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Minter Dialogue Episode #299 With an MBA and a PhD in Astrophysics, Dr Kim Nilsson is a pioneer in many aspects. She is founder and CEO of Pivigo and, in 2017, was awarded Entrepreneur of the Year, in front of 1,000 business and technology leaders. Pivigo is a data science marketplace; connecting the data science community with companies and organisations looking to outsource their data science and AI needs. In this conversation, we look at how companies can better unleash the power of their data, the challenges with mining one's data and the business of Pivigo.   Meanwhile, you can comment and find the show notes on minterdial.com. If you liked the podcast, please take a moment of your precious time to go over to iTunes to rate the podcast. Otherwise, you can find me @mdial on Twitter.  Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/minterdial)

Minter Dialogue Episode #298 Joshua March is founder and CEO of Conversocial, a leading social customer service solution, used by some of the world's biggest brands. Joshua is an expert in social media and customer service and just released his book, Message Me, The Future of Customer Service in the Era of Social Messaging and Artificial Intelligence. In this conversation with Joshua, we discuss the state of customer service, examples of companies and industries that are killing it on customer service, what it takes to get customer service right, the role of AI and much more.     Meanwhile, please send me your questions as an audio file (or normal email) to nminterdial@gmail.com; or you can find the show notes and comment on minterdial.com. If you liked the podcast, please take a moment to go over to iTunes to rate/review the podcast. Otherwise, you can find me @mdial on Twitter.  Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/minterdial)

Minter Dialogue Episode #297 Melanie Notkin founded a robust and thriving community, called SavvyAuntie. As such, Melanie is a leading voice of a group of women that has $61B in buying power. She's a national best-selling author having penned SavvyAuntie (2011) and Otherhood, Modern Women Finding a New Kind of Happiness (2014). She's also a speaker and marketing expert. In this conversation, we discuss how Melanie founded and built up the community, her insights and innovations, tips for marketers wanting to build or approach a community, plus she's provided us with a scoop. Meanwhile, please send me your questions as an audio file (or normal email) to nminterdial@gmail.com; or you can find the show notes and comment on minterdial.com. If you liked the podcast, please take a moment to go over to iTunes to rate/review the podcast. Otherwise, you can find me @mdial on Twitter.  Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/minterdial)

Minter Dialogue Episode #296 Marie Miyashiro is an author, keynote speaker and trainer/consultant, specialised in bringing empathy into the workplace. Her book, The Empathy Factor - Your Competitive Advantage for Personal, Team, and Business Success, has been translated into several languages. In this conversation, we talk about why empathy is so important, the ways to bring empathy into the workplace, which companies and industries are getting onboard with her vision and much more. Meanwhile, please send me your questions as an audio file (or normal email) to nminterdial@gmail.com; or you can find the show notes and comment on minterdial.com. If you liked the podcast, please take a moment to go over to iTunes to rate/review the podcast. Otherwise, you can find me @mdial on Twitter.  Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/minterdial)

Minter Dialogue Episode #295 Liz Bacelar is a renowned entrepreneur and speaker, at the cutting edge of fashion, retail and technology. Credited with driving the link between fashion and technology, Liz is a dynamic and forward-thinking entrepreneur, who founded and sold Decoded Fashion. In this conversation with Liz, we discuss her journey with Decoded Fashion, some of the lessons learned within the fashion industry, and the constraints and opportunities in B2B. We hear about the launch and development of her latest initiative, TheCurrent, an innovation firm, providing outsourced innovation for companies around the world, including the reverse pitch concept they've created. Meanwhile, please send me your questions as an audio file (or normal email) to nminterdial@gmail.com; or you can find the show notes and comment on minterdial.com. If you liked the podcast, please take a moment to go over to iTunes to rate/review the podcast. Otherwise, you can find me @mdial on Twitter.  Support the show (https://www.pat

Minter Dialogue Episode #294 Latia Curry, whom I first heard and met speaking at SXSW. After spending 20 years in communications, marketing, government, and the world of international NGOs, Latia Curry is now a Principal at RALLY, channeling her wide breadth of experience into laser-focused messaging, strategy, and campaigns. In this conversation, we discuss the objectives and challenges of inserting politics into your brand communications and general gestalt. We look at keys to success, the pitfalls to avoid, the critical needs for integrity and persistence, issues of governance and how best to persuade your stakeholders. Meanwhile, please send me your questions as an audio file (or normal email) to nminterdial@gmail.com; or you can find the show notes and comment on minterdial.com. If you liked the podcast, please take a moment to go over to iTunes to rate/review the podcast. Otherwise, you can find me @mdial on Twitter.  Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/minterdial)

Minter Dialogue Episode #293 Esther Dyson is a trained Cosmonaut, author, philanthropist and one of the world's most active angel investors, focusing on breakthrough efficacy in healthcare. Esther is advisor or on the board of many interesting companies including 23andme and Yandex. She's currently executive founder of Wellville, a fascinating nonprofit project dedicated to demonstrating the value of investing in health. In this wide-ranging conversation, we look at exciting new and different business models, how to improve communications and fix the world's spam problem, as well as dive into the wonderful Wellville project. Meanwhile, please send me your questions as an audio file (or normal email) to nminterdial@gmail.com; or you can find the show notes and comment on minterdial.com. If you liked the podcast, please take a moment to go over to iTunes to rate/review the podcast. Otherwise, you can find me @mdial on Twitter.  Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/minterdial)

Minter Dialogue Episode #292 Ann Handley is a keynote speaker of great renown, digital marketing pioneer, WSJ best-selling author, and partner and chief content officer at MarketingProfs. In the first ever themed podcast here, Ann and I riffed on ultimate frisbee metaphors and images throughout, talking about how brands should go about making ridiculously good content, the importance of developing pathological empathy, and how to navigate great digital marketing in today's crowded marketplace. Ann provides a ton of tips and tricks to generate and distribute great content. So, if you want content delivered with a brilliant spin, give this interview a twirl.  Meanwhile, please send me your questions as an audio file (or normal email) to nminterdial@gmail.com; or you can find the show notes and comment on minterdial.com. If you liked the podcast, please take a moment to go over to iTunes to rate/review the podcast. Otherwise, you can find me @mdial on Twitter.  Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/minterdi

Minter Dialogue Episode #291 Simon La Fosse is founder and chairman at his eponymous firm, La Fosse Associates, an award-winning recruitment agency founded in 2007 and specialised in technology recruitment. While based in the UK, they also have a presence in LA and NY. It's a co-owned business that deals with one of the hottest topics: how to win the battle for tech talent. In this conversation with Simon, we look at the lay of the land for recruiting techies, what do companies need to be thinking about and doing to make sure they hire and retain the best. We look at how companies should be addressing tech as well as what advice he'd share for those just starting out in the job world. A great chat about an important topic. Meanwhile, please send me your questions as an audio file (or normal email) to nminterdial@gmail.com; or you can find the show notes and comment on minterdial.com. If you liked the podcast, please take a moment to go over to iTunes to rate/review the podcast. Otherwise, you can find me @md

Minter Dialogue Episode #290 Celia Francis is CEO of Rated People, a marketplace in the UK for tradespeople, such as plumbers and electricians. It's a disruptive player, making waves. In this interview with Celia, we look at the challenges of setting up and driving this business in a £50B market, how to create a trusted network, build up the consumer demand with 31 different trades in as many neighbourhoods as possible in the UK. We also explore how Rated People does its marketing, and tackles issues such as machine learning. A world of opportunities with lessons to be learned. Meanwhile, please send me your questions as an audio file (or normal email) to nminterdial@gmail.com; or you can find the show notes and comment on minterdial.com. If you liked the podcast, please take a moment to go over to iTunes to rate/review the podcast. Otherwise, you can find me @mdial on Twitter.  Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/minterdial)

Minter Dialogue Episode #289 Merrill Brown is founder and CEO of The News Project, a startup helping to make news and news rooms better and more affordable. With a deep background in media, Merrill has been involved as a board member or adviser of many notable organisations, including GoLocal24 and the City University of NY Graduate School of Journalism. He's also Principal at MMB Media, a strategic and management consulting firm for media and digital businesses. In this conversation, we look at the News Project, the challenges and opportunities for media companies, how brands could be taking advantage or adopting the same mindset and much more. Meanwhile, please send me your questions as an audio file (or normal email) to nminterdial@gmail.com; or you can find the show notes and comment on minterdial.com. If you liked the podcast, please take a moment to go over to iTunes to rate/review the podcast. Otherwise, you can find me @mdial on Twitter.  Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/minterdial)

Minter Dialogue Episode #288 Ofer Lidksy is a serial entrepreneur, with his finger on the pulse having launched a handful of startups, including in security (Terrasafe) and Computer Brain Interface (Excellent Brain). In this conversation we discuss his startups and the mission that drives Ofer. We also take a deep dive on his latest initiative with Digital DNAtix, a genetics blockchain company that is striving to create an open, worldwide platform for confidential and anonymous genetic storage. It's a fascinating space for an important topic. Meanwhile, please send me your questions as an audio file (or normal email) to nminterdial@gmail.com; or you can find the show notes and comment on minterdial.com. If you liked the podcast, please take a moment to go over to iTunes to rate/review the podcast. Otherwise, you can find me @mdial on Twitter.  Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/minterdial)

Minter Dialogue Episode #287 Dr Tom Stubbs is the CEO and co-founder of Chronomics. With a PhD in epigenetics, specialised in aging, Tom and his team launched Chronomics late last year. It's a service that looks at your epigenetics and provides an analysis that encourages action because you can evaluate the progress (as opposed to a stable genetic test). Tom has offered a salivating offer for listeners of this podcast, so please take a look. If you're interested in preventative health, Chronomics might be just the trick. Meanwhile, please send me your questions as an audio file (or normal email) to nminterdial@gmail.com; or you can find the show notes and comment on minterdial.com. If you liked the podcast, please take a moment to go over to iTunes to rate/review the podcast. Otherwise, you can find me @mdial on Twitter.  Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/minterdial)

Minter Dialogue Episode #286 Ross Harper, with a Masters in Neuroscience and a PhD in Computational Neuroscience, is founder and CEO of Limbic AI, a recent startup building a robust dataset and using artificial intelligence to infer the emotional state of the user, wearing an appropriate wearable device, from his/her heart beat. In this conversation, we discuss the opportunities that reading the heart beat could do for many different businesses. We look at the key to building a business on the basis of AI, the state of the art of understanding emotions via the different methods, as well as the courses and sources for people interested in knowing more about AI. Meanwhile, please send me your questions as an audio file (or normal email) to nminterdial@gmail.com; or you can find the show notes and comment on minterdial.com. If you liked the podcast, please take a moment to go over to iTunes to rate/review the podcast. Otherwise, you can find me @mdial on Twitter.  Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/minte

Minter Dialogue Episode #285 Esra Dogramaci works at the intersection of politics, international relations, communications and all things digital. Presently, the senior editor, digital at Deutsche Welle, Esra has worked as a consultant for the BBC, as a new media analyst for Al Jazeera all while having started off her career as a high level ice hockey player. In this conversation, we discuss the challenges of transformation in media companies, how to create and distribute powerful content, how to lead change, and how to make training more effective. Meanwhile, please send me your questions as an audio file (or normal email) to nminterdial@gmail.com; or you can find the show notes and comment on minterdial.com. If you liked the podcast, please take a moment to go over to iTunes to rate/review the podcast. Otherwise, you can find me @mdial on Twitter.  Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/minterdial)

Minter Dialogue Episode #284 Helene Guillaume is co-founder and CEO of WILD, a health tech startup backed by Entrepreneur First, pioneering in creating pre-emptive, preventative care for athletes. Specifically, WILD collects various data inputs and uses AI to help understand your body and provide smart, personalised recommendations. With Helene's combination of a high-performing athlete and her quant/data background, WILD is a fascinating venture. Meanwhile, please send me your questions as an audio file (or normal email) to nminterdial@gmail.com; or you can find the show notes and comment on minterdial.com. If you liked the podcast, please take a moment to go over to iTunes to rate/review the podcast. Otherwise, you can find me @mdial on Twitter.  Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/minterdial)

Minter Dialogue Episode #283 James Monaghan, whom I met as a fellow speaker at CogX 2018, is VP Product Management at Evernym, a startup based out of Utah, building the next generation of identity infrastructure for the world. It's a fascinating project, tackling a big challenge that is designed to enable trusted peer interactions between individuals, organizations, and objects and to give the individual true control and ownership of his/her personal data. It's a cutting edge technology. Meanwhile, please send me your questions as an audio file (or normal email) to nminterdial@gmail.com; or you can find the show notes and comment on minterdial.com. If you liked the podcast, please take a moment to go over to iTunes to rate/review the podcast. Otherwise, you can find me @mdial on Twitter.  Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/minterdial)

Minter Dialogue Episode #282 Amy Errett is an unique businesswoman who has worked in big business, led a VC, has operated on many boards and also started multiple entrepreneurial outfits. Her latest is Madison Reed, launched it in 2014, manufacturing and selling hair products in the US. In this conversation, we look at the early lessons learned, the trifecta of ingredients that has contributed to Madison Reed's success, their effective way of using tech to drive the business and a good deal more. Meanwhile, please send me your questions as an audio file (or normal email) to nminterdial@gmail.com; or you can find the show notes and comment on minterdial.com. If you liked the podcast, please take a moment to go over to iTunes to rate/review the podcast. Otherwise, you can find me @mdial on Twitter.  Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/minterdial)

Minter Dialogue Episode #281 Jack Uldrich is an acclaimed global futurist, keynote (including TEDx) speaker, and best-selling author. In this conversation, we discuss why business executives need to unlearn and embrace ambiguity in order better to lead, how leaders should be asking better questions, how change comes about, the most exciting prospective new technologies as well as those that keep Jack up at night. Meanwhile, please send me your questions as an audio file (or normal email) to nminterdial@gmail.com; or you can find the show notes and comment on minterdial.com. If you liked the podcast, please take a moment to go over to iTunes to rate/review the podcast. Otherwise, you can find me @mdial on Twitter.  Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/minterdial)

Minter Dialogue Episode #280 Simone and Malcolm Collins are wedded entrepreneurs, authors and travellers. Working with Malcolm, Simone is the CEO of Travelmax, selling wholesale travel tickets to boutique agencies and providing white-glove travel management services to celebs. Malcolm is a neuroscientist by training and co-founded with Simone, the art commission marketplace ArtCorgi. Together, they also founded the Pragmatists Foundation and are the authors of the Pragmatist's Guide to Life, a best-selling kindle book that elaborates a new way of looking at life. In this podcast we examine some of the most intriguing tenets of their book, the notion of finding one's objective function and the implications for you and me. Meanwhile, please send me your questions as an audio file (or normal email) to nminterdial@gmail.com; or you can find the show notes and comment on minterdial.com. If you liked the podcast, please take a moment to go over to iTunes to rate/review the podcast. Otherwise, you can find me @mdia