Lessons learned from Standup Comedian Russell Hicks
Lessons learned from Standup Comedian Russell Hicks

This blog post is to go with my podcast interview with Russell Hicks - which goes live today. There will be the first airing of my new pre-roll, a new 'old' music voice over, and very different content. I was very, very pleased to have Russell on the show and it was a great pleasure to have a long conversation with a comedian whose work I genuinely admire.

So, who is Russell? Russell Hicks is a successful American Standup Comedian who lives and works mainly in the UK.

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Entrepreneurship, Ideas, Public SpeakingRichard Lucas
Five things I learned from Asaf Navot - Founder - Home Made
Five things I learned from Asaf Navot - Founder - Home Made

This post is part of a series to go with the Project Kazimierz podcast. This interview is on line here.

Asaf Navot is the founder of Home Made in London, a fast growing residential property service which is both cheaper and better than existing services.

Prior to founding his startup Asaf did an MBA at Insead, was a consultant with Bain Private Equity Group and Wilson Perumal, and served in the Israeli Armed Services

My goal is to have a post on my blog here supporting podcast interviews when I have reflections to share - though these thoughts are mine, not Asaf's).

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Entrepreneurship, InvestingRichard Lucas
How to implement successful B2B Content Marketing - and an interview with Augie Kennady of ShipMonk
How to implement successful B2B Content Marketing - and an interview with Augie Kennady of ShipMonk

In B2B marketing - content is king - an interview with Augustin Kennady of ShipMonk by Richard Lucas

This article ends with "how to" and "what to do" for those who are already sold on the idea. If you want to listen to top professionals Sonal Chokshi from a16z and Camille Ricketts is the Head of Content and Marketing at First Round Capital here not everyone will have the budgets to operate at their level, but the thought they put into their Content strategy and the resources and effort they deploy show how seriously they take it.

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Community Building, Entrepreneurship, IdeasRichard Lucas
How to approach a mentor - lessons from a Silicon Valley millionaire
How to approach a mentor - lessons from a Silicon Valley millionaire

This is not a regular Richard Lucas post – because it wasn't him who wrote it. My name is Hugo Dutka. I am a Polish high school student and I like meeting entrepreneurs. Richard suggested I share this story.

To cut a long story short, I was lucky enough to spend my last summer in California. I wanted to meet entrepreneurs in Bay Area, but Polish high school students tend not to know successful business people in Silicon Valley. Luckily, I knew Richard. So I sent him a short message:

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Community Building, Entrepreneurship, Ideas, InvestingRichard Lucas