Tech Brains Talk: Recent Episodes
Flavilla Fongang
Tech Brains Talk is a fun, relaxed, educative and honest podcast. Tech Brains Talk is a conversation on the strategy of becoming a remarkable individual, creating or being part of iconic tech brands. Tech Brains Talk is hosted by Flavilla Fongang author, international speaker and founder of 3 Colours Rule – a creative branding and marketing agency for tech companies. Through engaging conversations with brilliant individuals in the tech world, you will learn from their success, lessons and what they believe is the future of technology. Be a step ahead and get updates about technology trends with Tech Brains Talk.
In the ever-evolving world of technology, effective communication is paramount. Join us in this engaging and insightful podcast episode as we sit down with Kathryn Strachan, the CEO of Copyhouse, to unravel the mysteries behind B2B tech copy that simply isn't converting, and discover the proven strategies to fix it.
In today's digital landscape, crafting persuasive and compelling copy for your tech products or services can make all the difference in attracting and retaining customers. Kathryn Strachan, a seasoned expert in the field of B2B tech copywriting, delves deep into the common pitfalls and challenges that businesses face when their copy fails to convert prospects into clients.
Throughout this conversation, Kathryn shares her wealth of knowledge and practical tips, drawing from her extensive experience working with tech companies worldwide. You'll gain valuable insights into understanding your target audience, refining your messaging, and crafting copy that resonates with decision-makers in the tech industry.
Whether you're a tech startup looking to make a mark, an established company striving to improve your conversion rates, or simply curious about the art of effective B2B tech copywriting, this podcast is a must-listen. Kathryn's expertise and passion for the craft shine through as she guides you through the steps to transform your copywriting game and achieve the results you've been longing for.
Tune in to this episode to discover the keys to unlock the full potential of your B2B tech copy and watch your conversions soar. Don't miss out on this opportunity to gain the knowledge and strategies you need to stand out in the competitive tech landscape.
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Join us, as we consider how data-driven insights help businesses and improve their competitive edge in the market.
Tsvetelin Anastasov is the founder of Scapebridge, Co-Founder and Vice-President of Tech France Ambassadeurs and Global Tech Advocate.
As a data strategist and Tech Ecosystems builder, Anastasov promotes the value of data through his vast range of experience as a tech expert!
Stay tuned for more updates and stay connected with us as we bring you engaging conversations with industry experts.
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In this podcast we will differentiate between what AI can truly accomplish versus what may be exaggerated or misrepresented.
Gan Zhang is a highly experienced product manager specialising in machine learning, fintech products, and platform development!
Drawing upon extensive product management expertise in the market intelligence and e-commerce sectors, Gan Zhang specialises in driving data-focused products encompassing machine learning models, data platforms, and analytics tools.
Stay tuned for more updates and stay connected with us as we bring you engaging conversations with industry experts.
Join us, as we discern the realistic capabilities and limitations of AI technologies, as well as debunking misconceptions and dispelling myths surrounding AI.
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We're thrilled to have Virginie, a global marketing leader (CMO/ SVP Marketing) with 20 years of experience in the consumer and B2B space. Virginie has held leadership positions for companies such as; EE, O2, Ariva, Sky, News UK and BBC.
In this podcast, we delve into the immense potential of leaders possessing transferrable skills and explore how these skills can be harnessed to propel business growth. Join us as we uncover the strategies and insights that unlock the full power of these adaptable leaders, transforming businesses and driving success.
Virginie is a seasoned expert in digital marketing, specialising in B2C and B2B2C businesses. With a strong focus on app-based and subscription service industries, she excels in driving growth and performance through a comprehensive range of strategies, from branding and customer engagement to SEO, PPC, and influencer marketing.
Her expertise in international branding and impactful results has made her a trusted leader in the field, consistently delivering exceptional outcomes for her clients.
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Launching a Fintech startup comes with unique challenges, and Kristina is here to share her insights on ensuring a successful launch. Kristina sheds light on strategies and best practices for startups to thrive in the competitive Fintech landscape.
Kristina Mydlar is an independent Fintech and Supply Chain Finance/Working Capital advisor. With her expertise in Fintech platforms, fundraising for Fintechs, and extensive experience in major financial institutions and Fintech businesses, she brings a wealth of knowledge to the table.
This podcast is designed for tech scale-up companies and marketing professionals looking to stay ahead of the curve in the tech industry.
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Tech marketing constantly evolves, and staying ahead of the curve can challenge tech scale-up companies. In this webinar, our tech professionals provide valuable insights on how to create a marketing strategy that meets the demands of customers in the tech industry. You'll learn about the latest trends, challenges, and best practices for tech marketing and how to use them to grow your business.
Jamie Love is the Founder and CEO of Monumental, a multi-award-winning growth marketing agency with a global client base. Jamie's agency is powered by diversity and LGBTbe accredited.
Key Takeaways:
- Understanding the latest trends and challenges in tech marketing
- Discovering how to create a marketing strategy that meets the demands of customers
- Learning about the best practices for tech marketing and how to implement them
- Gaining insights into how to stay ahead of the curve in the ever-evolving tech industry
This podcast is designed for tech scale-up companies and marketing professionals looking to stay ahead of the curve in the tech industry.
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This week on Tech Brains Talk, Flavilla is joined by Andrew Wrobel. They discuss how the Ukraine conflict has affected IT businesses still in the country, the business opportunities in Eastern Europe, Africa and India and how you can access them.
Andrew Wrobel is the Founding Partner of Emerging Europe, a London-based growth hub, and the leader of the Tech Emerging Europe Advocates community, a part of the Global Tech Advocates network. Trained as a journalist, he specialises in site selection, foreign direct investment, sourcing, technology and innovation, nation branding, and cross-cultural communications.
Andrew runs Emerging Europe’s research and consultancy teams and co-authors the organisation’s flagship annual reports: the Future of IT, the Investment Promotion Report, the Business-Friendly City Perception Index. He is a juror at various international business-related competitions, a location promotion trainer and a media commentator. He has authored and contributed to a number of international business, investment and trade-related publications.
[00:11] Episode summary
[00:47] Introducing Andrew Wrobel and why Andrew founded Emerging Europe
[05:45] Tech in Ukraine
[10:01] Emerging Europe's annual report on the future of IT in Eastern Europe
[18:14] Strategic partnership opportunities in Eastern Europe
[22:00] Expanding in Eastern Europe
[29:29] The differences in business opportunities in India, Africa and Eastern Europe
[40:10] Andrew's vision of the future for Emerging Europe
[43:46] How would Andrew like to be remembered?
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This week on Tech Brains Talk, Flavilla is joined by Anisa Taraj. They discuss ESG, how to develop an ESG strategy, and why you should consider mentoring.
A Canadian national, Anisa has extensive experience in developing and implementing social impact, climate change and employee engagement strategies, gained during her years in the technology, banking, finance, insurance and utility sectors. She is based out of Infobip’s London office and is currently studying for her Masters in Environment and Business (MEB) from the University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. Passionate about uplifting young people, she volunteers for Shadow to Shine, an organization that helps young people reach their full potential through skills training, work experience and mentoring.
[00:11] Episode summary
[00:45] Introducing Anisa
[05:04] What is ESG?
[09:37] How to measure ESG
[12:45] How to navigate an IPO as an SME
[15:24] When do you need to hire an ESG director?
[18:16] How to develop an ESG strategy
[25:34] How to transition into an ESG career
[29:24] Why is mentoring important to Anisa?
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This week, Flavilla is joined by Ed Hemburrow. They discuss Ed's entrepreneurial journey, the challenges in the insurtech industry, and how Ed is disrupting his industry.
With more than 22 years of experience in the insurance industry, Ed Hemburrow is Chief Operating Officer at EIP Limited, a Global InsurTech100 company that provides market-leading software solutions to new or existing providers of subscription-based insurance.
Ed joined EIP in 2009 from Telefonica O2, where he was responsible for device insurance and the launch of the first iPhone insurance products. Prior to O2, he worked for The Carphone Warehouse across a number of roles. In his position as EIP’s COO, Ed has launched several multi-million-pound insurance schemes across Europe, overseen the successful deployment of EIP’s software solutions into 10 markets, and led the operational and client-facing departments of EIP through a continued period of rapid growth.
[00:11] Episode Summary
[00:45] Introducing Ed and Ed's entrepreneurial journey
[05:27] Challenges in the insurtech industry
[10:48] How is EIP disrupting the insurtech industry?
[21.46] Accelerating client growth whilst boosting your own
[26:39] What makes a great COO?
[30:49] Ed's learnings from his career
[34:20] How does Ed want to be remembered?
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This week, Flavilla is joined by Clwyd Probert. They discuss systemisation, SEO and how to determine SEO success.
Clwyd is the CEO and found of Whitehat, a digital marketing agency based in London.
Clwyd has been involved with starting, growing and selling multiple successful businesses both in the UK and the USA. He is the entrepreneur business owners turn to for strategic planning & business growth through his unique and innovative sales and marketing campaigns.
He brings a multi-disciplinary background from the world of science & technology, sales & marketing and global professional services knowledge which has been gained in different industries and multiple countries. Most recently in London and prior to that in New York.
[00:11] Episode Summary
[00:48] Introducing Clwyd
[03:51] Clwyd's entrepreneurial journey
[06:55] Clwyd's approach to system methodology and systemisation
[17:35] Determining success in SEO
[21:52] Finding SEO success early on
[31:01] Clwyd's favourite SEO tools
[35:53] Clwyd's thoughts on Web3
[39:11] How would Clwyd like to be remembered?
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This week, Flavilla is joined by Bianca Rangecroft, Founder and CEO of Whering. They discuss Whering's exciting future, the app startup growth journey and Bianca's experience of being on Dragons Den.
Bianca is fluent in five European languages and holds a first-class Bachelor’s degree in History and Politics from SOAS & LSE, with a special focus on Africa and the Middle East, as well as a Master’s degree in Management (Merit) from Imperial College Business School. She spent the first 4.5 years of her career in Banking, first at Barclays Investment Management and then in Goldman Sachs’ consumer division in London (working on fashiontech IPOs like Stichfix & Farfetch). She is a board member of Imperial College’s Alumni Advisory board, the London Chapter President for Unite2030, an UNLEASH 2019 and 2020 Global Talent and a committee member of Ubuntu, a South African charity and Textiles2030 signatory. She was a finalist in the Pitch UK, Elle x Bossbabe, shortlisted for WOTC award, We Are Tech Women’s award and winner of the Most Disruptive Tech award at UNLEASH 2019, EUTOP50 founders 2021 award and a frequent podcast and TV guest (BBC’s Dragon’s Den).
[00:11] Episode summary
[00:54] Introducing Bianca
[04:13] Bianca's entrepreneurial journey with Whering
[08:03] The lessons learned from developing Whering
[14:02] Successful strategies for user growth
[18:53] Learnings from scaling a tech business
[24:19] The experience of appearing on Dragons Den
[29:17] Keeping resilient throughout the startup journey
[34:13] Bianca's vision for Whering's Future
[36:10] How would Bianca like to be remembered?
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In this week's episode, Flavilla hands over hosting duties so she can talk about all things marketing and branding and give some great advice for any tech startups currently developing their brand.
She discusses the most common mistakes she sees tech startups make, the difference between marketing and branding and how to build the foundations of a successful brand.
Flavilla Fongang is an award-winning serial entrepreneur, and an international and multilingual keynote speaker. She is a neuroscience brand expert covering strategy, design, marketing and customer experience.
Flavilla is a recognised leader in marketing as she created the D.A.C. system and The Beyond Marketing Approach which has helped so many brands successfully grow their business.
[00:10] Introducing Flavilla
[03:06] What are the most common mistakes that tech startups make in their branding and marketing?
[06:43] What are the unique opportunities and challenges in marketing tech companies?
[09:21] What is the difference between branding and marketing?
[13:12] Brand marketing vs product marketing
[18:32] Planting the seeds for brand success
[23:09] Giving opportunities to younger generations
[27:11] How does Flavilla want to be remembered?
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This week, Flavilla is joined by Matthew Nelson. They discuss ESG reporting, Net-Zero and how to use your ESG data to improve business performance.
Matthew is an engaging, versatile, and innovative financial services professional with 20+ years of experience in investment banking, investment management, asset management, technology, consulting, and corporate sectors.
Matthew founded Arivu, the blockchain-powered ESG platform, after recognising a market opportunity to improve how companies manage and report their sustainability information. Arivu combines a powerful set of data aggregation and change-alerting tools with blockchain/distributed ledger technology and helps companies around the world as they transition to Net-Zero.
[00:11] Episode summary
[00:50] Introducing Matthew Nelson
[04:14] Net-Zero and the path to reducing global emissions
[05:20] What is ESG?
[08:15] Chain reporting in Arivu's platform
[13:23] Utilising technology to solve ESG issues
[18:16] Identifying business opportunities through ESG data
[22:02] Changing behaviours to improve ESG performance
[26:07] Tackling 'greenwashing'
[29:50] How Arivu integrates tokenisation and blockchain into its ESG reporting platform
[32:40] How does Matthew want to be remembered?
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This week, Flavilla is joined by Simba Mamboininga. They discuss integrating technology into investment management, how to lay the groundwork for future success and market trends in the technology space.
Simba is a co-founder of Devlin Mambo, the investment management consultancy. He leads the firm’s Transformation advisory and implementation practice, and he sees great opportunity for the investment management industry to really embrace technology so they can be slicker and more engaging. He also leads the firm’s research on how the recent focus on sustainability has impacted the investment process, and has published numerous thought leadership articles on this topic too.
[00:11] Episode summary
[00:55] Introducing Simba and Simba's entrepreneurial journey
[04:16] Integrating technology into investment management
[08:54] Laying the groundwork for future success
[12:15] Making the most out of your data.
[16:23] Choosing strategic partnerships to increase your value proposition
[19:09] Market trends to watch
[26:20] How does Simba want to be remembered?
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This week, Flavilla is joined by Marissa Ellis. They discuss the value of diversity in the tech industry and the importance of 'purpose' in business.
Marissa Ellis is an advisor, speaker and best selling author. She is the founder of www.diversily.com and a thought leader in ‘inclusive intelligence’ with over 20 years of experience in the tech sector. Diversily helps organisations unlock collective brilliance by taking a more human-centred, purpose-led, collaborative approach to business. They transform leadership, strategy and culture - all with an inclusive lens. Marissa is hugely passionate about creating a fairer, more equitable future for us all, where technology can help us solve, not create, some of the world’s greatest challenges.
[00:11] Episode summary
[00:45] Introducing Marissa
[02:17] Marissa's entrepreneurial journey with Diversily
[07:01] Moving business and leadership from exclusive to inclusive
[16:09] The importance of diversity in tech
[17:59] Preventing diversity from being a 'tick-box exercise'
[21:12] The importance of 'purpose' in business
[29:45] Influencing change from the bottom-up
[35:37] What does Marissa wish she knew sooner
[36:27] How does Marissa want to be remembered
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This week, Flavilla is joined by Bolaji Sofoluwe. They discuss market expansion and business internationalisation.
Bolaji is an internationalisation and market expansion expert with over twenty years of experience in general consulting, strategy and banking. Her role as Managing Director of the Enterprise Trade and Knowledge Group, UK has involved providing companies and businesses with the right representation and knowledge to enter and expand across African markets. She has personally supervised the execution of projects in over 32 African countries.
[00:11] Episode summary
[01:00] Introducing Bolaji
[03:08] Bolaji's entrepreneurial journey
[05:11] What opportunities does Africa have for businesses?
[06:54] What are the most common barriers for businesses looking to expand into new markets?
[11:32] ETK Group's role in business internationalisation and technology
[18:24] When is the best time to expand?
[22:50] The difference between traditional and tech entrepreneurship
[26:51] The benefits of being on civil advisory boards
[30:07] What does Bolaji wish she knew sooner?
[33:19] Bolaji's advice for speculative investors
[34:59] How does Bolaji want to be remembered
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This week, Flavilla is joined by Fungai Ndemera. They discuss CheckUp Health and how Fungai is pioneering digital transformation in the health space.
With more than 20 years of experience in business leadership, Fungai is a Nurse and a Great British entrepreneur award winner, a STEM ambassador and an Angel Investor. Through this experience, she has learnt to be resilient, strong and realised that the best business lessons are learnt through failures. That's how her passion for technology and creative solutions were born.
Her most recent venture won an opportunity to be funded by Innovate UK. Realising the challenges faced with shortages of doctors and the impact of COVID 19 on chronic patients, especially the racially diverse group. This helped marginalised patients receive free health monitoring devices and clinical service through CheckUp Health, a tele-health platform and app.
[00:11] Episode summary
[01:00] Introducing Fungai
[02:30] Fungai's entrepreneurial journey with CheckUp Health
[12:19] Digital transformation in the health space
[24:03] CheckUp Health's achievements (so far)
[28:12] How did Fungai's background influence her entrepreneurial journey?
[29:25] What's next for CheckUp Health
[30:25] What have Fungai's learnings been?
[32:53] How does Fungai want to be remembered?
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This week, Flavilla is joined by Esther O'Callaghan. They discuss utilising Web3 to tackle youth unemployment.
From being the first female DJ/producer to own a specialist vinyl store in Manchester’s Northern Quarter and producing major international festivals and events to now running a fast-growing Web3 careers platform and being part of the first all-female De-Fi delegation to the European Parliament (with some waitressing, window cleaning and IronMan training in between), it’s been an incredibly unique journey. With over 20+ years of experience across UK Govt, Local Authority, NDPB's, CSR, ESG, ED&I, the arts, culture, music, and third sectors, Esther has dedicated her life to tackling youth unemployment, resulting in hundreds of thousands of children and young people supported nationally and worldwide.
[00:11] Episode summary
[01:26] Introducing Esther
[03:56] Creating the fastest-growing Web3 carrier platform to tackle youth unemployment
[10:22] What is the Metaverse and Web3?
[12:09] What are the benefits of Web3 for recruitment
[18:17] What is the value in hiring younger individuals
[24:32] The role of government in tackling youth unemployment
[29:21] Where does entrepreneurship come from?
[32:22] Learning from your failures
[34:28] Giving a voice to younger generations
[36:13] What is the future of hundo?
[37:08] How does Esther want to be remembered?
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This week, Flavilla is joined by Naomi Timperley. They discuss how you can put people at the centre of your growth strategy.
Naomi is the co-founder of Tech North Advocates and GSI. Proud to be in the top 50 Computer Weekly Most Influential Women in UK IT 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021. Naomi is an experienced growth and innovation consultant with established relationships across the UK. She has extensive experience working with start-ups and growth businesses particularly in the tech, digital and creative sectors. Naomi has been a mentor for 8 years and mentored several hundred businesses. She is an Honorary Industry Fellow at the University of Salford Business School and chair of the Industry Advisory Board. Naomi also sits on the board of charity Digital Inc and social Enterprise PIE. She was previously Chair of Future Everything and Capital Pilot.
[00:11] Episode summary
[00:56] Introducing Naomi
[02:50] Naomi's business journey
[10:14] Do tech companies need to be in London?
[12:45] What prevents tech startups from growing
[16:27] Strategies for tech business growth
[17:28] Putting people first in organisations
[22:46] Attracting young talent through education
[28:27] Morality in business
[34:50] How does Naomi want to be remembered
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This week, Flavilla is joined by Cynthia Davis. They discuss Cynthia's journey from consultancy to successfully scaling a tech business led on brand purpose
Cynthia Davis is the CEO/Founder of BAME Recruitment and Co-founder of Diversifying.io.
As a multi-award-winning CEO, motivational speaker and diversity and inclusion specialist, Cynthia is passionate about improving equal opportunities for people from all walks of life by encouraging and motivating the next generation of leaders.
Cynthia is a mentor to young adults via the Stephen Lawrence Trust Mentorship Programme and a fellow of St Georges College Leadership Fellowship in Windsor. She is also Chair of the Board for Pop Up, a social enterprise working in collaboration with educational, literary and cultural organisations to enable children, empower teachers and engage families from all walks of life to read more widely and creatively.
Cynthia founded BAME Recruitment in 2015, and later co-founded Diversifying.io in 2019. She remains committed to delivering inclusive recruitment, consultancy and event services and helping businesses reach more qualified candidates from diverse communities and other underrepresented groups. Cynthia is dedicated to aligning candidates to the right organisations with inclusive cultures that help them to flourish and enhance the businesses they are working for.
[00:11] Episode summary
[00:55] Introducing Cynthia
[02:46] Cynthia's journey to creating Diversifying.io
[05:58] The value of diversity in the workplace
[10:42] What has driven Diversifying.io to achieve so much success
[14:47] Attracting top talent in tech
[21:48] What impact is Diversifying.io having?
[25:49] Cynthia's failures and successes
[29:22] What was Cynthia's journey to getting funding for her businesses?
[37:12] How would Cynthia like to be remembered
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This week, Flavilla is joined by Matt Gilpin.
Matt Gilpin founded Sprift (which stands for: ‘Smarter Property Information Technology’) in 2016, following the frustration of being unable to easily source the property data he required for his buy-to-let portfolio. He is driven by a desire to improve the quality of data available, and to create a smoother home buying and selling process.
Following his first property investment in 1999, Matt bought and sold many properties in the years that followed. For each investment he would spend hours collating property information and data from a variety of sources. Although not from a tech background, he was sure there must be a way of aggregating all data and presenting it in one place, hence the idea for Sprift was born. It was also apparent to Matt at this time, that this would also be an issue for the wider house-buying public.
[00:11] Introducing Matt
[02:30] Matt's journey to creating Sprift
[12:30] Changing the status quo in the property industry
[14:22] The importance of perseverance
[16:12] The importance of listening to customers
[19:22] Hiring for startup success
[29:17] What kept Matt motivated?
[37:01] How does Matt want to be remembered
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This week, Flavilla is joined by Jamie Love. They discuss how to achieve monumental growth using effective digital marketing.
Jamie Love is the CEO and Founder of Monumental, London’s growth marketing agency. He is a leader in the field of Digital Marketing with a specific focus on acquisition. Jamie has a number of entrepreneurial triumphs under his belt, has created and taught digital marketing syllabuses globally and is a public figure in the LGBT community. He has been featured in most UK press and media and has an online following of over 30,000 people.
[00:11] Episode Summary
[01:10] Introducing Jamie
[03:07] What led Jamie to creating Monumental
[04:50] What commitments are required to scale and grow?
[06:28] The importance of adopting new marketing channels
[09:50] Jamie's advice for young tech entrepreneurs
[14:57] Understanding younger audiences
[19:21] Championing marginalised groups in marketing
[23:59] Securing PR opportunities for Jamie's clients
[26:20] What has Jamie learned from growing his business
[32:50] How would Jamie like to be remembered
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This week, Flavilla is joined by Seyi Awotunde. They discuss NFTs and Seyi's entrepreneurial journey.
Seyi Awotunde is an entrepreneur whose journey is currently featured in a BBC documentary as well as one of the selected tech founders for the 2021 Barclays Black Founders cohort. He has remained the man in the arena - despite all the obstacles he has overcome. Imminently Seyi is launching the first luxury NFT marketplace called Deliciae, which has already gained the attention of leading celebrities and brands.
[00:11] Episode summary
[01:07] Introducing Seyi
[03:02] Seyi's entrepreneurial journey
[09:46] Changing public perceptions of NFTs
[12:58] The future of NFTs in an increasingly digitised world
[15:42] Getting started with NFTs
[16:59] Determining the value of an NFT
[19:54] Combining NFTs with virtual reality with Deliciae
[31:51] What's next for Seyi?
[33:12] How would Seyi like to be remembered?
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This week, Flavilla is joined by Stephen Nundy. They discuss how tech companies can secure investment from an investor or venture capitalist.
Stephen is an experienced technologist and engineer with a passion for setting strategy, introducing technology innovation and building high-performing teams for ambitious global businesses. Stephen leads our investing in Digitalisation and Deep Tech companies where he has led transactions in AI/ML, B2B SaaS, and Data Analytics companies among others.
As CTO he additionally advises the broader investment team on wider opportunities whilst performing technology and product due diligence. As part of the Lakestar value-add platform, he advises portfolio companies on product and technology-related matters as well as setting Lakestar’s internal technology strategy.
[00:11] Episode summary
[01:07] Introducing Stephen
[04:45] Securing tech investment in the U.S vs Europe
[09:28] Underrepresentation in investing
[14:50] Hindsight in investment
[17:03] Stephen's takeaways from working at Goldman Sachs
[20:55] What attracts Stephen to a tech investment
[27:35] ESG and its effect on investment
[30:18] The importance of European tech sovereignty
[41:47] How would Stephen like to be remembered?
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In this episode, Flavilla is joined by Tessa Clarke. They discuss how she's leveraging technology to solve one of the worlds biggest problems - food waste.
Tessa is Co-Founder & CEO of OLIO, a free app tackling the problem of food waste by connecting neighbours with each other, and volunteers with local businesses, so that surplus food can be given away, not thrown away. OLIO has grown to over 4 million users in 5 years. She met her co-founder Saasha Celestial-One whilst they were studying for their MBAs at Stanford. Tessa is passionate about the sharing economy as a solution for a sustainable world, and about ‘profit with purpose’ as the next business paradigm.
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In this episode, Flavilla is joined by Dominic Monkhouse. They discuss how to scale a tech company successfully.
Dominic is a proven architect of business growth. As managing director he headed up teams that scaled two UK technology service firms from zero to £30M a year in less than 5 years. Now as a business coach, he helps other CEO's and their teams by working from the "Management Lab'' on his farm near Salisbury. A regular public speaker, podcast host, and author; he aims to share the tips that really work, with his growing audience of business leaders, and give as many unfair advantages as possible.
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In this episode, Flavilla is joined by William Wells. They discuss how can satellite data and machine learning measure sustainability in farming and help to optimise food production.
Will founded Hummingbird Technologies in January 2016, where the business spent its first year developing Machine Learning algorithms at the Imperial College technology incubator. Prior to this, Will spent 10 years in the Finance and Investment sector. This included M&A and other special advisory roles at Citigroup and Lincoln International, as well as investment management at the successful multi-billion dollar Highclere global equity fund, where he was also a Partner. Will grew up on a farm and is a keen sportsman. He holds an MBA from INSEAD Business School and a First Class MA Honours degree in English Literature from the University of Edinburgh. Will sits on the Board of a Royal Marsden cancer charity and Math Engine plc, a UK public investment fund.
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In this episode, Flavilla is joined by Alexander Fahie. They discuss experiential learning and social responsibility at scale.
Alexander Fahie is the Founder and CEO of B-Corp, Ethical Angel. A VC backed, award-winning experiential learning tool used by some of the worlds largest companies and causes in over 23 countries. Alexander graduated from Newcastle University with a BSc in Politics with Economics and then spent 7 years working in investment management. In his spare time he enjoys sailing. Alexander is a trustee of International NGO, Kidasha.
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In this episode, Flavilla is joined by Edward Upton. They discuss how understanding your data builds client loyalty and increases client lifetime value.
Edward is founder of Littledata, and an expert on ecommerce analytics and strategy. He blogs about all things web analytics, and is a certified service partner for Google Analytics. Edward also advises companies on product development and scaling technology. Previously a product manager, and founder of Teachable, a marketplace for teachers to share digital education resources. He holds a Masters in Psychology and Philosophy from Magdalen College, Oxford.
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In this episode, Flavilla is joined by David Biden. They discuss how to automate an organisation for increased productivity.
David Biden has been advising organisations on how to practically apply modern technologies to their business for many years. His passion now lies in helping complex organisations unlock the full potential of their own people through the use of Intelligent Automation, while improving the lives of the citizens and customers they support.
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In this episode, Flavilla is joined by Lukasz Rzeczkowski. They discuss how technology can solve health care problems.
Lukasz Rzeczkowski is the founder and chief development officer at Trustedoctor. Previously, he was capital markets senior salesperson in Intesa Sanpaolo, GFI Group and Knight Capital Europe focused on structured credit trading.
Lukasz is a board Member of Polish City Club and a Governor of the Royal Wolverhampton School, and is also the founder and a player of a basketball club/team "Soaring Eagles" in London.
He is passionate about digital health, angel investing, professional network and collateralized loan obligations (CLOs).
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In this episode, Flavilla is joined by Raj Goodman Anand. They discuss how to create great content your audience craves for while developing your brand voice.
Raj Goodman Anand is the founder of Goodman Lantern, a team of native English content writing and software development services that help businesses sell better and grow faster. An engineer by profession, he has founded three startups, raised capital, and taken one venture from zero to acquisition. He has not only had a flourishing career within startups but also with large and mid-sized organisations, working on launching startups or new products within them. Products he has built have made companies an income in excess of £55m.
Raj has also won BusinessWeek’s Europe’s Young Entrepreneur (2007) and has been named one of Revolution Magazine’s 50 Most Influential People in Digital (2009). He has spoken at various venues including the Foreign & Commonwealth Office, British Library, and several universities including LSE. Raj and his entrepreneurial ventures have had coverage in The Telegraph, Guardian, BusinessWeek, and Observer.
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In this episode, Flavilla is joined by Nejc Skoberne. They discuss how tech companies can learn about growth from the world of E-Sports.
Nejc is the Head of Product Growth at Fnatic. Looking after the growth of Fnatic's revenue, fan following and end-to-end user experience online. Before joining Fnatic, he started the International Growth function at Coinbase, lead Growth & Product teams at Uber, and was part of the early team at TransferWise.
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In this episode, Flavilla is joined by Alex Stephany. They discuss the the untapped opportunities of Tech for Good.
Alex Stephany is the Founder and CEO of Beam, the world’s first platform to crowdfund job training for homeless people and support them into skilled work. Since launching in 2017, Beam has raised more than £1m in donations, helping hundreds of homeless people start work in sectors facing skills shortages. Before Beam, Alex was CEO of JustPark where he led the largest ever crowdfunding round for a tech startup at the time. An expert on the sharing economy, Alex has authored a book called The Business of Sharing, which was published by Macmillan in 2015. He has also advised the Mayor of Seoul on collaborative technology.
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In this episode, Flavilla is joined by Simon Halberstam . They discuss the biggest law mistakes tech companies make
Simon holds English and French Law degrees and has over 25 years of experience acting for technology providers and digital agencies. His work is focused on the drafting and negotiation of contracts for those providing or procuring technology or digital services and advising on data protection and all aspects of Intellectual Property and data protection law.
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In this episode, Flavilla is joined by Limvirak Chea. They discuss how technology can simplify your journey to the car mechanic.
Limvirak Chea is the Co-Founder and CEO at Fixter, the first online end-to-end car maintenance service provider in the UK. The idea for Fixter first developed in 2017, after identifying a gap in the market for an intermediary offering that supports independent car garages as well as streamlining car maintenance for drivers. Prior to Fixter, Limvirak worked at Google, AOL France and Eventbrite.
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In this episode, Flavilla is joined by Alex Moss. They discuss how tech companies can grow their profit without growing their headcount.
Alex is a Director at FireCask, a multi-award winning online marketing and web design agency in Manchester. With a background in technical SEO, he has been working in online marketing since its infancy. Nearly 20 years later, he works with both small businesses and startups to global brands on a range of projects. He has written the chapters on Technical SEO for two of the latest Econsultancy SEO Best Practice Guidelines. He also speaks at numerous industry conferences and events as well as writing for a number of industry publications.
As well as co-owning FireCask with his wife Anna, he also co-owns an Italian wine and aperitivo bar with her called Basil + Lily, as well as separately launching another business (this time not with his wife) called Millie & Henry, a brand aimed at helping you and your dog have the best walk of its life!
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In this episode, Flavilla is joined by Radek Stejskal. They discuss how to be cost effective expanding your engineering team in Central Europe.
Radek Stejskal is the CEO and co-founder of the Software house ADAMAPP. They started their journey in 2012 with focus on building digital platforms, mobile apps, web apps and AI technologies. Besides running the business, he loves to do meditation, long walks in nature and Yogalign and exercises.
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In this episode, Flavilla is joined by Campbell Murray. They discuss how B2B ecommerce can reduce supply chain challenges and support small businesses.
Campbell’s career has spanned a range of global commercial & technical roles primarily in the tech industry. He has led large complex deals including M&A transactions whilst holding senior level roles in Vodafone , Intuit & Bazaarvoice amongst others. In corporate life, Campbell has been a catalyst for innovation and is passionate about the lean startup mindset regardless of the organisation's size. He worked on many innovative new concept launches including mobile payments, the kindle, LBS & Blockchain.
Since 2015, Campbell has pursued several opportunities as a founder or co-founder in a range of tech sector business models. He has also invested in & advised a number of disruptive startups and was a ‘dragon’ on the UK Wayra VC launch.
Campbell led the 4 VC Series A round in Takestock.com in 2015 and pioneered the circular business model change required for the food industry. He followed this up with the launch of SouqBox.io – the world's first dedicated platform as a service for B2B companies seeking to launch an on line ecommerce or marketplace presence.
Campbell has won multiple awards and accolades throughout his career. He has also led and mentored great talent that has gone on to flourish in a broad range of commercial and non commercial environments.
Campbell has an undergraduate BSc from the University of Glasgow, an MSC (Strathclyde), MBA (Henley) & Post grad in Blockchain from Oxford University (Saïd BS).
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In this episode, Flavilla is joined by Catherine Stagg-Macey. They discuss how to lead tech organisations through a crisis.
Executive coach, coach supervisor and mentor
Helping people have meaningful conversations
Catherine works with the senior leaders and their teams from start-ups to large organisations using a blend of methods including systems thinking, process work, non-violent communication, and creative tools like poetry, drawing and journaling.
She has spent over twenty years in the technology and insurance sectors.
Her focus is to help clients have the conversation with themselves or their teams that they are unable to have on their own. Client’s highlight her unwavering focus on seeing the possibilities, and facing the difficult conversations with empathy, intellect and humour.
From the foundation of a degree in Computer Science, she has experience in a wide range of roles from programmer, project manager, leader and strategy advisor. She retrained and certified as a coach in 2012, and now runs her own business.
Her clients include a range of large insurers, and early stage startup companies in the technology and consulting sectors. She specializes in working with startup teams to be intentional about their leadership impact and the emerging culture.
In addition to her coaching work, she DJ’s Friday nights, is a business mentor on the women mentorship program for the Cherie BlairFoundation and mentors people through the 12-month CTI Leadership development program.
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In this episode, Flavilla is joined by Dominic Atkinson. They discuss how technology can help people find a more fulfilling career
Dominic is the co-founder of Stay Nimble are a social enterprise building a unique digital platform to provide career and work performance coaching services to help people find, re-skill for and thrive in better work. He has spent the last two decades leading organisations, coaching individuals and building software applications to make business better. Following training as an occupational psychologist, he worked at a senior level in Media & Entertainment and subsequently has led three start-ups. He is a Fellow of the RSA and a member of the British Psychological Society.
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In this episode, Flavilla is joined by Callum Adamson. They discuss the power of composable talent model in order to stay agile and reduce fragility.
Callum Adamson is a serial entrepreneur and CEO of Distributed; a tech-enabled software delivery solution with globally distributed teams, that delivers better software, at faster speeds and with more visibility than any comparable solution. Callum believes that distributed teams and the products that enable their adoption at scale will be to this era what the factory was to the industrial revolution.
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In this episode, Flavilla is joined by Roly Walter. They discuss how technology can make managers better coaches.
Roly Walter is a people tech entrepreneur and founder of Appraisd, the online performance management system. He started his business from his garden shed. Now with £1m annual recurring revenue and hundreds of international customers, he tries to maintain a strong presence in his young children's lives.
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In this episode, Flavilla is joined by Lanre Osibona. They discuss how can Africa achieve inclusive prosperity through digital transformation.
Passionate about Africa and a long-time proponent of its digital transformation. Former SSA to the Nigerian President on Technology (for 5 years), with international, private sector experience spanning over 17 years.
Founder & CEO of The Foresight Group, a collaboration of three uniquely distinct private limited companies that have come together to form an alliance to support Africa’s digital transformation. A group of independent companies with interwoven expertise namely –Foresight Innovation Consulting, Foresight Knowledge Hub, and Foresight Seeds Fund– our venture capital.
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In this episode, Flavilla is joined by Mathew Megens. They discuss how technology can change people's money behaviour for good.
Mat Megens is a former electrical engineer and investment banker turned technology entrepreneur. Born and raised in Canada, his professional career has brought him from Canada to the United States, Australia, the United Kingdom as well as to numerous developing countries (including Kenya, Tanzania, Bangladesh and Pakistan) through his work with World Bank Group Company IFC. He was an early innovator in global supply chain finance and the limitations of this space-inspired HyperJar. HyperJar is building the world’s happiest, smartest way to spend your money - without debt and without regret in a way that fits with your life.
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In this episode, Flavilla is joined by Riaz Kanani. They discuss the power of choosing your dream clients.
Riaz is the founder and CEO of Radiate B2B, a pioneering sales and marketing platform that builds trust within target stakeholders at enterprise companies through advertising and identifies who is in the market today. It is one of the primary building blocks for account-based marketing strategies today.
Riaz has been an early adopter of scaled account-based marketing, writing and speaking extensively on the topic and executing new approaches that have led to multiple award nominations for account-based marketing technology and campaigns.
Prior to building Radiate B2B, Riaz built one of the world’s largest video advertising networks and after exiting to Silverpop scaled its presence internationally and helped to define best practices for B2B marketing in marketing automation and content marketing before it exited to IBM to create its marketing cloud platform.
He has sat on the DMA email marketing council helping to set best practices for the email marketing industry, judge its awards and help shape data privacy and the use of data in the UK. He regularly speaks and writes on the intersection between marketing, business and technology, its best practice, and future trends.
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In this episode, Flavilla is joined by Reece Couchman. They will discuss how tech companies can provide a better customer experience while improving customer lifetime value.
Reece Couchman is the founder & director of The SaaSy People, a 100% UK based support service provider offering outsourced customer support to businesses. Reece founded The SaaSy People in 2019 having seen a gap in the market for UK based, customer-focused, outsourced support.
Previous to The SaaSy People Reece ran a global support organisation for a telecommunications company, spending time living in the UK and the USA.
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In this episode, Flavilla is joined by Peter Wood. They discuss the myths of cryptocurrency.
Peter Wood is the CEO and Co-Founder of CoinBurp. He leads the company’s vision and product strategy. He was still a student when learned about Bitcoin mining. He teamed up with a friend and invested £1000 to form BitBroker - a trading business built on top of LocalBitcoins, which later turned over £100m in 4 years. He then took a portion of these profits to create CoinBurp, to fill an important gap in the cryptocurrency market.
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In this episode, Flavilla is joined by Taylor Udell and Ryan Goldman. They discuss the untapped opportunities of Opensource.
Taylor Udell is a Product Manager at FOSSA. She leads the product initiatives around FOSSA's Licensing Compliance product. Prior to FOSSA, Taylor was an early member of the Heap Analytics team. When she's not building products, you can find her curled up with a good book.
Ryan Goldman is VP of Marketing at FOSSA, based in the San Francisco Bay Area. He previously built and led marketing teams at Pendo ($1B valuation), Sentry (Series C by NEA and Accel), SignalFx (acquired by Splunk for $1.05B), Cloudera (IPO in 2017), and Cisco. Prior to tech, Ryan worked in international development for NGOs in Washington, D.C., focusing on education policy, social entrepreneurship, and microfinance. He moonlights as a music journalist and founded a social network for music lovers with members in 30 countries.
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In this episode, Flavilla is joined by Richard Alberg. They discuss how EdTech is changing the work environment.
Richard is the founder and CEO of MWS Technology Ltd, a company he launched in 2009 after a successful career in psychometric testing and HR technology. MWS provides an innovative SaaS platform, called Aptem, that vocational training and employment services providers use to deliver their contracts.
Since launching MWS has received the following recognition:
· Winner of the LinkedIn European Business StartUp Award
· Winner of the Microsoft BizSpark Award
· Finalist in the National Online Recruitment Awards
· Gold award winner at the National e-Learning Awards
· Silver award winner at the IT Training Awards
· Selected for inclusion in Telegraph European Startup 100 List
· One of the final nine in the Cabinet Office Innovation LaunchPad
· Selected for inclusion in Real Business Future 50 List
· Highly Commended at ERSA Awards – Innovation category
· Winner of the ICT – platforms and applications category of the 2019 EducationInvestor Awards.
Prior to MWS, Richard founded Psychometric Services Ltd (PSL). PSL developed and published psychometric tests and was a pioneer in the field of online recruitment, integrating assessment with recruitment workflow software. The company was purchased in November 2006 by Kenexa, a NASDAQ HR solutions provider that was in turn acquired by IBM. Whilst completing his earn-out, Richard became a Senior Vice President at Kenexa and was responsible for their European and then their Asia-Pacific businesses.
Richard Alberg is also a founder and director at Corndel Ltd, a fast-growth apprenticeship training provider with a blue-chip client base. Since founding the company in October 2016, Corndel has grown to over 200 staff and 3,500 apprentices.
Richard is a shareholder and advisor to several businesses, including as a non-executive director of Protocol Holdings Ltd. In 2019 Richard completed a three-year term as chair of Launchpad Recruits and in 2017 he completed a two-year term as Chair of North Hertfordshire College, a £35m turnover education provider.
Richard lives in North West London and is married with two adult children.
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In this episode, Flavilla is joined by Daniel Brett. They discuss the power of data and the increased risk of cyberattacks.
Daniel Brett is the Chief Strategy Officer and co-founder at CounterCraft. Daniel is highly accomplished in achieving outstanding B2B growth for visionary companies and contributes over 15 years of marketing expertise to the business.
His deep industry knowledge and understanding of consumer behaviour enables him to thrive in new markets and achieve rapid sales success on a global scale.
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In this episode, Flavilla is joined by Ben Hookway. They discuss the power of language analytics.
An innovator in language analytics, Ben Hookway is the CEO of Relative Insight, an organisation that helps brands and agencies effectively engage with their customers by understanding how different audiences speak.
Ben took Relative Insight from a university spin-out to a high-scale platform used by leading customer-focused organisations such as Unilever, Disney, and Sky.
With 20 year’s experience in the early-stage technology market, Ben has founded, funded, and exited companies. He spent 6 years in the USA and has had extensive experience in China, South Korea, and Taiwan with startups and $1bn corporations.
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In this episode, Flavilla is joined by Bretton Putter. They discuss the challenges of hybrid teams and remote teams.
Bretton Putter is an expert in company culture development, consulted by companies and leaders worldwide on how to design, build and develop a strong, functional company culture. He is the CEO of CultureGene a Culture Leadership Platform helping high-growth companies build strong, functional cultures.
Prior to founding CultureGene Brett ran an international executive search firm working with high-growth tech companies to expand their executive teams across Europe and the USA. His first book Culture Decks Decoded was published in 2018 and his second book, Own Your Culture: How to Define, Embed and Manage your Company Culture will be published in September 2020. He writes a popular blog on culture-driven companies and is a sought-after speaker.
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In this episode, Flavilla is joined by Zandra Moore. They discuss how to compete with tech company giants.
Zandra Moore is the CEO and joint-founder of Panintelligence, a leading business intelligence and analytics software developer. She has over 20 years’ experience of working in the technology sector, and her passion for enabling businesses to drive performance through data insights and analytics is highly infectious.
Prior to working for Panintelligence, Zandra ran her own software solutions consultancy business and has founded a range of local B2B networking organisations, including LeanIn Leeds – a network of over 550 professional women, holding regular monthly events. She is particularly proactive in promoting Northern tech and women in tech and regularly gives talks and participates in panel discussions aimed at furthering these causes (eg. speaking for FinTech North at events across the Northern Powerhouse).
Zandra is on a mission to make the industry accessible for everyone. In a sector that continues to suffer a gender imbalance, inclusivity is at the core of Panintelligence, from gender to disability. Its aim is to make sure everyone enjoys the same opportunities.
In 2018 Zandra was recognised as the female CEO of the Year in the English Women’s Awards, North.
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In this episode, Flavilla is joined by Ozzi Jarvinen. They discuss how to do remote work effectively and grow without losing company culture.
Ozzi is a 4th generation entrepreneur. Born in Tampere, Finland, and starting the first business back in 2003. Due to interest in international business and geo arbitrage Ozzi made the move to Thailand in 2006 and since have called the tropical paradise his home.
In 2010 Ozzi founded Iglu in Chiang Mai Thailand. Iglu was bootstrapped from Ozzi's spare bedroom and in 10 years, has grown into mid-size software consulting business that currently employs over 200 people with more than 30 different nationalities.
Iglu is a remote working community representing an international network of companies, with over 200 digital professionals from 37 countries employed.
They provide digital services and talent resources at competitive rates to clients worldwide.
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In this episode, Flavilla is joined by Kim Monney. They discuss how high-performing teams grow their revenue without hiring more staff.
Kim is the co-founder and COO of Howamigoing, a London-based HR tech start-up that helps employees of small to medium size businesses succeed, by getting better feedback, more often.
In a world of tick-the-box annual performance appraisals, Howamigoing is changing the game for the 40% of people who want to receive better quality feedback at work and the 91% of people who want a better process. Howamigoing placed at #21 in the 2020 UK Startups 100.
Kim grew up in New Zealand where she led marketing teams for two of the ‘big four" banks and gained her Chartered Marketing qualification before moving to London in 2012. In the UK, she’s led marketing and product teams in some of the country’s most successful tech businesses including Tesco.com and Just Eat. Her experience working in world-class businesses with terrible performance management and feedback processes spurred her on to co-create Howamigoing.
Kim is also an alumni of Seth Godin’s altMBA.
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In today's episode, Flavilla is joined by Will Critchlow. They discuss why SEO is more than keywords and how to do it right at different stages of your business.
Will Critchlow recently sold Distilled, the business he co-founded in 2005, to digital marketing agency Brainlabs.
At the same time, he spun out SearchPilot, their technology business into an independent startup.
He's now splitting his time between running SearchPilot and guiding SEO efforts at Brainlabs.
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In this episode, Flavilla is joined by Kimeshan Naidoo. They discuss how to sell tech products to the education sector.
Kimeshan Naidoo is a South African computer scientist and technology entrepreneur. He is the CTO & Co-Founder of Unibuddy, a London-based EdTech Company. Unibuddy has become one of the fastest-growing education technology startups in the world, to date helping over 250,000 students to decide where and what to study across 300 universities in over 30 countries. Unibuddy has raised $12 million to date and has offices in London, New York and Bangalore.
Naidoo graduated from the University of Cape town with a BSc in Electrical Engineering. He moved to the United Kingdom in 2015 and graduated from University College London with an MSc in Computer Science. He was recently listed on the 2020 Forbes 30 under 30 list.
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In this episode, Flavilla is joined by David Bloch. They discuss how not to fail your digital transformation.
David Bloch is a New Zealand born technologist specialising in data science and artificial intelligence. His track record spans twenty years in emergent technologies focusing on software development, digital activation, and adoption strategies to create compelling solutions to business problems.
David recently joined Domino Data Lab as an evangelist to promote their enterprise-class data science platform.
David also partners with many startups providing advice, mentoring, and growth strategies based on his experience as a founder and consultant for technology companies.
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In this episode, Flavilla is joined by Marisa Bryan. They discuss how to scale and attract talent towards your tech brand whilst building diversity and a great company culture remotely.
Marisa Bryan is an internationally experienced talent leader in the tech industry and Head of Client Operations at Scede - Europe’s go-to talent partner when it comes to building and scaling teams from Series A and beyond.
With more than fifteen years of experience in all aspects of talent acquisition and a strong voice for empowering women in leadership throughout her career, Marisa has held senior roles at the likes of Criteo, LinkedIn, Apple and Google - focusing on modernising the practice of talent acquisition to deliver success.
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In this episode, Flavilla is joined by Charlie de Rusett. They discuss how technology can stimulate innovation.
Charlie de Rusett is a serial entrepreneur, currently the founder of Idea Drop - idea management software that allows organisations to harness the collective brainpower of their stakeholders, solve business challenges faster, increase collaboration and employee engagement, analyse the results and action the most impactful ideas.
He previously founded Vine, a regional UK publishing group that was acquired by Local World, a division of Trinity Mirror, in December 2013.
He also co-founded Yellowball, a full-service creative consultancy, of which a majority stake was acquired in February 2015. Charlie de Rusett has wide and deep experience working globally with organisations of all sizes to build and implement high-impact innovation strategies, processes and tactics that become hard-wired into their organisations and deliver tangible results, ROI and success. Charlie is also regularly sharing his knowledge and experience at various client events as well as external events and Summits.
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In this episode, Flavilla is joined by Simon Potter. They discuss how technology can improve communication to capitalise on the diversity of global teams.
An Australian-born Londoner living in France, Simon Potter is the CTO & co-founder of Kwiziq - the AI language learning platform. A technologist with a passion for languages, he has spent his career helping technical and business teams of all sizes and backgrounds communicate effectively.
Kwiziq is the natural culmination of this experience and helps learners achieve genuine fluency in a second language as efficiently as possible.
Thanks to a brilliant team spread across 6 countries, the company has been nominated 3 times for Best AI product in EdTech at the prestigious CogX festival of AI in London. Simon and his co-founder, Gareth, were awarded 2018 BMWi UK EdTech founders of the year.
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In this episode, Flavilla is joined by Jodok Betschart. They discuss how technology can save the event industry.
Jodok is CEO & Co-Founder of Evenito, the next generation event management software that revolutionizes the way you plan, organise and deliver events of any complexity.
Evenito's vision is to empower event organizers to create more impactful events, by providing the tools to reduce organisational efforts and make time to focus on the creative aspects of delivering a sustainable and innovative event experience.
Being very numbers-driven, Jodok went the traditional finance path, studying Finance at HSG St.Gallen and working 5 years for Aberdeen Standard Life in investment and sales teams.
Events were always part of his life. For more than 15 years he has been fascinated by the event industry, organizing a wide variety of business events. Always looking for a scalable solution within the industry he co-founded the company in December 2016 to change the way events are organized.
Jodok is now based in London, where he opened their third office, next to Zürich and Hamburg.
He is a passionate jazz pianist and loves the sport that gives you the extra kind of adrenaline rush.
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In this episode, Flavilla is joined by Lydia Jones. They discuss how technology can improve transparency and irregularity within the students housing sector.
Lydia is the founder & CEO of Housemates, a marketplace founded to help students around the world book accommodation fast, secure and 100% online. She has 7 years of experience in founding, managing and growing tech companies.
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In this episode, Flavilla is joined by Robert Craven. They discuss the habits of high performing tech businesses.
Known for his no-nonsense approach to business growth, Robert has worked with agencies and platforms from London to Dublin, from Singapore to New York.
Working closely with Google Partners, Robert helped develop Google's own agency training program and continues to be project director in many of the EMEA countries.
Robert leads the team at the GYDA Initiative and personally runs the Digital Agency Growth Program.
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In this episode, Flavilla is joined by Paul Tynan. Paul is the Co-Founder of E2Tech. Today, they will be discussing the effective technology operations that will increase the margin for your tech business.
Paul is a Senior technologist with over 30 years’ experience in both operational and strategic positions in multinational organisations around the world. He has significant experience in Technology Operations, strategy formulation and implementation as well as the management of large operational teams.
Paul is automation focused with a passion for driving “hands free operations” within technology teams.
He is adept at reviewing and defining operating models to optimise efficiency and effectiveness, ensuring the required business outcomes are delivered by Technology in the process.
Paul also has extensive experience in outsourcing and offshoring, both to captives and vendors (India, Singapore and Eastern Europe).
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In this episode, Flavilla is joined by Roger Tyrzyk. They discuss Humans Vs Machines and how identification technology can improve your competitive edge!
In his role as Country Manager for UK, Ireland, Malta and Cyprus at IDnow, Roger Tyrzyk enables customers from various industries to easily and securely onboard new customers.
After working for GB Group, Purple WiFi, Duuzra Software and Lord Sugar's Amscreen, Roger joined IDnow in early 2019. He is a long-time industry expert in Financial Services, gaming and software topics, and has broad experience with identity services and digitalisation.
IDnow offers online identification solutions via an Identity Verification-as-a-Service (IVaaS) platform. The products are used in all industries in which companies conduct online customer interactions that require the highest level of security.
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Do you believe your tech company has a strong financial model?
In this episode, Flavilla is joined by Sara Green. They will be discussing the key elements for developing strong financial models for your tech business.
Sara is a serial entrepreneur, having launched her first company when she was just 16. Since then she started a number of companies as well as community organisations focused on entrepreneurship and innovation.
Danish of origin, she earned her M.Sc. from IT University of Copenhagen and has since worked in both San Francisco and London firstly as a management consultant and later as an innovative entrepreneur.
Not one to shy away from a challenge, her latest venture is as CEO for Canaree, which aims to simplify the world of finance by creating financial models, forecasts and much more for pre CFO startups.
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In this episode, Flavilla is joined by Chris Rabbitt. They will be discussing the power of random within the tech industry.
Chris claims he is far from a tech-brain, but has a passion for people and how they connect to each other. He’s a sales specialist with a portfolio of clients across a wide range of industry sectors. Meeow was born out of COVID-19 panic and a conversation with his co-founder, Simon Glenn, about how to carry on networking in an effective and enjoyable way.
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In this episode, Flavilla is joined by James Robinson. They will be discussing ways you can position your tech brand as an influencer within the industry in order to attract customers.
James is a co-founder and currently VP for Research & Innovation at Opensignal.
Previously, he led the team responsible for the development and adoption of Opensignal's mobile apps which have been downloaded on over 32 million consumer devices (and counting) around the world.
Opensignal measures the user experience of mobile networks, developing ways of determining the quality of experience for specific services - like gaming, video or voice calling in apps. Opensignal analytics and insights power the evolution of mobile networks to improve mobile connectivity for all.
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In this episode, Flavilla is joined by Chandresh Pala to discuss the ingredients needed to create an exponential organisation, as well as understanding exponential thinking.
Chandresh is an Entrepreneur, Mentor and Digital Transformation Strategist who passionately believes in empowering people to create profitable, purpose driven, global businesses.
He is the Founder of Cohezia, a venture studio which specialises in creating innovative, scalable ventures based on exponential digital technologies.
As The Fusion Entrepreneur, he brings together a very diverse and unusual range of methodologies, disciplines and innovative strategies (science and spirituality, purpose and profit, creativity and structure).
Chandresh has over 20 years of experience that has included working with leading consultancies and corporate clients including UBM, British Gas, Reed, BP, Tesco, National Power; through to launching multiple businesses in the Technology and Creative sectors, as well as helping founders of existing companies to grow and achieve successful exits.
He is an advisor, speaker, and mentor for various entrepreneurial organisations and an advisory board member and Non-Exec Director for a number of businesses in the media, financial services, health/wellness, and events sectors.
Chandresh lives in London, UK and his interests include design, psychology and Kung Fu (in which he holds a black belt).
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This week, Flavilla is joined by Sara Polak to tell listeners how they can use AI to it's full potential. AI is definitely a huge part of the future of technology, so why not get ahead of the game now?
Sara is an Oxford-educated archaeologist and evolutionary anthropologist, who has spent the last 7 years working in technology startups in London, USA, and New Zealand. After almost a decade in the UK she returned back to her home country to work in the local startup, innovation, and artificial intelligence scene and strives to make Czech Republic into a global AI and innovation superhub.
She is an Aspen Young Leader as well as a Bakala Scholar, and works on several projects the main being prg.ai, Startup Disrupt, and Czech.global, as well as numerous pro bono initiatives such as science popularisation programmes (Science To Go) and various hackathons as they happen throughout the year.
Her dream is to popularise and digest big, heavy tech topics for the general public and through this achieve the bridging of the huge gap between ethereal cutting-edge technologies and the average person in the street to achieve effective adoption of innovations in society.
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In this episode, Flavilla is joined by the incredible Blair Enns to discuss what tech companies can learn from his wealth of knowledge.
Blair is the CEO of Win Without Pitching, a business development training firm. He is the author of The Win Without Pitching Manifesto and Pricing Creativity: A Guide to Profit Beyond the Billable Hour.
Blair is hugely successful at what he does, so you should definitely give his episode a listen to see what your can learn from him!
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In this episode, Flavilla talks with Matthew about how can R&D keep your tech business more resilient. Matthew Duhig started FX Digital as a website development company from his home in 2011, with his business partner Tom. As the business steadily grew, the easy option would have been to stick with what they knew – web design and build. However, this would not have been true to Matt’s personal philosophy, which was – and continues to be – a steadfast belief that investment in new technology is crucial; not only for his own business but for society as a whole. Matt has pioneered voice technology and innovative OTT TV solutions in the UK digital scene. His achievements with FX Digital demonstrate both entrepreneurial spirit and drive for change and advancement in the emerging tech space.
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In this episode, Flavilla talks with James about how to create your tech ecosystem and build an economy of opportunities. James Herbert has founded 4 successful technology businesses delivering services across Cloud, software engineering and latterly automation since 2015. His current businesses, Not binary and Human+ were acquired by The Panoply Group in 2018 and listed on the London Stock Exchange. James has personally advised and mentored a variety of organisations on their technology and data strategies including Haymarket Media, Salesforce, CP Plus, Cancer Research UK and Ofcom. In his spare time, James is responsible for business development and fundraising for Lyme Disease UK.
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In this episode, Flavilla talks with Suki about how can competitive intelligence improve your brand innovation. Suki Fuller is a Fellow of The Council of Competitive Intelligence Fellows and Founder of Miribure a strategic and competitive Intelligence consultancy; DC Analytics, Senior Vice President Europe and a board member for Tech London Advocates and Global Tech Advocates. Suki has nineteen years of experience as an intelligence advisor from chemical engineering to security. She speaks globally on ethics in technology, deep tech, AI, social networks, connected data for security and female entrepreneurship.
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In this episode, Flavilla talks with Ivan about how to grow your tech company from zero to over 100,000 customers in 12 months. With a degree in Electrical Engineering and a Masters in Distributed Computer Control systems, Ivan Izikowitz has had a varied career spanning hardware and software development, telecoms, and has spent the last 25 years working on Internet-based businesses and solutions. Ivan’s entrepreneurial adventures started in 1995 with the founding of Virgin Net, the first consumer ISP in the UK and now part of Virgin Media. Since then, as well as creating a number of other companies, he has worked as Business & Technical Leader and Advisor across a range of sectors - from early-stage to established businesses
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In this episode, Flavilla talks with Robert about how can a new thinker and risk-averse can work together to develop great technology. Dr Robert M. Learney is a technology enthusiast and qualified doctor who studied medicine at Oxford University and Imperial College. He later left the NHS to return to research and completed a PhD in Biomedical Engineering at Imperial College, funded by the James Dyson Fellowship. In 2014, Robert co-founded the Imperial College Centre for Cryptocurrency Research and Engineering, to create a cross-disciplinary academic focal point for blockchain research in London. He has worked in this sector ever since. As the Lead Technologist in Blockchain & DLT at Digital Catapult, he manages a team engaged in multiple collaborative projects aiming to improve the UK’s economic position through the appropriate use of this technology. These span aerospace, FMCG, food & drink, oil & gas, the nuclear industry, and construction.
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In this episode, Flavilla talks with Kathryn about how to successfully start a career in tech. Kathryn Tingle is a Strategy and Tech Lead with 8 years experience of working with FTSE 100 companies, along with early-stage startups and scales up. She started in strategy management consulting and has since taken on many interesting roles. Not only does she speak at industry-leading events, but she contributes to accelerator programmes for companies in the tech and startup ecosystem looking to raise VC funding and scale.
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In this episode, Flavilla talks with Dhiraj about his journey after Shazam. Dhiraj Mukherjee is a Co-Founder of Shazam and an experienced investor in "Tech for Good" startups. His research focus is Generation Z and the power of young entrepreneurs working to create a better society. In 2000, he founded Shazam Entertainment, the world's first mobile phone-based music recognition service which was acquired by Apple in 2018 for a reported $400 million. He was named one of Europe's Top 50 technology entrepreneurs by the Financial Times in 2015.
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In this episode, Flavilla talks with Kate about the scaling power of entering a tech collective. Kate Patton is a native Texan who has made the UK her home. She has over a decade of experience in the dynamic Scottish tech scene. Now, she utilises her varied and substantial 20-year experience in her Entrepreneurial Engagement Manager position at Tech Nation. Kate strives to identify tech business founders in Northeast England and to support their ambitious growth plans to rapidly scale their businesses.
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In this episode, Flavilla talks with Sakshi about how not to miss the 2nd digital revolution. Sakshi Anandmanages GoDaddy’s UK&I business helping everyday entrepreneurs in UK and Ireland to bring their businesses online and make their own way. Prior to GoDaddy, Sakshi worked at Amazon across various roles, including leading EMEA Growth team for Books, Managing eBooks and Personal Appliances businesses and launching Prime Music. She also sits on the board of Hendon School and is a mentor to small business through her work with London Business Partnership. Sakshi holds an M.B.A from INSEAD and Bachelors of Technology in Electronics and Communications from Delhi.
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In this episode, Flavilla talks with Andy about how to develop multiple streams of income and build your investment portfolio. Andy Ayim is the creator of The Angel Investing School that trains professionals from all backgrounds on how to get started with investing in startups. He also runs a Productized Consultancy that creates Product Playbooks for large corporates in highly regulated industries and enables them to set up new Product teams to work with agility and create products that customers love.
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In this episode, Flavilla talks with Kyle about how not to fail your software launch. Kyle Whittington, Founder and Managing Director at Bad Dinosaur, is an expert at understanding how to deliver lean products that can be tested in the market. With over a decade of experience starting businesses and building tech products, he shares his knowledge and expertise gained from over 50 early stage product journeys since he started Bad Dinosaur in 2013.
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In this episode, Flavilla talks with Oli about how technology can improve ad creativity, agility and effectiveness. Oli Marlow Thomas is the founder of Ad Lib. Previously, Oli was the Creative Lead at DoubleClick/Google for five years. He is an industry expert, tech boffin, shortlisted as “One To Watch” in an industry Tech Awards and the star of the First Dates Valentine’s Day special.
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In this episode, Flavilla talks with Murray Macdonald about how having a clear vision can help you create innovative and disruptive tech products.
Murray Macdonald is a highly experienced technologist and innovator. Murray has a love and aptitude for problem-solving, which he has applied to the technology and insurance industries for the last two decades.
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In this episode, Flavilla is joined by Mike Charalambous to talk about how 3D can support brand experience during social distancing, as well as developing a great sales funnel.
Mike is a passionate entrepreneur with international experience in the launch and development growth of new innovative businesses. He has worked with startups and multinational companies globally, in sectors ranging from retail, to food & beverage, tourism, and telecommunications.
Prior to commencing his journey with Threedium, he had two successful exits from his past ventures in entertainment and AdTech.
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In this episode, Flavilla is joined by Julian Ritter to discuss why building venture portfolios are essential for the survival of large companies.
Julian is an Associate Partner at Corporate Venture Builder Stryber. He is an entrepreneur and former strategy consultant. After several years at consulting firm Bain & Company, he founded a hospitality tech startup in 2016, which he grew to over 100 employees across 3 countries. After selling the business, he moved to Stryber where he helps established organisations innovate successfully by building strategically relevant startups.
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In this episode, Flavilla and Matt Barker discuss the importance of establishing and maintaining an effective infrastructure within your company. Matt also shed some light on how it can enable your company to scale up and stand out within a competitive market.
Matt is co-founder and President of Jetstack, which was founded to help companies gain value from the cluster manager Kubernetes. Open-sourced by Google in 2014, Kubernetes has taken the cloud infrastructure world by storm, quickly becoming 'one of the biggest success stories in open source history'.
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In this episode, Flavilla discussed with Ralph Varcoe about how to use AI effectively to sell B2B tech services. Ralph is the Chief Revenue Officer of now ai, an ai platform that enables salespeople to sell more by providing contextualised and targeted sales conversations. For over 20 years, he ran sales and marketing teams across large enterprises and smaller start-ups, at companies such as Orange, Tata Communications, Virgin Media, Spirit Ai and others.
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In this episode, Flavilla discussed with Yvonne Bajela about an effective strategy for fundraising during a pandemic. Yvonne is the Founding Member and Principal at Impact X Capital, a UK based venture capital fund founded to support underrepresented entrepreneurs. She has invested over £200 million in various startups around the globe. She is also a champion for diverse founders and a World Economic Forum Global.
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In this episode, Flavilla discussed with Marc Defosse about how to be a lucky tech millionaire. Marc is the founder of Ribbonfish, a technology company specialising in the publishing sector. He was born and grew up in France. He joined Accenture and transferred to Sydney working on CRM projects. He moved to London and managed a project for Macmillan Publishers, which was the foundation of Ribbonfish.
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In this episode, Flavilla discussed with Rebecca Dibb-Simkin, the marketing and product director of the multi-award-winning energy supplier Octopus Energy. She works with a team of marketers, designers and front-end developers to redefine what is possible for consumers and the UK energy system by using technology, data and great people to deliver the best products and experience.
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Aleš Špetič co-founded and run four international tech startups: Klevio, CubeSensors, DeckReport and Zemanta (acquired by Outbrain). He shares with us his journey from success, failure and success again. Discover how Aleš thinks outside the box to disrupt the market and provide convenience.
Kevin Montserrat, the co-founder of Consilience Ventures. CV was founded to intelligently accelerate growth for deep-tech start-ups by aligning stakeholder incentives, developing smart technology, and building community. Discover his journey and his mission to support more effectively tech start-ups achieve success.
Nikolaus Sühr is a passionate CEO and Co-founder of KASKO whose passion lies in shaping the digitalization of insurance. KASKO specializes in working with large insurers to design, distribute and run digital insurance products for any distribution channel. Without having to re-prioritize IT legacy systems and structure, KASKO provides innovative solutions at speed for larger and more traditional insurers. KASKO to date has worked with Allianz, Allianz Worldwide Partners, AmTrust, ARAG, AXA Travel, Barmenia, Baloise Group, Baveria Direkt, FRI:DAY, GAV, Obvi, R+V, Roland, Swiss Re, Co-op Insurance and Zurich.
Baris Ozaydinli is the Founder & CEO of Fitwell, a London based wellness tech start-up. Fitwell developed an AI-powered coaching app that helps time-starved urbanites be fitter and healthier. Often featured among the best health and fitness apps on AppStore and PlayStore, Fitwell has 1.8 million registered members from 214 countries.
Baris is a seasoned entrepreneur, a wellness-tech evangelist, and a globally awarded marketing expert with 20 years of experience in startups and blue-chip companies such as Unilever and Havas Worldwide. He is the founder of Fitwell, Pryd, and Brand It. He is also Microsoft Scale Up & Founders Factory Alumni and named Lipton Mega Hero for his achievements by Unilever. He is endorsed as an Exceptional Talent in Digital Industry by TechCity UK. Father of 2, he is a maker, dreamer, and optimist!
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Flavilla Fongang, 3 Colours Rule brand strategist gives in this episode advice on when to rebrand and how to do it effectively so it doesn't become an expense but an investment. Discover our D.A.C system and how we have helped companies successfully scale their brand nationally and internationally. This is ideal for business owners and marketers.
Are you trying to find the best founders to invest in? Are you struggling to get the investment you need to scale your tech? What if your investment gave you the best return. What if you showed up to investment pitch and all investors would want to give the full capital you need to scale up?
Discover in this episode how to invest in the right startups and how to appeal to investors.
In this episode, Flavilla inquisitively interviewed Russ Shaw, the founder of London Tech Advocates and Global Tech Advocates on his journey to changing the tech industry while engaging tech enthusiasts around the world. Discover how Russ Shaw made his vision a global movement that keeps expanding.
In this episode, Flavilla discussed with Ghilaine how to get the best out of people when you are trying to grow your tech business.
Ghilaine Chan helps people to operate fast-growing businesses in a productive and streamlined way, keeping an eye on time and money, whilst increasing motivation and improving customer relationships in a fast-paced, changing environment. She brings order to chaos and creates scalable processes around the business, empowering them to delight their customers. She works with business owners and entrepreneurs who are building great products and services and know that people are at the center of their success. She helps them manage their businesses and teams to enable them to reach their goals. She has over 20 years’ experience in scaling international business functions for technology companies, within their support and consultancy organizations.
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In this episode, Flavilla discusses with Talia Wolf how to increase conversions using funnel effectively.
Talia is the founder of GetUplift - the CRO consultancy and training space top brands turn to when they want to optimize their funnels and websites and create experience customers love to convert to.
After co-founding a successful conversion optimization agency and providing conversion optimization services for many high-growth companies, Talia developed The Emotional Targeting Framework as a way to generate more revenue, leads, engagement and sales for her clients and students.
Talia’s been invited to teach on dozens of stages including Google, MozCon, and CTAconf. And was recently listed as one of the most influential experts in conversion optimization.
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Flavilla Fongang covers, in this episode of Tech Brains Talk, 15 poor mindsets that may be preventing you from achieving your goals. Discover what they are and how to turn them around to be a high achiever. It is short, sweet and to the point. Enjoy this episode.
Flavilla Fongang is an award-winning businesswoman, international keynote speaker, MD, and creative brand strategist. She is the founder of TLA – Black Women in Tech, Brains Tech Talk podcast, a guest brand specialist for BBC, was a guest marketing and brand strategy lecturer at Goldsmiths University, she mentors at London Metropolitan University and was named the most influential businesswoman by LinkedIn. Her creative branding and marketing agency has already received multiple awards. Her agency works predominantly in the tech sector.
On top of being a creative brand strategist, Flavilla is also a colourology expert and a multi-entrepreneur. As a result, Flavilla’s clients have achieved outstanding outcomes for their business. She believes and has seen businesses achieve more when they develop brands with authentic human purpose.
Flavilla Fongang has developed her creativity and experience working in different business environments: Africa, the Middle East, Asia, North/South America, and Europe. Traveling and working internationally helped her stay ahead of trends, and understand the cultural diversity of each client market and adapt to it. She has over 17 years of client management, marketing, branding, team management, and leadership experience working with micro to large companies.