Summary: About This Week's Guest<br> Trajan King<br> <br> Trajan has worked and lived in 6 countries, speaks a handful of languages, and works for clients worldwide. He's consulted for Apple, Adobe, Yahoo!, eBay, IBM, and others. He currently runs a membership community for entrepreneurs, InvincibleStartup.com. After starting over 15 companies, running a couple of multi-million dollar companies, working on both Wall Street and Silicon Valley, he helps companies worldwide grow and earn more money.<br> <br> He's consulted for Apple, Adobe, Yahoo!, eBay, IBM, and others. He currently runs a membership community for entrepreneurs, InvincibleStartup.com. After starting over 15 companies, running a couple of multi-million dollar companies, working on both Wall Street and Silicon Valley, he helps companies worldwide grow and earn more money.<br> <br> He currently runs a membership community for entrepreneurs, InvincibleStartup.com.After starting over 15 companies, running a couple of multi-million dollar companies, working on both Wall Street and Silicon Valley, he helps companies worldwide grow and earn more money.<br> <br> After starting over 15 companies, running a couple of multi-million dollar companies, working on both Wall Street and Silicon Valley, he helps companies worldwide grow and earn more money.<br> <br> His three tips to become more culturally competent are:<br> <br> * Meet people from different cultures and take an interest in them. See what you can learn from them first.<br> * Don't just watch the news and make your judgment from this. Watch different sources of news, watch a YouTube video on the culture, open an English newspaper site from that specific country.<br> * Learn a bit of the language. It shows respect and even if you get it wrong people will appreciate you for it.<br> <br> <br> Interview Links<br> Links that are mentioned in this episode:<br> <br> * Twitter: @<a href="http://twitter.com/trajanking" target="_blank" rel="noopener">trajanking</a><br> * Website: http://inviciblestartup.com<br> * <a href="https://culturematters.com/business-etiquette-dos-and-donts/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Do's and Don'ts in International business</a><br> * <a href="https://culturematters.com/cultural-differences-in-business-and-the-impact-of-culture-on-international-business-6-reasons-of-things-to-go-wrong/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Six things that can go wrong in international business</a><br> <br> <br> <br> <br> Build Your Cultural Competence<br> In the Culture Matters podcast, we interview real people with real stories.<br> <br> Every other week there is a guest with broad international experience and lots of cultural insights. I interview real people with real stories.<br> <br> To subscribe directly using iTunes or Stitcher, <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/be/podcast/culture-matters-podcast-on/id599525836">Click here</a>, <a href="http://app.stitcher.com/browse/feed/32748/episodes">or here</a> (or click any of the images below).<br> <br> <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/be/podcast/culture-matters-podcast-on/id599525836"></a><a href="http://app.stitcher.com/browse/feed/32748/episodes"></a><br> How To Get In Touch With Culture Matters<br> I'd love for you to get in touch. There are a couple of ways you can do this:<br> <br> * Via this website: Just use the “Ask Your Question” tab on the right of the screen and leave a voicemail<br> * Email me at <a href="mailto:chris.smit@culturematters.com">chris.smit@culturematters.com</a><br> * Send me a Tweet: <a href="http://twitter.com/chrissmit">@chrissmit</a><br> <br> Finally<br> Thank you so much for taking the time to read this far, and to listen to my Podcast.<br> <br> I hope you will be back for the next episode of the Culture Matters Podcast!
