Podcast appearances and mentions of josh simons

Today Oli is joined by Labour MP for Makerfield Josh Simons to chat fatherhood, birth rate and how to make the UK work for the people rather than growth for growth's sake. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Labour MP Josh Simons, Conservative peer and former defence minister Lord Robathan, theatre director Jude Kelly and Robert Shrimsley from the Financial Times.

On the eve of his trip to Washington, Keir Starmer told the commons that UK defence spending would rise to 2.5 percent within two years. It's an increase in real money of £13.4 billion. £5 billion of which will come from cutting our foreign aid budget. Is he trying to protect Europe? Or to please Trump? And will it work? Later, does Labour have the right response to the falling birth rate? Why are all the conversations about family and children coming from the hard right and the MAGA traditionalists? We talk to Josh Simons, Labour MP for Makerfield. Tickets to The News Agents Live On Stage with HSBC UK are now on sale! You can get your tickets for Edinburgh here: https://articles.globalplayer.com/7giHoMavXLgdrd6gaC3GxWG7T8Editor: Tom HughesExecutive Producer: Louis DegenhardtProducer: Natalie IndgeDigital Editor: Michaela WaltersSocial Media Editor: Georgia FoxwellVideo Production: Rory Symon, Shane Fennelly & Arvind BadewalDigital Journalist: Michael BaggsDon't forget you can also subscribe to our other News Agents podcasts via the link below:https://linktr.ee/thenewsagentsThe News Agents USA now have merch! Click here to buy yours now: https://store.global.com/collections/the-news-agentsThe News Agents is brought to you by HSBC UK - https://www.hsbc.co.uk/

Caroline Wheeler from The Sunday Times assesses the latest developments at Westminster.Following Rachel Reeves' speech setting out a series of major announcements on infrastructure projects, including backing plans for a third runway at Heathrow Airport, Caroline speaks to Labour MP, Josh Simons and crossbench peer, Richard Harrington, who chairs the manufacturers organisation Made UK about how to achieve growth in the UK economy. On the fifth anniversary of the UK's official departure from the EU, the chair of the Foreign Affairs select committee Emily Thornberry and the former Conservative MP and leader of the House of Commons, Penny Mordaunt discuss the state of play in EU-UK relations. The Conservative peer, Charlotte Owen is campaigning to stop the rise of deep fake online pornography and she discusses this with Caroline and "Jodie", a victim of deep fake porn.And, the Speaker of the House of Commons Sir Lindsay Hoyle explains the importance of marking Holocaust Memorial Day and the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau in parliament.

After a host of MPs were among the millions of people to quit X, formerly known as Twitter, in recent days over the role of its owner, the billionaire Elon Musk, and the amplification of misinformation and abuse, Josh Simons, Labour MP for Makerfield and member of the Science, Innovation and Technology Committee, joined Ben Guerin, co-founder of creative agency Topham Guerin, which has worked on several high-profile political communications campaigns, and Alain Tolhurst and Zoe Crowther to look at the role of algorithms in mass communication, the manipulation of social media, and whether politicos should finally wean themselves off Twitter despite Westminster being glued to the bird site for more than a decade. To sign up for our newsletters click here Presented by Alain Tolhurst, produced and edited by Nick Hilton for Podot

Listen to Josh Simons answer rapid fire questions about if he believes in conspiracy theories, how he would spend a million dollars and if he would start an Only Fans account! This is a lively and engaging segment that gives listeners a quick peek into the quirks, personalities and experiences of the guests, all from the front seat! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week on In the Back Seat, Renee catches up with Josh Simons, musician turned, founder, CEO, digital disruptor, and all-around top bloke. Josh's journey has been anything but ordinary; he started out rocking on stage, and one thing led to another until he found himself leading an ASX-listed company and changing the game in the music and tech world. Along the way, he's even produced music for some of the biggest names in the industry, like Travis Scott and Troye Sivan. Oh, and no big deal, but he now counts Chris Martin as one of his best friends and is currently on tour with Coldplay, playing in the supporting act! Josh talks about how each step has led him to the next, from backstage antics to boardroom brainstorms. Tune in for a fun and inspiring episode with a guy whose career path could easily double as an epic road trip playlist. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Josh Simons, the visionary behind Chicken & Blues Restaurants and Flamingo Cafe Bars, dives into integrating delivery services with the hospitality industry, through exclusive partnerships and technological advancements. We explore what happens when expanding into new markets while maintaining brand integrity, and some of Josh's personal reflections from his father's business.In this episode, we discuss:Personalised catering in QSR brandsThe risks that come with scaling a brandStarting Chicken and Blues in 2013 in with a tiny 8-seater setupHow Josh has been exclusive with Deliveroo for 8 yearsBalancing business growth with family lifeLinks mentioned in this episodeChicken & BluesFlamingo Cafe BarsJosh Simons on LinkedInLike the show? We'd be hugely grateful if you could help us spread the word by taking 1 minute to leave us a rating and review on your podcast platform of choice. Full instructions at https://www.thedelivery.world/ratingsandreviews

Welcome to an audio-led edition of Unmade. Today we talk to two of the co-founders of Mercha - Ben Read and Sam Hardy. Plus, the top of town pushes down the Unmade Index.If you've been thinking about upgrading to an Unmade membership, this is the perfect time. Your membership includes:* A complimentary ticket to all of Unmade's events, including HumAIn (2025), REmade (September 2025), Unlock (31 October), and Compass (November);* Member-only content and our paywalled archives;* Your own copy of Media Unmade. The Unmakers: Meet Mercha - ‘A digital platform in an analogue industry'Mercha can claim to be the first branded merchandise player in Australia to have fully digitised its processes in what remains marketing's arguably most analogue sector.Last month the company wrapped up a $300,000 crowd-funded seed round, valuing it at around $10m.In today's edition of The Unmakers, Unmade's Tim Burrowes talks to CEO Ben Read and chief revenue officer Sam Hardy about why the promotional marketing sector has taken so long to scale up in Australia. As Hardy puts it: “Mercha is a digital platform in an analogue, old school industry.”Over just three years, Mercha has ramped up to a turnover of $2.9m in the last financial year.Promotional merchandise is also a sector facing headwinds as sustainability moves further up the agenda. Mercha claims to be part of the solution by focusing on products that people will want to keep. Says Read: “It is shocking to me that 66% of promotional products end up in landfill. That is just disgusting to me. It should never happen.“We're trying to be better than an industry that is not trying hard enough.”By way of example, Hardy adds: “We had a radio station out of Sydney ask us very early on in the piece to do 250,000 whistles for a New Year's Eve event. Plastic whistles next to the harbour. And it would have been great, the revenue. But we turned it down.“I draw the line on offering people crap that's going into the bin or offering people product that's not made fairly.”Unmade Index red up top, green belowThe Unmade Index slipped on Wednesday after Nine, the biggest locally listed media and marketing stock lost 1.6% to fall back to a market capitalisation of $1.9bn.The move added to the daylight between Nine and its 60.1% owned subsidiary Domain. Domain slipped by 1.2% yesterday.Ooh Media was also on a losing trend yesterday, slipping by 1.1%In the mid market, ARN Media and Southern Cross Austereo both saw slight improvements.Vinyl Group, which this week announced the acquisition of blockchain music collectibles business Serenade, rose by 9.5%. In the company's annual report released on Tuesday, it said it had written down the value of its Vampr “LinkedIn for musicians” platform, founded by CEO Josh Simons, by $1.8m, but remained “bullish”.The Unmade Index slipped by 0.7% to 461 points.Today's podcast was edited by Abe's Audio. As disclosed in the podcast, at the time of recording this interview, I was considering taking part in the Mercha crowd funding round on Birchal, via my super fund. I did choose to investWe'll be back with an end-of-week update tomorrow.Have a great day.Toodlepip…Tim BurrowesPublisher - Unmadetim@unmade.media This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.unmade.media/subscribe

Welcome to an audio-led edition of Unmade. Today: As Vinyl Group this morning announces yet another acquisition, we talk to CEO Josh Simons about the bust-up that saw the ousting of Brag Media co-founder Luke Girgis, and the background to his opportunistic acquisition of Mediaweek.If you've been thinking about upgrading to an Unmade membership, this is the perfect time. Your membership includes:* A complimentary ticket to all of Unmade's events, including HumAIn (2025), REmade (next week), Unlock (31 October), and Compass (November);* Member-only content and our paywalled archives;* Your own copy of Media Unmade. ‘I stand behind the acquisition every day of the week': Vinyl boss Josh Simons on the bumpy Brag Media buyoutAmong the bosses of Australia's ASX-listed media companies, nobody has had a more random path to the hot seat than Josh Simons. From the lead singer of rock band Buchanan, Simons went on to found Vampr, a social networking site for the music industry, before seeing that acquired by the company he went on to head, Vinyl Group.Simons was the architect of Vinyl's $8m+ purchase of the Brag Media group, publisher of The Brag and local editions of Rolling Stone and Variety among others, at the start of the year.The initial plan was for Vinyl Group to be a portfolio company with its Brag Media arm run separately to its music platform interests. But that quickly fell over, with the less-than-amicable departure of Brag Media co-founder Luke Girgis five months after the takeover.That left Simons taking what he describes in today's interview with Unmade's Tim Burrowes as “a masterclass in media” as he relocated from Melbourne and took charge of the Brag Media publishing operation.That's included a lesson in the publishing etiquette around journalistic independence. Simons concedes that he was “naive” when he took control adding: “I'm not dogmatic in terms of my views on things. And I think it's important to be able to know when you've said something stupid.”Vinyl Group, with a market capitalisation of a little under $92m, is behind only Nine, Domain, Ooh Media, Seven West Media, ARN Media and Southern Cross Austereo when it comes to local ASX-listed media companies. When it comes to the narrower business of publishing, Vinyl is fourth if you also include the dual-listed News Corp. As Simons observes dryly: “It's not lost on my parents.”During the interview, Simons offers few clues about what led to the ousting of Girgis, although he hints: “We had to invest in areas that were previously just not being invested in. We needed to bring journalists in.”Hires have included Lars Brandle as head of content, and promoting former Daily Mail and Cartology executive Jess Hunter to head of Brag Media. Since recording the interview, editor-in-chief Poppy Reid who was part of the Girgis era, announced her exit.Earlier this month, Vinyl Group completed the fire sale acquisition of Mediaweek for just $1m after owner Trent Thomas was forced to sell the title following allegations of harassment towards staff. The timing and price of the deal was, Simons says, “almost too good to be true”. The integration is being overseen by Vinyl Group's chief operating officer Joel King.Simons hints there are more media acquisitions in the entertainment space to come, including overseas. Asked about the fact that Vinyl Group's tech platforms are global while the media companies are local, he notes: “Rome wasn't built in a day. We've got broad, ambitious plans for global. Rest assured that we're looking around the world to find teams that might add value in any of those areas inside the media part of Vinyl.”As we were publishing this morning, Vinyl Group announced to the ASX that it has agreed to buy event and brand activation agency Funkified from founder Gus Stephenson for $2.5m. Funkified has been Brag Media's in-house events supplier since 2021. It had a turnover of $4m and EBITDA profit of $430,000 in the last financial year. In the interview, Simons also fleshes out his strategy for Vinyl Group, which as well as Vampr includes music credits database Jaxsta and online retail platform Vinyl. The job of the media arm is to fund investment in the company's (so far) loss-making tech. “Our media company now is really the engine that allows us to invest in technology. In the past, we've seen media companies try and buy tech companies, and it hasn't worked out so well. And so what we're trying here is buying media companies to fuel tech.”Despite being an ASX-listed company, Vinyl Group's shareholder register is dominated by a handful of wealthy investors including WiseTech Global founder Richard White and Songrtradr boss Paul Wiltshire.Says Simons: “I'm quite calm and optimistic about where everything's at.” Asked whether Vinyl Group still belongs on the ASX, he adds, intriguingly: “Yeah. Especially if you knew what I know.”* Declaration of interest: Via his super fund, Tim Burrowes owns shares in most of Australia's listed media companies, including Vinyl Group.Inflation relief lifts Unmade IndexThe Unmade Index bounced yesterday as the market absorbed improving inflation numbers. The index - which tracks Australia's listed media and marketing companies - grew by 1.5% to 449.3 points - outperforming the wider ASX All Ordinaries which grew by 0.15% yesterday.Among the larger stocks, Nine saw the biggest lift, up by 2.44%.In the audio space, ARN Media and Southern Cross Austereo grew by 1.6% and 1.1%, while radio company Sports Entertainment Group lost 5.5%.Today's podcast was edited by Abe's Audio.As we count down to next week's REmade conference, we'll be back with a retail media-led edition of Unmade tomorrow.Have a great day.Toodlepip…Tim BurrowesPublisher - Unmadetim@unmade.media This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.unmade.media/subscribe

The red half of Westminster will shortly decamp to Liverpool for the first Labour conference since the party's general election landslide. Host Sascha O'Sullivan looks at a group which played a key role in that victory — the left-wing think-tank Labour Together. Sascha pieces together the fascinating origin story of Labour Together, speaking to ITV Deputy Political Editor Anushka Asthana, author of a new book, which details the group's influence, and Keir Starmer biographer Tom Baldwin. Andrew Cooper, political pollster and member of Labour Together advisory board, tells Sascha how Josh Simons, former director of the think tank, built on the work of Morgan McSweeney by using deep voter analysis to help Labour HQ. Sascha speaks to the group's new chief executive, Jonathan Ashworth, about Labour Together's role in shaping the thinking of the new government. He addresses some of the cronyism accusations surrounding the think tank and is quizzed by Sascha on its purpose now Labour is in power. Henry Newman, former political adviser and author of the Whitehall project, explains the concerns about how Labour Together acted as a middleman for political donations between wealthy individuals and politicians. Labour "mega-donor" Dale Vince tells Sascha why he gave money to the think tank. And think tank stalwarts Harry Quilter-Pinner of the Institute of Public Policy Research, Ryan Wain of the Tony Blair Institute and Charlotte Pickles explain how Labour Together fits into the world of the wonks and how different it is from most policy outfits. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

​I​f you're into politics it's likely you'll be heading to, or at the very least reading about, one of the big party conferences happening this autumn. By far the biggest is Labour's annual get-together in Liverpool, their first as a new government. ​A​nd anyone who's interested in the future direction of the Labour party will want to ​R​ob Parsons' interview with one of its most interesting new MPs, Josh Simons, MP for Makerfield in Greater Manchester​. ​H​e's a former advisor to Jeremy Corbyn and used to run ​t​he influential think-tank Labour Together, which has extremely close links to the current Keir Starmer government.  ​T​he loyal 'Starmtrooper' been earmarked by a lot of observers as one to watch in the new intake of MPs​.​ And on the podcast he talks about a fundamental shift in the way politics is done under the new government and his thoughts on the levelling up agenda and what Labour does to replace it.  And I​isteners will certainly have a view on his defence of Rachel Reeves over the first big controversy of the new Labour government, the cutting of the winter fuel allowance so it only goes to the poorest pensioners. ​A year on from Rishi Sunak's decision to axe the Northern leg of HS2 to Manchester, while giving a conference speech in Manchester, Rob speaks to a transport expert who's helped put together a report on what we can learn from the cancellation of the high speed rail project in the North.  Jonathan Spruce of the Institution of Civil Engineers talks about how we need to take the politics out of these huge infrastructure projects if they're ever going to succeed. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Conservative shadow transport minister Dr Kieran Mullan, Labour MP Josh Simons, political commentator Jo Phillips and Danny Sriskandarajah, chief executive of the New Economics Foundation think tank.

The timer set, the nuclear device primed, the crew is working against the clock to exist the alien ruins. Special guest player Josh Simons as Kase Marek: joshuamsimons.com/links Abraxas' Precipice is an actual play of The Expanse Roleplaying Game by Green Ronin Publishing. based on the novels by James S.A. Corey. It airs live on Wednesdays at 6pm PST on twitch.tv/onlyplaywizards Get more Abraxas' Precipice: linktr.ee/abraxasprecipic Abraxas' Precipice GameMaster: John Bultena linktr.ee/onlyplaywizards Abraxas' Precipice players are: Donna Prior (they/them) as Myrtle Cooper linktr.ee/Danicia Michael C. Hsiung (he/him) as Waxor DuChang instagram.com/michaelchsiung Scott Mitchell (he/him) as Wyatt Thompson instagram.com/smitchell22 Claire Lewis (she/her) as Ghaz Wheatley twitter.com/BranthiumBabe

Thousands of kilometers beneath the surface of Mundos, the crew and Lt. Col. Kase Marek uncover more mysteries of the builders' work. Special guest player Josh Simons as Kase Marek: joshuamsimons.com/links Abraxas' Precipice is an actual play of The Expanse Roleplaying Game by Green Ronin Publishing. based on the novels by James S.A. Corey. It airs live on Wednesdays at 6pm PST on twitch.tv/onlyplaywizards Get more Abraxas' Precipice: linktr.ee/abraxasprecipic Abraxas' Precipice GameMaster: John Bultena linktr.ee/onlyplaywizards Abraxas' Precipice players are: Donna Prior (they/them) as Myrtle Cooper linktr.ee/Danicia Michael C. Hsiung (he/him) as Waxor DuChang instagram.com/michaelchsiung Scott Mitchell (he/him) as Wyatt Thompson instagram.com/smitchell22 Claire Lewis (she/her) as Ghaz Wheatley twitter.com/BranthiumBabe

The danger escalates in the ancient alien ruins with mysteries abound. Special guest player Josh Simons as Kase Marek: joshuamsimons.com/links Abraxas' Precipice is an actual play of The Expanse Roleplaying Game by Green Ronin Publishing. based on the novels by James S.A. Corey. It airs live on Wednesdays at 6pm PST on twitch.tv/onlyplaywizards Get more Abraxas' Precipice: linktr.ee/abraxasprecipic Abraxas' Precipice GameMaster: John Bultena linktr.ee/onlyplaywizards Abraxas' Precipice players are: Donna Prior (they/them) as Myrtle Cooper linktr.ee/Danicia Michael C. Hsiung (he/him) as Waxor DuChang instagram.com/michaelchsiung Scott Mitchell (he/him) as Wyatt Thompson instagram.com/smitchell22 Claire Lewis (she/her) as Ghaz Wheatley twitter.com/BranthiumBabe

The crew delves into the spire at the center of Mundos' jungle, but alien architecture and methods lurk. Special guest player Josh Simons as Kase Marek: joshuamsimons.com/links Abraxas' Precipice is an actual play of The Expanse Roleplaying Game by Green Ronin Publishing. based on the novels by James S.A. Corey. It airs live on Wednesdays at 6pm PST on twitch.tv/onlyplaywizards Get more Abraxas' Precipice: linktr.ee/abraxasprecipic Abraxas' Precipice GameMaster: John Bultena linktr.ee/onlyplaywizards Abraxas' Precipice players are: Donna Prior (they/them) as Myrtle Cooper linktr.ee/Danicia Michael C. Hsiung (he/him) as Waxor DuChang instagram.com/michaelchsiung Scott Mitchell (he/him) as Wyatt Thompson instagram.com/smitchell22 Claire Lewis (she/her) as Ghaz Wheatley twitter.com/BranthiumBabe

The coordinated mission between Mason's Haven and Star's Edge commences, but will everyone be ready for the eldritch elements of the Mundos' Jungle? Special guest player Josh Simons as Kase Marek: joshuamsimons.com/links Abraxas' Precipice is an actual play of The Expanse Roleplaying Game by Green Ronin Publishing. based on the novels by James S.A. Corey. It airs live on Wednesdays at 6pm PST on twitch.tv/onlyplaywizards Get more Abraxas' Precipice: linktr.ee/abraxasprecipic Abraxas' Precipice GameMaster: John Bultena linktr.ee/onlyplaywizards Abraxas' Precipice players are: Donna Prior (they/them) as Myrtle Cooper linktr.ee/Danicia Michael C. Hsiung (he/him) as Waxor DuChang instagram.com/michaelchsiung Scott Mitchell (he/him) as Wyatt Thompson instagram.com/smitchell22 Claire Lewis (she/her) as Ghaz Wheatley twitter.com/BranthiumBabe

Is Labour capable of reversing the curse facing centre-left governments around the world? Josh Simons, Director of the highly influential think tank Labour Together says the party must be ready to confront the challenge of thinking about how it can govern and win a second term.Josh joins Ayesha Hazarika and Sam Freedman to speak about how Labour is preparing for government and whether the party really has a plan to win the decade in power it wants and needs.Visit THEPOWERTEST.CO.UK to find out more and support the show.Tune into The Debrief, live on Twitter/X every Sunday at 7pm. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Josh Simons is the Australian-based CEO of Vinyl Group, comprising Vampr, a social network for musicians, and Jaxsta, a music database company. A former touring musician, Josh went over to the tech side of music and is now blazing a path for musicians via technology.My featured song is “New Wind” from The Singles Project, my recent EP. Spotify link. ---------------------------------------------The Follow Your Dream Podcast:Top 1% of all podcasts with Listeners in 200 countries!For more information and other episodes of the podcast click here. To subscribe to the podcast click here.To subscribe to our weekly Follow Your Dream Podcast email click here.To Rate and Review the podcast click here.“Dream With Robert”. Click here.—----------------------------------------“THE RICH ONES”. Robert's new single. With guest artist Randy Brecker (Blood Sweat & Tears) on flugelhorn. Crossover instrumental.Click HERE for all links.—---------------------------------------“MILES BEHIND”, Robert's first album, was recorded in 1994 but was “lost” for the last 30 years. It's now been released for streaming. Featuring Randy Brecker (Blood Sweat & Tears), Anton Fig (The David Letterman Show), Al Foster (Miles Davis), Tim Ries (The Rolling Stones), Jon Lucien and many more. Called “Hip, Tight and Edgy!” Click here for all links.—--------------------------------------“IT'S ALIVE!” is Robert's latest Project Grand Slam album. Featuring 13 of the band's Greatest Hits performed “live” at festivals in Pennsylvania and Serbia.Reviews:"An instant classic!" (Melody Maker)"Amazing record...Another win for the one and only Robert Miller!" (Hollywood Digest)"Close to perfect!" (Pop Icon)"A Masterpiece!" (Big Celebrity Buzz)"Sterling effort!" (Indie Pulse)"Another fusion wonder for Project Grand Slam!" (MobYorkCity)Click here for all links.Click here for song videos—-----------------------------------------Audio production:Jimmy RavenscroftKymera Films Connect with Josh:https://www.vampr.me/https://www.instagram.com/vamprapp/ Connect with the Follow Your Dream Podcast:Website - www.followyourdreampodcast.comEmail Robert - robert@followyourdreampodcast.com Follow Robert's band, Project Grand Slam, and his music:Website - www.projectgrandslam.comYouTubeSpotify MusicApple MusicEmail - pgs@projectgrandslam.com

Welcome to an audio-led edition of Unmade. Today's edition features a conversation with the key players behind the deal for Vinyl Group to acquire The Brag Media, Josh Simons and Luke Girgis.There was some unconventional elements to the announcement that Vinyl Group was going to buy The Brag Media for a little over $8m. Not least was the fact that The Brag Media, while no colossus, is larger in both revenue and profits than its new owner.During today's Unmade podcast interview with the two key players in the acquisition - Vinyl Group's Josh Simons and The Brag Media's Luke Girgis - the rationale for the deal begins to make more sense.Vinyl Group consists of:* Jaxta - positioned as the IMDB of the music industry, acting as a repository of official music credits ;* Vampr (which was founded by muso Simons) - positioned as the LinkedIn, or possibly Tinder, of the music industry, connecting musicians;* Vinyl, which, as the name might suggests, is an ecommerce offering selling vinyl recordsIt's only a matter of weeks since the overall group rebranded from Jaxta to Vinyl, and months since Simons took charge after the ousting of former CEO Beth Appleton. He goes on the record about those circumstances for the first time, and shares what he's already learned the hard way about ASX rules.Simons won the confidence of his board after helping secure Richard Wise (who made his fortune through technology firm WiseTech) as a cornerstone investor.Other major shareholders in Vinyl Group include the US based music licencing platform Songtradr run by Paul Wiltshire. In the interview, Simons points to the interest owned by Songtradr as a key reason to be confident in the prospects for the business, despite it not yet being profitable. “I don't want to put words in Paul's mouth, but they can't allow us to fail. When you know that, you make decisions with a much longer term view.”The duo also tackle the structure of the deal, which was mostly in cash rather than stock, in part because Girgis's business partner and majority owner of The Brag Media Sam Benjamin, has left the business.Meanwhile, Girgis argues that although the deal would allow him to exit after two years, he's excited to stay for the long term. He says: “All I know is that I've started this business having more fun and I'm more inspired than I've ever been.“And we have big ambitions and I I just want to build something incredible and that's what I'm really inspired to do with Vinyl Group.”Editing was courtesy of Abe's Audio, the people to talk to about voiceovers, sound design and podcast production.Message us: letters@unmade.mediaTim BurrowesPublisher - Unmade This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.unmade.media/subscribe

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Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are broadcaster and DJ Liz Kershaw, Josh Simons from the Labour Together think tank, independent London mayoral candidate Rayhan Haque and political commentator Suzanne Evans.

Labour under fire over Rochdale candidate comments and is Trump a threat to peace?Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are broadcaster and DJ Liz Kershaw, Josh Simons from the Labour Together think tank, independent London mayoral candidate Rayhan Haque and political commentator Suzanne Evans.

For this episode, I spoke with Josh Simons (@josh_simons_), Founder and CEO of Vampr, and CEO of Jaxsta, about his experience building the Vampr social network for musicians and creatives. You can find more information on my guest on my blog at https://www.buckleyplanet.com/2024/012/collabtalk-podcast-episode-106-with-josh-simons.html

We explore Josh's career in automotive, discuss his decision to become an instructor, and he shares key advice for young technicians on how to find good managers and mentors.Our team is taking a couple of weeks off the podcast for the holidays. We would like to thank you for all of your support, wish you Happy Holidays, and we will see you in 2024!(3:00) Josh's Career in Auto(12:51) Diverse Background for Teaching(18:13) Mentors for New Technicians(35:27) Understand Flat Rate(42:06) Good Manager Qualities(47:13) Becoming an InstructorAbout Our Guest:Josh SimonsASE Master Technician & Instructor/Academic Program Director, Greenville Technical CollegeConnect on LinkedInSponsor: Sonic ToolsAbout Our Host:Jay GoninenCo-Founder & President, WrenchWayjayg@wrenchway.com | 608.716.2122WrenchWay Resources:Technicians & Students - Looking for the best shops to work at? Check out wrenchway.com/shopsShops & Dealerships - Want to find quality technicians and support the industry? Learn about WrenchWay Shop Memberships.Instructors - Need help getting resources and connecting with industry? We have free resources for your program. Connect with us on social: Facebook Instagram Twitter LinkedIn YouTube TikTok

The dust is still settling on Jeremy Hunt's Autumn Statement, but what do his choices mean for Labour as it looks to form the next government? We have analysis from our senior UK economist Dan Hanson and Money Distilled columnist John Stepek. Plus: the director of think tank Labour Together, Josh Simons, on exactly how the opposition is weighing tough choices on tax and spending. Hosted by Stephen Carroll and Yuan Potts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

How will Keir Starmer respond to Rishi Sunak's ambitious pitch to be the “change” candidate at the next general election? The New Statesman's Anoosh Chakelian and Josh Simons, director of Labour Together, are the guests on this week's Inside Briefing as the podcast crew preview Labour's annual conference in Liverpool.  Will the Labour leader add detailed policies to his big five missions? Will there be policy u-turns - or will we see more barnacles being carefully removed from the boat? And what challenges - or traps - has Rishi Sunak set out for Labour on HS2 and net zero?   Presented by Hannah White. With Emma Norris. Produced by Milo Hynes.

Here is the trailer of TPP's upcoming episode, Season 3 Episode 19 feat. Josh Simons -- CEO of Vampr, the world's largest and most active social-professional network for musicians. In this episode, Josh explained what Vampr is, how it works, and how it is helping musicians. The entire episode will be available on June 6, 2023, at 8:00pm ET on your favorite podcasting platform!

For this episode, I got to interview Josh Simons, the CEO & co-founder of Vampr, the world's largest and most active social-professional network for musicians. Recognized by Fast Company as one of the Most Innovative Companies in 2022, Vampr is home to over one million users worldwide. Vampr is created for musicians and made by musicians to support musicians. Its primary mission is to help musicians of all genres create their community in its ecosystem. Vampr shares each user's expertise as well as a social media interface with an easy swipe left/right function to connect with others. As many of us are frequent users of social media, we realize that many social network sites only offer one or two unique features to their users: Facebook, Instagram, Soundcloud, LinkedIn, Fiverr, Thumbtack, etc.; moreover, they do not interconnect to one another. So, you must be on multiple platforms constantly to create, sustain, and thrive in your career as a musician. Finally, Vampr created a solution for musicians – it combines features of all other platforms: Connect, Collaborate, Control, Learn, and Discover. On its platform, you can collaborate with like-minded musicians and find a publicist, graphic designer, videographer, or copyright expert, for example, while promoting your music by uploading your videos and music just like any other social media platform. Vampr is creating a village for all musicians! Josh is a successful artist, songwriter & producer who has toured for many years. So with his extensive experience as a professional musician, he has a lot of credit for being the groundbreaker in the industry by creating something unique and timely to help fellow musicians. So, you do not want to miss this episode to hear what Vampr offers and how its platform helps and supports fellow musicians like us![Sponsors]Join Forte's waitlist to connect with more potential music students HERE.Yukimi Song Studio LLC: providing an excellent educational experience. Visit the website for more info[The Piano Pod

Who does Labour need to win over – or win back – to form a government at the next election? The Guardian's John Harris is joined by columnist Gaby Hinsliff, former Ed Miliband speechwriter Marc Stears and Josh Simons from Labour Together to discuss how the party can target these voters. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/politicspod

My special guest today is the Founder and CEO of Vampr, Josh Simmons. Vampr is one pretty great solution to help you launch and maintain your music career. ABOUT VAMPR - - - Josh Launched Vampr in 2016 and it has become the number one social - professional - talent - marketplace. Vampr helps music creatives and artists (like you) find people to collaborate with, create new music with, and monetize their work - Vampr is an essential network that grows with you at every step of your journey as an artist. Founded by Australia's The Music Network's 30 Under 30 Power Player, Josh Simons, and multi-platinum songwriter/ guitarist from ‘Hunters & Collectors', Baz Palmer, the award-winning app recently surpassed a milestone of 1 million global users in more than 190 countries, with one of the fastest growing catalogs of IP representation in music history. VAMPR is the number one social media app for musicians to discover talent, collaborate and monetize their music - Vampr “Play Together” https://www.vampr.me/ There is now an effective professional network for musicians! You need to try Vampr! Vampr is like LinkedIn for musicians! The #1 network helps creatives find people to work with, get discovered, and make money from their work. Download it now! Available on the App Store and Google Play.”

Today Al chats with the Co-Founder & CEO Of Vampr, Josh Simons. Tune in to learn about is passion to connect people,his journey getting there and more… Visit Vampr at: https://www.vampr.me/ Follow Vampr on: https://www.instagram.com/vamprapp/ https://twitter.com/vamprapp https://www.facebook.com/vamprapp About Vampr: Vampr is the number one social platform helping creatives find people to collaborate with, create new music and monetize their work – an essential network that grows with you every step of your journey. Play Together. Thank You for Watching / Listening! We appreciate your support! Episode 238 in an unlimited series! Host: Al Mega Follow on: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook): @TheRealAlMega / @ComicCrusaders Make sure to Like/Share/Subscribe if you haven't yet: https://www.youtube.com/c/comiccrusadersworld Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/comiccrusaders Visit the official Comic Crusaders Comic Book Shop: comiccrusaders.shop Visit the OFFICIAL Comic Crusaders Swag Shop at: comiccrusaders.us Main Site: https://www.comiccrusaders.com/​​​​ Sister Site: http://www.undercovercapes.com​​​​ Pick up official Undercover Capes Podcast Network merchandise exclusively on RedBubble.com: bit.ly/UCPNMerch Streamyard is the platform of choice used by Comic Crusaders and The Undercover Capes Podcast Network to stream! Check out their premium plans for this amazing and versatile tool, sign up now: https://bit.ly/ComicCrusadersStreamyard * Edited/Produced/Directed by Al Mega

Here we are with Josh Simons, founder and CEO of Vampr. Vampr is a location based social and professional media platform which helps with music discovery and connects artists with music industry professionals. Josh started this in 2016 and it keeps on growing, growing and growing and his firm has been featured on the Austrailian Financial Times best businesses in 2017. Here, we will chat about the different types of money streams for generating a business from the ground up including crowdfunding and venture capitalism and what it's like to not work a 9-5 job. https://www.vampr.me/ --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

TOPICS: How artists can create and promote content more efficiently; award shows are creating categories for K-pop; we interview Vampr CEO Josh Simons about his social connection platform for musicians. You can find out more about our guest's work by visiting www.vampr.me. Rate/review/subscribe to the Break the Business Podcast on iTunes, SoundCloud, Stitcher, and Google Play. Follow Ryan @ryankair and the Break the Business Podcast @thebtbpodcast. Like Break the Business on Facebook and tell a friend about the show. Visit www.ryankairalla.com to find out more about Ryan's entertainment, education, and business projects.”

My guest this week is Josh Simons, CEO and co-founder of Vampr, the world's largest and most active social-professional network for musicians.  Often dubbed the “LinkedIn for creatives”, Vampr is home to over one million users, and active in every country on the planet. The music startup has helped fledgling musicians broker over 7 million connections worldwide, and has made the Best Apps lists for both Apple and Google. Prior to running Vampr, Josh spent the better part of a decade as a successful artist, songwriter and producer. His artist project Buchanan enjoyed multi-million streams & chart impressions worldwide. As a producer and songwriter, Josh has shared credits with Travis Scott, Troye Sivan and Kanye West to name a few. He was also named in The Music Network's 30 Under 30 List in addition to being voted Reader's Choice. During the interview we spoke about touring expenses, using unseen collaborators, representing artists for sync placements, learning from bad publishing deals, and much more. I spoke with Josh via zoom from his office in Australia. On the intro I'll take a look at the CD turning 40 after a rocky start, and the acquisition of Slate Digital.

Josh Simons is a well-known songwriter and Co-Founder/CEO at Vampr, the world's largest social network for musicians with over 1 million users. He was recently named in The Music Network's “30 Under 30” list, and has shared credits with the biggest names in music including Travis Scott, Troye Sivan and Kanye West.Josh is passionate about helping musicians understand some of the best ways to market themselves and make connections across the industry today. He's also eager to talk about his own experience as a musician and songwriter, and how he navigated the often-complicated scene. Of course, he's also an expert in music technology and how it can unleash great potential within the industry.In this episode, you will get hear an exclusive Q&A with Josh with some members in our Song Chasers community. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Josh Simons has hospitality running through his veins. At the age of 21, he launched his first nightclub project as part of his family business, and then went international, operating nightclubs in Sandbanks, London, Marbella and Barbados.10 years later, he left the family business and went out alone to explore ventures in nightclubs, restaurants, events and marketing services.He's now co-owner and founder of the multi-award winning ‘Chicken & Blues' restaurants, and is expanding his portfolio of food and drink businesses.Josh has had his fair share of bumps in the road along the way, so it was great to hear about his journey, resilience and how he spots his next opportunity.Website: DodgeWoodall.comTikTok: @DodgeWoodallInstagram: @Dodge.WoodallLinkedIn: Dodge WoodallYouTube: Dodge Woodall Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Charity one-shot benefitting National Network of Abortion Funds, donate here: https://bit.ly/3CO4FiH Beyond the gates is the Zorya system & its planet Morena. With an abundance of uniquely composed glaciers, IceJar Fusion has established its colony of Morena I to research & develop a new era of fusion reactors while trying to avoid the mistakes RCE made on Ilus. Abraxas' Precipice is an actual play of The Expanse RPG by Green Ronin Publishing. It airs live on Wednesdays at 6pm PST on https://www.twitch.tv/onlyplaywizards Support the stream: https://www.patreon.com/abraxasprecipic Follow social media: https://linktr.ee/abraxasprecipic Abraxas' Precipice GameMaster: John Bultena https://linktr.ee/onlyplaywizards LegalKimchi (he/him) as Fr. Ignatius Jang https://twitter.com/legalkimchi Emily Ervolina (they/she) as Cassipeia Jones https://twitter.com/emilyerv Josh Simons (he/him) as Dr. Marv DeValentine https://joshuamsimons.com/links Bee Zelda (they/them) as Lt. Ajani Gagnon https://twitter.com/Bee_Zelda London Carlisle (he/him) as Gov. Strato Oliver https://londoncarlisle.com/

Josh Simons is a well-known songwriter and Co-Founder/CEO at Vampr, the world's largest social network for musicians with over 1 million users. He was recently named in The Music Network's “30 Under 30” list, and has shared credits with the biggest names in music including Travis Scott, Troye Sivan and Kanye West.Josh is passionate about helping musicians understand some of the best ways to market themselves and make connections across the industry today. He's also eager to talk about his own experience as a musician and songwriter, and how he navigated the often-complicated scene. Of course, he's also an expert in music technology and how it can unleash great potential within the industry.Today, Josh is discussing networking in the music industry and all things Vampr. Anyone wanting to develop better connections in the industry will learn a lot from this episode!You can check out his company at vampr.com Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

We have a very special guest joining us for this episode! Josh Simons stops by to chat with Matthew. Josh is a well-known songwriter and Co-Founder and CEO at Vampr, the world's largest social network for musicians with over 1 million users. He was recently named in The Music Network's “30 Under 30” list, and has shared credits with the biggest names in music including Travis Scott, Troye Sivan and Kanye West. Josh and Matthew discuss the music industry, creating Vampr, the services Vampr offers, horizontal networking, and so much more! Please check out Vampr! SCR and Matthew Thomas would like to thank Josh for the great interview. Thank you to Blanca Pereira for making this interview possible. Links to check out: Website: Social Networking for Musicians | Vampr - Play Together ✌️ For all Vampr links: vampr | Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, Facebook | Linktree Promo pictures courtesy of Blanca Pereira and Josh Simons Intro and outro music composed by Jonny Neville If you like this video, please consider heading over to our merch store and supporting us. Your support means so much! Link: Super Cool Radio's Artist Shop | Featuring custom t-shirts, prints, and more (threadless.com) --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/supercoolradio/support

CEO and co-founder, Josh Simons, joins us to talk about Vampr, the world's premier social network for musicians. Founded by two sympathetic Australian musicians, Josh (of Buchanan) and Baz Palmer (of Hunters & Collectors), Vampr has grown to over one million users and has facilitated over seven million connections. Josh takes us inside the algorithms to explain how like-minded musicians find each other and how the platform matches musicians with those of similar skill levels, in part with a philosophy of quality through quantity. Josh and Jennifer also discuss the challenges of networking (why people hate it), best attitudes for finding useful connections, and how to leverage those connections to build lasting, productive relationships. With Vampr, Josh hopes to accelerate the typical musician's path to "quitting your day job" and doing music full-time, so that young people don't have to endure those typical hard years. No matter how romantic "paying your dues" may sound, it's a barrier for too many, and we all lose out when that talent gets lost. An interesting reflection on the state of music and musicianship today, especially for those just starting out.More about Vampr,https://www.vampr.me/Thoughts? Comments? Potshots? Contact the show at:https://www.discreetguide.com/podcast-books-shows-tunes-mad-acts/Follow or like us on podomatic.com (it raises our visibility :)https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/books-shows-tunes-mad-actsSupport us on Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/discreetguideJennifer on Twitter:@DiscreetGuideJennifer on LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/jenniferkcrittenden/Discreet Guide Training:https://training.discreetguide.com/

Hey everyone and welcome back to Eggs. This week we have a great guest in store for you. Today we're chatting with Josh Simons, the CEO, and co-founder of Vampr, the world's largest and most active social-professional network for musicians. Recognized by Fast Company as one of the Most Innovative Companies in 2022, Vampr is home to over one million users and is active in every country on the planet. In fact, the music startup has helped fledgling musicians broker over 7 million connections worldwide since its inception.Prior to running Vampr, Josh spent the better part of a decade as a musician himself, a successful artist, songwriter & producer in his own right. However, after changing his focus from performing live, to performing tech miracles, Josh and his team at Vampr have built the app into a multi-award-winning platform, including a most prestigious nod from Apple with inclusion in their Best of the Year list. Joining us today for an exciting conversation about building a social media platform specifically for musicians, building an award-winning social network and securing more than $3 million in funding, overcoming the obstacles in the modern music landscape, and so much more. Please join us in welcoming to the show, Josh Simons.Our Guest:Josh Simonshttps://www.vampr.com ----Credits:Hosted by Michael Smith and Ryan RoghaarTheme music: "Perfect Day" by OPMThe Carton:https://medium.com/the-carton-by-eggsFeature with Zack Chmeis of Straight Method up now! https://medium.com/the-carton-by-eggs/zack-chmeis-35dae817ac28The Eggs Podcast Spotify playlist:bit.ly/eggstunesThe Plugs:The Showeggscast.com@eggshow on twitter and instagramOn iTunes: itun.es/i6dX3pCOn Stitcher: bit.ly/eggs_on_stitcherAlso available on Google Play Music!Mike "DJ Ontic" shows and infodjontic.com@djontic on twitterRyan Roghaarhttp://rogha.ar

Alina Utrata sits down with John Naughton, a technology columnist at the Observer, senior research fellow in CRASSH and co-founder of the Minderoo Centre for Technology and Democracy at Cambridge, and Josh Simmons, a postdoc in technology and democracy at Harvard University. They discuss Elon Musk's recent bid for Twitter, what it shows about the power of digital platforms and wealthy men, and how to think about the challenges of reigning in Big Tech.You can follow, John Naughton on Twitter @jjn1, Josh Simons @joshsimonlabour, Alina Utrata @alinautrata and the Anti-Dystopians podcast @AntiDystopians. Sign up for the Anti-Dystopians email newsletter at bit.ly/3kuGM5XAll episodes of the Anti-Dystopians are hosted and produced by Alina Utrata and are freely available to all listeners. To support the production to the show, visit: bit.ly/3AApPN4 For more articles, sign up for the Anti-Dystopians email newsletter at bit.ly/3kuGM5XNowhere Land by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4148-nowhere-landLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Dungeon Master's Guild House is a podcast where I (Matthew Whitby) sit down to chat all things creative for content on the DMsGuild and beyond! From techniques and tips, to highlights and discussion! It is a huge week for the DMGH to be joined by the instigator of TTRPG Thirsty Thursdays, Josh Simons! We talk though Josh's approaches to content creation for charity streams, monsters, subclasses, and so much more! Guest: Josh Simons (he/him) @JoshuaMSimons https://www.dmsguild.com/browse.php?author=Joshua%20M.%20Simons&affiliate_id=1931655 https://linktr.ee/joshuamsimons Host: Matthew Whitby (he/him) @WhitbyWrites https://www.dmsguild.com/browse.php?author=Matthew%20Whitby&affiliate_id=1931655 I'm an official DMsGuild Herald! When on DMsGuild use coupon code HERALDHOUSE5 for 5% all $5+ purchases! Support my work: Tome of Silence: Attack of the Astral Sound Devourers https://www.dmsguild.com/product/384577/Tome-of-Silence-Attack-of-the-Astral-Sound-Devourers?affiliate_id=1931655

Josh Simons is the CEO and co-founder of Vampr, the world's largest and most active social-professional network for musicians (often dubbed the “LinkedIn for creatives”). With over half a million users, and active in every country on the planet, the music startup has helped fledgling musicians broker over 5 million connections worldwide. Vampr offers a free solution for young musicians, built by a sympathetic founding team of established musicians with Josh's co-founder, Baz Palmer, best known as the lead guitarist for seminal hall-of-fame rock band, Hunters & Collectors. Simons has grown Vampr into a multi-award winning platform, including a most prestigious nod from Apple with an inclusion in their Best of the Year list. Prior to running Vampr, Josh Simons spent the better part of a decade as a successful artist, songwriter & producer. His artist project Buchanan enjoyed multi-million streams & chart impressions worldwide. They retired from the live circuit following a sold-out arena tour opening for Keith Urban & Carrie Underwood. As a producer and songwriter, Simons has shared credits with Travis Scott, Troye Sivan, and Kanye West to name a few. In April 2020 Simons was named in The Music Network's 30 Under 30 List in addition to being voted Reader's Choice. Simons holds a Bachelor of Business from Swinburne University. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/industry-standard-w-barry-katz/support

Josh Simons is the CEO and co-founder of Vampr, the world's largest and most active social-professional network for musicians (often dubbed the “LinkedIn for creatives”). With over half a million users, and active in every country on the planet, the music startup has helped fledgling musicians broker over 5 million connections worldwide. Vampr offers a free solution for young musicians, built by a sympathetic founding team of established musicians with Josh's co-founder, Baz Palmer, best known as the lead guitarist for seminal hall-of-fame rock band, Hunters & Collectors. Simons has grown Vampr into a multi-award winning platform, including a most prestigious nod from Apple with an inclusion in their Best of the Year list. Prior to running Vampr, Josh Simons spent the better part of a decade as a successful artist, songwriter & producer. His artist project Buchanan enjoyed multi-million streams & chart impressions worldwide. They retired from the live circuit following a sold-out arena tour opening for Keith Urban & Carrie Underwood. As a producer and songwriter, Simons has shared credits with Travis Scott, Troye Sivan, and Kanye West to name a few. In April 2020 Simons was named in The Music Network's 30 Under 30 List in addition to being voted Reader's Choice. Simons holds a Bachelor of Business from Swinburne University. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/industry-standard-w-barry-katz/support

Josh Simons is the CEO and co-founder of Vampr, the world's largest and most active social-professional network for musicians (often dubbed the “LinkedIn for creatives”). Recognised by Fast Company as one of the Most Innovative Companies in 2022, Vampr is home to over one million users, and active in every country on the planet. The music startup has helped fledgling musicians broker over 7 million connections worldwide. Vampr offers a free solution for young musicians, built by a sympathetic founding team of established musicians with Josh's co-founder, Baz Palmer, best known as the lead guitarist for seminal hall-of-fame rock band, Hunters & Collectors. Simons has grown Vampr into a multi-award winning platform, including a most prestigious nod from Apple with an inclusion in their Best of the Year list. Over four funding rounds the company has raised $3.2M from VC, the crowd and music industry angels. Prior to running Vampr, Josh Simons spent the better part of a decade as a successful artist, songwriter & producer. His artist project Buchanan enjoyed multi-million streams & chart impressions worldwide. They retired from the live circuit following a sold-out arena tour opening for Keith Urban & Carrie Underwood. As a producer and songwriter, Simons has shared credits with Travis Scott, Troye Sivan and Kanye West to name a few. In April 2020 Simons was named in The Music Network's 30 Under 30 List in addition to being voted Reader's Choice. Simons holds a Bachelor of Business from Swinburne University. Connect with Josh: Website Instagram Twitter LinkedIn Facebook

3 Takeaways, beyond Data is NOT boring:The data that you throw away is the data that tomorrow you might be able to use. For instance, as part of a machine learning model that could bring true value to an organization.It's important for organizations to have explicit statements about their AI ethics.Federated learning has some magical capabilities, especially for financial services customers, when it comes to building predictive models without violating local laws on how data is stored or used because the data never leaves the premises.Key Quotes: "In some sense, we all need to be pack rats when it comes to our data.” - Josh“I think it's critically important for organizations to speak explicitly about data ethics with the people or organizations from which you are collecting data and be very clear with them, as well as with your employees, about what it is that you're willing to do and not do with that information.” - Josh“Data is where it all happens. That's the fuel that runs all the ML stuff...The issue is how do we get our hands around all that data, and how do we get it to the point where it is appropriate for building predictive models? Just because you have the data doesn't mean that the data has been cleaned, curated and de biased - so that it's actually in shape to be used for building models.” - Josh--LinksJosh Simons LinkedIn--About the HostsMatthew O'Neill is a husband, dad, geek and Industry Managing Director, Advanced Technology Group in the Office of the CTO at VMware.You can find Matthew on LinkedIn and Twitter.Brian Hayes is an audiophile, dad, builder of sheds, maker of mirth, world traveller and EMEA Financial Services Industry Lead at VMware.You can find Brian on LinkedIn.