100 episodes

My name's Danielle Francisco and my drive for this podcast is to bring you the most captivating, inspiring, raw conversations from people in the world of entrepreneurship and self-development. Through this interviews you will learn the lessons they've gleaned from their own failures; Practical steps on how to overcome real world problems related to business, achieving your goals, living a life of meaning and fulfilment.New episodes every week. Listen anywhere you get your podcasts, and please rate and review the podcast if you enjoy it. Website: https://thedrivetosucceed.com

The Drive To Succeed Podcast Danielle Francisco

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My name's Danielle Francisco and my drive for this podcast is to bring you the most captivating, inspiring, raw conversations from people in the world of entrepreneurship and self-development. Through this interviews you will learn the lessons they've gleaned from their own failures; Practical steps on how to overcome real world problems related to business, achieving your goals, living a life of meaning and fulfilment.New episodes every week. Listen anywhere you get your podcasts, and please rate and review the podcast if you enjoy it. Website: https://thedrivetosucceed.com

    8Billion Ideas with David Harkin

    8Billion Ideas with David Harkin

    David Harkinis an entrepreneur and the CEO of the award-winning education company 8billionideas which exists to give every student the skills and belief to change the world. Since its formation, 8billionideas (formerly 7billionideas) has worked with over 100,000 students around the world in 500 schools. 8billionideas has strategic partnerships in every part of the sector - including Multi-Academy Trusts, Young Offender Units, International and Independent Schools. Its work through its partner schools has been recognised by TES and most recently COBIS in 2020.

    In 2021, 8billionideas will feature in a publication led by St James Palace' and Prince Charles' team to give their insight into innovation and leadership as the country celebrates 300 years of Government.

    David is also proudly a 2x TED speaker and author and holds the post of Director of Entrepreneurship in a number of schools around the world. 

    In this episode we talked about:

    The driving force behind 8billion ideas and the importance of designing the business to scale not just in profits but also it's impact.
    Choosing the right role models to follow in the context of entrepreneurship and skills development.
    Challenges David and his team faced during the COVID Crisis and many more. 


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    • 24 min
    Crowdfunding and Embedded Social Enterprise with StartSomeGood.com Founder - Tom Dawkins

    Crowdfunding and Embedded Social Enterprise with StartSomeGood.com Founder - Tom Dawkins

    Tom Dawkins - Co-Found er and CEO of social impact crowdfunding platform and innovation agency StartSomeGood.com. StartSomeGood supports social entrepreneurs to raise the funds and mobilise the community they need to make a difference and has deployed over $12 million AUD so far with one of the highest success rates in crowdfunding.

    Tom has been recognized with numerous awards and fellowships and has been a regular speaker at conferences and teacher of seminars and workshops for past 15 years, including SXSW, SOCAP, REMIX, The World Summit on the Information Society, Connecting Up, Progress and FWD. I've worked with social enterprises, non-profits and government agencies to help them tell their stories and engage their communities

    In this episode we talked about:

    What’s a social enterprise? How did it change over the last 10 years? What are the different models and innovation that plays a pivotal role in this entrepreneurship category.
    How to leverage marketing effectively, messaging and social media to inspire people to share story for you.
    We also talk about Why does ‘Poverty Porn’ being commonly used by non-profits, NGO’s are using disempowering images and videos in their advertising?
    We deep dive Tom started his entrepreneurship career living in the US and many more. 


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    • 39 min
    Attract Clients Through Your Story with Katja Rusanen

    Attract Clients Through Your Story with Katja Rusanen

    Katja Rusanen is a #1 best -selling author, spiritual mentor, success coach, and creator of the Client Attraction Story System, a step-by-step program for purpose-driven entrepreneurs to craft stories that sell. After working as a supervisor in one of the world’s leading business banks, she obtained two master’s degrees in Spiritual Psychology and Spiritual Science. She has now dedicated her life to helping clients discover the power of personal stories and create a business they love.


    In this episode we talked about:

    The importance of being vulnerable and able to narrate your story in the most powerful way
    Framework for what story to choose that resonates with your ideal clients
    We also talked about the importance of using Storybased content on Social Media
    How to increase your engagement and conversion using private facebook groups and many more.



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    • 33 min
    Protect yourself from Cybercriminals with Ex-NATO Senior Executive and Founder of Thrive with EQ - Nadja El Fertasi

    Protect yourself from Cybercriminals with Ex-NATO Senior Executive and Founder of Thrive with EQ - Nadja El Fertasi

    Nadja El Fertasi - Founder and CEO of Thrive with EQ. Nadja worked for NATO's Cyber Executive Arm for the past 20years as Stakeholder Engagement Senior Executive before jumping into entrepreneurship. 

    In this episode, we talked very relevant topics on Cyber Security Awareness and Emotional Intellegince. 

    The impact of COVID to workforce. and how criminals work their way in to target companies and individuals who are vulnerable for cyber crime exploitation either be a financial/political gain.
    We also talked about how to use Social Media Responsibly, Influencer and it's effect on kids and teenagers. 
    Case studies of High profile breaches and in the C-Level Suite,
    As parents, how do you protect yourself and your child from social engineering tactics from criminals who are financially motivated. 
     Voice Phishing, Technology and many more. 



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    Instagram - https://instagram.com/danielle_francisco_

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    • 55 min
    Managing Your Financial Planning Business Revenue with Johan Vosloo

    Managing Your Financial Planning Business Revenue with Johan Vosloo

    Johan Vosloo - Founder and CEO of Commspace - The ultimate solution for managing, tracking, splitting and analysing Financial Adviser revenue.

    Johan is a technologist with an entrepreneurial spirit who started working on a side-project in 2006 to solve the problem of tracking and splitting commission for a single advice practice with multiple advisers and dozens of referral sources. After seeing the enthusiastic response of the early users, he decided to develop it into a fully-fledged revenue management and analytics solution for the broader independent financial advice sector in South Africa. Today Commspace is used by hundreds of independent financial advice practices, ranging from solo advisers to large bank groups.

    In this episode we talk about:

    How he found a gap and provided a solution to a real pain point within the financial planning and advice industry.
    Johan’s ethos in building a tech start-up and finding the right co-founder.
    The driving force behind quitting his corporate 9-5 before going all in Commspace and many more. 



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    Instagram - https://instagram.com/danielle_francisco_

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    • 26 min
    Driving Social Impact with HerStory Movement Founder – Getrude Matshe

    Driving Social Impact with HerStory Movement Founder – Getrude Matshe

    Getrude Matshe is an inspirational speaker and motivational speaker who has been described as a vibrant bundle of African energy whose zest and passion for life inspires everyone she meets. She is passionate about helping people achieve their full potential and find their individual life purpose.

    Getrude is a publisher and has written several books and is now a book writing coach. Her mission in life is to inspire, uplift and connect one million women through this global movement – the HerStory Women’s Global Empowerment Conference.

    In this episode we talked about:

    · How she started as an entrepreneur and how to find and recognize profitable business opportunities.

    · How she uses her platform Her Story to support and provide jobs and business opportunities to women and ethnical minorities in Zimbabwe.

    · How Getrude embodies the principle of Ubuntu or in her native language ‘umuntu ngumuntu ngabantu (Iam because you are, and you are because I am. Which eventually helped her speak on Ted and put her presence on the Map and help grassroots project around the world and drive social impact.


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    Resources I use - https://thedrivetosucceed.com/resources/

    Instagram - https://instagram.com/danielle_francisco_

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    YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVtb_c32EanaDkSoXNCAzrw

    Daily Meditation

    • 29 min

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