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Atomic Object creates applications for web, mobile, desktop, and devices. We help companies innovate and grow with custom software products that are beautiful, reliable, and easy to use.
We spoke with the Co-CEO of the company, Michael Marsiglia. You can find out more or connect to Michael on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-marsiglia-0726736/
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Alma, guaranteed and simple split payment. Increase sales and boost customer satisfaction without worrying about unpaid bills.
We spoke with one of the Co-Founders and CEO of the company, Louis Chatriot. You can find out more or connect to Louis on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/louischatriot/
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JetRockets is a technology consulting firm that architects, designs, develops and supports enterprise-level web, mobile and software platforms helping clients achieve their goals and grow their businesses.
We spoke with one of the Co-Founders and CEO of the company, Natalie Kaminski. You can find out more or connect to Natalie on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nataliekaminski/
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Lifebit CloudOS is the world’s first federated genomics platform for unified and secure research over distributed big data - wherever data resides. From top tier pharmaceutical organisations to global research institutes to genetics companies and more, Lifebit CloudOS leads the way with our best-in-class UX/UI, seamless integration to open-source tools, marketplace of proprietary ones, powerful cohort browser, and advanced AI functionality.
We spoke with the Founder and CEO of the company, Maria Chatzou Dunford. You can find out more or connect to Maria on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-maria-chatzou/
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Panintelligence is a three-in-one solution, combining business intelligence with quick and easy reporting, and powerful predictive analytics in self-service dashboards. They are the BI Provider of Choice for ISVs. Find out more about their embedded BI solution here: https://www.panintelligence.com/embedded-bi/
We spoke with one of the Co-Founders and CEO of the company, Zandra Moore. You can find out more or connect to Zandra on Linkedin at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zandramoore/
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Zego provides 21st-century insurance solutions for new enterprise. They give customers top-of-the-range, custom products to explore the full potential of their entrepreneurial spirit.
We spoke with one of the Co-Founders and CEO of the company, Sten Saar.
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Ocean Protocol is a decentralized data exchange protocol that unlocks data for AI. Ocean Protocol uses advanced blockchain technology that allows data to be shared and sold in a safe, secure and transparent manner. Ocean Protocol uses a thoughtful application of both technology and governance for more equitable outcomes for users of data.
We spoke with the Founder and CEO of the company, Bruce Pon. You can find out more or connect to Bruce on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ponbruce/
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CrossLend is a FinTech, licensed & supervised by BaFin and supervised by CSSF, which has developed a European digital debt marketplace. On the marketplace, assets are transformed into securities or other investable formats.
We spoke with the Founder and CEO of the company, Oliver Schimek. You can find out more or connect to Oliver on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/oliver-schimek-98137657/
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BUX makes it easy and affordable for Europeans to do more with their money. Since launching in 2014, BUX has made the markets accessible for more than 2.5 million users across 9 countries in Europe.
We spoke with the CEO and COO of the company, Yorick Naeff. You can find out more or connect to Yorick on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yoricknaeff/
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Arcus provides a fully integrated core banking infrastructure that powers fintechs and banks of the future. Over 40 banks and fintech companies leverage our technology to facilitate their consumers' bill payments and management.
We spoke with one of the Co-Founders and CEO of the company, Edrizio De La Cruz. You can find out more or connect to Edrizio on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/edrizio-de-la-cruz-2b8ab75/
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Wasabi is the hot cloud storage company. Hot cloud storage is fast to write, low-cost, and reliable cloud storage. Wasabi delivers fast, low-cost, and reliable cloud storage. Amazon locks companies into their expensive storage and nobody likes vendor lock-in.
We spoke with the President and CEO of the company, David Friend. You can find out more or connect to David on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-friend-3660832/
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IrisVR is the leading software for immersive design review and collaboration. It is used by BIM and VDC teams, design firms, and engineers who coordinate 3D models and implement design and construction processes.
We spoke with one of the Co-Founders and CEO of the company, Shane Scranton. You can find out more or connect to Shane on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shanescranton/
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e-bot7 integrates artificial intelligence to increase the efficiency of customer service. Through its pre-trained machine learning algorithms, the system can automate answers and processes and suggest the best answers to agents.
We spoke with the Co-Founder and CEO of the company, Xaver Lehmann. You can find out more or connect to Xaver on Linkedin at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/xaverlehmann/
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Eseye is a leading global provider of M2M cellular connectivity for the Internet of Things (IoT). We specialise in simplifying complex global device deployments for enterprises seeking to realise the cost-saving, efficiency-driving, data-enhancing and product-innovating opportunities of over-the-air IoT.
We spoke with the Chairman and CEO of the company, Nick Earle. You can find out more or connect to Nick on Linkedin at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nearle/
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StrongArm Technologies, Inc. develops data collection, assessment, and safety solutions for the industrial worker. The company offers a risk monitoring device that uses machine learning to capture and analyze physiological and environmental risk.
We spoke with the CEO of the company, Sean Petterson. You can find out more or connect to Sean on Linkedin at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sean-petterson-39b89b2a/
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The product and service range from sum.cumo enables digital transformation and the development of new, innovative business models.
We spoke with the Founder and CEO of the company, Bjoern Freter. You can find out more or connect to Bjoern on Linkedin at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/björn-freter-653598122/
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With a powerful combination of OOH, digital and the gig economy, Wrapify empowers Fortune 500 brands to reach audiences in an omnichannel environment - while delivering measurable, actionable analytics to prove its effectiveness. This high-recall ad tech platform combines the impact of out of home advertising with the scalability, targeting, and accountability of digital.
We spoke with the CEO and Co-Founder of the company, James Heller. You can find out more or connect to James on Linkedin at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamesheller1/
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Credit Kudos is an FCA-authorised credit bureau that uses financial behaviour to measure creditworthiness. Through direct connections to the UK’s largest banks, Credit Kudos aggregates and interprets transaction data for use by lenders, brokers, and financial institutions.
We spoke with the CEO of this company, Freddy Kelly. You can find out more or connect to David on Linkedin at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/freddykelly/
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Neurala leverages its proprietary AI platform to empower companies to automate visual inspections. Their customers have deployed Neurala technology in devices ranging from drones to robots to smartphones, in addition to industrial machines.
We spoke with the CEO of the company, Massimiliano Versace. You can find out more or connect to Massimiliano on Linkedin at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/massimiliano-versace-60bb11/
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Bikmo exists to enable you to ride more.
They build awesome insurance products to protect their customers for unexpected events, use technology to make taking out and managing your policy ultra-simple, and provide exceptional customer experiences through their team of bike geeks.
We spoke with the CEO David George. You can find out more or connect to David on Linkedin at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davegeorge1/
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Railsbank is the pioneer and innovator in the global Banking as a Platform (BaaP) sector, enabling banks, businesses and brands to define the future of consumer and SME finance. Currently, Railsbank is live and enabling customers in the UK, Europe, SE Asia and the US.
We spoke with their CEO, Nigel Verdon. You can find out more or connect to Nigel on Linkedin at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nigelverdon/
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Epsagon’s SaaS platform allows Dev and Ops teams to troubleshoot less and fix issues faster by providing automated data correlation, payloads, and end-to-end observability within microservice environments.
We had a conversation with one of the co-founders and CEO Nitzan Shapira. You can find out more or connect to Nitzan on Linkedin at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nitzan-shapira-521291108/
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Upvest is building the capital markets infrastructure of tomorrow. They aim to empower an inclusive and transparent financial system in which every asset can be traded anytime, by everyone.
We spoke with the CEO of Upvest Martin Kassing. You can find out more or connect to Martin on Linkedin at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/martin-kassing/
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nyris is a visual search platform that gives people a more natural way to find what they are looking for. With nyris, companies of all industries realize financial value while improving how people find, discover and get things done.
We spoke with the Founder and CEO of nyris Anna Lukasson. You can find out more or connect to Anna on Linkedin at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-anna-lukasson-herzig-801bb6103/
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Special episode of our show. We had Linkedin Live session with Melanie Franklin
She takes a very practical approach to change, programme and project management with priority on the realisation of planned benefits, working closely with her clients to ensure that the desire to implement best practice does not result in bureaucracy for its own sake.
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Grover, based in Berlin Germany is a fresh alternative to owning things – making technology accessible to everyone, by enabling people to subscribe to tech products monthly instead of buying them.
We spoke with the Founder and CEO Michael Cassau.
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Freestar launched in 2015, engineers cutting-edge monetization solutions for websites. By combining industry-leading technology, data, and massive scale, we enable busy site owners to seamlessly maximize revenue while freeing themselves of the hassles of ad operations.
We talked to the President and CEO Kurt Donnell. You can find out more or connect to Kurt on Linkedin at:
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Smartling enables you to automate, manage, and professionally translate content so that you can do more with less. It can translate over 150 languages across over over 50 specialised industries. You can translate contents for websites, mobile apps, web apps, marketing emails, product documentation and video subtitles. It’s integrated with any platform: developer API, Translation Proxy and Integrations.
We had the pleasure to speak with the CEO of this company Jack Wende. You can find out more or connect to Jack https://www.linkedin.com/in/jackwelde
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TruMedia develops tier one sports analytics solutions in the US and globally. TruMedia's baseball, football and soccer platforms provide professional teams as well as sports media properties with the ability to conduct granular analysis associated with an integrated play-by-play video.
We spoke with their CTO, Jeff Stern over in Boston, USA.
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Smarkets is a Python and Erlang technology company based in central London. They've built one of the world's largest betting exchanges, also known as a prediction market, with significantly better odds than the competition.
Their strength is technology and trading and their passion is to push the known boundaries of real-time financial technology. Their platform has handled over £8 billion of bets since launching in 2010, allowing us to become one of the most profitable companies per employee in Europe.
Their mission is to disrupt one of the oldest industries in the world by rethinking the method and model of the betting business.
You can find out more or connect to Jason on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasontrost
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Hive is the real-time platform with powerful project and process management software working with customers like Uber, Starbucks, Google, Pinterest and thousands of other businesses.
We had the pleasure to talk with the CEO of this company, John Furneaux over in New York. You can find out more or connect to John on Linkedin at:
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CartonCloud's mission is to transform the logistics industry through end-to-end simplicity and to provide their clients with a better quality of life by identifying and solving pain points within their organisational processes.
We spoke with the CEO of CartonCloud over in Australia, Vincent Fletcher. You can find out more or connect to Vincent on Linkedin at:
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Their mission at Mighty Networks is to usher in a new era of creative business built on community. Their SaaS platform serves “creators with a purpose” selling experiences, relationships, and expertise to their members via community, content, online courses, and subscription commerce–all offered in one place under the creator’s brand. The company is headquartered in Palo Alto, California and privately funded.
Gina Bianchini, Co-Founder and CEO of this company, joined us in this episode giving us some insights particular at the start of Covid19 and remaining resilient.
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Clyde is a technology company transforming how retailers offer product protection and how customers take ownership of the products they love. Clyde’s platform empowers retailers -- from startup to enterprise -- to offer product protection plans to customers.
We spoke with the Founder and CEO of the company, Brandon Gell.
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Fabric is upending the $650-billion-a-year life insurance industry by offering a digital insurance-buying experience that is fast, affordable and easy. Fabric also offers a seamless experience for consumers to create a will online, for free.
Their goal is to help young families feel secure financially. Fabric is run by a diverse, world-class team of data, technology and insurance professionals, and backed by top-tier investor Bessemer Venture Partners.
Adam Erlebacher, Co-Founder and CEO of the company shared some insights with us.
They believe that compliance doesn’t have to be painful. Businesses need real-time financial crime insight to put them in control. ComplyAdvantage enables you to understand the real risk of who you're doing business with, through the world's only global, real-time risk database of people and companies.
They actively identify tens of thousands of risk events from millions of structured and unstructured data points - every single day. Their suite of configurable cloud services integrates seamlessly to help automate and reduce the frustration of complying with Sanctions, AML and CTF regulations.
We had the pleasure to speak with the Founder and CEO Charlie Delingpole. Hope you'll enjoy it!
Poly AI build AI based conversational experiences
They are building next-generation conversational AI for unbeatable customer service automation.
We spoke with one of the co-founders Nikola Mrksic who shared his story and insights. Enjoy the show, our 100th episode too!
FloodFlash rapid-payout flood insurance is changing the way commercial property owners manage their flood risk. Customers receive a pre-agreed settlement as soon as the FloodFlash sensor detects that waters have exceeded a critical depth. An algorithm is used to set tailored prices meaning that for the first time, personalised and competitive flood policies can be written for the highest-risk locations around the world.
Founded in 2017, FloodFlash has raised £2.1m seed investment and is headquartered in London.
We had the pleasure to interview one of the co-Founders, Adam Rimmer.
Receipt Bank was founded in 2010 to help the world work smarter. They help accountants, bookkeepers and small businesses drop the data entry, go paperless and spend more time doing what they love.
Since 2010, the Receipt Bank mission has grown fast. They’ve opened offices in four continents, with 450 employees and growing.
We talked to the group CEO of this amazing company, Adrian Blair.
TechHub was founded in 2010 by Elizabeth Varley and Mike Butcher, and is a growing community of thousands of tech entrepreneurs and a network of spaces for startups. TechHub has been a central part of the growth and development of the tech community and supported over 3000 businesses by building a platform of community, equity-free programming and ecosystem outreach to help their companies achieve faster growth.
We had the pleasure to talk to the Founder and CEO of TachHub, Elizabeth Varley. Enjoy the show!
Oval is a platform designed to tackle the global issue of financial literacy by empowering people to be wiser about their money. Oval helps users save quickly and effectively, by teaching them to monitor spending habits and by making savings automatic. The app also leverages a community experience to make saving more dynamic. They have consulted the brightest minds in personal finance and behavioural economics to develop the artificial intelligence that guides users to better spending and to making regular contributions to their secure digital savings account. With no hidden fees and robust privacy controls, Oval brings trust back into personal finance and opens it to everyone. Oval was launched in 2016, and is based in London, UK and Turin, Italy. The team is committed to driving education, fairness, and financial inclusion in the industry. Learn more at http://www.ovalmoney.com
We spoke with Benedetta Arese Lucini one of the co-Founders and CEO of this company. Enjoy!
Giacom is a long-established IT service provider working with top vendors across the globe to deliver the biggest and best cloud solutions. Their dedicated partner channel, the Giacom Cloud Market, is customer-driven to reflect their easy on, easy off approach to all cloud services.
Their most popular services include Signature Hosted Exchange, Office 365, Acronis Backup Cloud, Bitdefender and Hosted Voice. The Giacom team work tirelessly to ensure their partners' experience is an outstanding one. From the first sales enquiry and the on-boarding of clients to the on-going support received many years on, their goal is to consistently offer value-driven cloud services, and maintain strong and profitable relationships built on confidence and trust.
As a UK Cloud Services Distributor, they believe in keeping things clear and simple with less jargon and a greater understanding of products tailored to SMBs. They make things easy for their IT resellers, becoming the lifeline they need, the connecting bridge to industry-leading vendors and attractively priced licenses. When resellers partner with Giacom, they connect with the largest Microsoft CSP distributor in Europe with one of the UK’s best cloud marketplaces and a unique billing system.
We had the pleasure to have a chat with the CEO of Giacom Mike Wardell.
Quiqup is changing the way goods move around the city.
They’re creating the next generation of delivery solutions to suit shoppers’ ever-increasing demands. They offer on demand, same day and scheduled deliveries businesses can control, a fleet of couriers anyone can tap into and a platform to help manage and automate deliveries.
They also work with large businesses to design custom logistics solutions, using our modular tech and operations to create services built with business needs in mind. In short, they're reinventing the last-mile - for better business, better living and better cities.
We interviewed the Co-Founder and CEO of this company, Bassel El Koussa.
To grow the market and connect meaningfully with customers requires going beyond a simple, digital customer journey. Evolve the customer experience with a platform that educates, supports and rewards users at every stage of their life journey.
Whether you're at the beginning of your digital transformation or you already have a modern fully digital technology stack, Life.io is purpose-built to take your engagement to the next level. With a modular, platform-agnostic technical architecture, Life.io can overlay your existing technology or serve as your end-to-end digital front-office in a single, unified platform.
We spoke with the Co-Founder and CEO of Life.io Jon Cooper
It’s time for a new type of bank.
One that steps up, does the right thing by its customers and puts them first. At 86 400, they exist to serve their customers honestly. To give them a smarter, more personalised banking experience.
They’ll do things in real time, to bring real value to their lives. And they’ll do this every second, of every minute, of every day.
We spoke with their CEO, Robert Bell.
Their goal is to reduce the chance of collisions and to make the road safer for everyone.
Like a school of fish or a flock of birds, we want to get every car on the road moving safely and smoothly together. Using a Nexar-powered dash cam, AI and inter-vehicle networking, Nexar makes every car a smart car and is building the world’s first safe driving network.
We talked with Eran Shir, co-Founder and CEO of Nexar.
MediaCom.
They unlock growth through media with a team of 8,000 people in 125 offices in 100 markets.
Their success is underpinned by our belief “People First, Better Results” that if they invest in our people, they’ll deliver better results not only for their teams but for their clients.
Their global client roster includes adidas, Coca-Cola (TCCC), Dell, Mars, NBC Universal, P&G, PSA, Richemont, Shell and Sony.
In 2018, they became the first network to hold all six major Media Network of the Year titles concurrently: Adweek, Campaign, Cannes Lions, Festival of Media Global, M&M Global and WARC Media 100.
We had the pleasure to talk with their CTO, Sue Unerman.
To find out more about MediaCom visit: www.mediacom.com
Currencycloud is a global payments platform built on smart technology that takes the complexity out of moving money. Developers use their API building blocks to build customized payment solutions. Whether you want to embed their payments infrastructure into your products or services, or build on top of it, they’ll fit into your business in a way that works for you.
They take care of all the intricacies and regulatory hurdles involved with cross-border payments, giving you the tools to globalize your business.
Starting a small business is hard. Getting insurance for that small business makes it even harder: it takes forever, the process is antiquated, and the wrong decision can be disastrous. Attune is changing small business insurance in a big way. At the forefront of the insuretech industry, Attune is completely reinventing how small businesses access insurance. Their sophisticated platform aggregates the necessary data from different sources, and then uses incredibly advanced analytics to create tailored products that can be delivered in mere minutes, not days or weeks.
We spoke with their CEO James Hobson who shared lots of great and interesting insights. Enjoy!
Wrisk is on a mission to change the way people think about and buy insurance. They see the need for insurance to be connected to our lives, devices and to treat us as individuals. Their aim is to make getting insurance as easy as possible, for as many as possible. Which is why they’ve designed Wrisk from the ground up – to deliver cover that’s simple and personal to you. All in single app. Founded in 2016, during the first year has been anything short of busy: they secured super-seed funding, completed a successful crowdfunding round, gained their UK regulatory license from the FCA, have been underwritten by Munich Re and forged partnerships with the likes of BMW and Hiscox. They are now live in the app store with packed roadmap ahead of them. We spoke with the Execuitve Chairman Niall Barton. Hope you'll enjoy it!
Slice Labs is a leading on-demand insurance cloud platform provider that empowers insurers to deliver new value to customers through direct insurance or insurance agent models without investing in infrastructure to provide customized on-demand, pay-as-you-go insurance products. The Slice Insurance Cloud Services platform (ICS) is powered by machine learning and advanced big data technologies along with Ph.D. behavioral science expertise. ICS is the foundation for new digital insurance products being released globally by top insurers and is also the base for Slice’s own digital insurance products serving the new economy.
We met the co-Founder and CEO of this company, Tim Attia, who shared some different insights.
11:FS is a challenger consultancy that builds and launches next generation digital propositions for some of the biggest banks in the world.
They have an incredible team made up of high flyers from across the FinTech and banking scene united by the belief that digital banking is 1% done and that digital reform is needed to improve systems and services for banks and their customers. As a result they can build new digital banks and banking products, and deliver benchmarking, research, and consultancy for banks, insurers, governments, regulators and startups around the world.
They are also the hosts of multiple podcasts including FinTech Insider, a bi-weekly show about all things FinTech and financial services, which is downloaded in over 100 countries every week and is one of the top business podcasts on iTunes; Blockchain Insider, a dedicated podcast specialising in all things blockchain, ledger technology and cryptocurrencies; InsurTech Insider, the latest news, insights and trends in the InsurTech industry and Connection Interrupted, a brand new interview show highlighting individuals or groups whose lives have been changed by technology.
We had the pleasure to talk to David Brear, the CEO of 11:FS. Enjoy.
Rob is a leading UK expert on business travel, frequent flyer / air miles, Avios, upscale hotels and hotel loyalty schemes, loyalty credit cards, first class and business class flying and travel and retail loyalty programmes.
He won 'Editor of the Year' at the 2017 Business Travel Journalism Awards. His co-writer, Anika Newjoto, won 'Best Newcomer to Business Travel Journalism' and the site also won 'Best Digital Strategy'. Rob was nominated for a further three Business Travel Journalism Awards in 2018.
Rob's TV and media appearances include ‘Rip-Off Britain’ for BBC1, ’Talking Business’ for BBC World News, Radio 4’s ‘Inside The World Of The Frequent Flyer’ documentary, The Economist, CNBC, BBC Radio 4's 'You and Yours', LBC radio, Management Today, cnn.com, The Sunday Times, Daily Mail, The Guardian, The Mail on Sunday, Daily Express and Wired.
He currently has over 1 million Avios points, 1 million Virgin Flying Club miles and over 6 million airline, hotel and credit card points in total. He has redeemed many millions more, flying himself, friends and family around the world in style.
Rob is an ex-Partner and board member at a major City private equity and venture capital group, and he remains a Fellow of the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment.
On a good day, Head for Points is ranked by Alexa as one of the 650 most visited websites in the UK. It generates over 1.6 million page views each month from over 375,000 unique visitors - 80% from the UK. This demographic (high income London-centric business travellers and SME owners) has proven attractive to upmarket advertisers and sponsors. The site is the UK’s biggest seller of premium credit cards.
Rob also acts as a consultant to the loyalty industry, focusing on the development of reward schemes which are attractive to consumers whilst cost effective for the sponsor.
Contact rob [at] headforpoints.co.uk with any media / PR / advertising / NED or just general frequent flyer enquiries.
Groundspeed provides automation and analytics services to commercial insurers, brokers and TPAs. Groundspeed unlocks the value trapped in unstructured P&C files like loss runs, exposure schedules, and policies using the power of AI and machine learning.
They are a fast growing startup in Ann Arbor, Michigan. We're hiring software developers and data scientists. They have a killer tech stack and incredible work culture.
We had the pleasure to speak with the CO-CEO of this company Andrew Robinson. Enjoy!
Chorus Intelligence (previously Create Intelligence) is an independent specialist provider of data-analytics solutions.
Their clients include law enforcement agencies, central governments, defence agencies and businesses.
Founded in 2011, Chorus Intelligence is dedicated to exploiting advances in technology for the benefit of our clients.
Chorus is the industry leading data cleansing and analysis tool for law enforcement and is already used by 90% of police forces and all of the counter terrorism units in the UK.
We had the pleasure to interview the Founder and CEO of the company, Boyd Mulvey. Enjoy!
Fifth Step provides services to executive and senior management to enhance their business’ IT capabilities, governance and processes, as well as reducing risks from organizational change. They do this by using best practice approaches, in a collaborative way, without the need to increase headcount.
We spoke with Fifth Step's CEO Darren Wray. Hope you enjoy this one!
ClearBank® is the UK’s first new clearing bank in more than 250 years. It delivers a new level of open competition and transparency to the UK financial services marketplace.
ClearBank® offers banking services to financial service providers, FCA-regulated businesses and Fintech. ClearBank® is neutral, independent and is not constrained by legacy infrastructure.
Their state-of-the-art technology transforms the ability for financial institutions to provide Current Accounts to their customers, resulting in faster and more efficient payments, whilst delivering financial inclusion.
We had the pleasure to meet and talk with Charles McManus, CEO of Clearbank.
Europe's fastest-growing fintech company (by assets and valuation). Launched in September 2015, OakNorth is a UK bank that provides fast, flexible and accessible debt finance (from £500k to £45m) to established British businesses.
Their clients include nurseries, hotels, care homes, private equity firms, bars, restaurants, tech companies, security businesses, property developers / investors, and professional services companies.
The group was founded by Rishi Khosla and Joel Perlman, themselves entrepreneurs who were inspired to launch the business following the challenges they faced in securing debt finance from high street banks for their previous business, Copal Amba (which scaled to c.3,000 employees and was acquired by Moody’s Corporation in 2014).
We spoke with their CFO Cristina Alba Ochoa. Enjoy!
Flock is a London-based, VC and Government-backed insurtech startup operating at the cutting edge of the data analytics and insurance space. Flock has formed a global partnership with Allianz, the world's largest aviation insurer, to launch a suite of risk intelligence and insurance products for the drone industry. Recently featured in TechCrunch, The Economist, Mashable, The Guardian, The Evening Standard, and Business Insider. Winners of IBM's SmartCamp (London) competition. We spoke with one of the co-Founders and CEO Ed Leon Klinger.
Onfido is the new identity standard for the internet. Their AI-based technology assesses whether a user’s government-issued ID is genuine or fraudulent, and then compares it against their facial biometrics. That’s how they give companies like Revolut, Zipcar and Bitstamp the assurance they need to onboard customers remotely and securely. Their mission is to create a more open world, where identity is the key to access.
I had the pleasure to speak with the co-Founder and CEO of the company, Husayn Kassai who shared lots of great insights. Enjoy!
bunq is not an ordinary bank. Instead of making more money, we want to reinvent money itself with mobile technology. That’s why we built our own banking system from scratch, including an app that fits your entire bank in your pocket. And that's just the beginning! We’re working non-stop on futuristic payment methods and other innovations to make money and banking as easy, transparent, and fun as possible. You will join a team of more than 80 bunqers (13 nationalities and counting!) that have one thing in common: we love what we do. Waking up with brilliant ideas and going to bed knowing that you’ve realised them. That’s working at bunq.
I spoke with the founder and CEO of this company Ali Niknam. Enjoy!
ClauseMatch is a regulatory technology company with unique SAAS offering, that enables financial institutions to streamline regulatory change management through effective organization of internal policies, standards, procedures, and controls.
ClauseMatch brings an unprecedented productivity for Compliance, Legal, Finance, Operations and Risk teams saving millions in terms of time and resources, while significantly reducing risk and providing accountability.
I spoke with the co-founder and CEO of the company, Evgeny Likhoded who shared his story with us! Enjoy!
dozens is a new home for your money, one that that constantly helps you save and earn higher interest. It brings together a current account, a smart budgeting tool and an investment manager in one app, along with cash rewards for good financial behaviour.
I spoke with the co-founder and CEO of the company, Aritra Chakravarty who shared his story with us! We hope you enjoy this episode as much as we did.
Jeff Gothelf is the co-author of Sense and Respond, Lean UX and Lean vs Agile vs Design Thinking. Recently, he co-founded Sense & Respond Press, a publishing house for modern, transformational business books. Jeff believes leaders need to inspire and collaborate, not micromanage, to drive agility and innovation in their companies. We really hope you enjoy this episode of the show!
Hopster combines award-winning kids TV shows, fun and educational learning games and classic nursery rhymes in a safe and ad-free environment. The ideal app for preschoolers, it is already trusted by over 800,000 families. I got to sit down with the founder and CEO, Nick Walters at his London office to hear their story. Enjoy!
Alex Durrant is the co-founder JigTalk the dating app. JigTalk covers your face in a jigsaw puzzle. The aim of the game is to swipe, match up, and reveal each other, piece by piece. Exchange 8 messages and all pieces have popped away, you’ve unveiled the JigTalker's whole profile. As an exciting business in the dating app world, hear what Alex shared with us.
Chris Baker-Brian is the co-founder and CTO of BBOXX, venture-backed company developing solutions to provide affordable, clean energy to off-grid communities in the developing world. Founded in 2010 by Chris and two fellow Imperial College London students, the company has enjoyed fast growth; BBOXX has now deployed more than 150,000 solar kits and impacted over 750,000 lives across Africa and Asia. Here I sat down with Chris who shared his story.
Cytora is an artificial intelligence company powering a new way for commercial insurers to target,select and price risk. Cytora is a trusted partner to global insurers such as QBE, XL Catlin and Starr, backed by leading venture capital and supported by builders of some of the world's most successful technology companies including Supercell, Risk Management Solutions and Indeed.com.
Tide is building a banking service for small businesses and freelancers. One that helps them do less banking so that entrepreneurs can get back to doing what they love. Here I had the chance to sit down in person with their CEO, Oliver Prill to find out more and share his insights with you.
Our Path, a digital programme that helps people change their lifestyle habits when 2 in 3 of us will die from a disease that we could have prevented ourselves. I've talked with one of the founders and CEO, Chris Edson about their business and how it's changing lives. We hope you enjoy this week's show.
Darren Roos is (CEO) of IFS. His appointment in 2018 sees Darren lead the talented team at IFS to further scale the company’s global business and extend IFS’s leadership position in Field Service Management, Enterprise Asset Management and Enterprise Resource Planning markets. Darren gives some amazing insight into what it takes to run a business and the lessons he has learned from others and himself. Enjoy this one!
Racecourse Media Group is the umbrella organisation for those 37 racecourses which hold an interest in Racing UK. GBI Racing and Racecourse Data Company. Those 37 racecourses, through Racecourse Media Services, also hold an interest in Turf TV, the betting shop service which is broadcast in more than 10,000 premises. With turnover over £100 Million, I talked with their CEO Richard FitzGerald about the company and his story.
Hyperoptic is the UK’s largest residential gigabit broadband provider. The company offers the fastest broadband in the UK and is proudly setting a new fibre ‘gold standard’ with unmatched speed, reliability and customer service. I spent some time speaking with the CEO Dana Tobak who gave some amazing advice and insights. Enjoy our last episode of 2018!
Glint is a financial technology services company providing its clients with the ability to store, exchange, send and spend physical gold and multi-currencies instantly at the most competitive rates available. Authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority we got along to the offices of Glint and sat down with the Founder and CEO Jason Cozens. Enjoy the show!
Testbirds specialises in testing software by using innovative technologies and solutions. With over 200,000 registered testers located in 193 countries, Testbirds is one of the world’s leading crowd testing providers. Here you can hear some great insights and stories from the founder and CEO, Philipp Benkler.
Caspar sailed twice around the world. Once with his wife and three young children aged 9,7 and 2 and once on the worlds toughest yacht race. At the same time, he built multiple successful ventures and sold one for a 7 figure sum whilst sailing the Pacific Ocean. Author of where the magic happens, you're going to be inspired after listening to this episode!
The internet has changed the way businesses market to customers. DemandJump builds a suite of solutions to help brands target customers with precision. Co-Founder & CEO, Christopher Day jumped on a call with us from Indianapolis in the USA to share his story! Enjoy
Springest is a vertical search engine for professional courses and educations who are active in five markets: The Netherlands, United Kingdom, Germany, Belgium and the US. They add value to their educational data by providing users with tools to search, filter, compare,review and share training courses and other products for learning & development. Ruben Timmerman, the company founder shared his story!
We had a few issues on feedback on the sound so apologies in advance on this one!
All sales of used machine tools from woodworking, Metal processing, Agricultural and Construction industries | Never miss an auction with TradeMachines! As an independent company TradeMachines has set itself the goal of making the sale of industrial machinery clearer and more accessible – for everyone. Through close cooperation with the largest auction houses and traders, thousands of industrial machinery in many sectors of industry are available on trademachines.com every day. Listen to what Heico Koch, the company CEO shared with us about his company and insights.
YOC is a mobile-first ad technology company, aiming to deliver the best digital branding advertising and therefore driving superior value for advertisers, publishers and users. Here, Yoc' CTO Evgenij Tovba shared his story.
Unibuddy changes the way universities attract, inform and recruit students by placing peer interactions and instant messaging at the core of its solutions. By embedding our tools into their websites, universities allow prospective applicants to chat with their student ambassadors and join group discussions in a matter of seconds. Kimeshan chatted to me about his story and shared his insights.
Matt Clifford is one of the co-founders and CEO of Entrepreneur First. They invest in the world’s most ambitious technologists to help build world-class deep technology startups from scratch in London, Singapore and Berlin. If you like the show, please rate us on iTunes! Thanks so much.
Conversocial is the digital customer care platform for social messaging. Delivering a unified approach to a new generation of customer interaction, Conversocial enables global brands including Hyatt, Tesco, Alaska Airlines and more to ensure they are supporting in-the-moment resolution, at scale, to drive profitable and lasting relationships. I got the chance to speak with the founder and CEO Joshua March. Enjoy!
Sanyin helps leaders launch and create value by focusing on mindset, behavioural change, and team and culture building. Sanyin is a CEO Coach, Author, and the Executive Director of the Fuqua/Coach K Center on Leadership & Ethics (COLE) as well as advisory board member at Duke Corporate Education. Enjoy the show!
Creativity Software is an award-winning UK based business that focuses exclusively on the provision of Location Based Services (LBS) technology. Since 2004 the company has developed and delivered solutions globally to enable commercial, emergency and law enforcement services. Richard Lee is the CEO and was kind enough to share his insights in this week's podcast.
GÉANT is the leading collaboration on network and related infrastructure and services for the benefit of research and education, contributing to Europe's economic growth and competitiveness. Its offices are in Amsterdam, NL and Cambridge in the UK. Their CEO Erik Huizer shared his insights.
To celebrate our 50th episode, we have a fantastic podcast for you. Jeb Blount, is the author of fanatical prospecting, Sales EQ, Objections and many more as well as the CEO of SalesGravy. Sales Gravy is a global leader in sales acceleration and customer experience enablement solutions. This is a must listen for anyone with a sales team whether small business or corporate.
Tribal is the Total Experience agency. They connect brands with technologies that so real-life problems. Here I spoke with their Chief Experience Officer, Adam Powers.
Founded in 2010, TravelBird is an Amsterdam based scale-up active in 11 markets across Europe, shaping the future of travel. Today TravelBird operates out of a vibrant office on the canals in Amsterdam where over 450 self-starters make a huge impact on one of e-commerce's fastest-growing categories. Listen to what their CEO, Steven Klooster had to share.
Foundation SP is a dynamic technology solutions provider, based in the UK and Spain. They are an established, award winning Microsoft Gold Partner who drive exciting and meaningful Digital Workplace transformations. Here i spoke with their CEO, Simon Grosse. Enjoy!
BookingBug is an enterprise Time-as-a-Service (TaaS) platform with appointment scheduling, queuing and event management capabilities used by some of the world’s largest banks, retailers and government agencies. Glenn Shoosmith founded BookingBug with the not so simple objective of building a platform through which time could be treated as if it were a stock innovatory item. Enjoy the show!
BIO is an award-winning digital agency consulting and delivering on customer experience-led innovation and transformation. They are one of the only agencies in the UK that can provide an in-house, end-to end service, spanning everything from business vision and strategy to service design, creative innovation and technical development and build. Here we spoke to the CEO, Peter Veash.
Movable Ink is the leading provider of intelligent content, which enables marketers to personalize email content at the moment-of-open. Marketers use Movable Ink to provide consumers with engaging on-brand experiences to grow revenues with every customer interaction. Since 2010, consumers have engaged with over 500 billion intelligent content impressions from more than 500 leading brands, including Delta, eBay, Spotify, and The Wall Street Journal. The company is headquartered in New York City with offices in London, San Francisco, and Sydney. I talked with one of co-founders and CEO Vivek Sharma about their business and his insights.
iProspect is a global, award-winning marketing agency that drives digital performance for many of the world’s largest brands. A trusted partner with an in-depth understanding of consumer behaviour, iProspect reshapes brand strategies to meet the fast-paced demands of the convergent world with a focus on exceeding the client’s business objectives. I was joined by Tom Amies-Cull COO so please do enjoy the show.
POSSIBLE is a creative agency with 20 offices spanning four continents, POSSIBLE has some of the best creative minds on the planet. We’ve used the power of this collective intelligence to transform the industry and elevate global brands like Microsoft, AT&T, Nestle, P&G, Adidas, and Turner. I spoke with their UK CEO Chris Daplyn. Enjoy the show!
Eric Benhamou is the General Partner at BGV (Benhamou Global Ventures), a Venture Capital & Private Equity. After nearly 30 years spent building or running high technology companies, he created BGV to assist other entrepreneurs to build or run a new generation of high technology companies. Based out of Palo Alto, California it was fantastic to have Eric on the show.
Mark Little is the Red Hat VP of Engineering and CTO of JBoss Middleware. Red Hat connects customers, partners, and contributors to deliver an open source stack of trusted, high-performing technologies that solve business problems as a billion dollar S&P 500 company offering solutions from Linux to middleware, storage to cloud. Enjoy!
Friday is a digital consultancy that transforms the customer experience of established organisations at speed by digitising the products and services their customers use every day. Alex shared his story and insights so enjoy listening to the show!
Sabine Hansen Peck is the People & Culture SVPa at Amadeus with the company’s global workforce, spanning over 100 countries and 12,000 employees. In addition, she leads the group’s communications and brand activities. Sabine is based in Madrid and is a member of the Amadeus Executive committee.
Sabine has over 20 years of international management experience across the technology, financial services, private equity, aviation and travel industry. Enjoy listening to the show!
Founded in 2013 and headquartered in Berlin, Germany ZenGuard provides multi-platform security software and service that encrypts and secures user's internet connection and protects privacy while browsing. I talked to the founder of the company Simon Specka over in Berlin. Enjoy the show!