The Happy Entrepreneur

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The Happy Entrepreneur

This podcast is a collection of stories and experiences to help entrepreneurs trying to navigate a new way of entrepreneurship. It isn’t just about the tactics and the strategies but also about the inner experience of being in business. I’m not here to give you any answers but to provoke you to look harder for the answers yourself. By sharing new insights and ideas with you we hope you’ll be inspired to look inside yourself to find out what’s really getting in the way. While you have the knowledge to take your work to another level maybe what’s stopping you is a lack of self inquiry.

  1. FEB 11

    Leadership based on feeling, not just thinking

    Michelle Grant is an alumna of our Vision 20/20 program and was part of Tribe 2 that started in September 2020. She’s the founder of The Great Full and offers coaching and community for women leaders within the realms of food systems, sustainability, and regeneration. Michelle combines her deep knowledge of sustainable systems with her passion for personal and professional development. Her leadership programs like "Be the Change" and "Lead the Change" offer a supportive community and tools to empower women changemakers to take care of their personal wellbeing, as well as that of the planet. She’s passionate about the importance of inner work to create impactful outer change, blending theory and practice, science and philosophy, and engaging the head, heart, and hands in her learning journeys. She is also a professionally certified coach with the International Coaching Federation, trained in the Enneagram, and a seasoned yoga and meditation teacher. In this episode, Carlos, Laurence, and Michelle explore questions like How can we develop more intuitive leaders?How can we promote more feminine energy in leadership?Why does the old style leadership need to change anyway? LinksJoin the conversation liveBecome a member of the Happy Startup SchoolJoin the next Vision 20/20 cohort

    56 min

  2. JAN 28

    Build your career like an entrepreneur

    Can you learn to be more creative, courageous, and resourceful when it comes to pivoting your professional life? On this episode, Carlos and Laurence are joined by Iesha Small, a career pivot coach and seasoned communications professional, to talk about how we can adopt an entrepreneur’s mindset when thinking about following a new professional path. Iesha shares her inspiring journey from maths teacher to career-change champion, and what she needed to do to navigate that transition. Iesha isn’t just about making bold moves; she's about making smart, strategic decisions that lead to personal freedom and fulfilment. She explains her unique approach of treating career development like an entrepreneur, focusing on experimentation and creating opportunities that offer more choice. LinksJoin the conversation liveBecome a member of the Happy Startup SchoolJoin the next Vision 20/20 cohort

    54 min

  3. JAN 14

    The automated entrepreneur: embrace AI and stay creative

    Are you a solo founder curious about AI? Do you want to know how it could help you be more impactful, more effective, and free up your time? Or are you a conscious business owner who worries about what AI is doing to our humanity and our creativity? If so, this conversation with Kerry Harrison, AI educator and professional copywriter, is for you. Kerry makes AI accessible. She teaches practical ways to save time while adding your brilliant human creativity to the mix. Drawing on two decades of copywriting work and five years of AI experience, she can help you create compelling, human content in less time. When it comes to productivity, AI provides a lot of potential for us to save time, whether that’s doing research, coming up with new ideas, or producing content. However, when it comes to our creative output, if we outsource all the thinking to AI, where does that leave us? We need to remember that humans buy from humans. As entrepreneurs who offer something unique (not off-the-shelf commodities), one of the most valuable things we have is our story. Stories are a connection superpower. Told well, they take people from knowing you to liking you to loving you in an instant. But will people still connect with your stories if AI is now writing them? And if so, who are they really connecting to? You, or an imitation of you? Will the stories you share match up to the experience you’re selling? If you’re passionate about doing business at a human level, these thoughts will trouble you. By the end of this conversation, you’ll be able to better articulate what troubles you about AI so that you can use it more consciously. And you’ll also learn how to use it in a way that amplifies your impact and efficiency without losing your humanity. LinksJoin the conversation liveBecome a member of the Happy Startup SchoolJoin the next Vision 20/20 cohort

    57 min

  4. 12/24/2024

    The art of resilient living

    Do you take the time to design for your own wellbeing? When we’re being the change we want to see in the world, it’s easy to focus on hard metrics: more sales, more leads, more success. But what if your body suddenly says “no”? As the saying has it, our health is our truest form of wealth. But how often do we check in with ourselves and explore what we might need? On this episode, Carlos and Laurence are joined by Pelin Kazak Bagatur, a product and UX design leader who’s deeply passionate about the intersection of design and wellbeing. She shares how her perspective on health has evolved through personal experiences with yoga, mindfulness, and a deeper exploration into spirituality and wellbeing. LinksJoin the conversation liveBecome a member of the Happy Startup SchoolJoin the next Vision 20/20 cohort

    53 min

  5. 12/10/2024

    It’s not about business plans, it’s about belief

    You’ve decided to change. You’re driven to find a new professional path, but you’re struggling to take the next step. As an experienced professional or entrepreneur, you’ve accumulated the skills, but now you’re doing something new. And so fear kicks in. What got you here isn’t going to get you there. It’s time to go from the inside out to overcome self-doubt. Doing business differently is about more than plans and profit; it's a deep inner journey of overcoming limiting beliefs and discovering your true worth. As you follow your new venture, you’ll find that the biggest obstacles aren’t to do with your skill set but with your mindset. For this episode, Laurence and Carlos are joined by hypnotherapist and author Dipti Tait, who shares her perspective on self-doubt and limiting beliefs and how we can overcome them. Dipti is a respected clinical psychotherapist, solution-focused hypnotherapist, and mental health lecturer. She is a frequent guest on TV and radio, including on ITV’s This Morning, Good Morning Britain, the BBC Asian Network, and Thrive Global. Her book, Planet Grief: Redefining Grief for the Real World, draws on both her own professional and personal experiences and her clients’ stories. Her understanding of the neuroscience behind our emotions redefines grief for the world we’re living in today and helps us believe in ourselves again. Listen to uncover what's holding you back from making the change you want to see in the world. LinksJoin the conversation liveBecome a member of the Happy Startup SchoolJoin the next Vision 20/20 cohort

    49 min

  6. 11/26/2024

    Pathway to purpose: Stories of change

    Tribe 8 of Vision 20/20 ended their journey together. On this episode, a few of the cohort share their stories and projects that have emerged and evolved over their last few months together: The Love Shortage podcast that came out of nowhereThe Human Greenhouse with a bolder mission and manifestoWhat if we? a series of experiential gatherings in the NetherlandsAn insights tool for B2B teamsA regenerative business starter kit for conscious business owners These ideas aren't necessarily what people thought they'd be bringing to life. Many are as a result of serendipitous conversations or connections on the program. They might not be the big vision, but they get us started. Movement forward is key, and and action brings clarity. LinksJoin the conversation liveBecome a member of the Happy Startup SchoolJoin the next Vision 20/20 cohort

    40 min

  7. 11/12/2024

    Navigating change by mastering uncertainty

    Taking the entrepreneurial path requires taking risks. And the rewards we'll encounter are never certain. The choices we make create real consequences for our livelihood. And it can be hard to get over the feeling that we're imposters as we face the uncertainty over whether we've made the right ones. This episode features an enlightening story – the personal and entrepreneurial journey of Sam Conniff, author and founder of Uncertainty Experts. As someone who previously struggled with imposter syndrome, today he stands as a passionate advocate for embracing and mastering uncertainty. This episode follows Sam's journey of building a startup, learn how he studied a global need – the universal discomfort with uncertainty – and created a lucrative business out of it. LinksJoin the conversation liveBecome a member of the Happy Startup SchoolJoin the next Vision 20/20 cohort

    51 min

  8. 10/29/2024

    The great balancing act: finding joy in doing good

    Ever felt like there was more that you could do but didn’t know what to commit to? You're not alone. When it comes to thinking about meaning, Laurence and Carlos found the book The Map of Meaning by Lani Morris and Marjolein Lips-Wiersma really helpful. They talk about working with meaning as working with the tension between being and doing, and self and others. The work is to be aware when we’re off balance and to know what to do to redress it. Understanding how to do good whilst staying happy is all part of leading a meaningful life. When it comes to doing good you might ponder What does impact actually mean to me?How much impact do I want to make?And what’s my story of impact? And when it comes to being happy: How do I want to feel when making an impact?Which needs are being met by making an impact?Where do these needs come from? On this episode, Laurence and Carlos explore their own perspectives on these questions, and through their own reflections and answers to questions from the live virtual audience, you’ll hopefully find your own insights. What if we all made a positive impact in the way that matched our energies and motivations?What would that mean for the world? Hopefully a lot of good and happiness.

    44 min
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This podcast is a collection of stories and experiences to help entrepreneurs trying to navigate a new way of entrepreneurship. It isn’t just about the tactics and the strategies but also about the inner experience of being in business. I’m not here to give you any answers but to provoke you to look harder for the answers yourself. By sharing new insights and ideas with you we hope you’ll be inspired to look inside yourself to find out what’s really getting in the way. While you have the knowledge to take your work to another level maybe what’s stopping you is a lack of self inquiry.

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    The Happy Startup School
  • Years Active
    2019 - 2025
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    150
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