Petr Pouchlybusiness development consultant and designer of business strategies — Senior expert on business development and especially business transitions from one level to another, bringing the tools and know-how entrepreneurs need in order to succeed. 25+ years of experience, from corporations to nonprofits.
Jan Koudelabusiness consultant for owners who dare to make a change — Helping business owners break through roadblocks, improve processes, and turn stalled plans into results. Combining honest feedback, design thinking, and hands-on leadership to align teams, drive change, and see key projects through to completion.
Jan de Graaf, PhDbusiness consultant for European trade with Asia, specialized in the food industry and China — Business consulting executive for international companies and their business development and expansion in China as well as other East Asian markets. Working in Asia since 2001, more than 15 years in China.
Vitek Pliskaweb app developer, project manager, consultant, and founder of the web development agency Creatiweb — Senior web application developer, supported by an established team of developers, designers and IT experts in his own web development agency. Designs and develops user-friendly, fast and secure web applications for servers and websites since 1999.
Pavel MinarIT consultant specialized in Google Workspace as an authorized Google Cloud Partner — Full range of professional Google Workspace services, including setup, user migration, onboarding, training, and support. With over 30 years of experience in IT, Pavel has done more than 360 of Workspace implementations and 500 training events.
Vaclav Rasdata analytics expert — Actionable insights and data-driven solutions leading to substantial improvements in business operations. Data analysis, reporting and visualization, audits and data transformation, measurements implementation. Clients include Skoda Auto and CGI.
Andreas Kainz, M.Eng.senior Ansible automation expert — Design and architecture, implementation, and coaching on Ansible automation for Ops teams. Degree in Computer Science and more than 30 years of professional experience in the IT sector. Full-scale proficiency in Ansible, Linux, Python, and more.
How do independent professionals actually get clients? Not through their content, argues Nigel Rawlins—most work comes from people you stay in touch with. Revisiting his podcast conversations with Mark Goulston, Michael Zipursky, Karen Wickre and Laetitia Vitaud, he unpacks the skill inside word of mouth: figuring out what the other person needs to hear.
"Keep writing. I do, every week, because writing gives people something to forward and a reason to remember you. Just stop pretending the writing is the pipeline. The conversation is."