In episode 30, we’re talking about upskilling - teaching employees new, sometimes advanced, skills in order to fill the skills gap. 

But why should companies invest in upskilling their employees? In addition to the obvious benefits of keeping up with innovation and staying ahead of your competition, upskilling existing employees is cheaper than hiring new people. It also boosts retention and engagement. Empowering your employees to choose what they want to learn and how they want to grow will help them feel more in charge of their career progression. 

Some new words we’re explaining in this episode include: team morale, to be savvy, to be ahead of the curve and well-rounded. 

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Our goal is to help startup professionals take their English from intermediate to advanced in under 10 minutes a day. In each episode, we'll talk about a topic related to the startup world, and we'll learn some vocabulary that you can use to sound more natural in your day-to-day business interactions in English.

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Episode 30 - What does upskilling mean? (Business English)

What is recommerce? A short explanation of the term recommerce, including real-world examples and a few examples of startups in the recommerce niche. 

Watch this episode in video format: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gaKkck7-cW8

We help startup professionals take their English from intermediate to advanced using bite-sized lessons and real-world examples. 

In each lesson, we talk about a term related to the startup world and learn some vocabulary that you can use to sound more natural in your day-to-day business interactions in English. 

*** https://smartstartupenglish.com/free-business-english-lessons/ All the free audio lessons from Smart Startup English
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31. What Is recommerce? (Business English)

What is deeptech? In this episode, we explain the term deeptech using real-world examples and a few examples of startups in the deeptech niche. 

Watch this episode in video format: https://youtu.be/JZMwmiMWaMc

Business English for startup professionals 

We help startup professionals take their English from intermediate to advanced using bite-sized lessons and real-world examples. 

In each lesson, we talk about a term related to the startup world and learn some vocabulary that you can use to sound more natural in your day-to-day business interactions in English.

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32. What is deeptech? (Business English)

Business English for startup professionals 
What does geographical footprint mean? In this episode, we explain the term geographical footprint in a Business English context using real startup examples. 

Watch this lesson in video format on YouTube: https://youtu.be/UwOH7B9piEg

We help startup professionals take their English from intermediate to advanced using bite-sized lessons and real-world examples. 

In each lesson, we talk about a term related to the startup world and learn some vocabulary that you can use to sound more natural in your day-to-day business interactions in English.

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33. What is geographical footprint (Business English)

Business English for startup professionals 

If you read startup news, you’ve probably seen the term “micromobility” pop up everywhere lately. You can spell it as one word or two words - the meaning stays the same. 

But what does micromobility really mean? 

In this episode, we explain the term micromobility in a Business English context using real startup examples. 

Watch this lesson in video format on YouTube: https://youtu.be/ujPtdhTpHPk

We help startup professionals take their English from intermediate to advanced using bite-sized lessons and real-world examples. 

In each lesson, we talk about a term related to the startup world and learn some vocabulary that you can use to sound more natural in your day-to-day business interactions in English.

*** Free Business English lessons for startups 
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34. What is micromobility (Business English)

Business English for startups 
Are you familiar with the term DTC or D2C in a business context?

In this episode, we explain what DTC means and how this business model is different from B2C. 

Watch this lesson in video format on YouTube: https://youtu.be/kCkbHlw1PCc

We help startup professionals take their English from intermediate to advanced using bite-sized lessons and real-world examples. 
In each lesson, we talk about a term related to the startup world and learn some vocabulary that you can use to sound more natural in your day-to-day business interactions in English.

*** Free Business English lessons for startups 
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35. What Is DTC? (Business English)

Welcome to the Smart Startup English Podcast!
In episode 13, we’re talking about a topic that’s a little bit delicate, especially in a business environment: how to cope with failure. How can startup founders move past failure and embrace the lessons they’ve learned.
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Our goal is to help startup professionals take their English from intermediate to advanced in under 10 minutes a day. In each episode, we'll talk about a topic related to the startup world, and we'll learn some vocabulary that you can use to sound more natural in your day-to-day business interactions in English.
Need more resources? Have a look at these pages:
*** https://smartstartupenglish.com/free-business-english-lessons/ All the free audio lessons from Smart Startup English
*** https://smartstartupenglish.com/ Our landing page where you can sign up to get the free transcripts
*** https://smartstartupenglish.com/business-english-courses-startups-2/ Let’s work together one-to-one
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Episode 13 - The stigma of failure in German startups (Business English)

In episode 14, we’re keeping it light and talking about a fun topic: edutainment. What is edutainment? It’s a combination of education and entertainment. Think of watching a documentary on the Discovery Channel. You’re learning new things while also being entertained by a good documentary.

If you’re currently using any apps to learn something new, such as a new language, you’ve experienced edutainment first-hand. 

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Our goal is to help startup professionals take their English from intermediate to advanced in under 10 minutes a day. In each episode, we'll talk about a topic related to the startup world, and we'll learn some vocabulary that you can use to sound more natural in your day-to-day business interactions in English.

Need more resources? Have a look at these pages:
*** https://smartstartupenglish.com/free-business-english-lessons/ All the free audio lessons from Smart Startup English
*** https://smartstartupenglish.com/ Our landing page where you can sign up to get the free transcripts
*** https://smartstartupenglish.com/business-english-courses-startups-2/ Let’s work together one-to-one
*** https://www.instagram.com/smart.startupenglish/ Follow on Instagram for free Business English flashcards 
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Episode 14 - Edutainment startups (Smart Startup English)

In episode 14 of the Smart Startup English podcast, we’re talking about a few businesses that are trying to do good while also making a profit. 

This kind of business model is called social entrepreneurship.  

A social entrepreneur is often driven to innovate and come up with a solution to a problem that affects people who are part of a vulnerable population. This social innovation can happen in fields such as education, finance, agriculture, or healthcare. 

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Our goal is to help startup professionals take their English from intermediate to advanced in under 10 minutes a day. In each episode, we'll talk about a topic related to the startup world, and we'll learn some vocabulary that you can use to sound more natural in your day-to-day business interactions in English.
Need more resources? Have a look at these pages:
*** https://smartstartupenglish.com/free-business-english-lessons/ All the free audio lessons from Smart Startup English
*** https://smartstartupenglish.com/ Our landing page where you can sign up to get the free transcripts
*** https://smartstartupenglish.com/business-english-courses-startups-2/ Let’s work together one-to-one
*** https://www.instagram.com/smart.startupenglish/ Follow on Instagram for free Business English flashcards 
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Episode 15 - Startups focused on social entrepreneurship (Smart Startup English)

In episode 16 of the Smart Startup English podcast, we’re talking about what happens to brands that fail to keep up with the pace of innovation. 

As a case study, we analyze several large brands that, even though they were once at the forefront of innovation, have recently fallen behind their competitors.

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Our goal is to help startup professionals take their English from intermediate to advanced in under 10 minutes a day. In each episode, we'll talk about a topic related to the startup world, and we'll learn some vocabulary that you can use to sound more natural in your day-to-day business interactions in English.
Need more resources? Have a look at these pages:
*** https://smartstartupenglish.com/free-business-english-lessons/ All the free audio lessons from Smart Startup English
*** https://smartstartupenglish.com/ Our landing page where you can sign up to get the free transcripts
*** https://smartstartupenglish.com/business-english-courses-startups-2/ Let’s work together one-to-one
*** https://www.instagram.com/smart.startupenglish/ Follow on Instagram for free Business English flashcards 
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Episode 16 - The price of missing out on innovation (Business English)

In episode 17 of the Smart Startup English podcast, we’re talking about what you should do when your manager has unrealistic expectations. Or if you’re a freelancer, you may be dealing with unrealistic expectations from clients. 

Expectations refers to something that someone believes or hopes will happen in the future. If someone has unrealistic expectations of you, that means they want you to accomplish something that’s hard or impossible to accomplish. A manager might have unrealistic expectations about deadlines or about the workload - the amount of work that an employee can do.

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Our goal is to help startup professionals take their English from intermediate to advanced in under 10 minutes a day. In each episode, we'll talk about a topic related to the startup world, and we'll learn some vocabulary that you can use to sound more natural in your day-to-day business interactions in English.
Need more resources? Have a look at these pages:
*** https://smartstartupenglish.com/free-business-english-lessons/ All the free audio lessons from Smart Startup English
*** https://smartstartupenglish.com/ Our landing page where you can sign up to get the free transcripts
*** https://smartstartupenglish.com/business-english-courses-startups-2/ Let’s work together one-to-one
*** https://www.instagram.com/smart.startupenglish/ Follow on Instagram for free Business English flashcards 
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Episode 17 - How to manage unrealistic expectations at work (Business English)

In episode 18 of the Smart Startup English podcast, we’re talking about candidate engagement. This refers to how well candidates feel they were treated during the recruiting process. It’s not surprising that about 60 percent of the people applying for a job think that they haven’t been treated fairly during their job search.

A survey found that when job seekers have a bad experience, about 42% of them would never apply to that company again and 22% said they would tell others not to apply either. And people even report that they stop buying a company’s products if they feel that the company treated them poorly.

If you want to keep practicing the words you've learned in this lesson, sign up to get access to the free transcript that goes with this episode.
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Our goal is to help startup professionals take their English from intermediate to advanced in under 10 minutes a day. In each episode, we'll talk about a topic related to the startup world, and we'll learn some vocabulary that will help you sound more natural in your day-to-day business interactions in English.

Need more resources? Have a look at these pages:
*** https://smartstartupenglish.com/free-business-english-lessons/ All the free audio lessons from Smart Startup English
*** https://smartstartupenglish.com/ Our landing page where you can sign up to get the free transcripts
*** https://smartstartupenglish.com/business-english-courses-startups-2/ Let’s work together one-to-one
*** https://www.instagram.com/smart.startupenglish/ Follow on Instagram for free Business English flashcards 
*** https://www.pinterest.com/smartstartupenglish/ Follow on Pinterest for free Business English flashcards 
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Episode 18 - Three strategies for effective candidate engagement (Business English)

In episode 19 of the Smart Startup English podcast, we’re talking about what happens when communication between entrepreneurs is influenced by their native language and culture. In this lesson, we focus on the difference between native German speakers and native American English speakers. 

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Our goal is to help startup professionals take their English from intermediate to advanced in under 10 minutes a day. In each episode, we'll talk about a topic related to the startup world, and we'll learn some vocabulary that you can use to sound more natural in your day-to-day business interactions in English.

Need more resources? Have a look at these pages:
*** https://smartstartupenglish.com/free-business-english-lessons/ All the free audio lessons from Smart Startup English
*** https://smartstartupenglish.com/ Our landing page where you can sign up to get the free transcripts
*** https://smartstartupenglish.com/business-english-courses-startups-2/ Let’s work together one-to-one
*** https://www.instagram.com/smart.startupenglish/ Follow on Instagram for free Business English flashcards 
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Episode 19 - Business English communication across cultures (Business English)

In this episode, we’re taking a closer look at the European Digital City Index - the result of a study investigating how well different European cities support digital entrepreneurs.

The study analyzed how 60 European cities scored on a list of 10 themes. In episode 20, we're talking about how European cities are doing in two of these categories: business environment and promoting a culture of entrepreneurship.

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Our goal is to help startup professionals take their English from intermediate to advanced in under 10 minutes a day. In each episode, we'll talk about a topic related to the startup world, and we'll learn some vocabulary that you can use to sound more natural in your day-to-day business interactions in English.

Need more resources? Have a look at these pages:
*** https://smartstartupenglish.com/free-business-english-lessons/ All the free audio lessons from Smart Startup English
*** https://smartstartupenglish.com/ Our landing page where you can sign up to get the free transcripts
*** https://smartstartupenglish.com/business-english-courses-startups-2/ Let’s work together one-to-one
*** https://www.instagram.com/smart.startupenglish/ Follow on Instagram for free Business English flashcards 
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Episode 20 - The European Digital City Index (Business English)

In episode 21, we’re talking about the French Tech Mission - a government-backed initiative to attract young businesses to France and encourage investment. 

Technically, it’s a department of the French government, but practically it’s operating right in the middle of one of the world’s biggest startup campuses in the heart of Paris: Station F.  

The initiative also has local offices in other French cities - right in the middle of the local startup communities. They call themselves a new type of civil servants that can help startups bridge the gap between policy and the practical aspects of starting a business in France.

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Our goal is to help startup professionals take their English from intermediate to advanced in under 10 minutes a day. In each episode, we'll talk about a topic related to the startup world, and we'll learn some vocabulary that you can use to sound more natural in your day-to-day business interactions in English.

Need more resources? Have a look at these pages:
*** https://smartstartupenglish.com/free-business-english-lessons/ All the free audio lessons from Smart Startup English
*** https://smartstartupenglish.com/ Our landing page where you can sign up to get the free transcripts
*** https://smartstartupenglish.com/business-english-courses-startups-2/ Let’s work together one-to-one
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Episode 21 - The French Tech initiative for startups (Business English)

In this week's episode, we're talking about science and technology parks.

Technology parks are places that bring together universities, companies, startups and other stakeholders in order to work together and promote a culture of innovation.

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These parks are physical locations where these stakeholders rent office space to work and to keep connected to what’s going on in the industry.

Are there any science and technology parks in your country? 

In this episode, we use the term "technology park," but the full name is actually Science and Technology Park - or STP, for short. There are a couple of other names for this concept, such as research park, technopolis or technopoles.

Episode 22 - What is a technology park? (Business English)

In episode 22, we explained what tech parks are, how the whole concept started and what their role is in fostering innovation. 

This episode is a follow up, but this time we’ll discuss tech parks from the perspective of a startup founder or CEO. 

We’ll try to answer the question: should I move my startup to a tech park?

In this episode, we'll talk about five reasons why you might want to consider setting up a business in a tech park.

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Our goal is to help startup professionals take their English from intermediate to advanced in under 10 minutes a day. In each episode, we'll talk about a topic related to the startup world, and we'll learn some vocabulary that you can use to sound more natural in your day-to-day business interactions in English.

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Episode 23 - Should I move my startup to a tech park? (Business English)

In episode 24, we'll cover a topic that I’m starting to see popping up everywhere lately: burnout.

Have you heard this word before? What do you think it means?

And if you know what it means, have you ever experienced burnout?

In this episode, we’ll talk about the possible causes of burnout, as well as the most common signs of burnout that you may spot for yourself. 

A few new expressions we’re explaining in this episode include: to decompress, to be at your wits’ end, and to take a toll. 

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Our goal is to help startup professionals take their English from intermediate to advanced in under 10 minutes a day. In each episode, we'll talk about a topic related to the startup world, and we'll learn some vocabulary that you can use to sound more natural in your day-to-day business interactions in English.

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Episode 24 - Startup burnout (Business English)

Welcome to the Smart Startup English podcast, episode 25. In this episode, we’re talking about startup co-living. This term refers to living with people who aren’t your family, or living in a larger community with a lot of shared resources. 

This trend is gaining a lot of popularity in the world of digital entrepreneurs, digital nomads and startup founders.

If you rent in a co-living community, you’ll get your own living space - it could be a simple bedroom, a studio, or it might even be an apartment. That depends on your budget, of course, but also on the type of co-living community you’re joining.

In this episode, we talk about the reasons why entrepreneurs choose to move to a co-living community, as well as the possible reasons why this might not be a good choice for others. 

A few new expressions we’re explaining in this episode include: a flat fee, amenities, price tag, upmarket. 

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Our goal is to help startup professionals take their English from intermediate to advanced in under 10 minutes a day. In each episode, we'll talk about a topic related to the startup world, and we'll learn some vocabulary that you can use to sound more natural in your day-to-day business interactions in English.

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Episode 25 - Startup co-living (Business English)

In episode 26 of our Business English podcast, we dispel the myth of the young startup founder.

According to a 2018 analysis conducted by MIT professors and published in the Harvard Business Review, the average age of entrepreneurs at the time they founded their companies was 42 in the United States. 

But do you think the age of the founder influences the success of the startup? 

Here is what the study found. The founders of the top 0.1% of startups, founded these companies when they were 45 years old, on average. 
The same is true in other countries with a growing startup culture. 
In Germany, for example, almost 20 percent of tech founders were over the age of 45 in 2016, according to a study by KPMG.

A few new words we’re explaining in this episode include: whiz kid, to outpace, to plunge, an outlier. 

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Episode 26 - The average age of startup founders (Business English)

In episode 27, we’re talking about a new type of agriculture: urban farming. 

Do you know who grows the food that you eat?

The truth is that for most of us the answer is no. The food supply chain is so long and so complex, that it’s almost impossible to trace where our food is coming from. 

Urban farming startups are stepping up to solve this challenge by using innovation to bring agriculture to cities and make it more sustainable, more productive and even more profitable. 

A few examples of this new type of agriculture include rooftop farming, vertical farming and container farming. 

Some new words we’re explaining in this episode include: to mitigate, to retrofit, and turnkey.  

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Episode 27 - Urban farming startups (Business English)

In episode 28, we’re talking about resilience. And in the context of startups, we’re going to be talking about resilience technology.

Resilience is a word that can apply to people, to businesses, to systems, to the economy and even to the planet. 

If we want to recover faster when we’re faced with a setback, we obviously need to innovate and be one step ahead. This is where resilience tech comes to the rescue. Sometimes even literally. 

According to the Consumer Technology Association, resilient technologies are those that keep the world healthy, safe, powered, fed and secure, even in the face of adversity. 

Entrepreneurs in this niche want to tackle global challenges and threats such as climate change, forest fires, rapid population growth and urbanization, or coastal erosion. In this context, if you tackle a problem, that means you deal with it or you try to solve it. 

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Episode 28 - Resilience technology (Business English)

In episode 29, we’re talking about agetech, an emerging and fast-growing niche in the startup world. Agetech focuses on technology and innovation that helps improve the lives of older adults.  

Older adults (over the age of 65) are the fastest growing demographic group in the world. And in mature economies, such as Europe and North America, these people also have disposable income. 

In 2015, in the European Union alone, the silver economy was estimated at 3.7 trillion euros. 

Some new words we’re explaining in this episode include: disposable income, to age in place, wearables, and savvy. 

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Our goal is to help startup professionals take their English from intermediate to advanced in under 10 minutes a day. In each episode, we'll talk about a topic related to the startup world, and we'll learn some vocabulary that you can use to sound more natural in your day-to-day business interactions in English.

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Episode 29 - What is Agetech? (Business English)

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