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SCOTTISH JUDGES ALLOW RENAULT NISSAN CASE TO PROCEEDFollowing an appeal to block the case, by Nissan, the Inner House of the Court of Session has concluded that the ‘dieselgate' class-action can proceed against the Japanese company and Renault. The claim is that the brands fitted defeat devices in their vehicles and 8,500 people are stating they suffered loss as a result. Click this article link from The Standard to read more. GOVERNMENT PARKING APP TRIAL PROVES SUCCESSFULTrials, by the UK Government, have resulted in three of the largest parking payment firms agreeing to use one single app. RingGo, JustPark and PayByPhone will enable drivers to pay for parking at the sites run by them, via the National Parking Platform. If you wish to read more, click this Autocar link here. FREIGHT HUB EV CHARGERS FOR LORRIESMaritime Transport will have EV lorry chargers at three site by the end of the month. Tilbury, Doncaster and Wakefield are the first to enable the use of electric lorries, with a further nine following before the end of the year. To read more, click this article link here from Current News. DISABLED DRIVERS LEFT BEHIND BY PUBLIC CHARGING NETWORK The Public Accounts Committee, has published a report to Parliament, that highlights and criticises the public charging network roll-out's failure of installations when it comes to disabled drivers. You can find out more, by clicking this Autocar article link here. ‘CHARGE UP CHANGE' CAMPAIGN LAUNCHEDEVA England, an organisation that states it is the voice of EV drivers to aid in policy creation. They have created an online tool that allows you to write to your local MP to help highlight issues facing the switch over to EVs. Click this MotorTrader article link here to read more. For the link to the EVA England Charge Up Change page, click this link here. If you like what we do, on this show, and think it is worth a £1.00, please consider supporting us via Patreon. Here is the link to that CLICK HERE TO SUPPORT THE PODCAST NEW NEW CAR NEWS - Nissan MicraNissan has revealed the next generation Micra and it will be electric. This is a reworked Renault 5. Apparently it is aimed at the European market and is trying to shed the previous generation's reputation of being for older drivers. To find out the specifications and more details, click this Autocar link here. Toyota RAV4Toyota has tweaked the looks of the new RAV4, making it more boxy but also improved the technology side of things. Additionally, in the UK, we will only be able to buy the PHEV version. If you want to learn more,
On today's show Tesco reports a sharp rise in annual profits. It posted an adjusted operating profit of £2.83 billion for the year to the end of February - up 11% on the previous year. Ian King speaks to Andrew Gossage, chief executive of homewares supplier Ultimate Products about shipping costs in light of recent attacks in the Red Sea from Houthi militants. Plus, British parking app JustPark is to launch in the United States and Canada after merging with a leading US provider. The app's founder Anthony Eskinazi, explains the significance of the deal.
“Paying people well and giving them lunches when they come to the office can be really good… but the best people are motivated by their growth and development.”For the final Monday episode of Series 10, we're joined by Steve Coulson, Founder and CEO of Kitt - the business that creates and manages custom HQs for the world's most vibrant brands. Before Kitt, Steve built B2B parking platform and B2C app, JustPark, to 50,000+ locations and 5m+ drivers. Today, we discuss Steve's entrepreneurial journey and the lessons learned along the way, including: ➡️ From investment banking to Startup life [1:12]➡️ Entrepreneurial environment & his upside down career [04:35]➡️ Leaving JustPark and Kitt's origin story [07:50]➡️ The deafening silence of entrepreneurship [11:12]➡️ From serving startups to the biggest brands in the world [13:49] ➡️ Building momentum & early lessons learned [14:55] ➡️ Navigating the pandemic and finding silver linings [18:44]➡️ The post-pandemic rush and revisiting fundraising [22:52]➡️ Unpacking the future of the office [25:30]➡️ Creating an amazing space for your team & culture [28:52] ⛳ Helpful links:➡️ Connect with Steve: https://www.linkedin.com/in/steve-coulson-1521a743/➡️ Find out more about Kitt: https://www.kittoffices.com/en/➡️ Hear more from Kitt's Co-Founder & COO, Lucy: https://jbmc.co.uk/insights/coo-secrets/coo-secrets-with-lucy-minton-co-founder-coo-at-kitt/ ⭐Enjoyed this episode?⭐️Keep up to date with all our latest episodes, by hitting the subscribe button on your favourite podcast platform. And for any feedback on what you enjoy the most and ideas on what we can do to make 40 Minute Mentor even better, please leave us a review on https://ratethispodcast.com/40mm
On the fifth episode of Season 3 "Listening to our Customers" - we'll be listening to Alina Miron. Alina is currently a Senior Product Manager at Sumup, a fintech company providing payment solutions for small businesses. She has previously worked as a product manager at startups and scale-ups such as JustPark and Dojo. We discuss product challenges around: 1. Misunderstanding of what Product Management is and as a result, people get into the role with the wrong expectations and attitudes. 2. Lack of a solid business model or strong customer need and over-engineering Product practices without driving meaningful outcomes. Listen in for some unique insights into product challenges from a passionate and curious Product Manager. This season of POP is brought to you by BTRT ("beetroot"). Sign up to their private beta here.
In this week's Talking Travel, Rory talks to Anthony Eskinazi from JustPark about their data revealing which cities have the biggest gaps between available parking and the demand for the spaces in the U.K, and how the general public are helping with this problem of parking.
Adam Cox is joined by Anthony Eskinazi, Founder & CEO of JustPark, to discuss why there is such a high demand for parking in light of new research findings which suggest demand is higher than the current supply. Anthony explains how rented parking spaces could be part of the solution, and can earn the public additional passive income. https://www.justpark.com/
In this episode of Lessons I Learned in Law Scott Brown talks to Founder and CEO of Beam, Alex Stephany. Launched in 2017, Beam is an innovative tech platform supporting homeless people and refugees into stable jobs and homes. Before launching Beam, Alex was CEO of JustPark where he led the largest ever crowdfunding round for a tech startup at the time.Alex explains the mission behind Beam and what motivated him to start it. He also shares some of the lessons he learned in law including:· If you can, give back. · Don't underestimate the importance of attention to detail. · Impress everyone. This is a small, interconnected world so try and do right by everyone you come across. An expert on the sharing economy, Alex is the author of The Business of Sharing.Presented by Scott Brown of Heriot Brown Legal Recruitment. Follow Heriot Brown:Twitter | LinkedIn | Facebook | InstagramThis episode of Lessons I Learned in Law is brought to you by Beamery.Beamery is an AI-powered talent platform, designed to hire candidates faster, develop the skills of your workforce, and increase employee retention.Find out more at Beamery.com
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Show #1402 Good morning, good afternoon and good evening wherever you are in the world, welcome to EV News Daily, you trusted source of information. It's Saturday 12th March, it's Martyn Lee here and I go through every EV story so you don't have to. TAVARES CONFIDENT THAT STELLANTIS CAN CATCH UP WITH TESLA - Stellantis (STLA.MI) should be able to catch up with electric vehicle pioneer Tesla (TSLA.O) in the coming years, its chief executive Carlos Tavares said on Friday, adding that competition would benefit consumers. - Tavares also called for greater investment in charging networks in Europe and the United States to encourage drivers to switch to electric vehicles. Original Source : https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/tavares-confident-that-stellantis-can-catch-up-with-tesla-2022-03-11/ CCS RETROFIT KIT FOR MODEL 3/Y APPEARS IN TESLA PARTS CATALOG - Tesla launched a new CCS1 adapter in South Korea last year, announcing shortly thereafter that it would eventually be coming to North America. - Tesla added new information to the in-car display to know if you had the hardware required for your car to work with the CCS charging standard. - Generally cars built in late 2019 or early 2020 or later had the message “CCS enabled,” while cars built prior to that date had the message “Not Installed.” - While we still wait for the CCS adapter to appear in the North American Tesla Shop, a retrofit kit has been added to the Tesla Parts Catalog. The part number (1652004-00-A) is listed for both the Model 3 and Model Y, while there is a second part number (1652005-00-A) listed just for the Model 3. - When Tesla released the retrofit in Europe, it was initially offered at €500 ($965 CAD), which included the adapter itself. The price was later dropped to €299 ($416 CAD). Original Source : https://driveteslacanada.ca/news/ccs-retrofit-kit-appears-in-tesla-parts-catalog/ VAN HOOL DOUBLE-DECKER ELECTRIC BUS WITH PROTERRA BATTERY DRIVES 2,500 MILES from Florida to California on public chargers - North American motor coach seller ABC Companies has announced another successful trip across the US, this time using a Van Hool TDX25E all-electric bus. The double-decker motor coach was “Proterra Powered” and traveled 2,524 miles from Winter Garden, Florida, to Costa Mesa, California, using only public charging stations. - the TDX25E – a 100% electric, 69-passenger double-decker bus. It's the first of its kind to become available in the US, and the largest electric passenger vehicle on the road today, according to ABC Companies. - ABC Companies shared details of its latest (and longest) demonstration drive in a recent press release. The double-decker Van Hool electric bus was provided by ABC Companies and is powered by a Proterra battery system, delivering a storage capacity of 676 kWh. - Empire Coach Line provided the driver for the cross country drive that began at ABC's HQ in Winter Garden, Florida. Over the course of six days, the TDX25E bus traversed 2,524 miles of US roads, reaching elevations over 5,000 feet and averaging 260 miles per charge before reaching the finish line at ABC's Costa Mesa facility in California. Original Source : https://electrek.co/2022/03/11/van-hool-double-decker-electric-bus-with-proterra-battery-drives-2500-miles-from-florida-to-california-on-public-chargers/ NASCAR 'EXPLORING' LAUNCH OF ELECTRIC RACING SERIES - During a press conference announcing his promotion to NASCAR Chief Operating Officer, Steve O'Donnell said the sanctioning body is looking into launching an exhibition series featuring all-electric cars. - "I think there's a lot of interest from our current partners to be part of that. But we look at NASCAR as a place where, in an ideal world, it would be all things to all people. If you went to a NASCAR event weekend, you could see whatever types of technologies you wanted throughout a race weekend." - While there aren't any plans for the top NASCAR Cup Series to go all-electric, the Next Gen cars that were launched this year were future-proofed to accommodate hybrid powertrain that O'Donnell had previously said could be used as soon as 2024. They'd likely first be featured on short ovals and road courses where their regenerative braking systems could recover energy as the cars slow down for corners which would then be used by the electric motor for a burst of acceleration. Original Source : https://www.foxnews.com/auto/nascar-exploring-electric-racing-series MEET 14 OF THE BEST-FUNDED STARTUPS IN THE ELECTRIC CAR BATTERY BUSINESS - Electric car battery startups brought in a whopping $3.6 billion in 2021 — several times the $174.7 million raised the year before — a nod to the massive amounts of investment needed to make good on a future of electric vehicles. - Northvolt - Headquarters: Stockholm, Sweden - Total funding: $6.5 billion - SVOLT - Headquarters: Changzhou, China - Total funding: $3.29 billion - Redwood Materials - Headquarters: Carson City, Nevada - Total funding: $815 million - SES - Headquarters: Woburn, Massachusetts - Total funding: $600.1 million - Romeo Power - Headquarters: Los Angeles, California - Total funding: $516.6 million - Solid Power - Headquarters: Louisville, Colorado - Total funding: $717 million - Phylion Battery - Headquarters: Suzhou, China - Total funding: $200.2 million Original Source : https://www.businessinsider.com/meet-14-of-the-best-funded-startups-in-the-electric-car-battery-business-2022-3 FLEETCHARGE PROGRAM COULD EARN UK HOMEOWNERS £1,000 A YEAR - JustPark, the UK's leading driveway sharing platform, has launched FleetCharge to unlock and electrify private driveways to enable businesses to switch their fleets to electric vehicles years earlier. - For the 75 per cent of fleet drivers that don't have off-street parking at home, using an EV can be a challenge. Business drivers can't afford time or associated risks of finding and using a public charging point, with many of these also not being suitable for larger vehicles or e-vans to use. - With FleetCharge, JustPark will find a local homeowner with a driveway within a five-minute walk of the EV driver, install a home charger and give said fleet driver exclusive access to that charging point. - Through FleetCharge, all the upfront EV charging installation costs are covered, but it could potentially earn the hosts a guaranteed additional income of £1,000 a year – all tax-free. Original Source : https://electriccarsreport.com/2022/03/justparks-innovative-fleetcharge-program-could-earn-uk-homeowners-1000-a-year-and-unlock-new-method-of-ev-fleet-charging/ MERCEDES-BENZ ESTABLISHES SUSTAINABLE BATTERY RECYCLING - Mercedes-Benz rolls out its global strategy for recycling automotive battery systems - The project is intended to set standards in terms of battery recycling from an ecological point of view: the process design of the patented hydrometallurgy with recovery rates of more than 96 percent is expected to allow a holistic circular economy of battery materials. - Construction of the plant is in two stages. Initially, a plant for mechanical dismantling will be constructed by 2023. As a second step - subject to promising discussions with the public sector - the facilities for hydrometallurgical processing of the battery materials are to go into operation. This means that in the future, Kuppenheim could cover all the stages from dismantling to module level, shredding and drying and subsequent processing of battery-grade material flows. Original Source : https://group-media.mercedes-benz.com/marsMediaSite/en/instance/ko.xhtml UBER INVESTS £5 MILLION INSTALLING 700 CHARGERS IN LONDON - In London, the boroughs of Brent, Newham and Redbridge are cooperating with Uber to install 700 chargers for electric cars on London streets. Uber is investing £5 million in the chargers, which will be branded by Uber but available for all drivers to use. - The aim is for the new on-street charging points to improve access for those without driveways or home chargers. Uber says it will be working with the boroughs to determine where the chargers should best be installed. An Uber spokesperson told electrive that the chargers will be in the ground in 2023. - This time last year, Uber launched its ‘Uber Green' EV-only option, initially in London's Zone One. Now, Uber says it will expand this option to the whole of the city – meaning that riders will be able to request an electric vehicle from anywhere in the city for the same price as a normal UberX. To incentivise the drivers, Uber ensures that they earn 13% more when taking trips on Uber Green. Original Source : https://www.electrive.com/2022/03/11/uber-invests-5-million-installing-700-chargers-in-london/ PETROL PRICES: RECORD HIGH FUEL COSTS RESULT IN 37% SURGE IN INTEREST FOR ELECTRIC CARS IN THE UK Original Source : https://inews.co.uk/inews-lifestyle/money/petrol-prices-record-high-fuel-costs-electric-cars-interest-uk-surge-1511362 THE EQUINOX EV AND BLAZER EV SS ARE THE ELECTRIC VEHICLES THAT GM NEEDS RIGHT NOW | EDMUNDS Original Source : https://www.edmunds.com/car-news/equinox-ev-and-blazer-ev-ss-are-the-evs-that-gm-needs.html QUESTION OF THE WEEK WITH EMOBILITYNORWAY.COM Do you think rising fuel prices at the pumps will have a direct impact on EV sales? 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lithium price rockets nearly 500% in a year amid electric vehicle rush.Smart #1 Is Really The Name Of This New Crossover EV the joint venture between Mercedes-Benz and Geely for the reorganized Smart brand. The Hyundai Ioniq 5 has nabbed itself yet another award, as one of several electric vehicles named by the car sales site Autotrader in its annual “Best New Cars” list.Bosch to spend (£1.6bn) to reskill workers in EV tech.Vauxhall has entered a new partnership with parking provider JustPark to help people find convenient charging locations near their home.In Ireland Transport Minister Eamon Ryan has announced the re-opening of the very successful electric vehicle taxi scheme.Vitality has launched an (EV) salary sacrifice scheme with Hitachi Capital Vehicle Solutions (HCVS). Polestar, the Swedish premium EV startup backed by Volvo, will join the crowd of automakers pitching EVs during the Super Bowl. DF Capital has launched an electric vehicle (EV) salary sacrifice scheme with Octopus Electric Vehicles.
***Please note: As many of us are all too aware, remote meetings can sometimes run into technical difficulties. In this episode we encountered audio quality issues. A write-up of this episode will be available soon, but in the meantime, feel free to listen to this episode with that in mind.*** In this episode of Talking Net Zero, Sara welcomes Mike Strahlman to the studio. Mike's current role of Director of EV at JustPark sees him working on the messaging and marketing surrounding EV charging and convenience for drivers and parking space hosts. He has been at JustPark since July 2021 but is already making big waves in the business and wider industry. With collaboration, inspiration, and innovation the name of the game, this episode starts with Mike's experiences in the energy industry - from chemicals to alternative and more sustainable energy solutions - before moving into his takeaways from COP26, what fleet drivers can do to join the EV revolution with JustPark, and how the app really works for its users. JustPark is a platform which matches drivers with parking spaces, hosting both drivers and hosts in a business model which benefits both parties.
In this episode, we're joined by Mike Strahlman, director of EV for parking app, JustPark. Mike talks to us about the company's commitment to EVs, the importance of community charging for the acceleration of EV adoption, and how the landscape of electric vehicle charging may change over the next few years.
In this episode, Flavilla is joined by Alex Stephany. They discuss the the untapped opportunities of Tech for Good.Alex Stephany is the Founder and CEO of Beam, the world's first platform to crowdfund job training for homeless people and support them into skilled work. Since launching in 2017, Beam has raised more than £1m in donations, helping hundreds of homeless people start work in sectors facing skills shortages. Before Beam, Alex was CEO of JustPark where he led the largest ever crowdfunding round for a tech startup at the time. An expert on the sharing economy, Alex has authored a book called The Business of Sharing, which was published by Macmillan in 2015. He has also advised the Mayor of Seoul on collaborative technology.To connect with Alex, CLICK HERETo visit Beam's website, CLICK HEREJoin Tech Brains Talk mailing list for more perks, CLICK HERETo find out more about 3 Colours Rule Agency, CLICK HERE
This week we're talking ... New Coventry EV battery factory planned to open in 2025Coventry City Council and Coventry Airport continue to pursue investment opportunities with battery manufacturers from around the globe.Elon Musk's strategy of using a less expensive, more practical battery is now being rolled out globally. Getting more cars on the road faster ultimately will win the EV race.VW ID.4 Sets Record For Longest Journey By EV In A Single Country.By May 2021, nearly 260,000 pure-electric cars and 535,000 plug-in models, including PHEVs according to a report on EV charging.The Uk needs to double daily installs of chargers from now on to meet EV demand.While EV adopters are currently paying through the nose for the vehicle itself – the average price according to Autotrader is £49,377. West Yorkshire breaks record for highest number of rapid EV chargers.Addison Lee teams up with tech firm JustPark in EV push. Gulf Oil on Thursday launched a range of e-fluids for Hybrid and (EV) passenger cars. Australia's most generous EV support package passed into law.UK to invest £620m in EV transition as part of net zero plan. Israeli ‘foldable' electric cars to make debut as emergency response vehicles.Electric vehicle subscription service Onto has launched its debut TV campaign on Channel 4 and Sky following its $175m investment drive.
In this episode of the Disputers for Good podcast, I speak with Alex Stephany, the founder of Beam, on solving homelessness using crowdfunding technology at scale.Beam is a crowdfunding platform that enables new career opportunities for homeless men and women. Beam uses technology and global citizens to help fund skills training and education to homeless individuals. With the Beam platform, you can help someone start a new career and leave homelessness for good.The platform works like this. Each person on the platform is referred to Beam by an established homeless charity or their local council. They receive a dedicated support specialist - a Beam employee who supports them all the way into their new career! The support specialists conduct basic security checks to make sure the referred person is mentally and physically ready to enter full-time employment. After that they help each person develop a tailored career plan, building on their unique strengths and interests.Once approved to be on the Beam platform, we as global citizens, can choose to help fund one person's training or fund everyone equally. You can choose support once or monthly. You'll get an email introducing you to a new person you're supporting every month and learn more about their individual storyThe founder of Beam, Alex Stephany, was inspired to build Beam after getting to know a homeless man at his local Tube station in London. The man had spent decades out of work. Alex would buy him cups of coffee and pairs of socks, but could see his condition going from very bad to even worse.When the man had a heart attack, Alex asked himself: “What could we do to make a real difference to that man's life?” The answer lay in giving him the skills to support himself. Alex knew that'd cost much more than a coffee. But what if everyone chipped in?Before Beam, Alex ran the parking app, JustPark, which he grew from 2 to over 40 people and still support as a Board Advisor. At JustPark, he had his first experience with crowdfunding when he led a record-breaking equity crowdfunding round - what was the largest crowdfunding round for a startup in history.He is also the author of a book on the sharing economy called The Business of Sharing, and also advised the city of Seoul as part of the Mayor's Sharing Economy Advisory Panel.Watch his TED Talk here.Listen to more Causeartist podcasts here.Check out:Partner with us - Learn moreImpactInvestor.io - Discover impact investors from around the world.Podcast Made with TransistorPodcast cover design Made with CanvaBuild amazing web platforms with Webflow
Anthony Eskinazi explains how he grew his tech marketplace business JustPark from a small idea into nationwide business, with further plans to expand overseas. He discussed the challenges of moving from the start-up to scale-up phase of the business, the importance of being surrounded by the right people and his mission to build a more sustainable transportation system.
In this episode Ben Graff joins me for a chat with Anthony Eskinazi who is the CEO of JustPark.com - and was also a very successful player who regularly references chess when he talks to audiences about his business strategy. If you'd like to find out more about what's going on in the chess world, search for The Chess Circuit and sign up for my free newsletter! We talked about why Anthony has his chess achievements on his Linkedin profile, and why he is rightly very proud of those! We revisited fond memories of the chess scene, how he founded a very successful business, and we discuss whether chess skills helped him in that endeavour. We also looked at chess and business as problem solving. When Anthony encounters a problem, I can tell that he likes to solve it! But how do you go about solving a problem? https://www.linkedin.com/in/anthonyeskinazi/ https://www.justpark.com/blog/exclusive-q-a-with-anthony-eskinazi https://chesscircuit.substack.com/ THANKS TO OUR SUPPORTERS! Grandmaster Simon Williams (GingerGM) does super video courses on gingergm.com, and books such as Arkell's Endings. I have won many games with his ideas! Buy quality e-books from Forward Chess - for instance The Woodpecker Method or 100 Endgames You Should Know. Want to impress your friends? Cook them an amazing meal - get brilliant recipes and all the ingredients you need delivered by Gusto - get 50% off your first box and 30% off your first month! Thanks for supporting my newsletter. Premium subscribers get discounts on tournaments, more articles and regular updates on the chess world. We also have a podcast which comes out every week with interviews and analysis. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thechesscircuit/message
In episode 6 of PEP Talk, Simon talks to Alex Stephany. Alex is the Founder and CEO of Beam, the world's first platform to crowdfund job training for homeless people and support them into skilled work. Since launching in 2017, Beam has raised more than £1.5m in donations, helping hundreds of homeless people start work in sectors facing skills shortages. Beam has won numerous awards including Best Tech for Good in Europe and Best Financial Inclusion Startup in Europe from MIT. Before Beam, Alex was CEO of JustPark where he led the largest ever crowdfunding round for a tech startup at the time. An expert on the sharing economy, Alex has authored a book called The Business of Sharing, which was published by Macmillan in 2015. He has also advised the Mayor of Seoul on collaborative technology.
Today we have a conversation with Alex Stephany, who is the founder and CEO of Beam, a London-based startup that is the world's first online platform that crowdfunds employment training for homeless people. Alex was also the CEO of JustPark, a disruptive startup that was backed by BMW among others, and is a sharing economy pioneer--being the author of The Business of Sharing. We discuss how we can build a more inclusive society and support everyone to become the best version of themselves that they can be.
In this repeat episode, Philip speaks with Alex about how you should approach investors or attempt to raise money from the crowd? We talk to the founder of Beam and JustPark's Ex-Ceo Alex Stefani about what it took to raise the largest Crowdfunding campaign of its time and to lead JustPark to become a household name. We discuss 1. Tips and tricks to a successful crowdfunding campaign 2. How to make it easier to launch projects when starting out 3. Why focus groups are dangerous and reliable alternatives for collecting data.
Coming up in this week's episode of the GDPR Weekly Show: Labour Party reports Sir Keir Starmer's leadership campaign team to ICO for alleged data breach, JustPark under investigation by Infrastructure Minister, Nichola Mallon MP following their data breach, Yachting Industry data breach reveals details of 17000 yachting professionals from more than 50 countries, Tinder faces GDPR investigation after complaints from across EU, German ICO accuses Irish DPC of being under-resourced and dragging their feet, 2020 GDPR Enforcement Landscape - where are DPCs focusing their efforts? When is Medical Research a legal basis under GDPR?
Cashless is coming, so it is said. For some it is already here. Jeremy Nicholds, CEO of mobile payments provider Judopay told Robin Amlôt he is close to celebrating a year ‘cash free'. Nicholds, who has worked for both MasterCard and Visa in his career, has a passion for payment technology. Judopay, using smart native technology, provides payments solutions to clients such as KFC, Young's, JustPark, iCabbi and Tempcover among others.
Today’s guest and your Mentor for the next 40 minutes is the ever so inspiring author of “The Business of Sharing” and Founder and CEO of Beam – Alex Stephany. Having started his career as a lawyer, living and working all over the world, Alex decided to join the tech startup JustPark as their COO in 2011. Alex was promoted to CEO at the end of 2012 and let the business to close the largest start up equity crowdfunding raise in history. Following his success with JustPark, where he remains a board advisor to this day, Alex ventured out on his own and started Beam - the world’s first crowdfunding platform that helps homeless people to train up and get back into work. Beam’s growing community of supporters have made a total of 17,000 donations, helping over 50 people find stable employment in a position that will provide a living wage. Beam hasn’t grown unnoticed, winning lots of plaudits in the press and it has won many awards, including being named by The Guardian as one of the most important social tech innovations of 2018. I loved finding out more about Beam and Alex’s diverse experiences. In our conversation, we talked about many different aspects of his career, including: - The skills that helped Alex switch from working as a lawyer to a high-growth tech startup and the challenges he faced in the early days of JustPark - How he became a thought leader on the sharing economy and how this led him to write and publish his book, “The Business of Sharing” (which involved him interviewing some very high profile people, which we discuss during our chat) - And also his ideas on how everyone can get involved in the sharing economy and how we can find long-term solutions for the homelessness problem, including ways to get involved with his amazing business Beam Alex’s passion for using technology to connect people who want to help, with people who need help, is both inspiring and contagious. I am so glad I get to share our conversation with you and I hope you’ll be as inspired as I was after hearing Alex’s story. If you want to find out more about Alex you can check out her LinkedIn profile - https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexstephany/ If you want to find out more about Beam you can have a look at their website - https://beam.org/ We’re always keen to get feedback so if you have any thoughts once you’ve listened to this interview, just drop me an email at james@jbmc.co.uk
On today's pod I speak with the founder and CEO of JustPark. JustPark is an app and website which originally connected drivers looking for a parking space with households looking to rent out their drive for some extra money. It's grown into a space utilisation firm but it's a been a long a challenging road for Anthony. He gives a very honest view of the road he's taking and it's a great story. You can find JustPark on twitter @justpark or on instagram @justparkhq or both Anthony & JustPark on Linkedin.
Life and the art of startup success through the eyes of two tech rebels - JustPark’s Anthony Eskinazi and Picfair’s Benji Lanyado. More talk: www.rebeltechpr.com/rebeltalk/rebeltalk-7-benji-lanyado-anthony-eskinazi-podcast/ Rebellion is the lifeblood of any functioning society. Rebels spark revolutions. We believe present times call for more rebels, not fewer, so we've created RebelTalk, a podcast celebrating rebels across every walk of life. Subscribe now to hear stories from troublemakers who think differently and aren't afraid to bend the rules in the name of change and progress. New episodes fortnightly. www.rebeltechpr.com/rebeltalk
Alex Stephany is the Founder and CEO of Beam. Previously, he was the CEO of JustPark where he led what was the largest equity crowdfunding round for a tech startup in history, and is a Board Advisor at JustPark and crowdfunding platform, Spacehive. Alex is the author of the leading business on the sharing economy, The Business of Sharing. Alex was inspired to build Beam after meeting and getting to know Richard, an illiterate homeless man who wanted to learn to read. He asked himself: "Would any local people be prepared to help this man learn to read, if technology existed that made it easy and safe?” At Beam, they believe the answer is 'yes', and that it is possible to use technology to solve a range of large complex social problems, starting with homelessness. Beam is the world's first crowdfunding platform that helps homeless people to train up and get into work. Beam has been named by The Guardian as one of the most important social tech innovations of 2018.
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In this episode Andy Davis talks to Steve Coulson, the CFO at JustPark. On the show they discuss balancing culture and bureaucracy in business. Andy asks Steve how he quantifies the ROI of a positive company culture. They also chat about the fears startup founders get when their companies start growing rapidly. Show Notes: 1.31 Steves Background in startups and SME’s. 6.09 The misconceptions around culture and bureaucracy in business. 8.12 Investing money back into your staff. 10.40 Quantifying culture. 12.14 Do you find people are more concerned with ROI than culture. 14.07 Having a high level vision so everything you do makes sense. 18.14 Do you ever worry about your startup getting too big? 21.34 Having the maturity to let go of some aspects of your role as you move up in your career. 23.19 Was it an easy decision for you to be based in London?
When the UK tech scene started to come online in the late noughties, Oxford-grad Alex left traditional careers in corporate law and management consultancy to join Anthony Eskinazi’s startup, Parkatmyhouse, which soon became JustPark. As CEO of JustPark from 2012-5 Alex oversaw several high-profile funding rounds including the largest equity crowdfunding round for a startup in history. In 3 years, he grew revenues 10-fold and set the company on a path towards its current user base of 1.5million drivers. He is also a published author with his book on the sharing economy “The Business of Sharing” and is an active mentor for TechStars. His latest project, Beam, is a social impact startup backed by the Mayor of London. The company leverages the crowdfunding model to empower people out of homelessness. The focus is on giving each member “person-centred” support in the form of finance, training and social ties while empowering the public to lend their help in the most effective and beneficial way possible. We talk in depth about Beam and the homelessness crisis in the UK. We discuss the triggers that cause homelessness and the isolation and diminishing sense of self-worth which makes escaping the downward spiral so hard. We discuss appropriate ways for people to help and how technology like Beam is empowering people and institutions to provide the personalised “scaffolding” required to beat homelessness.
Should you approach investors or attempt to raise money from the crowd? In this episode, we talk to JustPark's Ex-Ceo Alex Stefani about what it took to raise the largest Crowdfunding campaign of it's time, and to lead JustPark to becoming a household name. We discuss: 1. Tips and tricks to a successful crowdfunding campaign 2. How to make it easier to launch projects when starting out 3. Why focus groups are dangerous, and reliable alternatives for collecting data
In today's episode, Carlos from Seedcamp is joined by Alex Stephany, Tech CEO, Advisor and Author of "The Business of Sharing: Making it in the New Sharing Economy". Tune in to listen to Alex on how he hustled his way through the tech scene from scratch, after studying english Literature, ending up to became the CEO of Justpark. Alex and Carlos move on to discuss key advice on hiring and exchange views on job titles for early employees, how to keep your team motivated and how to understand if you have made a bad hire. If you're interested in Sharing Economy, this is the time to turn the volume up. Alex explains that the reason why he's written a book focused on this topic was to offer a 360 degree view coming from the entrepreneurs when compared with other books which have been primarily written by scholars or economists. Listen to a discussion on the professionalisation of the supply side, it's impact on the sharing economy and their visions about the future. Show notes from the episode: Alex Website: http://alexstephany.com Seedcamp: http://seedcamp.com Book: amzn.to/1xA0Fq3 Related bio links: Carlos: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/carloseduardoespinal / @http://twitter.com/cee Alex: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/alexstephany / @http://twitter.com/AlexStephany
On this episode, Nikki Bedi is joined by Chris Barton, original founder and board member of Shazam – the music recognition app used by over 500 million people – and Russ Tannen, Head of Music at DICE – a revolutionary ticketing service featured in Apple's Best Apps of 2015. They share tips for success in the mobile apps industry, monetizing your idea, and overcoming technological hurdles to bring your service to life Plus, we hear the story of Anthony Eskinazi – winner of the 2015 VOOM competition in the Grow Category and founder of JustPark. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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Alex Stephany - CEO of Just Park FULL EPISODE: http://www.siliconreal.com/episodes/2015/4/28/alex-stephany-ceo-of-just-parkAlex Stephany is the CEO of a startup called JustPark. They're a small team (28 people by February 2015) and have managed to attract some of the foremost talent in the London tech scene as well as investors like BMW and Index Ventures. They are laser-focused on fixing parking: one of the most dysfunctional aspects of city life.
Copy, emulate or originate?; JustPark your Mini; Wikipedia and a monkey; If you must use powerpoint; You should see what our rivals do; Three content curation tools; An interview with Bob Mills; Music from Ainsley Diaz Stevens