Bits, Bytes and Business

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

In this week's episode, I'm talking with Asher Ismail, the CEO of Midrive.

Midrive (midrive.com) is revolutionizing the market for first-time driving. In the last 12 months, sales of their 'pay as you go' insurance and 'app-powered' driving lessons has increased 400%. It is very much a company built by millennials for millennials and during our conversation we touch on a number of different areas:

- how to build a sustainable, multi-million-pound marketplace

- achieving and maintaining a high level of learner driver and instructor engagement with the platform and sustaining a 5-star rating on Trustpilot

- engaging your key stakeholders through crowdfunding

- why on-demand hourly insurance has such huge potential

- building relationships with VCs

- what it takes to become CEO of such a dynamic and exciting company

Asher is a CEO with an impressive track record and this podcast is recommended for anyone that is interested in understanding what it takes to build and scale a high-growth business targeted at today's youth. You can check out Midrive's Crowdfunding campaign at crowdcube.com/midrive

In this episode we are talking all things outsourcing with Aman Sood from TMotions.

TMotions specialises in developing e-commerce software and Aman has been involved in the Indian outsourcing market for the past 20 years.

During our conversation we cover a variety of topics that will interest anyone that is thinking about outsourcing an IT related project to companies based in India:

The topics include:

What to look for in an outsourcing partner

What you need to make sure you have written into your contract

What types of projects are suitable for outsourcing

How can you deal with the cultural differences that you are bound to come across

After listening to this you should have a much firmer grasp of whether outsourcing to India is right for you

Happy listening!

In this week's podcast we are talking with Nigel Davey from SME Needs, a company that helps businesses with their strategic marketing needs.

In this podcast we talk about the crucial things businesses must do in order to be effective with their overall marketing, the different strategies that can be adopted and what effective marketing really looks like and how to find the right marketing partner

This is a must listen for those of you that are looking to make changes to your current marketing strategy and want to understand where to start