SIWIKE “Stuff I Wish I Knew Earlier”: the podcast

MENTOR CORNER: BC-001 From Blacklisted Co-op to Transformational Leader

June 22nd, 2022  |  39 mins 33 secs

deloitte, ibm, networking, perseverance, podcast, siwike

In this episode, Luki and Bruce talk about his experience being a blacklisted co-op student from IBM, discovering and rediscovering himself, and graduate school.

MENTOR CORNER: AndL-001 Dance, Networking, and Marketing

June 15th, 2022  |  35 mins 30 secs

covid19, entrepreneur, marketing, podcast, siwike, solopreneur

In this episode, Luki and Andrea talk about how she launched her own business during the pandemic, her passion about connecting people in Toronto, why she decided to pursue marketing, and more.

MENTOR CORNER: VC-001 Dance, Business, and Human Resources

June 8th, 2022  |  26 mins 28 secs

computer science, dancing, hr, human resources, mentorship, podcast, singing, siwike

In this episode, Luki and Vanessa talk about her experience as a competitive dancer when she was a child, her interest in music, how she decided to pursue business as her career, and more.

MENTOR CORNER: FA-001 Faaiz Ali - Religion, Purpose, and Mentorship

June 1st, 2022  |  31 mins 15 secs

islam, podcast, purpose, religion, siwike

In this episode, Luki and Faaiz talk about how he found his purpose through religion, mentorship. Faaiz is a project manager and social media manager for the Tribe, which is a youth development organization based in Karachi.

MENTOR CORNER: Narsingh Dixit ND-001 Rebel, Attending Boarding School, and Marketing

May 25th, 2022  |  31 mins 41 secs

boarding school, entrepreneur, marketing, podcast, siwike

In this video, Narsingh talks about his experience as rebellious kid going to the Kodaikanal International School and his journey to marketing.

MENTOR CORNER: PS-001 Pol Smirnov Technology, Human Resources, and Disabilities

May 17th, 2022  |  29 mins 19 secs

disability, hr, immigrant, podcast, siwike, technology

In this episode, Pol and Luki talk about his journey to Canada and Ireland. Pol also speaks about how he chose between his passion in IT and HR, as well as how his disability affects his outlook in life.

MENTOR CORNER: AC-003 How to Be More Confident in Your Communication

May 11th, 2022  |  25 mins 14 secs

communication, confidence, new grads, newcomers, podcast, siwike, slp

In this episode, Angela and Luki talk about ways to communicate with confidence. Topics include: Speech Language Pathology, challenges for newcomers from different parts of the world, how to improve your confidence, advice for new grads and those defending their thesis.

Student CORNER: MT-001 Finding the Win-Win and Journey to Marketing and Sales

April 29th, 2022  |  15 mins 56 secs

immigrant, leadership, marketing, podcast, sales, siwike

In this episode, Melissa talks about her background, her experience as a kid, her journey to Canada, SIWIKE, etc.

MENTOR CORNER: Alexander Luksidadi AL-003 Getting into Blockchain, Crypto, and NFT's

April 18th, 2022  |  31 mins 29 secs

blockchain, cyptocurrency, defi, entrepreneur, ethereum, nft, podcast, siwike, space poggers, startup, tokenomics

MENTOR CORNER: AL-002 Alexander Luksidadi Getting in to Startups and YCombinator

March 30th, 2022  |  27 mins 57 secs

entrepreneur, podcast, siwike, small business, startup, startup incubator, ycombinator

On this episode of the SIWIKE podcast, Luki and Alexander talk about his startup journeys, the advice he has to run a successful startups, and being a part of YCombinator. Alexander is the co-founder of "Rose Rocket" (https://www.roserocket.com/). Rose Rocket is a transportation management software that helps build the future of trucking technology.