Sam Talks Technology

Charlie and Thomas talk everything from what is a blockchain to why you might need it? We also talked about what apps sit on the blockchain such as cryptocurrencies and smart documents?

We talked about what is an ICO and is it a better way to raise money using tokens instead of equity shares? We also talked about the newly announced bank backed STO's. And finally, when will this securely distributed ledger (web 3.0) finally go mainstream?

CEO of GoPinLeads and the former Business Week Young Entrepreneur of the year. We also discussed how life insurance companies are data mining our social media profiles and combining it with Machine Learning to determine the insurance premiums they will apply based on whether they think we are healthy or unfit.

We chatted about how the DNA testing companies are sharing our data with the FBI and the wider privacy implications of online data being used with algorithms to set car insurance premiums, mortgage offers and other walks off life. #computersaysno

We also covered the rest of the news from the week including Slacks IPO and forthcoming IPO's from Uber and Lyft.  

CEO of Disruptive HR and the ex-HR Director at the BBC. We talked about the changing role of HR, employee activism, speak up culture, social responsibility of companies and corporate ethics and much more about the future of work.

Founders of Ecademy, Thomas & Penny are seasoned entrepreneurs having started Ecademy the UK's first business network before Linkedin.

They were days away from floating on AIM and becoming multi-millionaires but the dot-com market crashed. The subsequent rollercoaster ride after is a story in itself. The lows were low but the highs have been great.

Penny tells us in practical terms how she fixed herself and came back to run a successful business and get an OBE for services to business.

David Webster is a home AV/automation specialist with over 20 years of experience.

Today he is an admin on the UK's largest Alexa Facebook Group - 27k members.  We discuss the good and bad of CES like the Alexa Toilet and Impossible Burger as well as the Echo Connect. 

We also make our predictions for 2019 including the long overdue Amazon Phone.  

CEO of LikeMinds. The 'Creative Entrepreneur' who produced the artwork for numerous record covers including Pink Floyd, Genesis and Duran Duran and famously the original slogan t-shirts for Wham and Katharine Hamnett. - Remember 'Choose Life'

Drew now runs the Like Minds breakfast briefings in London as well as a multi-day speaker event in Exeter every September.

We talked about Drew's career as well as talked about this weeks business and tech news from CES. 

Steve Karmeinsky is an angel investor and entreprenuer. We talked about the technology hits and misses from 2018 and then Steve gives his predictions for 2019. We discussed wearables, voice assistants, IOT, the future of social media and mobile phones as well as we discussed the future of work now that machine learning is automating work tasks and replacing peoples jobs. Will a 3 day weekend become the new norm?

CEO of d-marketing. Andrew is an ex-Microsoft product manager and investor in Israeli and Finnish startups.

CEO of Telegrass Katie is a Canna-biz expert and her Cannabis newsletter called The Telegrass will soon be launched.

CEO of Portman Collier. Deborah is a strategic leader focusing on business and digital marketing.