The Tech Talks Daily Podcast

Meet Moby Mart, the self-driving store that you open with your phone & pay with an app. How do you open a corner store today? You build a store. You decorate it. You install security systems. You hire people to stock it. Then you need an inventory system. You need a payment system (credit card readers etc). Then you need to hire people. I invited, Hannah Lina Mazetti, Co-Founder / Inventor of Moby Mart to learn more about the company and her story.

Nicole Lefevre R3, Andrew Speers is the Director, Product, and Innovation at NatWest within the RBS group, Alain Verschueren Head of DLT trade & treasury solutions at BNP Paribas and David Sutter, Chief Strategy Officer at TradeIX join me on today's podcast. We talk about the Marco Polo Network and how it is one of the fastest growing trade and working capital finance networks. working with R3 and the world’s leading financial institutions, and their corporate clients.

As a full-service transportation and logistics provider, GlobalTranz is on a mission is to deliver the future of freight through innovative technology and logistics solutions. I wanted to learn more about how the company is leading the market in innovative logistics technology by optimizing the efficiency of freight movement and matching shipper demand and carrier capacity in near real-time. I invited Greg Carter, Chief Technology Officer at GlobalTranz onto my daily tech podcast.

EdX is a nonprofit, open-source learning destination offering online educational programs and courses at edx.org in alliance with more than 130 member institutions, composed of leading global universities & colleges, and a diverse group of prominent organizations from around the world Founded by Harvard University and MIT in 2012, edX’s mission is to democratize and re-imagine education by increasing access to high-quality education and creating a culture of continuous, lifelong learning.

I recently discovered some incredibly interesting work by Arkose Labs in the sector of online fraud & abuse prevention. Essentially they are helping companies across industries including online marketplaces, airlines, online gaming, travel, online gambling, and more. I felt compelled to find out more about both the problem and the solution so invited Kevin Gosschalk, CEO of Arkose Labs and pioneer in fraud prevention technology onto my daily tech podcast.

I speak with Dirk Kanngiesser, CEO & co-founder of Cryptowerk, a Silicon Valley start-up for enterprise blockchain applications on my daily tech podcast. We explore how data integrity and deep fake could be AI's Achilles' heel. Dirk has more than 25 years of startup, operational and investing experience in Europe and the US. He is also an active angel investor and a board member of technology companies both in the U.S. and in Europe.

I invited Your Social Voice founder Kim Barrett onto my daily tech podcast and asked him to share his story. Using his expertise with Facebook ads and other online lead generation methods, Kim took his agency from zero to $100,000 per month in sales in under a year. I wanted to learn more about how he has leveraged technology to improve marketing around the world and helping businesses grow to 6 and 7 figures.

Intelligent Connectivity’, 5G was prominent at MWC19. But what about the handsets? Although we saw the return of Blackberry and Nokia handsets, it was foldable phones that dominated conversations. The Huawei Mate X appeared to be the star of the show with the most attractive folding phone and the only one with 5G. As I was unable to attend MWC, I invited Paul Lipscombe, a reporter from Mobile News Magazine onto my daily tech podcast to learn more about what he learned at this year's event.

Developers are under the gun to publish code quickly, which could result in sloppy coding errors and could also mean security teams don’t have enough time to review code for vulnerabilities. Oege De Moor is the CEO and founder of Semmle. I invited him onto today's daily tech podcast to talk about how they believe that security is a shared responsibility, a problem that we all need to solve together, with developers, security researchers and the community at large.

Harnessing a unique combination of active agreements, blockchain technology and a business process modelling engine, the Monax platform is designed to move business legal obligations into the networked world. Monax CEO, Casey Kuhlman and joins me on my daily tech podcast to talk about how they are built a platform for smart contracts and legal applications of blockchain technology. Prior to cofounding Monax, Casey was the head of legal information systems at the US Open Data Institute.

Civis Analytics helps organizations use data to gain a competitive advantage in how they identify, attract & engage their audiences. Amos Budde VP, Applied Data Science at Civis Analytics joins me on my tech podcast. We discuss the intersection of marketing and data science, particularly as it relates to improving marketing ROI. I also wanted to find out more about their new product called Creative Focus, which allows brands to do data-driven message testing before they put ads in markets.

Poor training almost put Chris Ronzio out of business. But this constant struggle led to the creation of Trainual. After working directly with hundreds of entrepreneurs, Ronzio and his team created a software tool to help organize small and growing businesses. I invited Chris Ronzio onto my daily tech podcast to share his experiences as an entrepreneur, consultant, and speaker which has afforded him the opportunity absorb diverse perspectives that continue to fuel his imagination.

M-Files provides an intelligent information management platform that improves business performance by helping people find and use information more effectively. However, it was the findings from its 2019 Global Intelligent Information Management Benchmark Report that put MFiles on my radar. The company surveyed 1,500 office workers across multiple global regions and revealed 82% of employees report poor information management is damaging productivity in the workplace.

As the leading provider of blockchain education, B9lab is at the cutting edge of all new protocols and advancements in the blockchain space. Their team is comprised of leading engineers, developers and entrepreneurs who share a passion for disruptive technology. Hundreds of major corporations around the world have counted on B9lab for their blockchain training services — including Accenture, Bank of America, Nissan and Fidelity Investments. I talk to Co-founder of B9lab, Elias Haase.

Zestful recently conducted a survey asking people if they would prefer a $130k salary, or a $100k salary plus Netflix, HBO, Hulu, Spotify, Headspace, a meal delivery service, a gym membership, a $20/month allowance to a charity of their choice and a $100/month “experiences allowance.” 80% of the survey respondents preferred perks over a higher salary. I wanted to find out more about how Zestful is enabling employers to offer the most customizable employee perk programs so I talk to their CEO