Entrepreneurship and Leadership

An interview with Richard Lucas by The Wall Street Lab Podcast - originally went on line here http://www.thewallstreetlab.co... is what they wrote "Richard Lucas is an angel investor who is currently involved with close to 20 different companies across a variety of industries. He has made many investments into world-class startups over the years, including deals with startups backed by the likes o...

Józef Kącki is the founder of Leaders Island - and organisation focused on training young managers and future leaders and a managing director of S4A. Leaders Island About your host - Richard Lucas Richard is a business and social entrepreneur who founded, led and/or invested in more than 30 businesses, Richard has been a TEDx event organiser, supports the pro-entrepreneurship ecosystem, and leads...

Have you ever heard of Stanford Prison Experiment? If you're familiar with it, you must recognise our today's episode guest - Prof. Philip Zimbardo who is one of the most known and respected psychologists in the world. Besides being a professor emeritus at Stanford University, he has just started a very inspiring project in Poland. Learn about the inspiring life of Prof. Zimbardo in our thirteenth...

Tom Clarke is the CEO and founder of u2i, a web technology consulting company based in Krakow, Tom found success after doubling down on his core strength – technology. Now, u2i has over 40 employees and generates millions of dollars in revenue every year. Not only that, u2i employees co-own the company, and as a result, the level of creative effort they pour into every client project leaves a big...

As the head of Google Campus Warsaw, our guest today has had a critical role in the startup ecosystem in Poland. Rafał Płutecki started business in Poland by providing dial-up internet access to businesses that needed to be connected. Today, he’s connecting young businesses to much more than just a modem. Through the Campus he links entrepreneurs to the networks and resources they need to become g...

Born in the USA, Paul has been in Kraków for over a decade, and was instrumental in the explosion of Ruby on Rails popularity here, the improvement of management systems with Agile methodology and Kanbanery, as well as helping to get Kraków on the map as the perfect place to come for talent. From Paul’s point of view, the advantages of Poland and the companies operating here is abundantly clear.....

Rafał Styczeń is a legend in the tech startup scene in Kraków. He helped build a hugely successful telecommunication application when he was a student of computer science at Kraków Technical University. He’s now growing Meble.pl, a furniture ecommerce store that’s proving nothing is safe from software domination, not even our sofas. Rafał brings a unique wisdom to the table that comes from a combi...

Sam was the co-host of Project Kazimierz, before resigning after the first years. In this episode, Sam tells listeners about a tough business decision he had to make, and how he recovered from the fallout. Who’d have guessed that consulting world-class triathlon coaches would eventually lead to arriving in Cracow? Sam talks about building a team here to expand the business, about traveling to Sili...

An interview with Gareth Mitchell and Bill Thompson, Gareth and Bill discuss podcasting and their BBC show, ‘Digital Planet’, and the formation of the unofficial listener "Fan Club" BBC's Digital Planet Facebook Group Economist Article Click podcast Gareth's LinkedIn Gareth's Twitter Bill's LinkedIn Bill's Twitter About your host - Richard Lucas Richard is a business and social entrepreneur who fo...

Paul Papadimitriou and Ivan Hernandez were early examples of the podcast with Richard Lucas and Sam Cook. Paul and Ivan, co-founders of Digital Loop, discuss podcasting and its effectiveness in distributing a message. Richard discusses angel investing and entrepreneurship with them. Finally, they look forward to predicting technology trends and how they judge startups to invest in. Paul's website...

Peter Cowley, with Richard Lucas and Sam Cook. Peter discusses angel investing and how he came to be the UK Angel Investor of the Year in 2014, later becoming President of the European Business Angels Network. Richard and Peter talk about the different ventures they’ve invested in. They also break down why Peter is much better at it. Finally, Sam looks into growing hisbusiness, while Peter and Ric...

#Project Kazimierz presents Wojciech Burkot, with Richard Lucas and Sam Cook. Wojciech discusses his early companies, moving onto Google, and what he’s working on next. They examine the ways in which universities in Poland need to change and adjust to the blossoming tech community surround Krakow. Finally, Wojciech lends a few words of advice for those interested in journeying to Krakow and also t...

This week Sam and Richard welcome Mark Bradshaw, British-African farmer who moved to Poland to escape Mugabe’s oppressive policies, and discovered the perfect place for entrepreneurship. Both a fountain of ideas, and a seasoned implementer, Mark talks us through how to choose ideas, build a great team, and build something that matters. Krakow-Life, which has become Local-Life Bidroom Eataway About...

Ramón Tancinco, with Richard Lucas and Sam Cook. Ramón discusses his prophetic TEDxKrakow talk concerning Krakow as a European Silicon Valley. They analyse the reason Krakow is a hub for tech companies and how it mirrors Silicon Valley in the United States. Richard talks about the influx of billion dollar companies. Finally, Sam explains how Krakow is not Silicon Valley and why that’s not a bad th...

We welcome Pawel Nowak, tech entrepreneur for a chat about current trends in technology-based business in Poland. Join Sam, Richard and Pawel for the discussion. Pawel’s Twitter Pawel’s Facebook Colab Appleblog Jakub Krzych Ela Madej Piotr Wilam Google Meetups Open Coffee Krakow About your host - Richard Lucas Richard is a business and social entrepreneur who founded, led and/or invested in more t...

Sam and Richard introduce Vincent Vergonjeanne, a French entrepreneur who takes us through how he built a successful ninety-person video game company, why he escaped it and moved to Krakow, and how he finally created his dream company producing beautiful, world-class video games, “One game at a time.” Vincent’s Linkedin Kobojo EveryDayIPlay About your host - Richard Lucas Richard is a business and...

Ela Madej, co-founder of Base, a Krakow-based startup that later exited to Zendesk, as well as Hive 53, which has stood at the spear-head of the Krakow startup scene since 2011. This week, Sam and Richard hear the details of Ela’s colourful career. After she left Base she founded, European Ruby Conference Piotr Nidzynski. Co-founder of Hive Stefan Sagmeister New York city designer Jerry Colonna CE...