Diego and Jean-luc are looking forward to having Reuben Noronha as our #SocialConfoes guest this week to talk about finding opportunities and starting up businesses. This social conversation will touch on different topics ranging from building and scaling businesses in South East Asia to finding opportunities in the crypto space. We might even jump into talking about creating content, productivity and/or even a little bit of music.

Reuben has spent the last few years building and scaling business in Asia. He built his first company, Nivaasa, in 2013 and ran it for two years. After that, he had the opportunity to build and scale multiple businesses at Zilingo. He enjoys the 0 to 1 phase and finding new ways for businesses to monetize.

Check out Reuben’s Podcast where he speaks to people about their experiences and learnings over the last 10 years. From PhDs to Musicians, Consultants to Entrepreneurs, you’ll hear from a diverse set of people who are doing really interesting things, at the same time, and figuring it out along the way.

You can also connect with Reuben:

• Twitter
• Medium
• Linkedin

Episode Overview

• 0:00 – Good morning from Singapore
• 3:30 – What should people know about Singapore?
• 7:40 – Tell us about your first startup in India
• 21:13 – What does 0 to 1 mean in a startup?
• 25:55 – Economic vs Cultural freedom in Singapore
• 41:41 – Transition from your own startup to working at another startup
• 50:04 – Bootstrapping principles that young entrepreneurs should look at or ignore
• 55:30 – At what point did you know you were ready to leave the startup?
• 1:00:03 – Crypto Q&A
• 1:17:06 – What’s next for Reuben?
• 1:20:52 – Closing off

The Hosts

• Diego Ameerali
• Jean-Luc van Charante

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On this very insightful episode of Social Confoes, Jean-luc and Diego are joined by Sheetal Sujan. She is a co-founder of Lybra Training, Coaching and Consulting in Paramaribo, Suriname. She develops and facilitates tailor-made trainings for organizations in areas of self-development, team development, leadership development, customer service, communication, team building and emotional intelligence. Furthermore, she has more than 12 years of experience as a personal and professional development trainer and her goal is to positively motivate individuals to strengthen their true talents and skills, overcome their challenges, and get the most out of their personal and work life.

She is passionate about helping individuals and teams thrive in their personal and work relationships, steering individuals to understand the personal impact they make on their lives and the lives of others.

Check out Lybra and sign up for their next classes.

You can also connect with Sheetal through her socials:

• Linkedin
• Instagram
• Facebook

Episode Overview

• 0:00 – Introduction with some tears
• 5:33 – How Sheetal ended up in Suriname?
• 11:26 – A deeper appreciation of Indian culture through Suriname
• 23:32 – Making her husband take the MBTI test
• 30:15 – What did the our results tell you about us
• 37:04 – A deeper look at perceivers and judgers in MBTI
• 45:30 – How do you prevent yourself from abusing your powers
• 53:57 – Taking the business from offline to online during Covid
• 1:18:41 – MBTI demographics, Is there an age restriction?
• 1:28:01 – Thoughts on why women cancel more often?
• 1:33:25 – Closing off

The Hosts

• Diego Ameerali
• Jean-Luc van Charante

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Steal My Marketing, the name of the Podcast hosted by Abhishek Kumar. Diego and Jean-luc talk with him about how he was able to growth hack his TikTok following to over 125K within a year. Furthermore, we expand this to other social media platforms and how to leverage your following to get into a conversation with some of the smartest mind around the world.

Check out his podcast: Steal My Marketing and sign up for his Newsletter.

You can also connect with Abhishek through his socials:

• TikTok
• Twitter

The Hosts

• Diego Ameerali
• Jean-Luc van Charante

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Welcome to a special edition of Social Confoes​, featuring your hosts, Diego Ameerali and Jean-luc van Charante, as they look back at the first couple of months of the show. Grab yourself a drink and fire your questions away, as we might answer some ;). One of them even had a power outage during the live recording session. Have a listen and see how that played out.

Episode Overview

• 0:00 – Basic Introductions
• 3:00 – Leaving a workshop just to livestream at 9PM sharp
• 5:25 – Reflecting back to the first 2 months of starting Social Confoes and why we decided to do it in English
• 10:45 – [Audience] Any plans to start a Surinamese podcast association?
• 16:00 – Anchor and Spotify available in Suriname
• 21:50 – Using leverage to earn from platforms
• 26:35 – Does Jean-luc wear pants during Zoom calls?
• 30:15 – Exponential development cycles of platforms
• 32:20 – Rapid Fires with a twist of Power Outage
• 49:30 – Where is Suriname lacking in the most?
• 53:30 – What needs to happen for there to be smooth transition to close the gap between generations?
• 59:25 – Things to expect in the next few weeks
• 1:03:20 – Why do we podcast?
• 1:07:55 – Rapid Fire Part 2
• 1:14:25 – Do we re-listen to our own episodes?
• 1:27:13 – Officially a tribe! Closing off

The Hosts

• Diego Ameerali
• Jean-Luc van Charante

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For the previous few episodes we covered marketing from different angles, ranging from creative entrepreneurs and how social media has developed over the years. This time, Diego and Jean-luc are joined by Ro-Ann Smith to gave us an academic perspective.

You can also connect with Ro-Ann through Linkedin and support her business: SS School of Business

Episode Overview

• 0:00 – Introducing Ro-Ann and starting a Caribbean Community in New Zealand
• 12:40 – Why a PhD program in the other side of the world?
• 18:35 – How do you prevent yourself from becoming an armchair intellectual?
• 23:40 – What did you factor in when deciding your PhD research topic?
• 30:20 – How marketing and extension the social science and psychology behind it affects social consumer behavior
• 36:36 – What’s the biggest compromise that you had to make as you’re pursuing a PhD?
• 42:48 – How does female leadership come into play, drawing comparisons to New Zealand and Barbados?
• 50:45 – The influence of decentralization and groups in a global society
• 54:50 – How can valid information curation be amplified so communities do not get overwhelmed by publicly accessible information?
• 1:00:50 – How can we apply social marketing on a country level?
• 1:05:30 – What’s a solution to the danger that Conspiracy Theory websites pose on the wellbeing of tribes and communities?
• 1:14:54 – Closing Q with remarks

The Hosts

• Diego Ameerali
• Jean-Luc van Charante

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Diego and Jean-luc talked with their first female guest on Social Confoes, Dorien Morin – van Dam. She is originally from the Netherlands and moved to the US at the age of 18. Have a listen to see how here journey unfolded as she went from being a stay at home mother to speaking at the biggest social media stages. It was a joy to speak with her and she has and uplifting and very approachable personality.

Kickstart your Social Media Success today at moreinmedia.com.

You can also connect with Dorien through her socials:

• Linkedin
• Facebook
• Instagram
• Twitter

Episode Overview

• 0:00 – Meeting someone who knows where Suriname is during a Conference (SMMW)
• 2:25 – Orange Glasses
• 7:15 – Moving to the US at the age of 18 and dealing with home-sickness
• 18:30 – From a time where there was to Social Media to becoming a Social Media Strategist
• 28:50 – Views on controversies like ‘Zwarte Piet’ in the Netherlands and how it affects Social Media in your area
• 40:00 – Are getting more connected or disconnected through the rise of Social Media?
• 46:15 – How does learning marketing and social media through volunteering compare to a traditional education
• 58:40 – How was your first conference experience and what future trends in social media marketing do you foresee
• 1:06:50 – Migrating to the US and how do you even prepare yourself to jump into the US market
• 1:12:30 – Closing Remarkts

The Hosts

• Diego Ameerali
• Jean-Luc van Charante

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Tonight Diego and Jean-luc will be joined by none other than Jay Austin to talk about creative entrepreneurship, more specifically, how to built up the confidence to start out on your own and never look back. At the end of the episode, Jay just has 5 words for you: Create like you mean it!

Find out more about Jay’s new work direction over at jaywaustin.com.

Episode Overview

• 0:00 – Introducing Jay
• 3:25 – Shrouded in obscurity in San Diego
• 7:10 – The whispers during the Super bowl
• 14:00 – Thoughts on the “there’s no such thing as bad publicity” argument
• 16:52 – Nuances of tribal culture
• 21:40 – What about controversial publicity
• 27:25 – We need to talk about rage rooms for a second
• 31:25 – The Social Dilemma
• 37:25 – Building the confidence as an entrepreneur
• 42:18 – How does a marketer start to target different demographics
• 46:00 – How do you intergrade statistical marketing data and the feeling of responsibility to deliver value
• 49:40 – Thoughts on the current exclusivity of Clubhouse
• 57:40 – Is it a dilemma of scale
• 1:00:40 – How and why Jay changed his business direction
• 1:10:00 – How to jumpstart your creative venture/business
• 1:16:00 – Closing Remarks

The Hosts

• Diego Ameerali
• Jean-Luc van Charante

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In this episode of Social Confoes Diego and Jean-luc will be having a Social Conversation with Jake Raijmann about his business (GlamPop), his ties to Suriname and much more.

The after movie of the workshop right before the pandemic hit is over here.

Learn more about the GlamPop and order your AirQueen mask here.

You can connect with Jake on:

• Linkedin
• Twitter
• Instagram

Episode Overview

• 0:00 – Introducing Jake at 1AM in the morning
• 6:32 – How is your relationship with Suriname?
• 9:49 – How did your entrepreneurial journey start?
• 19:40 – How did the name GlamPop come about?
• 25:00 – Have your Surinamese roots helped or held the business back?
• 30:10 – How has Covid impacted the business?
• 41:10 – QuickFire Round
• 44:10 – Bringing a highly demanded product to the market
• 1:01:14 – Jake’s experience as a finalist during the startup competition in 2019
• 1:18:40 – Final remarks and closing off

The Hosts

• Diego Ameerali
• Jean-Luc van Charante

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From local to global, Diego and Jean-luc have a talk with Rajiv Hieralal and explore his humble beginnings in the JCI and how he became an International Vice President....