Tech Talks

Kathryn is the founding CEO of award-winning global expert marketplaces (getWise, channelWise) providing business owners and professionals in targeted markets, access to thousands of vetted executives, coaches/mentors, education and resources that accelerate business or career growth. She is a former Wall Street executive sales leader and an author of 9 books. She has been featured in Forbes, Inc....

We're mixing it up with a podcast recorded on the floor of Web Summit. Join David are two leading commentators, Alisa Cohn, "the #1 startup coach in the world" and Sonya Barlow, host of the BBC's The Everyday Hustle. They discuss the crisis/non-crisis facing organisations, inclusion at conferences, the real meaning of authenticity, and what Katherine Maher (Web Summit's new CEO) needs to do secure...

Transformation in the fintech sector? Today’s guest is GFT’s UK Client Solutions Director for Retail Banking, Richard Kalas. As digital services are embraced ever more widely we’re looking at ensuring organisations aren’t left behind, stay productive, and ahead of regulation. Also, we’re in Lisbon this week, and we’re going for a run with Codex and their founder Sabin Lakhani.

On today's show we are joined by Dan Garrett, CEO of Farewill. Technology for most of us is never not in the palm of our hand in the way of social media, contacting friends and working, but these uses seem menial when it can be applied to such bigger uses. The way we have been dealing with death for decades has been formal, complicated and expensive. Instead of feeling supported, people often feel...

Today we are joined by Former BBC Presenter and Founder of 'The Brilliant Communicator' Nima Abu-Wardeh, to find out how to say what you want and be heard! Nima teaches how to communicate efficiently, raise your profile, and be seen, and is helping those searching for work but also founders create a presence and go from chase to chosen! Find out more about how Nima can help you by signing up to he...

On today's show we're talking to Marko, Executive Producer at Bucketsquad and a senior member of the team behind Jesser, the YouTube creator with almost 16 million subscribers. We ask how you create for that audience, how you keep them engaged, and what enterprise business can learn from that experience.

It's Halloween, but we have a treat for you! A company trying to tackle sustainability via a premium, long-lasting, module smartphone, Fairphone. Based in the Netherlands, Fairphone's mission is to create change through their own devices. Miquel Ballester Salvà, Head of Product Management, shares how they're aiming to do that.

SigmaOS is a whole new browser experience, making it easier for you to be fast and better at what you do on the Internet. Or that's the claim by founder and CEO Mahyad Ghassemibouyaghchi. Picked byY Combinator as 'Product of the Month' are you convinced? Also, 'Amazon for Kids' launches a conversation Gen-AI aimed at children. Excited, concerned? It's fair to say David and Amber need convincing.

Energy storage is the backbone of clean energy systems. But battery storage is complex. STABL Energy are on a mission to make access to battery storage easy for anyone, unlocking mass adoption of clean energy. Today we're exploring how with Dr Nam Troung, co-CEO and c-founder. Also on the podcast our discussion about the new engulfing Web Summit. Here are the articles we base our discussion on, an...

From digital disruptors to Fortune 500 companies, over 18,000 businesses rely on PagerDuty to help them continually improve their digital operations. We ask the CEO Jenn exactly how that works, and what lessons she's picked up along the way. David and Akeesh chat EV chargers. Here is the actual article with the actual news... https://www.theverge.com/2023/10/19/23922649/gravity-dc-fast-charger-new...

Former guest Molly rejoins the show, and since she last sat down with us she's been busy. Her brand is growing rapidly, as is her team (and their dogs) without compromising the values of Flexa or their clients. We simply ask how!

Brian Comiskey's job is to look to the future and tell the CTA membership what's hot, and what's bubbling to the surface! How that all stitches together is not an easy picture to paint; so much of what we talk about feels critical. So where should we be focusing our attention?

Industry leader Gary Shapiro drops into the show today to talk about the future of the technology industry, whether that's addressing the need for a technology emphasis in 'human security'. developing a strategy for dealing with China, or looking to countries like France for inspiration. Last week we also released our film on the under-funding of female business. Watch here: www.nashsquared.com/te...

Today we're talking to reformed physicist Dr Chris Ballance, CEO of Oxford Ionics. They're aiming to be the ARM of Quantum Computing. But what is Quantum Computing, and what is the relevance to those of us in the enterprise tech sector? Also Tech Flix is now live, talking about funding female business: https://www.nashsquared.com/techflix If you want to read the article we discuss it's here: https...

I recently sat down with Erika Brodnock MBE to film an interview for our film series 'Tech Flix'. Erika is the co-founder of Extend Ventures and Kinhub, and one of 5 multicultural founders to watch in 2023 (according to Sifted). Here she shares her views on VC funding for black women, the Fearless Fund, and why it's time to focus on the doers, not done to. To watch our film on Thursday follow this...

Tanis Jorge is a serial entrepreneur and co-founder of unicorn business Trulioo. She has researched and focused on the challenge of preserving your most important relationship in business, the one with your cofounder. To read Tanis' book head to https://thecofoundershub.com/the-cofounders-handbook/ To register for our event head to https://www.linkedin.com/events/howcanwereversethechroniclackof710...

On today's show we welcome Jules Robertson, one half of the all female-founding team behind Tally Workspace, a platform that helps you instantly book hot desks and meeting rooms or let us find your new office space. Find out more about the Tallys: https://www.tallyworkspace.com/the-tallys-winners On the show we're also talking about NASA and their incredible ingenuity: https://www.theverge.com/202...

On todays show we're focusing on Leeds and it's leaders. Why? It's Leeds Digital Festival. Supported (this year) by Harvey Nash, LDF has been at the forefront of a digital vanguard in Northern England. We put the microphone in front of George Fairhall and Anna Sutton, to of the regions entrepreneurs, to find out why it's so special! This is part of our 'Female Founders' Fortnight' series. To join...

Teri is the exited founder of Vibely, her business which was acquired by Kajabi in 2022. In today's show we learn from her experience of a founder weighing up the decision to sell their business. Joining me as co-host is Dr Serena Huang, founder of 'Data with Serena'. We're building up to the launch of our new 'Tech Flix' film on the under funding of female businesses. The docufilm is streaming on...

We are talking about leadership and the Ukrainian Crisis today on the podcast with Ivan Ieremenko, cofounder and CEO of Techstack. How has he adapted as a leader during the last two-years, and what are its lessons? We'd love you to complete our DLR, it closes in 2 days: https://nashsquared.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_4HrZQkkT863RHKK?source=TechTalks

On today's show Ariel Poler, co-founder of Reveri Health, talks to us about the power of self-hypnosis. Forget long-term investment, the techniques Ariel discusses can provide short, quick wins for a number of health concerns. Would you give it a go?

On today's show we're dissecting the art of negotiation with Rosie Bailey, CEO of Nibble. What is Nibble? An AI Chatbot for eCommerce retailers that lets customers negotiate personalized prices on products or services. Win-win negotiation! Also on the show we chat AI and music: https://www.theverge.com/2023/9/6/23862036/ai-drake-ghostwriter-new-song-grammy-travis-scott-21-savage We also want you t...

David's just got back from IFA in Berlin, a meeting of more than 150,000 people to marvel at technology. But tech has a cost; this industry contributes around 2% to 3% of global greenhouse gas emissions. So what opportunities are their to learn, to change practices and to help consumers make better informed choices? We chat about Fairphone and their push towards repair rather than replace, and we...

Gonçalo Gaiolas, the new Chief Product Officer at SoSafe joins us to talk about his approach to product development. He also sets out his belief that Europe is the perfect environment to build meaningful technology organizations. We're heading to Berlin of IFA. Here is The Verge with a take on what to expect: https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/26/23844529/smart-home-matter-ifa-2023-tech-show Whilst w...

How do we collaborate effectively? How does that build and inform working culture? How do you mitigate for individuals and help them thrive? Amy Williams, CIO of Barclays UK and the Radbroke site lead joins the podcast to talk about structured hybrid-models, thinking about extra adjustments to promote accessibility, and the wide range of challenges faced by digital leaders in their roles today. To...