12/08/2020
This episode is going to be EPIC!
We are going LIVE with Surfer, Adventure, Swaussie and Marketing Maven Franziska Iseli
Not only is she a maverick entrepreneur, leading marketing and brand strategist, mad adventurer, author she is also the co-founder of Basic Bananas, The Business Hood, Oceanlovers and Moments of Humanity.
In 2013 Franziska was awarded the Young Entrepreneur of the Year award recognizing her innovation, creativity and philanthropic involvement.
She is a board member at the global Entrepreneurs Organization EO where she is advising on communications, marketing and branding. She also launched an impact initiative called EOcean to inspire entrepreneurs to be more sustainable.
As well as sitting on the judging panel for Singularity University and she has als run think tanks at the United Nations to address the UN sustainable development goals through entrepreneurship.
A true visionary and eternal optimist, no challenge seems to be too big for Franziska. She is known for her rebellious nature and doing things differently. She has this rare combination of being both creative and strategic, which makes her a powerful leader in the business world.
Franziska is the author of three bestselling books – Bananas About Marketing, Perception and The Courage Map (foreword by Sir Richard Branson).
She is regularly featured across the media including INC, Forbes, Business Insider, Virgin Inflight Entertainment, Marie-Claire, Cosmopolitan, SmartCompany, Dynamic Business Magazine, BRW, 2UE, Channel 9.
A Swiss born Australian (or Swaussie) with a sharp-witted humour and the ability to speak five languages, she is known to make up words, which keeps everyone amused.
The key to Franziska’s success is her down-to-earth attitude, infectious energy, integrity and courage to take the lead. She is an idea generation machine and her brain seems to often work on double-speed.
Franziska is a big believer in social business and is heavily involved in various ocean conservation and sustainability projects.
In her spare time Franziska loves going on adventures, spending time in the ocean, playing music with her band Salty Lips, learning new things and spending time with family and friends.
On one of her recent adventures she rode her motorbike from Switzerland to Kazakhstan along the Silk Road (12’000km) which made for interesting tales.
Man this is going to be FUN..
