Curtis Pollard Podcast

Ep11 - Doron Karavani - The Truth, The Man behind Fafa's

Doron Karavani, a life long Entrepreneur, Founder, Musician and Creative mind.
The founder of Fafa's restaurants in Finland, a restaurant chain that has seen huge growth and an equal amount of hardship.Listen to how Doron solved problems and discovered unique solutions by using Creativity.
Doron feels creativity is vital in the Journey of Entrepreneurship, A long but fascinating dialogue about the ups and downs and left and rights of being in business and reinventing yourself over and over.
 
There is a tone of value in this one, Enjoy!
 
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EP10 - Sade Pollard

Sade Pollard, My Daughter. A Special Episode to kick off the new season in my new studio.The younger generation has a very interesting perspective on a world where, for them, the internet and technology has always existed. Despite her nervousness, Sade gave some interesting insight to her world and perhaps also a preview into the future of our current platforms.The coolest things for me is that this conversation will live forever, It is the foundational reason for me having these conversations and recording them.
I Hope you enjoy the short chat we have and don't forget to like and subscribe to the channel!
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(Ep.9)Alexandre Benjamin - Combining Food and Technology

BRINGING FOOD INTO THE FUTURE
Alex has developed the business model that has a machine bake the perfect pizza at Fizza kiosks! With an engineering background, Alex is a fantastic example of an Entrepreneur that has identified a want and need from the customers perspective and solved the problems needed to bring it to the market. Launching the business in a time where entering into restaurants and social contact was advised against, Fizza has taken the lead on innovating the food business and bringing a high quality product in a different style.
 
Listen in as we discuss Entrepreneurship in Finland, Dealing with negative feedback, how to finance your dream idea and key tips to success as a business owner and innovator.
 
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Presented By: Curtis Pollard
(IG) https://www.instagram.com/curtisgpollard/
(LinkedIn) https://www.linkedin.com/in/curtis-pollard-aus
 
Guest:
Alexandre Benjamin
https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexandre-benjamin-2682341/
Fizza Oy
https://www.linkedin.com/company/fizzaoy/
https://fizza.fi
 
Listen On:
https://podcasts.apple.com/fi/podcast/the-poka-podcast/id1609094625
https://open.spotify.com/show/6W3BGGSRSWWNu5REimbM3M?si=0f71fa04922743af
 
Watch on Youtube:
https://youtu.be/NA8FwD3bui4 

The Poka Podcast (Ep.8) - From a Pub to a News Platform with Petter Larsen

FROM A PUB TO A NEWS PLATFORMPetter Larsen is what I would call a serial entrepreneur, always discovering new ways to solve problems and develop new concepts for consumers to enjoy. Coming from a strong heritage of Entrepreneurs with his family founding Lamor, a company from Porvoo, Finland and a global leader in oil spill clean up and prevention, it is clear that Petter's passion to drive concepts forward is a result of his family interests.
 
Petter's latest project is one that I feel is at the core of his beliefs and personal ethos, Critix (Critix.ai). Critix is a platform that allows all users to leave feedback and reviews of articles that are gathered from a large number of sources. It allows users to see how other users have viewed the article across various points of feedback including, truthfulness, fairness, relativity, and source accuracy. Critix is now available for download on Android and Apple is not far away. If you are looking for a new way to absorb the news of the world, then I truly believe you will enjoy the experience of using Critix.
 
Petter has dabbled in a number of industries and I hope you enjoy hearing of his journey and self development path to where his is today, From a Pub to a News Platform, it certainly has a ton of value for all!
 
Presented By: Curtis Pollard: (IG) https://www.instagram.com/curtisgpollard/ (LinkedIn) https://www.linkedin.com/in/curtis-pollard-aus
 
Guest: Petter Larsen: (IG) https://instagram.com/petularsen?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
(LinkedIn) https://www.linkedin.com/in/petter-larsen-030a6a122
 
Podcast can be listened to at 🎙️: https://pokapodcast.podbean.com
https://open.spotify.com/show/6W3BGGSRSWWNu5REimbM3M
 
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The Poka Podcast (Ep.7) - Rebranding From the Ashes with David Jones

RE-BRANDING FROM THE ASHES
 
A Deep dive into what it means to reinvent yourself and literally carve yourself a new pathway. It was an absolute honour to sit down with David and discuss the way in which he has developed himself into a dream position as The Global Brand Strategist at Polar Electro, and now developing his own side hustle, Brand Noob, to help others with not only Branding but all creative areas.
 
Excitingly David in league with a group of individuals that has created a platform called "The Creators Academy", which will launch soon and be available for all, in my honest opinion its not one to miss!
 
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Presented By: Curtis Pollard: (IG) https://www.instagram.com/curtisgpollard/ (LinkedIn) https://www.linkedin.com/in/curtis-pollard-aus
 
Guest: David Jones: (IG) https://www.instagram.com//
(LinkedIn) https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-jones-brand-noob
 
Podcast can be listened to at 🎙️: https://pokapodcast.podbean.com https://open.spotify.com/show/6W3BGGSRSWWNu5REimbM3M
 
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The Poka Podcast (Ep.6) - Reframing Goal Setting with Mikael Karlsson

ENTREPRENEURS!! STOP BUILDING ANXIETY UP WITHIN YOURSELVES AND REFRAME THE WAY IN WHICH YOU ACHIEVE RESULTS!!
This was a super interring topic for us to discuss and this will be part 1 to a multi part series on the topic of entrepreneurial goal setting. Mikael was totally blind folded in this conversation but I think he adapted well.
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Podcast sponsored by BestinHel (www.bestinhel.com)
Presented By:
Curtis Pollard: (IG) https://www.instagram.com/curtisgpoll...
Mikael Karlsson: (IG) https://www.instagram.com/cwmikael/
Podcast can be listened to at 🎙️: https://pokapodcast.podbean.com https://open.spotify.com/show/6W3BGGS...
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The Poka Podcast (Ep.5) - Mikael Karlsson

FINALLY, Co-host Mikael Karlsson joins for his first podcast with Curtis Pollard, Listen to us talk about Compact Housing, Sustainable Developments, Current Economical challenges, Training and Stock Investing!A wild discussion from topic to topic, but a great introduction to what we will discuss in the future. Mikael Karlsson is R&D manager for Enervent in Finland and brings a ton of experience in multiple fields.Podcast sponsored by BestinHel (www.bestinhel.com)
Presented By: Curtis Pollard & Mikael Karlsson
Companies we discuss:
https://www.sanchome.fi
https://www.kodasema.com
https://www.webull.com
Books we discuss:
Jocko Willink - Leadership Strategy and Tactics: Field Manualhttps://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07TDY1T6H/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i2
Ant Middelton - First Man In: Leading from the fronthttps://www.amazon.com/First-Man-Leading-Ant-Middleton-ebook/dp/B06WP5VKQB/ref=sr_1_3?crid=1YN7IN8PHH2KG&keywords=ant+middleton&qid=1658232033&s=digital-text&sprefix=ant+middl%2Cdigital-text%2C209&sr=1-3
 

The Poka Podcast (Ep.4) - Jesper Björkell

Chef and Part Time Ninja - Jesper discovered his passion for Sushi in 2009 and decided to leave the world of sports and step into the work of a sushi chef. His passion for cooking found him starting his career with Hanko Sushi, where for almost 10 years he helped the business, develop, grow and thrive to what it is today. Hanko Sushi is a chain of 22 locations, 11 of them being in Helsinki, originally founded in Hanko, Finland (2009).
Since 2018 Jesper has worked for NoHo partners following their acquisition of Royal Ravintolat in 2014, as a product developer and restaurateur. His newest project and one of his he is clearly extremely proud of is Shinobi in downtown Helsinki.
"Shinobi Shokudo is a Japanese influensed restaurant where you can enjoy a variety of food and drinks from all around Japan. A perfect spot for a casual dinner with friends and family topped with a scent of burning charcoal coming from the kitchen." - Shinobi 
Listen to our conversation about the restaurant industry, it's challenges and silk linings - Enjoy!
 
Jesper Björkell
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jesper-björkell-8a142b95/
www.shinobi.fi
https://www.instagram.com/jesper.bjorkell/
 
Hosted By Curtis Pollard
www.instagram.com/curtisgpollard