Strategy & Tragedy: CEO Stories with Steph Melodia stephaniemelodia

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Maya Raichoora, the CEO and Co-Founder of Remap Mental Fitness, who envisions a world where mental fitness is as common as physical fitness. She helps CEOs, athletes & performers become the top 1% in their field through the power of visualisation.
 
Tune in for an interactive visualisation exercise and all of the below...
 
🧠 MAYA'S STORY:
✨ From being diagnosed with ulcerative colitis to being the most healthy and confident she’s ever been
✨ Self-confidence as a young brown woman without formal qualifications
✨ Her philosophy around 'compassionate discipline'
 
🧠 SCIENCE:
✨ The neuroscience behind visualisation
✨ Study examples in sport
 
🧠 RISKS:
✨ The difference between 'being confident' and 'having confidence'
✨ Avoid breaking promises to yourself at all costs!
✨ The trap of falling into victimhood
 
🧠 PRACTICAL TIPS:
✨ How to make space to practise visualisation
✨ How *detachment* to your current state can help achieve your desired identity
✨ Physical behaviours: look people in the eye, pause before you speak, stand a little taller
✨ Treat your time as valuable currency
 
Discover more here: https://www.remapmentalfitness.com/
 
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Farhan Lalji is the Founder & General Partner of LTV Capital, a platform for emerging managers & investors in world-changing ventures. He is also a Teaching Fellow at London Business School and Entrepreneur in Residence at King’s College.
 
In this episode, Steph and Farhan discuss:
 
📈 The UK as a player on the global stage
📈 Thoughts on venture capital scout networks (and who’s doing well)
📈 When his business got acquired *during* a crowdfunding campaign (hint: it was a bit awks)
📈 His view from the boardroom table (he sat on EIGHT!!)
📈 Privilege in entrepreneurship
📈 How to successfully pivot
 
For more information on what Farhan is building, take a look at https://medium.com/ltv-capital/ltv-capital-so-why-the-lion-8071d3ec7dfb
 
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From 1984 in Cairo to 2024 in London, Stephanie Melodia interviews Charlotte Ayoub of TLC Sport, the inclusive sportswear brand featured in the likes of Cosmopolitan, The Times, Marie Claire, The Independent, The Guardian, and more.
 
In this episode Steph and Charlotte discuss:
 
🧘🏽‍♀️ Building a body positive brand that connects with women’s empowerment
🧘🏽‍♀️ The importance of product development in line with customer needs
🧘🏽‍♀️ Marketing an anti-trend product in a trend-led industry
🧘🏽‍♀️ Retailer partnerships including lessons from fashion buyer c*ck-ups 
🧘🏽‍♀️ No (wo)man is an island - the importance of a good team
🧘🏽‍♀️ Learning that 'perfect' is the enemy of 'good' - thanks to Black Friday catastrophe!
 
Discover more about TLC Sport: https://tlcsport.co.uk/
 
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Richard Hadler is the 3x exited co-founder of Founders Capital, angel investor in 20 companies (including Spacegoods, Odin, Freja) and author of 'Marketing: The Bottom Line.' 
 
In this episode, Steph and Rich discuss:
 
🚀 Hiring strategies
🚀 Lessons from a D2C cocktail brand
🚀 The role of boards and gaining diverse perspectives 
🚀 Rich's role as an advisor, helping to provide a helicopter view to gain perspective
🚀 Leaning into your entrepreneurial gut instinct
 
Learn more about Founders Capital here: https://www.founders-capital.com/
 
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Ziv Reichert is a VC Partner at LocalGlobe, the seed stage venture capital firm behind the likes of Citymapper, Wise and Zoopla.
 
In this episode, Steph and Ziv discuss:
 
💰 Top tips on getting a busy investor's attention
💰 A VC’s perspective on the fundraising environment ("we’re an easy scapegoat")💰 What gets Ziv excited as an investor (top themes and specific breakdown of favourite companies)💰 How Ziv tries to stay ahead of the curve and cultivate a futurist "crystal ball" mindset
💰 The key ingredients for startup success 
💰 Thoughts on AI
 
Learn more about LocalGlobe here: https://www.linkedin.com/company/localglobe/
 
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Norma Cassius is a Money Management Consultant and Psychotherapist with 20+ years' experience in the financial Sector and 17+ years' as a qualified Psychotherapist in Harley Street, London.
 
Our finances and mindset are so intertwined that it makes perfect sense that Norma has combined her financial and psychotherapy expertise with her mission to help people manage both their money and their mindset.
 
Norma has successfully helped hundreds of people and delivered financial education talks to over 16,000 individuals in 2024 alone.
 
In this episode, Steph and Norma discuss:
 
💸 Norma's background, including the influence of her Jamaican parents and raising three kids under the age of 6 while working part-time
💸 How Norma discovered her "ikigai" and now living her best life in her 60s
💸 The fundamentals of money management including financial language and basic terminologies💸 The links between personal finances and your mental health
💸 How to take the leap into entrepreneurship financially
💸 How to use money as an empowering tool
 
Learn more about Norma Cassius here: https://www.normacassius.com/
 
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