Pivot Talk

King's Business Club•kingsbusinessclub.co.uk

This is Pivot Talk, the official podcast of King's Business Club, the largest business and finance society in London. We want to offer you insights into the business world, including areas of consulting, marketing, finance, entrepreneurship and Law. By talking to some of the most inspirational people in the industry, we provide an opportunity to learn from them. Our aim is to aid the development of the great minds that will shape the world we live in.

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7 Tips To Manage Stress During Exam Season

Exam season is a difficult, stressful time for students. The process gets easier over the years as you learn to manage stress and be productive in your routine, but the stress is always there. If you're just starting university, you'll be heading into your first end-of-year exam season, and its a daunting experience at worst. Alex is a third-year business student at King's College London and has been through this many times before. In this episode, he provides 7 tips for managing stress, and dis...

Mar 18, 2022•21 min

Networking for Introverts (with Monica Parkin)

Monica Parkin is an award-winning international speaker, host of the ‘juggling without balls podcast’, author of the book, “Overcoming Awkward: The Introverts Guide to Networking, Marketing and Sales”, a licensed Mortgage Broker and a Speaking Coach. She has many insights into how introverts can up their networking game in addition to learning to pitch for success. Monica launched her book after attending a networking event in which she felt extreme anxiety and shyness, and did not want to be th...

Mar 04, 2022•47 min

All Things NFTs - Buying, Selling & Marketing (with Arvin Khamseh)

Arvin Khamseh is somewhat of a global pioneer in the NFT space. He is a former media buyer and marketing director, in which he launched ads on social media with a monthly spend in excess of 500k. He has used his experience in media buying to get in early on the NFT game, and as a result, has earned his spot as one of the leaders in the NFT space. In addition, he has also helped launch 2 NFT projects, which both sold out and earned roughly $19m between them, in the first 20 hours. Arvin got in ea...

Feb 18, 2022•55 min

How to Build a $1,000,000 Podcast (with Kevin Palmieri)

Kevin Palmieri is Co-host of the podcast, Next Level University, which has nearly 900 episodes published. He is also a very compelling motivational speaker and podcast coach who has built his business to an expected $1,000,000 gross income in 2022. He quit his 6-figure salary job to pursue his passion: podcasting. Since then, he has poured all his energy into podcast coaching, speaking coaching, group coaching, and also hosting podcast episodes 7 days a week. With Next Level University ranking i...

Feb 04, 2022•45 min

Introduction to Consulting

In our very first Consulting-focused episode, Nishorgo chats with second-year PPE student, Alain Klein, about his experience in Consulting and his understanding of what it takes to be a consultant at King's Business Club, and beyond. Alain is a Principal at King's Consulting and has an impressive background in areas such as Asset Management & Investment Banking, including obtaining a Sales & Trading Summer Internship at Morgan Stanley. Alain shares his journey prior to his role at KBC an...

Dec 30, 2021•23 min

MPhys Physics, Work in Fintech and the Future of Crypto/NFT's (with Jagraj Singh)

Jagraj Singh, Master's Student at the University of Leicester found his way to Fintech and the world of crypto after listening to a guest lecture by Work in Fintech Founder, Matthew Cheung, during his summer internship with Amplify Trading. Jagraj is a Founding Member of Work in Fintech, a firm dedicated to inspiring and guiding students graduates and young professionals to a career in Fintech, and is also passionate about using technology to drive change and innovation. Join Alex and Jag as the...

Oct 22, 2021•45 min

Jacques Meldrum - AB InBev, Graduate Life and Advice for Taking Opportunities

Jacques Meldrum, a Global Management Trainee at AB InBev, specifically Budweiser Brewing UK&I, unpacks graduate life within the brewing Industry and many of the fantastic opportunities there are in an array of different fields. Jacques has interned across several industries and companies, including as a Public Affairs Intern at FTI Consulting and Regulatory Affairs Intern at British American Tobacco. He also worked as Project Manager at Asia Insight Circle, recruited by world-leading CEO Wal...

Oct 09, 2021•32 min

Manish Sethi - Rescued Glass, Motivation, and 3rd year of Uni

In this episode, Alex is joined by Manish Sethi, a fellow Business student at King’s, and CEO and Co-founder at Rescued Glass, a waste management company in Thailand, which up-cycles used glass bottles into decorative and innovative household decorations. Manish started Rescued Glass as a CASS project at high school and had no intention of it growing to where it is today. Nonetheless, it has gained momentum and grown beyond his expectations. Here’s what we talked about: - Rescued Glass’s journey...

Sep 15, 2021•43 min

Joel Alexander - talking consulting, crowdfunding and the effects of COVID19

In this episode, Alex interviews serial entrepreneur and LSE graduate, Joel Alexander. Joel has built multiple businesses, including ReShape, a Gen Z consulting business which he built after watching local businesses start to fail because of the devastating effects of COVID-19. Joel is also in the process of building a social crowdfunding app which is publicly known under its ‘stealth name’, ‘CrowdPad’. It is essentially a community which takes you through the lifecycle of a crowdfunding company...

Aug 16, 2021•28 min•Season 1Ep. 2

Jon Holden and Iñigo Imaz Blanco from Classify - launching a successful app at university

In the first episode of Business Buzz, the official podcast of King's Business Club, I will be talking with on Holden and Iñigo Imaz Blanco from Classify, an app that helps students organise their work and life. We’ll be talking about starting a business, the difficulties of app development and design, balancing work and university and much more. Tune in to find out more and learn from the insights shared by the experienced guests. Hosted and created by Mateusz Mizerski

Feb 21, 2021•48 min•Season 1Ep. 1

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