Tech Talks

Jan and Jake are the guests on today's podcast, and they are the CTO and CEO of Labstep. Labstep is a company tackling the major issues faced by researchers around reproducibility of results. Over half of all scientific results published cannot be reproduced. They capture real-time scientific process data to all researchers to replicate their findings.

Sophie is part of 11:FS, a global challenger consultancy and delivery company established to support and address the challenges financial services organisations have today. Need a digital bank building? This is the company that could help. Sophie talks to us about the skills crisis, and how important it is for a startup to have a People function from day one.

We do also have a new news article for you. This episode sees a focus on the infrastructure needed to accompany electric cars;

https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/bp-will-install-ultra-fast-electric-charging-points-in-its-petrol-stations_uk_5b35ee43e4b007aa2f7ee05c?utm_hp_ref=uk-innovation

Notbinary CEO James is our guest on this episode, describing how they are turning organisations into modern digital businesses. Trusted by government, education, finance and industry to design and implement digital change programs, they exploit the efficiencies and opportunities of digital technology, business models and methods. Where does James see the biggest challenge? A lack of leadership.

Also on the show Joanne Frearson (Editor at Business Reporter) joins Dave and Jack to discuss Lime and Uber;

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-44766466

For more than 20 years Carlo has developed startups in markets where the digital revolution had disrupted the status quo and created new opportunities. He's now building Soldo, the multi-user spending account for businesses.

Also in this show Jack and Dave talk about the relevance of decacorns via an article in UKTN:

https://www.uktech.news/news/industry-analysis/gp-bullhound-uk-leads-creation-of-european-tech-unicorns-20180706

Buying and selling your home is a serious undertaking, and Ranj joins the podcast this week to talk about Settled and the role their customers have in shaping the service offered via tech. He also opens up on the changes automated tools are having on developers, and how AI might affect us all.

We also have a listener of the week all the way from Texas and chew over Blockchain offering.

On the 19th June we attended the CIO Watercooler LIVE at the Merchant Taylors' Hall as the event podcast partner. We spent the day roaming around the venue getting the thoughts of guests and speakers, covering skills, training, AI, culture and the direction of travel of the whole sector. Thanks to everyone who took time out of the day to talk to us, and thanks to the CIO Watercooler!

Helene's business thinks the current medical system is outdated. They are taking data from wearable devices to provide insight; as they say at Wild... never be ill again, by living smarter. This pod features her story and insight on the startup journey.

Later in the show we have our news article, from UKTN, and we're joined by the writer:

https://www.uktech.news/news/industry-analysis/can-the-uk-compete-with-the-baltics-when-it-comes-to-crypto-20180626

Mr Lee's Noodles are made by award winning food-tech business Mr Lee's Pure Foods Co. In this chat we meet the founder Damien, who describes why he's not launched in the supermarkets, why his product is proudly expensive, and how tech is helping him get data on his customers, and value to his partners.

In addition myself and Jack talk about AI and fraud following PayPal's acquisition of Simility:

https://techcrunch.com/2018/06/21/paypal-to-buy-simility-a-specialist-in-ai-based-fraud-and-risk-management-for-120m/

Chris is responsible for technology at reed.co.uk, the UK's largest job board. In this week's podcast he talks about the challenges of being asked to make a business move quicker, why he took this role and the importance of purpose to him, as well as innovation in the sector.

Also on this week's show, two articles. One on being a startup working with enterprise, and one on IBM's Watson AI.

https://www.uktech.news/guest-posts/growth-strategy/david-meets-goliath-lessons-for-startups-working-with-big-brands-20180618

https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/computer-has-live-debate-with-human-in-world-first_uk_5b29089ee4b05d6c16c77de9?utm_hp_ref=uk-tech

On today's show we talk to Ashish the Head of Information Security at Lebara. Ashish explains how there will always be a role in security of human intervention, and creating synergy between people and processes. To round off the week we Jack gives us a product perfect for the polluted air of London, if not the most practical.