Bits, Bytes and Business

In today’s Atom CTO Podcast episode, we have an engrossing tête-à-tête with Ernest Daddy, a luminary in the tech entrepreneurship ecosystem. He narrates his unconventional journey - a pathway from Ghana to the UK, and his foray into the niche domain of technical CTO entrepreneurship, defying the standard norms of non-technical founders dominating the industry.

Ernest recounts his vast experience of nurturing deep tech companies for more than three decades, providing valuable insights into the art of scaling them. He also shares his ‘in-the-trenches’ knowledge of deep tech business startups, bridging the academia-industry gap, and his journey from being a technician to eventually owning a consulting firm.

In this podcast, I ask the usual 5 questions to Ernest Daddey, a veteran CTO

On this episode of The Atom CTO Podcast, we explore the remarkable career of a tech stalwart, Mark Zurich of Fair Meadow Technologies. Holding an illustrious career spanning 35 years, Mark sheds light on technology's transformational role in shaping business landscapes. His expertise comes from a wealth of knowledge and experience, having led tech teams at esteemed companies like General Electric, Nokia, and BlackBerry.

Mark's educational grounding in engineering coupled with his interest in coding amalgamate to shape his unique tech industry perspective. Throughout his career he's grown through many roles, from evening shifts in computer labs to spearheading major projects at giant companies, and leading large globally distributed teams. An undeniably valuable take is his success with large projects, such as BlackBerry Messenger, that denotes his in-depth industry knowledge and pragmatic leadership skills.

In this trailer we ask Mark Zurich from Fairmeadow Technologies the usual 5 questions:

https://www.fairmeadow.net/

This week we are talking to start-up founders about how they can get the most out of engaging with software delivery partners. Our guest is Omar Tufayl, founder of Loopsio, a company that uses current grad students to deliver low-cost but high quality tech products

In this podcast Omar and I talk about the dos and don'ts for when it comes to hiring a tech agency, what you need to know about working with them, how you find the right one and how you get the most out of them

You can learn all about loopsio here: https://loopsio.com/

This week's guest is Omar Tufayl, the founder of Loopsio, a company that uses graduates to deliver tech projects

In this podcast we talk with Callum Denyer, the founder of Whyness:

https://www.whyness.co.uk/

In this podcast Callum descibes how Whyness helps graduates find a career that really matches their own goals and desires but also helps corporates to ensure that the grads they take on are aligned with the company's core values

This week's podcast guest is Callum Denyer from Whyness - in the main event which comes out on Sunday we will be talking about careers and making the right career choices

We are happy to welcome back Minter Dial to the podcast, Minter has written a new edition to his book Heartifical Empathy and in this podcast we talk about all things to do with empathy and AI:

- What does it really mean?

- Why it is important for a company to be empathetic

- Can AI be empathetic?

- What impact the pandemic has had on our ability to be empathetic

In this podcast we talk with Bella Bardswell and Tim Beattie the co-founders of Stellafai: https://www.stellafai.com/

The team talks about all things OKRs:

- What are OKRs

- Why should organisations embrace them

- What type of company should implement OKRs

- What are the challenges when implementing them

- What benefits do they bring compared to other ways of measuring performance and objectives

In addition to all of this we discuss their own entrepreneur journey as both Bella and Tim left tier 1 employers to start their own business