From a cleaner to an elite scholar, from investment banking to the colorful start-up world, from Finland over Spain to Asia. And finally into a burn-out. I had the honor to interview Tomi Kaukinen, who is a successful serial entrepreneur and one of the most-wanted keynote speakers in the Finnish business sector. Graduated from the Stockholm School of Economics, he quit is well-paid job in an investment bank after 6 years to found his own business. He has managed to build up a start-up that connected him with nobody less than the famous Spanish football club Real Madrid. But the hard work and the hunger for success left their traces. This episode is the first part of the (very long, but definitely not boring!) interview with Tomi, in which he shares Why he returned to school to graduate with straight A’s What disillusionment he experienced when starting his career Why you should have a safety net when quitting your job Why it is important to fail to create a successful start-up How the WiFi at McDonald’s secured him the collaboration with a Spanish football club 😉 The second part of the interview will come out as episode #81, which will especially touch on the topic of burn-out. Feel free to connect directly with Tomi on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tomikaukinen/ And if you are looking for a job in the Corporate world or want to take the next step in your career, I would be happy to support you in your skillful self-presentation and showing your true, authentic self to a company! Therefore, this podcast is based on three pillars: • Self-confidence & self-esteem • Managing your emotions • Concrete communication techniques based on NLP And in each episode, you will hear about one of them. – Subscribe to not miss any important points! If you don’t want to miss the coming episodes – then following me on LinkedIn (Michaela Kettner) or Instagram (@michaela.kettner.fi). Keywords: Skilful self-presentation, Successful career, fulfilling career, important for career, successful in my job, self-confidence, entrepreneur, founding a start-up, quitting my job, get an investor, burn-out