The English Breakfast Podcast

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The English Breakfast Podcast

Following on from the success of The Business Breakfast, I bring you Series 2 of my podcast, rebranded as The English Breakfast. Since starting Pitt English and Study UK, I've had the pleasure of meeting and chatting with many fascinating people within the world of education and business. Some have worked for a considerable time in the same industry, but many have come from other careers and industries, and have a real tale to tell - interesting tales that are quite unexpected but nontheless stories that we can aspire to and learn from. It's these people's stories that I will be focusing on in my monthly interviews.  The English Breakfast will give an insight into how leaders  grow personally and professionally and end up working in careers that they love and are passionate about. .#TheEnglishBreakfast #studyuk #sampitt #pittenglish #learnenglish #learnbusiness #podcast #entrepreneur #interviewsinenglish #englishlearning #confidence #careers #careerdevelopment #interestingstories</p

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    Justin Benson Former Pro Cricketer on King Edwards School and Representing Club and Country

    Send a textJustin Benson, currently Head of Admissions at King Edwards School in Guildford has had a really colourful past. Brought up in Africa, he met future test cricket players such as Derek Pringle and Alan Donald and from there relocated to Cambridge, UK where he studied at St Faith&apos;s and then the famous Leys School. It was at the Leys that Justin realised that he had quite a cricket talent, to such an extent that he left school before completing his A&apos;levels, played for Cambridgeshire and then trialled and was accepted to play for Leicestershire CC. Whilst at Leicestershire he played with some of most well known and famous English and overseas cricketers such as the fearsome Devon Malcolm, David Gower, Jonathan Agnew, Neil Foster and Phil &quot;Daffy&quot; De Freitas, not to mention Waqar Younis and his &quot;toe-crushing&quot; inswinging yorkers! After a distinguished career Justin went on to play for his beloved Ireland before hanging up his whites in 1993 to work at his former school The Leys. In this episode of The English Breakfast I speak with Justin about his career, the magnificent work that King Edwards does with vulnerable children, regrets, school and pints of beer in Cambridge!

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    Jane Flynn Talks About Promoting Indie Music in Asia, Dinosaur Jr, Pete Docherty and NatMatSci!

    Send a textIt&apos;s not that common for me to have the opportunity to speak to someone who is as passionate as me about indie rock music, marketing and schools and so it gives me great pleasure to speak to Jane Flynn Blondel on the latest episode of The English Breakfast.Like all my guests, Jane has had a full and facinating career that took her from  university in Edinburgh, to Hong Kong, Singapore and South East Asia and back to the UK again, where she currently works as Head of Marketing for The National Mathematics and Science College or NatMatSci as it is affectionately called. In that time she has started her own record label, Records for Children, her own music promotion company, Songs for Children and promoted some of the biggest names in the indie rock scene such as Dinosaur Jr, The Libertines, Happy Mondays, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Slowdive and Swervedriver.I talk to Jane about life in Hong Kong and her experiences with the people from these bands - J Mascis, Pete Docherty, Bez and Sean Ryder to name but a few and how she came to be the go-to girl for bands wishing to play in Asia. A really facinating insight into the life of a seasoned and passionate music promoter.

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    Alex Tait Former Pro Rugby International Talks about his Career, Barnard Castle School and Financial Planning

    Send a textIn this month&apos;s episode of The English Breakfast I have the pleasure of speaking to Alex Tait, former Barnard Castle student and professional rugby player of Newcastle Falcons with caps also gained for England U-21&apos;s and U-19&apos;s. There is no doubt that his time at Barnard Castle School (which incidentally is one of Study UK&apos;s partner schools) provided Alex not only with a love for rugby but over and above this the tools, business nous and wherewithal to go further once his professional career was over. In this interview we talk about a wealth of things including the start of Alex&apos;s career whilst at school, the sacrifices he and his parents made to help him fulfil his dream, his time with Newcastle, working with the likes of Jonny Wilkinson and coach collosas Dean Richards, and then his retirement and subsequent founding of his own financial planning startup. What was it like having a younger brother who also played for England? Was there any sibling rivalry? Why were they known as Itchy and Scratchy?Find out all in this episode of The English Breakfast.You can find out more about Alex here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alex-tait-5282b583/ or you can also write to him to find out more about Barnard Castle School or his financial planning company, PWM at: [email protected]

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    Mairi Barclay, Actress, Talks About How Acting has Shaped her Life

    Send a textThis week on the English Breakfast I interview a young, talented and dynamic actor. Mairi Barclay has starred alongside some of the best known household names in British film, T.V and cinema such as One Day star, Jonny Weldon, Ed Speleers from Downton Abbey fame, not to mention the incredible Sir Ian McKellen - whom she worked with in 2022 on the theatre production of Mother Goose. We talk about her introduction to theatre, her beginnings treading the boards at her local theatre and dance club in Fife, Scotland as well as her approach to acting in a unstable and at times volatile industry. What was it like working alongside well known stars and what did she learn from the experience? What are her future plans? Find out all in this episode of the English Breakfast.If you would like to know more about Mairi then you can find her on Instagram at: @mairibarclay and also on X @mairibarclay

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    Simon Jones of The Bonjour Agency talks Podcasting and Life in Paris

    Send a textI think that I&apos;ve mentioned before that I was in London late last year attending the wonderful #BBSW. It was there that I met the flamboyant and slightly quirky Simon Jones, owner and chief podcaster of #TheBonjourAgency. We got talking as one does and Simon subsequently invited me to be a guest on his wonderful &quot;I&apos;d Rather be at the Beach&quot; podcast. In this new episiode of #TheEnglishBreakfast  I turn the tables, so to speak, and talk to Simon about his life, podcasting and life in Paris. Thanks to Simon for making himself available - a really great talk with someone that I have already learned such a great deal from.If you like what you are listening to please subscribe to the podcast and support us. Additionally, if you&apos;d like to contact Simon for any help or support with your school marketing or podcast, you can find him on LinkedIn or alternatively email him at: [email protected]

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    Phil Gilchrist Ex Premiership Footballer turned Admissions Manager at Plymouth College

    Send a textLast year I travelled to the UK to attend the British Boarding Schools Workshop where, over a pre-dinner drink, I had the fortune and pleasure of meeting Phil Gilchrist, Head of Admissions at Plymouth College. As the conversation unfolded, I discovered that Phil had previously been a professional premiership footballer and had played for renowned football clubs such as Leicester City, West Bromwich Albion and Nottingham Forest. I had to take the opportunity of finding out more about his life as a professional footballer and much to my delight, Phil agreed to have a chat with me about his experience as an elite sportsmen. In this first episode of the second series of The English Breakfast, we discuss Phil&apos;s journey through football, rubbing shoulders with the likes of Brian Clough, Martin O&apos;Neil, Roy Keane and Robbie Savage (not to mention The Battle of Bramall Lane) and his eventual retirement and transition to schools admissions. A really interesting and insightful journey from someone who has an interesting tale to tell. 

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    Study UK: St Francis School for Girls and the Benefits of an all-female Education

    Send a textIn this episode of the Business Breakfast, I sit down and talk to the charming  James Nichols, Headmaster of the beautiful and historic all girls school, St Francis College.Situated in the UK&apos;s first garden town of Letchworth Garden in the picturesque county of Hertfordshire, St Francis School for Girls offers a truly Christian, community-based and holistic education that encourages girls to be &quot;the best they can be at what they do best&quot;. Rather than educating A star pupils, St Francis educates girls that step out of their comfort zone to experiment new challenges. By the time they leave school, all St Francis students have a clear idea of who they are and what they would like to achieve in life.For a small school of around 450 students, with 60 boarders, St Francis actually boasts many top-class facilities such as a state-of-the-art West End type theatre, a new IT department, a swimming pool, athletics track and gym amongst other things. What struck me about the school was the community feel it generated - it is frequently lending its facilities to other local schools that don&apos;t posses such luxuries and even produces and presents theatre shows and productions to outside organisations and colleges. If you are looking for a top class all-girls education then I encourage you to have a look at St Francis. With its proximity to London and Cambridge, girls get to taste the best of both worlds - a quality, town-centred education with all the trimmings of an outstanding pastoral offering. For more information contact us at Pitt English Study UK: [email protected] or Clara Maggi at [email protected] can find out more about St Francis School for Girls here: https://www.st-francis.herts.sch.uk/#studyuk #pittenglishstudyuk #britishboarding #boarding #opportunity #girlseducation #pittenglish

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    Study UK: What Tettenhall College Offers and How it is Different to Other UK Boarding Schools

    Send a textIn this month&apos;s episode of The Business Breakfast, I am joined by the charming Chris and Vicky McAllister, Headmaster and Admissions Manager respectively of the wonderful Tettenhall College, situated in the beautiful village of Tettenhall, close to Wolverhampton, central EnglandTettenhall or TC as it is affectionately called, offers a personalised education to boys and girls aged 11 to 18 years old with an emphasis on putting &quot;family&quot; front and centre of its offering. What makes TC unique is its ability to not only educate children holistically, but also to get to know each family so that it works in parallel with their needs. TC prides itself on developing children with leadership and teamwork skills as well as developing their English through a quality EAL department This twinned with its focus on instilling strong christian virtues such as charity, care and work well-done makes TC an attractive place for South American families to send their children.

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    The Study UK Programme with Barnard Castle School, County Durham

    Send a textIn this episode of the Business Breakfast, I have the real pleasure of talking to Tony Jackson, Headmaster of the wonderful Barnard Castle School. &quot;Barney&quot; as it affectionately called, is located in the north of England, about half an hour from  historic Durham and about an hour from the charismatic city of Newcastle. Pitt English Study UK recently started working with Barney as it offers overseas students something fairly unique, as Tony puts it nicely: &quot; not a life full of tests but a preparation for the test of life&quot;. Barney educates and accepts students from all walks of life and educates them as a whole according to the strengths that they have.One of the advantages of sending Chilean students to Barney is that they will be attending and experencing a very English way of life. Of the 200 boarders that attend the school, only 40 are international students with the other 160 from the UK. There really is  no escaping the fact that students will learn and pick up the English language rapidly.Barney has a rural setting. It&apos;s surrounded by rolling hills and countryside but still has the benefit of being close to the beautiful village of Barnard Castle with a population of around 8,000 people and with lovely coffee shops, restaurants, and cultural attractions. If you would like us to help you send your child to Barney, then please contact us at Pitt English Study UK. Our service is free. In the meantime, this podcast will give you a very good idea as to what the school offers and how it could benefit your child. You can find out  more about our programme here:Instagram: go_studyukWeb: www.pittenglish.cl/studyukYou can find out more about Barnard Castle School here: barnardcastleschool.org.uk

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    Study UK Programme - Focus on Ratcliffe College, Leicestershire

    Send a textRatcliffe College is an Independent co-educational Catholic Boarding and day school, located in Leicestershire. It offers excellent state-of-the-art facilities, first-class teaching and outstanding pastoral care as well as a broad co-curricular activities offer. It is also in the top 1% of schools in the UK for Value Added. Ratcliffe is  a flagship Study UK school that Pitt English has been working with for the last year or so and one where we sent our first chilean student,  Raimundo Correa in September 2022.In this episode of the Business Breakfast, I talk to Jon Reddin, Headmaster of Ratcliffe about its ethos, offering, mission and vision and how it can add enourmous value to Chilean and South American students that wish to study there. You can find out more about Ratcliffe here: https://www.ratcliffecollege.com/about/ and about the pioneering Study UK programme here: https://pittenglish.cl/study-abroad-uk/

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    The Study UK Programme: Ellesmere College

    Send a textEarlier this year Pitt English launched an incredible new programme - Study UK - that gives children aged between 13 and 17 years old the opportunity to travel to and study in the UK. Children have the opportunity to live, eat, sleep and study at a quality, high class English boarding school for a short-term or long-term stay from 3 months to 6 months. Here they will have the opportunity to not only improve their English, but also develop their whole person, by trying new things, experiencing a new culture and developing their leadership and autonomy.Pitt English works with several schools in different areas of the UK all of whom offer something different in order to suit and cater for each family&apos;s needs.In the first of this Study UK series, today I speak with Stephen Mullock of Ellesmere College, a beautiful and exceptional boarding school situated in picturesque Shropshire,  about 200 miles west of London. The idea is to give you an idea of what Ellesmere can offer children and to explain what benefits can be gained by experiencing study abroad.If you would like to find out more about sending your child to study at Ellesmere, or any other school we work with, please contact [email protected].

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    Beyond the Classroom - Borja Larrain from Larrain Vial on How Finance Really Works for Businesses

    Send a textOne of the challenges of finance is to make it relevant to students and business employees. It has to be applied in the workplace so that strategic decisions can be made in the company&apos;s best interests. Finance goes beyond the classroom.Borja Larrain who sits on the strategic boards of both Larrain Vial and Watts and also teaches corporate finance at The Catholic University is perfectly positioned to take finance beyond the blackboard.In this weeks episode of The Business Breakfast, I talk to Borja about how finance impacts  companies and what the results are when finance goes wrong and the repercussions it has on the strategic decisions a company makes.We also discuss his experience with English and why it is important for young professionals to develop their English skills sooner rather than later in order to progress through the ranks of the corporate financial world.You can find out more about Borja here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/borja-larrain-14b61419/?midToken=AQEOM8eFuK4vuw&amp;midSig=3DCJUKtF_cYqo1&amp;trk=eml-email_accept_invite_single_01-hero-3-prof%7Ename&amp;trkEmail=eml-email_accept_invite_single_01-hero-3-prof%7Ename-null-qkabu%7El80e6jib%7E18-null-neptune%2Fprofile%7Evanity%2Eviewhttps://scholar.google.cl/citations?user=CYMs82MAAAAJ&amp;hl=es

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    CEO Carolina Navarrete of Moovshake Speaks About the Future of Digital Marketing and Metaverse

    Send a textIn this weeks episode of The Business Breakfast I have the privilege of speaking to female CEO, serial entrepreneur and investor, Carolina Navarrete who heads up digital marketing agency, Moovshake.Carolina has had quite a journey in order to get to where she is now. Through leaving university and changing careers to working for some of the biggest brands in the globe across retail, telecommunications and ecommerce, she has enjoyed widespread success as an entrepreneur and investor.In today&apos;s episode we discuss Carolina&apos;s business beginnings, with Abasmedia, her work with Moovshake and how digital marketing has changed in the last 20 years. In particular we get a good insight into how metaverse is transforming digital media marketing through what is now known as Internet 3.0.You can find out more about Carolina here:https://www.moovshake.com/https://www.linkedin.com/in/carolinanavarrete/?originalSubdomain=cl#moovshake #thebusinessbreakfast #podcast #learnenglish #learnbusiness #sampitt #pittenglish #carolinanavarrete

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    Julio Alonso, Wines of Chile and Promoting Chile as a Destination

    Send a textIn this week&apos;s episode of the Business Breakfast, I talk to Julio Alonso, Director General of Wines of Chile in the US.The problem that Chile has is not so much generating awareness of its incredible wines, but that of genarating awareness of its incredible country, the diversity of its climates and the incredible landmarks and places that occupy the vast country. From Patagonia in the south to thr Atacama in the north, Chile is still a rather undiscovered land. This is where the work of Julio comes in.His remit as Director General of Wines of Chile is to increase awareness of Chile as a destination, so that wine lovers and prospective investers get to experience it as a country full of opportunity. In this episode we talk about Julio&apos;s work in China, the US and India and the challenges he faces and faced in China, where the work of promoting chilean wine to a nation of 1.3 billion is  not to be underestimated.You can find out more about Julio here:https://www.winesofchile.org/en/chilean-wine-commits-to-distinctiveness/https://www.winesofchile.org/https://www.linkedin.com/in/julio-alonso-ducci-965715b5/#thebusinessbreakfast #podcast #sampitt #pittenglish #interviewsinenglish #englishlearning

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    Javier Paredes on How Winemaker Torreon Overcame a Pandemic and Continued Expanding Its Markets

    Send a textIn Chile, wine plays a very important role and is in fact the 7th largest exporter of wine in the US selling on average around 9 million litres every year. Torreon de Paredes, led by Executive Director, Javier Paredes, is an exclusive, family-run Chilean winery situated in Rengo, in the Andes foothills, around 115 kilometeres south of Santiago. Torreon sells to a predominantly UK and European market with varieties such as Cabernet Sauvignon, Carmenere and Merlot taking centre stage.When Covid 19 wreaked havoc across  the globe, Torreon&apos;s sales were hit hard,  to such a degree that not one bottle of wine was exported to the UK for a whole year. But rather than panic, Torreon took advantage of the situation  and planned for the future. In this episode of The Business Breakfast, I talk to Javier Paredes about the impact of Covid, learning from previous events and  his vision for the future.You can learn more about Javier and Torreon here: https://torreon.cl/es/

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    Ivan Rozas, Hi-Post and Building a Distribution and Logistics Startup

    Send a textIvan Rozas, owner and co-founder of Hi-Post or The Last Mile is passionate about cars, logistics and distribution. So much so that upon leaving university he got a job working for Inchacape, the UK-based, global car distribution company which is now making its presence known within Latin America with the recent acquisitions of Derco and Ditec. It was at Inchcape that he met his now business partner, saw a gap in the market to improve customer parcel delivery service and founded his startup, Hi-Post or The Last Mile, a company that takes charge of customer parcel delivery for the last mile of its journey.In this weeks  episode of The Business Breakfast, I talk to Ivan about the development of his company, funding techniques, sustainability and his vision for the future. I would also like to congratulate Ivan on his ability to communicate in English and for showing the courage and confidence to participate in this interview. Although English is not his first language, he demonstrates what we at Pitt English believe in - that English is a tool to communicate an idea and not a language to master. Ivan represents these beliefs......so, good job Ivan!

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    Ignacio Guerra on Transitioning Between Being an Olympic Athlete and an Entrepreneur

    Send a textIt&apos;s not often that I get the opportunity to speak to an Olympic Athlete - not only that, but also the youngest ever chilean javelin thrower to compete at an Olympics and to hold the national record, a record that still stands today.Ignacio Guerra competed at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, met Usain Bolt, earned an MBA scholarship for Kentucky State University, and together with his partner has now founded his own startup, Latam Broker, a wine distribution business started on the strength of his experience working with renound wineries across the region.In this episide of The Business Breakfast we discuss Ignacio&apos;s time as an Olympic Athlete, the difficulties he faced and how and when he made the transition from Olympian to entrepreneur. Furthemore, we discuss what common attributes are necessary to excel both as an athlete and as an entrepreneur. You can find out more about Ignacio here:https://www.latercera.com/noticia/guerra-renuncia-la-jabalina/https://www.cooperativa.cl/ignacio-guerra-quebro-su-propio-record-nacional-en-la-jabalina/prontus_nots/2011-04-02/153934.htmlhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/ignacio-guerra-martorell-oly-27527764/http://www.latambroker.com/

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    Miguel O'Farrell on Financing and Launching a New School in a Poor Neighbourhood in Buenos Aires

    Send a textWhat does it take to finance and launch a new school? What are some of the challenges an entrepreneur faces with such a large undertaking? Even without the pressure of ensuring children attend the school and parents wanting to send their kids there, there are a lot of things that an educational visionary has to think about. Things such as financing the construction, marketing the school, building it in time and on budget and finding a site to build it.Miguel O&apos;Farrell, lawyer of the largest law firm in Argentina and serial entrepreneur saw an opportunity to build a school, Cruz del Sur, in a poor suburb of Buenos Aires which mixed children from both a nearby shanty town with kids from more an affluent background in 2011. The results were incredible and this year, Cruz Del Sur will see its first generation of students graduate with 96% of them going on to study at university.In this episode of the Business Breakfast, I talk to Miguel about the beginnings of his project, the challenges he overcame and the rewards that he reaped from this incredible journey.

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    Pedro Tyler on How to Promote Art and Make a Living as an Artist

    Send a textHave you ever thought how artists, and indeed creative entrepeneurs make a living? In most countries around the world, earning enough money to support yourself and a family is difficult, given the restraints and lack of investment in the arts.And yet, Pedro Tyler, my guest this week on The Business Breakfast, has managed not only to produce amazingly creative art, but to sell and showcase it all around the world from The United States to Europe and here in his native South America.In this episode of The Business Breakfast, we discuss how Pedro came to become an artist, how he markets and sells his art to private collectors and galleries and the importance of &quot;Learning the Ropes&quot; from the very beginning. You can learn more about Pedro here:http://abstractioninaction.com/artists/pedro-tyler/#https://www.aninatgaleria.org/pedro-tylerhttps://www.instagram.com/tyler.pedro/#The BusinessBreakfast #sampitt #pittenglish #interviewsinenglish #podcast #learnenglish #learnbusiness #interviews

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    Cecilia Rossi on Launching a Startup After 30 years Working in the Corporate Sector

    Send a textIf you are thinking of striking out alone to start a company after years of working for others, then this weeks episiode of The Business Breakfast will really interest you. Cecilia Rossi, today&apos;s guest, may not have a multi-million pound company, but she does have a company that is profitable and growing.After years of working in the corporate and education sector, Cecilia founded CYG Technologies under the brand name Fenzotec, a cycling parts company that provides specialist bike parts online and to specialist biking shops and distributors.In this episode of The Business Breakfast we talk about Cecilia&apos;s work, how it started and the challenges that she has faced as a senior entrepreneur as well as the skills needed to make the transition from the corporate and education sectors to the field of entrepreneurship.You can find out more about Cecilia and Fenzotec here:https://www.linkedin.com/in/maria-cecilia-rossi-soffia-a3a94a27/https://crossmountain.cl/brands/39/fenzotec?gclid=Cj0KCQjwxIOXBhCrARIsAL1QFCbltg8MqVZ0IRAiaWO8s_8D6s4Xbhg4HCjoMDZXF08rn8_HcHUu2cIaAjDzEALw_wcB#TheBusiness Breakfast #pittenglish #sampitt #podcast #learnenglish #learnbusiness #ceciliarossi #entrepreneurship

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    Francois Pouzet, Chile Entrepreneurs and Launching and Growing a YouTube Channel

    Send a textFrancois Pouzet, founder of multiple startups is a man on a mission. After working for some time with winemaker Conosur, he then went on to found Float Chile in 2018, followed by Trekking Chile, and in February 2020 launched his dream - a You Tube Channel called Emprendedores Chile. The aim of his channel is to promote new startups and to pass on knowledge to fellow entrepreneurs who have launched or want to launch a new business.In this fascinating interview, Francois&apos; talks about his journey with Chile Entrepreneurs, how he started it, the challenges he faced and how it grew to attract nearly 40,000 followers. As Francois alludes to, their is no magic bullet to success, but what really helps communities, YouTube channels and podcasts to grow is to consistently give good value and good content to people and to help others. This is the key, and something that The Business Breakfast is trying to do also.You can follow Francois and find out more about his work here:https://www.youtube.com/user/pouzethttps://www.linkedin.com/in/fran%C3%A7ois-pouzet-4b435834/https://www.emprendedorchile.cl/#thebusinessbreakfast #interviewsinenglish #podcast #sampitt #pittenglish #thebusinessbreakfastpodcast #learnenglish #learnbusiness #entrepreneurship #community

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    Francisco Cruzat, Big Data Scoring and the Battle Between Fintechs and Banks

    Send a textIn this episode of The Business Breakfast, I speak to Francisco Cruzat, entrepreneur and Chief Development Manager at Big Data Scoring, a company that uses a cloud-based solution to help fintechs and banks create an accurate profile of a clients payment behaviour. We discuss the way that data is collected, the multiple types of data and why this information is so crucial in the development of fintechs and banks as well as the ability to create data for a business model for certain profile groups.We also discuss the example of Nubank a fintech that revolutionalised the way that people bank  and gain credit which accrues 1 million new checking accounts every month.Francisco is also the founding member of Nexcar, a car hire service that charges a monthly fee for clients to rent a car over the medium to long term. You can find out more about Francisco via the links below:https://nexcar.cl/https://www.bigdatascoring.com/https://www.linkedin.com/in/francisco-cruzat-3364a53/#thebigbreakfast #podcast #sampitt #pittenglish #learnenglish #learnbusiness #interviews#interviewsinenglish

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    Luz Infante, Egon Zehnder and The Power of Good Recruitment

    Send a textEgon Zehnder is an instantly recognisable recruitment company that places thousands of high flying leaders into high flying positions in high flying companies.  But how does it manage to achieve successful placements with the challenges of adapting to multi-cultural companies, millenials and digital environments?In today&apos;s episode of The Business Breakfast I talk to Luz Infante, Head of Research at Egon Zehnder, Chile, to talk about the challenges they face to recruit well, the use of psychmetric tests and the challenge of competition, including how LinkedIn has helped recruiters to achieve better results.Luz Infante is Head of Research at Egon Zehnder, Chile and studied Administration at the University of the Andes. She has worked at Egon Zehnder since 2005 and is also Head of the Expert Team in Santiago. She is married to architectural entrepreneur Guillermo Tapia and the  mother of 5 children. You can find out  more about Luz and her work here:https://www.linkedin.com/in/maria-de-la-luz-infante-15918246/#thebusinessbreakfast #podcast #learnenglish #learnbusiness #pittenglsh

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    Jack Horn and How to Be a Sporting Entrepreneur

    Send a textJack Horn may be a millenial but he is different to your average man on the street.He was born on December 24th 1993 and is the fourth of five brothers, all with English christian names because of ancestry that reaches back to Newcastle, in the northeast of England.Jack is soon to become a golf professional, but that only tells half the story. He has also recently obtained a law degree from the University of Los Andes, after a gruelling 7-year  journey that also saw him launch and found a rhythm and blues band. He is also a competent English communicator, guitarist and singer.Today  I speak to him about his entrepreneurial journey to date, how he has learned from his mistakes, his plans for the future and what challenges and sacrifices he has made along the way.Welcome to the Business Breakfast with Sam Pitt#PittEnglish #podcast #learnenglish #learnbusiness #entrepreneur #thebusinessbreakfast#interviews #JackHorn

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    Anastasia and Artificial Intelligence for Small Businesses

    Send a textThis week The Business Breakfast talks to Dr Pablo Zegers about his Artificial Intelligence company, Anastasia and how AI is shaping our future and that of small and medium enterprises. We delve into the work they are doing to target and help small businesses realign their business practices in the light of the current digital transformation.Pablo is a founder member of Anastasia which he founded with Andrés Valdivieso in 2015, is the winner of the illustrious AVONNI Chilean Innovation Award and lives with his wife and 5 children in Santiago, Chile.

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    Copec, Startups and Venture Capitalism

    Send a textIn this second episide of The Business Breakfast I talk to María Gracia Lagos about her new role working in the venture capital branch of Copec in San Francisco.  We talk about her role heading up the project Wind Ventures, which aims to help regional and US based startups expand into Latin America, what qualities are needed to be involved in a project such as this and how English has given her new opportunities, that she may not have had before.We also talk about her time living in the UK and her plans for the future.Welcome to the #Businessbreakfast!#learnenglish #learnbusiness #podcast #interviews

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    Entrepreneurship and Big Business

    Send a textIn this first episode of The Business Breakfast I have the pleasure to talk to a big business player. Ignacio Ruiz-Tagle is the Chilean CEO of the Wealth Management division of Scotiabank, a Canadian global bank with offices all  around the world.We discuss the idea of whether entrepreneurship can be found within big business or whether the sheer size and operational structure of big businesses actually stunts the growth of entreprenuerial mindsets. We also talk about the impact of English on business and whether English competence can be seen as a form of big business entrepreneurship at a time when digital transformation has changed the way that companies operate, especially since the onset of Covid-19.We close by discussing whether entrepreneurship can be taught and to what degree it can extend within individuals and companies.

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    Trailer for The Business Breakfast Podcast

    Send a textHello, my name is Sam Pitt. I&apos;m an optimist and entrepreneur an educator and the founder of Pitt English a language communication company based in Santiago, Chile.Ever since a young age I&apos;ve been serving people and helping them to live the life they want to live - from working as a butler for royalty and the rich and famous to giving business English classes to CEOs in Santiago.Before the global pandemic hit the world for six, I was travelling by car and metro coaching businesses in the art of  English communication. But as is now the case with many businesses, I find myself working online and with a bit more time (though not much) to devote to helping others. And so I decided to start a podcast, The Business Breakfast, which aims to inspire people to achieve greater things in business and in life.Through weekly inspirational and thought-provoking conversations in English with South American leaders within the world of business and entrepeneurship, my aim is to help people achieve more and to pass on to the next generation, opportunities that they aspire to.My name is Sam Pitt and welcome to The Business Breakfast

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

Following on from the success of The Business Breakfast, I bring you Series 2 of my podcast, rebranded as The English Breakfast. Since starting Pitt English and Study UK, I've had the pleasure of meeting and chatting with many fascinating people within the world of education and business. Some have worked for a considerable time in the same industry, but many have come from other careers and industries, and have a real tale to tell - interesting tales that are quite unexpected but nontheless stories that we can aspire to and learn from. It's these people's stories that I will be focusing on in my monthly interviews.  The English Breakfast will give an insight into how leaders  grow personally and professionally and end up working in careers that they love and are passionate about. .#TheEnglishBreakfast #studyuk #sampitt #pittenglish #learnenglish #learnbusiness #podcast #entrepreneur #interviewsinenglish #englishlearning #confidence #careers #careerdevelopment #interestingstories</p

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Sam Pitt

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