The Dream Factory opens it's door!
Graham Hussey has opened the doors to 'The Dream Factory', a place where founders and high-growth businesses can fuel their growth with great content. He sees it as the epicentre for the start-up scene in a post-lockdown world, and he's certainly generating buzz in town once again. Step inside the factory in today's show.
27 Aug 202135min
Lessons for entrepreneurs; Sonya Barlow talks about her journey during lockdown
Sonya Barlow is the author of 'Unprepared to Entrepreneur', the host of the BBC's The Everyday Hustle, and founder of Like Minded Females. Today we're talking to her about being an entrepreneur; what it really means and the lessons she's learnt from others. The 21st was World Entrepreneur Day, so both episodes this week focus on entrepreneurship.
24 Aug 202139min
It's time to bin the CV and reject your gut: hiring, done right.
Applied believe we need to ‘re-architect a hiring process that perpetuates bias’; they exist to fix the intertwined issue that the way we hire today is inefficient, and it’s unethical. Khyati Sundaram, CEO, is here to tell us what that new process could, and should, look like.
20 Aug 202133min
The 'Colgate-strategy' is about more than just volume of users.
Gil Laser, CEO of GoTo Global, is joining the podcast to talk about mobility and confidence. With many European cities rejecting cars, and many customers more environmentally conscious, GoTo are offering a multi-modal transport platform that will work for a community, rejecting broader appeal to meet the demands of people for every day usage.
17 Aug 202142min
Panquake hit reset on the social media button...
Sean O'Brien is a cyber expert and visiting fellow at Yale Law School, but he's joining Tech Talks to talk about Panquake, a short messaging service that doesn't sell user data. It's built, and supported, by a community who are trying to rekindle the initial promise of the internet; what's not to love about that?
13 Aug 202146min
Paul Berney tells us how tech is giving older people independence.
Paul Berney, CMO of Anthropos, is here to chat about connected care. By collecting data from a kettle, and other household goods, they're able to build up a picture of an older persons day - and alert you to changes in routine. Given children are often a long way from parents the reassurance this can give everyone concerned is priceless. Also on the show we've got Anna Flockett, editor of Startups Magazine - go check out the latest issue: https://startupsmagazine.co.uk/
10 Aug 202141min
How do you optimize a workforce, but don't lose the stuff that makes work fun!
Lee is General Manager of Europe at Playvox, a company helping to optimize the performance of staff in call centres. We're discussing cloud, omnichannel etc... but how do you use the tech in a way that actually motivates people? That's the big question to ask today.
6 Aug 202134min
Jamie True is here to help you hack your learning with Uptime
Jamie True is an entrepreneur who is constantly looking to apply tech and new ways of working to improve existing products and services. Uptime is his latest idea, an app offering educational hacks! Increasingly fitting learning into life is getting easier.. provided someone you trust can curate the content you want for you!
3 Aug 202138min
