Podcasts about curiscope

In this episode I have a very honest conversation with Ed Barton, cofounder of Curiscope, about what it's like to build a venture backed startup. What starts off as a classic tech startup story and a window into the world of venture capital evolves beautifully into a raw story of what it's like to be a leader at a personal level. We talk about the struggle and overwhelm that comes with investment and the need to grow. We also discuss how burnout can creep up on you and how difficult it is to recognise until you're on the cusp. Ed offers some very sage advice for any founder, whether you're running a non-profit or a rocketship, about how to make business life less hard and less effortful. Following on from the last episode on coping with struggle Ed's story is a real world case study of what it's like in and what you can do to make sure you thrive rather than just barely survive.

‘As an entrepreneur, you need to make the impossible possible’. Ed and I talk about managing your time, the highs and lows of entrepreneurship, and what it takes to get through it all.

In this episode I have a very honest conversation with Ed Barton, cofounder of Curiscope, about what it's like to build a venture backed startup. What starts off as a classic tech startup story and a window into the world of venture capital evolves beautifully into a raw story of what it's like to be a leader at a personal level. We talk about the struggle and overwhelm that comes with investment and the need to grow. We also discuss how burnout can creep up on you and how difficult it is to recognise until you're on the cusp. Ed offers some very sage advice for any founder, whether you're running a non-profit or a rocketship, about how to make business life less hard and less effortful. Following on from the last episode on coping with struggle Ed's story is a real world case study of what it's like in and what you can do to make sure you thrive rather than just barely survive.

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Michael and Michael start off this episode with a ready to weAR t-shirt from Curiscope, that displays the wearer’s heart rate in addition to a representation of heart & other organs in the torso.  This leads to a conversation on what more could be done in a hospital setting, to … Continue reading →

On gaming, apps, coding, AR, & audio Thank you to this week's sponsors Glisser Edu and ClassCentral!  VOTE for The Edtech Podcast in the British Podcasting Awards!  RECORD a special message for The Edtech Podcast listeners episode by simply clicking here. What's in this episode? Introduction 0-4.15 Jaz Ampaw-Farr TED Talk  Message from Glisser Edu Message from Class Central GLF Schools Showcase exhibitors & speakers 4.15 - 21.45 Interview with Raul Gutierrez, Founder and CEO, TinyBop on engaging apps  21.45 - 26.20 Interview with Alice Lacey, CEO & Co-Founder at now press play on engaging audio  26.20 - 34.55 Interview with Ed Barton, CEO, Curiscope on engaging AR and VR 34.55 - 42.30 Interview with Mark Overland, Head of Education, Primo Toys on engaging creativity and coding  42.30 -55.45 Interview with Srinivas Mandyam, CTO, Tynker on engaging creativity and coding  Outro 55:45 - 57.30 - with offer from ELTJam using code ‘edtechpod.' Nice one.    Sample quotations: I've worked always at the intersection of entertainment and art  I was never a good enough coder to call myself a coder. I was never a good enough designer to call myself a designer, but I was good enough at both to recognise who was really great. The very first thing that I wrote before I wrote the company name is designing for quiet. How do we encapsulate the best parts of an analogue childhood in a digital realm? What do you think about Betsy Devos? I think she's a disaster!  I think assessment is driving education in the wrong direction.  We wanted to contextualise learning about the body by literally going beyond the skin.  All off us are geek dads, I guess  Who doesn't like flying drones right?  Messages from The Edtech Podcast: VOTE for The Edtech Podcast in the British Podcasting Awards!  JOIN US at The Edtech Podcast 1st Birthday Party! Don't forget to subscribe to The Edtech Podcast on iTunes or Stitcher.  Collaborate on our LIVE podcast series - we are on the look out for unique venues or complimentary sponsors.  References:   Bett Show: https://twitter.com/Bett_show Jaz Ampaw-Farr TED Talk  Message from Glisser Edu Message from Class Central GLF Schools Showcase exhibitors & speakers Raul Gutierrez: https://twitter.com/themexican  TinyBop: https://twitter.com/tinybop  TocaBoca: https://twitter.com/tocaboca http://tinybop.com/loves https://toontastic.withgoogle.com/ Betsy Devos: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betsy_DeVos  Alice Lacey: https://twitter.com/alice_lacey?lang=en  Now Press Play: https://twitter.com/nowpressplay  BBC Schools Radio: http://www.bbc.co.uk/schoolradio Pokemon Go: https://twitter.com/pokemongoapp  Curiscope: https://twitter.com/curiscope  Ed Barton: https://twitter.com/ed_barton  ICT Evangelist: https://twitter.com/ICTEvangelist  Tynker: https://twitter.com/gotynker Srinivas Mandyam: https://twitter.com/srinimandyam  Parrot: https://twitter.com/Parrot Sphero: https://twitter.com/Sphero  Lego: https://twitter.com/LEGO_Group Primo Toys: https://twitter.com/primotoys  Mark Overland: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-overland-b56203aa  British School in Colombo: http://britishschool.lk/    Thank you to this week's sponsors: Next up, a word from ClassCentral which if you're into geeking out over online learning and MOOC reports like I am you'll probably already know about!  It's been more than half a decade since free online courses from Stanford kicked off the modern-MOOC or massive online open courses movement. Since then more than 700 universities around the world have launched MOOCS, used by over 60 million people. Gaining insight into this fast paced world is worth spending time on (especially for those implicated by such changes). That's where Class Central comes in.      Class Central launched at the end of 2011, and has kept track of the MOOC space right from the beginning. Not only does it list 7000+ courses, making it the #1 search engine for online courses, but the excellent MOOC report blog has deep analysis on what's up, down, new or just slightly leftfield. With over 500+ articles written, Class Central has the most comprehensive coverage of the MOOC Industry.   I came across Class Central when I was preparing for a Department for International Trade webinar I was speaking on and found it invaluable. Since then, I met founder Dhawal Shah out at SXSWedu and he was excited to share the resource with all of you. So definitely go and check it out at www.class-central.com/report/ and let me know what you think!                 This is an easy one for me as I regularly use Glisser at events because I frankly find it a bit WEIRD when there are people staring at you but you ignore them! Glisser is an audience engagement platform, and they also have an education offer for socialising lectures where they take regular PowerPoint or Keynote presentations and push each slide out live to student's mobile devices as they are presented. Professors, administrators and students get valuable data on where information is really engaging, or needs reworking and staff and students can interact through the deck. You can check them out at https://www.glisser.com/student-engagement/   Subscribe: Never miss an episode! Subscribe to The Edtech Podcast via iTunes, TuneIN Radio, Stitcher, Pocket Cast and many more. 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On creativity and learning  VOTE for The Edtech Podcast in the British Podcasting Awards!  What's in this episode? Introduction, Emerge Education Cohort 8 open, Edtech Podcast 1st Birthday Party (come!), Naace and more  1:1 interview with award winning musician and innovator Imogen Heap Developing the technology of the MiMu gesture glove over the last seven years Stepping outside of expected musical forms, influenced by the open movements of makers and hackers Sneaking around MIT Lab, NASA & why Imogen is excited about VR and the potential to stay connected   Sample quotations: I suppose twenty years ago I signed my first record deal and back in those days you make music and that was it. Don't even think about the video or doing the art work. It took me a long time to shake those ideas and step out and collaborate with people. And then i discovered all these hackers and makers involved in that stuff Over the last seven years I've been developing a set of technology called the mi mu gloves to help me augment those acoustic sounds, to bring them to live physically. It gets me very very excited about the next generation. They are not going to be stuck behind a laptop. Imogen if you and your team want to come around the Goddard space centre give us a shout. She invited me to the MIT media lab I saw many bits of tech but this is the one that really resonated with me ON VR: This is the reality of how kids will be learning in the future Messages from The Edtech Podcast: VOTE for The Edtech Podcast in the British Podcasting Awards!  JOIN US at The Edtech Podcast 1st Birthday Party! Don't forget to subscribe to The Edtech Podcast on iTunes or Stitcher.  Collaborate on our LIVE podcast series - we are on the look out for unique venues or complimentary sponsors.  References:   Bett Show: https://twitter.com/Bett_show Emerge Education Cohort 8 open day: http://meetu.ps/37Wzr8  The Edtech Podcast 1st Birthday Party: JOIN US  NAACE update and AGM Ted Fujimoto: https://twitter.com/tedfujimoto  Study Tracks: https://twitter.com/study_tracks  Curiscope: https://twitter.com/curiscope  Tiny Bop:https://twitter.com/tinybop  Imogen Heap: http://imogenheap.com/  Imogen Heap: https://twitter.com/imogenheap  Bill Bailey: https://twitter.com/BillBailey  Drew Buddie: https://twitter.com/digitalmaverick  Kelly Snook: https://twitter.com/kellysnook?lang=en  Goddard Space Centre: https://twitter.com/nasagoddard LAETITIA SONAMI: http://sonami.net/  Leap Motion: https://twitter.com/LeapMotion  Oculus: https://twitter.com/oculus  Sibelius: https://twitter.com/sibeliusblog?lang=en  WEF: https://twitter.com/wef  Digital Catapult: https://twitter.com/DigiCatapult  Microsoft Hololens: https://twitter.com/HoloLens  WAVE VR: https://twitter.com/TheWaveVR  Imogen Heap: http://imogenheap.com/  Subscribe: Never miss an episode! Subscribe to The Edtech Podcast via iTunes, TuneIN Radio, Stitcher, Pocket Cast and many more. You can also subscribe to The Edtech Podcast weekly for news, events updates and episode links: Sign up to The EdTech Podcast Weekly  

Cheat Sheet The more work you do on your campaign before you launch the more success you will have. But no matter how much you plan, Global Politics (and other factors 100% out of your control) get a vote. Today’s guest, Ed Barton of Virtuali-Tee, saw his production costs go up 33% overnight after the UK voted for Brexit and the Pound collapsed. Setting up plans for likely contingencies is a great start. But when things break down (and they will) or a blind spot is revealed, that is when the real work begins! Communication is the key to weathering the inevitable storm of backer emails asking when their product is supposed to arrive. With the media surrounding Crowdfunding beginning to sour on projects not delivering, you have to do everything you can to not be lumped into that narrative.   About This Episode Imagine being able to look at your body, and see your heart beat, lungs breathe, liver processing, stomach churning, and intestines digesting, That is what you can now do with Virtuali-Tee, a new product from Curiscope that Founder and CEO, Ed Barton, hopes will help kids learn to love biology. The Virtuali-Tee uses your smartphone and a funky tee-shirt that looks like it is out of the 1980’s hit game, Space Invaders. The shirt is essentially an advanced QR-Code that, when you combine it with your smartphone or VR device, lets you look at a virtual representation of your anatomy ON your body. You can literally dive into your blood vessels and learn how the heart delivers oxygen to muscles and tissues. Crowdfunding is MADE for cool projects and creators like Ed and his team. For their successful launch, Ed was extremely well prepared by most standards: He had an email list He had a working prototype He lined up a manufacturer in the United States that could meet the high printing quality standards required to make the magic happen. He and his co-founder went to conferences, demoed their product and signed people up to their email list IN PERSON! Even then, Ed delivered the Virtuali-Tee to all backers about 6 weeks late, (“early” by Crowdfunding standards) and he wasn’t happy about it. Why’s that? As Ed puts it… “Business is a string of problems that you solve to get the successes along the way.” Some of these problems are foreseeable and contingencies can be planned. After Brexit, the Pound dropped 25% overnight. This caused his production costs go up 33% as a result (the maths, as the Brits say, works I swear) and meant that he had start from square one to source a new manufacturer able to meet the high standards required to make the magic happen. Communication is what saved his company’s reputation. Ed made it his policy to respond personally to all emails and Backer comments within 24 hours. The results of being on top of his communication, and ultimately delivering a great product, has meant hundreds of repeat orders from teachers all over the world and the beginning of what Ed hopes will revolutionise how kids are taught and engage in school.   Resources Mentioned Virtuali-Tee Kickstarter Campaign Curiscope.com The VR Great White Shark Video Curiscope Facebook Page Curiscope on Twitter Startup Podcast

In this episode we explore the virtual and augmented reality worlds, talk about the use of these technologies in the classroom and meet Ed Barton, CEO of Curiscope. https://www.curiscope.com/