Tech Talks

Aaron joins the podcast to talk about how Vouchr are making payments social; the problem that money transfer companies have is that the process is boring! There is desire for users to improve the experience, and personalise it, backed up by 90% of Venmo transactions having an accompanying emoji. Also on the show Audrey Pe, WiTech founder and Stanford University first year student joins me. She's o...

On today's show we're chatting to Neil and Zach, co-founders of music discoverability app Andrson. A duo reimaging A&R. So what's their secret sauce, how is a funding (or lack of?) affecting music tech, and are they an Irish business post-Covid? If you want to find out more about Andrson: https://www.andrson.com/ The Andrson team also kindly gave us the chance to upgrade the podcast, and we have t...

Chase Buckle, from GlobalWebIndex, joins the podcast to talk about how the pandemic has changed the balance of power in consumer spending and habits. Increasingly an older generation is dominating social and ecommerce. GenZ were already online, and with greater spending power when it comes to groceries and other big ticket items, marketeers cannot ignore the Grey Pound.

Tara discuss the surge in online learning since the pandemic, with millions of new students learning practical skills. What affect will it have on education more broadly, teacher and student relations, and how feedback via technology can be improved in a strong loop. Will the changes we're seeing be short-lived?

Suddenly we can't physically sit down with our peers, founders can't meet each other, physical events have stopped. Given the Startup Van built a community of founders and entrepreneurs through 1000s of meetings, they're now trying to bring people back together and offer the support that only a community can. Learn more about the Garage here: https://www.thestartupvangarage.com/

Today we're talking about Bitcoin with CoinCorner Ltd cofounder and CEO Danny. Danny has worked in the Bitcoin industry since 2011, and now he's working to make sure that it's easier for everyone to buy. But should you? Also on the show we talk to Stuart Clarke, Director of the Leeds Digital Festival, which started this week, but is going on until Friday 2nd. So have a listen, and check out the ca...

Jacey describes how Giacom have used marketing to become Yorkshire's fast growing business. But what does that mean after Covid has become such a catalyst for change? Does it matter where you, or your organisation is based?

Today's show welcome Niall Green back to the podcast to talk about Notting Hill Carnival. Unfortunately due to Covid-19 the festival couldn't take place as usual over the Bank Holiday Weekend, but it presented an opportunity to reach a broader, new, inclusive audience. If you want to see some of the footage discussed head over to www.nhcarnival.org Also on the show I talk to Hussain Al Mahmoudi, C...

Ian was a Stanford student with a passion. Looking to better understand a games portal engineer, he accidentally co-founded a games design studio with a difference, Now 1047 Games is over 25 strong and building a community of loyal fans. Check out Splitgate for yourself! https://www.1047games.com/

Today we're talking to Nova's Chief Growth Officer Olivia. We're chatting about the effect of Covid on startups, their founders, strategy and funding... all beyond the bubble of London. We're on Merseyside to see how the tech landscape is evolving as 2020 progresses!

Pete, CEO at VALA Health, shares how the company is using data to deliver a new, human-focused method of healthcare, that seeks to build deeper relationships. Salutogenics is being applied in a radical way to bring a different slant to digital triage. Joining me to review the interview is Dr Mala Mawkin, host of the Digital Health Podcast for the Royal Society of Medicine: https://www.rsm.ac.uk/re...

David talks us through the incredible acceleration his business has seen, why loyalty matters more than ever, and why price point alone is not the way to improve your retail businesses chances of success. As we move towards an ever virtual shopping environment, how can you engage with your customers and differentiate?

Nadine joins the podcast to discuss the role of human moderation in AI, and why we must guard against unconscious bias via our social behaviour. We also look at how a shift to local is likely in the post-Covid society and what that means for the tech industry.

David is joining us to talk about how augmented reality is making waves in retail, and how the pandemic has accelerated the adoption of the tech. But who is going to provide the equipment to take AR from the early adopters to mass appeal? What does the future hold? Interested and keen to find out more about Poplar Studio? https://www.poplar.studio

Santosh Sahu is building a tech platform to help independent pharmacies reach their customers, and compete with much big chains; and explore how he hopes to grow the platform (even in these challenging times). We also discuss the knowledge gap between how small and medium sized business view 'digital', versus what embracing tech might mean for them.

Siobhan joins the show to discuss the effects of lockdown on a global business and it's culture. We also dive into the payments industry, discuss alternatives to cash and why tech-enabled business is bouncing back.

Brian joined the US military and witnessed the effects of PTSD on his friends firsthand. Aged 18 it moved him enough to research and build a platform to help suffers of trauma. Brian is still only 20, all of his exec team are students; they are using music to help people and have built credibility in the science community. Frankly, we're very impressed and implore you listen to this amazing young...

Ian Watt is the Chief Product Officer at Tellimer, a Fintech platform for emerging markets investment research, data, and news. today he's talking about his role in building a new business out of another organisation, and how he created a new culture as well as a new tech stack. Also on the show, where is the worst city in the UK for internet outages? https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/au...

David Chance discusses how the UK has fallen behind Europe on payment innovation, the regulation that can be used to catch-up, and how a little imaginative thinking can improve retail experiences and close growing equality gaps in society.

Faisal talks to us about Amelia, a digital assistant able to automate many tasks around the office with a human face! However how to we ensure the AI learns the right behaviours, and how does this level of automation interact with your existing teams?

Jason Goodall is leading a 50,000 strong organisation that's only a year old. In the show today we discover why a startup mentality is helping his team build something new, and why tech can embrace the post-Covid society to drive positive transformation.

Today's show we're talking to Stu Bannerman, who gives his take on why companies struggled to meet demand during the height of the pandemic, and why disaster recovery was left in the long grass (and hopefully won't be again) by too many! Also on the show we're discussing the #challengeaccepted trend, what it says, and whether it's making the impact it should: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisf...

Erik joins us from the West Coast to chat about Postal.io, to talk about the sales and marketing sector, and being an entrepreneur in the current climate. He discusses the need to understand the market is changing, but your proposition doesn't have to, as well as striking some caution in the shift to home working. Big Tech might yet shake up the way we work again! Also on the show Neil Blagden fro...

Amir Hashmi is a technology expert with more than 20 years’ experience working in companies like BP, Bertelsmann, Merck and Deutsche Bank. He founded zsah, an award-winning cloud and managed technology services company headquartered in London (but with a global reach). Today's show focused on his view of the market, and how it's now changing... and what opportunities there are for some of the busi...

Jason is CEO of Luminance, the market-leading artificial intelligence platform for the legal industry. We chat about how businesses need to pivot, redefine what efficiency means, and embrace the new world we live in. Why? Because this is normal, and we're not going back.