Guests Ashley Touchton and Hannah Ranieri, from Atlanta-based innovation agency Orange Sparkle Ball (yes, that's the real name), share how they approach innovation with their clients.

(20:47) They also announce their latest endeavour - an autonomous ground-based robotic pick-up service. It'll roll out a specific zone in the Detroit area in June this year!

(27:00) And we wrap up with an idea for Innovation as a Service.

Connect with them at:
- Orange Sparkle Ball (website)
- Orange Sparkle Ball (LinkedIn)
- Ashely LinkedIn
- Hannah LinkedIn

About Ashley
Ashley is a Partner and Innovation Strategy Consultant at Orange Sparkle Ball. She focuses on applied research, startup and technology acceleration, and innovation strategy as well as open innovation programs and frameworks that bridge gaps between these three. She grew up in Atlanta, Georgia and her background in industrial design from Georgia Tech provided the foundation for her multi-faceted approach to solving problems and taught her the foundational elements she uses to thoroughly research opportunity areas and rapidly pilot solutions for product fit and refinement.

About Hannah
Hannah Ranieri is an Innovation Strategist at Orange Sparkle Ball where she works to launch and accelerate new initiatives within organizations across the corporate, academic, and government spheres. She’s passionate about helping clients proactively prepare for the impact of emerging trends on their business models through iterative piloting.

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Music by Rodney Hutton. Artwork by Anton Mastrullo.

Ever been at that pivotal point in your life and a reinvention is needed? Dan reckons a Reinvention Manager could help with that.

(8:42) And Patrick is all-in on cloud-seeding and 'weather-as-a-service'! Grab your umbrella and get ready to weather the storm of creativity!

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Dan reconnects with supply chain expert Priya Kumar after their meeting at SXSW in Austin. The pair cover why Priya founded Sustainable Inc., and five quick-fire ideas:

• (10:23) An online tool that cleans up data for supply chain spend assessments,
• (12:39) A virtual/AI business development person to help get sales leads,
• (14:20) Hardware and/or software that makes doing video calls easier from in-car,
• (17:48) 3D printer for Indian food, and
• (21:06) A 'plant manager' that keeps your house plants alive when you're away.

About Priya
Priya is a former consultant and industry professional with 17+ years of experience in end to end supply chain transformation, logistics and inventory management, category management, strategic sourcing, supplier diversity and process improvement.

Get in contact on LinkedIn or visit Sustainable Inc.

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Dan packed his backpack and travelled 24 hours all the way to Austin, Texas for the annual SXSW (South by South West) festival!

WIth his man bun tightened and beard groomed, he mixed it up with the tech bros and gals of the US... although, the stereotypes aren't exactly true.

SXSW comprises tech/interactive, music and film festivals all in one, with 300,000+ people descending every year (30% from outside the US) to one of the growing entreprenuership hubs of the US, within one of the fastest growing cities in the US.

Dan shares some overall take-outs from his 8 days and first time at SXSW.

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Music by Rodney Hutton. Artwork by Anton Mastrullo.

Dan packed his backpack and travelled 24 hours all the way to Austin, Texas for the annual SXSW (South by South West) festival!

With his man bun tightened and beard groomed, he mixed it up with the tech bros and gals of the US... although, the stereotypes aren't exactly true.

SXSW comprises tech/interactive, music and film festivals all in one, with 300,000+ people descending every year (30% from outside the US) to one of the growing entreprenuership hubs of the US, within one of the fastest growing cities in the US.

Dan shares some overall take-outs from his 8 days and first time at SXSW, as well his day spent at _SOUTHSTART in Adelaide.

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Music by Rodney Hutton. Artwork by Anton Mastrullo.

A special solo ep this week - Dan talks about how Mickey Mouse is the latest to join the public domain, and a business idea that uses AI to create original works on public domain material.

Let us know what you think about this type of episode!

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Music by Rodney Hutton. Artwork by Anton Mastrullo.

Gabbi Ocenasek talks about how COVID distrupted charities like World Youth International, how immersive tech and simulations are helping close the sales gap with prospective sponsors, and how virtual treks and generative AI could take it to the next level.

Get in contact with Gabbi:
* LinkedIn
* Go Beyond Marketing agency
* World Youth International
* Healthcare Heartbeat program

About Gabbi
As the Director of GO Beyond Marketing, Gabbi works closely with clients predominantly across the healthcare and tech spaces on strategic business development planning and execution, digital marketing, executive communications, and corporate social responsibility initiatives.

Passionate about working with brands that prioritise giving back to the community, she has led campaigns resulting in major grant and volunteer support for non-profit organisations. She also sits on the Board at World Youth International, supporting their vision to educate, empower and inspire positive change within vulnerable communities through the Nurses In Action and Choose Action programs.

Outside of work, she is a dedicated mum to two little girls and enjoys training for triathlons with hubby. She strongly believes in the importance of maintaining a balanced lifestyle, and as an advocate for mental well-being, she proudly launched Healthcare Heartbeat during 2020 in an effort to improve the mental health of healthcare and emergency workers.

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This episode is part of a special series with _SOUTHSTART. While the 2024 festival in Adelaide has finished, you can still go to southstart.co for more info.

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Music by Rodney Hutton. Artwork by Anton Mastrullo.

Gladly co-founders Chris Johnson and Nima Idel tell us why they started Gladly, an app that lets anyone start micro side hustles.

The boys have many ideas but we focussed on their ideas of space coffins and a decentralised grid with virtual power plants.

(30:00) Idea #1 - Space coffins
(37:55) Idea #2 - Decentralised electricity grid and virtual powerplants

Get in contact with Chris and Nima:
* Chris LinkedIn
* Nima LinkedIn
* Gladly

About Chris
Chris has a background in Behavioural Science and previous experience in government roles; ventured into entrepreneurship with a focus on security solutions. Over time, he explored diverse projects, including ventures in music discovery platforms and wearable technology. The idea behind Gladly emerged from a collective effort among friends to address the challenge of accessible side hustles, initially motivated by Chris's daughter's experiences.

About Nima
Nima is an experienced Product Leader, passionate about fostering product adoption and growth through strategic planning, development, and execution. Boasting over 15 years in product management and design, he has spearheaded cross-functional teams to set strategic goals and launch leading-edge products that surpass customer expectations.

About Gladly
Gadly lets you leverage your social connections to enhance your reach and unlock earning opportunities, enabling easy hustle management and connection with potential customers.

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This episode is part of a special series with _SOUTHSTART. While the 2024 festival in Adelaide has finished, you can still go to southstart.co for more info.

Help us grow by liking, sharing and commenting, and if you're interested in pursuing any of our ideas, or you already have, reach out to us for a chat.

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Music by Rodney Hutton. Artwork by Anton Mastrullo.

Summer Petrosius shares her journey towards Kindship and AI-powered Barb, including how being diagnosed with autism at age 30 has been both a pro and a con at times.

We discuss the $38bn Australian health & disability sector, including how AI could help modernise prevalent paper-based systems, and an AI-powered social story generator to support communication and behaviour regulation, particularly for children.

(18:32) Idea #1 - Opportunities in the paper-based health & disability sector
(24:25) Idea #2 - AI-powered social story generator to support communication and behaviour regulation, particularly for children

Get in contact with Summer:
* LinkedIn
* Kindship

About Summer
Summer is a passionate social entrepreneur and qualified speech pathologist with over ten years of experience in the health and disability sector. Summer is motivated by community-led systems change, peer support, and empowered parental advocacy.

Summer is CEO and co-founder of Barb by Kindship, an AI-powered NDIS navigator designed to add support and reduce stress for families living with disabilities.

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This episode is part of a special series with _SOUTHSTART in the lead up to the 2024 festival from the 5th to 7th March in Adelaide. If you're listening to this hot off the press, click HERE for tickets and more info.

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Today we’re speaking with Nick Boniciolli, founder and CEO of Optible AI. We touch on his serial-entrepreneur-ness, starting with how his stock trading in university funded his first business, through to his current venture.

He also brings two ideas to the table that we build on - a life soundtrack based on brainwave emotion detection, and a lie detector based on facial recognition and senses that detect blood flow changes in the face.

And we side-track into thoughts on autonomous vehicles, and opportunities in the circular economy.

(18:34) Idea #1 - Life soundtrack
(25:03) Idea #2 - Blood-flow lie detector
(32:11) Autonomous vehicles
(33:35) Opportunity in the circular economy

Get in contact with Nick:
* LinkedIn
* Optible AI

About Nick
Nick Boniciolli, with a decade in the startup technology world, has made significant strides in Alternative Funding and AI. He started trading stocks in university, which funded a string of businesses in music and entertainment, media production and alternative funding. He holds degrees in Engineering and Economics, and in his spare time he’s an award-winning film composer, and rocks a six-string guitar on stage.

Optible AI is a ground-breaking platform designed to transform information processing tasks into decision-ready data and automated workflows.

Since Optible began in the most unlikely of places - the back of a truck on a dirt road on a Balinese island - they've gone from strength to strength. From day one, their initial project for a Government department, which automated grant application screening , predicted grant decisions with 99% accuracy and potentially saving 91% of assessment work.

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This episode is part of a special series with _SOUTHSTART in the lead up to the 2024 festival from the 5th to 7th March in Adelaide. Click HERE for tickets and more info.

Help us grow by liking, sharing and commenting, and if you're interested in pursuing any of our ideas, or you already have, reach out to us for a chat.

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Music by Rodney Hutton. Artwork by Anton Mastrullo.