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The Voice of Compassion

My best friend’s wife died recently. Suddenly. Nothing can explain a tragedy like this. But in the midst of bottomless grief and sorrow,...

To Pitch an Idea, first you must Connect

One of the biggest reasons why so many pitches fail is that we fail to CONNECT with our listeners. Connection is where it all starts....

How the Voice of Emma González Saved me

I felt numb. Yet another cruel shooting in my home country of America. In sunny Florida even. Yet another senseless slaughter of innocent...

As soon as you speak, you will instantly be judged

With first impressions, your voice is more important than you may realise. It takes less than 1 second for people to judge your...

The Power of Pitching

Just before Christmas I competed in the Finals of the Techtour European Venture Contest. Oddly enough, I was one of the category winners...

Learn from the Speakers You Admire

I just listened to an old speech by Martin Luther King Jr. from April 4th, 1967 at the Riverside Church in New York City. It wasn’t his...

A Tolerance for Silence

Right now I am on an airplane. I’m flying home at 20,000 feet from Kuopio, Finland. I’m decompressing. Imagine a town dropped right in...

7 Fatal Voice Mistakes that Entrepreneurs Make when Pitching

Why some of the things you can’t even hear yourself saying may be killing your pitch and ruining your first Impressions In my head I...

Entrepreneur Success Factor? Words-Music-Dance

Many entrepreneurs struggle. Some fail, yet some entrepreneurs succeed beyond their wildest dreams. What is the difference? What is the...