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In today's 40 Minute Mentor episode, we're joined by Simon Franks, multi-exited entrepreneur, Managing Partner of early-stage firm, Redbus Ventures and the Founder of Franks Family Foundation, the UK-based charitable organisation.  Simon's career has been filled with building and scaling some of the most successful businesses in Europe, including as a Founder and now Investor.  Today, he doesn't just back brilliant businesses like Perkbox and Cleo, but his main focus has been his philanthropic pursuits, through Franks Family Foundation, initiating and developing projects in South East Asia.  Tune in to today's episode to hear Simon's first-hand experience of building and scaling high-performing teams and hugely successful businesses, plus hear tons of advice on what sets great Founders apart. 

George Henry is a General Partner at LocalGlobe. LocalGlobe is a venture capital firm that focuses on seed and impact investments. They have seeded impactful founders since 1999 at places like Citymapper, Improbable, Lovefilm, Moo, Wise, and Zoopla. They invest in startups selling to consumers, small businesses, and enterprises. They are lean, data-driven, and move fast in decision-making. They offer highly structured, collaborative support to investee companies, and have an excellent track record in getting their startups to a Series A raising (almost 90% vs less than 40% EU average).George joins James Pringle and Hector Mason to discuss founder evaluation, the 4 investment themes they're excited about, what the next 10 years potentially hold for VC, & so much more. Don't forget to like, subscribe, and follow The Riding Unicorns Podcast on our socials and your chosen podcast platform to stay up to date!

Antony Ceravolo is a successful two-time startup founder from Adelaide, South Australia. He started his career in investment banking but left in 2002 to start a DVD rental business in London that raised funding from big VCs and Amazon. It grew into Lovefilm.com, which was later acquired by Amazon in 2011 to become part of their movie streaming service.  He moved back to Adelaide and started Sine in 2013 to help schools, businesses, and large office buildings manage guest sign-ins more securely using iPads at their front desks. They also started tracking visiting contractors and vendors with their mobile app, allowing automatic check-ins and tracking for operations managers.   Sine grew quickly with global customers and large deals, eventually growing to 100 employees, mostly in Adelaide, with no VC funding or institutional investors. Sine was acquired by Honeywell in 2020 and became a critical product in their property management technology suite.  Antony speaks openly about the benefits and challenges of working with institutional investors and why he avoided raising VC funding with Sine.  Learn more at practicalfounders.com. 

Heute wird es nostalgisch. Wir begeben uns zurück in unsere Kindheit und Jugend und ergründen die Faszination von Videotheken. Dafür haben wir uns die Quiztoph eingeladen, der früher selber in einer Videothek gearbeitet hat und dementsprechend eine Anekdoten über Stammkunden, den Erwachsenenbereich und Diskussionen wegen Kratzern auf Verleih-DVDs zum Besten geben kann.

Az ablakból látta a szomszéd, mit tett a sorozatsztár, börtönbe is kerülhet hirado.hu     2023-05-06 05:11:00     Bulvár Bíróság Börtön Alkoholizmus A színész bíróság előtt felel a bűneiért, miután koponyatörést és súlyos agysérülést okozott egy a háza előtt hangoskodó ittas férfinek. Őszintén megnyílt a betegségéről a szklerózis multiplexben szenvedő Christina Applegate Mafab     2023-05-06 04:49:02     Film Interjú Apple Sclerosis multiplex Christina Applegate Christina Applegate (galériánkban) a Vanity Fairnek egy nemrég adott interjúban osztotta meg a szklerózis multiplexszel kapcsolatos tapasztalatait. A galaxis őrzői 3.: vicces-könnyes búcsú helyett az egyik legsötétebb Marvel-filmet kaptuk Telex     2023-05-05 23:24:02     Film Humor Marvel DC-moziuniverzum James Gunn James Gunn utoljára rendezett A galaxis őrzői-filmet, mivel a jövőben a nagy konkurens DC főnöke lesz. Utolsó nagy dobásként megcsinálta az elmúlt évek legviccesebb Marvel-trilógiájához a lehető legkomorabb befejezést. Elhunyt Hunyadi Károly Librarius     2023-05-06 08:59:04     Zene Kultúra Balaton Meghalt Hunyadi Károly, a Balaton zenekar egyik alapítója. A gyászhírt a zenekar közölte pénteken Facebook-oldalán. “Fájdalomtól megtört szívvel tudatjuk, hogy Hunyadi Károly, a Balaton alapítója, Neurotic, Embersport, Flash és más zenekarok gitárosa, szerzője és énekese elhunyt. A családnak sok erőt kívánunk! Osztozunk gyászukban” – írta a zenekar Fonogram-életműdíjat kapott Korda György és Balázs Klári Tudás.hu     2023-05-05 19:54:34     Zene Koncert Elismerés Életmű Hangfelvétel Korda György Balázs Klári Fonogram-díj Fonogram-életműdíjat kapott Korda György és Balázs Klári. A népszerű énekes házaspár csütörtökön este, a Budapest Parkban tartott koncertjükön vette át a Magyar Hangfelvétel-kiadók Szövetsége (Mahasz) elismerését. A Fonogram – Magyar Zenei Díj 2023 szakmai életműdíjasát szintén most hozta nyilvánosságra a Mahasz, az elismerést Kraft Tamás hangmérnö Ismét repülőt vezet a 60 éves Tom Cruise, de ezúttal nem egy Top Gun szerep kedvéért Coloré     2023-05-05 21:00:00     Film Repülőgép Tom Cruise Top Gun A 60 éves Tom Cruise-on egyszerűen nem fog az idő, és ez nemcsak küllemében, de az akció mutatványaiban is látszik. Godzilla vs. Kong 2: Kong végre tényleg erősebb lehet?! A teaser trailer erre utal! theGeek     2023-05-06 07:15:57     Film Mozi Mozi Hírek – A Godzilla vs. Kong 2 előzetesében felbukkanó új gonosztevőre utaló jelek arra engednek következtetni, hogy Kong még erősebbé válhat a MonsterVerse jövőjében. A „Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire” előzetesében látható felvétel egy utalást ad Kong fajtájából származó új MonsterVerse gonosztevőre. A film előzeteséből kiderül, hogy a titán Top 10 legtöbbet visszatekert filmjelenet UZine     2023-05-06 08:05:24     Film Sharon Stone Sharon Stone keresztbe teszi a lábát, Tyler Durden felbukkan a doki mögött, Simba sex feliratú porfelhőt küld a levegőbe és még hosszan sorolhatnánk azokat a filmes jeleneteket, amelyeknél milliók állították meg a lejátszást, hogy újra és újra visszatekerjék.  A Slash Film (még 2021-ben) a Lovefilm nevű internetes filmkölcsönző portál adatai alapjá Megnyílt a Gyárkert KultúrPark Veszprémben Papageno     2023-05-05 18:56:07     Zene Koncert Veszprém Megnyitotta kapuit Veszprémben a Gyárkert KultúrPark, ami 4 hónapon keresztül, több mint 60 külföldi és magyar előadó koncertjének, ad majd otthont. 15 dolog, amit nem tudtál Oliver Stone Doors filmjéről port.hu     2023-05-06 09:40:00     Film Val Kilmer tényleg átlényegült Jim Morrisonná Oliver Stone életrajzi filmjének forgatásán, de ez bizony nyomokat hagyott rajta, mind pszichésen, mind szó szerint, és van a filmnek egy kevésbé szimpatikus oldala is. Jöjjenek az ifjú barbárok! – Kozma Andrással, a Színházi Olimpia és a Mitem egyik szervezőjével beszélgettünk Fidelio     2023-05-05 17:50:00     Színpad Színház Nemzeti Színház Valamiféle idealizmus nélkül nagyon nehéz megmaradni ebben a világban – vallja a Nemzeti Színház dramaturgja. Fontos találkozásokról, a Mitem elevenségéről és arról is mesélt, mi kellett ahhoz, hogy a Nemzetközi Színházi Olimpia egyik alapítója eljöjjön a rendezvényre.

Az ablakból látta a szomszéd, mit tett a sorozatsztár, börtönbe is kerülhet hirado.hu     2023-05-06 05:11:00     Bulvár Bíróság Börtön Alkoholizmus A színész bíróság előtt felel a bűneiért, miután koponyatörést és súlyos agysérülést okozott egy a háza előtt hangoskodó ittas férfinek. Őszintén megnyílt a betegségéről a szklerózis multiplexben szenvedő Christina Applegate Mafab     2023-05-06 04:49:02     Film Interjú Apple Sclerosis multiplex Christina Applegate Christina Applegate (galériánkban) a Vanity Fairnek egy nemrég adott interjúban osztotta meg a szklerózis multiplexszel kapcsolatos tapasztalatait. A galaxis őrzői 3.: vicces-könnyes búcsú helyett az egyik legsötétebb Marvel-filmet kaptuk Telex     2023-05-05 23:24:02     Film Humor Marvel DC-moziuniverzum James Gunn James Gunn utoljára rendezett A galaxis őrzői-filmet, mivel a jövőben a nagy konkurens DC főnöke lesz. Utolsó nagy dobásként megcsinálta az elmúlt évek legviccesebb Marvel-trilógiájához a lehető legkomorabb befejezést. Elhunyt Hunyadi Károly Librarius     2023-05-06 08:59:04     Zene Kultúra Balaton Meghalt Hunyadi Károly, a Balaton zenekar egyik alapítója. A gyászhírt a zenekar közölte pénteken Facebook-oldalán. “Fájdalomtól megtört szívvel tudatjuk, hogy Hunyadi Károly, a Balaton alapítója, Neurotic, Embersport, Flash és más zenekarok gitárosa, szerzője és énekese elhunyt. A családnak sok erőt kívánunk! Osztozunk gyászukban” – írta a zenekar Fonogram-életműdíjat kapott Korda György és Balázs Klári Tudás.hu     2023-05-05 19:54:34     Zene Koncert Elismerés Életmű Hangfelvétel Korda György Balázs Klári Fonogram-díj Fonogram-életműdíjat kapott Korda György és Balázs Klári. A népszerű énekes házaspár csütörtökön este, a Budapest Parkban tartott koncertjükön vette át a Magyar Hangfelvétel-kiadók Szövetsége (Mahasz) elismerését. A Fonogram – Magyar Zenei Díj 2023 szakmai életműdíjasát szintén most hozta nyilvánosságra a Mahasz, az elismerést Kraft Tamás hangmérnö Ismét repülőt vezet a 60 éves Tom Cruise, de ezúttal nem egy Top Gun szerep kedvéért Coloré     2023-05-05 21:00:00     Film Repülőgép Tom Cruise Top Gun A 60 éves Tom Cruise-on egyszerűen nem fog az idő, és ez nemcsak küllemében, de az akció mutatványaiban is látszik. Godzilla vs. Kong 2: Kong végre tényleg erősebb lehet?! A teaser trailer erre utal! theGeek     2023-05-06 07:15:57     Film Mozi Mozi Hírek – A Godzilla vs. Kong 2 előzetesében felbukkanó új gonosztevőre utaló jelek arra engednek következtetni, hogy Kong még erősebbé válhat a MonsterVerse jövőjében. A „Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire” előzetesében látható felvétel egy utalást ad Kong fajtájából származó új MonsterVerse gonosztevőre. A film előzeteséből kiderül, hogy a titán Top 10 legtöbbet visszatekert filmjelenet UZine     2023-05-06 08:05:24     Film Sharon Stone Sharon Stone keresztbe teszi a lábát, Tyler Durden felbukkan a doki mögött, Simba sex feliratú porfelhőt küld a levegőbe és még hosszan sorolhatnánk azokat a filmes jeleneteket, amelyeknél milliók állították meg a lejátszást, hogy újra és újra visszatekerjék.  A Slash Film (még 2021-ben) a Lovefilm nevű internetes filmkölcsönző portál adatai alapjá Megnyílt a Gyárkert KultúrPark Veszprémben Papageno     2023-05-05 18:56:07     Zene Koncert Veszprém Megnyitotta kapuit Veszprémben a Gyárkert KultúrPark, ami 4 hónapon keresztül, több mint 60 külföldi és magyar előadó koncertjének, ad majd otthont. 15 dolog, amit nem tudtál Oliver Stone Doors filmjéről port.hu     2023-05-06 09:40:00     Film Val Kilmer tényleg átlényegült Jim Morrisonná Oliver Stone életrajzi filmjének forgatásán, de ez bizony nyomokat hagyott rajta, mind pszichésen, mind szó szerint, és van a filmnek egy kevésbé szimpatikus oldala is. Jöjjenek az ifjú barbárok! – Kozma Andrással, a Színházi Olimpia és a Mitem egyik szervezőjével beszélgettünk Fidelio     2023-05-05 17:50:00     Színpad Színház Nemzeti Színház Valamiféle idealizmus nélkül nagyon nehéz megmaradni ebben a világban – vallja a Nemzeti Színház dramaturgja. Fontos találkozásokról, a Mitem elevenségéről és arról is mesélt, mi kellett ahhoz, hogy a Nemzetközi Színházi Olimpia egyik alapítója eljöjjön a rendezvényre.

In this episode of Tech Talks Daily, I am joined by William Reeve, a serial tech entrepreneur with an extensive track record of founding and chairing successful high-growth tech businesses. William shares his insights on why the rental sector has been overlooked by the tech industry for so long, despite impacting a significant percentage of homes in the UK. As CEO of Goodlord, a RentTech company, William discusses how he is using technology to revolutionize the rental experience for agents, landlords, and tenants. We explore the challenges faced by the lettings industry and the role that RentTech can play in addressing these issues. Join us as we discuss the potential of RentTech to reshape the world of renting and establish itself as a major player in the tech industry. Learn why the lettings industry desperately needs tech reform and how Goodlord is leading the charge to bring much-needed innovation to this important sector. William has extensive experience founding companies such as Fletcher Research (sold to Forrester Research), LOVEFILM (sold to Amazon), and Secret Escapes. He has also served as NED and/or Chair of various high-growth tech businesses, including Graze (sold to Carlyle), Nutmeg (sold to JP Morgan), True Knowledge (sold to Amazon), Media Ingenuity, and Zoopla.

Happy new year! We hope all our listeners have a great 2023. Thank you for being with us on the journey, we hope you all continue to enjoy the podcasts we provide.In relation to that, in this episode, we review what the Software Testing Market Trends are for 2023. Joining Simon, Chris and David for this episode is long time friend, fan of the podcast and all round testing superstar, Beth Marshall. Before diving into the main topic, Mr Bantz himself, takes us on a trip down memory lane about brands which we grew up with which we never thought would disappear, from Blockbusters, Cadbury's Fuse, Woolworths, CDs, LoveFilm, Pop Tarts, Telephone Boxes and even Testing Twitter.Beth then leads the discussion on the Testing Job market trends, discussing the factors that are impacting peoples decisions to move jobs and what they are looking for. Wellbeing, Hybrid working/WFH options, salary are all factors discussed on what causes people to move. We also touch on the global market now in place with the vast increase in amount of people who apply for roles.We then talk about the Academies and consultancy options available and how they can change how companies hire and individuals looking for specifics in the roles.What are your experiences with the market? We hope you found the discussion useful and would love to hear your feedback.ContactUs@TestingPeers.comTwitter (https://twitter.com/testingpeers)LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/company/testing-peers)Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/testingpeers/)Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/TestingPeers)We're also now on GoodPods, check it out via the mobile app storesIf you like what we do and are able to, please visit our Patreon to explore how you could support us going forwards: https://www.patreon.com/testingpeersSaffron QA is a provider of recruitment and consultancy services, exclusively for the software testing industry.You can find out more at https://saffronqa.co.uk/  or on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/company/saffron-qa/Support the show

Bonus content taken from our How to be a CEO podcast: William Reeve knows a thing or two about how to sell a successful start-up. His first, Fletcher Research, was bought for around £20m in 1999. He followed that up in 2011 with a reported £200m sale of LoveFilm to Amazon. Since then he's worked with household names like Secret Escapes and PaddyPower, helping to develop their businesses. Now he's CEO of digital property lettings platform Goodlord and a non-executive director at Dunelm.To listen to the full episode click here. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week's guest is formidable entrepreneur, investor and CEO of Goodlord, William Reeve. After setting up his first business during the dotcom boom of the 90s, William moved on to set up pioneering media rental website LoveFilm.com in the noughties. Since then, he has co-founded Secret Escapes, as well as served on the boards of Nutmeg, Dunelm and Graze as a non-exec. Most recently, he founded Goodlord; an award-winning lettings platform designed to streamline tenancies. Having dipped his toe into all business sectors, William stands out as a tech leader with many strings to his bow. In this episode, he tells Gareth about his colourful career as an entrepreneur and the things he's most excited about in the years to come. William's take on the world situation right now (1.20)  Problem-solving at Goodlord (2.58)Early days at Mckinsey's - (4.30)Setting up a business (6.37)The dot-com boom (8.10)LoveFilm.com (10.05)Forecast for the future of online media (15.30)How does William assess which opportunities to accept or reject? (17.07)Joining Zoopla (19.52)Secret Escapes (23.16)Milestone moments (25.13)What is William most excited about in the future? (28.51)Outside of work/advice to 21-year-old William (30.18)How the workplace is evolving (32.38)Inspirational stories (35.29)

William Reeve knows a thing or two about how to sell a successful start-up. His first, Fletcher Research, was bought for around £20m in 1999. He followed that up in 2011 with a reported £200m sale of LoveFilm to Amazon. Since then he's worked with household names like Secret Escapes and PaddyPower, helping to develop their businesses. Now he's CEO of digital property lettings platform Goodlord and a non-executive director at Dunelm. In this episode we talk about: Why CEOs should prioritise building a good company, not a sellable oneAdvice on exit strategiesLeadership skillsThe archaic property rental sector and how to change itHow interest rates and the cost of living are affecting SMEs Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Join us for the latest edition of the Movie Mount Rushmore Podcast as hosts Nico Lurot (@Nico Lurot) and Anthony "AJ" Jordan (@TonyNTR) are here to discuss the TOP 10 Movies set in the Desert. From classics like Lawrence of Arabia to animations like Prince of Egypt, to more pop affairs like The Mummy and B-Movies like Tremors this definitely has something for everyone!!HERE'S HOW THE SHOW WORKS:Hosts, Aj and Nico each get assigned a topic, we go our separate ways to compile our individual TOP 10 lists on a new Movie topic each week. Then we rejoin to count down our individual lists where one person delivers their bottom 3 movies, then the other delivers their bottom 3. Then the original person delievers his next two, then the other person their next two. When we reach the top 5s on our list, we bounce back and forth and trade one a-piece. If at any time we are counting down our lists, one person has a movie in a higher position that person will say " PUNT" and we will then talk about that movie when we get to the higher position.Once both of our TOP 10 lists have been counted, we create the "Movie Mount Rushmore": these are the 4 quintessential, diverse, must see-see movies of the topic each week.We then put our 4 picks out on Twitter, and YOU all decide who the winner is! To vote, head on over to our Twitter page @MovieMtRushmore!You can now catch the Movie Mount Rushmore podcast as a visual show as well. Just head over to our Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJbOIBmHMaQ6ejjf2Nbkw7wBe sure to share this podcast with all movies fans that you know, and follow us for free on Spreaker, https://www.spreaker.com/show/movie-mount-rushmoreSpotify, https://open.spotify.com/show/5wJ8H1Y01slPBGs6BDUsKJApple Podcasts, https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/movie-mount-rushmore/id1338321324CastBox, https://castbox.fm/channel/Movie-Mount-Rushmore-id1158548?country=usDeezer https://www.deezer.com/en/show/709182iHeartRadio, https://www.iheart.com/podcast/966movie-mount-rushmor-29061971/Podchaser: https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/movie-mount-rushmore-992292Be sure to follow us on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/silverscreendudes/ for all latest movies news, our movie highlights and your chance to pitch a topic of the Rushmore.

It's been said that no idea is truly original, so bringing value to business is all about an ability to execute those ideas. With an incredible track record to show from his decades as a serial tech entrepreneur & angel investor, there's no doubt that William Reeve possesses that ability in abundance.Having run the largest technology consumer research programme in Europe, Co-Founded the UK's leading online DVD rental brand - which eventually became LOVEFiLM - and holding Non-Executive roles in Secret Escapes, Graze and Dunelm, William has no shortage of tales and takeaways from his experiences.Joining Lee on this week's Extrology, William recalls the pain points that became progress on his business journey, which now sees him as the CEO of Goodlord.Lee and William discuss:William's remarkable portfolio of executive and non-exec rolesEarly fascination with technology, and releasing a game during his GCSE yearsFinding more value in executing ideas than conceiving themThe oft-overlooked quality of sales as a professional skillTaking a portfolio approach to business vs having a sole focusThe importance of diverse skill sets and outlooks in any teamExtrology is sponsored by Progresso Talent Partners who for more than 25 years have successfully delivered interim and permanent leadership talent to transform businesses and to hire the talent you need to enable your business to thrive: https://www.progressotalent.com/Links & references at: https://www.extrology.com/

Simon Franks is a partner at Venture Capital and Private Equity firm, Redbus. Simon however is perhaps best known for co-founding LoveFILM, which during its time was one of the biggest names in film rental. After the company had reached two million subscribers it was sold to Amazon In 2011 for £200m. Simon has spent much of the proceeding years focusing on philanthropy. Through his work at the Franks Family Foundation he is able to provide mentorship to charitable organisations to help them address problems in some of the poorest regions from around the world. Simon sat down with us to discuss his time at the popular DVD-by-mail provider, his plans to revolutionise the rental car space and the difficulties involved in modern day philanthropy. Make sure to like and subscribe to the Riding Unicorns podcast to never miss an episode. Also don't forget to give Riding Unicorns a follow on Twitter and LinkedIn to keep on top of the latest developments.

Saul Klein, serial entrepreneur and prominent seed investor in the global tech scene, has co-founded numerous game-changing businesses such as LocalGlobe, Seedcamp, Kano, Zinc or Lovefilm (acquired by Amazon). Prior, he had a VP role at Skype and was General Partner at Index Ventures. He shares with us his journey to the entreprenurial space and talks about the transition from working at an established company to starting your own business. He highlights the first steps to take as founders to really see the exciting opportunities and elaborates on the way LocalGlobe evaluates investments and helps improve their performance. https://www.linkedin.com/in/janbrinckmann https://www.linkedin.com/in/saulklein https://localglobe.vc 00:00 Introduction 1:31 Saul's journey into the entrepreneurship world 3:40 Disrupting the newspaper industry as a 22 year old 6:25 Seeing entrepreneurship in a new light at netscape 08:55 Making the transition from working at an established company to starting an own business 11:20 First startup experiences at a MIT spinn-off and getting to know the VC and M&A space 13:55 Founding LoveFilm 16:00 Being an Marketing Executive at Skype 19:10 Advice on finding THE entrepreneurial opportunity 23:55 First steps to take as a founder to really see the exciting opportunities 29:53 How to enhance the performance of the start-up as a VC 37:55 How LocalGlobe finds the startups to invest in 43:56 Quick Fire Round: who Saul admires the most | biggest risk currently | #1 recommendation for aspiring entrepreneurs 44:38 Closing

Today's episode of Building Bridges is my conversation with Saul Klein, a venture capitalist based in London and a prominent figure in European tech.I've been connected to Saul Klein for quite some time, because he was a partner at Index Ventures when the VC firm invested in my firm The Family in 2013. But I really got to know him after I moved to London in 2015. His name simply kept coming up as the person I should meet.Someone even told me “Saul is the London version of you”. I must say I'm lagging far behind in terms of track record, but it's true Saul and I have many shared interests: not only startups, but also ecosystem building, the geography of entrepreneurship and venture capital, and the many (and overlooked) interactions between the worlds of tech and policy.There's a reason Saul's name is mentioned so often in London, indeed. He was present at the creation of the contemporary UK tech system, as the founder of Lovefilm and an active angel investor. He then joined Index Ventures, arguably the most accomplished European VC firm, as a partner, before founding his own firm, LocalGlobe, with his father Robin Klein—another prominent figure in London tech.In between, Saul was also instrumental, as a cofounder, in launching projects as diverse and impressive as Seedcamp (one of Europe's most successful seed funds), Zinc (a mission-driven firm that aims to tackle societal challenges), and Newton (a training program for VCs, LPs, angels, accelerators, and tech transfer officers worldwide).Needless to say he and I talked quite a lot over the years about many tech-related topics. Our conversation in this podcast, however, is focused on something that really stands out in my view: LocalGlobe's investment thesis, which I wrote about in On Trains and Geography (October 2020), Part of Saul's investment thesis is that his firm should invest in tech startups within a 4-hour train ride from London—which includes cities as diverse and interesting as Cambridge, Manchester, Paris, Brussels, and Amsterdam. Here are his arguments:4 hours is far from being a random number. It's enough time to reach a given destination without being away from the office for too long. You can travel 4 hours to your destination, have a 2-hour meeting, and then travel back to sleep in your own bed, back with your team the next morning. (A bit extreme, but it's doable.)You can actually be productive when traveling by train. Not only is it easier to get an Internet connection when on a train (either through wifi or 4G), but traveling by train also comes with many fewer interruptions than traveling by plane.Finally, Saul's is a bet on the future. From what he told me, he expects plane travel to be less and less tolerated in a business context due to climate change, and at some point governments could decide to revisit the whole cost structure (from tax and other perspectives) so as to make planes more expensive...and trains cheaper.A key implication of this thesis is that tech people in London and Paris, which despite Brexit are still well connected by the Eurostar, can work on building The New Entente Cordiale

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The Pirates are back after a short break to bring you all the Hollywood gossip and movie reviews of movies such as Love And Monsters, Guns Akimbo and Mortal Kombat 2021.

Harry Hill, former Chairman and CEO of Countrywide and co-founder of Rightmove, shares his journey in real estate with Guy Westlake. Harry is one of the legends of UK estate agency, considered by many to be the original proptech pioneer. Over his 20 year tenure as CEO of Countrywide, Harry built the company into the world's largest group of estate agents offering integrated property services, eventually selling the business to US private equity firm Apollo Global Management for £1bn in 2007.  In 2000, whilst at the helm of Countrywide, he led the formation of Rightmove and served as the company's Chairman until 2008.  Today Rightmove is the UK's leading property listings portal with a market capitalization of £5.3bn. Harry has held numerous non-executive roles at both public and private companies, including Hunters, Learning Technologies Group and Lavanda. In this episode Harry shares: How failing to get into the army led to auctioning cattle in Yorkshire, which in turn proved to be a springboard to a stellar career in property! How building an estate agency business of scale was a vehicle to cross-selling high margin products like insurance and property services. Why digital adoption in real estate has been historically slow, but why that is now set to change fast. Why 90-95% of proptech businesses are destined to fail due to lack of product market fit. How he believes the next seismic innovation in real estate will be making the process of buying a home as simple and straightforward as buying a car. His admiration for Alex Chesterman (founder of LoveFilm and Zoopla)  whose most recent start-up Cazoo is now mooted to be going public at a valuation of $7bn.

Tech jobs are some of the most lucrative in the employment market, but there's a perception that they're only for the extremely tech-literate. In this episode, Saul Klein dispels that myth. A technology investor at venture capitalist firm LocalGlobe, Klein has backed a slew of British start-up successes, including LoveFilm, Improbable, TransferWise and Kazoo. In conversation with episode host James Ashton – a Financial Journalist and Senior Adviser at Portland – Klein also discusses how the UK can stay on top of Europe's tech industry, the "New Palo Alto", and how a £50 billion valuation has become the new £100 million valuation. Learn more about Portland here: https://portland-communications.com/

In season 2, episode 1, Simon talks to William Reeve. William is CEO of fast growth technology business Goodlord, a role he's held since 2018. Alongside this, he's non-Exec Chairman of Nutmeg and non-Exec Director at Dunelm PLC. William is a serial entrepreneur, having co-founded Fletcher Research, LOVEFiLM.com, and Secret Escapes. He is also an experienced angel investor.

In season 2, episode 1, Simon talks to William Reeve. William is CEO of fast growth technology business Goodlord, a role he's held since 2018. Alongside this, he's non-Exec Chairman of Nutmeg and non-Exec Director at Dunelm PLC. William is a serial entrepreneur, having co-founded Fletcher Research, LOVEFiLM.com, and Secret Escapes. He is also an experienced angel investor.

In season 2, episode 1, Simon talks to William Reeve. William is CEO of fast growth technology business Goodlord, a role he's held since 2018. Alongside this, he's non-Exec Chairman of Nutmeg and non-Exec Director at Dunelm PLC. William is a serial entrepreneur, having co-founded Fletcher Research, LOVEFiLM.com, and Secret Escapes. He is also an experienced angel investor.

First broadcast on FAB RADIO INTERNATIONAL at 19:00 on December 13 2020 In the tenth edition of VISION ON SOUND, because of lockdown restrictions, SANDY and I tried to do our usual thing via a telephone link and it all kind of worked out swimmingly. Mostly. After I share a few musings on THE MACHINE STOPS, SANDY and I have one of our natters which starts with ROADKILL and by way of some musings upon modern ways of viewing television shows, ITV drama, we end up in Sandy's STAR TREK dreams. We also discuss the genius of the 22 minute episode format, WESTWORLD, LoveFilm, THE PRISONER, and the television Westerns of the 1960s. PLEASE NOTE - For Copyright reasons, musical content has to be removed for the podcast edition. All the spoken word content remains (mostly) as it was in the broadcast version. Hopefully this won't spoil your enjoyment of the show.

With streaming services increasing their viewership by 71% this year, the likes of BBC iPlayer and DAZN have kept viewers around the world entertained through some particularly trying times. Who better to offer insight into the world of online video content than the creator of iPlayer and Chief Product Officer at DAZN - Ben Lavender.Having changed the way that most of us consume our online media, Ben gives us a look behind the curtain on how TV streaming was born, the resistance he had to overcome along the way, and what it's like to be at the forefront of sports streaming at DAZN. All this and more on episode 7 of Extrology.Lee and Ben discuss:Overcoming resistance to a novel ideaThe early days of content piracyBalancing thorough testing with gut feelingsSports fans' passionGenerating ideas from boredomLinks and references at: https://www.extrology.com/Get in touch: lee@extrology.comSponsored by Progresso Talent Partners: https://www.progressotalent.com/Produced by Podcast Labs: https://podcastlabs.co.uk/

Knives Out is a mystery murder film that takes you on a journey from the very start. We will dig into the makings of why this story is so outstanding. If you are a fan of "Whodunit" films, you will love how this film weaves into our imagination. The film stars Daniel Craig, Chris Evans, Ana de Armas, Jamie Lee Curtis, Michael Shannon, Don Johnson, Toni Collette, Lakeith Stanfield, Katherine Langford, and Christopher Plummer.

In this episode I chat to Sherry Coutu, a serial entrepreneur, angel investor and one of the leading names in the UK digital sector. We talk about tips for investment pitches, time management and difficulties in the tech sector. You can also visit smallbusiness.co.uk for more on raising capital. Remember to like us on Facebook @SmallBusinessExperts and follow us on Twitter @smallbusinessuk, all lower case. Want to read Sherry Coutu's podcast interview instead? Please note that this podcast was recorded before COVID-19 became prevalent in the UK. Hello and welcome to Small Business Snippets, the podcast from SmallBusiness.co.uk. I’m your host, Anna Jordan. Today we have Sherry Coutu, a serial entrepreneur, investor and advisor. She’s also on the board of Founders4Schools, Workfinder, Raspberry Pi, the Department of Culture Media and Sport (DCMS), Pearson and the London Stock Exchange. We’ll be discussing the most common slip-ups that businesses make when pitching to investors and the most pressing issues in the digital sector. Anna: Hello, Sherry. Sherry: Hello. Anna: It’s lovely to meet you. How are you doing? Sherry: Yeah, I’m very well, thank you. Good to see you. Great. OK, I’d like to start off by going back to the beginning. As the intro suggests, your background is in digital and tech. You were a developer and programmer before you became an entrepreneur and an angel investor. What was it like being a female developer at the time you started out? Sherry: Well, I’ve never been a male developer. I think I came to it thinking it wasn’t that unusual being a female developer. I had studied at EF International and some other women had gone into digital when I was at the London School of Economics studying so it didn’t seem that unusual. I’d joined a large consulting company and that large consulting company had a number of women in that intake and we were all programming. It didn’t seem that abnormal to me. I was doing things that I thought were interesting and I was learning skills that I didn’t find that difficult and that I enjoyed, so it was pretty easy by and large. I didn’t know at the time how unusual what I was doing was or would be seen afterwards. When did that become apparent? Sherry: I don’t know. Again, I don’t approach things on a gender basis. I saw other people that I liked who were doing work that I enjoyed, and we had projects which were interesting. When did it become apparent? You do sort of notice that you’re often the only woman in the room, and it was probably afterwards that I thought, ‘Oh, that’s odd. It’s no longer 50/50 – it’s a lot less than that’. It didn’t bother me that much – I was pretty absorbed in what I was doing. It was really interesting work. It’s a good way to look at it and some women thrive on that kind of atmosphere as well. It’s a similar situation for investors. What were the most common pitching mistakes you saw from businesses pitching to you? Sherry: Well, I think there are a couple – I was thinking about your question earlier. And I think there's a couple of common issues. One is not researching. I'm a member of the Cambridge Angels and have been members of HBS Angels as well. And if an investor comes to you and they haven't researched who they’re in the room with, that is really common blooper, and it's not a sensible one. I think if I had advice for them, it's to research who you're pitching to and know what's in their portfolio and to know what they've what they've done before. I think, having somebody explain to me something that, clearly, if they'd looked at my background, they would understand that I knew. It's a waste of their time, whereas you can get into more detailed things right away otherwise. The other issue, something that is unforgivable to me as an investor is not understanding who your customer is. Or demonstrating your keenness to delight that customer. A lack of focus on that is really annoying to me. I think the only reason we are given opportunities as entrepreneurs is because we can delight customers and create things that will help them in their life in a multitude of ways. And I think a lack of customer focus is annoying to me. And it's usually makes for a fairly short meeting. And it definitely means that I won't follow up because, it's like, well, why are you doing this? The first question I'm often asking is why are you trying to solve this problem? Who are your customers? What does this do for them? Yeah, exactly. So, encouraging better work experience at school is a key focus for you especially just now, what kind of barriers do you think that small employers face when taking on work experience pupils? Sherry: Work experience for people in school and in university is something that I'm really keen on. I don't think of it as barriers. I think all small businesses have projects that they need to get done. You can ask a full-time permanent employee who's already working full tilt to do a project, or you can think, ‘Are there ways that I can get other people from outside my company that might have a fresh view, who I don't have to offer a permanent job to, to get this project?’ To me, the biggest issue there is as a small business person is finding people to do those extra projects that I really would like to do for my customers. Maybe it's so that I can be more obsessed with my customers and get them more focusing on a new product development or customers in a new country or in a new city. But I think that current students at university, supplemented possibly by students doing their A Levels, are a great way of getting projects done quickly and efficiently. And hey, you might even be able to hire the student who is doing the work for you afterwards. But we all have projects, we've all got dozens of projects. Maybe it's sitting down and thinking of which of the projects I have that would be suitable for five students doing a month or five students doing a couple of weeks, breaking it down into something that can be accomplished that will be meaningful to me as a business. Taking it back to the start, for an employer that has never done work experience before, has never offered a kind of programme of sorts – Sherry: They don't need a programme. They've got projects all the time. And we all have projects. I think there are big company ways of approaching work experience and there are small company ways of approaching work experience. The big company ways tend to be structured programmes that happen in June or July. And they might be quite cumbersome on the company. What I've seen work brilliantly for small companies, small and medium sized companies and start-ups and scale-ups are joining project teams, or all working on a project that the employer wants to get done that can't get done any other way. And that means that for the supervision of that project, you've got four people on it, but you put together the brief that might take you a tiny bit of time, or you could use Workfinder, we've got more than 100 briefs that are appropriate to ask students at university. You could take one of our briefs of, well, you might be thinking about this, here's how you do this type of project. You brief them on the first day, you touch base with them for half an hour just to make sure that they're going along the right path for the length of the project, and then you get them to present the project view at the end. I think it's great. And then you use it, because it's a project that will help you do something more for your customers that you haven't been able to do, because everybody's really busy. I mean, we always are pressed for time in small businesses and large businesses. Yeah, absolutely. What's the kind of state of things at the moment in terms of small businesses taking on work experiences? Is it quite common? Or could it be done more widely? Sherry: Well, I would love it to happen more widely. But it happens more often in start-ups and scale-ups than it does in large companies. We published this at the Gallup Institute earlier this year, that it was it was more likely that they had taken on students both at university and at school to do those extra projects in small and medium-sized companies. For me, I've got endless projects. I'd rather have a constant stream of people. And I think the other one of the other barriers is that large companies tend to do it in the summer, but when we spoke to small and medium sized companies, they had projects all year round, and they didn't want to be constrained to having to do it in July or something like that. With lots of other small companies that we work with, it worked fine around it Founders4Schools fitted in through throughout the year so that it works better with them. Anna: I suppose they have the advantage as well because They don't have the processes and the departments to go through that larger businesses do. Sherry: Yeah, exactly. And they may not and they'll have urgent projects that pop up, maybe it's a pitch, maybe it's a pitch for a customer and what you need is somebody to ask, ‘Well, can you do a bunch of customer research for me?’ We don't know these people, use Google, use LinkedIn. Yeah, help me put together this pitch. But there's lots of really good projects that help people who are at school and university understand what work experience is. It's deeply meaningful to the company, it also gives them a proper sense of what it would be like to work for that company. But it's risk-free because maybe it's a week, maybe it's two weeks, maybe it's a month and they can choose, they get the project done, they decide if they love it, or they hate it. If they love it, they can keep on talking if they don't love it, they can try different project and a different type of company and see if they like that industry better. Actually, as lately pertains to your expertise and for companies in the digital sector, and they're experiencing a lot of upheaval at the moment – politically, financially in so many different ways. What would you say are the most prominent issues affecting the digital sector right now? Sherry: Well, most recently GDPR was a change. I think was a change for the good because it protected consumers and customers and made sure that all companies were being mindful of whose data it was that they had the privilege of being a custodian of. So, I think I think there's that. In the UK, I'm not going to say that word [Brexit], but it's been harder. It's been harder to retain people from Europe for reasons that are outside of our control, and that's tricky. Attracting people who have the right skill set is also really difficult because there's been a sequencing issue with small companies, we create lots of jobs, but they are jobs in agile management and data science. Schools and universities aren't yet churning out people who have those skills. And I think solving that issue so that we small digital companies don't suffer from a skill shortage any longer is certainly very much on my mind. And I hope to make some contribution to that agenda. Anna: It feeds back into the work experience as well, doesn't it? You teach them as early as possible and let them know what opportunities are out there. Sherry: Yeah. And I think it’s understanding that you're not going to have the same job for 30 years, and actually, that really sounds quite boring anyway. Let’s sort of just assume that we need the framework for working here on this type of project for this type of company for a period of time and then we'll move on and we'll do something else. The needs of the customers will change. And our needs as we go through our own lifetime change as well. Often we'll work full time, we might work very flexibly when we're having children. And then once they're off at university, we might go back up to full-time or, like me, choose a portfolio of things, which is like having a bunch of part-time jobs, all of which I love. But I love the flexibility of this. If you listen to LinkedIn, the average person now has 25 jobs between graduation and retirement, seven different identifiable career streams. What's your next career stream? I mean, it's kind of neat when you think about it that way. What would you say to small business owners who maybe have trouble establishing what skills their workforce needs, and maybe the resources well, to provide them? Sherry: Well, I think there are some great online resources. For staff I use LinkedIn Learning quite a lot. For coding skills, there's Coursera, there's Udacity, there's Futurelearn, there's a lot of free online courses that allow us to upskill our staff. I think we all need to be learning all of the time. If we don't invest in ourselves as the leader of a small business and we don't invest in our staff then well, it might be harder to retain people, it might also be harder to fulfil those customer orders because they'll be asking us for stuff that we don't know how to do. I think I a commitment to continued learning and allowing and encouraging creativity in ourselves and in the people that work for us as a culture of learning is really important. Actually, now that we're touching on it. You fit a lot into your days and obviously, there's the continual upskilling as well. What kind of time management tips do you have for our listeners who may be struggling and a bit stretched? Sherry: I'm sure anybody who knows me doesn't necessarily think that I'm great at managing my time. But I try to. I think if you're a portfolio, it's quite helpful because you compartmentalise things and you're context switching. That keeps you fresh. It also keeps you managing quite closely. Something that I have used for a long time is trying to be at home 20 out of 30 nights, especially when the kids were at home and younger, being at home 20 to 30 nights a month. And if you've got that rule that you will be at home by 6pm or earlier if you can, that allows you to show the commitment that you have to your family and to yourself. I try to exercise as much as I should. I'm not sure I think probably in the last month, I have definitely broken my rule. But I've got I've got training set up in January, February and March and it's scheduled into my diary. I try to schedule things. I do try to review on a weekly and a monthly basis. Am I content with how I'm spending my time? And when I went to the rule of 20 or 30 nights at home by 6pm, I found that because there's so many interesting things going on all the time. And I wanted to do everything I literally did find myself out every night. And then you think, ‘My God, I haven't really seen my children. I haven't spent any time with my husband, and I don't feel good about that.’ And so I just sort of put a hard and fast rule and it's like, nope, this is how I'm going to do it from now and it works. Are you working when you're home at 6pm? Or is that a cut-off point when you stop working? Sherry: I'll stop working. Not necessarily for the day – I might go in and back on it between 10pm and 11pm and just sort of plan out the next day. I do tend to be crazily busy. Even if it's just planning out what you're supposed to wear, because you've got this little jingle jangle of meetings and you think, ‘Good Lord, what's going to navigate through that set of meetings of that day, what am I going to wear?’ Just sort of thinking about the how you're going to execute the next day, if it tends to be mixed up. I don't ever go to an office and sit at a desk. I think, ‘I'm going to be home with family. I'm not going to have my phone on, I'm going to focus,’ and that gives them the right message. And it also gives me the release that you need as a person from work. Do you rely more on people or tech to sort of help you organise your schedule? Sherry: Both. For the tech, I use calendar Google Calendar. I'm not making an advertisement for Google. But I think many small businesses use it rather than some of the more traditional ones. And if I'm meeting someone, I asked them to append in what the agenda is and what the papers are. My call forward file is not a physical call forward file that say, it's literally in the description of that. And I find that really helpful as I prepare for the meetings, I find the ability to invite people to meetings from within your diary. And then if you move it, they all get notified and you don't have to do all of that is really helpful. I do have an executive assistant (EA) who I adore and she's kind of a magician, because I tend to want to do too many things than might actually be possible, and she makes it a lot more possible than it might otherwise be. I do depend on her and enjoy the fact that she helps and is very au fait with and good at using technology as well, which is helpful to me. If you're a small business owner and you could have an entourage of sorts, what kind of people would you hire in terms of, say, a PA or an accountant? Sherry: Well, I would certainly use LinkedIn very aggressively. I probably am on LinkedIn two hours a day as I prepare for meetings as I research the people that I want to pitch these sorts of things are the people that I'm about to speak to. I think it's really important to use tools that are there. An accountant? Yes, you definitely need accountants. I think in small businesses, there are great part time accountants that you can that you can have. And I'm a real fan of those because you don't necessarily need a full-time one. And there's a lot of particularly women returners to work who have been full-time finance directors and they're there with kids and they want to work on a part-time basis. And I think they are a godsend to many, many, many small businesses. Anna: Seems to work for everybody, right? Sherry: Yeah, absolutely. You may be a small company of ten people, you might need someone who's doing finance a couple days a week well, you need somebody who's a returner, returning to work for that. And on PA I don't know if everybody needs me know, there's lots of people that I know that work in large tech companies that no longer have PAs there's many people who have the whole senior management team has a sort of shares in EA or a PA, I think many people and in fact, it's been shown that 65 per cent of those jobs have already disappeared because people are using technologies more aggressively. If you look at the research on what jobs are disappearing, sadly, PAs and EAS are definitely far less prevalent than they were five years ago, but I couldn't be without LinkedIn. I also use a service called Accompany which will sort of harvest your diary and then it'll give you notes about the backgrounds of the people that you're meeting the day before. And if you don't use it, you should use it because it's amazing. I find those I find those really, really helpful. Well, I realise you're busy lady, so I'll wrap up by coming back to your expertise as an investor. You were an early investor in firms like LoveFilm and Zoopla saw for new tech companies looking to pitch what would you be looking for in their pitch? Sherry: Well, for me, solving a problem that matters is the most important thing. I'm particularly interested in the future of work. It's been a real interest for 20 years that the skills crisis is getting worse. And I am interested in working with others to fix that problem, which I think is the number one problem that we have. I'm also very interested in the application of AI and ML in the sphere of health. And I think that, just around the corner, there are some great solutions to really irksome terrible problems of a health nature, that technology will help us solve. And people who are determined to solve those problems using technology will help themselves, so I'm particularly interested in those two areas. Some people shy away from them because they're complicated, and some people shy away from them because they're highly regulated. They're really important – the health of our citizens is really important, as is the ability to have the right skills so you can prosper and make a contribution to your community. I'm not that interested in hearing people pitch me on things other than those two sort of, they're fairly broad subjects. But those are those that what I'm really interested in and can be an active in what they call smart money, rather than just dumb money. I'm interested and can probably help in some ways as well. The health and wellness industry is massive. What would you say to entrepreneurs who are put off by a large amount of competition in the in the sphere? Sherry: Create a fantastic product that your customers love. That's way better than anything else, that they're either getting the way that, you know, 40 per cent of our GDP is controlled by companies that didn't exist five years ago. Think about that. What competition? There are really big issues that are absolutely unsolved. And we entrepreneurs, and the people who find entrepreneurs are the only ones who are going to solve it on the time on, on the timeframe that we've got available to us. So, I'd say, solve them. Do it. Anna: Fabulous. Well, that seems like a good place to wrap up. Thank you very much for coming on podcast. Sherry: My pleasure. Thanks very much for having me and good luck with everything. Anna: You can find out more about Sherry at uk.linkedin.com/in/coutu. You can also visit smallbusiness.co.uk for more on raising capital and managing your time. Remember to like us on Facebook @SmallBusinessExperts and follow us on Twitter @smallbusinessuk, all lower case. Until next time, thank you for listening.

This week, Apple drops prices across the board for the MacBook range! The subscription service craze, are we paying too much? Steven gets raging... We also take a first look at the Nintendo Switch Lite as well as bathe in the nostalgia of rental services such as Blockbuster and LoveFilm. Tune into Mind The Gap!   Rate us! Please remember to drop is a rating on Apple Podcasts or wherever you consume your podcast! This helps us out SO MUCH and allows us to reach out to new listeners! THANK YOU!   Follow us! Facebook Instagram

You may know that LoveFilm became Amazon Prime Video, that part of the deal was public knowledge. What you may not be familiar with is the wrangling, the deal making and the allegiance swapping that went on behind the scenes to get the deal across the table. In this very special live episode of Secret Leaders we once again sit down with serial entrepreneur and angel investor, best known for creating Lovefilm and being an early investor in Secret Escapes, ‘the subscription guy’ William Reeve and VC Jedi, Simon Cook, to discuss the ins and outs of one of the most complicated business sales in recent history - when LoveFilm sold to Amazon. Because this deal wasn’t straightforward in the slightest. A series of unusual mergers, buyouts, disputes and much more led to this being one of the more complicated deals of both their lives. In fact, the only way to explain how convulated the deal was, is by comparing it to the plot of Game of Thrones. Simon was the VC on the board throughout the whole deal and Will was the founder of LoveFilm, yet neither of them are 100% clear on what went down. It’s very rare to hear such insights from such a high profile sale, so grab a notebook and pen and learn what it takes to not just grow a subscription business, but how to sell it to a behemoth like Amazon. “They [Amazon] could see we were winning. They said ‘we do not believe in being a loser in anything we do. We'd much rather have a small piece of the winner, than a big piece in the loser.’ And that was their indication they'd much rather sell to us than compete with us.”We chat about:Building up LoveFilm and plonking flags in EuropeWhy competition drives business forward and sparks innovationWhy they teamed up with Amazon to defeat NetflixLessons learned - venture debt, paying attention to working capital and why raising venture capital is the worst thing a business can doLinks:https://www.secretleaders.com/william-reevehttps://www.secretleaders.com/s01e15-simon-cookWant to receive our podcast on a weekly basis? Subscribe to our newsletter!

James' guest this week defines his career as covering sex, drugs and rock n' roll. It's definitely close! Mark Livingstone became Pharmacy2U's CEO following a merger with ChemistDirect.co.uk in July 2016. He's an entrepreneurial business leader who has held many senior positions across retail and technology. Roles include co-founder and CEO of LOVEFiLM (bought by Amazon), worldwide Managing Director of Lego Interactive and one of the people behind the startup, Graze.com. James and Mark discuss Mark's epic career, how to grow businesses as a CEO, why you should double down on your strengths, how and why Mark moved into healthtech, the future of the pharmacy sector and loads more. www.pharmacy2u.co.uk | https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-livingstone-3b60848 For more information and content, check out our website www.hs.ventures. You can follow us on Twitter @HSVenture, on Instagram @hs.ventures, on Linkedin at HS. and you can email us at info@hs.live You can get our host, Dr. James Somauroo, at www.jamessomauroo.com and you can follow him on Twitter @jamessomauroo, on Instagram @j_soms and on Linkedin at james-somauroo

Microsoft has taken the wraps off its next-generation Xbox and confirmed it will be called Xbox Series X when it launches in one year. But, as well as its official name, the company also previewed the console's bold new design while on stage at the Game Awards - even teasing a couple of games we can expect. Pocket-lint's Rik Henderson joins us to explain all. Meanwhile, Stuart caught up with the co-founder of LoveFilm, Mark Livingstone, to discuss his latest role as CEO of Pharmacy2U and how online prescriptions and healthcare are set to change in the future thanks to the internet and AI. Finally, Pocket-lint reviews editor Mike Lowe is here to review the Sony RX100 VII, the latest model in the popular RX100 series. Is it time to ditch your smartphone camera and go back to a compact camera? Running order:01:05 - Rik talks Xbox Series X09:37 - Stuart talks to Mark Livingstone21:27 - Mike discusses the new Sony RX100 VIIVisit us at pocket-lint.com, check out our latest videos at youtube.com/pocketlintcom and sign up to our daily newsletter at pocket-lint.com/info/newsletter. *** Please also take the time to rate and review us on Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your pods. It means a great deal to the show and will make it easier for other potential listeners to find us. Thanks! ***Hosted by Stuart MilesProduction and editing by Stuart MilesGuests: Rik Henderson, Mike Lowe, Mark LivingstoneMusic by Lee Rosevere - Let's Start at the Beginning and Southside See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Mark Livingstone and Geeta Nanda join James Ashton to discuss their biggest challenges, merger tactics, building a team and getting lucky. Mark Livingstone is chief executive of Pharmacy2U, the online prescription delivery company that despatches 1.2m medicines direct to patients every month. Livingstone has led the Leeds-based company since 2016 when it merged with ChemistDirect.co.uk, his previous venture. In a career spent growing start-ups, he was chief executive of the Scoot business directory, a founding investor in snacks-by-mail firm Graze and involved in DVD delivery start-up LoveFilm. Earlier on, Livingstone was head of buying for Woolworths and managing director for Lego Interactive. Geeta Nanda is chief executive of Metropolitan Thames Valley, one of the UK’s largest housing associations that traces its roots back to providing affordable homes for the Windrush generation. Created through a merger last year, the group is landlord to 57,000 homes, adding 2,000 new properties a year. It employs 1800 staff. Nanda previously ran the Thames Valley housing association for a decade and before that was operations director at the Notting Hill Housing Trust. Her career began on the graduate training programme at Wandsworth Council in south London. Find out more @leadingpod or www.leadingpod.com

The lads are back with the full flowing chat you'd expdct from three white middle aged men. Hot topics this week are Prendy finally completing Tough Mudder, Fast and Furious 9, Netvlix vs Lovefilm, Grab bag survival and the prepper community. Plus much MUCH more and much MUCH less knoweldge and information.

On Day 13 of our New York Film Festival daily podcast, Eugene Hernandez, FLC's Deputy Director and Co-Publisher of Film Comment, is joined by Alexandra Siladi, FLC's Membership Manager, to discuss NYFF favorites and her work in developing our membership program, including New Wave. Learn more about becoming a member here: filmlinc.org/members If you join during NYFF, you will receive an exclusive Pedro Almodóvar tote bag and save 15% at the Contributor, Friend, Angel, and New Wave levels of membership. Join today on-site or online with code LOVEFILM.(Offer valid for new members only; while supplies last.) Then we go to yesterday's tribute to exhibitor, producer, and distributor Ben Barenholtz, a titan of independent cinema who died earlier this year. A panel of New Yorkers who knew him well–Columbia University film professor Annette Insdorf, and collaborators Ethan Coen, John Turturro, and film distributor Eamonn Bowles–discussed their memories working with Barenholtz and more. The 57th NYFF continues through October 13! See all available tickets at filmlinc.org/nyff This podcast is brought to you by Film at Lincoln Center.

Simon Calver, chair of the UK Business Angels Association, founding partner and Head of Investments at BGF Ventures and Chair at NED Moo joins the Invested Investor podcast this week.  Simon expresses his story from his early days with large multinationals, his strategy for LoveFilm, the acquisition by Amazon and his time transforming MotherCare. Simon brings us up to-date in his engaging journey by sharing his insights into angel investing and his portfolio of companies.

In this episode we sit down to chat with Thomas Høegh who is an investor, entrepreneur, and artist. Thomas is also a co-founder of LoveFilm and founder of Met Film School in London, Growth Street, and Arts Alliance Ventures which backs over 50 startups. Together we discussed Thomas' start in radio, where keeping the audience front-of-mind is so essential, and how this has influenced his various business ventures. We also chatted about creative tech and how keeping focused and staying 100% in the moment is hugely important for creative output. Watch the full video version on YouTube: https://youtu.be/JNSOX7gPfQE Give us a follow on our social channels: - https://www.facebook.com/JustaChatWith - https://www.instagram.com/JustAChatWith- - https://twitter.com/justachatwith - https://www.linkedin.com/company/35615125/admin/ Hosted by: Andrew Dobbie, Founder MadeBrave - http://www.madebrave.com Lewis Phillips, Founder Campfire - http://www.campfire.agency

Sherry Coutu CBE is a serial entrepreneur, former CEO, angel investor and non-executive director based in Cambridge, UK but originally from Canada. She is best known for investing in Lovefilm, Zoopla and for sitting on the advisory board of LinkedIn. A self-confessed techie, Sherry has now turned her hand to philanthropy, having learned first hand that the number one problem for scaling businesses is finding great talent with the necessary skill sets, to enable startup businesses to grow. Sherry’s resume is as lengthy as they come. She founded Interactive Investor International (III) in 1994 which she ran until 2000 when it floated on the London Stock Exchange. She then swapped entrepreneurship for angel investing, because it afforded her a better work/life balance. For 15 years she was a serial angel investor working with hundreds of entrepreneurs. But now she focuses her efforts on charitable endeavours via Founders4Schools. Join us today as we talk to Sherry about: The inspiration behind Founders4Schools Why she decided to start the Scale Up Institute The number one thing holding businesses back from scaling up What appeals to her as an angel investor Her top tips to entrepreneurs What she’d wished she’d known growing up The best advice she’s ever received Links: https://www.founders4schools.org.uk/ http://www.scaleupinstitute.org.uk/ For more, visit secretleaders.com

Serial tech entrepreneur William Reeve realised early on that he wasn’t quite techy enough to be a techy, and so focused on the business side of tech businesses. And without this early enlightenment, we might not have seen the likes of Zoopla, Dunelm, Secret Escapes, Lovefilm or Graze, to name but a few of the businesses that have benefitted from William’s involvement.At the tender age of 23, having recently graduated from Oxford University with a degree in engineering and having just started his own company, William was told by a family member that he was ‘too young’ to start his own business. Four years later that business sold and netted William £10m.Listen today as we find out what it took to bring Lovefilm to market and how it beat Amazon. Join us as we chat to William about:Other than marriage, what William’s best investment to date wasHow, aged 27, he sold his first business and made almost £10m in the processWhy he chose to go down the DVD subscription routeHow Lovefilm handled the slow business start by buying out the competitionWhat it’s like negotiating with a behemoth like AmazonHow to measure user churnLinks:https://www.wreeve.com/Want to receive our podcast on a weekly basis? Subscribe to our newsletter!

"I opened my cab door that morning, and watched the first plane crash into the building above our heads."Antony Ceravolo was living the corporate life as an investment banker in New York's World Trade Center when he saw the 9/11 attacks happen in front of his eyes. It was the series of moments that would change the world, including his own. In the fallout, many investment bankers lost their jobs and Antony was forced to turn to his own business ideas.Now, Antony is known for building global tech companies. First there was Red Bus Media, an out of home media network, and then LoveFilm, a DVD distribution and video streaming company that Antony sold to Amazon for around $AU300 million.He could’ve comfortably stopped there. Instead, he moved home to Adelaide and built his next company, Sine, developing technology to make it easy for visitors, contractors and staff to check in to the everyday locations they attend. Sine has checked in more than 20 million visitors, working with some of the world’s biggest brands as well as every day businesses.Antony shares his amazing story, as well as insights about winning early customers, scaling businesses and dealing with growing pains, why he has chosen Adelaide to build his global business .. and much, much more.Antony is speaking at Southstart in 2018, a conference that celebrates the collision of people, ideas and technology on 22 and 23 November 2018 in Adelaide. Make sure you join and support Adelaide’s startup community. More info here https://southstart.coRooster Radio is hosted by Andrew Montesi and James Begley - visit http://roosterradio.bizConnect with Rooster Radio - sign up to our mailing list at http://roosterradio.biz and join our Facebook community at http://facebook.com/roosterradioHQFor podcasting strategy, production and commercial services, visit Apiro Media http://apiropodcasts.comFor other content and marketing services, visit Apiro Consulting http://apiroconsulting.com (Andrew Montesi).For leadership and and high performance services, connect with James Begley http://jamesbegley.com.au

8.7: Mission Impossible: Drizzly Superdrug In which Kris Heys explains the hidden benefits of the death of physical media and the lack of discernable benefits of Bigfoot Erotica. Mike Royce has to defend his comments on the previous show and predicts a last minute streaming victory for LoveFilm. While Martin Unsworth deposits a whale and introduces another little suicide into an already grim segment. ALF and Fantasy Island return, Justin Timberlake gets his own space, and Mission Impossible: Fallout is reviewed as STARBURST Radio still can’t quite stop digging a sleazy grave... [Guest starring STARBURST Editorial Assistant - Kieron Moore and his gangly tendrils] *Show first broadcast on Wed 1st August 2018 All recordings are issued under official license from Fab Radio International.

German police have made six arrests in relation to a planned knife attack at Sunday's Berlin Half Marathon. Newspaper Die Welt reported six men were detained - one of whom they suspected of planning the attack. Die Welt said the suspects were linked to Anis Amri, a failed Tunisian asylum seeker with Islamist ties, who hijacked a truck in December 2016. Amri killed the driver and then ploughed into a crowded marketplace killing 11 more people and injuring dozens of others. Police said before the sporting event today there had been "isolated evidence that the detainees between 18 and 21 years of age might have been involved in the preparation of a crime related to the event". Die Welt quoted a "senior police leader" as saying: "We are still evaluating. But it was probably close." Spain’s Royal Family has long been plagued by rumours of tension between Queen Letizia and her mother-in-law, Queen Sofia. Now, a video of the pair appearing to clash over a family photo following Easter Mass has ignited claims of a matriarchal feud at the heart of the House of Bourbon. The royals were making their way out of Palma Cathedral in Mallorca on Sunday when Queen Sofia attempted to pose for the cameras with her two grandchildren, Princess Leonor and the Infant Sofia. Queen Letizia was seen repeatedly walking in front of the trio in an apparent bid to block the shot before approaching Princess Leonor and seemingly trying to dislodge her mother-in-law’s hand from her daughter’s shoulder. Princess Leonor then appears to become frustrated with the tussling and thrusts both of their hands away.  As the Catalan crisis rolls on Barcelona has become one of the EU's best-loved city-break destinations, famed for its 1992 Summer Olympics, trade fairs, football and tourism. Catalonia is one of Spain's wealthiest regions, making up 16% of the national population and accounting for almost 19% of Spanish GDP. Generations of people from poorer parts of Spain have moved there for work, forming strong family bonds with regions such as Andalusia. During this crisis, the Catalan economy has suffered. Thousands of businesses, including major banks and energy firms, have moved their headquarters out of the region. However, the EU has treated the crisis as an internal matter for Spain, deaf to the separatists' pleas for support. There have been warnings that the issue is damaging Spain's democratic credentials. The Economist Intelligence Unit, which compiles an influential annual democracy ranking, said Spain risked being downgraded from a "full democracy" to a "flawed" one over its handling of the situation. The UK Home Secretary has insisted that police have enough resources to tackle crime despite claims that government cuts are contributing to a spate of violence.  Emergency plans to extend stop and search are in a tough package of measures the Home Secretary Amber Rudd is announcing following a string of fatal stabbings and shootings in London in recent weeks.  Meanwhile a former police officer said that younger officers were 'afraid' to use stop and search, as figures showed its use has fallen.  ..... New ‘Offensive Weapons’ laws to be introduced within weeks will make it illegal to own so-called ‘zombie killer’ knives and knuckle dusters used by gangs – and allow police to raid homes to seize them.  The latest move reflects a change of direction for Mrs May, who has introduced a series of curbs on stop and search since 2010, claiming they are unfair to young black men, damaging to community relations and do not cut crime. Nearly two-thirds of ‘child’ refugees who were questioned about their real age after coming to Britain were found to be adults, an official report has found. In one year, 65 per cent of asylum seekers assessed after claiming to be juveniles were judged to be over 18. The report, by immigration watchdog David Bolt, revealed that the Home Office received 2,952 asylum applications from unaccompanied children in the year to June last year. Out of these there were 705 age disputes – around a quarter of the total – where officials suspected the individual was lying about their age. Of these, 618 cases were resolved and 402 – or 65 per cent – were found to be adults. If these asylum seekers had been treated as children it would have left councils and local taxpayers facing a care bill of millions of pounds a year. In the UK Donors and entrepreneurs have been secretly developing plans for a new political party frustrated with polarisation and grabbing for the centre ground. Up to £50million has been pumped into the project with a former Labour benefactor at the helm hoping to 'break the Westminster mould'. The movement believes in borrowing from the left and right for its policies and was set up by multi-millionaire LoveFilm founder Simon Franks, who says he is frustrated with political division in light of the Brexit vote. He has had full-time staff on the project for about year, The Observer revealed today, after starting initial discussion in 2016.  His company - Project One Movement for the UK - is said to be a probable vehicle for the scheme, which has the support of a number of former Tory donors.   A pensioner cleared of blame after killing an armed burglar may never be able to return home amid fears of a vendetta against him, police have told residents. Richard Osborn-Brooks, 78, and his disabled wife Maureen have not been seen at their £500,000 property since Henry Vincent died after a break-in last week. With the couple believed to be staying at an undisclosed location in fear of their lives, their house has been fitted with security grilles – and a police surveillance camera has been mounted on a nearby lamppost. According to residents, Vincent was part of a tight-knit community whose members have a reputation for violence. One of the extended Vincent clan shamelessly declared on social media a few years ago: ‘An OAP a day keeps ur bank balance at bay. The old b******s deserve everything they get.’ Maureen Lipman joined hundreds of furious protesters outside Labour HQ, saying said she could never return to the party with an 'anti-Semite at its head'. The Jewish actress said she was attending 'as a disenfranchised socialist' and agreed with a placard reading 'Corbyn made me a Tory'. Some 250 demonstrators gathered in Westminster today to criticise the Labour leader's approach to tackling anti-Semitism in the party.  Lipman joined their pleas for change at the protest, saying Mr Corbyn's conduct was 'appalling' and calling for him to resign. The 71-year-old, best known for her roles in Educating Rita, The Pianist and Oklahoma!, made a speech which was met with swathes of applause. 'He is standing with elements who are against everything that we stand for; hardworking, decent Jewish people of whom I am incredibly proud,' she said.  'By doing nothing he is telling us the same thing he has been telling us for the last 30 years.   'He wants a Marxist party. Because it's worked so well in the rest of the world!' She added: ‘Everything you have heard today points to the fact that we have an anti-Semite at the head of the British Labour Party.’ Lipman also attacked the Labour leader for attending a Seder organised by left-wing Jewish group Jewdas, saying it was 'the absolute cherry on the top' of his behaviour. These days sport is all about money. Gone are the glorious days of true sportsmen and women who competed against each other out of pure pride and sporting rivalry.  During the amateur days of yore, apart from a couple of countries who used events as propaganda exercises, I can’t recall any accusations of cheating by the competitors or officials. Nowadays they are all at it. Doping, drugging, betting and game throwing are now regular features on the back pages of the nationals. Hardly any corner of the sporting world has not been infected by this greedy virus that leads to the ‘win at any cost’ attitude that prevails among the athletes of today.  And you know what really sticks in my craw. Sooner or later they all seem to wheedle their way back in.  Even those who commit, what are to my mind unforgivable offences, are, after the authorities have considered their wrists have been slapped hard enough, allowed back in to carry on as though nothing has happened! 

German police have made six arrests in relation to a planned knife attack at Sunday's Berlin Half Marathon. Newspaper Die Welt reported six men were detained - one of whom they suspected of planning the attack. Die Welt said the suspects were linked to Anis Amri, a failed Tunisian asylum seeker with Islamist ties, who hijacked a truck in December 2016. Amri killed the driver and then ploughed into a crowded marketplace killing 11 more people and injuring dozens of others. Police said before the sporting event today there had been "isolated evidence that the detainees between 18 and 21 years of age might have been involved in the preparation of a crime related to the event". Die Welt quoted a "senior police leader" as saying: "We are still evaluating. But it was probably close." Spain’s Royal Family has long been plagued by rumours of tension between Queen Letizia and her mother-in-law, Queen Sofia. Now, a video of the pair appearing to clash over a family photo following Easter Mass has ignited claims of a matriarchal feud at the heart of the House of Bourbon. The royals were making their way out of Palma Cathedral in Mallorca on Sunday when Queen Sofia attempted to pose for the cameras with her two grandchildren, Princess Leonor and the Infant Sofia. Queen Letizia was seen repeatedly walking in front of the trio in an apparent bid to block the shot before approaching Princess Leonor and seemingly trying to dislodge her mother-in-law’s hand from her daughter’s shoulder. Princess Leonor then appears to become frustrated with the tussling and thrusts both of their hands away.  As the Catalan crisis rolls on Barcelona has become one of the EU's best-loved city-break destinations, famed for its 1992 Summer Olympics, trade fairs, football and tourism. Catalonia is one of Spain's wealthiest regions, making up 16% of the national population and accounting for almost 19% of Spanish GDP. Generations of people from poorer parts of Spain have moved there for work, forming strong family bonds with regions such as Andalusia. During this crisis, the Catalan economy has suffered. Thousands of businesses, including major banks and energy firms, have moved their headquarters out of the region. However, the EU has treated the crisis as an internal matter for Spain, deaf to the separatists' pleas for support. There have been warnings that the issue is damaging Spain's democratic credentials. The Economist Intelligence Unit, which compiles an influential annual democracy ranking, said Spain risked being downgraded from a "full democracy" to a "flawed" one over its handling of the situation. The UK Home Secretary has insisted that police have enough resources to tackle crime despite claims that government cuts are contributing to a spate of violence.  Emergency plans to extend stop and search are in a tough package of measures the Home Secretary Amber Rudd is announcing following a string of fatal stabbings and shootings in London in recent weeks.  Meanwhile a former police officer said that younger officers were 'afraid' to use stop and search, as figures showed its use has fallen.  ..... New ‘Offensive Weapons’ laws to be introduced within weeks will make it illegal to own so-called ‘zombie killer’ knives and knuckle dusters used by gangs – and allow police to raid homes to seize them.  The latest move reflects a change of direction for Mrs May, who has introduced a series of curbs on stop and search since 2010, claiming they are unfair to young black men, damaging to community relations and do not cut crime. Nearly two-thirds of ‘child’ refugees who were questioned about their real age after coming to Britain were found to be adults, an official report has found. In one year, 65 per cent of asylum seekers assessed after claiming to be juveniles were judged to be over 18. The report, by immigration watchdog David Bolt, revealed that the Home Office received 2,952 asylum applications from unaccompanied children in the year to June last year. Out of these there were 705 age disputes – around a quarter of the total – where officials suspected the individual was lying about their age. Of these, 618 cases were resolved and 402 – or 65 per cent – were found to be adults. If these asylum seekers had been treated as children it would have left councils and local taxpayers facing a care bill of millions of pounds a year. In the UK Donors and entrepreneurs have been secretly developing plans for a new political party frustrated with polarisation and grabbing for the centre ground. Up to £50million has been pumped into the project with a former Labour benefactor at the helm hoping to 'break the Westminster mould'. The movement believes in borrowing from the left and right for its policies and was set up by multi-millionaire LoveFilm founder Simon Franks, who says he is frustrated with political division in light of the Brexit vote. He has had full-time staff on the project for about year, The Observer revealed today, after starting initial discussion in 2016.  His company - Project One Movement for the UK - is said to be a probable vehicle for the scheme, which has the support of a number of former Tory donors.   A pensioner cleared of blame after killing an armed burglar may never be able to return home amid fears of a vendetta against him, police have told residents. Richard Osborn-Brooks, 78, and his disabled wife Maureen have not been seen at their £500,000 property since Henry Vincent died after a break-in last week. With the couple believed to be staying at an undisclosed location in fear of their lives, their house has been fitted with security grilles – and a police surveillance camera has been mounted on a nearby lamppost. According to residents, Vincent was part of a tight-knit community whose members have a reputation for violence. One of the extended Vincent clan shamelessly declared on social media a few years ago: ‘An OAP a day keeps ur bank balance at bay. The old b******s deserve everything they get.’ Maureen Lipman joined hundreds of furious protesters outside Labour HQ, saying said she could never return to the party with an 'anti-Semite at its head'. The Jewish actress said she was attending 'as a disenfranchised socialist' and agreed with a placard reading 'Corbyn made me a Tory'. Some 250 demonstrators gathered in Westminster today to criticise the Labour leader's approach to tackling anti-Semitism in the party.  Lipman joined their pleas for change at the protest, saying Mr Corbyn's conduct was 'appalling' and calling for him to resign. The 71-year-old, best known for her roles in Educating Rita, The Pianist and Oklahoma!, made a speech which was met with swathes of applause. 'He is standing with elements who are against everything that we stand for; hardworking, decent Jewish people of whom I am incredibly proud,' she said.  'By doing nothing he is telling us the same thing he has been telling us for the last 30 years.   'He wants a Marxist party. Because it's worked so well in the rest of the world!' She added: ‘Everything you have heard today points to the fact that we have an anti-Semite at the head of the British Labour Party.’ Lipman also attacked the Labour leader for attending a Seder organised by left-wing Jewish group Jewdas, saying it was 'the absolute cherry on the top' of his behaviour. These days sport is all about money. Gone are the glorious days of true sportsmen and women who competed against each other out of pure pride and sporting rivalry.  During the amateur days of yore, apart from a couple of countries who used events as propaganda exercises, I can’t recall any accusations of cheating by the competitors or officials. Nowadays they are all at it. Doping, drugging, betting and game throwing are now regular features on the back pages of the nationals. Hardly any corner of the sporting world has not been infected by this greedy virus that leads to the ‘win at any cost’ attitude that prevails among the athletes of today.  And you know what really sticks in my craw. Sooner or later they all seem to wheedle their way back in.  Even those who commit, what are to my mind unforgivable offences, are, after the authorities have considered their wrists have been slapped hard enough, allowed back in to carry on as though nothing has happened! 

Today’s special guest is one of the key Venture Capital investors in the UK, the CEO and Founder of Draper Esprit, Mr Simon Cook. Most recently, Simon has focused on disrupting the traditional VC structure by taking his company public on an IPO that raised over £100m of ‘permanent capital’ as he calls it which he intends to use to grow the UK’s influence globally. He has been involved in some of the best known deals in the UK including LoveFilm, Graze and Trust Pilot.

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On this week's show Paul and Pete decide whether David Lowery's A Ghost Story is a haunting masterpiece or a load of old sheet as well as entering the blast radius of Charlize Theron's Atomic Blonde. Running Order In the Foyer - The last days of LoveFilm by Post Popcorn Movies - To Paris With Love / Enter The Ninja / Raw Homework Review - Personal Shopper Feature - Atomic Blonde / A Ghost Story Homework - Jack will watch whatever the listeners demand ----------------------------------------------------------------- Strangers in a Cinema on Twitter: @StrangersCinema Your Hosts: Pete Wall (@Critical_Stop)/ Paul Anderson (@HKCavalier1982) Your Producer: Jack Mills (@Millsattack) Intro theme courtesy of bensound.com All other audio covered by Creative Commons licensing

Saul Klein is Founding Partner at LocalGlobe, Former General Partner at Index Ventures, Co-Founder and CEO of Seedcamp, Kano and Lovefilm International. Saul Klein joined Index Ventures in 2007 and was a Partner until May 2015. Saul has invested in early-stage internet companies including AlertMe, Chartbeat, GlassesDirect, Soluto, MyHeritage, andSongkic. A serial entrepreneur with two decades of experience building and exiting companies in both the US, Israel and Europe, Saul has a passion for working with seed and early stage businesses. Most recently he co-founded Kano and Seedcamp, as well as co-founder and original CEO of Lovefilm International (acquired by Amazon). Saul is also a Founding Partner of The Accelerator Group (TAG), which he started with Robin Klein in 1999 as a vehicle for investing in early-stage internet services, e-commerce and digital media businesses. The TAG portfolio includes bit.ly, Erply,Lovefilm, MOO, Songkick, Spot Runner,Tweetdeck,and Twitterverse. He was part of the original executive team at Skype (acquired by eBay). He has also been a board member of Codecademy and Mind Candy for years. Saul believes tech is still only just starting to make a dent on the economy and society and that it has the potential to create hundreds of thousands of jobs. He has a Master of Arts degree from Magdalene College, Cambridge. His talk at London Business School is part of the 2015-2016 Tell Series talks and it was recorded on 3 February 2016 at London Business School. Learn more about entrepreneurial opportunities at the School: http://bit.ly/LBS-entrepreneur Learn more about Tell Series: http://tellseries.com/ Learn more about DIIE: http://www.london.edu/diie

Adam Valkin, managing director at General Catalyst partners. General Catalyst have invested in tech startups such as Air BnB, Stripe, Kayak, and ClassPass. Adam’s worked with top venture capital firms in Europe and the States, was the CEO of LoveFilm, and has many years of experience investing in startups. Listen in for a fascinating conversation on the future of online gaming, the process of investing in tech start-ups, and why it’s better to disrupt than be disrupted. Famous 5 Favorite Book? – Good To Great What CEO do you follow? — Jeff Bezos What is your favorite online tool? — GIPHY Do you get 8 hours of sleep?— No If you could let your 20 year old self know one thing, what would it be? —That it’s a young person’s world. In your 20s, everything is possible for you. Don’t wait. Time Stamped Show Notes: 01:33 – Nathan’s introduction 02:43 – Welcoming Adam to the show 03:10 – How did Adam get started in venture capital? 03:40 – Got involved with European internet companies, looking for a new frontier 04:17 – After the dotcom boom, he helped incubate LoveFilm in 2003 05:10 – Was asked to be the CEO of LoveFilm, which he did for 2 years 06:40 – After iOS, Android, and social media in 2008, it became possible for entrepreneurs to rapidly develop a global reach 09:45 – “It’s difficult to break into content-rich areas like online film, because of the strength of big providers.” Companies like FlowSports are doing interesting things 11:00 – Adam worked with Excel, a venture capital firm based in London 11:50 – “I’ve always had more fun with disruption” 12:30 – Moved from Endemol to Excel after realising he wanted to be on the disruptor’s side 13:41 – Working with Hailo, a company trying to help commercial taxis catch up with Uber 16:45 – Moved back to the US in 2012 and began working with General Catalyst 17:40 – Met Payal, founder of ClassPass, in the very early stages of growth. Watched for a year and invested at the end of 2014 - highly successful. 19:45 – Currently investing in Super Evil Megacorp 20:30 - Super Evil Megacorp is a mobile game developer who believe the future of gaming will be driven by mobiles 21:35 - Believes that core gaming will be on mobile devices in the future 23:27 - The CCP investment: What’s Adam’s take on virtual reality? 24:33 - CCP developed EVE: Valkyrie - one of the most celebrated VR games 25:30 - EVE is driven by a subscription model 27:00 - When did Adam get involved with GIPHY and what’s the experience been like? 28:30 – Connect with Adam on Twitter and Facebook 31:30 – Famous Five 3 Key Points: When you’re young, don’t wait. Go and make things happen. It’s more fun to be the disruptor than the establishment. Know when the party’s over; be willing to move to new frontiers. Resources Mentioned: Freshbooks - The site Nathan uses to manage his invoices and accounts. Host Gator – The site Nathan uses to buy his domain names and hosting for cheapest price possible. Leadpages – The drag and drop tool Nathan uses to quickly create his webinar landing pages which convert at 35%+ Audible – Nathan uses Audible when he's driving from Austin to San Antonio (1.5 hour drive) to listen to audio books. Show Notes provided by Mallard Creatives  

Seedcamp Co-Founder Saul Klein joined Carlos for this podcast on everything from the importance of knowing your positioning to the origins of Seedcamp. Aside from being the Co-Founder of Seedcamp, Saul is a prominent figure in the global tech scene, currently he is Co-Founder of LocalGlobe, which announced a dedicated Seed fund last year, and Co-Founder of Kano, a new kind of computer company. In his conversation with Carlos, Saul talks through his career journey working in successful startups Lovefilm and Skype, and his role as an Investor at Index Ventures, Seedcamp and LocalGlobe. He highlights the importance that design and communications play in building great startup companies, and that the best creatives will only produce the best work if they can work with great positioning, which is key for the founding team to drive.

In this episode we were joined by Simon Murdoch, Founder of early stage European technology VC, Episode 1. Simon discusses his background and experience that led him to becoming an entrepreneur and later an investor at Episode1, what he brings to the companies he works with, and insights into what he looks for in founders. Simon sold his first company BookPages to Amazon in 1998 after which he reported to Jeff Bezos as VP Europe of Amazon.com. In early 2000, Simon founded and ran Chase Episode 1, an early stage European technology VC fund backed by JP Morgan Chase. The fund made over 3x return after all fees and carry. Chase Episode 1 included investments in BetFair (IPO 2010) and ScanSafe (sold to Cisco 2009). After the fund Simon became a full-time angel investor. His angel portfolio includes/included investments in Shazam, Zoopla (IPO 2014), LoveFilm (sold to Amazon 2011), Shutl (sold to eBay 2013), and Natural Motion (sold to Zynga 2014). In addition, from 2010 to 2012, Simon worked at Octopus Ventures in portfolio development. Simon has a BA in Physics from Cambridge and a PhD in Computer Science and Expert Systems.

Ja, ihr lest richtig. Zum dritten Mal teste ich #Lovefilm bzw #AmazonInstantVideo. Ob ich nun endlich zufrieden bin... hört selbst.

DigitalOutbox Episode 198 DigitalOutbox Episode 198 - Goto Fail, Samsung S5 and Wearables Playback Listen via iTunes Listen via M4A Listen via MP3 Shownotes 2:03 - Goto Fail 5:33 - Netflix is paying off Comcast for direct traffic access, says WSJ 8:13 - Amazon takes on Netflix with rebrand of LoveFilm video-on-demand service 13:33 - Yahoo webcam images from millions of users intercepted by GCHQ 16:01 - Google Launches Project Tango Smartphone To Experiment With Computer Vision And 3D Sensors 18:11 - We Love Touch But Windows 8.1 To Focus On Non-Touch 21:25 - Nokia X 24:28 - Sony launch Xperia Z2 tablet and phone and Smartband 29:42 - Samsungs Galaxy S5 is here with more power, more pixels, and a refined design 33:09 - Samsung drops Android for Tizen in new Gear 2 smartwatches 34:23 - Samsung dives into fitness wearables with the Gear Fit 38:06 - Stephen Elop to lead Microsofts hardware division just as soon as hes back 39:52 - Xbox One gets price cut to £399 with free copy of Titanfall Picks Ian Yahoo News Digest - iOS - Free - Powered by Summly, 10 stories delivered twice a day - Clean, fast and a great way to keep up to date

https://portalzine.de/services/podcast-5aes/folge/026/ ÜBER DIE FOLGE -------------------------------------- Folge 026 - 05.02.2014: Vod + Sat Wachstum, Icons, VidCoder für DVD + Blueray, Linux Reader und Fan Spiele. LINKS -------------------------------------- * ioquake3- http://ioquake3.org/ * OpenTTD- http://www.openttd.org/ * Black Mesa- http://www.blackmesasource.com/ * Sonic after the sequel- https://sites.google.com/site/sonicbtsbooth/ * Linux Reader für Windows- http://www.diskinternals.com/linux-reader/ * VidCoder für Windows- http://vidcoder.codeplex.com/ * The Sunday Times - Icons- https://vimeo.com/85523671 * Sat Empfang ist noch nicht tot- http://www.digitalfernsehen.de/Astra-Millionen-verschenken-die-Moeglichkeit-des-HD-Fernsehens.112380.0.html * VoD Wachstum- http://www.digitalfernsehen.de/Video-on-Demand-Starkes-Wachstum-bis-2018-vorausgesagt.112300.0.html SOCIAL MEDIA -------------------------------------- ♡ Blog: https://portalzine.de/news ♡ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/portalZINE ♡ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pztv/ ♡ Twitter: https://twitter.com/portalzine PORTALZINE® NMN - Development meets Creativity -------------------------------------- Alexander Gräf Stettiner Str. Nord 20 49624 Löningen Deutschland https://portalzine.de #podcast #tech #geek #woche #portalzine #pztv

https://portalzine.de/services/podcast-5aes/folge/020/ ÜBER DIE FOLGE -------------------------------------- Folge 020 - 28.01.2014: Microsoft OneDrive, Opera Browser, Netflix Videothek, SmartHome Umfrage, 3D Druck mit Schlamm und Wrecking Crew Orchestra - Tron inspired dance. LINKS -------------------------------------- * Wrecking Crew Orchestra - tron inspired dance- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lngTWW6q9zo * 3D Druck mit Grassamen und Schlamm- http://makezine.com/2014/01/23/mud-seed-become-3d-printed-grass-art/ * SmartHome Umfrage - internet world- http://www.internetworld.de/Nachrichten/Technik/Zahlen-Studien/Smart-Home-Umfrage-Grosses-Interesse-am-vernetzten-Zuhause-83685.html * Netflix in Deustchland - DiePresse- http://diepresse.com/home/techscience/hightech/1554582/OnlineVideothek-Netflix-startet-EuropaExpansion-im-Maerz?_vl_backlink=/home/index.do * Opera Desktop Browser 19- http://www.opera.com/de/computer * Microsoft OneDrive- http://blog.onedrive.com/onedrive-for-everything-your-life/ SOCIAL MEDIA -------------------------------------- ♡ Blog: https://portalzine.de/news ♡ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/portalZINE ♡ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pztv/ ♡ Twitter: https://twitter.com/portalzine PORTALZINE® NMN - Development meets Creativity -------------------------------------- Alexander Gräf Stettiner Str. Nord 20 49624 Löningen Deutschland https://portalzine.de #podcast #tech #geek #woche #portalzine #pztv

We are back after a little summer break and in this episode Barry and Amaechi take helm as Ant is left slaving away on the Geek Syndicate magazine. Barry wonders how the one of the most hyped and anticipated games of the year - GTA 5 crept up on him while Amaechi gets excited that he's saved enough loose change to buy Watch Dogs.  In the news Sony announce a new slimmer PS Vita and the PS Vita TV micro-console Nintendo announce the 2DS handheld Inifinity Blade announced alongside the iPhone 5s - mobile games go from strength to strength  The Golden Joystick nominations announced The growth of streaming media including Blinkbox,Lovefilm,Netflix etc Feature In our feature we look forward to the biggest Eurogamer Expo to date with both the PS4 and Xbox One playable at the show.

On this week's show, The Nerds talk about the Galaxy Gear, DC and Batwoman's gay marriage, Implantable sponge could help skin cancer, Jared Harris is going to star in Poltergeist remake, Thor 2 director Alan Taylor is taking over Terminator 5, Stargate is getting rebooted, our thoughts on RoboCop trailer, AMC's Zombie college classes, FXX's ratings, Amazon's Lovefilm getting Batman and Thundercats, and the Final Episode of the I.T. Crowd airing this month. All this and more on the Frakkin Nerds

Der zweite Versuch #Lovefilm zu benutzen endet eigentlich wie der erste, aber hört selbst. #RikyPalm #4e2e #nonPG #MMARadioDE #gp13

Welcome to this week’s slightly less shambolic Failed Critics podcast. We’ve tinkered with the format, and are hopefully this close to solving our audio problems. For the time being though, sit back, relax, and let us talk you through the week in cinema. We’ve got reviews of new releases Elysium, The Heat, and The Way, Way Back; plus Beware of Mr Baker, Wadjda, and the Coen Brother’s True Grit in What We’ve Been Watching. We’ve also got recommendations for the next week on television, Lovefilm, and new on DVD, and we discuss the online flap over the casting of Ben Affleck as Batman.

On this latest podcast, I talk to Multi-Emmy Award-Winning Composer, Trevor Morris, who has scored a huge array of music for TV, film and games. His film work has taken him from the heights of Mount Olympus in 'Immortals', to the White House in Gerard Butler's blockbuster 'Olympus Has Fallen'. His game work ranges from the hard driving action of EA's 'Need for Speed: Carbon', to a more sedate drive through 'Sim City', and into all out war in 'Command and Conquer'. His TV work has taken him through scifi, fantasy and horror with 'Alphas', 'Moonlight', and '666 Park Avenue', and all over historical Europe, with 'Vikings' (currently airing on LoveFilm), BBC's 'The Tudors', and Sky Atlantic's 'The Borgias'. From his studio in Santa Monica, Trevor's 'violent, yet elegant' work has made him the most Emmy-nominated composer in the last 2 years, and he's hoping to add to his current 4 Emmys and 2 Gemini Awards with his recent Emmy-nomination for the season finally of 'The Borgias'. In 2012,... See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We know the title will make no sense to anyone except us, but we thought it was funny. A big thanks to those of you who has shared us about to your friends (or enemies...), and really appreciate your support! Go give us a like on Facebook HERE, and subscribe to our YouTube HERE. Spoiler Warning This episode does contain spoilers for Mass Effect 3 between 6:30 -> 11:05 On this episode... 400 Days prompts a discussion how Euan is apparently terrible at video games. Euan experiences Fez for the first time, and explains the difference between weird and weird. There is a revelation that Calum plays the Total War games, and attempts to explain how they work online. Again, Calum tries to comprehend Project X Zone now that he has the full version Euan talks about iPad games, and the shame of enjoying Disney's Wheres My Water? We talk about how Murdered: Soul Suspect sounds surprisingly interesting for a game that has such a terrible title. In news we cover LoveFilm killing game rentals, DiveKick's release date, an EVO  update and the insane Smash Brothers debacle Links Half Life 2 Speedrun http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NV-AWxqYAgc Intro Music - There It Is - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Outro Music - Honey Bee - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Both Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0

The Last of Us and Decay reviews. Lovefilm to stop game rentals. GTA 5 gameplay trailer and of course Microsoft.

Assassin’s Creed 3, FTL, The Last of Us, Wake-Up Club, Motorstorm RC, Sine Mora, Gravity Rush and World of Tanks. News – GTA V requiring mandatory install, LOVEFiLM to stop game rentals, Microsoft exec Don Mattrick leaves for Zynga, Ubisoft lose customer data via a recent hack, Microsoft allowing additional developer updates for their XBLA titles, the next Xbox Live ‘Games With Gold’ game, Karaoke app coming to Wii U and a survey details the "average British gamer"

Episode 97 of The Playstation Show UK is here - The boys get musical, shamelessly plug the new TpSUK Store (Which Can be found HERE), Bod describes his plans for LoveFilm and Don still holds his place for resident trophy whore. http://www.tpsukpodcast.com/podcast/097-tpsuk-the-tpsuk-store/ (Continue Reading097 TpSUK: The TpSUK Store)The post http://www.tpsukpodcast.com/podcast/097-tpsuk-the-tpsuk-store/ (097 TpSUK: The TpSUK Store) appeared first on http://www.tpsukpodcast.com (The Playstation Show UK). https://paypal.me/pools/c/8vZwgSRnyE (Support the show) (https://paypal.me/pools/c/8vZwgSRnyE) Support this podcast

So, Lovefilm... Fick dich! #Lovefilm #rikypalm #nonpg #Lovefilm

We talk about a surprising amount of movies for a video game podcast, but at least they are video game related... A big thanks to those of you who has shared us about to your friends (or enemies...), and really appreciate your support! Go give us a like on Facebook HERE, and subscribe to our YouTube HERE in preparation for...something... next week. On this episode... Calum gives us an update on his Animal Crossing town We discuss how jumping from Last of Us to Tomb Raider is a terrible move for your psyche After finally conquering Borderlands 2, we give props to how the final boss is infinitely better than the first games. We talk the terrible Silent Hill movie and how Cabin in the Woods is linked to video games An explanation of Steam Gifts, and how you should all get involved with it Project X Zone blows Calum's mind with it's combination of tactics, action combat and insanity. We talk Don Mattrick, LoveFilm, Ouya, and a Outcast revival in news. Intro Music - There It Is - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Outro Music - Honey Bee - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Both Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0

Tech Talkfest is your weekly download of the UK technology scene. This week we’re looking at Crowdfunding – how you can get cash for your ideas and 'kick start' your projects. David Simons has a history of the Kickstarter website including the highs and lows of it's major projects. We talk to Lee Denny, the organiser of Leefest, which succesfully raised £50,000 this year to help it grow to a 5,000 person festival. Sofie Sandell has a guide to how you can utilise the various websites out there to raise funding for your projects. Also this week, Judith Lewis has the latest algorithm updates from Google in the SEO news, comedians Dave Chawner and John Davis provide some light relief with a surreal tour around the airwaves and Richard Lee has the latest technology news for Apple's iWatch, Ubisoft and LoveFilm #Leefest #Kickstarter #Crowdfunding #Apple #iWatch #Ubisoft #Technology #London -- www.twitter.com/TechTalkfest and www.twitter.com/z1radio www.ZoneOneRadio.com www.facebook.com/ZoneOneRadio

It's a mini-edition of the IGN UK Podcast this week, but it's still packed full of good stuff, like a yoghurt. Luke, Keza and Tom are in Animal Crossing's thrall, whilst Rich is busy impressing celebrities with his card tricks (not a euphemism). This week we discuss: -Glastonbury and the invention of the "Somerset Shandy" -Dom Mattrick's Xbox exit -Lovefilm's unwise abandonment of game rentals Download and listen right here, and come back next week for more, when we'll be back at full strength. Until then!

Tech Talkfest is your weekly download of the UK technology scene. This week we’re looking at Crowdfunding – how you can get cash for your ideas and 'kick start' your projects. David Simons has a history of the Kickstarter website including the highs and lows of it's major projects. We talk to Lee Denny, the organiser of Leefest, which succesfully raised £50,000 this year to help it grow to a 5,000 person festival. Sofie Sandell has a guide to how you can utilise the various websites out there to raise funding for your projects. Also this week, Judith Lewis has the latest algorithm updates from Google in the SEO news, comedians Dave Chawner and John Davis provide some light relief with a surreal tour around the airwaves and Richard Lee has the latest technology news for Apple's iWatch, Ubisoft and LoveFilm #Leefest #Kickstarter #Crowdfunding #Apple #iWatch #Ubisoft #Technology #London -- www.twitter.com/ZoeFCunningham and www.twitter.com/z1radio www.ZoneOneRadio.com www.facebook.com/ZoneOneRadio

Tech Talkfest is your weekly download of the UK technology scene. This week we’re looking at Crowdfunding – how you can get cash for your ideas and 'kick start' your projects. David Simons has a history of the Kickstarter website including the highs and lows of it's major projects. We talk to Lee Denny, the organiser of Leefest, which succesfully raised £50,000 this year to help it grow to a 5,000 person festival. Sofie Sandell has a guide to how you can utilise the various websites out there to raise funding for your projects. Also this week, Judith Lewis has the latest algorithm updates from Google in the SEO news, comedians Dave Chawner and John Davis provide some light relief with a surreal tour around the airwaves and Richard Lee has the latest technology news for Apple's iWatch, Ubisoft and LoveFilm #Leefest #Kickstarter #Crowdfunding #Apple #iWatch #Ubisoft #Technology #London -- www.twitter.com/ZoeFCunningham and www.twitter.com/z1radio www.ZoneOneRadio.com www.facebook.com/ZoneOneRadio

This week Dan and Chris talk Amazon Instants comedy pilots and whether or not the rise of original streaming content hails the end for traditional broadcast television. Find us on twitter @nothinbutstatic or email us at nothinbutstatic@gmail.com

We were sadly a man down on this week's podcast, with Gerry suffering in the same way Eddie Redmayne did at this week's BAFTAs. Come to think of it, we've never actually seen Gerry and Eddie in the same room... Talking of the BAFTAs, we give you the low-down on the winners and losers from Sunday night's ceremony, as well as giving our Oscar predictions. We review the various film streaming services currently available (including Netflix, Lovefilm, and Mubi), and finally get around to reviewing Disney's Wreck-It Ralph. James is away next week covering the Glasgow Film Festival, so who knows what's going to happen next week... See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We're back! And talking about films you've all already seen! And being somewhat petulant!

DigitalOutbox Episode 120 DigitalOutbox Episode 120 - Cookies, Windows 8 and Chrome OS Playback Listen via iTunes Listen via M4A Listen via MP3 Shownotes 2:35 - Cookies Law now active 4:40 - Twitter joke retrial 7:18 - Windows 8 Release Candidate 12:16 - Google launches new Chromebook and a Chromebox 17:26 - Google helping UK Education 20:55 - YouView trial launched 22:45 - ITV adds live streaming and airplay support 23:29 - Lovefilm brings 1080p to the UK 24:17 - Virgin unclogs Spotify 26:10 - Master Chief called in to resolve Syria 27:31 - Ghost Recon Picks Ian CheetSheet - Free - For Mac OSX - Just hold the ⌘-Key a bit longer to get a list of all active short cuts of the current application. - It's as simple as that.

Hedlund, Berglöf och Bengtsson gästas av Mats Nylund och pratar om Stars Wars The Old Republic

[News] James, Gary and Neil discuss the latest gaming headlines including: Games developers choose smartphones as most popular platform BBC, Lovefilm and more come to Xbox Live Playing OnLive consumes up to 3GB per hour Rage issues vex PC players Sony: Time not right for download-only EA says Wii U still on track

HMV offers 35 GBP trade in for Brink, SCEE describes PSN Welcome Back pack, The Witcher 2 gets free DLC, Creative Assembly still working on Total War games, LOVEFiLM offers 5 GBP discount on new orders for PSN outage, Dixons starts selling PC games online, Dead or Alive Dimenions banned in Sweden, Future Publishing profits hit new low, Mojang Specifications aims to co-publish other indie games, TIGA calls for tax breaks following survey that shows game developing in UK spiralling over the next 6 months. Running time: 00:07:42

Sony hosts tour of Playstation 3 yet to be released games, 3Ds to be region locked, Bizarre Creations ceases to be, Peter Molyneux to be honoured at GDC, Amazon buy out LOVEFiLM, development slowed on The Outsider, David Braben founds Raspberry Pi charity to deliver cheap computers to budding programmers.

CaptainAverage, MightyMutt and Yamster are back to tickle your auditory canals with yet another episode of Sarcastic Gamer UK - the only podcast guaranteed to make you at least 0.1% more spiffing. So relax and enjoy a cup of Earl Grey whilst we babble on about: LoveFilm on the PS3 Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit Tiny Earl's Deal of The Week - Assassin's Creed Brotherhood Motion Control Watch - Aragorn's Quest The Great British Debate - Should publishers only develop sure-fire hits?

Hitman 5 rumoured to be in development, EuroGamer Expo 2011 dates announced, LOVEFiLM arrives on the PS3, CODBLOPS sells bagillions on day of release, Barrington Harvey PR is no more, APB gets a buyer and CDV drops lawsuit against SouthPeak.

Halo: Reach, Medal of Honor, Sonic 4, Bock Band 2, Mass Effect 2, Star Wars: The Force Unleashed 2, Angry Birds, Kingmaker, classic titles and WOW?News discussion - LoveFilm content streaming for PS3 users, Valve announce D.O.T.A 2, Halo: Reach first map pack, Dance Central launch song list, Rock Band 3 launch DLC, Xbox 360 Dashboard update, Guitar Hero 'Rocktober' DLC, Gran Turismo delayed again and Outrun Online Arcade no longer available.The retail round-up - DLC, Quiz  and Twitter section.

Andy Serkis riles on story telling in video games, Limbo developer confirms new title, Zoe Mode working on Haunt Kinect game, Rare regret releasing Kameo Elements of Power, Kinect preorders all spoken for at GAME and Amazon, LOVEFiLM heading to PS3, Fable III Kinect elements revealed after their removal, university courses are criticised by heads of gaming industry, Games Media Awards handed out, Outlight implodes and Tesco aim to grab 20 percent of gaming retail share by 2012.

Greg and Rob discuss: Celebrity deaths (Paul Gleason and Aaron Spelling), What Ever Happened To? (Jason Priestley), a Jerry Lewis update, Louie Anderson's surgery, Jaleel White's rumored suicide, the Paunch bad luck (Lewis, Louie, etc.), trying to watch Tom Green's new show, an Eliza Dushku update, and LoveFilm.com's poll of the most irritating film characters. 24 minutes - www.paunchstevenson.com