Barry James – an authority in crowdfunding, blockchain and FinTech – is angry about what he describes as an unjustifiable charge levied on small businesses to process debit and credit card payments. But he has a solution, revealed in this podcast.
Can Blockchain reduce the ‘card tax’ on business – new radio show podcast
October 25, 2017 by Leave a Comment
Interview: the key questions to ask when specifying your website
September 12, 2017 by Leave a Comment
Interview with Ant Clifford of Creative Stream, covering how to come up with a powerful and specific brief to ensure your website design and build agency delivers a site that does what you need it to do, and generates a return on your investment.
Future scanning: wi-fi, communications, tech, and media disruptions
August 9, 2017 by Leave a Comment
New radio show podcast: an update about some of the enormous changes taking place in journalism and the media right now, and an interview with wi-fi and tech expert (and bestselling author) Neil Reid.
Shoot your story arrow with stoic author
July 12, 2017 by Leave a Comment
A “grand tour of marketing” with stoic northern grump Rob Drummond, in a comprehensive radio interview. Rob covers storytelling, building trust, marketing automation tools and much more in this podcast, first broadcast in my Sheffield Live radio programme.
Holding down an Octopus to build a British clothing brand
June 13, 2017 by Leave a Comment
Jilly and Neil Kapusi of Ushi discuss the journey of Ushiwear – which Jilly launched in 2008 and grew from a garage based hobby business to a thriving British hand printed brand, selling all over the world. How have they developed the brand and increased ecommerce sales – and what support did they get from the Google Digital Garage? Listen to the podcast here.
Sheffield world-leading tech innovator says city abundant in skills
May 10, 2017 by Leave a Comment
Interview with Aldo Monteforte, CEO of The Floow (recently named winner of the Red Herring Top 100 Europe award). Aldo explained the business’ growth plans and commented on skills in the Sheffield City Region.
Investors with a difference: Campus Capital interview
February 17, 2017 by 1 Comment
There’s a problem in venture capital. In the UK, VC-ready startups gravitate to where the money is: London (and to some extent Cambridge and Oxford). That’s led to a “tech funding gap in the North of England” – risking a brain drain of businesses seeking investment away from northern cities. Plus, VC decision makers invest […]
Homelessness; fast-growth tech; social investment and more – new podcast
February 4, 2017 by Leave a Comment
New podcast featuring Scott Woodley of Tutora – a fast growing tech firm connecting parents with tutors, and Mark Harvey of iD8 Photography, who’s co-organised a project to challenge visual representation of homelessness.
Sexism in tech & startups; workplace dress codes; scaling a food social enterprise
January 31, 2017 by 2 Comments
From sexist dress codes to discrimination in tech, modern slavery to an innovative “pay as you feel” social enterprise food business, and the three “secrets of newbie success in tech” – it’s all in this week’s radio show podcast. Jo Hercberg, Elizabeth Shassere and Jay Bhayani joined me in the radio studio on Friday for […]
