Founders Club

Patrick Frick, is a trilingual (Chinese, English, German) international sales manager with strong intercultural communication skills. At wenglor he provides leadership to the sales organizations across Asia.  He co-founded and co-direct the China Flexpat Podcast to help people work and live in China. He interviews successful foreign professionals in China to give practical advice to his listeners on how to succeed in that ecosystem.  Patrick's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/patrick-frick-%E5%82%85%E6%BD%98%E7%9D%BF-5b2942112/ ----------------- Leonardo Marra is a sales management professional with a solid background in cross-functional and cross-cultural relationships. Currently managing the Asia Pacific region for Istituto Marangoni and Domus Academy, global education pillars for professional and creative learning in the Fashion, Art, and Design fields. He strives to integrate the spirit of ‘Italianess’ and celebrate the global and multicultural reach of Italian culture. He is the host of The International Business Podcast where he engages in conversations to draw insights from international business leaders. Leo's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/leonardo-marra26/

Brian Tam is a 3x TEDx speaker and the lead consultant at Let's Make Great!, where he leads corporate teams through FIRST TIME EVER challenges. From new business models to fresh brands, he guides multinational companies in China to systematically explore opportunities and work through innovations.   He's the mind behind PROTO Innovation Cards, the author of Awrignawl Creativity, and the producer of "The Rebuild" -- a documentary following the aftermath of the post-COVID pandemic.  Born in New York, and proudly raised in New Jersey - he has been in China since 2007, working to drive the fantastic change that is happening in China & the world. Let's Make Great!   ------------------------------  Brian Tam's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tamonline/

Don Wettrick is the founder of The STARTedUP Foundation, author of “Pure Genius: Building a Culture of Innovation and Taking 20% Time to the Next Level” and host of the "STARTedUP Podcast".   Don is known for his award-winning work as a middle school and high school teacher; educational and innovation consultant; and educational speaker.  ------------------- ----------------- Don Wettrick"s Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/donwettrick/

Xavier Anguera is the co-founder and CTO of ELSA Corp.  Within ELSA he is responsible for engineering, research in speech/AI, and data science.   Prior to ELSA, he founded a digital electronic/audio-books publisher aimed at helping language learners getting used to the language while reading. Earlier in his career, he was one of the founding researchers in the multimedia research department at Telefonica, where he pursued research in speech and multimedia processing.  Xavier holds a Ph.D. in speech processing since 2006 and is the co-author of over 120 published research publications.  He is also the co-inventor in multiple awarded/pending patents and an active contributor to the open-source community.   Over the years he has participated and/or organized multiple scientific open challenge competitions in the speech and multimedia areas.  ------------------------ -------------------- Xavier's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/xanguera/

Viveka von Rosen is a LinkedIn Expert & Speaker, Forbes Top 20 Most Influential. As the Chief Visibility Officer and Master Trainer at Vengreso, she helps customers to win more business using digital sales techniques like social selling. Viveka has been speaking on stage since she was 7 years old. After a brief 30 year hiatus, she started speaking again to audiences of all sizes in 2007. Her first introduction back onto the stage was as the keynote social media speaker at the Waldorf Astoria Ballroom to a room full of millionaires and billionaires. She speaks on LinkedIn regularly, on stage monthly at various events all over the world. You can check out her keynote for the Digital Day Out conference in Auckland, New Zealand. Internationally known as the “LinkedIn Expert”, Viveka works with B2B companies and executives, helping them achieve business success through the use of LinkedIn. From Auckland to Vancouver (and just about everywhere else in between). Viveka has been on stage educating and entertaining audiences about the power and potential of LinkedIn. Author of the best-selling books, “LinkedIn Marketing: An Hour a Day,” and "LinkedIn: 101 ways to Rock your Personal Brand", Viveka has been listed as a Top Social Media Influencer in Forbes for the past 4 years and a Top 25 Social Media Expert by LinkedIn. --------------------------- LinkedIn:  Linkedin.com/in/Linkedinexpert Faceboook:  Linkedin.com/LinkedInExpert Twitter.com: Twitter.com/LinkedInExpert Instagram:  instagram.com/LinkedInExpert YouTube.com: Youtube.com/Vengreso LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/Vengreso Facebook.com: facebook.com/govengreso Twitter.com: Twitter.com/govengreso Instagram:  instagram.com/Vengreso

Most individuals who have dedicated their careers to learning and talent development have spent the majority of their time in Human Resources. Christopher is different from most individuals. He’s a bold, digital-first learning and talent development leader that’s always reported directly to the business functions he’s served. As a result, he’s spent his career leading the reimagination of learning and talent development across a variety of industries, while going head-to-head with business operation leaders and being directly accountable for the outcomes. ---------------------------------- Christopher's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christopherlind/

Giuseppe Fantigrossi is the co-Founder, CEO who conceived Play2Speak while playing with the idea at the Founder’s Institute Entrepreneurship program, back in 2017.   Polyglot of 4 languages, he has 11 years of international business experience in process improvement and IT integration solution projects, and as an English Foreign Language Instructor.  Giuseppe is also a gamer at heart, who loves helping others out when he can.  Giuseppe holds an MBA and was a food scientist, once upon a time...  --------------------------------  Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/giuseppe-fantigrossi/  More about play2speak: https://youtu.be/TSSQFYpELso

Jonas Wolf is an enthusiastic facilitator, entrepreneur and leadership coach with a track record of transforming lives by inspiring and empowering people, driving change, growth, and getting results for individuals, startups, and corporations alike.    He draws on his rich background of working in 4 continents, with dozens of startups and corporates, launching his own business in Germany and the innovation agency AngelHack in China.   Jonas’ purpose is to help people and their ideas to GROW in order to make a positive difference to the world. He believes that the world needs more purpose-driven, engaged, and optimistic leaders to contribute their ideas to the companies they work for or build.   Jonas is honored to be recognized as a Forbes 30 under 30 Social Entrepreneur and a World Economic Forum Global Shaper.  He co-founded the social impact movement ChallengePreneurs whose mission is to inspire leadership, empower future leaders to lead from anywhere, and to make a difference to one million people.  --------------------------------------------  ChallengePreneurs LinkedIn Page https://www.linkedin.com/company/challengepreneurs Jonas' website: https://jonaswolf.coach

Giuseppe Tomasello is an Italian Entrepreneur, CEO & Founder at edugo.ai. With a mission to help language school get more customers online.   Edugo.ai is a SaaS platform that enables language school managers and directors to  1. Get more students online.  2. Increase in student retention.   3. Increase student engagement and learning experience   4. Manage all the students and teachers all in one place.     The Edugo.ai platform makes use of several cutting edge technologies and techniques to deliver outstanding results for their clients, including:  - AI and Natural Language Processing (NLP) technology  - Student and Teacher centered UX design  - Growth Hacking and data-driven funnel optimization  - A Lean Startup based framework for digital transformation  - Rapid user iteration  Giuseppe started the journey as a self-taught full-stack developer to build the first version of a tool for learning Mandarin.  From there he had launched 2 APPs (Edugora and Edugo.ai) in the Google Play Store and Apple APP store getting tens of thousands of downloads.  -----------------------------------------  LinkedIn Profile https://www.linkedin.com/in/giuseppe-tomasello/  More about Edugo: https://www.edugo.ai/  Become a PATRON of the podcast: https://www.patreon.com/foundersclub

Benjamin Dennehy is an engaging sales speaker, Interim sales director, and sales trainer who will explain that the barriers cemented within your selling process ARE your parents’ fault!   Dennehy brings antipodean brutality and charm to the sales experience many have never encountered before. His ‘no holds barred’ presentation will educate, inspire, motivate, and help your salespeople understand why they struggle with many of their daily sales frustrations. LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/benjamindennehy/

Sam Rathling is a Social Selling Strategist & LinkedIn Expert. She is one of the most sought after consultant in Europe on prospecting and building sales pipeline through LinkedIn. On a mission to generate £1 billion in sales for her clients by 2025.  Moreover, Sam as a SPEAKER & AUTHOR had the chance on educating thousands of individuals and business owners but also sales professionals on the power of LinkedIn for lead generation via speaking events and via her well-known book  'Linked Inbound. In her current role as founder and Chief Visionary Officer: Social selling strategist, LinkedIn Trainer & Lead Generation Expert, Sam helps companies to maximize LinkedIn to get tangible business results. She has helped her clients generate over £93.7m in closed business deals from LinkedIn in the last 18 months. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Useful links mentioned in the podcast  http://linkedin.com/sales/ssi (for the SSI score)  Article on why CEO's are so scared of LinkedIn)    https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/why-ceos-scared-linkedin-sam-rathling  Sam's Website  http://linkedinbound.co.uk (my website)  To book a call about corporate training or outsourced solutions with Sam http://calendly.com/linkedinbound/discovery  Sam's Online Academy http://linkedinorlinkedout.com  Paperback Version of Sam's Book  https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1686504667  Kindle Version of Sam's book https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07WG2VRG2  Sam's LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/samrathling-linkedinexpert/

Sean Ellis helped to bring five companies to market as VP Marketing/Growth that went on to exceed billion-dollar valuations including Dropbox, LogMeIn, Eventbrite, Uproar, and Lookout in addition to launching and selling two businesses as Founder/CEO (Qualaroo and GrowthHackers.com). Sean is author of Hacking Growth (published in 16 languages), co-creator of GoPractice.io, host of The Breakout Growth Podcast, keynote speaker and runs workshops around the world to help teams align around a cross-functional approach to growth he calls growth hacking (a term he coined in 2010). Sean has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, WIRED, Fast Company, Inc, and newspapers around the world as well as on MSNBC. Learn more at SeanEllis.me  ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Support the Podcast and become a Patron here: https://www.patreon.com/foundersclub Follow our Linkedin Official page https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-founder-club/?viewAsMember=true

Ashley Dudarenok is a renowned China marketing expert, entrepreneur, bestselling author, professional speaker, and vlogger. She was recognized as a LinkedIn Top Voice in Marketing in 2019 and chosen as an Asia-Pacific Top 25 Innovator by the Holmes Report.    She is the founder of a China-focused social media agency Alarice and China insights and training company ChoZan. Ashley runs the world’s #1 YouTube business vlog about the China market, consumers, and social media at Ashley Talks.    She is an author of 3 Amazon bestsellers on China. Ashley is an active supporter of women in leadership and is the creator of the self-development program FIRE🔥. She’s a regular contributor to the SCMP, Technode, the Next Web, China Daily and is often featured in other media such as Forbes, BBC, The Wall Street Journal, CNBC, WIRED, etc   Please add follow links to ChoZan (ww.chozan.co) and Alarice (www.alarice.com.hk) and (optional) Ashley Galina Dudarenok (www.ashleydudarenok.com)   ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------  Follow Founder Club LinkedIn page:  https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-founder-club/?viewAsMember=true

Tamar Hela is an entrepreneur based in Shanghai and the COO of the digital agency Genius Encel. She helps Fortune 500 companies in Asia generate leads through LinkedIn. As the Co-President of LinkedIn Local Asia, Tamar has created a network of communities made up of Linkedin lovers, embracing the original idea of LinkedIn Local: getting to know “the person behind the profile.” Tamar founded the LinkedIn Local Shanghai community, which has more than 3000 members, making it one of the most professional and active networks in China. Connect with Tamar at these places: Genius Encel website: https://geniusencel.agency Genius Encel Blog: https://blog.geniusencel.agency Personal website: https://tamarhela.com Personal Blog: https://blog.tamarhela.com Online courses: https://university.geniusencel.agency LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/tamarhela/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tamarhelapro Facebook fan page: https://www.facebook.com/tamarkhela/ The LinkedIn Community on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thelinkedincommunity Twitter: https://twitter.com/tamarhela Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tamar.hela/

Davide Calì is an Italian executive, researcher, and founder, who during his twenty-five years long career, successfully delivered over five hundred IT projects. More than thirty of them were executed in cooperation with Fortune 500 companies.  He led and participated in over twenty research projects, some of which resulted in Intellectual Property patents. He wrote a dozen of international IT scientific papers, specifically addressing AI-related areas such as Smart Agents, Expert Systems, NLP, Ontologies, and Machine Learning.   From 2001 to 2015 he was CTO/CEO and partner of seven Technology and Artificial Intelligence Start-ups (four Italian and three International). In 2010, he was chosen as the software expert for the Italian government delegation at the World Exhibition in Shanghai and after few years of cross border projects, in 2015, he permanently relocated to Shanghai.  In 2016 he co-founded EXPAND, a Technology Accelerator for early-stage start-ups focusing on Deep Tech, Digital Science, and Smart Industry.

Leonardo Marra is an International Sales Manager host of The International Business Podcast. As a guest, I had the chance to talk more about my experience as a start-up co-founder in the fast-paced Chinese startup ecosystem and share some of the lessons I have learned on the way.   Please subscribe to his podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/it/podcast/the-international-business-podcast/id1507121920?l=en&i=1000474933019&from=singlemessage&isappinstalled=0

Maja Voje is a growth marketing and digital transformation expert who takes a “real world, real results” approach to empowering teams and organizations. Ms. Voje’s early career accomplishments include:  • Co-instructing the best-selling online course on growth hacking in the world (used by 50,000+ students and organizations like Tesla, IBM, and Booking.com) from 2017 to the present.   https://www.udemy.com/course/growth-hacking-masterclass-become-a-digital-marketing-ninja/?couponCode=MAJA2019   • Serving as Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) during OriginTrail’s $22.5 million token generation event (TGE) in 2018  • Agreeing on an official partnership with Sean Ellis and growthhackers.com to promote growth hacking in Europe in 2019  • Managing digital projects for world-class companies like Google (2014) and Rocket Internet (2015).

Life’s too short to build something nobody wants.  After building products for more than a decade, and throughout that time searching for a better, and faster way for building successful products.  Ash Maurya joined and contributed significantly to the diffusion of the Lean Startup movement along with Eric Ries and Steve Blank.  His books Running Lean, Scaling Lean, had a huge impact on me alongside the Lean Canvas that is an amazing tool widely used by founders and early-stage startups around the globe.   Among many lessons, he has learned as a founder and entrepreneur here are the 3 most important:  - Listening to customers is key, but you have to know-how.  - Life is too short to build something nobody wants.  - Love the Problem, Not Your Solution.

In this video interview, I had the chance to talk with Chris J Reed.  International best selling author on the subjects of LinkedIn, Personal Branding, and Social Selling. Chris is infamously known as "The Only CEO With A Mohawk", recognized globally by his notorious pink mohawk!   Chris is also the No.1 Most Recommended Global LinkedIn Marketing Expert with 4 Best Selling Books about LinkedIn, CEO and Founder of the No.1 Most Recommended Global LinkedIn Marketing Firm, Black Marketing with 1,600 LinkedIn Recommendations and leads the No.1 Most Recommended Global LinkedIn Masterclass.  In this episode you will learn about:   LinkedIn Leadership Personal Branding  LinkedIn Marketing  Social Selling  Content Marketing

Herbert Gerzer runs a highly creative Digital Marketing Agency for language schools.  He has over 12 years of experience in the industry, from teaching to sales, to marketing. Now he helps language schools attract new students and sell more courses through Facebook and Instagram Ads.