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Join us in the exciting world of Your Global Village, a community living and working in an Entrepreneur Metaverse Village.
In this Podcast we share the Stories of each resident and find the lessons learned that can help YOU get Better Results and have a Bigger Impact.
Whether you're just starting out in your business or you're a seasoned entrepreneur, you'll find fresh ideas and inspiration in these Stories.
The Backstory
The key moments, the forks in the road and the influences that shaped who we are today.
The Present Story
The lives we're transforming and why it matters.
The Future Story
How we will help create the story of tomorrow's world.
Introducing
Season 1
Episode 14
From adventures around the world to creating an immersive metaverse for global entrepreneurs - The Three Stories of Annelize Booysen
Annelize Booysen is resident number 9 Global Square and Founder and Architect of Your Global Village.
Annelize shares her backstory and the importance of travel and adventures in shaping her perspective. She's lived and worked in 9 different countries and talks about the life philosophy that has guided her key decisions along the journey. She is the founder and architect of Your Global Village, creating wealth and global impact as a community. Annelize shares how villagers are transformed in Your Global Village, not just by getting to really know each other, but also by working together collaboratively doing business. Her vision sees us celebrating the first 100 villages, cutting down on single use plastics and growing a $100 million economy for Your Global Village.
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1:00 - Part 1 -Annelize’s backstory of her early travel and adventure experience
3:20 - More key moments and then working in different countries
7:20 - Life philosophy that guides Annelize
10:16 - Partnering with ideas
11:20 - Part 2 -Working with new villagers at Your Global Village
15:00 - The 9 step pathway for new villages
17:20 - Business results of villagers and creating a village economy
19:40 - Translating the brand identity into a 3D merchant house for villagers
22:20 - Part 3 - How are you creating impact and looking back in the last 5 years from year 2027
25:40 - Contributing as a creator
Episode 13
From a career in technology to creating a community of people living a mindful and impactful life - The Three Stories of Ronan Mac Domhnaill
Ronan Mac Domhnaill is the founder of Cred and resident number 8 Global Square of Your Global Village.
Ronan shares his story of leaving his career in technology to live a life of freedom snowboarding, doing Ironman, property investing and getting a pilot’s license, then to losing everything in the global financial crisis. Ronan talks about how he started Cred as the “Salesforce for yourself” and created his vision of making a difference helping people live a more authentic and mindful life. He shares the importance of being part of a community and why it is important to take time to create self awareness and connect with others.
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1:16 - Part 1 - The backstory of Ronan Mac Domhnaill
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10:41 - Part 2 - How Cred works with others to create more giving
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11:41 - How to turn giving into a habit and creating his personal board of advisors
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14:10 - Challenges faced by leaders in organizations
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17:34 - How a Men's Mental Health group with a university made a difference
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22:22 - Part 3 - Ronan’s future vision and ripple impact
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24:08 - Inspiration from Shawshank Redemption
Episode 12
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From Actuarial Analyst to running a Podcast Agency and Creating a Podcast Collective in DAOs - The Three Stories of Woon Tan
Woon Tan is the founder of Podcast Publishing and resident at number 6 Global Square of Your Global Village.
Woon Tan is a podcast mentor and owner of Podcast Publishing, a podcast agency that helps impact entrepreneurs learn how to start and grow their podcasts. Woon talks about his journey from insurance actuarial analyst to starting his first podcast in 2013. From working as a community manager for London’s largest co-working space for sustainable startups, to running more than 60 community events. Woon shares his journey of leaving the corporate world to becoming a freelancer and then starting a podcast agency. Woon talks about how his work supporting entrepreneurs to grow their personal brand and community while creating impact and shares his vision of the future of creating a podcast collective and participating in DAOs to create educational and inspirational podcasts.
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1:16 - Part 1 - The backstory of Woon Tan
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6:28 - Leaving the corporate world to launching a podcast and running communities
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8:50 - Part 2 - How Podcast Publishing work with impact entrepreneurs
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13:18 - Why podcasters love podcasting
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16:06 - Part 3 - Woon’s purpose and future vision
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20:00 - Why podcasting is a great way to create impact
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23:59 - Woon’s vision for a podcast collective and working with DAOs
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26:46 - Woon’s inspiring message on a billboard
Episode 11
From Creative Artist to Global Branding Agency - The Three Stories of Jan Santos
Jan Santos is the founder and CEO of Creative Scoop and resident at number 20 Global Square of Your Global Village.
Jan Santos is a Branding and Identity Coach, host of the Creative Talk podcast and founder of Creative Scoop - a global branding agency. Jan talks about his journey as a creative artist and his experience as an artist on social media in the days of Friendster and Myspace. From working as an inker on a Marvel Comic project to starting his agency, he has come a long way and continues to grow till this day. Creative Scoop is a 20 people team helping entrepreneurs, speakers, coaches, authors and online personalities take their branding to the next level. Jan shares his vision of the future and his passion for helping the next generation of creative artists.
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1:36 - Part 1 - The backstory of Jan Santos
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7:10 - How Jan went from artist to entrepreneur in the era of Friendster and Myspace
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13:07 - Working as an inker on Marvel Comics to creating a portfolio at the dawn of social media
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14:50 - Part 2 - Challenges that clients face when starting out on their branding journey
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18:50 - How Jan works with clients to take their branding to the next level
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23:40 - The secret to why Jan’s team is so good at branding for social media
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26:57 - Part 3 - Jan’s vision for himself and the impact he want to create
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28:55 - Jan’s audacious vision for Creative Scoop
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32:30 - Final advice for content creators and modern entrepreneurs
Episode 10
From Telesummits to Designing Communities - The Three Stories of Maruxa Murphy
Maruxa Murphy is the founder of Create Sell Impact and resident number 7 of Global Square of Your Global Village.
Maruxa is a community architect with a passion for growing profitable and engaged communities. She started her journey in The Philippines and throughout her life has combined her curiosity for people with building large communities. She shares the 4 sacreds of communities and insightful tips on why it is so important to be a part of a community and why businesses need to create one. Maruxa shares her vision of the impact she wants to bring to the world through her work with communities and the book she is writing.
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0:54 Maruxa’s diverse heritage and where her passion for communities came from
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5:49 Creating a telesummit community of over 250,000 people in 2 years
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9:11 How Maruxa work with clients
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11:06 What is the benefit of creating a community
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13:40 The transformation of having a community
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16:07 If today is 2027, what are the highlights of the past 5 years?
Episode 9
From Programming to E-commerce -
The Three Stories of Eva Dalgety
Eva Dalgety is founder of Dalgety Marketing Solutions and resident number 12 of Global Square of Your Global Village.
In this episode Eva shares her journey from leaving Guyana to becoming a programmer and then a teacher to starting to her online business, first selling an e-book. Eva caught the e-commerce bug, joining forces with her brothers to set up an online tea business. With her current business, Dalgety Marketing Solutions, Eva works with clients on their e-commerce business to help them go digital. Eva’s vision is to develop e-Genies to give personalized service that is high touch. At the same time Eva’s passion is for Quality Education and she is working towards sponsoring a young girl from Guyana to study STEM at university.
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0:40 Part 1 - Eva’s backstory from Guyana to Nottingham in the UK
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5:12 First ebook sale and online venture
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7:50 Part 2 - What Dalgety Marketing Solutions offer
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11:43 Helping clients with physical products go digital
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17:04 Eva’s scorecard that helps you track and measure your ecommerce success
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20:27 Part 3 - How Eva is contributing to creating a bigger impact
Episode 8
From Nuclear Industry to Financial Educator - The 3 Stories of Susan Ritter
Susan Ritter is founder of Wealthy Wise Woman and resident number 13 of Global Square of Your Global Village.
In this episode, Susan shares her journey from the nuclear industry to becoming financial free and traveling the world with her son. She talks about her journey into real estate, saving and investing to setting up of Wealthy Wise Woman while moving to Penang, Malaysia. She now works with women to help them transform their wealth by becoming more confident in managing money and investments.She shares her experience why women need a different type of support and how she is able to coach her clients and bring great results for them. Susan shares her vision of her sustainable community with amazing artists.
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0:49 Susan’s backstory from the nuclear industry and moving to Malaysia
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5:12 What it means to be a global citizen and the shock of seeing her retirement plan disappearing
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14:20 The challenges women face with money
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22:20 Awareness of asset classes and managing risk and returns
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25:18 How Susan work with her clients
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27:13 What are the biggest mindset changes when clients start seeing results
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29:58 Susan’s future vision of where she sees Wealth Wise Woman in 5 years
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From Scientist to Heritage Interpreter Entrepreneur - The 3 Stories of Lorna Charlton
Lorna Charlton is founder of At Heart and resident 10 of Global Square of Your Global Village.
In this episode, Lorna shares key lessons learned from her background in academics, being a heritage interpreter in Australia and becoming a mum to embarking on the journey of entrepreneurship. Lorna talks about how her experiences lead her to work with other individuals to find their purpose, passion and legacy.
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0.45 Part1 - Lorna’s backstory starting out in academic research
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6.13 How Lorna took action based on her personal interest in photography, film and storytelling
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10:43 Becoming a heritage interpreter and journey into entrepreneurship
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14:30 Part 2 - Helping clients discover and get to their passion, purpose, impact and legacy
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18:57 How to ignite your passion and purpose
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20:28 Launching of Red Shoes On Podcast
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23:58 Part 3 - Lorna’s vision for the future
Episode 7
How I Bring Value
From Corporate Consultant to Entrepreneur Making a Difference -
The 3 Stories of Michélle Booysen
Michélle Booysen is co-founder of Pétanque NXT and resident of number 19 Global Square in Your Global Village.
In this episode, Michélle shares her journey of leaving the corporate world to do business planning and then alongside co-founder, MJ Fick growing Pétanque into a 34 people team working with international clients across the spectrum. Michélle talks about a key turning point in her journey: a heart attack at age 42 while running a big project and the need to immediately scale her business with new team members while still recovering in hospital. She also shares her experience as a Creator and how her passion for process helps her clients.
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0:49 Michelle’s backstory living with diabetes
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6:06 Why Michelle studied law, learning economics and calling herself a process engineer
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10:42 How Pétanque NXT got started
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15:52 How Pétanque work with clients
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20:44 What are the results and outcomes from working with clients
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24:28 Final advice and call-to-action
Episode 7
From Corporate Consultant to Entrepreneur Making a Difference -
The 3 Stories of Michélle Booysen
Michélle Booysen is co-founder of Pétanque NXT and resident of number 19 Global Square in Your Global Village.
In this episode, Michélle shares her journey of leaving the corporate world to do business planning and then alongside co-founder, MJ Fick growing Pétanque into a 34 people team working with international clients across the spectrum. Michélle talks about a key turning point in her journey: a heart attack at age 42 while running a big project and the need to immediately scale her business with new team members while still recovering in hospital. She also shares her experience as a Creator and how her passion for process helps her clients.
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0:49 Michelle’s backstory living with diabetes
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6:06 Why Michelle studied law, learning economics and calling herself a process engineer
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10:42 How Pétanque NXT got started
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15:52 How Pétanque work with clients
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20:44 What are the results and outcomes from working with clients
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24:28 Final advice and call-to-action
Episode 5
From Corporate Employee to First-Mover Entrepreneur -
The 3 Stories of Sharad Agarwal
Sharad Agrawal is the founder of OnlyWebinars and resident 14 of Global Square of Your Global Village.
In this episode, Sharad shares key lessons learned from being a pioneer as the first internet service company in the middle east in 1996. Sharad talks about how OnlyWebinar works with clients such as Reuters and Hitachi and why they are so effective in helping their businesses grow. Sharad talks about his passion as a serial networker and why his webinar series create so much engagement for audiences.
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0:52 Part 1 - Sharad’s Backstory of leaving a corporate career
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3:35 Biggest lesson from being an entrepreneur
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6:62 Top tip on how to stay relevant 25 years into an entrepreneurial journey
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9:10 Part 2 - How Only Webinars is making a difference for clients
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13:52 How brands benefit from webinar marketing
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18:36 Part 3 - Sharad’s Vision and future story
Episode 4
From Electronics Engineer to Storyteller - The 3 stories of Paul Dunn
Paul Dunn is the chairman of B1G1 and resident of Number 4 Global Square of Your Global Village.
In this episode, Paul tells us about his journey and what he's learned about how words and stories can shape one’s business. He also shares his philosophy on what defines a successful leader and talks about his work with many small businesses, infusing it all with his wonderful wisdom.
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[0:51] Part 1 - Paul’s life stories from Hewlett Parkard to having a speaking career
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[11:37] Insights from Paul’s journey with B1G1
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[15:15] Part 2 - Why B1G1’s approach is so different
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[21:38] How does B1G1 change the way people think
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[26:15] Shifting the spirit of how business operate
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[28:15] The importance of defining your impact statement
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[32:30] The key message of why and how storytellers create impact
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[34:18] Part 3 - How is Paul thinking about his future impact
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[41:07] One final piece of advice from Paul
Episode 3
From an Opportunity-Poor Village to becoming a Sustainable Business Leader - The Three Stories of Lourdes Gant
Lourdes Gant is the founder of Lourdes Gant Coaching and resident of Number 16 Global Square of Your Global Village.
In this episode, Lourdes shares her backstory of emigrating to North America and starting her personal development journey and becoming a leader in the field of sustainability. She shares her top tips and her experience working with visionary women leaders.
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[1:33] Part 1 - Behind the stories with Lourdes Gant
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[2:38] Importance of acknowledging life values
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[4:26] Her journey from Philippines to Canada
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[6:38] The Business of Aquaculture podcast with Lourdes Gant
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[8:46] Lourdes’s podcast - Business of Aquaculture
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[12:02] Part 2 - The before and after stories of how Lourdes work with clients
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[15:36] Lourdes shares her experience working with women leaders
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[18:33] Part 3 - How Lourdes is planning her future achievements
Episode 2
From Complicated Numbers to Illuminating Words -
The Three Stories of Trevor Merriden
Trevor Merriden is the Founder of Merriborn Media and resident of No 2 Global Square in Your Global Village.
In this episode, Trevor shares his journey of commitment and how he evolved from being an economist to becoming a journalist, and then going on to running Merriborn Media. Implementing his journalism knowledge, Trevor helps businesses to unlock their thought leadership. He shares his experience working with corporate leaders to improve marketing and sales by becoming more content confident.
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[1:17] Part 1 - Background and insights of Trevor’s journey from economics and journalism
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[7:01] Part 2 - Trevor’s content services to help entrepreneurs become thought leaders
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[10:54] Why a creating a report positions your thought leadership and lead to more marketing and sales
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[17:35] Shaping the future of content
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[19:16] Part 3 - Foreseeing the highlight moments within the future five years
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[20:14] Trevor’s focus on UN Global Goal No 16, Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
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From Savvy Six-Year Old to Tenacious Titan -
The Three Stories of Neeraj Shah
Neeraj Shah is the founder of Titan Masterminds and resident of No 3 Global Square in Your Global Village.
In this first episode, Neeraj talks about his journey from childhood to growing BNI India to over 10,000 members across 21 cities and becoming an expert in online networking on the social media platform LinkedIn. He shares the pivotal moments that shaped him and talks about how he works with entrepreneurs and leaders that lead to successful collaborations and business growth.
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[1:46] Part 1 - How Neeraj discovered his talent for teaching
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[7:52] How Neeraj started a networking revolution in India
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[9:09] Part 2 - How Neeraj work with clients when they first meet him
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[12:00] Pivoting into online and using Linkedin
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[14:06] Why use LinkedIn for business networking
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[17:05] Part 3 - The Future of Titan Masterminds
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[18:03] How a collaboration created a financial investment system with over $10m of assets
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[25:13] Final advice from Neeraj