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Starting and growing your business as an expat will test you to the limit but the rewards can more than compensate. Become a business hero for your customers, your family and of course yourself. But first you have to navigate your fears and concerns, adopt the right mindset, learn from others mistakes, build a supportive network and have a smart plan. Join Alex Congdon, a UK expat in Switzerland, as he interviews expat business entrepreneurs and experts from around the world as they share th ...
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A brain-storming session at a BBQ with friends inspired Barbara Lax to quit her successful engineering career and create a winning child care concept for modern families and companies in Switzerland. Undaunted by attempts to sabotage her business and the inevitable family struggles, Barbara eventually won Veuve Clicquot's Swiss Business Woman of th…
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James Moffat is a Scottish born entrepreneur living in Switzerland. After 20 years in the corporate world and thinking, ‘Is this it?’ he found himself on the outside, looking for a new adventure. On his journey to gain his own clarity and purpose, he built a business helping entrepreneurs better align to their own purpose whilst boosting their visi…
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Yuri van der Sluis is a Dutch sales expert, speaker and author living in the Valencia region of Spain. His passion is helping B2B sales organisations to lead with trust because without trust in the sales process you’ll never create value. Full of inspiration and enthusiasm, Yuri speaks to Alex about his struggles and difficulties in setting up the …
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One of the hardest things a business owner faces is setting the price for their products, especially if you are the product! Janene Liston moved from California to Switzerland and has taken her career expertise and created a business advising small & medium sized businesses on their pricing and how to charge what you are worth. And that's why she c…
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Johan Franzen, a Swede living in Switzerland, is proving there is entrepreneurial life after a long and successful corporate career. He's created what he calls a “virtual swiss army knife for your entrepreneurial journey”, a platform for entrepreneurs that want to connect and be part of a trusted community of like minded business owners and special…
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Yann Ilunga is a Swiss-Italian entrepreneur based in Helsinki. His passion is podcasting and as well as producing his own successful shows, he coaches those interested in starting and growing a podcast very often to support their business. He also has a successful Facebook community group with over 2,400 member from all over the world and has been …
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Guy White is the founder of Catalyx, a successful and very innovative agency based in Geneva helping brands connect with their ideal consumers. Originally from the UK, Guy quit the safety of corporate life to start his 1st business before he turned 30. In this episode Guy we discuss his view of risk, entrepreneurship and leading a start-up organisa…
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Sarah SantaCroce is a Switzerland born and bred LinkedIn expert who spent time living abroad in California where she mastered the art of social media networks. Now living back in Switzerland, Sarah was able to build on her experience to build her business and the LinkedIn expertise that she has today. Sarah works with introverted entrepreneurs, coa…
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Melitta Campbell, has a formula for helping women start a business on their own terms. Originally from Wales, she's now in Montreux, Switzerland and has overcome her own out of balance lifestyle to become a successful business coach for women. The full episode page is available here: https://www.alexcongdon.com/20…
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Jonathan Cave is a Geneva based New Zealander who quit the "good life" managing the lives & money of ultra wealthy families and is now on a mission to help individuals and teams connect with their purpose so they can live extraordinary lives. He says that it all starts with getting clarity and that only then can you truly be happy and perform to yo…
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Alessia Minkus, serial entrepreneur, award winning business owner, international speaker and trainer. Originally from Rome Italy (today spends half her time in California) between her and her partners they have started over 60 different companies generating over $2 billion in sales. Her main business today is Industry Rockstar which is currently to…
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Michelle Masters, from California, is a world leader in NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming) and has the incredible gift of helping people rewire their brains to overcome limiting beliefs around money and other areas of personal change. Her latest book is called Money Magic and you can find more details on her work and the book on the show notes, at …
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Sundae Schneider-Bean is an intercultural strategist and host of The Expat Happy Hour podcast, which has been rated no.1 on iTunes Places & Travel section. Originally from North Dakota, she lives in South Africa but calls Switzerland home. She works with individuals and organisations in over 60 countries helping them adapt as quickly as possible to…
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Interview with Sam Dorri, a Brit in Singapore, who creates customised art for parents who want to preserve their favourite parenting memories in Singapore. Sam gave up working with big brands and agencies and sought her independence as an expat, moving from the UK through Bahrain and eventually Singapore. We cover solopreneurship, the need for part…
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Stuart Elliott, a British expat, arrived in southern China via a long detour through Southern Africa and whilst raising a new family, runs his global coaching practice from there. He's passionate about mindset and hypnosis as ways of building your confidence. Show Notes: Free 5 x step confidence boosting course https://doubleccoaching.com https://w…
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Ekaterina Filippova (Kat) helps entrepreneurs make their brands and websites more visible online, dare I say radiate? Her journey to Montreux, Switzerland started in a town in the Urals, Russia where the Soviet nuclear program was born. Sit back and listen to Kat's story, a wonderful heart centred person who makes a difference to those she works wi…
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Interview with Alex Greve, a Dutch 'Food Techie' entrepreneur living in Malta & founder of KickDish.com, an e-commerce app unifying meal planning and grocery shopping. Tells the story of his ups & downs of building an eCommerce app, testing before building & how to outsource (& in source) programming work. Show Notes: www.KickDisk.com www.Upwork.co…
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Stuart Kibbe moved from the USA to Geneva, Switzerland where he founded THE IT GUYS, a very successful IT services business. On the way, he mentored disadvantaged children in inner city London, a phase which has greatly influenced his ability to show compassion for all those he works with today. As a double entrepreneur couple, Stuart is passionate…
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Diana Dentinger is an Innovative Change Maker & Influential Thought Leader who inspires you to Live "who you really are". Entrepreneur, Corporate Team Builder & Executive Coach. From Chicago, USA, now living in Torino, Italy. Podcaster & author. She starts the episode telling us that you need to choose between the two major values of freedom and st…
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Tulia Lopes is not acting! She's a Brazilian living in Germany and tells her story of bouncing back from business failure in Spain to becoming an award winning public speaker and coach & mentor, helping women boost their confidence & find their authentic message. Show Notes: www.tulialopes.com www.speakupandleadacademy.com On Amazon Books - Leading…
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Dange Durrett left recently independent Lithuania for Chicago to raise her son and build her growth consulting business. She's on a mission to stop small businesses failing (85% do after 18 months) and explains why creating your own network can boost your sales and more! Show Notes: Labas Connect on Facebook www.LabasConnect.com…
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Steph Fonteyn, an internationally exhibited artist, Tedx Speaker and Team Building expert explains how she overcame post natal depression (& a career in HR) to realise her dream of being an artist and an entrepreneur. Show notes: Www.stephfonteyn.com Www.collaborativeart.ch Info@stephfonteyn.com Instagram: stephfonteyn Facebook: stephfonteyn…
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Martin Daubney, a Brit in Switzerland, has transformed his own experience with excessive corporate workplace stress into a coaching & training business helping other companies rid themselves of the same. In this interview we cover his transition from corporate leader to independent coach and trainer and how discovering his strengths was his first k…
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I talk with Barbara Roux-Levrat, coach & mentor, on how women, and men too, can lead a kick ass life by stop being too nice to everyone! Barbara's story, moving from the Dominican Republic (via Scotland) to Switzerland, will resonate with women (and men!) who want to stop pleasing everyone and live their life on their own terms. Show Notes: You can…
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In this interview with Sweden's most innovative digital storyteller, Naseem Quraishi Larsson explains why telling your story on film, flaws and all, can be the key to connecting to your clients and re-creating your personal brand and identity. Especially after you've ditched your corporate career and need a new identity for your business. Naseem ha…
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In this episode of The Expat Business Hero I talk (& laugh) with Keven Gambold who created a drone consulting business in the USA after leaving the British Royal Air Force as a Bomber Pilot. Show Notes: "How to Blow 1 Million Dollars - An Ex-Entrepreneurs Guide on What NOT to do". By Keven Gambold - Available on Amazon Today Keven runs www.UnManned…
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Justin Damian Furness wants to help you lead a fulfilled life and that's why he created the Life Print System, a transformation program he delivers around the world. In this interview, Justin shares the ups and downs of moving from South Africa to Switzerland, creating a business as an expat and the importance of 'adapt or die' as a guiding princip…
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I feel for you. I know what it's like. The reality can be quite different from the dream. Didn’t they tell you that? In this inaugural episode Alex Congdon explores the fears and concerns that expats have in setting up a business in a foreign land and look forward to the upcoming interviews with expat business owners who have done it and become her…
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