HFL Podcast

Michal Bohanes and I talk about content marketing, his company Kontent360. Content marketing is a concept that's been around since the latter part of the 19th century and has had a tremendous resurgence over the course of the past two decades. It has exploded since the end of the 00s. Will it keep growing moving forward? What platforms will emerge and how should companies and individuals use content marketing to drive their brands and sales? Tune in to this episode of the HFL Podcast to learn more!

Reach out to Kontent360 if you need help with your content marketing at Michal@kontent360.com

In this episode I talk to REVOLUTs Asia Pacific growth launcher, Chester Sarveen and REVOLUTs Norwegian country manager, Espen Myklebust. We talk about REVOLUT to-date, some of the challenges they're facing in the Asia Pacific-region and North America. Discussion regarding their current status with their newly granted UK banking license and what this means for the future expansion of REVOLUT. Why growth hacking is great for startups, blitz-scaling for rapid international expansion and FinTech in Norway. Lastly, Espen and I talk about how to get involved with disruptive startups and how he got into REVOLUT as a young graduate; how you can get involved moving forward. Follow REVOLUT in Norway on Facebook.

In this episode I talk to Stas Kulminski, founder of the PartyMakerApp. We discuss the startup, different pivots they've done and how the company has evolved since Stas and his co-founder Aliona started it two years ago. What challenges lay ahead, and how to view and interpret challenges and pivots along the way. Having a bootstrapping mindset and getting things done! Check out https://www.partymakerapp.com/ and @partymakerapp_official on here!

In this episode I go through my list of 10 thing to do to increase your chances of success as tech entrepreneurs in 2019! Find me on LinkedIn.

1. The Idea; 2. The Founders; 3. Do Your Research; 4. Make Your Prototype; 5. Identify Your First Customer/Partnership; 6. Create Your Team; 7. Incorporate; 8. Fundraising; 9. Iterate often --> MVP

Throughout the episode I mention a few services and they can be found here:

https://www.invisionapp.com/ (for InVision Studios (Screens) and InVision prototype-making)

https://www.sketch.com/ (for Graphic Design (Screens))

https://www.rapidformations.co.uk/ (for UK incorporation)

https://www.seedlegals.co.uk/ (for UK contracts and legal documents)

https://www.businessinabox.com/ (for US contracts and legal documents)

Lars Størseth and Slava Baranovskiy sit down to talk about his new project, Eligent Club, which is a community, club and accelerator for tech entrepreneurs and startups in London and globally. The community part focuses on engaging with like-minded individuals and is open for all. The member part focuses on giving back, and growing the ecosystem of entrepreneurs. The accelerator gives structured support and growth for early-stage startups over two months. Learn more on at Eligent Club's website, here. Find Slava, here.

Lars Størseth & Joe Welstead talk about his startup Motion Nutrition, what they're doing, how it started and how they went about bringing a unique supplement brand into a market with lots of big players. Joe & Lars talk about challenges they faced and Motion Nutrition's new visual identity.

Listeners to the HFL Podcast can go to www.motionnutrition.com and get heavily discounted prices on their old collection, and starting February 1st, pre-order their new collection featuring their innovative new packaging. 

Lars Størseth & Eirik Nerdal from Startup Norway talk about the Angel Challenge, what it takes to push through barriers, and give perspective on what happens when we go and and try, what happens when we fail... Startup Norway has two new cohorts for their Growth Challenge, applications open January 14th, and applications for the spring cohorts of the Angel Challenge also open on January 14th. Find it all on AngelChallenge.com

Connect with Eirik on LinkedIn.

Lars Størseth and Frida Rustøen talk about her company, Mingl, and how it started, what they’ve been doing, how Frida got into entrepreneurship and what the future of the company looks like. Mingl.no is offering an exclusive giveaway and promotion to all HFL Podcast listeners. You can get the app here: Mingl.no by Mingl AS https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/mingl-no/id1276639898?mt=8

Lars Størseth and Marc Watum from the Vertex talk about business, entrepreneurship and how to get started.. You can find Marc on LinkedIn, and thevertex.org