Hello and welcome to the Penny podcast, the place for entrepreneurs to share their personal stories about their business craft.

I'm delighted to be joined by Pia Leichter, a creative entrepreneur from New York (and self-described recovering nomad) who is now based in Copenhagen. We talk about her company, the Kollektiv Studio, and her recently published first book 'Welcome to the Creative Club: Make Your Life Your Biggest Art Project' which has become a best-seller.

Pia really is the creatives' creative - not only is she helping people bring their visions and ventures into the world and create impact but she has put her all into the book. This creative companion features poetry and personal stories, as well as exercises, case studies and hard data.

Listen in to hear how she has shaped her experiences as a creative into a compelling offering and how she keeps both ground and inspired.

Pia's website:

Kollektiv Studio

Pia's book:

Welcome to the Creative Club: Make your life your biggest art project

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Welcome to The Penny Podcast, presented by Eva Keogan, founder of Home of Social. In this new episode we are joined by tech entrepreneur Cathy Long, who shares her story about Aposto and how her passion for wanting to make events safer following the Hillsborough disaster has taken her from campaigning at the Premier League to building an event technology platform.

Cathy launched Aposto in March 2020, just as the global pandemic closed down the world, and of course, the events industry. Listen in to find out how she navigated this pivotal moment and how her company has evolved over the last four years into an industry disrupter. Cathy shares her hard won insights about bootstrap marketing, being a female tech founder in a male dominated sector and how to leverage online and in person networking to build your brand.

Listen in for an inspiring story about triumph over adversity and lots more.

The Penny podcast is where creatives, technologists and disrupters share their exciting and inspiring journeys.

In this episode, we're delighted to bring you the story behind a disruptive fintech as we talk with our guest, fintech entrepreneur Pierre-Yves Rahari.

Following a successful career in Investment management and setting up a consultancy firm, Pierre-Yves is now the Director and Co-founder of A-Lab Solutions, along with Luuk Jacobs. Together they have brought the Reseo eBusiness ID solution, which is a digital passport for corporate investors, to the market.

Reseo aims to resolve the numerous issues of onboarding investment clients which include putting them through the rigmarole of validating their credentials and anti-money laundering checks, aka the AML-KYC process. While this kind of rigour is necessary, Pierre-Yves believes it’s time to do away with paper and digitalise the process. This in itself creates numerous benefits such as saving a great deal of time and effort and expediting new investments.

We talk about the business of doing business, and how his creative pursuits and psychology training are brought to bear in managing the startup, and all the challenges the business faces as a disrupter in the market on a mission to move the digital dial in the industry.

Follow Reseo on LinkedIn and website reseo.global – you can connect with Pierre-Yves on LinkedIn here.

Thank you for listening!

Produced and presented by Eva Keogan, Home of Social

Music Eva Keogan and Nicolás Ayala Ramírez