In this week's podcast we are talking with Graham Brennan from ANI Connects a company that helps businesses improve their public engagement.

Graham is an ex-academic turned entrepreneur that saw that his PhD work could be applied to the business world to help businesses connect with their customers and increase engagement

We cover a range of topics in this podcast:

Is there a magic bullet for building public engagement?

How do you effectively build engagement?

How long does it take to build engagement?

How do you identify your audience?

Graham's transition from academia to the business world and many more topics!

For more information about ANI Connects please visit their website:

https://www.aniconnects.com/

In this week's podcast we are talking to Matt Borka, a digital marketing expert that advises small businesses at the Google Digital Garage.

Matt talks to us on a wide range of topics from how to start with digital marketing for your business, how to manage costs, creating a social network and most importantly - do you really need a website!

For more information about Matt visit his Instagram page:

https://www.instagram.com/matt_borka/

Or find him on LinkedIn:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/mate-ferenc-borka/

In this week's podcast we are talking with Alan Clarke from Business Growth Partnership.

Alan started life in the world of advertising and then becoming an entrepreneur and starting the first nationwide rock radio station

We cover a range of topics from how businesses should create an advertising / marketing strategy to the Scottish startup ecosystem and not least Alan gives advice to young entrepreneurs that are thinking of starting a new business

For more information about Alan and his business, visit his website:

https://www.tbgp.co.uk/

In this week's podcast I'm talking with Kevin Davidson from The Property Angel.

Kevin's mission is to change the way the world moves home and with his new startup he is creating a personalised property service that puts you in control.

We talk about the business as well as Kevin's journey from property lawyer to PropTech entrepreneur

For more information go to The Property Angel website: https://www.thepropertyangel.com/

In this episode of the podcast we talk with Lee Harrison, an ex-professional rugby player turned entrepreneur that has started the only company in the country to identify and develop young atheletes using high tech performance testing.

We'll talk through how the company works, its benefits to society at large and how it was for Lee to transition from professional sports to the business world.

For more information about the company go to their website here:

https://www.projectmvp.co.uk/

In this week's podcast we are talking with Jon Hart from MoneyHub.

MoneyHub, using the Open Banking protocols, provides a platform for enterprises to build solutions to promote employee and customer well being by analyzing financial spend and tailoring benefits and products that will ease an individual's money worries.

In this podcast we talk about Open Banking and PSD2, how MoneyHub is helping employers to look after the mental well being of their employees as well as providing professional services companies insights into how their customers spend so that they can tailor financial products accordingly.

This is more than just saving on your gym membership people! MoneyHub will help you de-stress your day!

In this podcast we are talking with Kevin Thiele from SalesCode

Kevin has many years experience in sales working for the likes of the Yellow Pages and he talks with us about how to build a sales strategy, recruit a team and then retain them.

Kevin not only helps companies build UK sales teams but also works with the Clifton Skills Strength training which helps teams better understand their strengths and how to use them

For more information visit: https://salescode.co.uk/

In this podcast we're talking to Rob Herrera and Rebecca Parsons at the Mill, a co-working space that has changed the tech landscape in Wilmington Delaware.

Rob left his job as an architect in New York where he had worked on the original WeWork spaces to come to Wilmington to start up a new space called The Mill, which has rapidly become the hub for the tech community in the state.

We talk with Rob and Rebecca about how the community has changed, what Delaware is doing to attract young businesses and what advice companies should take on board when looking to set up in the state.

For more information on The Mill please visit their website:

http://themillspace.com/

We decided to give Bhairav a break for this episode so there is a new voice behind the mic, I (Sam) talk to Tobias Günther, a native Stuttgarter, entrepreneur, soup chef and the CEO of Fournova, the creators of Git Tower, https://www.gittower.com. It's a bit of a monster podcast as we cover:

- Switching gears from running a software consultancy to creating a software product

- Effectively running a remote team

- Starting a business in Germany compared to the U.K.

- The startup scene in Stuttgart

- Inviting entrepreneurs over for soup

Fournova are currently running a public beta for their up and coming release of Git Tower which you can apply for access, for free, here https://www.git-tower.com/public-beta-2018

And whilst you're at it, check out

https://stuff.git-tower.com/products/the-dev-manifesto

In this podcast we are talking with Rustam Roy from Legalistic (http://www.legalistic.co.uk/)

We cover a range of topics including:

- How to find the right legal partner

- Protecting your IP through trademarks, copyrights and patents

- What to put in contracts with IT vendors

- Negotiation tactics

- All things GDPR

This podcast is thoroughly recommended for new as well as growing businesses - anyone that wants to understand how they can use legal tactics to protect their business