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

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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Faisal Abbasi, MD of IPSoft UK&I, introduces Amelia to your office.

Faisal Abbasi, MD of IPSoft UK&I, introduces Amelia to your office.

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?

7 Aug 202037min

Jason Goodall, NTT Ltd CEO, talks about adopting a start-up mentality to find purpose.

Jason Goodall, NTT Ltd CEO, talks about adopting a start-up mentality to find purpose.

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.

4 Aug 202037min

Stuart Bannerman, Lead Architect at Tangent, on why companies were left scrambling to scale.

Stuart Bannerman, Lead Architect at Tangent, on why companies were left scrambling to scale.

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/commentisfree/2020/jul/30/is-the-challengeaccepted-trend-simply-a-miss-instagram-pageant-or-something-more

31 Jul 202026min

Erik Kostelnik, CEO of Postal.io, on ups and downs of entrepreneurship in a difficult market

Erik Kostelnik, CEO of Postal.io, on ups and downs of entrepreneurship in a difficult market

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 from Finastra shares an update on Boycott Your Bed. If you want to support Neil and his colleagues you can! https://www.justgiving.com/team/Finastra

28 Jul 202038min

Amir Hashmi, CEO of zsah, describes how cloud services are evolving in response to Covid-19

Amir Hashmi, CEO of zsah, describes how cloud services are evolving in response to Covid-19

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 businesses we've got to know during lockdown!

24 Jul 202036min

Jason Brennan, CEO of Luminance, thinks legal is beyond the point of return.

Jason Brennan, CEO of Luminance, thinks legal is beyond the point of return.

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.

21 Jul 202034min

David Excell, Founder of Featurespace, reveals how behaviour analytics is being used to stop fraud.

David Excell, Founder of Featurespace, reveals how behaviour analytics is being used to stop fraud.

David joins the show to explain how behaviour analytics can be used to protect consumers and businesses from fraud. Machine learning and automation is key as the data used to profile and understand our habits expands. Also on the podcast Ken Deeks, MBE, founder of Byte Night, talks about www.boycottyourbed.co.uk - it's on August 21st so join in, or simply sponsor us! https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/david-savage21

17 Jul 202028min

Pialy Aditya, Chief Strategy Officer at Republic, discusses funding post-Covid.

Pialy Aditya, Chief Strategy Officer at Republic, discusses funding post-Covid.

Pialy is Chief Strategy Officer at Republic, an investment platform for startup companies. We chat about inclusion and tackling the inequality in funding, how the pandemic has altered the relationship between financiers and entrepreneurs, and how volatility always breeds opportunity!

14 Jul 202032min

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