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Rob Napoli excitedly welcomes Matt Hooper in this latest episode of The Bear Necessities of Entrepreneurship. Formerly the VP of Open Innovation for Barclays, and a co-founder of LFT Media, Matt is now the Managing Director of IDONEA, a company that advises and unites boards and leaders around building resilient organizations and creating momentum for reinventing businesses. He will be sharing today his career and journey to entrepreneurship.  HIGHLIGHTSMatt’s definition of entrepreneurshipJourney to entrepreneurshipExperiencing failureWorking a nonlinear career pathBirth of LFT MediaQUOTESMatt: “Whatever the things I thought being pissed off about, I instead felt right at home, and this sounds so silly, as a failed entrepreneur.”Matt: “I wasn't a FinTech entrepreneur, but to other entrepreneurs, specifically, FinTech entrepreneurs, which was important, it was a recognition that institutions have something to learn, and a recognition to entrepreneurs that they have something to teach, and something to learn.”Matt: “If you are not a jerk, you will find that you can create commonality, discover commonality in a group of people, even if you don't find agreement.”Rob: “That's why I think it's so important. When I talk about a career path, let it be, it's okay to be nonlinear. It's okay not to have it figured out from 24, 27, or 32, or 40.”Connect with Matt through the links belowLinkedin:Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthew-hooper-35196829/Company: https://www.linkedin.com/company/idoneaconsulting/Website:Personal: Matthooper.meIdonea: http://www.ideona.us/Pod: https://www.livefromtomorrow.fm/Don't forget to subscribe and leave a review.Connect with Rob:www.beacons.page/robnapoliwww.linkedin.com/in/robnapIG: @robnapoli.riseupSpecial offer for #BearNation listeners who are interested in trying Brilliantly Warm, use this 10% off discount code WELCOME10.We have teamed up with Phin, a social impact marketing firm, to give back for each episode. To learn more, visit: https://app.phinforgood.com.

Today on The Bear Necessities of Entrepreneurship, Matt Hooper is back with Rob Napoli in another chapter of their exciting talk. Matt continues to share his experiences on how he ended up changing his career, which meant letting go of his business, getting connected to new ventures, and eventually working on helping everyone think more about dreams than problems. HIGHLIGHTSThe new experience in Tsai CITYMatt on changing his careerEntrepreneurship and InnovationThink more about the dream not the problemWhat’s next for Matt HooperQUOTESRob: “The daunting task of is it going to be me to do it, well think about what can you do in your spirit of influence today to create small incremental changes and continue to build and create your progress.”Matt: “The real gift that I have been given in terms of my own career, is having been able to meet so many smart people, passionate people driven people.”Matt: “I think entrepreneurship is a calling, I think entrepreneurship is a skill, I think entrepreneurship is an identity, but I think innovation is a practice, and I am proud to be an innovation practitioner.”Matt: “There's a major distinction between being led and being managed. It taught me how to unleash human potential.”Matt: “the goal in a very chaotic digital world is to build from abundance, not scarcity. We see that we don't internalize that, and I think so much the problem we have is we don't actually know how to do it yet.”Connect with Matt through the links belowLinkedIn:Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthew-hooper-35196829/Company: https://www.linkedin.com/company/idoneaconsulting/Website:Personal: Matthooper.meIdonea: http://www.ideona.us/Idonea: https://dreamsanddetails.com/Pod: https://www.livefromtomorrow.fm/Don't forget to subscribe and leave a review.Connect with Rob:www.beacons.page/robnapoliwww.linkedin.com/in/robnapIG: @robnapoli.riseupSpecial offer for #BearNation listeners who are interested in trying Brilliantly Warm, use this 10% off discount code WELCOME10.We have teamed up with Phin, a social impact marketing firm, to give back for each episode. To learn more, visit: https://app.phinforgood.com.

EXERCISE YOUR FREEDOM TO HAVE YOUR OWN BRAND.Rob Napoli, the host of The Bear Necessities of Entrepreneurship, discovered how building or fixing brands can be a good business to leverage, and so he went on a quest to help companies and individuals to do so.Tune in today as this beast in branding and entrepreneurship shares his experience in this latest episode of Sales Transformation. Jazz up your sales mindset with Kevin Dorsey aka KD and some of the brightest minds in sales in Live Better Sell Better!Stop sending boring sales e-mails or videos and start sending catchy GIFs and Memes with VIDU.io!Power up your podcast experience by joining our Free Podcast Community!EPISODE HIGHLIGHTSHelping a company with its brandFixing the market segmentation and customerExecuting the influencer modelDiscovering the opportunity in doing business with branding“Founders and companies need to allow their employees to have their own personal brand and leverage that personal brand to scale.” - Rob Napoli on employee freedom for branding Connect with Rob and learn more about what he’s been working on!About RobAbout TBNE and Rise Up MediaRobNapoli.comConnect with Collin and find out what’s new in Sales Transformation and other things he’s up to:About CollinAbout SalescastSalescast CommunitySales TransformationWanna kick off your own kick-ass podcast?Already have one? How about growing it, or even monetizing it?LET’S TALK.

HIGHLIGHTSDeveloping the medical image analysis toolHow Simon and his co-founders started the companyDealing with the business side of the companyRebranding to Hero ImagingDeveloping global business relationshipsWhat is Simon’s Superpower?QUOTESSimon: “Our main product is something that's basically organically developed in a scientific setting. This is just a bunch of functions that we've coded as a group for specific tasks. But along the line, we've sort of started just thinking a bit further.”Simon: “When you move from having a prototype, into actually turning it into a business, just having the product isn't enough. You still have so much work to do.”Rob: “Most times we shouldn't be looking for validation, we should be looking for opposition, right? Because it's within those opposition when people disagree or have opposition to it. It means they're asking questions.”Simon: “I want everyone involved in customer relationships as well. I mean, we have a lot of talent in the company. So it just makes sense that I want them to be visible in that.”Rob: “You have to be adaptable, and you have to listen to the market and be okay with making changes and taking some big risks.”Simon: “The name Hero Imaging hints at the fact that there's a lot of heroes out there working with science.”Simon: “I am usually very good at systematic thinking. I'm rarely a specialist in any context, but I do have a knack for piecing a lot of information together to find a way forward.”Connect with Simon through the links belowLinkedin Personal: https://www.linkedin.com/in/simon-lindgren-76243095/Linkedin Company: https://www.linkedin.com/company/hero-imaging/Email: simon@heroimaging.comWebsite: www.heroimaging.comTwitter: HeroImagingDon't forget to subscribe and leave a review.Connect with Rob:www.beacons.page/robnapoliwww.linkedin.com/in/robnapIG: @robnapoli.riseupSpecial offer for #BearNation listeners who are interested in trying Brilliantly Warm, use this 10% off discount code WELCOME10.We have teamed up with Phin, a social impact marketing firm, to give back for each episode. To learn more, visit: https://app.phinforgood.com.