Project Kazimierz: Innovation in Central Europe

Summary: Katie Underwood graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in 2009 and spent 7 years as an actress, working extensively in theatre across the UK with the likes of Peter Hall, Howard Davies and Jonathan Miller. Increasingly disgruntled with the nature of roles available to women in their thirties, she returned to her … Continue reading The road to TEDxShoreditch – an interview with Katie Underwood TEDx licence holder (s4ep3) → The post The road to TEDxShoreditch – an interview with Katie Underwood TEDx licence holder (s4ep3) appeared first on Project Kazimierz.

Summary: After 10 years in IT in various roles (Developer, Scrum Master, Manager, Head of QA, Trainer) Piotr Nabielec founded Produktywni.pl, where he is a trainer and consultant and also created two online training courses. – Piotr helps people, teams and companies to be more productive, to build positive habits, to achieve their dreams and … Continue reading How to raise your productivity with Piotr Nabielec (s4ep2) → The post How to raise your productivity with Piotr Nabielec (s4ep2) appeared first on Project Kazimierz.

Summary: A special event live recording during the Project Kazimierz event in Food&People by Pastrami with Sam Cook. The Krakow Fringe Festival is a new arts and culture festival that will take place between June 15th-18th 2017. During this event, Sam has officially hand overed the project to Richard Lucas. As a farewell to the … Continue reading Live Podcast Recording with Sam Cook (s4ep1) → The post Live Podcast Recording with Sam Cook (s4ep1) appeared first on Project Kazimierz.

Summary: An interview with the leader of the Krakow Fringe Festival and co-founder of Krakow StandUp Comedy – Ashley Deppeler. The Krakow Fringe Festival is a new arts and culture festival that will take place between June 15th-18th 2017. Krakow Fringe Festival works specifically to promote spoken word arts and culture and offers attendees a … Continue reading Ashley Deppeler – Krakow Fringe Festival & Krakow StandUp Comedy (s3ep14) → The post Ashley Deppeler – Krakow Fringe Festival & Krakow StandUp Comedy (s3ep14) appeared first on Project Kazimierz.

Summary: An interview with the authors of “The Happiest Kids in the World”. Rina Mae Acostais a writer from California currently living in the Netherlands with her Dutch husband and two young sons. She founded the successful parenting blogFinding Dutchland. Michele Hutchison worked in publishing in Britain before moving to Amsterdam in 2004. She is … Continue reading Michele Hutchison and Rina Mae Acosta – The Happiest Kids in the World (s3ep13) → The post Michele Hutchison and Rina Mae Acosta – The Happiest Kids in the World (s3ep13) appeared first on Project Kazimierz.

Summary: Paweł Tkaczyk is a writer, public speaker and an expert in branding and gamification. He wrote two bestsellers – „Zakamarki marki” and „Grywalizacja” that focus on branding (zakamarki marki) and gamification (grywalizacja) operations. He is also a lecturer at many Polish universities such us Akademia im. Leona Koźmińskiego w Warszawie, Akademia Górniczo-Hutnicza w Krakowie, … Continue reading Paweł Tkaczyk – Writer, Public Speaker and Marketing Expert (s3ep12) → The post Paweł Tkaczyk – Writer, Public Speaker and Marketing Expert (s3ep12) appeared first on Project Kazimierz.

Summary: Richard Millington is the founder of FeverBee. FeverBee uses proven social science to develop successful online and offline communities for B2B organisations around the world. Over the past 13 years, Richard has helped to develop over 250+ successful communities, including those for Facebook, Google, The World Bank, Oracle, Amazon, Autodesk, Lego, The United Nations, … Continue reading Richard Millington – Founder of Feverbee – Expert in Online Community Building (s3ep11) → The post Richard Millington – Founder of Feverbee – Expert in Online Community Building (s3ep11) appeared first on Project Kazimierz.

Summary: Brooke Allen is a father, son, husband, and brother. He has training in mathematics, computer science, and finance. He has worked as a programmer and analyst for American Airlines, Morgan Stanley, Merrill Lynch, CS First Boston, as well as a few smaller start-ups and financial firms. He has founded two consulting firms, one technology … Continue reading Brooke Allen – Entrepreneur, writer and comedian (s3ep10) → The post Brooke Allen – Entrepreneur, writer and comedian (s3ep10) appeared first on Project Kazimierz.

Summary: When his 4-year old daughter saw a plastic tub of cat litter in the woods, little did Jeff Kirschner realize that it would be the spark for creating Litterati – a global movement that’s “crowdsource-cleaning” the planet one piece of litter at a time. Featured in National Geographic, Time Magazine, Fast Company, and USA … Continue reading Jeff Kirschner – Founder of Litterati- a community that’s “crowdsourcing “cleaning the planet”(s3ep9) → The post Jeff Kirschner – Founder of Litterati- a community that’s “crowdsourcing “cleaning the planet”(s3ep9) appeared first on Project Kazimierz.

Summary: Rudradeb Mitra – Alumni of University of Cambridge. He started his first venture in 2010. Till now he has been a founding member of 5 startups – two in Silicon Valley, one in the UK, one in Belgium and one in India. He is also a mentor of Founder Institute, Polska Agencja Rozwoju Przedsiębiorczości, … Continue reading Rudradeb Mitra – A minimalist Indian Entrepreneur in Warsaw (s3ep8) → The post Rudradeb Mitra – A minimalist Indian Entrepreneur in Warsaw (s3ep8) appeared first on Project Kazimierz.

Summary: Lynn Skotnitsky is a Coach, Coach Trainer, and Community builder. Our hope is to select and support 10-12 top financial inclusion ventures this spring, providing them with mentoring and connections to help them build their businesses. We also hope to form a long-term partnership with a local accelerator to help us remain involved long-term. … Continue reading Lynn Skotnitsky – An introduction to coaching, what it can bring to entrepreneurs and others (s3ep7) → The post Lynn Skotnitsky – An introduction to coaching, what it can bring to entrepreneurs and others (s3ep7) appeared first on Project Kazimierz.

Summary: As background, I work for Village Capital, a venture firm focused on seed stage investments in companies solving important global problems. We’re beginning to explore Poland as a future investment market, and we’re particularly interested in the financial technology sector. I’d love to get your perspective on the ecosystem and opportunities, as well as … Continue reading Szymon Lach – Global Entrepreneurship Week PM, Village Capital, Hotel Consultancy and Business Publisher (s3ep6) → The post Szymon Lach – Global Entrepreneurship Week PM, Village Capital, Hotel Consultancy and Business Publisher (s3ep6) appeared first on Project Kazimierz.

Summary: Anna Kosińska – Graduate of the University of Cambridge (BA Natural Sciences) and the College of Europe (MA in European Interdisciplinary Studies). Alumna of Downside School in England. Previously has worked in the sector of education in Poland and the UK and has acquired experience in the Polish Foreign Ministry. Currently manages ADAMED SmartUP … Continue reading Anna Kosińska – support for innovation, education and enterprise from Adamed – a Polish life sciences company (s3ep5) → The post Anna Kosińska – support for innovation, education and enterprise from Adamed – a Polish life sciences company (s3ep5) appeared first on Project Kazimierz.

Summary: Andrzej Targosz is the Chief Everything Officer at Eventory – Event Management Solution (Web, Mobile & Beacons) and founder of ProIdea. Mentions and links: Andrzej Targosz – LinkedIn Eventory Proidea Wojtek The Bear Wojtek The Bear Facebook Group The post Andrzej Targosz – Serial entrepreneur/Polish IT events pioneer (s3ep4) appeared first on Project Kazimierz.

Summary: An interview with Ricahrd Lucas by The Wall Street Lab Podcast – orginally went on line here http://www.thewallstreetlab.com/episode-05-richard-lucas-angel-investing. This 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 … Continue reading The Wall Street Lab interviews Richard Lucas (s3ep3) → The post The Wall Street Lab interviews Richard Lucas (s3ep3) appeared first on Project Kazimierz.

Summary: Matt Clifford is the co founder of Entrepreneur First. One of the most successful British accellerators, specialising in supporting the most talented engineers they can find to build companies from scratch. Their programmes in London and Singapore those who get in the best shot at building a world-class technology company. EF have helped over … Continue reading Matt Clifford – Founder of Entrepreneur First -a new type of accellerator (s3ep2) → The post Matt Clifford – Founder of Entrepreneur First -a new type of accellerator (s3ep2) appeared first on Project Kazimierz.

Summary: Stuart Goldsmith is a stand up comedian and the founder of the Comedians Comedian podcast, which has become one of the most popular podcast about Comedy on line. Learn Stuart’s story in our podcast in the first episode of season three. Mentions and links: Stuart Goldsmith Comedians Comedian Comedians Comedian Facebook Group Comedians Comedian … Continue reading Stuart Goldsmith – Stand Up Comedian and Podcaster (s3ep1) → The post Stuart Goldsmith – Stand Up Comedian and Podcaster (s3ep1) appeared first on Project Kazimierz.

Summary: Józef Kącki, our this episode’s Project Kazimierz guest is the founder of Leaders Island – and organisation focused on training young managers and future leaders. Before founding the Leaders Island, Józef has been a managing director of S4A – the Newconnect Stock Market noted fast growing IT distribution company. Learn about his initiative and … Continue reading Józef Kącki – the Community of Leaders (s2ep14) → The post Józef Kącki – the Community of Leaders (s2ep14) appeared first on Project Kazimierz.

Summary: 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 … Continue reading Philip Zimbardo: Develop as a Hero (s2ep13) → The post Philip Zimbardo: Develop as a Hero (s2ep13) appeared first on Project Kazimierz.

Summary: Our next Project Kazimierz guest, Peter Sage is an international serial entrepreneur, business teacher and as you’ll find in the episode, a school dropout! Peter has founded his first business at the age he was 18 and up until that time he has run over 20 different businesses, the biggest of which is The … Continue reading Peter Sage: From School Dropout to a Serial Entrepreneur (s2ep12) → The post Peter Sage: From School Dropout to a Serial Entrepreneur (s2ep12) appeared first on Project Kazimierz.