Meet The Real Don Draper Who Now Supercharges The Growth Of Sustainable Impact Ventures
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Meet The Real Don Draper Who Now Supercharges The Growth Of Sustainable Impact Ventures

Cyrus Vantoch-Wood launched Insurgent to create investment-ready ventures in the regenerative space. He explains why the sustainable sector suffers from a lack of trust and political headwinds.

For Cyrus, the only solution to the climate crisis is profit. He reveals how Insurgent applies "impact design" to ensure that businesses (even those operating in unusual verticals, like death) can meet the needs of the planet and the demands of the market.


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Kresimir Hlede, COO of Greyp, talks to us about a two-wheeled revolution in tech.

Kresimir Hlede, COO of Greyp, talks to us about a two-wheeled revolution in tech.

Kresimir joins the podcast to talk to us about the tech-driven electric bicycle company Greyp. The bicycle is tech first, with telematics build into the bike allow for gamification and a new, innovative way to drive the motor! This show was recorded at Web Summit in November. If you're in London on Thursday 23rd January, why don't you join Dave for a chat about building tech responsibly? https://event.dataart.com/rsvp/Dont_Build_Tech

17 Tammi 202035min

Our next guest is... Kresimir Hlede

Our next guest is... Kresimir Hlede

Tomorrow's pod was recorded during Web Summit in Lisbon, and features a Croatian company designing high-end electronic bikes with a bunch more tech onboard. Kresimir is the COO. Here is a taste of what's to come...

16 Tammi 20201min

Jonathan Hyde, Head of Product at Legl, talks about customer experience.

Jonathan Hyde, Head of Product at Legl, talks about customer experience.

Legl are bringing a modern tech-driven approach to the legal sector, an area where a huge amount of friction exists between the customer and industry. Jonathan describes Legl's approach, the challenges face, which sectors they're learning from, and where the 'product mindset' might be nurtured!

14 Tammi 202034min

Our next guest is... Jonathan Hyde

Our next guest is... Jonathan Hyde

Jonathan is the Head of Product at Legl, the people who brought the award winning Crowd Justice to market. Tomorrow we're chatting all about product, and some of the usual routes into tech. Today it's the relative merits of Christmas and being in charge of a Christmas shop...

13 Tammi 20202min

Anisa Aksar, Snr HR Business Partner at 11:FS, talks about people and culture.

Anisa Aksar, Snr HR Business Partner at 11:FS, talks about people and culture.

Anisa is the Senior HR Business Partner at 11:FS, and spends her days building and nurturing purposeful teams by engaging, supporting, retaining and developing the best talent. Which sounds great... but how do you do that successfully when a business of 80 people needs to hire 300?

10 Tammi 202037min

Our next guest is... Anisa Aksar

Our next guest is... Anisa Aksar

Anisa is building the HR function at 11FS. Tomorrow we're diving into the culture and methods behind that operation. Right now she's claiming her husband is a dad dancer...

9 Tammi 20201min

Sian Winfield, Director of Startup & Go, discusses the challenges startup founders face.

Sian Winfield, Director of Startup & Go, discusses the challenges startup founders face.

CoStartup & Go helps get startups off the ground; helping edit ideas, streamline operations and work with a founding team. Sian opens up about this learning and the patterns she sees in early-stage businesses. How many people really understand all aspects involved in running a company, or how to divide your time, anyway?? From the whole team behind Tech Talks, Happy New Year!

7 Tammi 202035min

Our Next Guest Is... Sian Winfield

Our Next Guest Is... Sian Winfield

On tomorrow's show (the first of 2020) we're chatting to CoStartup & Go founder/director Sian. We're talking about leadership within the tech sector. But before that we chat about the ability to hold your breath. I mean, why wouldn't we?

6 Tammi 20201min