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Welcome to the Minter Dialogue Radio Show #36This interview is with Kevin Ryan, entrepreneur, business leader and angel investor. As CEO, he helped build DoubleClick basically from scratch into a multi-billion dollar business. Kevin has since gone to invest in a number of winning adventures and founded the Alleycorp network, which includes three companies each of which has met with great success, including the hugely popular Business Insider for business news and analysis, Mongo Database and the upscale GILT flash sale e-commerce site. In this interview, as ever, Kevin calls it as he sees it and provides non stop great perspectives and thoughts on building a successful business. Meanwhile, you can comment and find the show notes on themyndset.com where you can also sign up for my weekly newsletter. Or you can follow me on Twitter on @mdial. And, if you liked the podcast, please take a moment to go over to iTunes to rate the podcast.Enjoy the show!Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/minterdial)

Welcome to the Minter Dialogue Radio Show number #35. This interview is with Andrew Grill, CEO of KRED, for real-time transparent community-based influence measurement. A hot field and one that typically galvanizes conversation, Andrew has a strong vision of how to make influence measurement credible and viable. I met Andrew at the LikeMinds conferences for Social Media Week 2012. and we recorded this interview on the fly. I think you will find it very stimulating. Meanwhile, you can comment and find the show notes on themyndset.com where you can also sign up for my weekly newsletter. Or you can follow me on Twitter on @mdial. And, if you liked the podcast, please take a moment to go over to iTunes to rate the podcast.Enjoy the show!Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/minterdial)

Welcome to the Minter Dialogue Radio Show number #34. This interview is with Caspar Craven, whom I met thanks to Jane Gomez at the Supper Club. Caspar is co-founder and Director of Trovus, an award winning agency working on gleaning and refining customer intelligence, especially for B2B companies. Casper has a very strong point of view on customer intelligence and about what makes for success in creating customer driven sustainable growth. I'm sure you will enjoy his insights. Meanwhile, you can comment and find the show notes on themyndset.com where you can also sign up for my weekly newsletter. Or you can follow me on Twitter on @mdial. And, if you liked the podcast, please take a moment to go over to iTunes to rate the podcast. Enjoy the show! Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/minterdial)

Welcome to the Minter Dialogue Radio Show number #33. This interview is with Marc Wright, the founder and publisher of Simply Communicate which, at its core, is a community of some 9,000 professionals involved in internal communications. Marc also founded and runs an events and video production agency, "Simply Experience," and internal communications consultancy, called "Simply Good Advice." Marc is at the heart of what I consider the killer app for business these days: internal communications. In this interview, Marc provides some great insights and advice.Meanwhile, you can comment and find the show notes on themyndset.com where you can also sign up for my weekly newsletter. Or you can follow me on Twitter on @mdial. And, if you liked the podcast, please take a moment to go over to iTunes to rate the podcast.Enjoy the show! Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/minterdial)

Welcome to the Minter Dialogue Radio Show number #32. This interview is with someone whom I met back in my L'Oreal days. At the time, I found Dario Cotroneo to be a true visionary. Aside from being one of the top ranked stylists in Sydney, much less Australia, Dario is a dynamic entrepreneur, on a mission. He innovated well before any of the manufacturers in creating online learning with a global reach. He has also launched an appliance and runs a highly celebrated salon in Sydney. We hooked up on my recent trip down under and got caught up on his activities, especially what he is doing online. Meanwhile, you can comment and find the show notes on themyndset.com where you can also sign up for my weekly newsletter. Or you can follow me on Twitter on @mdial. And, if you liked the podcast, please take a moment to go over to iTunes to rate the podcast.Enjoy the show! Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/minterdial)

Welcome to the Minter Dialogue Radio Show number #31. This interview is with my friend and former colleague, Dominic Tremblay, who left L'Oreal to launch his own creative agency, TUXEDO. Dominic is on the cutting of marketing and digital marketing, in particular. His agency has gained huge traction in North America, making several wildly successful viral videos. We'll get some inside scoops and tricks of the trade in this interview.Meanwhile, you can comment and find the show notes on themyndset.com where you can also sign up for my weekly newsletter. Or you can follow me on Twitter on @mdial. And, if you liked the podcast, please take a moment to go over to iTunes to rate the podcast.Enjoy the show! Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/minterdial)

Welcome to the Minter Dialogue Radio Show number #30. This interview is with Vincent Dutot, phD, Associate Professor at the E.S.G. business school in Paris and specialized in the world of eCommerce. With 10 years spent in Canada and now based in Paris, Vincent has a very wide-ranging understanding of eCommerce. In this interview, we look at the major trends, the challenges and how the business models are evolving. Borderline Gen Y, Vincent is sharp as tacks. I'm sure you'll enjoy hearing his perspective.Meanwhile, you can comment and find the show notes on themyndset.com where you can also sign up for my weekly newsletter. Or you can follow me on Twitter on @mdial. And, if you liked the podcast, please take a moment to go over to iTunes to rate the podcast.Enjoy the show! Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/minterdial)

Minter Dialogue Radio Show number #29. This interview is with Joe Jaffe. Joe is the author of the groundbreaking book "Life after the 30 second spot" as well as "Join The Conversation." He founded the Crayon agency, is author of a power blog Jaffe Juice as well as Jaffe Juice TV and a renowned thought leader in marketing and innovation. I have had the pleasure to know Joe for a good many years and it was after hearing about his latest venture, Evolution, that we thought we'd record a show together. Meanwhile, you can comment and find the show notes on themyndset.com where you can also sign up for my weekly newsletter. Or you can follow me on Twitter on @mdial. And, if you liked the podcast, please take a moment to go over to iTunes to rate the podcast.Enjoy the show! Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/minterdial)

Welcome to the Minter Dialogue Radio Show number #28. This interview is with Sean Keyes, who is CMO and co-owner of Avalanshare. AvalanShare is an interesting start-up that gives value to sharing with your network. It's a social media tool whose purpose is to turn existing clients into "vocal" supporters, rewarding them for sharing their purchase across their social networks. I think brand marketers will be interested to hear about this initiative.Meanwhile, you can comment and find the show notes on themyndset.com where you can also sign up for my weekly newsletter. Or you can follow me on Twitter on @mdial. And, if you liked the podcast, please take a moment to go over to iTunes to rate the podcast.Enjoy the show! Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/minterdial)

Welcome to the Minter Dialogue Radio Show number #27. I attended the Netexplo Forum 2012 on March 15-16, held at the marvelous UNESCO headquarters, in Paris. Netexplo is an observatory of new tech trends around the world, with which I have been associated for the last couple of years. There were ten award winners highlighted at the event, each coming from the four corners of the world and each with a very interesting angle. In the fifth and last of this series, I caught up with Brian Platz, COO and co founder of Silkroad Point. Silkroad Point is cloud-based system providing social talent management software and solutions for HR… Among its many facets, it will help HR calculate an employee's level of influence in social media circles… A most fascinating concept, based on a sound principle: that, especially in knowledge work, employees work better when they are better appreciated and understood! Meanwhile, you can comment and find the show notes on themyndset.com where you can also sign up for my weekly newslet

Joe Salesky is Chief Strategy Officer and founder of Freemonee, a system that allows for merchants and/or brands to provide gift cards to clients and prospective clients in a frictionless manner. Freemonee was one of the top ten award winners at the Netexplo 2012 Forum where I met Joe.The key is Freemonee's relationship with the banks and their credit card holders. At the core of the question, is the ability to data mine all the while respecting privacy concerns. For merchants and brands, Freemonee represents a fascinating opportunity. They already have a reach of 280 million cardholders... Come take a listen!Meanwhile, you can comment and find the show notes on themyndset.com where you can also sign up for my weekly newsletter. Or you can follow me on Twitter on @mdial. And, if you liked the podcast, please take a moment to go over to iTunes to rate the podcast.Enjoy the show! Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/minterdial)

I attended the Netexplo Forum 2012 on March 15-16, held at the splendid UNESCO headquarters, in Paris. Netexplo is an observatory of new tech trends around the world, with which I have been associated for the last couple of years. There were ten award winners highlighted at the event. In the fourth of this series, I caught up with Erika Anderson, CEO and founder of H2020, a water poverty project that collects data, like a rolling, real-time census... The benefit is more accurate, up-to-date understanding of water related problems, for NGOs and government agencies and for better use of funds.Meanwhile, you can comment and find the show notes on themyndset.com where you can also sign up for my weekly newsletter. Or you can follow me on Twitter on @mdial. And, if you liked the podcast, please take a moment to go over to iTunes to rate the podcast.Enjoy the show! Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/minterdial)

This is the Minter Dialogue Radio Show number #24. I attended the Netexplo Forum 2012 on March 15-16, held at the UNESCO headquarters, in Paris. Netexplo, founded by Thierry Happe and Martine Bidegain, is an observatory of new tech trends around the world, with which I have been associated for the last couple of years. There were ten award winners highlighted at the event, each coming from the four corners of the world and each with a very interesting angle. In the second of the series, I spent a few moments with Tracy Weber, Pulitzer prize winner and senior reporter at ProPublica. The initiative that was prized at Netexplo was called "Dollars for Docs." If you have ever been curious about the relationship between pharmaceutical companies and your doctor, then ProPublica is the place -- and the app -- for you.Meanwhile, you can comment and find the show notes on themyndset.com where you can also sign up for my weekly newsletter. Or you can follow me on Twitter on @mdial. And, if you liked the podcast, please

From the Netexplo Forum 2012 (March 15-16), held at the UNESCO headquarters. Netexplo is an observatory of new tech trends around the world, with which I have been associated for the last couple of years. There were ten award winners highlighted at the event, each coming from the four corners of the world and each with a very interesting angle. In the first of the series, I caught up with Otavio Good, serial and successful entrepreneur, and creator and founder of the amazing Word Lens. Anyone who likes languages and travel is going to want to listen to this one. There will be show notes and details, as usual, on themyndset.com. Meanwhile, you can comment and find the show notes on themyndset.com where you can also sign up for my weekly newsletter. Or you can follow me on Twitter on @mdial. And, if you liked the podcast, please take a moment to go over to iTunes to rate the podcast.Enjoy the show! Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/minterdial)

Edwin "Ebert" Metcalf is partner at Rainmaker Capital, a boutique investment bank. Rainmaker represents both sellers and buyers in developing and executing corporate development strategies, with a major focus on enabling technologies at the crossroads of telecom and digital media. In this podcast, we discuss a host of topics around mobile, including the battle between the telecoms, internet and handset players. We also chatted about the different platforms, mCommerce, data security, the future of Augmented Reality and what came out of the recent Mobile World Congress 2012. Meanwhile, you can comment and find the show notes on themyndset.com where you can also sign up for my weekly newsletter. Or you can follow me on Twitter on @mdial. And, if you liked the podcast, please take a moment to go over to iTunes to rate the podcast. Enjoy the show! Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/minterdial)

Lukas Maixner is a co-founder of Socialbakers, an analytics platform for social media. Socialbakers, based in Prague, made its mark by providing deeper analytics on Facebook, including its own proprietary rating. It has now added on other sites and is developing others. In this conversation, we discuss the SocialBakers service, hint at the developments under works, as well as some insights on how to optimize one's social media strategy. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/minterdial)

Michael Goitein is Senior Project Manager at UsableNet, specialized in rendering sites -- including eCommerce -- compatible and optimized for the mobile. UsableNet is the leading mobile and multi-channel platform company, serving 25% of Fortune 1000 companies. With offices in the UK, Italy and USA, UsableNet is in the sweet spot in terms of business model: helping companies to make their sites mobile and multi channel. Mike is an expert in the area and a source of some great insights. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/minterdial)

MDE19: Kathleen Carroll is President and Founder of the Branding Clinic, helping major brands to uncover the key customer insights. Her clients include some very well known brand names, including Johnson & Johnson, Abbott Labs, Playtex, Amex and P&G. In this interview, we discuss how Kathleen goes about finding these key insights, the role of the Internet in market research, as well as some of the big challenges faced by brands in the current environment. Meanwhile, you can comment and find the show notes on www.themyndset.com where you can also sign up for my weekly newsletter. Or you can follow me on Twitter on @mdial. And, if you liked the podcast, please take a moment to go over to iTunes to rate the podcast.Enjoy the show! Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/minterdial)

Joakim Nilsson is a Swede living in Paris, whom I met on an Internet TV show at TechToc. Joakim is in charge of Social Media group wide at Betclic Everest, one of the leaders worldwide in online gambling and gaming. In this interview, we discuss social media at Betclic, explore a couple of interesting case studies, as well as discuss the big trends for 2012. Meanwhile, you can comment and find the show notes on www.themyndset.com where you can also sign up for my weekly newsletter. Or you can follow me on Twitter on @mdial. And, if you liked the podcast, please go over to iTunes to rate the podcast.Enjoy the show! Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/minterdial)

Roy Lindemann is a co-founder of ReadSpeaker, a B2B service which enables a text-to-audio conversion of your website. Available in 35 languages and 88 different voices (ie. female/male, British English and American English, etc.), ReadSpeaker is a great add-on to make your site accessible and, as Tim Berners-Lee would say, in line with the spirit of the web. Meanwhile, you can comment and find the show notes on www.themyndset.com, where you can also sign up for my weekly newsletter. Or you can follow me on Twitter on @mdial. Enjoy the show! Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/minterdial)