest Katie Ledger
  • Leapers.co - a community for freelancers
  • TPC community and how it can help you to become better at your portfolio career, including insights, networking and jobs
  • The future of work: hybrid working, economy of offices
  • The dreaded commute
  • His piece of advice: Know how to tell your story and identify your ninja skills
  • Ben on Linkedin

 

Volker is a sales, strategy and leadership consultant working as an interim CRO. Find out more on his website or subscribe to his newsletter.


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3 years ago
33 minutes 56 seconds

Stories of Success Podcast
Selling a proportion of your brain - Adrian Cockle
Today's episode is with Adrian Cockle. Adrian and I met through Leapers which is a community and support group for freelancers. With our own slack channel we have a great community spirit and I encourage anyone going on their own to join! Adrian is a freelance digital strategy consultant and fractional head of digital - an interim and fractional CDO. Freelance on and off since 2016, previously spent 9 years as head of digital for WWF-UK and WWF International. He has  been doing digital in various forms since working in the UK’s second Internet cafe back in 1995! Currently working with a tech startup, two philanthropic foundations and providing mentoring and due diligence services to an investment firm representing sportspeople.  Outside of work, he is a father to two kids, cyclist, swimmer and mildly obsessive coffee nerd.   Things we discussed:
  • 🙂 Coffee: www.chimneyfirecoffee.com
  • Leaving the corporate world or staying there forever
  • Finding confidence as a freelancer
  • Old school managers not allowing a hybrid approach (4/1)
  • How important accountant s and finances are when going freelnance
  • Transitioning back into a full tiime role and transitioning out again
  • Being an internal consultant
  • The meaning of interim, fractional, non executive, advisor, mentor
  • How to find a job as a freelancer
  • The importance of networking
  • Lunchclub.com
  • Managers looking for output rather than processes to be followed
  • Selling time vs. output/projects
  • Selling a proportion of your brain
  • Working life, family life, work life balance and holidays
  • How to structure your work week
  • Growthmentor.com
  • It's all about the fit
  • Think about your workplace, make it yours and efficient
  • Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adriancockle/

Volker is a sales, strategy and leadership consultant working as an interim CRO. Find out more on his website or subscribe to his newsletter.


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3 years ago
32 minutes 8 seconds

Stories of Success Podcast
Get out there and engage - Fractional CTO Damien D'Souza
I welcome Damien D‘Souza on this episode who is a business and technology transformation leader. His CV states COO, CIO and CCO experience, yet he markets himself as an interim and fractional ‚CTO‘. With his vast years of experience across multiple industries, he has worked in his portfolio career since 2019.   Things we discussed:
  • Whilst he started his portfolio career in 2019, he started working for himself in 2012
  • He left the corporate world after 30 years after taking redundancy and money for a runway to try 'self-employment'
  • Work is all about what you want to do, not why you do it
  • Damien started with IBM, then worked for Ericsson, Hutchison and Nokia
  • The corporate world is about politics and if someone says jump, you ask 'how high'
  • Most jobs come through his network
  • Whilst he is a technology leader he is also a COO but has done work in sales and marketing and supply chain in senior roles
  • It's not what you do but how you market yourself
  • Working with start- and scale-ups
  • How to help businesses to evolve and deal with things
  • It's like being a 'father', a business mentor as much as doing the job
  • It's about value add and outcomes
  • He prices based on projects and outcomes, with regular milestone reviews
  • Key principles he learned early in his careers:
    • Listen not hear
    • Never turn up late or unprepared for a meeting
    • Don't waste anyone's time, get the terms of reference right
    • People need to understand what you deliver (bring people along on the journey)
  • Interim and fractional CxOs are equal in the C-Suite rather than being a contractor
  • You constantly pitch for opportunities
  • Going to work for something one loves with people you like
  • Satisfaction through using one's skills
  • Reward is the flexibility, and pay is just as good
  • Priority is always oneself, not the work - a life work choice he made (Life-work balance NOT Work-life balance)
  • Younger companies benefiting from experience and an external viewpoint
  • Skill transfer and knowledge capital being important for the future
  • New business models emerging
  • Get out there and engage!
  • Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/damiendsouza/

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3 years ago
35 minutes 5 seconds

Stories of Success Podcast
Interim and Fractional CEO and Consultant - Peter Weichsel
Peter and I first met when he dealt with various digital marketing start-ups at Deutsche Post many years ago. Most recently, we discussed joint business development but also had a chat about my podcast, as Peter had quite some experience in interim and fractional C-level roles. I am in particular interested to share his experience with start-ups, large corporate and consulting roles. At time of recording Peter assumes an interim Management role within the Vodafone group which he has now left.   Things we discussed:
  • Roles of senior executives
  • His role in the top 5 consultancies
  • Managing start-ups
  • Consultant role vs. Interim manager role
  • Steilvorlage
  • Coaching vs. Consulting vs. Management
  • Opportunities within companies leading to innovation
  • How consultancy can open doors
  • Variety going from project to project
  • The changing landscape of workplaces and industries
  • Transition situations
  • Company cultures
  • Bad mood and culture in companies
  • Structure and transparency
  • Interim set-ups
  • Externals being a risk
  • His advice: start as a consultant
  • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/weichsel/

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3 years ago
31 minutes 14 seconds

Stories of Success Podcast
Be Confident with Uncertainty - Lena Andican - Fractional CMO
Today I welcome Lena Andican who is one of the partners at Kurve - Kurve being the performance marketing agency my guest Oren Greenberg founded. Additionally, similar to Oren, she works as an interim and fractional CMO, advising companies on all things marketing.   Things we discussed:  
  • Working with scale-ups
  • B2B marketing and sales
  • Positioning, marketing strategy and execution
  • Transition from in-house to interim
  • The need and want for flexibility and variety
  • Confidence needed to be interim and leaping into a business venture
  • Learning curve
  • Advantages for companies to hire interim due to experience and time it takes to get things done
  • Cost advantages for companies
  • Influence of Covid to our work life balance, and how this impacts the new way of working
  • Lead generation
  • Packaging of products and prices according to outcome vs. day rates
  • Piece of advice: go for it, and be confident with uncertainty
  • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lena-andican-987632b/

Volker is a sales, strategy and leadership consultant working as an interim CRO. Find out more on his website or subscribe to his newsletter.


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3 years ago
26 minutes 14 seconds

Stories of Success Podcast
Michel Quazza - Be Ready to Learn Something New!
Michel Quazza and I met a few months ago discussing investment and collaboration on projects. He is a seasoned international CEO and has worked as much in Silicon Valley as he has worked across Europe. Michel is scaling his interim work through advisory service, packaging up C-Levels under the ‘Corporate Development as a Service’.   Things we talked about:
  • Difference in portfolio, consulting and ‘Corporate Development as a Service’ companies
  • Scaling interim and fractional work
  • Engineering, CPO and CEO
  • Michel’s experience in Silicon Valley, the influence from the US on Europe
  • Different cultures and their impact on businesses
  • Covid accelerating the need and demand for his work
  • Scale ups and skilling up
  • The ease and challenges of scaling tech start ups
  • Companies benefiting from his 20+ years experience, and the speed of taking things to market
  • Developing a ‘consultancy’ rather than going it alone
  • His company Qatalys: https://qatalys.com/
  • How he started as a consultant
  • Moving from corporate to VC to start-up
  • Different focus coming in as an outsider
  • Scale, focus, drive and commitment
  • Advice for someone starting out: Be ready to learn something new
  • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mquazza/

Volker is a sales, strategy and leadership consultant working as an interim CRO. Find out more on his website or subscribe to his newsletter.


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3 years ago
35 minutes 50 seconds

Stories of Success Podcast
Stephen Morris - Fractional and Interim CTO
This episode is with Stephen Morris. Steve is a fractional CTO with a passion for software development and cyber security.  He directs IT strategies, advises on product and technology and helps other CTOs to go to market too.   Things we discussed:
  • Companies not needing or being able to afford a full time CTO
  • Helping aspiring CTOs
  • Interim and fractional being a career progression from a full time engagement
  • How he got bored when doing only one job, and the challenges were the same year on year
  • The need for companies to have a CTO
  • Bailey & Associates - a company that helps CIOs and CTOs to thrive: https://bailey.associates/
  • The difference between a CTO, CIO and CDO
  • A longer discussion around C-level naming, and how they connect
  • How portfolio careers get more popular in Europe
  • A choice of commitment
  • Shared responsibility
  • How to price oneself: fixed pricing, ongoing commitment, time based, equity only
  • How to find work: networking, platforms and recommendations
  • Trust between contractor and business
  • The Portfolio Collective: https://portfolio-collective.com/
  • The trusted advisor book
  • How Covid and working from home made it easier to take on work
  • The gig economy for C-Level
  • Shared learning and cross fertilisation
  • Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephen-morris-cto/

Volker is a sales, strategy and leadership consultant working as an interim CRO. Find out more on his website or subscribe to his newsletter.


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3 years ago
30 minutes 31 seconds

Stories of Success Podcast
Paul Edwards - Interim CRO: 'Importance of Networking'
I welcome Paul Edwards today who is an interim Chief Revenue Officer. With many years experience in the IT and Telecoms sector, he empowers organisations and teams to win complex high value sales within competitive markets. He is also a mentor to businesses for exit.   Paul and I discussed the following:
  • Moving from a corporate career to a portfolio/interim/fractional career
  • Experience in the IT/Cloud/Telecoms sectors
  • Co-founding a business
  • How to build a healthy pipeline and sales business
  • Building a start-up to a functional company
  • Importance of networking
  • How consultants provide sales and marketing strategies whilst taking on responsibilities for actions at the same time
  • Working across multiple businesses
  • Positioning companies and products to potential buyers
  • Expectations on oneself when going freelance
  • Not to work for nothing
  • Define SOW and outcome before going into a business
  • Price according to the value you add
  • Be clear where you add value to a company
  • Executing the strategy you set out
  • NED and Mentor roles
  • Try to work with people you like and who like you - something you cannot choose in the corporate world
  • Don’t waste your energy
  • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/p4uledwards/
  • His book: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/p4uledwards_leaders-success-business-activity-6869656149742911489-YneH
  • Paul's email: paul.edwards@robgoddard.co.uk
  Volker is a sales, strategy and leadership consultant working as an interim CRO. Find out more on his website or subscribe to his newsletter.

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3 years ago
29 minutes 42 seconds

Stories of Success Podcast
Experience as an asset - Oren Greenberg
Oren is the founder of Kurve, a London based, growth marketing consultancy working with corporates and scale-ups for the past 20 years. As an interim and fractional leader, Oren’s digital strategy and commercial expertise are instrumental in the growth of SaaS & Fintech brands. Brands he worked with include Lenovo, Canon, Investec Bank, Wonga, Peakon & Nutmeg.   Things we discussed:
  • Part time and interim scalability and positioning
  • Pricing and how you best price your work (very interesting insights!)
  • Kurve and how this fits in with fractional and interim work
  • The Kurve model
  • Opportunities for outsource positions
  • Networking and why it is important
  • How interim and fractional work is popular in the US and slowly sweeps across the pond
  • Autonomy and freedom
  • Intelligence and confidence
  • Methodologies
  • Mitigating risks
  • Offering an outside view
  • How knowledge workers’ skills are experiences
  • His desire to have a meaningful impact
  • How interim and fractional work is a career progression from the corporate world
  • Being an entrepreneur
  • What freedom means to him
  • Value based work
  • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/orengreenberg
  • Newsletter: https://www.kurve.co.uk
 

Volker is a sales, strategy and leadership consultant working as an interim CRO. Find out more on his website or subscribe to his newsletter.


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Stories of Success Podcast
The podcast Stories of Success is a listening experience for your personal development. Craig A. Taylor will regularly interview high achievers, entrepreneurs, consultants, visionaries, coaches, and mentors about their secrets and experience. Learn from the best! Enjoy!

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