Leading Rebels Kat Brendel

It can seem like a noisy world out there. With all the social media posts and content channels like blogs and podcasts, it can feel like everybody’s out there shouting at the top of their lungs and nobody’s actually listening. But as I will keep repeating: You have something valuable to say. 

Now that you’ve found and owned your story, it’s time to and share and spread it. If you want to know how to have people actually listen and provide them with something valuable to take away from what you share, then this is the episode for you!

Tune in to this episode for the five steps to share and spread your story:



Define your dream listener

You get what you give

Consistency is key

Create a game plan

Build a toolkit



The resources mentioned:



Your guide to finding & owning your story

7 things to ask yourself before you launch a podcast to grow your business

Collaborate with me as a podcast strategist & coach





PLUS: So you can focus on tuning in, I created a free workbook for you with all the prompts mentioned in the episode so you can take action now! Get your hands on it here:

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Get the guide to share & spread your storyNow that you’ve found and owned your story, it’s time to and share and spread it! Based on this episode of the Leading Rebels podcast, these prompts will guide you to know how to have people actually listen and provide them with something valuable to take away from what you share.









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In theory, we all know that we should look beyond official credentials and what’s on paper and place more value on someone’s talents and passions. Yet reality rarely works that way. That’s why Cilia Kanellopoulos is a true leading rebel: She knows from personal experience how you have to get scrappy to effect the change you want, which is why she’s all about paying it forward to others and giving a chance to the underdogs. And in the work she did with the women’s empowerment impact accelerator F-LANE, she experienced time and again how that strategy pays off for everyone!

Tune in to this episode to hear from Cilia about:



* Taking a chance on a new direction

* Speaking up when you have a different opinion

* Learning the power of saying no

* Deciding which advice to take – and not to take

* How to guide feedback to make it constructive

* The power of “sorry, not sorry”

* The importance of paying it forward and learning from everyone

* Hidden gems creating social tech startups that have a female empowerment

* The rewards in taking risks



Cilia’s recommended resources:



* The Silent Rise of the Female Driven Economy by Danielle Kayembe

* The Story of a Fuck Off Fund by Paulette Perhach

* Born a Crime by Trevor Noah

* Daughter by Puno Selesho

* THR Comedy Actresses Roundtable

* How to translate a joke by Emi Mahmoud



About Cilia Kanellopoulos

Cilia is a tech enthusiast and female empowerment specialist, ever since she started working in Berlin. Through her work, she seeks to shed light on how digital technologies can transform industries, governments, and societies, and empower people, especially women. Her passion lies in bringing more women into the spotlight and creating opportunities for people with diverse backgrounds, while volunteering for FidAR, an initiative for more women on boards.

In her previous role, she worked as Head of Social Innovation at the Vodafone Institute, where she was charged with developing programmes and events for the Institute, and was running the impact accelerator F-LANE – an international programme that supports early stage social tech ventures that have a female empowerment focus. As of September 2019, she has joined the Vodafone Group as Global Innovation Lead, where she is helping drive the global innovation agenda through collaboration with startups and scale ups while sourcing for emerging tech solutions that can solve business problems.

Learn more about Cilia: Twitter | Gal Talks Tech | Vodafone Institute | F-LANE

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With 40% of Americans having a side hustle, it’s safe to say that side hustles are no longer a trend, but a reality for many! Often though, we see them as a quick stepping stone to leaving our job and diving in fulltime to entrepreneurship. But that’s not necessarily always the right path! Meet Erica Liu Williams, a Silicon Valley techie-turned-food-entrepreneur and founder of gr8nola. That turning moment though took her almost 5 years – after she had already nabbed a spot as a supplier for Google. And Erica doesn’t regret waiting – just the opposite, she credits much of her success to keeping gr8nola a side hustle for longer than most would have.

Tune in to this episode to hear from Erica about:



* Why quitting her swimming career despite being an Olympic Trials swimmer was an important rebel move for her

* Going against the grain of her culture 

* Switching jobs while growing her side hustle

* How having a job kept her patient when getting nos at the beginning of her business

* How being time-constrained keeps you focused on the priorities

* Being transparent with your boss about your side hustle

* Knowing where you get your energy inspiration from and setting actionable goals

* How network leads not only to support & knowledge but to unexpected opportunities

* Identifying as a girlboss

* How living your values gives you the drive and passion to go



Erica’s recommended resources:



* How I Built This with Guy Raz Podcast

* The Accidental Creative Podcast



About Erica Liu WilliamsErica Liu Williams is a former Olympic Trials swimmer and Silicon Valley techie-turned-food-entrepreneur. She came up with the idea for gr8nola by accident when she was searching for a delicious, yet healthy snack for a post-Super Bowl “cleanse” she and her NFL hubby do each year. Stuck with few options, she created her granola recipe using clean ingredients and superfoods. Her granola was such a hit that she created a side business out of it in 2013, selling gr8nola out of her home at her local farmers market while working a full time tech job. She finally took the pling 4.5 years later and today, she supplies some of the largest tech companies like Google, Twitter, Linkedin, Dropbox, Microsoft, Slack and more. Her granola is are sold on gr8nola.com and Amazon Prime.

Learn more about Erica: Gr8nola | Gr8nola on Amazon

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There are 700k podcasts already out there, with almost 160k being launched in 2018 alone. Yeah, that can make you feel like a little fish in a big pond! But that doesn’t mean podcasting has reached its peak as some have been saying. Sure, it’s going more mainstream now, with more and more people at least knowing what a podcast is.

But that just means there’s a bigger audience out there! Actually, the more people listen to podcasts, the more podcasts they listen to: On average one person listens to seven podcasts. And as you know – since you’re a podcast listener – podcasts are the best way to connect on a human level. And that’s key for your business too – it’s about building up that whole “know, like, and trust” factor.

So If you’re a solopreneur – freelancer, coach, consultant – or a business thinking about launching a podcast to grow your business, this episode is for you! Because look, while I’m 110% convinced of the power of podcasting, that doesn’t mean that launching one is the right thing for everyone.

In this episode, I’ll dive into the 7 things to ask yourself before you decide to launch a podcast to grow your business:



* The stage your business is in

* Your audience size

* How much time you have

* Your available headspace

* How you like to communicate

* Your commitment

* What your goals look like



Take the free quiz to find out if a podcast is the right next step for your business

I’ve also got a special surprise for you: I actually created a handy dandy quiz that covers the seven areas I talked about to help you get a quick answer to whether you should launch a podcast to grow your business! Take the free quiz now to not only find out if podcasting is the right next step for you, but to also get my top tip for the stage you’re currently at:

Take the free quizIf you want some more stats about podcasting, here the articles I reference:



* Podcast Statistics (2019) – [Infographic]

* Overwhelmed by the sheer number of podcasts? It’s not just you.















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Barbara Lampl is a “badass with a big heart” as her friends call her. And she’s not just a badass in business as a self-made entrepreneur, she’s also a badass in life. For a long time, she says she didn’t quite feel human. When she was 30 the explanation came: she is on the autism spectrum. Today, Barbara is a neurodiversity role model that champions strength in diversity, confidence in yourself, and embracing failure.

Tune in to this episode to hear from Barbara about:



Why she decided to combine psychology and mathematics

What older role models taught her about not caring about what other people think

What gymnastics and mathematics taught her about failure

Burning half a million with one of her first companies

The danger of connecting your self worth with your roles and work

The intersection of science with intuition and spirituality

Being a neurodiversity role model



Barbara’s recommended resources:



* Connecting with your core through yoga or meditation

* Writing about the end of the year like you’re telling someone about what you’ve achieved. Start off with “2019 was the best year of my life. You won’t believe what happened … ”

* Morten T. Hansen’s books around productivity

* Fiction books by russian authors like Fyodor Dostoevsky and Mikhail Bulgagov

* Finding your tribe: Don’t be afraid to reach out to people on social media!



About Barbara LamplBarbara Lampl is not only a successful self-made entrepreneur and kickass business woman, she is a speaker, mentor, lecturer, a result junkie, and a hacker with passion. With her company Empathic Business, she stands for a business and life as authentic and individual as your signature and so helps you to understand your sales by understanding your customers. Barbara empowers others by mentoring fintech startups, giving lectures at the Hochschule Fresenius, and bringing women together as head of the German Lean In circle. She is an empathetic hacker, who wants to understand and enable other people to succeed and to gain trust and control over themselves.

Learn more about Barbara: Empathic Business | Facebook | Instagram

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When we look around, we can often feel like everyone is ahead of us. Be it that colleague that just got a promotion we’ve wanted for years, that friend that is killing it in her business, or that younger sibling that is getting married first. But as serial entrepreneur Anne Cocquyt says, comparison is the best recipe for unhappiness. Our failures can look like success to someone else and vice versa. So the key is defining for yourself what success looks like to YOU.

Tune in to this episode to hear from Anne about:



How to use “you can’t” as a motivator

Travel as the perfect way to learn how to lean in

How to hone in and follow your inner compass

What entrepreneurial failure taught her about being humble

How getting married two months after meeting her husband taught her how to trust her instincts

The importance of female networks

Why thinking about the worst outcome actually gives you courage

The importance of fighting for your values



Anne’s recommended resources:



* Masters of Scale with Reid Hoffman

* Piloting Your Life with Terri Hanson Mead

* Advice to my younger me with Sara Holtz



About Anne CocquytAnne Cocquyt is a serial entrepreneur, corporate and non-profit leader with a passion for innovation and execution across a broad range of projects, products and technologies. She leads startups, communities and a non-profit organization focused on closing the gender gap for female entrepreneurs and women in leadership roles in technology. She pioneered the first startup challenge in the healthtech space and recently launched the first advocacy study for women in product to discuss solutions to close the gender gap in entrepreneurship and corporations at the World Economic Forum. She is the founder of the GUILD, an AI-powered networking platform providing women with actionable networking connections. Anne mentors and advises startups in digital health, advises UNBOXD, a STEM publication, invests in social impact startups and speaks at industry events and conferences.

Learn more about Anne: Website | GUILD | LinkedIn | Twitter

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