Welcome to Le Wagon live, this week we have Jan Teichmann, Senior Data Consultant at Trainline, speaking to us. Jan is a thought leader in and data consultant, with a track record of transforming companies into commercial production usage at scale. Trainline was created to revolutionize rail & coach travel and has seen huge growth. In 2015 it was acquired by KKR and in 2019 it was listed on the London Stock Exchange with a closing valuation of >£2bn. Keep listening to get introduced to the fundamental principles of data science.

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Welcome to Le Wagon live, this week we have 2 guests! One is Robbie Coomber, who’s the CTO and Co-Founder of Blueheart, the sexual therapy app helping people have a happier taboo-free sex life. Blueheart is also part of the Antler program, an early stage VC. Joining him is Walter Cegarra, the Founder of startup TRIBAM, helping people share their favourite recommendations with their community and friends. Launching his startup after a career in banking, Walter did our first part-time bootcamp at Le Wagon so knows what it’s like to be both technical and non-technical. Keep listening to hear their insights!

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Welcome to Le Wagon live, this week we have Kim Nilsson speaking to us, CEO at Pivigo. Also running Europe’s largest data science training program, Pivigo is a marketplace connecting data freelancers with organisations. Kim has a PhD in Astrophysics and an MBA from Cranfield School of Management...as well as awards like ‘Women in IT’’s ‘entrepreneur of the year’ and one of the ‘top 50 most influential women in IT in the UK’ for 2 years in a row. This is one not to miss - keep listening to hear all her secrets.

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Welcome to Le Wagon live, this week we have Alice Beverton-Palmer, Senior Entertainment Partnerships Manager at Twitter speaking to us. If you’re wondering how B2B partnerships can help tech companies transform for the better, you’re in the right place. Alice has over a decade’s experience in digital content and media as well as multiple awards & accolades to her name. Twitter was founded in 2015 and serves public conversation - a force for good across the world. Keep listening to hear her insights! 

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Welcome to Le Wagon live, this week we have Sam Barton talking to us, CTO at Smart Pension. Sam transitioned into tech after spending 6 years of his career as a Creative Director and Photographer, and is now leading a team of developers to deliver the best auto-enrolment tech solution in the pension market. He’s got an awesome story to tell - one of career transition, market disruption and entrepreneurship. Keep listening to hear how he achieved his dreams.

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Welcome to Le Wagon live, this week we have Sonya Barlow, Founder of Like Minded Females and TEDx speaker on women’s empowerment in tech. Like Minded Females is changing the narrative of inclusion through life skills workshops, community building and corporate training. Sonya has been recognised as a Rising Star (2017); UK Tech Business Woman of the Year Finalist (2018) and Winner of Pitchfanzine (2019). She is passionate about encouraging inclusive cultures, educating on life skills and enabling people to achieve success. Her Ted talk is now on YouTube titled "Failures come before Resilience".

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Welcome to Le Wagon live, this week we have Mark Abraham, Head of Product for ASOS speaking to us. Marc is an experienced product manager and ex-lawyer in London. In 2018, he wrote a book called My Product Management Toolkit where he offers cutting edge advice and thoughts accumulated during his career. ASOS is the leader in the online clothing industry and pioneer to expand the most advanced technology into the customer online journey. They introduced the augmented reality tool last year as part of a trial which had really positive results. The website sells over 850 brands as well as its own range of clothing and accessories, and ships to all 196 countries from fulfilment centres in the UK, US and EU.

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This week we have Mario Fernandez, UX Designer at HSBC telling us all his design secrets. Originally from Spain, he moved to London 6 years ago, where he started working for startups which helped him to accelerate his career. Mario is an accomplished creative designer now specialized in UI & UX design. After an exciting role in the UX design team at Barclays, he’s now moved at HSBC where his amazing multidisciplinary team is currently working on a revolutionary app for business banking, to facilitate the management of corporate accounts via mobile. HSBC is joining the growing wave of UK financial institutions rolling out app-based business banking services. HSBC has 7,500 offices in over 80 countries and territories in Europe, the Asia-Pacific region, the Americas, the Middle East and Africa.

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This week we have Scott Simpkin speaking to us, Campaigns Team Leader for Seedrs, who tells us all the secrets to crowdfunding. Previously an entrepreneur himself, Scott Simpkin joined Europe’s leading equity crowdfunding platform Seedrs as a Campaigns Associate in April 2017. Scott’s role at Seedrs is to work with businesses from the very beginning of the fundraising journey, helping these businesses undergo a successful campaign. Since joining, Scott has helped over 50 businesses such as Allplants, Mercato Metropolitano and Marcopolo Learning successfully complete their campaign on Seedrs, and he holds 5 different mentorship roles at accelerator programmes across the country. Seedrs is a platform for investing in startups and later-stage businesses throughout Europe, and is currently the UK's most prolific funder of startups (in 2019, 212 businesses funded on Seedrs).

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This week we have Ant Milner speaking to us, Product Manager for Growth at Depop. Ant is also an entrepreneur! Back in 2015 he founded Grabagardener.com, an on-demand marketplace startup that connects local customers to local highly vetted gardeners. Graduating with an Engineering degree, he has a wealth of varied experience, from Engineering in the Oil industry to Product Management in the e-comm, retail & fashion industry. Ant is also an expert in Computer & Data Science!

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