Employee to Entrepreneur

Steve Glaveski is the author of Employee to Entrepreneur. After leaving the corporate world Steve has successfully started his own business whose mission is to unlock the latent potential of organisations and their people so that they can create more impact for humanity and ultimately to lead more fulfilling lives.

In this episode, kind of a double interview, Steve and I chat about the ideas, thoughts, and challenges of becoming an Entrepreneur. Aligned with his book our conversation is about how we can earn greater freedom by doing work that truly matters.

Please enjoy and feel free to leave your comments below.

Guest Bio

Steve Glaveski is an entrepreneur, author and podcast host whose mission is to unlock the latent potential of organisations and their people so that they can create more impact for humanity and ultimately to lead more fulfilling lives.

He is the Co-Founder and CEO of Collective Campus, an innovation accelerator based in Melbourne and Singapore, that works with large organisations around the globe. Collective Campus was recognised by the Australian Financial Review as one of Australia’s fastest growing new companies.

Steve’s company has worked with the likes of Telstra, National Australia Bank, Clifford Chance, King & Wood Mallesons, BNP Paribas, Microsoft, Village Digital, Charter Hall, Singapore Pools, Ascendas Singbridge, Maddocks, Mills Oakley, Australian Unity, MetLife Insurance and Sportsbet. Collective Campus has also been home to and incubated over 100 startups which have collectively raised more than US$25M.

Steve hosts the Future Squared podcast which won the 2017 Australian Podcasting Awards People’s Choice award in the Business category, having been an Apple Podcasts chart mainstay since February 2015 and is now over 3000 episodes in. He is also a contributor to Harvard Business Review.

Connect with Steve below. 

http://www.steveglaveski.com

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