Peter Tiszavolgyi’s company, Stylers Group, started with a couple of mates at uni in Budapest. It’s grown into a 50+ person company that is Deepak Chopra’s digital partner in San Diego. Not your typical trajectory from a recently ex-Communist country.In this episode of the Karmic Capitalist podcast, Peter shares some of the lessons which have […]
Founders and Owners
Hire the right people, and then trust them
People problems in companies tend to boil down to one of two things. Wrong people hired, or right people hired, but then not empowered. We need to both (1) hire the right people to bet on, and; (2) place our bet. Doing either of those well isn’t easy. But I see so many businesses ruin […]
Eric Edmeades shares how to inject passion into your accountants (and grow a few multi-million $ businesses along the way)
Eric Edmeades is a master story-teller. This week’s episode of the Karmic Capitalist isn’t just packed full of sage moments, but is just… plain… fun. From parents rebelling against apartheid in South Africa, to blowing things up for a living, to taking on the food industry – it’s one heck of a ride. Adventure, purpose […]
Sometimes you need to quit to win
This is an interesting article from Fast Company. Especially for those of us schooled with the discipline to always finish what we start. Some things have to be finished (yes mum, my plate). For instance, one my most intense periods of work was when I had just taken on a demotivated team of 60, who […]
Have you ever smelled the Sistene Chapel?
There’s this scene in the wonderful film, The Two Popes, when outgoing pope Benedict asks incoming Pope Francis to take his confession. His primary sin was living in his books and not with the humans that his church is supposed to serve. I read a lot. I think it’s important, and it teaches and provokes […]