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Career Labs Podcast with Femi Akinyemi helps ambitious professionals grow, lead, and thrive in a changing world.
Each week, Career Coach, Change Leader, and Leadership Consultant Femi Akinyemi breaks down the mindset shifts, leadership principles, and practical strategies you need to build confidence, navigate change, and unlock meaningful career growth.
From imposter syndrome and executive presence to reinvention, influence, and future-ready skills, every episode gives you tools you can use immediately — no fluff, no jargon, just real insights for real progress.
Whether you're rebuilding momentum, aiming for your next promotion, or simply trying to become a more impactful leader, this is your weekly lab for turning ambition into action.
🎯 Topics: career development, leadership, mindset, influence, confidence, change management, AI & the future of work, communication, reinvention.
My Career Lab Podcast
Why you dont need permission with Eric Collins
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Today we have Eric Collins, the co-founder and CEO of Impact X Capital Partners, a venture capital firm investing in under-represented entrepreneurs in the UK and Europe.
We talk about why you don't need permission to start a business or do anything great for that matter. He also shares tips for starting and growing a business.
Eric is also a serial entrepreneur and technology executive who has worked with numerous innovative companies and invests in fast-growth businesses helping Black and female entrepreneurs get the jump start they need.
We talk about the importance of having a positive mindset and why you don’t need permission.
In this episode of You Unleashed podcast:
03:40 – Why challenges are important
05:00 – What drives Eric?
11:35 – The power of economics and the underinvestment in Black businesses
15:30 – When you don’t need to ask for permission
19:00 – Asking for permission vs a need for validation
21:00 – How do we break the paradigm of asking for permission?
25:40 – What’s holding black people back in being the best that they can be?
32:45 – Leverage what you know
39:10 – Let go of small
43:00 – Invest in black women to create an alpha
47:30 – Use data to make an informed choice and bet on black
53:35 – Eric talks about his upcoming activities
Eric’s book: https://www.amazon.com/We-Dont-Need-Permission-business/dp/1787635406
Use #WeDontNeedPermission
Website: https://www.impactxcapital.com/
This episode is sponsored by MyCareerLabs
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