Life is full of risks - including starting your own business, having a picnic in the Maasai Mara or saying way too much on a podcast. In this episode we take listeners on an audio safari with Jeff Williams (CEO and founder of Enroly). He tells us about his close encounters with a Dik-Dik, surviving the mean streets of London and quitting his job. Aged 14 he was a partner in A&J Mulberry Fresh, aged 19 he co-founded a successful TV production company, and aged 24 he was the Head of International at the University of Bolton. Too much, too young? He's built another successful business since and is feeling his age.

Cheap therapy for industry leaders and even cheaper promotion for BagBuddy, take a walk on the wildside with TFTDL. This ain't no zoo.

Final destination: Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

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Nothing ventured, nothing gained for our tiger queen, Ula Tang-Plowman (University of Central Lancashire). Forged in the steel city of Wuhan, she came to the UK as a student with a pocket full of cash and a taste for the hottest chillies on earth. Little did she know how much her inner strength would be tested in life and how she would need her global network of friends and colleagues in the saddest of circumstances. Vulnerable, honest and inspiring - prepare to be amazed and moved in equal measure.

不入虎穴，焉得虎子 Chinese proverb: If you don't enter the tiger's den, how will you catch the tiger's cubs? aka it is impossible to achieve success without experiencing danger.

Final boarding call: Wuhan, China

This episode is brought to you in partnership with The Ambassador Platform, a leading peer-to-peer marketing and recruitment platform that connects your current students to prospective students for honest advice. Check out www.theambassadorplatform.com

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Is there a party at mother's? You bet there is. Life is just one big playground for Adam Pettit (AECC Global) who joins the TFTDL crew to discuss being a player in a global game of ‘tag’. After reading about a group of players in the New York Times, Adam and his friends decided to play the game themselves. A decade later, with players spread all over the world, the stakes are high and the tagging scenarios are extreme!

This is a chatty episode that explores singing R Kelly songs in a Ugandan church to cycling to international education conferences. Adam is the Intled Forrest Gump and you never know what you're going to get! What we do know, is an adventure is about to happen.

Final destination: Lincoln, United Kingdom

This episode is brought to you in partnership with The Ambassador Platform, a leading peer-to-peer marketing and recruitment platform that connects your current students to prospective students for honest advice. Check out www.theambassadorplatform.com

Tales from the Departure Lounge is a Type Nine production for The PIE www.thepienews.com