Podcasts about techies

What can we say about our boy DJ Bodger, well it all started with a colabaration on our forever growing Pick & Mix shows, and now with his own show. Techy by day DJ by night  its our brand new collective memeber with his show -   An Hour Of with DJ Bodgerfind him here : @stevenixon@mastodon.social Follow us at:  @labr@ravenation.club to be in the know of ALL things #labr #loveabrotherradio Only on #labr #loveabrotherradiohttps://labr.onlineIf you're on the go?Android: Transistor Radio Apphttps://f-droid.org/packages/org.y20k.transistor/iphone:  Cuteradio https://apps.apple.com/de/app/cuterdio-internet-radio-app/id1489513385Do A Search for LABR, & There You Are. Streaming 24/7 all the LABR Collective Members shows that you might've missed.  And a few extra's in between.Enjoying this love we're spreading? Want to support LABR - Love a Brother Radio in spreading that love? Now you can. Buy us a coffee.  https://ko-fi.com/loveabrotherradio#linkModal we also have liberapay:  https://liberapay.com/LABR Want some LABR Swag? Get yourself a mug, and a hoodie. Introducing: LABR Threads N Thangs  https://labrthreadsnthangs.co.uk/ Any little thing helps us feed the Keebler Elves to keep the wheels turning in the background. We're a 2 1/2 person operation. And a lot goes into making this work properly.  With that said, we all thank you in advance for any support you lend.

In questa puntata del Late Tech Show, il podcast B2B tech di Gigi Beltrame, si è parlato di:Data Center: potenza, calore e zcqua – sfatando i miti (con Stefano Mozzato di Vertiv) :l'architettura dei data center è in costante evoluzione. Dai 10-15 kW per rack, con l'avvento dell'Intelligenza Artificiale (GPU) si arriva a densità di 100-130 kW per rack, rendendo il raffreddamento a liquido una necessità per evitare il "surriscaldamento".Contrariamente a quanto si crede, i data center di nuova generazione in Italia non sprecano acqua. La maggior parte utilizza sistemi a circuito chiuso, rendendo il consumo d'acqua un falso mito legato a tecnologie superate.Un'opportunità emergente è il riutilizzo del calore in eccesso (l'acqua di raffreddamento può raggiungere i 50°C) per sistemi di teleriscaldamento ("district heating"), contribuendo a un bilancio energetico quasi neutro.L'esplosione delle identità digitali (con Paolo Lossa di CyberArk): non si tratta più solo di persone! Abbiamo esplorato il mondo delle identità digitali umane e non umane (macchine). Si stima un rapporto di 1 a 85 tra identità umane e macchine, un dato sorprendente! L'automazione, l'AI, l'IoT e il cloud stanno accelerando la proliferazione di credenziali macchina, creando un enorme rischio di "shadow machine identity". La soluzione? Strumenti di governance centralizzata, scoperta automatica, classificazione e politiche "least privilege" per mitigare i rischi.MyCIA e l'identità alimentare: l'innovazione a tavola (con Pietro Ruffoni di MyCIA):Un'iniziativa italiana ha creato la "Carta d'Identità Alimentare", un documento digitale gratuito che permette ai consumatori di specificare allergie, intolleranze e preferenze alimentari.MyCIA.it e MyCIA for Business collegano le esigenze dei consumatori con i menù dei ristoratori tramite un algoritmo brevettato, semplificando la gestione degli allergeni e promuovendo l'inclusività. Si sta spingendo per una proposta di legge che renda obbligatoria l'educazione alimentare nelle scuole primarie e secondarie, per favorire una maggiore consapevolezza.Le aziende italiane e gli investimenti in tecnologia (Soldo Spend Index con Gianluca Salpietro di Soldo):Le aziende italiane stanno accelerando la loro trasformazione digitale. La spesa in Intelligenza Artificiale è più che raddoppiata (+130%) nell'ultimo anno, focalizzandosi su agenti e generazione di contenuti.Anche la spesa in software è aumentata del 37%, parallelamente a una riduzione del 30% delle spese ricorrenti nelle grandi aziende, puntando all'efficienza e all'automazione.Un aumento del 41% nella spesa per servizi professionali evidenzia la difficoltà nel trovare competenze verticali interne e la preferenza per la flessibilità dei consulenti esterni.Sorprendentemente, la spesa per le traduzioni è cresciuta del 150%, nonostante l'AI generativa, indicando una maggiore produzione di contenuti multilingue.Il bisogno di incontrarsi non è svanito! Nonostante lo smart working, le spese di rappresentanza (+12%) e noleggio veicoli (+30%) sono aumentate, confermando il valore delle interazioni umane e personali.Con:Pietro Ruffoni MyCIA,Paolo Lossa CyberArk,Stefano Mozzato Vertiv,Gianluca Salpietro SoldoContattami per moderazioni, speech e consulenze: https://forms.gle/jtcv577NAd6gLWbi8

Sylwia Czubkowska jest dziennikarką zajmującą się technologią, niedawno wyszła jej książka "Bóg techy. Jak wielkie firmy technologiczne przejmują władzę nad Polską i światem", więc rozmawiamy o tym co potwierdziło dziennikarskie śledztwo. Jak Elon Musk, oraz technologiczni giganci rządzą światem i Polską? Dlaczego polskie rządy, niezależnie czy PiS, czy KO kłaniają się gigantom technologicznym?

What can we say about our boy DJ Bodger, well it all started with a colabaration on our forever growing Pick & Mix shows, and now with his own show. Techy by day DJ by night  its our brand new collective memeber with his show -   An Hour Of with DJ Bodgerfind him here : @stevenixon@mastodon.social Follow us at:  @labr@ravenation.club to be in the know of ALL things #labr #loveabrotherradio Only on #labr #loveabrotherradiohttps://labr.onlineIf you're on the go?Android: RadioDroid Apphttps://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.programmierecke.radiodroid2&hl=en_GB&gl=USiphone:  Cuteradio App https://apps.apple.com/de/app/cuterdio-internet-radio-app/id1489513385Do A Search for LABR, & There You Are. Streaming 24/7 all the LABR collective members shows that you might've missed.  and a few extra's in between.Enjoying this love we're spreading? Want to support LABR - Love a Brother Radio in spreading that love? Now you can. Get yourself a mug, and a hoodie. Introducing: LABR Threads N Thangs  https://labrthreadsnthangs.co.uk/ Any little thing helps us feed the Keebler Elves to keep the wheels turning in the background. We're a 2 1/2 person operation. And a lot goes into making this work properly.  With that said, we all thank you in advance for any support you lend.

La versione podcast automatica della newsletter Techy di Gigi Beltrame del 14 luglio 2025Contattami per moderazioni, speech e consulenze: https://forms.gle/jtcv577NAd6gLWbi8Vuoi saperne di più? https://businesscommunity.it/gigi

Join Aeson Knight, master psychic with over 22 years of experience, and Techie Joe as they brew up insightful and entertaining discussions on current events, spirituality, and all things metaphysical! From everyday life to the supernatural, we blend psychic perspectives with a dash of tech-savvy charm to keep things fresh, fun, and enlightening. With certifications as a clairvoyant and life coach, Aeson has guided clients worldwide—from housewives to government officials—while Techie Joe keeps the conversation grounded with his sharp wit and modern outlook. ✨ Want a personal reading?Book your session with Aeson Knight today: Schedule Here: https://aesonknight.com/book-an-appointment 

Jak to się stało, że big techy nie tylko przestały służyć procesom demokratycznym, ale wręcz zaczęły im zagrażać? W jaki sposób cyfrowi giganci wpływają obecnie na geopolitykę? O tym rozmawialiśmy podczas lipcowej Premiery Pisma.Usługi wielkich firm technologicznych miały nas połączyć. Ułatwić rozmowę, wesprzeć oddolne organizowanie się w grupy, poszerzyć dostęp do informacji. Wybuchy takich afer, jak Cambridge Analytica, botowy skandal podczas pierwszej kampanii Donalda Trumpa, zarzuty o wsparcie reżimu wojskowego w Mjanmie wysunięte wobec firmy telekomunikacyjnej Mytel, upadek giełdy FTX, blokada portalu X w Brazylii, zamykanie przez Metę oddziałów fact-checkingowych czy ostatnie unieważnienie wyborów w Rumunii wskutek rosyjskich ingerencji obnażają jednak naiwność tamtych założeń. Jak to się stało, że big techy nie tylko przestały służyć procesom demokratycznym, ale wręcz zaczęły im zagrażać? W jaki sposób cyfrowi giganci wpływają obecnie na geopolitykę? O tym wszystkim rozmawialiśmy podczas lipcowej Premiery Pisma.W dyskusji wzięli udział:Sylwia Czubkowska – dziennikarka technologiczna. Współprowadząca podcast Techstorie w Radiu TOK FM i twórczyni magazynu Spider's Web+. Publikowała w takich tytułach, jak „Gazeta Wyborcza”, „Dziennik Gazeta Prawna”, tygodnik „Newsweek” czy magazyn „Znak”. Wielokrotnie nominowana do najważniejszych nagród dziennikarskich: Grand Press, Nagrody im. prof. Romana Czerneckiego, Nagrody specjalnej Prezesa Urzędu Patentowego RP, Podcastu Roku. Konkursu im. Janusza Majki, Nagrody im. Teresy Torańskiej, Nagrody im. Marcina Króla – i ich laureatka. W 2025 roku nominowana do Nagrody Mariusza Waltera w kategorii „nowy głos”. Autorka opublikowanych przez wydawnictwo Znak książek Chińczycy trzymają nas mocno (2022) i Bóg Techy (2025).Filip Konopczyński – prawnik, analityk regulacji AI i nowych technologii, badacz społeczeństwa i gospodarki cyfrowej, publicysta i komentator gospodarczy. Realizował projekty dla oraz współpracował m.in. z: NASK, IDEAS NCBR, Fundacją Panoptykon, Rzecznikiem Praw Obywatelskich, Narodowym Centrum Badań i Rozwoju, German Marshall Fund of the US czy Visegrad Insight.Sebastian Stodolak – wiceprezes Warsaw Enterprise Institute, publicysta ekonomiczny „Dziennika Gazety Prawnej”, absolwent filozofii na Uniwersytecie Warszawskim oraz Podyplomowego Studium Systemu Finansowego i Polityki Monetarnej PAN. Publikuje także na łamach portalu ObserwatorFinansowy.pl oraz prowadzi audycję „0+ – program o przedsiębiorczości” w Radiu Wnet. Jego artykuły ukazywały się też na łamach tygodników „Wprost” oraz „Newsweek”. Debatę poprowadziła Zuzanna Kowalczyk, redaktorka prowadząca w „Piśmie”, dziennikarka, kulturoznawczyni, autorka esejów i podcastów. ––Słuchaj więcej materiałów audio w stałej, niższej cenie. Wykup miesięczny dostęp online do „Pisma”. Możesz zrezygnować, kiedy chcesz.https://magazynpismo.pl/prenumerata/miesieczny-dostep-online-audio/

Technology failing you? Well, it's failed 4 more people here. Come listen to our podcast with tech failing us in space, on a race track, in France, and at University! These 4 people have experienced great frustration and 1 lost a world record. Come join us in the frustration of tech! As part of our big pod-conference day, the students are formed into teams and produce a creative podcast against the clock! This podcast was produced by Callum (St Michaels), Milana (St Pius X) and Carla (Nazareth). Check out all the podcasts from Podcasting Leaders Day 2025 at www.archdradio.com/podcasts/podcasting-leaders-day

La versione podcast e automatica di #Techy di Gigi Beltrame del 7/7/2025.Qui il link alla newsletter: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7347953794577567746

Polska wprowadza kontrole na granicy z Niemcami i Litwą. Premier Tusk tłumaczy, że powodem tego jest odmawianie przez Niemcy wpuszczania do siebie migrantów. Czy statystyki potwierdzają jakieś znaczące zmiany w ruchu migrantów na granicach Polski? Skąd bierze się zaostrzenie retoryki wobec migrantów w Niemczech — czy towarzyszy jej zmiana polityki? Jak kontrole graniczne wpływają na stabilność strefy Schengen? I jak będzie wyglądała polityka migracyjna Unii po przejęciu prezydencji wspólnoty przez Danię?W Serbii ostre starcia policji z demonstrantami w kolejnej odsłonie trwających od listopada protestów antyrządowych. Czy demonstranci obalą władzę Aleksandra Vučicia?Srebrenica czci pamięć 8 tysięcy bośniackich Muzułmanów, zamordowanych przed trzydziestu laty przez Serbów. Czego uczy, a czego nas nie uczy to największe ludobójstwo popełnione w Europie po II wojnie światowej?W Europie fala upałów, a w Ameryce Południowej rekordowe mrozy. Jaki związek mają ekstremalnie wysokie i niskie temperatury z ociepleniem klimatu?Jak giganty technologiczne dominują nasze życie — i dlaczego im na to pozwoliliśmy? A może po prostu wypełniają ważną rolę i bez nich świat byłby gorszy? W programie rozmowa z autorką książki o technologicznych bogach.A także: wielki powrót naszego Raportowego bocznego obserwatora. Gdzie był, kiedy go nie było?Rozkład jazdy: (02:09) Kamil Frymark: Kontrole na granicy Polski(25:10) Aleksandra Wojtaszek: Co dalej w protestami w Serbii?(49:43) Grzegorz Dobiecki: Świat z boku - Świnia Napoleon(57:32) Podziękowania(1:03:59) Marcin Żyła: Rocznica ludobójstwa w Srebrenicy(1:24:29) Marcin Popkiewicz: Upały i fale zimna - co jest ich przyczyną?(1:51:08) Sylwia Czubkowska: Bóg Techy rządzą, ale dlaczego?(2:24:01) Do usłyszenia---------------------------------------------Raport o stanie świata to audycja, która istnieje dzięki naszym Patronom, dołącz się do zbiórki ➡️ ⁠https://patronite.pl/DariuszRosiak⁠Subskrybuj newsletter Raportu o stanie świata ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠➡️ ⁠https://dariuszrosiak.substack.com⁠Koszulki i kubki Raportu ➡️ ⁠https://patronite-sklep.pl/kolekcja/raport-o-stanie-swiata/⁠ [Autopromocja]

Let's dig in to an hour of house, tech, minimal & everything in between! Loads of heat for this week and special shout out to KEFFI, kicking off the show with his latest track 'Bodywork' dropping on Toolroom Trax. If you enjoy the show or want to send me any ID's find me on Instagram and FB @channemusic and TikTok: channe.music ⚡️Like the Show? Click the [Repost] ↻ button so more people can hear it!

Un'immersione nel futuro digitale con quattro esperti che esplorano come l'innovazione stia ridefinendo i nostri settori.In questa puntata imperdibile:• Giampaolo Martire (Vero Volley): scopri come IoT e AI rivoluzionano lo Sport per prestazioni, fan engagement e sicurezza. L'innovazione deve essere sostenibile e non di moda, con un forte impegno della proprietà.• Giulia Perfetti (Esprinet): la sostenibilità come leva strategica di crescita e differenziazione. Esploriamo la direttiva CSRD, l'automazione dei magazzini (no plastica, riduzione CO2) e la nascita di Zeliatech per la "double transition" digitale e green.• Luca Barbarossa (Jabra): l'importanza della sicurezza nelle comunicazioni nel lavoro ibrido, oltre la protezione dei dati. I dispositivi Jabra garantiscono la sicurezza con standard protetti (Bluetooth, DECT), firmware ufficiali e aggiornamenti costanti per contrastare la sorveglianza. La qualità audio/video riduce la "fatica virtuale".• Lino Fornaro (ConfSec): la nuova era della Cybersecurity e l'impatto della direttiva NIS2 che estende gli obblighi a 18 settori, responsabilizzando anche fornitori e dirigenti. La cybersecurity è ormai una questione sociale ed economica, non solo tecnica, che richiede collaborazione e condivisione di informazioni sugli attacchi.Contattami: https://forms.gle/jtcv577NAd6gLWbi8

Rok temu też zaczęliśmy wakacje od podobnego nagrania i wyszło bardzo dobrze, więc i tym razem zaczniemy od książkowych rekomendacji na letnie miesiące. Każdy czas jest dobry na czytanie, ale jak mamy gdzieś wypoczywać w lecie, to dobra książka wydaje się obowiązkowa, a ja czuję się upoważniony podpowiedzieć Wam kilka tematów!W odcinku:- nowe tematy książkowe, które wpadły mi w ręce - kulisy wydawnicze z moich finansowych książek - kilka pomysłów na edukację w wakacje. Miłego słuchania i czytania!0:00 Wstęp, wakacyjne plany i kanał książkowy5:40 Tytuł nr 1: Bóg techy14:00 Tytuł nr 2: Niezmienne prawdy19:35 Tytuł nr 3: 52 Notatki21:50 Tytuł nr 4: NVDIA - Droga do sukcesu26:20 Nadrabiamy kursy + inne książki niefinansoweNowa książka w wersji cyfrowej:- https://finansoweksiazki.pl/p/sztuka-inwestowania-w-jakosc-e-book/ - https://finansoweksiazki.pl/p/sztuka-inwestowania-w-jakosc-jak-inwestowac-w-najlepsze-spolki-na-swiecie-audiobook/Książki omawiane w nagraniu:- https://lubimyczytac.pl/ksiazka/5179681/bog-techy-jak-wielkie-firmy-technologiczne-przejmuja-wladze-nad-polska-i-swiatem- https://lubimyczytac.pl/ksiazka/5189528/niezmienne-prawdy-ponadczasowe-lekcje-o-podejmowaniu-ryzyka-wykorzystywaniu-szans-i-sztuce-dobrego-zycia- https://52notatki.pl/sezon3/- https://lubimyczytac.pl/ksiazka/5176902/nvidia-droga-do-sukcesu-jak-jensen-huang-stworzyl-technologicznego-giganta ****Finansoweksiazki.pl - znajdziesz tu najlepsze książki o finansach i inwestowaniu

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All Things TechIE Podcast - Episode 119 at #infocomm25  sponsored by Nureva and Vizrt.For all of our Infocomm 2025 coverage visit www.AllThingsTech.IE/Infocomm2025

In this podcast episode, Lucas Casarez interviews Rizel Scarlett about her journey into the tech industry, her experiences with family life, and her insights on community building and leadership. Rizel shares her background, starting from her challenges as an undocumented immigrant in college, transitioning into tech through programs like Resilient Coders, and eventually securing roles in tech companies. She discusses the importance of learning in public and building a professional network through social media and community involvement. Rizel also talks about balancing her career with motherhood, emphasizing the need for clear communication with her spouse and employer to manage expectations. She highlights the value of community support in overcoming career challenges and shares her approach to leadership development by learning from mentors and managers. The conversation underscores the significance of stepping out of one's comfort zone to achieve personal and professional growth.

Join Aeson Knight, master psychic with over 22 years of experience, and Techie Joe as they brew up insightful and entertaining discussions on current events, spirituality, and all things metaphysical! From everyday life to the supernatural, we blend psychic perspectives with a dash of tech-savvy charm to keep things fresh, fun, and enlightening. With certifications as a clairvoyant and life coach, Aeson has guided clients worldwide—from housewives to government officials—while Techie Joe keeps the conversation grounded with his sharp wit and modern outlook. ✨ Want a personal reading?Book your session with Aeson Knight today: Schedule Here: https://aesonknight.com/book-an-appointment 

Are you wondering if you're technical enough to do SEO? Have you heard that it's hard, complicated, or overly technical, and now that's intimidating you? If so, be sure to listen to this episode because I will help you see how little technical skill is required to do SEO today. Yes, you had to be technical to understand SEO years ago, but it's not that way now. I'll explain what the 3 most important tech pieces are for your website and how to verify if they're OK on your site, and then you can get back to creating great content for your ideal customer.  Register now for the free live SEO class and find out the 3 secrets to being found on Google and in AI Search like ChatGPT. https://www.etchedmarketing.com/registration-live-seo-class My free resources, including the Beginner's step-by-step SEO Guide and my free class, are available here. https://www.etchedmarketing.com/freebiesJoin me in Simple SEO Content, my complete SEO and Content Marketing course that teaches you what to do step-by-step. It walks you through the entire process. (complete course)https://www.etchedmarketing.com/yes Do you have a question you'd like me to answer on the podcast? Ask it here - https://forms.gle/Fbrqpmss6gxUnaMj7

On this episode of The Founder's Sandbox, Brenda speaks with David Hirschfeld, owner of 18 year old business Tekyz, that boasts a hyperexceptional development team building high “ticket” products in the B2B space. They speak about ways in which AI is a gamechanger, how Tekyz backs their work for clients with relentless pursuit of quality, and how Tekyz practices ruthless compassion,to protect the company and enable it to grow Having collaborated with over 90 startups, he developed the Launch 1st Method—a systematic approach that minimizes risks and accelerates software company success with reduced reliance on investor funding, after observing that many companies launch a product first and then fail at a later stage – With Tekyz approach of Launch 1st exceptional founders are in love with the problem not the product.   David's expertise bridges cutting-edge AI technologies, workflow optimization, and startup ecosystem dynamics. When not transforming business strategies, he enjoys woodworking, golfing, and drawing leadership insights from his experience raising four successful sons. You can find out more about David and Tekyz at: https://sites.google.com/tekyz.com/david-hirschfeld?usp=sharing https://tekyz.podbean.com/ - Scaling Smarter Episodes. www.scalingsmarter.net - Schedule an interview https://www.linkedin.com/in/dhirschfeld/ https://x.com/tekyzinc https://www.linkedin.com/in/dhirschfeld/ https://www.facebook.com/dmhirschfeld       transcription:  00:04 Welcome  back to the Founders Sandbox.  I am Brenda McCabe, the host here on this monthly podcast, now in its third season. This podcast reaches entrepreneurs, business owners that are scaling. 00:31 professional service providers that provide services to these  entrepreneurs, and corporate board directors who, like me, are building resilient, purpose-driven, and scalable businesses with great corporate governance. My guests to this podcast are business owners themselves, professional service providers, and corporate directors who, like me, want to  use the power of the private company to build a better 01:01 world through storytelling with each of my guests in the sandbox. My goal is to provide a fun sandbox environment where we can equip one founder at a time to build a better world through great corporate governance. So today I'm absolutely delighted to have as my guest, David Hirschfeld. David is the owner and CEO of Techies, 17 or 18 year old business now that boasts 01:29 a hyper exceptional development team that are building high ticket products in the B2B space.  Welcome David to the Founder Sandbox. Hi Brenda and thanks for having me. Great. So I'm delighted that we  actually did a dry run in February.  We've known each other for some time  and AI, we're going to be touching on AI.  And I think that the world of AI 01:58 particularly in software development,  has changed significantly since we last spoke in February. So we're going to be getting into  some, I think, novel concepts for  the listeners of the Founder Sandbox. So I wanted to, you I always talk about how I like to work with  growth stage companies  that  typically are bootstrapped  and 02:26 It's only at a later stage do they seek institutional investment  by building great corporate governance  and reducing the reliance on investor funding  until such a time that they choose the right type of investors that can help them scale. So when I found out what you do at Techies with Launch First  and the type of work you do in B2B businesses, I absolutely wanted to have you here  on the  founder sandbox. 02:56 So let's jump right in, right? I think I'm eager to learn more about how to scale your bespoke development at Techies, right? To scale my own business? Okay. So there's a lot of different aspects to scaling my business and I bootstrapped for the last 18 years. 03:25 I've never taken any investment  with techies.  And I've  done that very specifically because  it gives me a lot of freedom. I don't have  a reporting structure that I have to worry about. That doesn't mean that I can be lazy with my team.  To grow my team, I have a philosophy 03:52 that I only hire people that are smarter than I am.  And the  ones that are in a position to hire, they can only hire people that are smarter than them. And by  really sticking to this philosophy, even though sometimes it makes us grow a little slower than we would like, it means that when we bring in people, those people  contribute immediately and contribute in a way 04:21 that it's our job to get the impediments out of their way and to facilitate them  so that they can contribute and  help us grow the company. So I call it  the ball rolls uphill  here because  my job is to support everybody that is above me, which is everybody. And then the people that I support directly, their job is to support the people that are above them. 04:51 Because if we're hiring correctly, then  people that we bring in can contribute in the area that we're bringing them in way more than the person that's hiring them. Okay. Thank you for that. So before you launched Techies, you had a career in companies like,  I  believe, Computer Associates, right? Texas Experiments and TelaMotorola. 05:19 There was a period of time between your  experience in these large corporations before your launch tech is where you actually had your own startup  and  you sold it in 2000, right? And I believe you also learned perhaps with the second startup about how hard it is to find product market fit. Can you talk to that for my listeners, please? 05:46 I don't know that it's that hard to find product market fit. It depends if that's your focus or not. If your focus is to nail down product market fit, then  it's not that hard to determine whether you can achieve that or not fairly quickly.  You can do that by  selling your product to potential customers.  That sounds strange. Of course, we all want to sell our products, but 06:14 What I'm suggesting is you start selling your product before you have a product, before you have a  full product. And I don't mean an MVP, but a design prototype. You go out to the market and you start to sell it. If you have product market fit and you've identified the early adopter in your market and you know that they have a very high  need from a perception perspective  and there's a big cost to the problem that you're solving. 06:45 then you can offer them a big enough value upfront that they'll buy your product early and you can prove that there's a market for your product and they'll buy it in enough numbers that you  can achieve a measurable  metric, which I kind of call the golden ratio, which is three to one in terms of what is the lifetime value of a customer versus what does it cost to acquire that customer? And you can get to that three to one ratio. 07:13 in a prelaunch sale model before you ever started developing your product as a way of proving product market fit. Or you pivot quickly and cheaply because you're not having to rebuild a product that you've built in the wrong way. Or you  fail fast and cheap. And every entrepreneur's first goal should be to fail fast and cheap. know that sounds backwards, but that should be your goal is that you can fail fast and cheap or if you 07:42 If you fail to fail fast and cheap, that means you've found a path to revenue  and  product market fit. And now you know you have a viable business. making the investment to build the product  is a no brainer.  And you came upon this methodology, right? Yes.  because you did yourself when you had your first company, you did not understand the funding part, right?  Can you talk? 08:12 a bit about your specific example and then how that's informed now 17 years of techies and over 90 projects with startups. Okay. So my first company was Bootstrap. Okay.  And that one was successful and we grew it despite  me, it was me and a partner. And  despite ourselves, we grew it  over eight years. 08:39 where he ended up with 800 customers in 22 countries and sold it to a publicly traded firm out of Toronto. That was in the product food, snack food distribution business because that was what our product was focused on. So I started another company about five years later, not realizing the things that I did the first time. 09:08 that made it  so successful,  which really fit the launch first model to a large degree.  But the second time I built a product that would have been successful had I followed my first model,  but I didn't. So I went the route of building an MVP and getting customers on a free version of it, and then going out and trying to raise money, which is the very classic approach that the SaaS products 09:38 take now.  And the problem is with that approach is that you end up digging a really deep hole  in terms of the investment that you make to build the product with enough functionality that you can convince people it's worth putting an investment in and you're not generating any revenue at the time. And I should have just started selling the product and generating subscription revenue right from the beginning. First of all, I would have been able to  raise money much more easily. 10:08 Secondly, I would have not needed to raise money as much if I'd focused on sales. The problem with a lot of founders is they fall in love with their product. They believe that people will buy it at enough numbers and that investors will see the potential. they're afraid of sales. I've fallen into this trap before too. I've done it both ways. And I can tell you selling early 10:38 and staying focused on the customer and the problem are the way to be successful. So founders who I find are consistently successful, they are focused on the problem, they love the problem. The product is just the natural conclusion to solving the problem, not something to be in love with. They spend their time talking to customers about the problems.  So how does a potential customer find you and work with you? 11:08 Oh, they can find me at Techies or they can find me at LaunchFirst, was spelled launch1st.com. And they can find me on LinkedIn. And then to work with me, it's just give me a call, send me an email, we'll set up a Zoom. I'll start to learn about what you're trying to accomplish and what your requirements are. And I'll typically spend quite a bit of time with any potential clients. 11:39 in  one to usually multiple calls or Zooms, learning and  creating estimates and doing a lot of work in advance with the idea that there'll be a natural conclusion at the end of this that they'll wanna start working with me in a paid fashion. So there's a lot of value that my clients get from me whether they end up contracting me or not.  And how, again, back to,  thank you for that and that. 12:08 how to contact you will be in the show notes. But what types of sectors do you work in?  You know, in your introduction, I talk about high ticket B2B, right?  who are the,  so  what founder that's has some idea today?  What would be  their call to action to find techies? And what would you, is it launch first before you go down? 12:35 No, it's not necessarily. It may be an existing company that  is trying to implement AI or implement workflow automation, or they have a project and they don't have the IT team or capacity to handle it.  We love those types of projects. It might be an existing startup that is struggling with their software development team and they're not 13:04 getting  to the end goal that they're expecting and the product's buggy, it's taking too long,  there's constant delays, they're way over budget  and they  need to get this thing done. And  I call those recovery projects,  they're probably my favorite because people  recognize very quickly  the difference  that we bring. 13:33 and they really, really appreciate us.  As far as what sectors,  business sectors,  healthcare, law enforcement,  prop tech, real estate, finance,  entertainment, I mean, we work in  many, many different sectors over the last 18 years.  So  regardless in  B2B, B2B2C,  not so much e-commerce unless there's some 14:03 complex workflow associated with your particular e-commerce, but there's lots of really good solutions for e-commerce that  don't require developers to be involved.  But  mobile, web, IoT,  definitely everything is AI now. Absolutely. And in fact, when we last spoke,  I'd like to say that you started to drink your own Kool-Aid at Techies. 14:33 you're starting to actually use AI automation for internal functions as well as projects at Techies. So can you walk my listeners through how you're using  AI automation  and what's the latest with agentic AI?  So let's do the first.  Yeah,  okay.  So there are a bunch of questions there. So  let me start with 15:02 that we're building products internally  at Techies to help us with our own workflows.  These products though  are  applicable to almost any development company or any company with a development team.  Some of them are, and some of them are applicable to companies that are, well, so one product  is  putting voice capability in front of project management tool. 15:32 and we use JIRA and JIRA is an incredibly technical tool for project managers and development teams to use to  their projects, requirements, their  track bugs, all of that.  And so your relationship with what I call relationship with project management is very technical one. If you're a client, some clients are willing to  go through the learning curve so that they can enter their own... 15:59 bugs and feature requests and things like that directly into JIRA. Most don't.  They  want to send us emails, which is fine,  and just give us a list of what's going on and the problems that they're finding or the things that they need  for a future version and the planning and the documentation, everything else. This is a real technical thing. We're going to make it a very natural personal relationship by  adding voice in front of all this so that you can 16:29 be sharing your screen with your little voice app and say, just found a problem on the screen.  And  the voice app can see the screen. It knows your project. It knows your requirements. And it can identify problems on the screen that you may not have even noticed.  And it can also prevent you from reporting bugs that have already been reported and tell you when they're planned to be built.  And all of this just with a verbal discussion with the app. 16:58 that basically knows your project.  Kind of like talking to a project manager in real time, but they don't have to write down notes and  they can instantly  look up anything about your project in terms of what's been reported in terms of bugs or feature requests  and update them or create new ones for you or just report them to you and tell you when things are planned to be built and released or. 17:24 where they've already been released and maybe you need to clear your cache so you can see the change, whatever.  Yeah. So it be like an  avatar, but it's trained and it's  specific to Jira  in your case?  In the first version, it's actually being built architected so that we'll be able to add other project management tools to it besides Jira in the future.  to begin with, because we use Jira,  it's going to work directly with Jira to start. 17:54 And this, by the way, you asked about agentic workflows,  right? So we're  building an agentic workflow  in this tool where we have more  different agents  that work together to resolve these issues.  so we have an agent that reads and writes documentation to JIRA.  We have an agent that communicates with  the user and the user might be the programmer 18:23 might be a person in QA, it might be a client for a lot of different things. And we have an analyst agent that when the person talks, the voice agent says to the analyst agent, here's what I understand. Here's the information I just got. Go do your work and come back and get me the answer. And it'll speak to the JIRA agent to get the information. It will also speak directly to us. 18:52 a vector database, which is a database where all the documentation from that project  is ingested into our own  separate AI model so that the context of all the communication is about their project and doesn't go off into other directions.  And then can  get back. So this is an agentic workflow.  The idea of 19:20 agents is like everybody keeps talking about agents. Not everybody is really clear on what that even means. Can you define  that?  an agent is an AI  model  that you can interact with that is focused on  one specific area of expertise.  So if it's a travel agent, the word agent fits very well there, then their expertise would be on everything related to 19:49 travel and booking travel and looking up  options and comparing prices. And  that would be an AI  travel agent.  So that's very different from an AI project management agent, very different from an AI financial analyst agent.  So each agent specializes in its own area of expertise and may draw from specific 20:18 repositories of information that are  specific to that particular agent's area of expertise.  And they actually look from the perspective of that type of person, if it was a person. So,  and so they'll respond in a way that is consistent with how somebody who is a project manager would respond to you when you're talking to them, asking you questions about your requirements, knows what 20:46 information it needs to be able to assess it properly, things like that.  wouldn't be very good about travel because that's  not its area of expertise. Right.  So is it  common to have companies that are creating with their own large language model, right? Or their workflow processes internally to the company to create their own agent AI? 21:14 Or is there a marketplace now where you can say, want this type of agent to get in. This is a very basic question, but  do build it? Right. Or do you buy it? Or is it something in between? It's something in between.  So there are tools that allow you to  basically collect agents out there.  And there's a difference between an agent and a context.  Cause you hear a lot about model context switching and things like, don't know. 21:44 if your audience knows these things.  Or model context protocol. A context is not an agent, but it has some agent capabilities because it's kind of specializing your model in a certain area. But you would use this, but you're not, if it's a true agent, then  it's probably tied to its own vector database. 22:12 that gets trained with specific information. It might be company's information. It might be information, let's say if I'm a security agent, then I'm going to be trained on the entire NIST system as well as all of my security architecture that's currently in place. And that so that it could monitor and 22:41 assess instantly whether there's  security vulnerabilities, which you wouldn't ask Chet GPT to do that. No. Right? Because it couldn't. Because it doesn't know  anything about your organization or environment. And  it  really also doesn't know how to prioritize  what matters and what doesn't at any given moment. Whereas a  security agent, that would be what it does. 23:10 I don't know if I answered that question. Oh, bad thing about building or buying.  there are- Or something in between,  Yeah. So there are tools that you can use to build workflows  and  bring in different agents that already exist. And  you can use something like OpenAI or Claude  and  use it to create an agent and give it some intelligence and- 23:37 give it a specific, in this case, you're giving it a specific context.  You could even  tie a special machine learning database to it  and make it even more agentic in that way.  And then  build these workflows where you're  like, let's say a marketing workflow,  where you're saying you first go out and research all the people who are your  ideal customer profile. 24:07 I was going to say ICP, but I'm trying not to use acronyms because not everybody knows every acronym.  Ideal customer profile.  And then it finds all these people that fit your ideal customer profile. Then it says, well, which of these people  are  in the countries that I do business? And then it illuminates the ones that aren't. then which ones, and it may be using  the same agent or different agents to do this.  Then once it's nailed it down to the very discrete 24:37 set of customers. Now  the next step in the workflow is, okay, now  enrich their data  of these people to find their email and other ways of contacting them as well as other information about them so that I have a really full picture of what kind of activity are they active  socially? they speak? Do they post? What are they speaking about? What are they posting about? What events are they going to? Things like that. 25:07 So that would be the next step and that'd be an agent that's doing all the enriching.  And then after that, the next step would be to call basically call a writing agent to go do, am I writing an email? Am I writing a LinkedIn connection post? Am I doing both?  Set up a drip campaign and start reaching out to these people one at a time  with very customized specific language, right? That  is in your voice. 25:34 It doesn't sound like it's written by a typical AI outreach thing. All right, so these would be  steps in a workflow that you could use with several different tools to build the workflows and then calling these different agents. 25:48 Let's go back to the launched first. What would be a typical engagement with a company? you know, they, um, the founders that have the greatest success in your experiences are the ones that love the problem space and not the product. All right. So walk my listeners through. 26:17 What a typical engagement. it's staff augmentation. it  full out  outsourcing? it tech?  because it's very complex. I can touch so many. can touch high  tech and high ticket B2B products,  sector agnostic. what,  put some legs on this for my listeners, please. Sure, sure. We're not. 26:46 so much a staff augmentation company, although we'll do that if asked to, but that's not  the kind of business that we  look for.  We look for project type work. So a typical engagement for launch first would be  somebody wants to launch a product, they're in the concept phase. We help refine the concept and we build out,  help that we do the design and then we build a high fidelity prototype, which is a design prototype. 27:16 When I demo a design prototype to somebody, they think that they're looking at a finished product,  but  it's not. It doesn't actually do anything. It just looks like it  does everything.  So it's very animated set of mock-ups is another way to look at it.  And it's important because you can build out the big vision of the product this way in a couple of months, whereas 27:46 it takes instead of, you so you're looking at the two year roadmap when we're done of the product. If we were to build an MVP, then you're going to see a very limited view of the product and it's going to cost a lot more to build that MVP than it takes to build this design prototype. Now we're in the process of doing this. We're also nailing down who that early adopter is. And there's a, there's a very, 28:14 metrics driven methodology for doing this.  your launch first. Within launch first, right. Okay. All right. And then  we'll help the client build a marketing funnel and help them start to generate sales.  We're not doing the selling, they're doing the selling. And it's important that founders do the selling because they need to hear what customers are saying about the thing they're demoing, why they want it, why they don't. 28:43 So that  if we need to pivot, which we can do easily and quickly with a design prototype,  then we can  pivot and then go and test the model again, two or three or four times in the space of a couple of months.  And we'll either find a path to revenue or accept the fact that this probably isn't the right product for the right time.  But in the process of doing this, you're learning a lot about the market and about the potential customer. 29:13 I want to be clear about something. Almost every founder that comes to  that I meet with, they love the product, not the problem. They started out with a problem that they realized they had a good solution for and they forgot all about the problem at that point. And so I spend a lot of time with founders  reminding them why the  problem is all that matters  and what that means and how to approach customers, potential customers so that 29:41 you're syncing with their problems, not telling them about this product that you're building because nobody cares about your product. All they care about is what they're struggling with.  And if they believe that you really understand that, then they  care about whether you can solve that problem for them or 30:01 And can  I be  audacious and ask you what a typical engagement duration is like? So this would be for launch first. Yes. If it's a,  and our hope is that they'll  find a path to revenue and start building the product and engage us for the development. Cause that's really our business is building the products.  So, but it's not a requirement.  And,  and our typical engagement with our clients are several years. 30:32 Not all of them, but most of them, would say. Once they start working with us, they just continue to work with us until they decide to bring in their own in-house team  or they fail eventually, which many of our clients do, which is why I  created Launch First. Right. You often talk about your hyper exceptional team at Techies. What is it that's so highly exceptional? Talk to me about your team. Where are they? Yeah. 31:02 And if you go to my website, which is tekyz.com,  you'll see at the very top of it  in the header above the fold, it says hyper exceptional development team. And I don't expect people to believe me  because I write that down or I tell them that I expect them to ask me, well, what does that mean? Do you have evidence? And  that's the question I want to get because I do.  Because when you work in an exceptional manner, 31:31 as a natural consequence of working that way, you produce certain artifacts  that the typical development teams don't produce. And I'm not saying there aren't other exceptional teams, but they're really few and far between. And what makes a team exceptional is a constant need to  improve their ability to deliver  and the level of quality that they deliver as well and the speed at which they develop. It's all of these things. 31:59 So,  and, you know, after 18 years, we've done a lot of improving and a lot of automation internally,  because  that allows our team to work in a really disciplined protocol manner without having to feel like they're under the strict  discipline and protocol of,  you  know, a difficult environment to work in.  And so we  create automation everywhere we can. The voice... 32:27 tool is one of those automations.  The way we  do status reports, it's very clear at the level of detail that we provide every week  to every client in terms of status reports  where we're showing here's what we estimated, here's the actual, here's our percent variance  on how much time we spent and how much it's costing.  We want to always be within 10 % above or below. 32:56 Either  being above or below is not,  know,  the fact that we're ahead of that doesn't necessarily mean that's a good thing, right? So we want to be accurate with our estimates.  And we are typically within 10%. In fact, our largest customer last year, we did a retrospective and we were within six and a half percent of what our estimates were for the whole year.  and that's a,  we're pretty happy with that number. 33:24 I think most teams are looking at many, many times that in terms of variance.  it's not that uncommon for teams to be double or triple what they're or even higher what the actual estimate was. So  when we do invoicing, we invoice for each person at their rate. 33:50 based on their level of expertise, which is all part of our agreement upfront. So the client is very transparent every month for the hours that they work. And we attach the daily time sheets to every invoice. I'm the only company I know of right now that does that. I know there are others. I've seen monthly, but I've never seen daily. Yeah. Yeah. Because for me, if I could ask, well, 34:18 why did this person ask a work that many hours that last month? What did they do? I hate that feeling that I get when somebody asks that question. I know they're only asking because they have to justify it to somebody else or whatever the reason, but I don't like the way it feels because it feels like my integrity is being questioned. I don't get upset at people for asking me that. I just feel like I'm not giving them enough information if they have to ask me that question. So we started about eight years ago. 34:47 providing the daily time sheets because I don't like that question. And we never get questioned on our  invoices ever anymore. I bet you it's informed you  as well in  future  projects,  maybe on  including workflow automation in your own internal processes, right? When you see people's time sheets, right? And you've gone over budget. So it informs you internally. So it's not only for the client. 35:16 I suspect, right? No, it's not. Right. And we use it ourselves to also, because it also helps us looking at our overhead costs because not everything gets built to the client. And so we track all our own times, you know, what we're spending doing what. And we don't get to, it's not like a developer has to spend a lot of time or a QA person or whatever, putting in a lot of detail. We just need a couple of bullets, you know, every day in the time sheet with the, whatever they spend. 35:45 If they spent four hours on one thing and three on another, they'll just break it into two entries just to make it easy.  And that's important for us, or they may be working on two different projects and each project. So when we do the timesheets also every month, we give our clients a breakdown by project. So if we're working on four different projects  for a client  or even one project, but it has four different really 36:15 functional elements that are very clearly different. Like let's say a mobile app and a web app  and a  particular client implementation. Each one of those gets assigned its own project and we break down summaries of the time spent on each of those every month and who spent the time on those, along with the daily time sheets, along with the invoice.  And nobody else does that because it takes a lot of discipline and protocol and you have to have lot of systems in place 36:45 to do that without  literally getting everybody to quit, right? That works for you. And nobody minds doing it because it's easy because of all the systems we put in place to do that.  That's the whole point, right? Right. were  not particularly happy of getting asked that question oftentimes. So eight years ago, you set out to  provide the information on a daily basis, which is incredible.  We started that with blended rates like a lot of companies do. 37:14 And then I didn't like that because at the end of a project when most of it's QA, people would start to get frustrated that they're still getting billed the same blended rate, even though for the more expensive period at the beginning of the project,  I thought, okay, forget this. Well, just bill based on individual.  And then I didn't get those questions anymore, but then I would get questions about individuals on the month. And that's when I started doing the time sheets. 37:43 And like I said, I'm sure there's other companies that do it, but I haven't run into  one or somebody that works with one. So  that's an exceptional thing that we do. But it also allows us to do  really, really good reporting to the client on status on what we've spent our time on, what we're expecting to spend our time on  next week, what we just spent our time on this week, where we are. 38:12 in terms of our plan for the month, things like that.  So let's switch gears, David.  Yeah. Back to  actually the podcast and  some of my guests and listeners  are corporate board directors. So they're sitting on either advisory boards or fiduciary corporate boards.  And with all the hype around AI. 38:39 it's not uncommon for them to be asking, what are we doing, right? For existing companies, right? And  I'd like you to walk my listeners through while it's in the, you know,  in the imaginary realm, what is it? I think any founder today that's actually scaling, right? Has to have some AI element. At least I've even heard you need to have it. 39:08 an AI officer in the company. So what's your take on that? What would you respond to either to your board of advisors, your advisory board, or your board of directors?  So,  and of course, a lot of it depends on the type of company you are. Absolutely. Right. If  you're making  alternative material I-beams, for example,  for skyscraper construction, then 39:37 AI, other than maybe in the design process of these specialized materials,  AI may not be as big a critical factor, although for invoice reconciliation and  distribution and  scheduling and all that, AI could be a huge value to you if you don't have super efficient systems already.  For most everybody else though, if you have not embraced the need to 40:06 leverage AI and everything you're doing,  then you're way behind already.  That doesn't mean you have to be in a race to do this. just, because  I'm  of the belief that  you have to slow down to speed up. But you do need to make it a priority.  And in a lot of different ways. Number one is, 40:36 The most obvious is workflow automation. You should be probably tackling  workflow automation as just a part of your constant improvement program  to become more efficient, whether it's with AI or not.  But AI is particularly good at workflow automation  because it can tackle steps in that workflow that couldn't be tackled without AI.  So the  first thing 41:06 the companies should be doing if they're not doing it is documenting all of their processes,  all of their tribal knowledge into playbooks. So when you have somebody who's an expert in something in your company and they're the person who's the only one that knows how to do it and so we can't live without them, that's a bottleneck for scaling. Because if you bring somebody else in to expand their capacity, they're going to... 41:32 put a big dependency on that person with all the expertise, which is going to cause problems.  So  anybody in a position like that should be documenting all of their  procedures and protocols and especially all the nuances and all the edge cases into playbooks.  And there should be some centralized playbook repository for the company. And this becomes part of your intellectual property and part of your value if you ever 42:02 you're trying to raise money or you're trying to sell your company. So it increases your value. So you do that, then AI,  you start to look at automating those workflows because now they're documented. So now what can be automated in them from just a workflow automation perspective. And then how much can you implement AI in there? Because now AI can learn to make the same kinds of decisions that this person is making. 42:31 And this is like the low hanging fruit that I'm talking about right now. Right. Exactly. Right. Because the bigger stuff is if we implement AI in here, what workflows would we totally  throw away and start from scratch?  Because we can think of way more sophisticated ways of addressing this now that we have intelligence involved in all these steps.  But that's later. 42:57 worry about that once you get your arms around implementing AI,  automated workflows and then- So workflow automation. So playbooks, workflows and AI in your automated workflows. That's sort of the stepped wise process. Excellent. You heard it here  on the founder sandbox. Thank you, David.  And if you're not sure how to do all that, 43:25 ask AI, okay, here's my company. What should I be focusing on if I wanna implement playbooks, workflow automation and AI? And AI will help you figure this all out. Right. That's a jewel here. So what'd you do? Chat GBT, co-pilot, what's your complexity? Where would you go to? All right. Well, it just depends on the flavor of the day. Right now. 43:53 I was using chat GPT primarily for this stuff just because it was a first and I'm very comfortable with the apps. have them everywhere. And Claude's recently come out with a  new version and it's in some ways I'm just finding the output way more organized and smarter. And so I've been using Claude more in the last couple of weeks, but that'll change in another week or two.  Any one of them will do a pretty decent job. 44:21 I'm  not using perplexity because it's built on top of the other ones.  But perplexity is a great tool if you're newer with this because it makes some of the... It's a little bit more accessible for somebody who doesn't know how to use AI.  Gemini is also  really good, but that's  more of a technical... And there's so many things you can do. 44:49 with AI that you wouldn't even think about. And I'll give you an example, more as a brain opening exercise for everybody than anything else. Because this is something I did about seven weeks ago.  I,  chat GPT had just come out a week or two before with their vision capability in the mobile app. And for  those of you who don't know it,  with chat GPT, there's a talk 45:19 button. It's not  the microphone. It's the one that looks like a sound wave  in the mobile app. You tap that, and now you have a voice conversation with chat, which I use this constantly. Even when I'm working with,  I've got some contractors at my house whose English isn't very good, so I ask it to do real-time translation for me. And it does matter the language.  And I start talking, and it translates to their language. And they respond 45:49 in their language and it translates to English and it's doing it perfectly. And so I can have a very natural conversation with anybody just holding my phone up in front of them now.  Right?  But it has this vision capability  where when you go into that voice mode, you tap the camera next to it, and now it's looking out the front of your screen while you're talking to it. And so I'll give you a couple of examples where I've used it  six weeks ago and again, like 46:18 weeks later and I now used it many times like this.  I was in  Lowe's, which is a  store for home improvement.  And  for some project I was on, my wife calls me and says, I need fertilizer for a hibiscus. And I say, well, what do I get? She says, anything that says hibiscus on it, it'll be fine. I said, okay, fine. And if anybody that knows these big box stores, there's like hundreds of bags of fertilizer of different brands. 46:48 And I couldn't find one that said hibiscus. This is a typical thing with my wife. Oh, just look for this. And of course, there isn't that. So I asked Chess GPT, okay, I'm in  Lowe's  and I'm looking for a fertilizer for hibiscus.  What would you suggest? And it said, oh, there's a number of brands that are high acid.  And I said, we'll recommend a brand. Tonal is a really good brand. And I said, okay. So I'm looking and I can't find it. 47:18 So I walked 30 feet back and I'm talking, right? I'm having this, know, people are looking at me like, what the hell is he doing? And I walked 30 feet back because there's many, many shelves, you know, columns of shelves with fertilizer. I walked back and I turned on the vision and I say, okay, there's all the fertilizers. And I'm moving my phone across all these shelves. say, do you see tonal here? And it says, yes, look for the one in the red and white bag. 47:48 And  I see it on the shelf. So I walk straight forward. see a red and white bag. That's not tonal. said, this isn't it. And she, cause it's a woman's voice that I have, she says,  it's two shelves to the left, second from the top.  I walk over there and it's right where she said it was. Crazy. And you're not a beta user. So this is available today. This is available. It's been available for a couple of months. And then 48:18 My daughter-in-law asked me to get something from the pharmacy, from CVS, another  big box pharmacy store, right? And this is something I don't even know if I'm in the right aisle because it's something I've never bought. So I ask it, I say, I'm looking for this brand  and I'm not sure if I'm in the right aisle or not, but I'm going to walk down the aisle and tell me if you see it. As I'm walking down the aisle, holding it straight forward so it can see both sides.  And it says, well, 48:45 Yes, I'm familiar with the brand. You should look for it in a green and white box. then she goes like this. Oh, I see it. It's down there on the right on the bottom shelf. And I turn and I look and it's right by my right foot. 48:58 You heard it here. This is crazy. think it's a bit creepy.  How many times have you been looking for something on a shelf? You know, and you're like, oh, how long, how many hours is this going to take me to spot it?  Good internet connection and all that. So, oh my goodness. It's creepy and it's wonderful. So  same time.  the same time. Yeah. Yeah. For quality of life and even for,  um, yeah.  So 49:25 That's a mind opening thing is all the reason I bring that up. Excellent. Hey, let's go. Let's continue on in the founder sandbox. I'd like to ask each of my guests to  share with me.  I'm all about working with resilient, purpose driven and scalable companies in the growth phase. So what does resilience mean to you? You can either answer, you know, what's the first thing that comes out of your, you cannot use chat, GBT. I'm not fancy. No hands. 49:55 No hands, and I don't have the voice version going because you'd hear it. Podcast we could do it.  And we are real. We're not. Yeah, we are real. We're not. So I think that's, I don't think that's a difficult question to answer. Resilience means opportunity. So no matter what happens, even if it seems terrible, what  opportunity does that create? Excellent. If you ask that. 50:22 keep reframing everything from that perspective,  it creates resilience. Right. Thank you. What about purpose-driven?  Purpose-driven  means having  a clear  long-term path and goal  and  asking yourself if the things you're doing keep you on purpose to that. 50:56 Scalable. What's scalable mean for you? Scalable for me means  eliminating tribal knowledge or not eliminating it, but documenting tribal knowledge.  First of all, figuring out how you generate revenue and then how you expand your ability to generate revenue, which means growing your 51:25 growing your team, growing your capacity  and identifying the bottlenecks and focusing all your energy on the bottlenecks. And usually the bottlenecks have to do  with tribal knowledge or with  lack of workflow automation. Wow, you know, it's easier said than done though, that tribal knowledge, it is resistant, right? Oh yeah,  because it's  career,  what's the word I'm trying to think of? 51:55 It  keeps you in your job forever if you're the only one that knows how to do the thing. Absolutely. That's for another podcast, David. My  final question today is,  did you have fun in the Founder Sandbox? Oh, yes.  I had a lot of fun. Thanks. That's a great question too. Thank you, Brenda. Did you have fun? 52:20 Did you? I had had fun. And particularly in this last part, right? Cause we're talking about some heavy duty, you know, uses of, um, agentic AI, right. And scalable, you know, LTV, CAC and all that. And then we get to hear these real life, you know, kind of creepy, um, uh, uses of, um, on our phones today with, um, with AI, which is, which is quite amazing. But I also know that in your world of techies, 52:50 your team, which is distributed, have a lot of fun events too. So you probably- have one more thing on the whole scalable thing. You have to be compassionately ruthless or ruthlessly compassionate, however you want to say it. Okay. So that the people, every, and the ruthless is anything that's going to get in the way of you growing your company, which benefits everybody in the company. 53:19 it needs to be addressed in a ruthless way. But if you build a culture of ruthlessly compassionate, then all the people that work for you feel that same level of ruthlessness to protect the company and make it grow. And you practice what you preach, I suspect, at Techies. Yes. Yes. It took me a while, but if we accidentally hire the wrong person, either because 53:45 we made a mistake in the process or they faked us out and we recognize they're not smart enough. Literally, that's usually the problem. They're not smart enough to carry their weight. We fire them immediately. We don't try to bring them along because you can't improve somebody's IQ. You can improve any other aspect, but their IQ is their IQ.  And  that will be a bottleneck forever. 54:13 in our team and it'll require other people to carry that person. And it sends the wrong message to the team that I don't value them enough to make sure that we only surround them with people that are going to inspire them and help them grow. Excellent. And I suspect they are not fungible by AI, your employees, not techies. I mean, we've gotten better and better. 54:40 at not making those mistakes over the years. So that doesn't typically happen. takes us, we're much more careful about how we hire.  AI gives us the ability to recruit faster, more broadly,  along with workflow automation. But  what I mean by real, this is the compassionate. Once my team understood this, now they embody that and  they will get rid of somebody if they made a mistake. I don't have to force the issue ever anymore because 55:10 they recognize how much, important it is to protect their teams. So to my listeners, if you liked this episode today with the CEO and founder of Techies, sign up for the monthly release of founders, business owners, corporate directors, and professional service providers who provide their examples of how they're building companies or consulting with companies  to make them more resilient, scalable, and purpose-driven. 55:40 to make profits for good.  Signing off for today. See you next month in the Founder Sandbox. Thank you.  

What can we say about our boy DJ Bodger, well it all started with a colabaration on our forever growing Pick & Mix shows, and now with his own show. Techy by day DJ by night  its our brand new collective memeber with his show -   An Hour Of with DJ Bodgerfind him here : @stevenixon@mastodon.social Follow us at:  @labr@ravenation.club to be in the know of ALL things #labr #loveabrotherradio Only on #labr #loveabrotherradiohttps://labr.onlineIf you're on the go?Android: RadioDroid Apphttps://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.programmierecke.radiodroid2&hl=en_GB&gl=USiphone:  Cuteradio App https://apps.apple.com/de/app/cuterdio-internet-radio-app/id1489513385Do A Search for LABR, & There You Are. Streaming 24/7 all the LABR collective members shows that you might've missed.  and a few extra's in between.Enjoying this love we're spreading? Want to support LABR - Love a Brother Radio in spreading that love? Now you can. Get yourself a mug, and a hoodie. Introducing: LABR Threads N Thangs  https://labrthreadsnthangs.co.uk/ Any little thing helps us feed the Keebler Elves to keep the wheels turning in the background. We're a 2 1/2 person operation. And a lot goes into making this work properly.  With that said, we all thank you in advance for any support you lend.

John reminds us that even the word “technology” echoes Jesus—“tecton” (craftsman) and “logos” (word). Jesus was both. He's not against our tools. But he is against anything that masters us. Become New is here to help you grow spiritually one day at a time.

Join Aeson Knight, master psychic with over 22 years of experience, and Techie Joe as they brew up insightful and entertaining discussions on current events, spirituality, and all things metaphysical! From everyday life to the supernatural, we blend psychic perspectives with a dash of tech-savvy charm to keep things fresh, fun, and enlightening. With certifications as a clairvoyant and life coach, Aeson has guided clients worldwide—from housewives to government officials—while Techie Joe keeps the conversation grounded with his sharp wit and modern outlook. ✨ Want a personal reading?Book your session with Aeson Knight today: Schedule Here: https://aesonknight.com/book-an-appointment 

Join Aeson Knight, master psychic with over 22 years of experience, and Techie Joe as they brew up insightful and entertaining discussions on current events, spirituality, and all things metaphysical! From everyday life to the supernatural, we blend psychic perspectives with a dash of tech-savvy charm to keep things fresh, fun, and enlightening. With certifications as a clairvoyant and life coach, Aeson has guided clients worldwide—from housewives to government officials—while Techie Joe keeps the conversation grounded with his sharp wit and modern outlook. ✨ Want a personal reading?Book your session with Aeson Knight today: Schedule Here: https://aesonknight.com/book-an-appointment 

A bizarre case of political impersonation, where Trump's top aide Susie Wiles is cloned (digitally, not biologically — we think), and high-ranking Republicans start getting invitations to link up with "her" on Telegram to share their Trump pardon wishlists. Was it a deepfake? Or just someone with a halfway decent impression and access to a shady data broker?Meanwhile, we take a worryingly familiar journey into the mental health crisis in the UK — and how TikTok is stepping in with advice like “eat an orange in the shower” to cure your anxiety. Spoiler: it won't. But it might make your bathroom smell nice.Plus: a nostalgic tech support tale involving a CRT monitor, a wooden door, and an unexpected shade of brown.All this and more is discussed in the latest edition of the "Smashing Security" podcast by cybersecurity veterans Graham Cluley and Carole Theriault.Warning: This podcast may contain nuts, adult themes, and rude language.Episode links:Federal Authorities Probe Effort to Impersonate White House Chief of Staff - Wall Street Journal.FBI probes effort to impersonate White House chief of staff Susie Wiles, sources say - CBS News.The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans - The Atlantic.The Trump campaign is still being hacked - Popular Information.The Big Mental Health Report - Mind.Mental Health Pressures - British Medical Association. More than half of top 100 mental health TikToks contain misinformation, study finds - The Guardian.‘They thought they were doing good but it made people worse': why mental health apps are under scrutiny - The Guardian.How to find therapy or counselling - Mind.Carole in the shower with an orange? - Twitter.Matter - modern read-later app for iPhone, iPad, and web.Techie fixed a ‘brown monitor' by closing a door - The Register.Smashing Security merchandise (t-shirts, mugs, stickers and...

Do you REALLY know what cookies are? Like really, REALLY know? What about GDPR? What about PII?I know the words. But what do they REALLY mean? I enlisted the help of Eddie "The Techie" Aguilar to help me simplify some of these complex topics, and help me create meaningful next steps on how to address PII concerns and other marketing-related issues in data collection. We got into:- Simplified definitions of cookies, data collection, GDPR, etc. (I'm stupid and like hearing things simplified from smart people)- First vs. Third part cookies (and what it means to your marketing program)- A/B testing and the importance of NOT collecting PII in your testing toolsTimestamps:00:00 Episode Start2:31 What is a Cookie?7:41 How Cookies Have Been Used Maliciously (Lack of Consent)9:51 First Party vs. Third Party Data13:11 Opting Out of Cookies (Explained)14:45 GDPR28:20 A/B Testing and Cookies37:30 PII and A/B testingGo follow Eddie Aguilar on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/whoiseddie/ Also go follow Shiva Manjunath on LinkedIn: ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/shiva-manjunath/⁠Subscribe to our newsletter for more memes, clips, and awesome content! https://fromatob.beehiiv.com/And go get your free ticket for the Women in Experimentation - you might even be entered to win some From A to B merch! : https://tinyurl.com/FromAtoB-WIE

Join Aeson Knight, master psychic with over 22 years of experience, and Techie Joe as they brew up insightful and entertaining discussions on current events, spirituality, and all things metaphysical! From everyday life to the supernatural, we blend psychic perspectives with a dash of tech-savvy charm to keep things fresh, fun, and enlightening. With certifications as a clairvoyant and life coach, Aeson has guided clients worldwide—from housewives to government officials—while Techie Joe keeps the conversation grounded with his sharp wit and modern outlook. ✨ Want a personal reading?Book your session with Aeson Knight today: Schedule Here: https://aesonknight.com/book-an-appointment 

Let's dive in to an hour of feel good housey, tribal and techy vibes. If you enjoy the show or want to send me any ID's find me on Instagram and FB @channemusic and TikTok: channe.music ⚡️Like the Show? Click the [Repost] ↻ button so more people can hear it!

 Join Aeson Knight, master psychic with over 22 years of experience, and Techie Joe as they brew up insightful and entertaining discussions on current events, spirituality, and all things metaphysical! From everyday life to the supernatural, we blend psychic perspectives with a dash of tech-savvy charm to keep things fresh, fun, and enlightening. With certifications as a clairvoyant and life coach, Aeson has guided clients worldwide—from housewives to government officials—while Techie Joe keeps the conversation grounded with his sharp wit and modern outlook. ✨ Want a personal reading?Book your session with Aeson Knight today: Schedule Here: https://aesonknight.com/book-an-appointment 

Kim jest człowiek w świecie technologii? Użytkownikiem? Owszem. Biomasą? Owszem. Trybikiem w maszynie? Też. Ofiarą? Zdarza się? Buntownikiem? Zdarza się coraz częściej. Właśnie o buntownikach, ofiarach, trybikach i zwykłych ludziach, którzy nie chcą już być bezsilni w świecie wielkich technologii jest ten odcinek. A opowiadamy o nich przez pryzmat trzech uzupełniających się książek. Jedna opowiada o zjawisku historycznym, które dziś powraca, ale w innej formie. Dzięki niej można inaczej spojrzeć na pracę m.in. kurierów albo pracowników magazynów. Druga jest o ludziach, których dotknęły - przeważnie negatywnie - procesy i narzędzia AI. Jak wpływają na nasze zdrowie, ciało, pracę - i czy mamy się jak bronić. A trzecia rozprawia się z powiedzeniem, że "Największy podstęp diabła to przekonanie nas o tym, że on nie istnieje". A konkretnie o tym, jakich sposobów, mechanizmów i sztuczek używają big techy, żeby wpełznąć do naszego kraju, gminy, szkoły, do ucha polityków, naukowców i decydentów i przekonać nas, że należą im się boskie ofiary. O tych książkach rozmawiamy: - “Krew w maszynie. Luddyści i pierwszy bunt przeciwko technologicznym gigantom”, Brian Merchant, tłum. Grzegorz Ciecieląg, wydawnictwo: Bo.Wiem, 2025 - “W cieniu AI. Jak sztuczna inteligencja ingeruje w nasze życie?” Madhumita Murgia, tłum. Michał Lipa, wydawnictwo Port, 2025 - “Bóg Techy. Jak wielkie firmy technologiczne przejmują władzę nad Polską i światem”, Sylwia Czubkowska, Wydawnictwo Znak, 2025

What can we say about our boy DJ Bodger, well it all started with a colabaration on our forever growing Pick & Mix shows, and now with his own show. Techy by day DJ by night  its our brand new collective memeber with his show -   An Hour Of with DJ Bodgerfind him here : @stevenixon@mastodon.social Follow us at:  @labr@ravenation.club to be in the know of ALL things #labr #loveabrotherradio Only on #labr #loveabrotherradiohttps://labr.onlineIf you're on the go?Android: RadioDroid Apphttps://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.programmierecke.radiodroid2&hl=en_GB&gl=USiphone:  Cuteradio App https://apps.apple.com/de/app/cuterdio-internet-radio-app/id1489513385Do A Search for LABR, & There You Are. Streaming 24/7 all the LABR collective members shows that you might've missed.  and a few extra's in between.Enjoying this love we're spreading? Want to support LABR - Love a Brother Radio in spreading that love? Now you can. Get yourself a mug, and a hoodie. Introducing: LABR Threads N Thangs  https://labrthreadsnthangs.co.uk/ Any little thing helps us feed the Keebler Elves to keep the wheels turning in the background. We're a 2 1/2 person operation. And a lot goes into making this work properly.  With that said, we all thank you in advance for any support you lend.

Are you considering building a website for your nonprofit but feeling overwhelmed by the options? In this episode, I sit down with Becky Launder, co-founder of Oh My High, to discuss the essential factors you should consider before embarking on your website journey. Why Your Nonprofit Needs a Website Becky emphasizes the importance of having a website for credibility and round-the-clock visibility. We explore how a well-crafted site can: - Showcase your services and impact - Share testimonials - Collect leads and donations 24/7 Key Considerations Before Building Before you start, think about: - How your organization might evolve over time - Your technical skills and available time - Functionality needs (e-commerce, email marketing, donation forms) - Budget constraints Understanding Website Jargon We break down common terms like domain names, hosting, and plugins to help you navigate the technical landscape with confidence. The Oh My Hi Difference Discover how Oh My Hi offers: - User-friendly templates - Robust features for nonprofits - Affordable pricing options - Exceptional customer support and community Taking Action Ready to get started? We share resources and a special offer to help you launch your nonprofit website quickly and effectively. Don't miss this opportunity to gain clarity on your website strategy and find a solution that aligns with your nonprofit's mission and budget. Tune in for insights that will set your organization up for online success. Want to skip ahead? Here are key takeaways: 01:12 The Importance of Websites for Businesses Websites are crucial for credibility, showcasing services, and working 24/7 to collect leads and provide information to potential customers or supporters. 03:25 Considerations Before Building a Website Discussion on factors to consider before creating or rebuilding a website, including future changes, DIY vs. hiring experts, functionality needs, and integration with existing tools. 11:49 Oh My Hi Platform Introduction Oh My Hi is a user-friendly website platform with built-in support and community features, designed for non-technical users. It't not for for e-commerce heavy businesses but very advantageous for nonprofits because you can easily embed your donation form.  Resources View the NonProfit Template: https://demo-nonprofit.ohmyhi.com/?aff=197 Learn More about Oh My Hi: https://ohmyhi.com/?aff=197#pricingstrategy  ohmyhi.com Connect with us on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-first-click Learn more about The First Click: https://thefirstclick.net Schedule a Digital Marketing Therapy Session: https://thefirstclick.net/officehours

 Join Aeson Knight, master psychic with over 22 years of experience, and Techie Joe as they brew up insightful and entertaining discussions on current events, spirituality, and all things metaphysical! From everyday life to the supernatural, we blend psychic perspectives with a dash of tech-savvy charm to keep things fresh, fun, and enlightening. With certifications as a clairvoyant and life coach, Aeson has guided clients worldwide—from housewives to government officials—while Techie Joe keeps the conversation grounded with his sharp wit and modern outlook. ✨ Want a personal reading?Book your session with Aeson Knight today: Schedule Here: https://aesonknight.com/book-an-appointment 

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Our guest in this episode is James Hipkin, a vivacious marketing strategist and digital agency leader who's spent decades helping businesses cut through the marketing noise with authentic, customer-centered strategies. James delights in challenging the status quo, advocating for marketing that genuinely adds value and using AI as a creative ally (not a replacement!) to keep the human touch alive. In his upbeat conversation with host Jürgen Strauss, James ditches “icky marketing” in favor of meaningful customer pathways and demonstrates how curiosity, clarity, and compassion drive long-term business success.Key points discussed include:* Transforming “Call to Action” into Customer Pathways: James encourages a mindset shift, inviting customers along value-filled journeys instead of simply shouting for attention.* Blending Human Creativity with AI for Better Results: He joyfully shares how AI can spark ideas, provide audience insights, and enhance marketing—while always keeping people at the heart.* Building Relationships for Sustainable Growth: James underscores that true marketing success is about lasting relationships, focusing on customer value beyond the first sale.This episode is packed with refreshing ideas and practical inspiration for marketers ready to innovate with empathy, measurement, and a dash of fun!Listen to the podcast to find out more.Show Notes from this episode with James HipkinChampioning Value-Based Marketing Over "Icky" TacticsStep into the world of marketing that puts people first with James Hipkin, a marketing strategist and digital agency leader who joined me, Jürgen Strauss, on the InnovaBuzz podcast for a vibrant discussion. James has spent decades rallying against what he calls "icky marketing"—those manipulative, hard-sell tactics that leave everyone feeling a little grimy. Instead, he champions a marketing ethos rooted in creating real value for customers and businesses alike. His approach is all about forging genuine connections and focusing on knowledge-sharing, where education and trust replace the noise of pushy promotions.James's mission is to transform marketing, one business owner at a time. He believes great marketing brings value not only to the business but, most importantly, to the customer. By focusing on educating the ideal audience and nurturing relationships, James shows how we can move away from the transactional and toward the transformational.The Mindset Shift: From Calls to Action to Customer PathwaysA standout moment in our conversation was James' bold proposal: stop shouting "Call to Action" and start building "Pathways." The typical call to action often feels like a marketer barking orders, rather than an invitation. James encourages us to create "people like you pathways"—roads marked with relevant information, gentle invitations, and meaningful touchpoints.For example, James described how he used AI to brainstorm alternatives to the tired “related products” label in e-commerce. He then checked these options with his team and polled the client's audience, ensuring the final choice resonated. This approach transforms the customer experience from a pushy sales pitch to a helpful, human-guided journey.Prioritizing the Second Sale and True Customer RelationshipsJames reminds us that the most important sale is not the first—it's the second. He champions a philosophy where marketing is seen as the beginning of a relationship, not the end. Businesses that focus on ensuring customers return are the ones who thrive; after all, if you can create a repeat buyer, chances are they'll keep coming back for more.We shared stories about brands that either courted us for one quick transaction or truly invested in our long-term success. When we genuinely care about ongoing customer success, we're building trust, nurturing advocates, and creating fertile ground for innovation. The game isn't about the big win; it's about showing up, again and again, for your customers.Bringing Humanity Into AI-Driven MarketingWith the AI wave sweeping through marketing, James stands out with his level-headed, human-first approach. Rather than surrendering creativity or empathy to technology, he leverages AI as a brainstorming partner—a tool for generating ideas and stimulating discussion. For instance, he uses AI to analyze customer interviews and online forums, but always brings the final decision back to the team for a human touch.This collaborative approach sparks creativity and widens perspective. AI provides the stimulus, but people make the final call, ensuring that empathy and authenticity remain at the heart of every campaign.Grounding Innovation in Data and MeasurementJames brings with him the rigor of the direct marketing world—a place where every strategy lives or dies by data. He believes great marketing is a three-legged stool: strategy (who and why), planning (how and when), and, most critically, measurement. Without that third leg, businesses wobble, never quite sure what's working or why.He shares anecdotes of clients spread thin across social channels, uncertain which efforts yielded real results, until simple tracking and data analysis revealed the highest-impact activities. By focusing on meaningful data, not vanity metrics, James helps his clients double down on what truly works and prune the rest.Unlocking Customer Insights Through AI-Augmented InterviewsJames is passionate about democratizing the powerful customer research methods once reserved for big brands. His solution? Use guided customer interviews, audio transcriptions, and AI trained with deep marketing psychology to create rich, nuanced customer avatars and journey maps—without breaking the bank. This process gives even the smallest business a window into customer motivations, desires, and language, ensuring that every marketing message hits home.He's careful, too, to blend classic rigor with innovative shortcuts. Analyzing subreddit discussions or online forums through AI, using a well-crafted questionnaire, may not match a $50,000 research project—but it's miles ahead of guesswork. Objective, data-backed insights are now within reach for everyone.Staying True to Strategy in a Shiny Object WorldWith all the new tools and trends vying for our attention, it's easy to get distracted. James urges business owners to resist the lure of the next shiny object and instead double down on what's working. Start with a few core tactics, get really good at them, and then iterate for excellence. His advice is to measure, learn, and improve—rather than constantly chasing novelty.James also emphasizes the importance of building a strong team, welcoming their input, and sometimes just saying "no"—to clients, trends, or ideas that don't serve the strategy. The secret to longevity and sustainable growth isn't in doing more things, but in doing the right things really well.The Buzz - Our Innovation RoundHere are James's answers to the questions of our innovation round. Listen to the conversation to get the full scoop.* No. 1 thing to be more innovative: Get out of your own head.* Best thing for new ideas: Shift your perspective from inside out to outside in by observing what's really happening with your customers.* Favourite resource: Rely on the people on your team for input, ideas, and collaboration.* Keep project/client on track: Be willing to say no to clients and provide honest feedback, building relationships based on trust.* Differentiate: Clearly define and communicate your unique selling proposition by focusing on what's truly unique and motivating about your business.ActionJames encourages you to stop trying to "boil the ocean." Instead, choose a few things to focus on, learn to do them well, and then work on doing them even better. Let your customers guide you on what's working and do more of that, rather than chasing every new shiny trend.Reach OutIf you'd like to explore these ideas further or share your own marketing challenges, James welcomes a conversation. You can connect with him at VIPchatwithJames.com and schedule a virtual coffee—no pressure, just a chance to exchange insights and stories.Links:* Website - INN8LY* LinkedIn - James Hipkin* LinkedIn - INN8LY* Facebook* Twitter - @inn8ly* Instagram - @inn8lyCool Things About James* The "Don Quixote" Persona: James embraces the "Don Quixote" metaphor, showing a willingness to fight for what he believes in, even if it seems idealistic or unconventional. This adds a layer of personality and passion to his professional persona.* The "Techie" with a Human Touch: James blends AI with real human interaction (customer interviews). In a world where AI is often seen as cold and impersonal, he's using it to amplify human voices and insights.* The "Storyteller" in a Marketing World: James uses stories and analogies to explain complex concepts, showing he's not just a marketing expert, but also a skilled communicator who can connect with people on a human level.* Bachelor of Music in composition and theory: James shared how a professor's advice—think of the most ridiculous solution, then work backwards—helped him break free from linear thinking, a creative exercise he's carried into his marketing career.Ready to humanize your marketing? Listen to the full episode for more stories, practical tips, and a fresh perspective on what it means to truly serve your customers.Imagine being a part of a select community where you not only have access to our amazing podcast guests, but you also get a chance to transform your marketing and podcast into a growth engine with a human-centered, relationship-focused approach.That's exactly what you'll get when you join the Flywheel Nation Community.Tap into the collective wisdom of high-impact achievers, gain exclusive access to resources, and expand your network in our vibrant community.Experience accelerated growth, breakthrough insights, and powerful connections to elevate your business.ACT NOW – secure your spot and transform your journey today! Visit innovabiz.co/flywheel and get ready to experience the power of transformation.Video This is a public episode. 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Send us a textWhat makes IBM TechXchange different — and why is it a must-attend for techies? In this episode, we're joined by two powerhouses behind the scenes: Amy Tennison, VP of IBM TechXchange & Client Advocacy, and Graeme Noseworthy, TechXchange Content & Experiences. We explore the ethos of TechXchange, how it's curated for technologists of all skill levels, and why it's more than just an event — it's an experience that continues all year long. From strategic content design to the future of tech conferences, you'll hear insider insights and behind-the-scenes stories that bring TechXchange to life.⏱️ Time Markers:03:06 Meet Amy Tennison03:54 Meet Graeme Noseworthy05:51 What IS TechXchange10:31 TechXchange is Always On!16:32 The Cost of Learning: Time22:12 Targeting Different Skill Levels27:07 Where Are Tech Events Heading?28:52 Session Curation33:03 The WHY of TechXchange34:00 Finally, What to Know36:29 For Fun

Send us a textWhat makes IBM TechXchange different — and why is it a must-attend for techies? In this episode, we're joined by two powerhouses behind the scenes: Amy Tennison, VP of IBM TechXchange & Client Advocacy, and Graeme Noseworthy, TechXchange Content & Experiences. We explore the ethos of TechXchange, how it's curated for technologists of all skill levels, and why it's more than just an event — it's an experience that continues all year long. From strategic content design to the future of tech conferences, you'll hear insider insights and behind-the-scenes stories that bring TechXchange to life.⏱️ Time Markers:03:06 Meet Amy Tennison03:54 Meet Graeme Noseworthy05:51 What IS TechXchange10:31 TechXchange is Always On!16:32 The Cost of Learning: Time22:12 Targeting Different Skill Levels27:07 Where Are Tech Events Heading?28:52 Session Curation33:03 The WHY of TechXchange34:00 Finally, What to Know36:29 For Fun

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Can a timber-framed cottage built in tiny Frogholt, England, in 1450 and its current occupant and owner teach 21st-century business executives and entrepreneurs valuable insights about leadership and collaboration? Absolutely. Douglas Squirrel, who goes by the mononym “Squirrel,” is a multi-decade technology trailblazer and business scale-up expert. He uses his home, Old Kent Cottage, which required extensive restoration help from plumbers, electricians, structural engineers, and thatchers, as a practical business case study in managing complexity and as a metaphor for demonstrating that those with diverse skills must collaborate harmoniously or risk structural failure.   As Squirrel explains, if the many artisans who worked on Old Kent Cottage hadn't communicated and worked together closely, the roof would have fallen in.  It's the same, he says, with every business. Squirrel is a proponent of using the human power of conversation to build effective, high-performing teams that lead to “insane” profits. Along with Jeffrey Fredrick, he wrote a seminal book on the topic, Agile Conversations: Transform Your Conversations, Transform Your Culture. Squirrel is also the author of Squirrel's Tech Radar, which is available from Amazon UK. “You should be really curious about technology all the time, because there's nothing else that's moving as fast and that is changing the landscape of your business as quickly as the technological innovations,” he says.  Squirrel chairs the Squirrel Squadron, a free-to-join global online community of diverse technical and non-technical executives who learn from one another. Monday Morning Radio is hosted by the father-son duo of Dean and Maxwell Rotbart. Photo: Douglas Squirrel, Squirrel Squadron Posted: May 5, 2025 Monday Morning Run Time: 57:10 Episode: 13.44

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Feeling overwhelmed by marketing your jewelry business? What if you could have a full marketing team at your fingertips without the hefty price tag? In this game-changing episode, I reveal how I've trained AI to become my secret weapon for creating magnetic content that sounds authentically human. Discover my exact process for programming AI to match your unique brand voice, write compelling emails that convert, and create social media content your premium buyers can't resist - all in a fraction of the time! Even if you're tech-resistant, these simple hacks will transform how you show up in your business.In this episode, you'll learn:[03:17] How AI transformed my business efficiency and marketing capacity[07:20] The exact process to train AI to match your unique brand voice[11:42] My voice-to-text hack that makes AI content sound authentically human[15:35] How to use AI for product descriptions that actually convert[19:53] Creating content calendars and social captions in minutes[21:18] Using AI for email sequences and launches[24:54] The mindset shift needed to embrace AI effectively[27:40] Why AI amplifies creativity instead of replacing itHere are the resources mentioned in the show:Download 50 AI Content Prompts for Jewelry BrandsJoin the waitlist for Desire AIAre you enjoying the podcast? We'd be so grateful if you gave us a rating and review! Your 5 star ratings help us reach more businesses like yours and allows us to continue to deliver valuable content every single week. Click here to review the show on Apple podcast or your favorite platformSelect “Ratings and Reviews” and “Write a Review”Share your favorite insights and inspirationsIf you haven't done so yet, make sure that you subscribe to the show wherever you listen to podcasts and on Apple Podcast for special bonus content you won't get elsewhere.xo, Tracy MatthewsFollow on Social:Follow @Flourish_Thrive on InstagramFollow @iamtracymatthews  InstagramFollow Flourish & Thrive Facebook