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  • Ep 26 - Websites Are Dead? Lessons from Paulina Patrykowska

    Ep 26 - Websites Are Dead? Lessons from Paulina Patrykowska
    Oct 21 2025
    n this episode of the Polish Business Podcast, Bart Kowalczyk sits down with Paulina Patrykowska, Managing Director of SLT Media — a creative agency helping businesses grow through smart marketing, branding, and web design. Together, they explore one provocative question: “Are websites dead?” In a world dominated by AI, social media, and constant digital change, Paulina shares her lessons from 15 years in the marketing world and why websites still matter — if you let them live. Connect with Paulina: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulina-patrykowska-449a6562/ Try SLT Media for your new website: https://sltmedia.com/ Join PBLINK: https://www.pblink.co.uk/membership-application
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    25 min
  • Ep 1: The Pioneering Pole and PBLINK. How to Build Business as a ‘Migrant Entrepreneur’

    Ep 1: The Pioneering Pole and PBLINK. How to Build Business as a ‘Migrant Entrepreneur’
    Oct 28 2024
    Bart revealed that, for him, the secret of success in business has four pillars: 1. Love what you do. It means you will be authentic. And you will be prepared for long hours: 2. Hard work – prepare for minimum 12-hour days for the next 5 years or so. 3. Surround yourself with the right people. Try to meet and get to know those who inspire you. 4. Continuous improvement and flexibility – Listen to feedback from your customers and adapt accordingly.
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    29 min
  • Ep 2: Closing Circuits, Building Networks. Interview with Greg Kasprzak

    Ep 2: Closing Circuits, Building Networks. Interview with Greg Kasprzak
    Dec 12 2024
    As an electrical engineer, Greg Kasprzak knows the importance of circuits and networks. Thus it was that a single introduction at his first PBLink business event was all it took for him to land the new-build electrical installation contract for his company, GK Electrical, with prestigious house builder Dan-Wood House.
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    23 min
  • Ep 3: Law Firm Square Miles Ahead of the Trends. Interview with Kate Boguslawska

    Ep 3: Law Firm Square Miles Ahead of the Trends. Interview with Kate Boguslawska
    Dec 12 2024
    Bill Mair of precisionpresentation.com interviewed Kate for PBLink Stories. Carter Lemon Camerons have long eschewed a traditional USP in favour of a UCP: a Unique Caring Proposition. The culture of the company is to build a long-term relationship with each customer. All very on-trend. But that practice was established long before Customer Experience was born, and has been responsible for the success of the law firm ever since.
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    25 min
  • Ep 4: Sebastian Fuz: The Positive Pole. Balancing the Books and Paying it Forward.

    Ep 4: Sebastian Fuz: The Positive Pole. Balancing the Books and Paying it Forward.
    Dec 12 2024
    Sebastian Fuz came to the UK in 1996 fresh out of school, well ahead of the latest wave of young people from Central Europe and long before Poland became a member of the EU in 2004. He came just for fun, because communist Poland at the time was bleak and uninspiring. Now he runs City and Country Financial Services (CCFS), a flourishing multi-lingual, whole of market company from offices in prestigious Fleet Street, London, with his business partner, Lina Bourdon. CCFS’s comprehensive range of services includes mortgages, protection, savings, business protection, will writing, investments and retirement planning.
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    30 min
  • Ep 5: The Burning Eyes of a Business Visionary: Aistė Naujokaitytė

    Ep 5: The Burning Eyes of a Business Visionary: Aistė Naujokaitytė
    Dec 12 2024
    Aistė talks about the multi-layered advantages of contented, engaged employees, Staff turnover is drastically reduced, while happy employees deliver a far better service to clients.
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    30 min
  • Ep 6: Cristina Irimie: A Nuclear-Powered Entity?

    Ep 6: Cristina Irimie: A Nuclear-Powered Entity?
    Dec 12 2024
    Twenty years ago, Cristina was a rising star. She had overcome obstacles through pure determination, and achieved an offer to study at Oxford University. But the obstacles kept coming as circumstances conspired to block her every step. Diversity and Diversification Determined that others should not suffer the setbacks that she encountered, she has built a diverse business empire with the common aim of offering pathways to success to Eastern and Central Europeans in the UK. Among her other concerns, today Cristina runs: Romani in UK Media Group, publishing Romȃni ȋn UK Newsletter, with over 50,000 subscribers Happy People Learning Centre, which specializes in providing health and safety training courses for Eastern European Construction tradesmen in the UK, the only centre in the UK approved to deliver the GQA CSCS Labourer Card 100% online. HPL Recruitment, which places Eastern European people into construction work in the UK A business delivering translations, advice and accountancy services for Romanians living in the UK
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    24 min
  • Ep 7: Dorota Peszkowska: Settled Status for European Citizens

    Ep 7: Dorota Peszkowska: Settled Status for European Citizens
    Dec 12 2024
    Dorota Peszkowska joined PBLINK Stories for a special settled status edition and delved into the detail of what support is available for European (EU, EEA and Swiss) citizens in the UK. Dorota is a journalist, a campaigner and an activist. She moved to Scotland in 2015 from Warsaw and has worked as Editor in Chief at Emito.net in Edinburgh; Project Coordinator for EU Citizens’ Rights Project; a Human Testing Technician for the University of Edinburgh; and now works as EU Settlement Scheme Project Officer with Feniks Counselling, Personal Development and Support Services. Dorota’s role involves both advising and assisting European citizens with the paperwork involved in securing pre-settled or settled status in the UK.
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    23 min