Podcasts about chief platform officer

7 factors of success for game studiosDownload the full report, share with your team: DOWNLOAD REPORTGrab your FREE TRIAL with our partner PlaytestCloud: https://start.playtestcloud.com/riseIn this episode Tiffany Keller welcomes Julia Zhan, CPO of Series Entertainment, and Burcu Hakguder, the CRO of Layer AI who celebrates their recent close of their seed round for over $6M. Burcu Hakguder started Layer after half a decade at Unity Technologies spearheading new business development initiatives that contributed to the company's successful IPO. Today Layer AI is embraced by top studios like Zynga, SciPlay, Huuuge Games, and over 200 others to revolutionize game production powered by inferences across many models optimized for 2D, 3D assets and video generation.Julia Zhan is Chief Platform Officer at Series Entertainment, a company revolutionizing game creation through generative stories & worlds after raising over $35M and acquiring Pixelberry and Netflix as a distribution partner. Previously, she managed League of Legends production and operations for China and helped pioneer Valorant at Riot Games. After that, Julia led the game vertical & developer success at Snap, empowering 3P developers to build hyper-social gaming experiences.We break down the AI x Games market today from the founder perspective- how they successfully raised and delivered on investor and customer expectations despite taking very different sides of the AI platform and gaming market. Julia and Burcu share their methodology for finding their “unique selling position” in the market and how that has shaped their advice to game makers looking to integrate AI tools. We discuss a bit of 4D chess on the future of gaming AI platforms and how both large and small companies will need to adapt to remain competitive. For every studio facing a build vs buy question with AI, Julia and Burcu break down how game makers can draw from their USP to define their next steps in harnessing AI. Expect some spicy while incredibly thoughtful takes that reveal how many ways there are to succeed as a game studio armed with the right AI workflows.Try Layer AI today to 5x your game content creation productivityPlay Series Entertainment's new game, Single's Inferno, on Netflix Games today to see what Rho, their AI engine, and their acquisition Pixelberry can do together

In today's episode of the EUVC podcast, Andreas talks with Stephen Millard, Operating Partner & Chief Platform Officer at Notion Capital, a London-based fund exclusively investing in B2B SaaS. With roots dating back to early SaaS pioneers like Message Labs, Stephen brings deep operational know-how and a data-driven approach to venture investing. Notion Capital's Cloud Champions latest report unpacks European SaaS companies' unique challenges, from navigating fragmented markets to scaling revenue rapidly, emphasizing the need for constant reinvention.Using extensive experience and real-world case studies, Stephen explains how today's well-informed buyers reshape the traditional seller-buyer dynamic. He outlines the critical transition for founders: from a hands-on, experimental phase to a disciplined, outcome-focused strategy, ensuring that teams align across sales, marketing, and product development. Stephen also shares practical insights on adapting go-to-market strategy and building enduring, high-growth businesses in a rapidly evolving market landscape.Go to eu.vc for our core learnings and the full video interview

In this episode, David DeCelle, CEO of ModelFA, sits down with Jason Mirabella, founder of Deliver Advice. Jason shares his 25-year career journey in the financial services industry, discussing his transition to the RIA space and his experience as Chief Platform Officer and COO at WealthSource Partners, a $2.1-2.3 billion RIA. He explains the importance of moving from an advisor-centric mindset to an enterprise mindset when building scalable advisory firms.   Jason introduces the "blocks" methodology of Deliver Advice, which focuses on nine key areas of an enterprise-level business, including strategy, platform, client experience, and culture. He emphasizes the need for a shared philosophy and framework to create cohesive outcomes for firms.   The conversation also covers the challenges of organic growth and M&A in the industry, including the concept of "Franken Firms" and the risks associated with advisor-dependent businesses. Jason provides actionable steps for larger firms to address these issues, such as focusing on strategic planning and alignment.   Key Takeaways:   Jason's career journey and evolution from an analyst to an enterprise-level consultant   The importance of moving from an advisor-centric to an enterprise mindset   Deliver Advice's "blocks" methodology for building scalable advisory firms   Addressing the challenges of organic growth and M&A in the industry   Actionable steps for larger firms to improve organizational health and culture   Connect with Jason:   Website: https://www.DeliverAdvice.com Email: Jason@DeliverAdvice.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasonmirabella/   About the Model FA Podcast   The Model FA podcast is a show for fiduciary financial advisors. In each episode, our host David DeCelle sits down with industry experts, strategic thinkers, and advisors to explore what it takes  to build a successful practice — and have an abundant life in the process. We believe in continuous learning, tactical advice, and strategies that work — no “gotchas” or BS. Join us to hear stories from successful financial advisors, get actionable ideas from experts, and re-discover your drive to build the practice of your dreams.    Did you like this conversation? Then leave us a rating and a review in whatever podcast player you use. We would love your feedback, and your ratings help us reach more advisors with ideas for growing their practices, attracting great clients, and achieving a better quality of life. While you are there, feel free to share your ideas about future podcast guests or topics you'd love to see covered.    Our Team: President of Model FA, David DeCelle   If you like this podcast, you will love our community! Join the Model FA Community on Facebook to connect with like-minded advisors and share the day-to-day challenges and wins of running a growing financial services firm.

We are doing a little rewind to a classic episode from the archives. Andy welcomes Adam Robinson, CEO of Retention.com, Robert Koehler, a go-to-market advisor at Scale Venture Partners, and Craig Rosenberg, Chief Platform Officer at Scale Venture Partners. They begin the conversation with the impact of economic changes on sales models, the importance of sales fundamentals, and innovative approaches to sales and marketing. They argue about  predictable revenue models in the current environment, the role of sales development representatives (SDRs), and the importance of aligning sales efforts with marketing strategies. The group gives insight on leveraging LinkedIn for business growth, the effectiveness of live events, and the need for sales specialization and deep understanding of customer industries.Host Andy Paul is the expert on modern B2B selling and author of three best-selling, award-winning sales books, including his latest Sell Without Selling Out. Visit andypaul.com to subscribe to his newsletter for even more strategies and tips to accelerate your win rate.

In the first episode in our customer interview series, Joe DePalo, Vice President and Chief Platform Officer at Netskope, joins Avi Freedman and Jezzibell Gilmore of Kentik to explore how content delivery networks (CDNs) enable the seamless, high-performance internet we take for granted. We demystify some of the “magic” of the internet, and highlight the critical role of edge connectivity in reducing latency, optimizing delivery, and ensuring great user experiences. We also explore the challenges of maintaining a performant internet as we end 2024: What are the evolving network performance and security demands? And why does making them work well remain a tough problem?

Product managers have been spending the last few weeks looking at their OKRs and thinking about the direction of their products. To help us better understand product strategy and direction, we spoke with Product Leader Chiedza Muguti to discuss making your product strategy come alive.   Featured Links: Follow Chiedza on LinkedIn | World Health Organisation | Alteos | ‘Giving direction in product with Janna Bastow, Chiedza Muguti, and Nacho Bassino' feature at Mind The ProductOur HostsLily Smith enjoys working as a consultant product manager with early-stage and growing startups and as a mentor to other product managers. She's currently Chief Product Officer at BBC Maestro, and has spent 13 years in the tech industry working with startups in the SaaS and mobile space. She's worked on a diverse range of products – leading the product teams through discovery, prototyping, testing and delivery. Lily also founded ProductTank Bristol and runs ProductCamp in Bristol and Bath. Randy Silver is a Leadership & Product Coach and Consultant. He gets teams unstuck, helping you to supercharge your results. Randy's held interim CPO and Leadership roles at scale-ups and SMEs, advised start-ups, and been Head of Product at HSBC and Sainsbury's. He participated in Silicon Valley Product Group's Coaching the Coaches forum, and speaks frequently at conferences and events. You can join one of communities he runs for CPOs (CPO Circles), Product Managers (Product In the {A}ether) and Product Coaches. He's the author of What Do We Do Now? A Product Manager's Guide to Strategy in the Time of COVID-19. A recovering music journalist and editor, Randy also launched Amazon's music stores in the US & UK.

Growth comes easy when the product speaks for itself. At (00:21), David Meier and Mary Long discuss CrowdStrike earnings and a tender offer from Monster Beverage. Then, at (XX:XX), Asit Sharma catches up with John McCool, Chief Platform Officer at Arista Networks. They discuss Arista's role in the AI race, how competition fuels innovation, and what's next for the cloud-based networking company. Learn more about the Range Rover Sport at: www.landroverusa.com Companies discussed: CRWD, PANW, MNST, ANET, NVDA, CSCO, JNPR, MSFT Host: Mary Long Guests: David Meier, Asit Sharma, John McCool Producer: Ricky Mulvey Engineers: Dan Boyd, Tim Sparks Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome back to another short standout discussion with Andy and a roundtable of sales pros, Adam Robinson, CEO of Retention.com, Robert Koehler, a go-to-market advisor at Scale Venture Partners, and Craig Rosenberg, Chief Platform Officer at Scale Venture Partners. They kick it off with a debate on what win rates can expose about product-market fit, and how strategies to get sellers to reach the "win more than you lose" level. They get into the challenges of not having a standardized method for measuring win rates among companies, and the importance of considering win rates by product and market segment to avoid misleading averages. The group also touches on the need for a repeatable sales model before scaling, strategies for maximizing revenue per unit of time spent by sales teams, and wonder if many sellers and leaders expectations have just gotten too low.Listen to the full episode on Apple and SpotifyHost Andy Paul is the expert on modern B2B selling and author of three best-selling, award-winning sales books, including his latest Sell Without Selling Out. Visit andypaul.com to subscribe to his newsletter for even more strategies and tips to accelerate your win rate.

Today Andy highlights a conversation he had with a top notch roundtable of sales veterans including, Adam Robinson, CEO of Retention.com, Robert Koehler, a go-to-market advisor at Scale Venture Partners, and Craig Rosenberg, Chief Platform Officer at Scale Venture Partners. The discussion revolves around the shifting stability in sales pipelines, specifically addressing the shortcomings of the traditional predictable revenue model in software sales. The guests give their own personal examples of the timing involved in scaling sales teams and explore new strategies for demand creation, including leveraging LinkedIn and podcasts. The need for adaptability and innovation in sales techniques has never been more vital.Listen to the full episode on Apple and SpotifyHost Andy Paul is the expert on modern B2B selling and author of three best-selling, award-winning sales books, including his latest Sell Without Selling Out. Visit andypaul.com to subscribe to his newsletter for even more strategies and tips to accelerate your win rate.

Are you ready for the roundtable!?! Today, Andy welcomes Adam Robinson, CEO of Retention.com, Robert Keeler, a go-to-market advisor at Scale Venture Partners, and Craig Rosenberg, Chief Platform Officer at Scale Venture Partners. They begin the conversation with the impact of economic changes on sales models, the importance of sales fundamentals, and innovative approaches to sales and marketing. They argue about  predictable revenue models in the current environment, the role of sales development representatives (SDRs), and the importance of aligning sales efforts with marketing strategies. The group gives insight on leveraging LinkedIn for business growth, the effectiveness of live events, and the need for sales specialization and deep understanding of customer industries.Host Andy Paul is the expert on modern B2B selling and author of three best-selling, award-winning sales books, including his latest Sell Without Selling Out. Visit andypaul.com to subscribe to his newsletter for even more strategies and tips to accelerate your win rate.

In this episode, we highlight two companies that leverage data from many different sources to create a more complete picture of a person's health. The ultimate goal? Shifting away from the current model of “sick care” - where patients primarily see their doctors when they aren't feeling well – to care models that prioritize long-term health and self-management with guidance from providers. These companies are helping lead the way to value-based care, from using AI to sift through patient-reported data and provide actionable insights, to integrating NCQA's HEDIS measurements into their data platform, thereby putting quality at the center of everything they do. Here, you'll get a glimpse into the challenges and opportunities in our current data-rich health care ecosystem.The episode begins with a conversation with leaders from Welldoc. Welldoc is a health tech company developing patient-facing apps to support self-management of chronic conditions. Using an omnichannel approach, their apps gather as much data as possible from sources including remote monitoring devices, like wearables, and clinical data.Chief Analytics Officer, Dr. Anand Iyer, and Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Mansur Shomali, explain how Welldoc uses AI to parse the patient information, ultimately helping doctors and patients work together to construct an effective path to wellness.Jessica Robinson is Chief Platform Officer for health care digital developer The Garage. Jessica manages all aspects of the product life cycle, from the spark of innovation through design, development, testing, and roll-out. Founded in 2012, The Garage aims to utilize digital tools to help providers shift from fee for service models to value-based models of care.In this interview, recorded live at NCQA's 2023 Health Innovation Summit, Jessica explains how The Garage works with Management Service and Accountable Care organizations, among other provider groups, to develop digital applications that help clinically integrated networks across 34 states harness the full extent of the population data available to them. The Garage also utilize NCQA's HEDIS measures into their platform, allowing networks to visualize the full patient care team across the entire care continuum and deliver optimized quality care to their patients.For information on NCQA's Health Equity Forum, click here: https://events.ncqa.org/healthequityforum

Being a designer and entrepreneur by practice grown into a banking executive, Maurizio is striving to transform the banking industry from the inside. He is the founder of Erste Group's inhouse fintech and for over 10 years has been a driving force behind the development of George, whose more than 9 million users across Austria and CEE make it the region's leading banking platform. In January 2021, Maurizio joined the ranks of the Erste Group management board as the first-ever Chief Platform Officer. The main tasks keeping him busy these days are how to enhance, organizs, scale and govern digital banking to improve the financial lives of as many people as possible.Are you curious to make your companies marketing ready for the future? Then I have the some simple and exciting options for you:First, this is exactly what I do for my clients - I help them build their future strategies with workshops and coaching sessions.I also have a very simple entry offer for founders and aspiring marketing experts: The Simple & Sustainable Marketing Academy, with a ridiculously cheap entry ticket price, because I love sharing what I have learned.And if you enjoy reading: Check out my newsletter where I write about marketing, strategies and sustainability available every two weeks in the FutureStrategies newsletter.About Florian Schleicher: I'm a marketing strategist - over the last 15 years I've led and helped shape marketing at McDonald's, Greenpeace and Too Good To Go. Now I help forward-thinking companies take their marketing to the next level.With FutureS, the Impact Marketing Studio, I help brands achieve their goals and sustainable growth. All without the usual hustle.

In this episode of the SaaS Sales Performance podcast, we're thrilled to host Stephen Millard, Operating Partner and Chief Platform Officer at Notion Capital. With over 30 years in enterprise software, Stephen shares invaluable insights into the challenges of scaling from one to twenty or fifty million in recurring revenue. Explore the transformative journey of building go-to-market strategies, overcoming growth hurdles, and the pivotal role of people and growth in SaaS success.

We've recently released a new publication that synthesizes years of research on AI and its impact on teaching and learning. You can find it at GettingSmart.com/artificial-intelligence/ On this episode of the Getting Smart Podcast, Nate McClennen is joined by Anant Agarwal, MIT Professor, Chief Platform Officer at 2U and Founder and CEO of edX, an online learning platform founded by Harvard and MIT. In 2020, Anant shared the story and vision for EdX from inception to present and its effort to increase access, reduce cost, and implement modularity in the higher education ecosystem. So much has happened in the last three years, that we thought it would be great to hear from Anant again (after his first time on the show)  to get his sense of AI and how it will both play a role in both teaching in higher education as well as a topic for learning in higher education. Links: Microbachelors Pathway Anant LinkedIn Anant Agarwal Y Pulse study 73 Million Learners Anant Agarwal on Extended Access to Education Axim Collaborative Open EdX   Key Takeaways:  Ethics must be taught alongside Ai technology. The next phase of iteration is not only about scale, but about personalization.  

Scale Venture Partners' Craig Rosenberg joins us on the show to talk about how category design drives demand, how he mentors founders, and a handful of stories from the startup and VC trenches.Craig is the Chief Platform Officer at Scale and long-time friend and collaborator of our co-host, Damp.In this episode, we'll discuss:Category design stories from Scale's portfolio.How Craig teaches young founders category design principles.Is it ever too late or too early to pursue category design?Common Point of View pitfalls.If you want to join a free community of over 500 category designers and join these conversations, you can do so at CategoryThinkers.comConnect with our guest and hosts on LinkedIn:Craig RosenbergMike DamphousseJohn RougeuxPablo Gonzalez

Shahin chats with Craig Rosenberg, Chief Platform Officer at Scale Venture Partners, about the ins and outs of what's working in the enterprise space. The episode covers the following: The state of today's enterprise landscapeThe role of PLG in your go-to-market strategyThe power of events and experiencesContent sharing Craig joined Scale in 2022 to help build and manage their Go-To-Market Platform. The Scale GTM Platform delivers critical expertise to help software companies drive efficient hyper-growth. Prior to joining Scale, Craig was Distinguished Vice President in the Sales Practice for Gartner. While there he advised revenue leaders on their strategic decisions and wrote innovative research on new GTM strategies such as revenue operations and account-based strategy. He joined Gartner in 2019 as part of the acquisition of TOPO where Craig was the co-founder and Chief Analyst. Craig was a Magna Cum Laude graduate of UCLA. When he isn't talking about GTM strategy, he is spending time with his wife and three young boys. Resources mentioned in this episode: The JOLT Effect - Matthew DixonThe Psychopath Test - Jon RonsonC.J Box books _________________ Want to be a part of something great? Fill out the ABM in APAC survey for exclusive tools, insights and a chance at winning a free customised team consultation with xGrowth's experts to help with your ABM strategy. https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/ABM-APAC-2023 _________________ Hosted & Produced by Shahin Hoda, Allysa Maywald & Alexander Hipwell, from xGrowth. We would love to get your questions, ideas and feedback about Growth Colony, email podcast@xgrowth.com.au

On our episode today we are getting down into the details, deep the weeds, in order to understand what it takes to scale a healthcare business to $100M. For that wisdom we turned to Sofia Guerra, an investor at Bessemer Venture Partners. We recently had her on our Health Transformer University Masterclass series to share top takeaways from a recent benchmarks report published by her firm. She distilled their very detailed work into five key takeaways and then hung around to answer questions from our audience of StartUp Health founders. In this session, which was hosted by Jamey Edwards, Chief Platform Officer here at StartUp Health, Sofia gets into all the critical operational, financial, and clinical performance metrics that health tech companies need to care about if they're going to thrive and scale. For the purpose of this podcast, we'll drop right into the middle of the conversation between Jamey and Sofia, focusing on her advice for founders. Enjoy! Founders: Health Transformer University fuels your health moonshot Funders: Become a Health Moonshot Champion Want more content like this? You can subscribe to the podcast as well as other health innovation updates at startuphealth.com/content. Sign up for StartUp Health Insider™ to get funding insights, news, and special updates delivered to your inbox. Looking to break down health barriers? If you're an entrepreneur or investor, contact us to learn how you can join our Health Equity Moonshot. Passionate about Type 1 diabetes? If you're an entrepreneur or investor, contact us to learn how you can join our T1D Moonshot.

Feeling energetically connected to our colleagues is that sense of just understanding each other. We are on the same wavelength and naturally click. People and Happiness Assistant at The Happiness Index, Tony Latter, Co-founder & Chief Platform Officer at The Happiness Index & Clive Hyland, Head of Neuroscience at The Happiness Index & Founding Partner at Make Sense, sit down to chat about why energetic connections are so important in relationship building.

Request to Pay wird die Art und Weise, wie wir alle in Zukunft bezahlen werden, nachhaltig verändern. Davon ist unser heutiger Gast Bettina Rose, Head of Business Development Payment bei der PPI AG und Chief Platform Officer bei PAYCY, fest überzeugt. Für alle, die sich jetzt fragen, was Request to Pay eigentlich bedeutet: Dabei handelt es sich um eine der Zahlung vorgeschaltete Zahlungsaufforderung. Die Nachricht enthält alle Informationen zur Transaktion und löst – sofern der/die Kund:in sie bestätigt – eine Überweisung aus. Freut euch auf ein Gespräch über: 02:03 - Bettina, magst du dich einmal vorstellen? 03:10 - Was ist “Request to Pay” eigentlich? 04:19 - Wie neu ist “Request to Pay” und was hat sich durch SEPA geändert? 05:20 - Wo wird das Verfahren zum Einsatz kommen und für welche Zielgruppe ist es interessant? 08:22 - Wie ist der Status quo, insbesondere bei der Zusammenarbeit mit und von Banken?  10:05 - Welche Potentiale und Vorteile ergeben sich durch einen flächendeckenden Einsatz von “Request to Pay”?  14:12 - Beispielhafte Use Cases 16:52 - Was bedeutet “Request to Pay” für bestehende Zahlungsverfahren? 20:15 - Wie wird “Request to Pay” in anderen Ländern und Märkten eingesetzt? 21:57 - Welche finanziellen Unterschiede ergeben sich durch "Request to Pay"? 23:13 - Wie werden möglichst viele Händler:innen erreicht?  24:35 - Wie sieht die Anwendung für große Unternehmen aus? 26:08 - Wie sieht die Zukunft von "Request to Pay" aus und welche Entwicklungen können wir in den kommenden Jahren erwarten? 27:39 - Wie hoch könnte die Marktdurchdringung einmal werden? 28:30 - Wie wichtig sind “Instant Payments”? 30:03 - Könnten Apple oder Google Pay zur Konkurrenz werden?  Ihr habt Feedback, Speaker-Wünsche oder Themenvorschläge für unseren Podcast? - Schreibt diese gerne an talk@between-the-towers.de. Die nächste Folge erscheint in zwei Wochen! - Abonniert uns direkt hier oder folgt uns auf LinkedIn, um keine Episode zu verpassen.

In the latest episode of NVIDIA's AI Podcast, Anant Agarwal, founder of edX and Chief Platform Officer at 2U, shared his vision for the future of online education and the impact of artificial intelligence in revolutionizing the learning experience. Agarwal, a strong advocate for Massive Open Online Courses MOOCs, discussed the importance of accessibility and quality in education. The MIT professor and renowned edtech pioneer also highlighted the implementation of AI-powered features in the edX platform, including the ChatGPT plugin and edX Xpert, an AI-powered learning assistant.

Dass Startups, Unternehmer:innen und Gründer:innen eine stabile Bank als Partner brauchen, ist im Jahr 2023 so klar geworden wie selten zuvor. Logisch dabei ist, dass der wichtigste Touchpoint zwischen Tech-Firmen und der Bank digital ist. Nach dem Erfolg von George bei Retail-Kund:innen hat die Erste Bank das Online-Banking nun für Businesses adaptiert. Was kann George Business in Detail, und wodurch unterscheidet es sich von der Version für Endkonsument:innen? Im Podcast-Interview powered by Erste Bank und Sparkasse, spricht Maurizio Poletto, Chief Platform Officer der Erste Group, über: - Welche Charakteristiken Digital Corporate Banking hat - Welche Prioritäten bei der Entwicklung von George Business gesetzt wurden - Welche Features Power User bekommen - Die wichtigsten Unterschiede zwischen George für Retail-Kund:innen und George Business - Wer die typischen Kund:innen von George Business sind - In Welche Richtung sich George Business in den nächsten Jahren entwickeln wird Wenn dir diese Folge gefallen hat, lass uns doch vier, fünf Sterne als Bewertung da und folge dem Podcast auf Spotify, Apple Music und Co. Für Anregungen, Kritik, Feedback oder Wünsche zu künftigen Gästen schick uns jederzeit gerne eine Mail an feedback@trendingtopics.at.

Dass Startups, Unternehmer:innen und Gründer:innen eine stabile Bank als Partner brauchen, ist im Jahr 2023 so klar geworden wie selten zuvor. Logisch dabei ist, dass der wichtigste Touchpoint zwischen Tech-Firmen und der Bank digital ist. Nach dem Erfolg von George bei Retail-Kund:innen hat die Erste Bank das Online-Banking nun für Businesses adaptiert. Was kann George Business in Detail, und wodurch unterscheidet es sich von der Version für Endkonsument:innen? Im Podcast-Interview powered by Erste Bank und Sparkasse, spricht Maurizio Poletto, Chief Platform Officer der Erste Group, über: - Welche Charakteristiken Digital Corporate Banking hat - Welche Prioritäten bei der Entwicklung von George Business gesetzt wurden - Welche Features Power User bekommen - Die wichtigsten Unterschiede zwischen George für Retail-Kund:innen und George Business - Wer die typischen Kund:innen von George Business sind - In Welche Richtung sich George Business in den nächsten Jahren entwickeln wird Wenn dir diese Folge gefallen hat, lass uns doch vier, fünf Sterne als Bewertung da und folge dem Podcast auf Spotify, Apple Music und Co. Für Anregungen, Kritik, Feedback oder Wünsche zu künftigen Gästen schick uns jederzeit gerne eine Mail an feedback@trendingtopics.at.

Welcome to a new episode on the Modern SaaS Finance Podcast hosted by David Appel, head of Software/SaaS at Sage Intacct. On today's episode, we are excited to have Craig Rosenberg, Chief Platform Officer at Scale Venture Partners. At Scale, Craig manages the Scale GTM Platform which leverages data and community to deliver the expertise SaaS companies require in their move from founder-led growth to becoming a repeatable high-growth GTM machine. Craig shares on this episode the top 3 things Sales Leaders need to focus on right now, gives more insight on typical roadblocks and what can get in their way and shares the 3 key elements necessary in a successful sales model. Listen to the full episode for all the great insights shared! For more episodes on the Modern SaaS Finance, subscribe to our podcast channel on any major streaming platforms including Spotify, Apple Podcast, Google Podcast, Amazon Music, Audible, etc. If you are a SaaS finance leader or expert and will like to join our Modern SaaS Finance community, click here to request access. Explore more SaaS finance tips and best practices here

On this FARFETCH Threads episode, Susannah Clark, our Executive VP of Communications, joins Kelly Kowal, our Chief Platform Officer, and Kerem Atasoy, VP of Commercial for FARFETCH Platform Solutions (FPS), in a conversation about our world-leading platform and end-to-end commerce solutions that accelerate growth and innovation for luxury brands and retailers.

Who knew that people and bots could be teammates? Turns out, they can - and really good ones if used well. Bots can offload the scut work that slows down innovation and just good experiences. Even better, bots can own the repeatable drudergy that can suck the life out of workers longing to create more meaningful impact..and free folks up to do just that. All while saving money and time. Take a verbal stroll through the land of thoughtful automation with Co-founder and Chief Platform Officer of Thoughful, Dan Parsons. There are some great takeways that may lead you to call Dan for more information...and that will help you make your next tech buying decision differently - in a good way!

Craig Rosenberg has worked with hundreds, if not thousands of B2B SaaS companies as the co-founder of TOPO, Distinguished analyst at Gartner, and now as Chief Platform Officer at Scale Venture Partners.Across Craig's roles, he was able to take an expensive view across each stage of a SaaS company's growth including strategy, people, process, technology, tactics, and over time METRICS!Craig highlighted that the best companies in the world were/are "metrics" driven, and as Craig started to work with larger, enterprise-class companies beyond SaaS being "metrics and data" driven was even more critical to decision-making."End to End" Customer Journey is an often discussed subject, but what is it really? Craig's perspective is most customer journey mapping is too generic and needs to be very focused on how the customer buys starting with using third-party internet activity to marketing interactions to Sales Development to Sales and then ending at "Closed-Won". Going beyond Closed-Won to include customer engagement, retention, and expansion,Going beyond mapping and understanding the entire customer journey including acquisition, retention, and expansion, companies need to "SEGMENT" the metrics by customer cohort, such as SMB vs Mid-Market vs Enterprise. Another view should be based upon "HOW" the prospect/customer came into the customer lifecycle process, such as lead source and/or lead channel.When I asked "who" in a company should map the customer lifecycle, Craig's response was quite pragmatic: "whoever is best at mapping the customer lifecycle in your company". Craig added that Revenue Operations is a perfect organization to take the lead on customer journey mapping, and building a "coalition" across Marketing, Sales, and Customer Success. An important caveat is that without the support and involvement of the CEO it becomes less significant and strategic.Another topic we discussed, was if a company should involve customers in the "journey mapping" process. Craig said of course, but you only need to include a few customers in the process as talking with more than 10 customers will provide diminishing returns.Next, I asked Craig about what metrics are priorities to measure the efficiency of the customer lifecycle across acquisition, retention, and expansion. Craig started with the Four Vital Signs Framework to track in a SaaS company:- Growth- Efficiency- Churn- BurnNext, we discussed if any of the Vital Signs are more important at each stage of a company's evolution. Craig's first recommendation was to instrument and begin capturing metrics for all four vital signs early in the journey. Certain metrics like churn/Customer Retention will become more important as a company grows beyond the first and second renewal cycles, but identifying and instrumenting for metrics should begin earlier than most companies believe are required.No matter what stage of growth your SaaS company is currently in, this discussion with Craig Rosenberg provides many interesting, insightful perspectives on the importance and priority of metrics across the customer lifecycle.

Jamey Edwards of StartUp Health Jamey Edwards, Chief Platform Officer at StartUp Health, sees transformation through the eyes of hundreds of entrepreneurs that he supports. Their collective efforts are making progress in key areas such as improving access, reducing bias, and addressing health equity. Learn how StartUp Health's portfolio companies are gaining traction and overcoming blockers of innovation that have limited the industry's progress until now.  Find all of our network podcasts on your favorite podcast platforms and be sure to subscribe and like us. Learn more at www.healthcarenowradio.com/listen/

Jamey Edwards, Chief Platform Officer at StartUp Health, sees transformation through the eyes of hundreds of entrepreneurs that he supports. Their collective efforts are making progress in key areas such as improving access, reducing bias, and addressing health equity. Learn how StartUp Health's portfolio companies are gaining traction and overcoming blockers of innovation that have limited the industry's progress until now. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On today's episode of FRESH Takes On The Future Of Work, host Jess Podgajny is joined by Dan Parsons. Dan is the Co-founder and Chief Platform Officer at Thoughtful, which reimagines business automation by deploying automated digital workers. Today, Jess and Dan discuss hiring digital and improving the human condition at work. Dan's mission is to free up workers from mundane tasks, so they are freer to take on more innovative and meaningful projects. He believes the future of work lies in evaluating jobs from both the employee and employer's perspectives and organizing business structures from those angles. By being honest about why people leave companies and improving leadership communication, we can uncover what promotes happiness at work. To connect with Dan, find him on https://www.linkedin.com/in/danieleparsons/ (Linkedin), https://www.thoughtful.ai/ (Thoughtful.ai), and https://mobile.twitter.com/danbyday (@DanByDay) Stay Fresh! Visit us at https://hellolluna.com (https://hellolluna.com) Podcast music composed by Emily Gabriele: https://www.egmusicnyc.com/ (https://www.egmusicnyc.com/)

In our latest episode of The COO Roundtable, Matt welcomes two impressive guests: Amanda Barrale, Chief Platform Officer of Moneta and Eric Sontag, President and Chief Operating Officer of Wealthspire. Moneta is headquartered in St Louis and has offices in Kansas City, Denver, and Boston and currently manages $32.8B in AUM with 440 employees. Wealthspire is headquartered in New York City and has 19 offices around the country. Founded in 1995, they manage $19B in AUM and have 270 employees. Together, Matt, Amanda, and Eric have a great discussion about building RIA Operations at scale and much more, including: The crucial role Operations plays in M&A The balancing act of offering customization to clients in a scalable fashion The conundrum of centralizing operational tasks vs. allowing advisory teams to work independently How each firm uses data intelligence and transparency to communicate to the broader firm, especially in a hybrid work environment Career paths for Operations team members We hope you enjoy, share, and subscribe! You can listen and subscribe on Google Podcasts, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. Sign up here to be notified of new practice management content added to our blog on a regular basis.

In our latest episode of The COO Roundtable, Matt welcomes two impressive guests: Amanda Barrale, Chief Platform Officer of Moneta and Eric Sontag, President and Chief Operating Officer of Wealthspire. Moneta is headquartered in St Louis and has offices in Kansas City, Denver, and Boston and currently manages $32.8B in AUM with 440 employees. Wealthspire is headquartered in New York City and has 19 offices around the country. Founded in 1995, they manage $19B in AUM and have 270 employees. Together, Matt, Amanda, and Eric have a great discussion about building RIA Operations at scale and much more, including: The crucial role Operations plays in M&A The balancing act of offering customization to clients in a scalable fashion The conundrum of centralizing operational tasks vs. allowing advisory teams to work independently How each firm uses data intelligence and transparency to communicate to the broader firm, especially in a hybrid work environment Career paths for Operations team members We hope you enjoy, share, and subscribe! You can listen and subscribe on Google Podcasts, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. Sign up here to be notified of new practice management content added to our blog on a regular basis.

There are very few investment apps that were truly created for those that have no experience with money management but want to learn.  All too often the apps say they're catered to those interested in learning about financial planning, but the price to become part of the investment community is just too high.  So, what does investing with spare change in mind look like? Can it be successful?  To find out, we spoke with Jay Swanston, Chief Platform Officer at Moneybox, an investment app dedicated to teaching people how to manage their money and invest smartly without having to break the bank.  Join us as we discuss: Lessons learned from crowdfunding and working with investors to build Moneybox How the Fintech app plans to continuously improve its user experience  The challenges of launching a new product and the future of Wealthtech To ensure that you never miss an episode of Payments Innovation, subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or here and don't forget to check out our YouTube! Until next time!

Our expert host, Gwera Kiwana, is joined by some great guests to ask: “Will the rise of embedded finance make or break the fintech industry?” if embedded finance has taken fintech's offerings mainstream and given the power to everyone, then who loses out because of that? And does that even matter to consumers? The week's guest include: Anabel Perez, President & CEO, NovoPayment Mark Vermeersch, Chief Platform Officer, Treasury Prime Ruth Foxe Blader, Partner, Anthemis This episode is sponsored by Alto IRA Did you know the majority of people are investing in cryptocurrency through a taxable account, when they could be using an IRA and avoiding or deferring the taxes? With an Alto CryptoIRA, you can invest in crypto without tax headaches. Create a free account in minutes. Choose from over 150 coins, and invest with as little as $10. No setup charges and no account fees. To open an Alto CryptoIRA with as little as $10, just go to www.altoira.com/insider This episode is sponsored by TrueLayer Let's face it, cards were not designed for online. Payments can take days to settle, hurting customer loyalty. While high fraud, clunky checkouts and expensive fees mean millions in missed revenue. At TrueLayer, we've made instant payments available for businesses across Europe and the UK. So you can cut costs, fight fraud and get money moving fast. To learn more visit: www.TrueLayer.com/payments Fintech Insider by 11:FS is a podcast dedicated to all things fintech, banking, technology and financial services. It's hosted by a rotation of 11:FS experts including David M. Brear, Simon Taylor, Jason Bates and Gwera Kiwana, as well as a range of brilliant guests. We cover the latest global news, bring you interviews from industry experts or take a deep dive into subject matters such as APIs, AI or digital banking. If you enjoyed this episode, don't forget to subscribe and please leave a review Follow us on Twitter: @fintechinsiders where you can ask the hosts questions, or email podcasts@11fs.com! Special Guests: Anabel Perez, Mark Vermeersch, and Ruth Foxe-Blader.

For our first episode of the new year, Matt welcomes two highly accomplished guests: Jason Mirabella, Chief Platform Officer of Wealthsource Partners, and Tom Preston, Director of Client Service of Brighton Jones. Founded in 2009, Wealthsource Partners is headquartered in San Luis Obispo, California, has 35 employees and manages $1.8B in AUM. Brighton Jones was founded in 2000 and currently has 225 employees. They are headquartered in Seattle, Washington and manage $8.5B in AUM. Matt, Jason, and Tom discuss how operations plays a key role in firm growth, client experience, and much more, including: An overview of each firm, including how each guests’ role fits into their overall firm structure Our guests tackle the “Sales vs. Operations” divide in the industry KPIs each guests calculate to gauge the health of their organization How to create actionable steps from those KPIs and implement them in a firm Where both guests see the industry trending in the next 18 months We hope you enjoy, share, and subscribe! You can listen and subscribe on Google Podcasts, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. Sign up here to be notified of new practice management content added to our blog on a regular basis.

For our first episode of the new year, Matt welcomes two highly accomplished guests: Jason Mirabella, Chief Platform Officer of Wealthsource Partners, and Tom Preston, Director of Client Service of Brighton Jones. Founded in 2009, Wealthsource Partners is headquartered in San Luis Obispo, California, has 35 employees and manages $1.8B in AUM. Brighton Jones was founded in 2000 and currently has 225 employees. They are headquartered in Seattle, Washington and manage $8.5B in AUM. Matt, Jason, and Tom discuss how operations plays a key role in firm growth, client experience, and much more, including: An overview of each firm, including how each guests’ role fits into their overall firm structure Our guests tackle the “Sales vs. Operations” divide in the industry KPIs each guests calculate to gauge the health of their organization How to create actionable steps from those KPIs and implement them in a firm Where both guests see the industry trending in the next 18 months We hope you enjoy, share, and subscribe! You can listen and subscribe on Google Podcasts, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. Sign up here to be notified of new practice management content added to our blog on a regular basis.

Gareth Priest, Chief Platform Officer, Bottomline Real-time payments are set to soar as the world begins to slowly emerge from the Covid-19 lockdown. With that, fraud and financial crime has increased too, significantly affecting the industry. IBS Intelligence's Reporter Gaia Lamperti discuss how financial institutions can tackle this challenge, as well as the importance of new payment security standards with Gareth Priest, Chief Platform Officer at Bottomline. 

In this episode of the Think FASTT podcast, BenchSci Chief Platform Officer Eran Ben-Ari provides insights into product management from his anthropology academic career and experience leading product development for some of the country's biggest technology success stories. Topics include: Why anthropology is extremely relevant to product management Keeping product teams focused while capitalizing on unexpected opportunities The importance of listening to customers as the foundation of product management success Where the best ideas for new products and features come from Rest and rejuvenation as essential and underappreciated factors in long-term team effectiveness A simple technique to give product teams key context in five minutes per week How different levels of an organization should focus on different time horizons You can learn more about Ben-Ari on his LinkedIn profile at https://www.linkedin.com/in/eran-ben-ari/ (www.linkedin.com/in/eran-ben-ari/). Like what you heard? Be sure to learn more about BenchSci at http://www.benchsci.com/ (www.benchsci.com), and about our culture at https://careers.benchsci.com (careers.benchsci.com).

EBN Podcast #049, our guest is Shawn Smith, the Chief Platform Officer of GYO Score. In this podcast, we discuss the development of GYO Score, the current state of Scholastic Esports, and the future path to pro for Collegiate Esports. Enjoy! Stay tuned, new episodes release on Mondays at 6 AM CST. Enjoy! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/esportsbusinessnetwork/support

How do you convince an organization that just went through a 2 year DevOps transformation to continue the journey by applying SRE practices? What is SRE anyway? What are good SLOs? And how do you get development teams to take responsibility for their code in production?Bart Enkelaar, Lead Site Reliability Engineer at bol.com, not only got their organization to apply SRE practices, define good SLOs and got dev teams to rotate on-call duties. He also followed the advice of Margaret, Chief Platform Officer, to bring his personal passion to the job. This led to inspiring and educating the community about SRE and SLO through music. To see what I mean check out Barts The Game of SLOs – a three part reliability musical from SLOConf or his funny tech conversations at Friendly Tech Chats.Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/bart-enkelaar-02242710/Margaret, Chief Platform Officer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hy1gUEhbnBMGame of SLOs: A 3 part reliability musical - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y53Pho93i-kFriendly Tech Chats - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChHHWkO537q6Yp2dXtJpOzQ/featured

The necessity of balance between doing and telling that is learned throughout the years working in marketing is one of the most important skill sets to master for any marketer. That skill comes from doing lots of things, trying a variety of tactics and being able to recognize when to unpack the value of all actions to the involved stakeholders. Perfecting that balance doesn't happen overnight. A lot of the time that balance is tough. On this episode of the Radically Transparent Podcast, Kathryn Sharfman, CMO and Chief Platform Officer of Sun Exchange sits down with Jennifer Gutman, Director of Strategy at Oktopost to discusses the necessity of balance in decision making, communication, leading teams, transformation and how that balance impacts the success of both short and long-term outcomes.

Kelly Kowal, Chief Platform Officer, and Pascale Colony, VP Business Development & Account Management, both joined FARFETCH over 10 years ago. In this episode, they share the story of how they have developed and adapted over that time - Pascale is responsible for growing our boutique network from 30 to 800 boutique partners! Pascale and Kelly also discuss their thoughts on leadership, negotiation skills and championing gender diversity in the workplace.

"Take The Leap" is the theme of this podcast, and no one has done that better than Kelly Kowal, Chief Platform Officer at Farfetch. Kelly didn't casually enter into a retail career, she dove into one. With courage and a "can-do" attitude, she began a journey in e-commerce running digital marketing at eBags.com. At the time, e-commerce was new to Kelly, so when she didn't know the acronyms people were using in the weekly status meetings, she showed up to the office at 5 AM before anyone else arrived, did her research, and figured it out. This persistence and determination took her to London and to her current role as Chief Platform Officer of Farfetch. In this podcast, Kelly shares her career story and how she and her team professionally and personally weathered the pandemic, all while refining and expanding the offerings Farfetch plans to bring to market in the coming year. You won't want to miss this interview, and be sure to stay until the end when Anne and Kelly plan their next retail conference concert escapades. Thanks to our sponsor, Parcel Pending. For more information about Parcel pending, visit ParcelPending.com

Our host, Nicole Cacal, chats with Nick Davis, Faculty Chair of Corporate Innovation at Singularity University and Chief Platform Officer at Mid-Ohio Foodbank. Nick also recently joined the Forbes Ignite team as the Chief Solutions Officer. Nicole and Nick discuss fatherhood, learning techniques, and how Nick's interests most often lie at the intersection of innovation and impact.This episode is presented by Forbes Ignitewith production by Due South Media©2020 Forbes Ignite

Our host, Nicole Cacal, chats with Nick Davis, Faculty Chair of Corporate Innovation at Singularity University and Chief Platform Officer at Mid-Ohio Foodbank. Nick also recently joined the Forbes Ignite team as the Chief Solutions Officer. Nicole and Nick discuss fatherhood, learning techniques, and how Nick’s interests most often lie at the intersection of innovation and impact.—Nick Davis on LinkedInNicole Cacal on LinkedInForbes Ignite WebsiteForbes Ignite on InstagramForbes Ignite on LinkedIn

Welcome to episode #720 of Six Pixels of Separation. Here it is: Six Pixels of Separation - Episode #720 - Host: Mitch Joel. The official bio of Harley Finkelstein is beyond impressive. In 2009, Harley went from being one of Shopify's first merchants (selling t-shirts) to become their Chief Platform Officer. Now, he is the Chief Operating Officer of Shopify. He is on the board on of the CBC and advisor to Omers Ventures and Felicis Ventures. He is also a Dragon on CBC's Dragon's Den - Next Gen Den. He was inducted into the Order of Ottawa in 2016. Shopify is now a beast. What Amazon is to retail, Shopify is to entrepreneurship. To put the magnitude of Shopify into perspective, their stock has shot up over 190% since last year, with over one millions merchants using their commerce platform (selling over $160 billion in goods). Even during this pandemic, Shopify's stock continues to soar (it now has a market cap of over $100 billion - that is double that of eBay's, and has the third largest market cap out of all public Canadian companies). The unofficial bio of Harley is a personal one. We have been friends for close to fifteen years, and watching his ascent has been of the most special moments of my life. I have always wanted to have him as a guest on this show, but didn't want to bother him with it. Well, we finally made it happen. Shopify, commerce and the future of business. Enjoy the conversation... Running time: 1:01:19. Hello from beautiful Montreal. Subscribe over at iTunes. Please visit and leave comments on the blog - Six Pixels of Separation. Feel free to connect to me directly on Facebook here: Mitch Joel on Facebook. or you can connect on LinkedIn. ...or on Twitter. Here is my conversation with Harley Finkelstein. Shopify. Follow Harley on Instagram. Follow Harley on Twitter. This week's music: David Usher 'St. Lawrence River'.

In this installment of the Future Grind podcast host Ryan O'Shea speaks with Nick Davis, the Faculty Chair for Corporate Innovation at Singularity University. Nick helps organizations identify and capitalize on the exponential trends that will impact their industry, and the world. He's just authored a new book titled Future Ready: A Changemaker's Guide to the Exponential Revolution, which is described as a “resource for developing skillsets for future success”. Nick is also a Venture Partner at BOLD Capital, which invests in high-growth startups that leverage exponential technologies, and serves as the Chief Platform Officer for the Mid-Ohio Foodbank. They discuss what it means to be future ready, the importance of mindset, the impact of the coronavirus pandemic, and much more. Show Notes: https://futuregrind.org Subscribe on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/future-grind-podcast-science-technology-business-politics/id1020231514 Support: https://futuregrind.org/support Follow along - Twitter - https://twitter.com/Ryan0Shea Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/ryan_0shea/ Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/RyanOSheaOfficial/

In today's episode of #skucast, Bobby Lehew is joined by Mark Graham, commonsku's Chief Platform Officer, to answer a question from a distributor about how to go about hiring for marketing and launching a marketing strategy.

In over 108 episodes, we have rarely -almost never- talked about new features that we develop, preferring instead, to put our guests and our friends first. We hope you can indulge us this one time as we introduce an exciting development we are proud to announce: shops! In this episode, Mark Graham, commonsku's Chief Platform Officer, and Bobby Lehew, commonsku's Chief Content Officer, introduce shops.

Coinciding with International Women's Day, Sarah is hosting an episode that shines a spotlight on the financial industry's documented lack of equality and many headlines are made of the gender pay gap and many other negative aspects. But it’s not all doom and gloom. Our roundtable goes over a wide range of topics, looking at their personal experiences as women in financial services, the gender (im)balance at work, what's changed in the industry, differences in gender equality at incumbents and fintechs, how STEM can attract more women, careers advice and so much more. They also talk about approaches to work, mentorships, imposter syndrome, salary expectations and share experiences and advice that apply to everyone. We have some brilliant guests, including: Emma Lindley, VP at VISA and Co-Founder of Women in Identity Val Kristensen, Director of Comms at OakNorth Livia Benisty, Head of Financial Crime at ComplyAdvantage Shafali Gupta, VP Strategy & Operations at Fluidly Diana Parades, CEO of Suade Labs Our Senior Producer Laura Watkins also interviews Megan Caywood, now Head of Digital Strategy at Barclays and formerly Chief Platform Officer at Starling Bank to get her unique perspective on similar issues. We hope you enjoy the show and, as ever, don't forget to subscribe! Want to join the conversation on all the topics discussed? Tweet the show @fintechinsiders and if you really love the show, please leave us a review on iTunes. This episode was made thanks to Senior Producer Laura Watkins and edited by Audio Engineer Alex Woodhouse. Special Guests: Diana Paredes, Emma Lindley, Livia Benisty, Megan Caywood, Shafali Gupta, and Valentina Kristensen.

Sam Maule talks to AWS, Raifeissen Bank, Broadridge, FICO and Liberty Mutual on how Cloud is the new normal, moving to product and development cycles to Cloud in a matter of days rather than quarters and how capital markets and major banks are driving forwards Cloud adoption. Agility tends to be the main theme behind Cloud adoption and integration but no-one's underestimating the human component. Technology might be a huge factor in financial services but people are the ones who ultimately drive these companies forwards and need to be trained in how to use the technology. Sam talks to companies that have been doing Machine Learning for decades and discusses the issues in coming to the game too early as well as too late. Our guests also talk about how to create a new level of security using data, why failing fast is terrible and how juggling 85 balls at a time means individuals only have 5% of their work week to deal with what they should be doing. We have some amazing guests including: Scott Mullins, Head of Worldwide FS Business Development at AWS Claus Moldt, CIO at FICO Laurence Thiery, Head of Financial Services, Asia at AWS Phil Moyer, Managing Director of the Financial Services for the Americas at AWS Jonathan Allen, Enterprise Strategist and Evangelist at AWS Megan Caywood, was Chief Platform Officer at Starling Bank at time of recording, now Managing Director at Barclays Martin Dow, Engineer at Starling Bank Rob Krugman, Chief Digital Officer at Broadridge John Heveran CIO of Global Risk Solutions at Liberty Mutual Gerhard Froehlich, Group Product Owner at Raiffeisen Bank International Vladimir Simunovic, Deputy Group CTO at Raiffeisen Bank International Thank you to AWS for inviting us to AWS re:Invent 2018. We hope you enjoy the show and, as ever, don't forget to subscribe! Want to join the conversation on all the topics discussed? Tweet the show @fintechinsiders and if you really love the show, please leave us a review on iTunes. This episode was produced by Laura Watkins and Petrit Berisha. Recorded by Michael Bailey and edited by Alex Woodhouse. Cloud is a vital way to transform your business for the modern age, tap here (https://aws.amazon.com/financial-services/) to find out how to do it with AWS. Special Guests: Claus Moldt, Gerhard Froehlich, John Heveran, Jonathan Allen, Laurence Thiery, Martin Dow, Megan Caywood, Philip Moyer, Rob Krugman, Scott Mullins, and Vladimir Simunovic.

In this week's insights show we're bringing you a supersized episode of the best content from Xerocon 2018. A conference like no other is their tagline and this proved to be true, as we bring you some of our highlights from our Xerocon 2018 experience. First off, Sarah Kocianski sat down with some fantastic industry experts from across the world of SMB finance and accounting to get some great insights. You will hear from: Gary Turner - Co-founder and UK CEO, Xero Sian Kelly - MD, Inform Accounting Alexis Prenn - CEO, Receipt Bank Will Farnell - Founder, Farnell Clarke Christoph Rieche - CEO and Co-founder, iwoca Jonathan Bareham - Cofounder and Director, Raedan Caroline Plumb- CEO and founder, Fluidly As if that wasn't enough we also hosted an extra special edition of Fintech Insider: Live from the Xerocon exhibition hall. Sarah and David were joined by some leading voices in this space to talk about bank feeds and APIs; automating payments; access to finance and even an attempt at telling some accounting jokes. We were joined by: Keri Gohman, Chief Platform Business Officer at Xero Becca McClure, Director of Operations at BDO Megan Caywood, Chief Platform Officer at Starling Oliver Prill, CEO at Tide Stuart Gregory, Head of Business at Transferwise Pranav Sood, Director of International Expansion at GoCardless Anil Stocker, CEO at MarketInvoice Hannah Dawson, CEO at Futrli A usual a big thanks to all our guests and an even bigger thanks to Xero for hosting us; Xerocon 2018 lived up to the hype and we hope you enjoyed our highlights! Don't forget to subscribe so you never miss an episode, and follow Fintech Insider on Twitter or Facebook. If you really loved it, please leave us a review, we love reading them! Special Guests: Alexis Prenn, Anil Stocker, Becca McClure, Caroline Plumb, Christoph Rieche, Gary Turner, Hannah Dawson, Jonathan Bareham, Keri Gohman , Megan Caywood, Oliver Prill, Pranav Sood, Sian Kelly, Stuart Gregory, and Will Farnell.

In this episode, Mark Graham, commonsku's co-founder and Chief Platform Officer, sits down with RJ Hagel of Goldstar to discuss the obstacles and opportunities in marketing pens, growing beyond their staple products and much more!

We continue our Supplier CMO Series with Julie Fritsch, the Vice President of Marketing at Starline Inc., a Top 40 Supplier and 2017 Distributor Choice Award Winner. Julie joins Mark Graham, commonsku's co-founder and Chief Platform Officer, to discuss why she believes artists make the best marketers, marketing strategies for small promotional products suppliers and much more!

Today's insights show takes a closer look at how to solve the major issues of opening a bank account, payments, and getting a loan that are challenging SMBs at the moment. We speak to experts to find out who's going to win the race for SMB loyalty: Edward Berks, Director of Banking, Fintech & Ecosystem, Xero Nadya Hijazi - Global Head of Business Banking Digital, HSBC George Bevis, CEO, Tide Megan Caywood, Chief Platform Officer at Starling Paul Bulpitt, Head of Accounting at Xero and Founder of the Wow Company Last time we looked at SMB banking we heard from independent business owners about their individual experiences with SMB banking. Now we want to know if they're typical and if anything they said was surprising to the experts? We hope you enjoyed the show! Don't forget to subscribe so you never miss an episode, and follow Fintech Insider on Twitter or Facebook. If you really loved it, please leave us a review, we love reading them! This episode was written by Laura Watkins. Produced by Laura Watkins & Petrit Berisha. Edited by Michael Bailey & Holly Blaxill. Hosted by Sarah Kocianski. Special Guests: Edward Berks, George Bevis, Megan Caywood, Nadya Hijazi, Oren Greenberg, Paul Bulpitt, and Sam Booth.

Today we have an epic line up to discuss the ever evolving topic of Open Banking. Formally implemented as law in Europe in January as PSD2 in Europe and Open Banking in the UK, we're still in the very early days of what will be a transformational change in financial services. Joining us to discuss current developments in Open Banking and where we're headed from here are Louise Beaumont, Co-Chair of techUK's Open Banking & Payments Working Group and a member of the Open Banking Implementation Entitiy Working Group, Megan Caywood, Chief Platform Officer at Starling Bank, a UK digital bank differentiating through Open Banking, and Jamie Campbell, Head of Awareness at Bud, a fintech leveraging Open Banking to create new revenue streams for banks. In the episode, Jamie mentions the book Bud have published on Open Banking, available here. You may have noticed that we've recorded the last few episodes in the offices of Saxo Payments Banking Circle, a new utility layer for banking. I was recently involved in a report they coordinated on Open Banking and other trends, and how they're reshaping the industry, which I'll link to in the show notes. As always, connect with us on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn or on our website at bankingthefuture.com. If you like today's show, please subscribe on iTunes, or your podcast platform of choice, and leave us a review. Thank you very much for joining us today, please welcome Louise Beaumont, Megan Caywood and Jamie Campbell.

Mark Graham (commonsku's Chief Platform Officer) and Bobby Lehew (commonsku's Chief Content Officer) talk about what's in store for attendees at skucamp this year and we paint a picture of what the experience will be like, live from the Ace Hotel New Orleans.

In this episode, commonsku's Chief Platform Officer, Mark Graham, and Chief Content Officer, Bobby Lehew, explore what the future of B2B e-commerce could look like. They share their failures at trying to build their own e-commerce solutions and walk through what the buyer's experience could be if we simply challenged our conventional views of e-commerce and re-imagined the buyer's journey.

In today's episode, commonsku's Chief Platform Officer, Mark Graham and Chief Content Officer Bobby Lehew sit down and discuss a shift that has happened in the marketplace over the past ten or fifteen years: the rise of the progressive distributor.

Megan Caywood is Chief Platform Officer at Starling Bank, a leading challenge bank in the UK. Prior to Starling, she was a product leader in financial technology in San Francisco. She moved to the UK on a Tier 1 Exceptional Talent visa in 2016 to help start Starling, and has since been named on Forbes 30 under 30.

commonsku collections is a brand new in-app tool that allows suppliers to create beautiful collections of product that can be easily shared by a distributor with their customers. In this episode, Mark Graham, commonsku's co-founder and Chief Platform Officer, and Samantha Kates, commonsku's Vice President of Sales, sit down to share how collections can save distributors time and how this new tool can make sales happen quicker for both distributor and supplier.

Industry leaders come together in this panel discussion: 'Open APIs: the cornerstone of the banking revolution?' Featuring: Caroline Ambrose, Open Banking Director, Barclays Bank Derek Corcoran, Chief Experience Officer, Avoka Hetal Popat, Programme Director and Head, CMA Open Banking, HSBC Bank Natasha Kyprianides, Head of Omnichannel & Customer Experience, Hellenic Bank Megan Caywood, Chief Platform Officer, Starling Bank • In what ways are open banking initiatives already revolutionising the sector? • Putting customers at the heart of the open banking strategy: how is this being achieved? • How will customers react to the opportunities created by open APIs? • What opportunities do open APIs present for banks? • Accessing multiple accounts and different banking suppliers through a single integrated model: will this become the new normal for customers? • What are the security risks that come with open banking initiatives and how can they be avoided? • Agreeing a set of standards: where is the industry now? Find out more about MoneyLIVE here >> https://bit.ly/2JxaXnG

Megan Caywood is the Chief Platform Officer at Starling Bank, one of the UK's newest and most tech forward banks. Megan is responsible for the design and development of Starling's API strategy and the bank's marketplace, both of which we discuss in detail in today's conversation.   And what a timely conversation it is. PSD2 in Europe and Open Banking in the UK took effect on Saturday, January 13th, the day after we recorded this episode, making effective one of the most dramatic changes to the banking industry in decades.   Open data models, APIs and multi-party customer experience are core to Starling's model in the same way they are those of Google, Apple, Facebook and others. It's unclear how quickly the impact of Open Banking will be felt or exactly how the legislation will affect the market, but it could be transformational.   As always, connect with us on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn or on our website at bankingthefuture.com.   If you like today's show, please subscribe on iTunes, or your podcast platform of choice, and leave us a review.   Thank you very much for joining us today, please welcome Megan Caywood.

In this week’s Success Story, Megan Caywood, Chief Platform Officer at Starling Bank in the UK speaks with Catherine Robson about what the future of banking looks like and why taking action and not waiting to be chosen is the key to getting ahead in your career.

Mark Graham, Chief Platform Officer, and Bobby Lehew, Chief Content Officer, sit down to discuss business podcasting, the why's as well as the how-to's.

In this episode: Megan Caywood, Chief Platform Officer, Jason Maude, Head of Customer Analytics and Sarah Guha, Product Director at Starling are joined by David Brear and Simon Taylor for a round table discussion about all things Starling Bank! Megan, Sarah and Jason fill us in on what Starling Bank does right now and it's aim to be the best current account in the industry. They also talk about the beginning of their global expansion, their start up mentality, their total focus on innovation and improvement, and the hurdles of rapid scaling. They also discuss their Marketplace product and some key partnerships as part of that, and how they're making a head start on PSD2. For more information visit StarlingBank.com or follow them on Twitter @StarlingBank. We hope you're enjoying the show - don't forget to subscribe so you never miss an episode, and we'd also love it if you could leave us a review on iTunes! Special Guests: Jason Maude, Megan Caywood, and Sarah Guha.

In this episode We bring you our first ever live podcast, recorded in front of a live audience at Money20/20 Europe, Copenhagen. With all four of our regular hosts, David Brear, Jason Bates, Simon Taylor and Chris Skinner, plus six fantastic guests from the world of fintech and banking (and previous podcasts), they discuss the latest news and stories with additional audience interaction, including: Goldman Sachs’ lending business hitting its first $1bn mark, is this a good thing or is it old news?, the pros and cons of card use and card readers vs smartphone points of sale – as pioneered by Jack Dorsey’s Square; and the merits of Will.i.am as an advisor to Atom Bank and personification of their market sector, which opens up discussion of who other banks would be if they were a pop star. We also hear Starling’s own Megan Cawood on their European expansion and Simon and Ajit lead the audience into a cryptocurrency Q&A explaining the Ethereum “flash crash” and what this means for Ethereum’s future, and cryptocurrency in general, and they attempt to address the same old question: is it a bubble, should I hold or sell? Guests Ali Patterson – Editor in Chief, FinTech Finance Leda Glyptis – Chief Innovation Officer, Qatar National Bank Meaghan Johnson – Co-founder and Director of Research at 11:FS Jamie Campbell – Head of Awareness at Bud Ajit Tripathi – Director, Fintech and Digital Banking, PWC Megan Caywood – Chief Platform Officer, Starling Bank News this week Business Insider – Goldman Sachs’ new online lending business has already hit a $1 billion milestone – Link Financial Review – Square gets green light to take on banks with ‘PIN on glass’ mobile technology – Link Tech City News -Will.i.am reveals why he became an advisor to UK FinTech startup Atom Bank – Link Venture Beat – Stripe refocuses European effort with 6 new markets and expanded payments platform – Link Tech Crunch – Starling Bank passports to Europe, first stop Ireland – Link CNBC –  Despite $319 to 10 cents flash crash, ethereum still has massive potential, says digital currency expert – Link Techcrunch – Coinbase is reimbursing losses caused by the Ethereum flash crash – Link Bloomberg – Jack Ma’s Ant Financial Nearly Doubles Profits Amid Deal Push – Link The post Ep. 271. News: LIVE from Money20/20 Europe appeared first on 11:FS.

In this episode We've brought together some of our favourite folks from the world of FinTech challenger banks. In this episode, we talk to Starling, Fidor, and Loot about their business models, who their customers are, and how they're using technology and data to provide a great customer experience. We also discuss the challenges they're facing, what agile really means, and what's coming up for them in 2017. Enjoy the show! Our guests Megan Caywood, the Chief Platform Officer at Starling Bank Sophie Guibaud, the Vice President of European Expansion at Fidor Ollie Purdue, Founder and CEO at Loot “We like to spend a lot of time talking with our customers,” Megan says, “not just usability sessions, but chatting with them and understanding how they're currently using their banking products and where those pain points are. What we hear time and again is that what they're used to expecting –  seamlessness and ease of use from other apps and products – just isn't what they see from their bank.” Learned something cool on today's podcast? It would make our week if you told a friend about us and gave us a little shout out on iTunes. Thank you! The post Ep228 – Challenger Banks: The Battle Begins appeared first on 11:FS.

In this episode We’ve brought together some of our favourite folks from the world of FinTech challenger banks. In this episode, we talk to Starling, Fidor, and Loot about their business models, who their customers are, and how they’re using technology and data to provide a great customer experience. We also discuss the challenges they’re facing, what agile really means, and what’s coming up for them in 2017. Enjoy the show! Our guests Megan Caywood, the Chief Platform Officer at Starling Bank Sophie Guibaud, the Vice President of European Expansion at Fidor Ollie Purdue, Founder and CEO at Loot “We like to spend a lot of time talking with our customers,” Megan says, “not just usability sessions, but chatting with them and understanding how they’re currently using their banking products and where those pain points are. What we hear time and again is that what they’re used to expecting –  seamlessness and ease of use from other apps and products – just isn’t what they see from their bank.” Learned something cool on today’s podcast? It would make our week if you told a friend about us and gave us a little shout out on iTunes. Thank you! The post Ep228 – Challenger Banks: The Battle Begins appeared first on 11:FS.

In this episode On this episode of FinTech Insider we cover all sorts of intrigue, from money laundering, to tantric blockchain, to narcotics. Of course, we also analyze the latest FinTech headlines so you don't have to, and interview some of our favourite folks at solarisBank and Penta. Thank you to our guests for another fun episode. Our guests Monty Munford, writer for The Economist, BBC, Forbes, and Fast Company, and Founder of Mob76 Megan Caywood, Chief Platform Officer at Starling Bank Sophie Guibaud, Vice President European Expansion at Fidor  News stories Forbes – Meet The European banks of the future…you might even like them – Link Business Insider – German FinTech startup solarisBank raises €26.3 million and lands Deutsche Bank exec as CEO – Link Pymnts – Penta launches to help SMEs cherry-pick banking services – Link Mastercard – Prepaid card programmes in France (no link) Independent – Banks are getting bigger, not smaller. Clearly they learnt nothing from the 2008 financial crisis – Link FT – Lloyds to transfer 1,900 staff to IBM in IT outsourcing deal – Link City A.M. – Digital challenger Starling Bank is launching in beta – Link Quartz – The influence of Uber ratings is about to be felt in the hallways of one of the world's largest banks – Link  Are we one of your favs? If so, please tell a friend about our podcast, and leave FinTech Insider a review on iTunes. The post Ep227 – Tantric Blockchain and Other FinTech Fun appeared first on 11:FS.

In this episode On this episode of FinTech Insider we cover all sorts of intrigue, from money laundering, to tantric blockchain, to narcotics. Of course, we also analyze the latest FinTech headlines so you don’t have to, and interview some of our favourite folks at solarisBank and Penta. Thank you to our guests for another fun episode. Our guests Monty Munford, writer for The Economist, BBC, Forbes, and Fast Company, and Founder of Mob76 Megan Caywood, Chief Platform Officer at Starling Bank Sophie Guibaud, Vice President European Expansion at Fidor  News stories Forbes – Meet The European banks of the future…you might even like them – Link Business Insider – German FinTech startup solarisBank raises €26.3 million and lands Deutsche Bank exec as CEO – Link Pymnts – Penta launches to help SMEs cherry-pick banking services – Link Mastercard – Prepaid card programmes in France (no link) Independent – Banks are getting bigger, not smaller. Clearly they learnt nothing from the 2008 financial crisis – Link FT – Lloyds to transfer 1,900 staff to IBM in IT outsourcing deal – Link City A.M. – Digital challenger Starling Bank is launching in beta – Link Quartz – The influence of Uber ratings is about to be felt in the hallways of one of the world’s largest banks – Link  Are we one of your favs? If so, please tell a friend about our podcast, and leave FinTech Insider a review on iTunes. The post Ep227 – Tantric Blockchain and Other FinTech Fun appeared first on 11:FS.