Braving Innovation

Nada Ahmed
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Nada hosts conversations with global leaders in the field of Innovation, Technology and Leadership. We dive into transformational stories from startup founders and thought leaders in Innovation and Venture Capital.

  1. E20: What it means to be brave?

    06/09/2023

    E20: What it means to be brave?

    In this episode, I reflect on the launch of my book Determined to Lead: The Disruptive Woman's Guide to Stop Playing Small and Transform your Career through Agile Leadership. In particular, I ask if you are playing too safe in life and what you can do to start showing up with more courage.

    16 min

  2. 03/04/2023

    E 19 Winning Global Deals as an Entrepreneur with Kurt Davis

    Tech entrepreneur and author Kurt Davis shares his lessons from his entrepreneurial journey, in particular how to win multi million dollar global deals as a startup.   In his newest book, Navigate to the Lighthouse: A Silicon Valley Guide to Executing Global Deals, Kurt returns to his startup roots.  Navigate to the Lighthouse guides leaders toward educating their first “lighthouse” deal, that big deal that catapults their startup over new adopters and into the land of opportunity.  Navigate to the Lighthouse is for any entrepreneur who has ever felt stuck, frustrated, or lost at sea.    Kurt shares a wealth of knowledge, ideas, and personal experience in this podcast   Escape the bell curve: how to set your startup on an exponential growth trajectory.  One deal a year: how to identify, cultivate, and close that one deal that will make your startup explode.  Invest in the uncertain: finding the confidence to successfully position your company as a market leader.  Team sales: how to engage the entire team to work on deals. Grow quickly internationally: navigating the challenges of  building and growing global teams. Getting the gorilla to dance: the strategic words and actions that get a sluggish deal moving in the right direction.

    36 min
  3. E18 Determined to Lead Book Update

    01/25/2023

    E18 Determined to Lead Book Update

    Solo Episode recorded in November 2022 on my thoughts on my upcoming book Determined to Lead: The Disruptive Woman's Guide to Stop Playing Small and Transform your Career through Agile Leadership.

    20 min
  4. E17: Dr. Mara Harvey on Financial Literacy, taking control of our finances and what we can teach our kids.

    09/11/2022

    E17: Dr. Mara Harvey on Financial Literacy, taking control of our finances and what we can teach our kids.

    Dr Mara Harvey is an Economist by background, a senior leader in Finance, trained at Harvard and IMD. She has over 21 years of experience in wealth management, working with billionaire families across Europe, and driving social & digital innovation across the financial industry on a global scale. We talk about financial literacy, why it is so important yet so lacking amongst women and children. What do we need to know and what should we be teaching our kids? How can we re-write the rules? What are the dynamics of women´s wealth creation and why are women often caught in a safety trap? How can we empower women financially?

    38 min

  5. 08/23/2022

    E16: Investing in VC Funds in a Democratized Market, The European VC

    Andreas Munk Holm and David Cruz e Silva are founders of The European VC. They are on a mission to democratize VC by opening up access to the hottest European VC funds at a radically lower ticket. We dive into: -Syndicates: what is it and how are they syndicating differently for VC funds -The latest in VC in Europe, how VC in Europe is different from VC in the US -Why is it important to have VC as part of your investment portfolio.

    51 min
  6. E15: Solo on Investing during a looming Recession

    07/26/2022

    E15: Solo on Investing during a looming Recession

    My thoughts on the current market, the looming recession, what it means for us as investors in the stock market and as venture capital investors. I also share some reflections on my entrepreneurial journey and my plans ahead.  Recorded 30th of June

    26 min
  7. E14: Leading Big Business Transformations with Kyle Nel

    06/11/2022

    E14: Leading Big Business Transformations with Kyle Nel

    Kyle Nel is the President of Singularity Labs at Singularity University and former CEO and co-founder of Uncommon Partners (acquired by Singularity University in 2019), a transformation company. He is the co-author of Leading Transformation, a best-selling Harvard Business Review Press title .  Kyle also founded and previously served as Executive Director for Lowe’s Innovation Labs. In this episode, we dive into how to use narratives to drive change, who are these narratives for and how do we use them to change behavior. We talk about how to measure success, how to think about KPIs, why collaboration is so important in todays economy and he gives us some amazing tips on how to use narrative in your personal life with your family to live a fuller, more integrated and joyful life.

    39 min

  8. 05/28/2022

    E13: Transformation from Devil to Lioness leadership with Carolyn Brand

    Carolyn Brand  is a business advisor and Negotiation strategist helping women succeed in business and at business. She is a well renowned business and negotiation strategist, public speaker and author. In this episode we will dive into her story, her leadership transformation from being a devil of a boss to embracing a different version that was more aligned with her values. She talks about the highs and lows of starting your own business and gives us some of her best negotiation tips! Enjoy!

    36 min
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Nada hosts conversations with global leaders in the field of Innovation, Technology and Leadership. We dive into transformational stories from startup founders and thought leaders in Innovation and Venture Capital.

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  • Creator
    Nada Ahmed
  • Years Active
    2022 - 2023
  • Episodes
    20
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Nada Ahmed
  • Show Website
    Braving Innovation