Improvement Key
Weekly self-development and business podcast hosted by the Kurdish entrepreneur and Co-founder/CEO of Meraki Ventures Darek Salam, where he brings you value by interviewing top professionals, successful people, and sharing his experience to teach you the tips and tricks to win in life and business.
Episodes
24 episodes
24. Specialize or Diversify ?
What Should You do?Specialize and focus on one thing or diversify. Get the answer on this solo episode
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7:28
23. Startup Lifecycle w/ Eileen Brewer
Eileen with 20 years of experience in Silicon Valley with tech startups and now as director of Takween Accelerator joins Darek for a fire episode about the startup's life cycle and how to improve the startup ecosystem. If you want to ac...
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57:24
22. The Art of Change w/ Saeed Kallas
Saeed Kallas a not practicing doctor who changed his industry to development work talks about Change and how to that effectively.Main PointsPreach the need of change but never change too much at onceUse Sandw...
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41:21
21. Why You Are Not Getting a Job ?
After a Hiatus, Darek comes back with a new season and a new episode.Talking about how to get your dream job and big mistakes that people do when they want to get a job.From preparing their CV to the job interview, this episode ...
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26:15
20. From Germany to Iraq by bike w/ Fadhil Ahmed
Fadhil a young student who decided to go from his school in Germany all the way to Iraq by bike. the way he overcame fear is very inspiring for entrepreneurs.
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28:44
19. How to be a Great Leader
Leadership the 5 Levels of leadership talked about by Darek, how to be a leader, and create a safe productive culture.
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22:38
18. North Star
North StarThe concept of finding your light in the darkest of times, here Darek on his birthday ( October 18th) talks about how this concept shaped his mindset and made him calm in the toughest of times).
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8:17
17. Business & Tech w/ Godar Jader
Mr. Godar the Co-Founder and CEO of Awrosoft and Lecturer at Salahaddin University, college of engineering.Talks about his journey and how he created Awrosoft one the leading It and development companies in the region.
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28:56
16. Extreme Ownership
Extreme OwnershipWhen Darek first heard this concept from Jocko willink, he adapted the idea to his business and life. in this episode, he explains the importance of that concept in entrepreneurship and personal success. Not br...
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11:40
15. How Studying History Brings Success w/ Mazen Sirwan
Mazen Sirwan the director of marketing at Korek Telecom talks about how his history major helped him in his life and how can we learn from history to make better decisions in our personal and professional life.
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57:07
14. Conserve Your Energy
A solo Episode with Darek talking about how to protect your energy, and how to focus down on things that matter.
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10:55
13. From War Frontlines to Entrepreneur w/ Ayar Freedom
AyarThe mysterious Fixer who got an Emmy award, opens up about his story, traumas and how he became an entrepreneur and co-founded Grei agency.
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48:57
12. How to handle Depression & Anxiety w/ Warzan Allani
Depression something that most of us face at some point in our lives, and it can be hidden the way we handle it and understand it can be a difference that changes everythingIn this episode Darek interviews Warzan whose a life coac...
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51:51
11. How to Go From a Small Shop to a Big Company w/ Shvan Xatab & Halo Adil
Shvan Founder and President of AB HORECA co. and his media Consultant Halo, talk about how they grew their company and their story of growing even in Corona times. this is the first time In improvement key to interview two people at once....
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49:11
10. Passion & Creativity w/ Kaiwan Shaban
Kaiwan the young Photographer/ Entrepreneur and artist talks about how he got to where he is now, his journey from the little town of Akre to all over the world. and being a known youtuber in photography tutorials and etc he also talk a...
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42:12
9. Strategy Games & Decision Making w/ Lana Haddad
In this episode, Lana Haddad founder of urbilum talks about her new board game the Assyrian empire, and how she shifted from academia to business and entrepreneurship.
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46:43
8. How to Overcome Adversity Like a Pro ?
we all face adversity in our lives but the way we react and process that problem will either move us forward or put us downin this episode, Darek breaks down the system in three steps 1- take 100% responsibility for the situation&n...
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10:08
7. Mental Fitness w/ Kawar Fariq
Mental Fitness in this episode darek interviews Kawar from City Duhok over zoom, they talk about kawars journey and how to develop mental fitness, say no to excuses and have a morning routine and more,
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54:49
6. Young Entrepreneurship w/ Amooni Raid
let me tell you a bit about ayman. He is like the youngest entrepreneur. I know, like he amazed us like about all of his work and projects.Yeah, so I'm ayman. Uh, commonly known as a Mooney here and there via, um, currently 18...
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21:22
5. DGT
DGT which stands for Daily Growth Time a system developed by darek to excel in your life and become the person you need to be.
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6:52
4. Side Income w/ Alan Ayoubi
Side IncomeAlan Ayoubi is the guest on Improvement key talking about his journey and all the side income and online hustles he did from youtube to udemy we cover it all.
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31:45
3. Toxic News
Toxic Newshow bad news affects our mind negatively and what system you can use TODAY to fight that.
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7:51