Entrepreneurship and Leadership

Entrepreneurship and Leadership

episodes

Interviews hosted by Richard Lucas--business and social entrepreneur who founded, led and/or invested in more than 30 businesses--and Kimon Fountoukidis--the founder of both Argos Multilingual and PMR.

CEO Secrets with Dougal Shaw

June 4, 2024

CEO Secrets

Dougal Shaw

Richard interviews BBC Journalist Dougal Shaw about his book CEO Secrets based on the BBC Series CEO secrets in which he interviewed 100s of CEOs. W…

The Polish-British Business Landscape

March 21, 2024

The Polish-British Business Landscape

Michael Dembinski

In this episode Richard interviews not an entrepreneur but a business journalist with detailed knowledge of the Polish and British business landscape …

Innovating and Competing in the Crowded World of Food Delivery

January 30, 2024

Innovating and Competing in the Crowded World of Food Delivery

Faisal Kanji

Richard and Kimon speak with Faisal Kanji, co-founder of hungerhub, an innovative catering company. Based in Canada, hungerhub combines the quality of…

AI Chatbots and the Future of Customer Service

January 15, 2024

AI Chatbots and the Future of Customer Service

Gonçalo Consiglieri

Richard and Kimon recently interviewed Gonçalo Consiglieri, the co-founder of Visor.ai, a company specializing in AI and automation solutions for cust…

Public Success, Private Grief

December 18, 2023

Public Success, Private Grief

Peter Cowley

Richard and Kimon talk to Peter Cowley, angel investor and author of the book, Public Success, Private Grief. Peter started his career as a software e…

Innovative Education Entrepreneurship: A Conversation with Philipp Legner

December 4, 2023

Innovative Education Entrepreneurship

Philipp Legner

In this episode, Kimon and Richard speak with Philipp Legner, founder of educational software Mathigon. After graduating from the University of Cambri…

Uncovering Aspects of History: A Conversation with Oliver Webb-Carter

November 6, 2023

Uncovering Aspects of History

Oliver Webb-Carter

Richard and Kimon speak with Oliver Webb-Carter, co-founder and editor of Aspects of History, a magazine and website that showcases great writing and …

Finding Great Founders

October 23, 2023

Finding Great Founders

James Green

Richard and Kimon speak with James Green, one of the co-founders of DQ Ventures, a company that assists experienced professionals launch their own bus…

A Natural-Born Salesman: A Conversation with Simon Stanisz

October 2, 2023

A Natural-Born Salesman

Simon Stanisz

In this episode, Richard and Kimon interview Simon Stanisz, the co-founder of The NorthStar Consulting Group. Simon is a sales expert who has recently…

Trust in Leadership: Why Work Environments Based on Trust and Transparency Thrive

August 7, 2023

Trust in Leadership

Watch here On this week's episode, Richard and Kimon continue their discussion on business, focusing particularly on leadership and management. Star…

Developing Authentic Business Relationships: Kimon and Richard on Enterprise Sales

July 10, 2023

Developing Authentic Business Relationships

In this episode, Richard and Kimon interview each other about B2B sales, also known as enterprise sales. These days, many businesses are considering h…

Ego in Business: A Conversation Between Kimon Fountoukidis and Richard Lucas

June 26, 2023

Ego in Business

In this episode, Richard and Kimon interview each other about the role of ego in business. The common perception is that entrepreneurs, typically men,…

Scaling Up: A Conversation with James Hyde

June 12, 2023

Scaling Up

Richard and Kimon speak with James Hyde, non-executive director of James and James Fulfilment, in addition to founding and formerly running the compan…

The Secrets of Efficient Organizations: A Conversation with Nick Sonnenberg

April 3, 2023

The Secrets of Efficient Organizations

In this episode, Kimon and Richard speak with Nick Sonnenberg, CEO and Founder of Leverage. He is also the author of the book, Come Up For Air: How Te…

Running a Cutting Edge Family Office: A Conversation with Sameer Narula

March 20, 2023

Running a Cutting Edge Family Office

In this episode, Kimon and Richard speak with Sameer Narula, Managing Partner of August One, a private investment firm. Despite self-identifying as an…

From Banking to Business: A Conversation with Val Pilch, CEO of ForMeds

March 6, 2023

From Banking to Business

In this episode, Kimon and Richard speak with Val Pilch, CEO of ForMeds. Val was born in Krakow, living there for his early childhood before moving to…

Getting to Net Zero: A Conversation with Christian Arno

February 13, 2023

Getting to Net Zero

Christian Arno

Kimon and Richard speak with Christian Arno, founder and CEO of Pawprint, about how companies can effectively achieve sustainability goals. As a youn…

Building an Interconnected Community: A Conversation with Cormac Russell

January 30, 2023

Building an Interconnected Community

Cormac Russell

Kimon and Richard speak with Cormac Russell, Managing Director at Nurture Development. Cormac focuses on helping institutions, NGOs, governmental orga…

Building a Global AI Community: A Conversation with Rudradeb Mitra

January 16, 2023

Building a Global AI Community

Rudradeb Mitra

In this interview, Richard and Kimon speak with Rudradeb Mitra, CEO and founder of Omdena. He was born in India, moving to England as an adult to comp…

Creating a Company Culture that Lasts: A Conversation with David Regn

January 2, 2023

Creating a Company Culture that Lasts

In this interview, Richard and Kimon speak with David Regn, CEO of Stream Companies. Collectively, David oversees about 600 employees, generating an a…