The Irish Tech News Podcast

Melanie Boylan and Michael Gilmore donned capes and discussed why Michael started a book for his 17 year old daughter.  This book and lessons from it evolves over time and he then goes on to support immigrants in Singapore.  Quite the story! So why the 7 Dollar Millionaire?  Listen in and find out more. See our review of his book here -> https://irishtechnews.ie/happy-ever-after-financial-freedom/ ABOUT THE AUTHOR THE SEVEN DOLLAR MILLIONAIRE is a group of financial literacy enthusiasts who make learning about money accessible and engaging. They were quoted in the Financial Times in November 2020 saying No one thinks about being financially literate per se. But they do want to be financially secure, to not be in debt and misery. If that’s your Happy Ever After, then this book shows how to stop that being a fairy tale, and make it real, starting today. published by Wiley, available here

Jamil catches up with Matthijs de Vries to learn about this interesting new potential technology solution Constructing the Bridge between Traditional and Decentralized Finance Industries with the Help of Data Tunnels, with Matthijs de Vries and AllianceBlock Matthijs de Vries is Co-founder and CTO of AllianceBlock, the world’s first globally compliant decentralized capital market. An expert in the field of Software and Product Development, Matthijs spent 10 years at PostNL, one of the largest Dutch companies, where he successfully led document management-related software development (customer implementations and product development). In this role he was responsible for several different departments, as well as leading an entire software development chain before switching companies to lead the development of several unique AI products amongst which was a ground-breaking chatbot. He has an extensive and varied background as a software developer, establishing a full blown workflow management suite and analytical algorithm in the field of veterinary diagnostics, among various other projects, before growing into a managerial role. He knows what is important for a developer to be able to thrive and deliver high end products. Besides hands-on software development experience and management, Matthijs is a seasoned entrepreneur, founding three other companies. Personal Social Media LinkedIn Twitter AllianceBlock Social Media LinkedIn  Twitter About Jamil Hasan Jamil Hasan is a Generation X Author and experienced data intelligence technology builder with two decades of experience leading data-based teams at Fortune 100 companies, including AIG, Prudential Financial, and Ingersoll Rand. Jamil believes that skill and experience, not just age, is the most important factor required to build and lead corporate organizations. His unique story, as someone on the ground floor of the 2008 financial crisis and his role to help repay the $180 billion AIG bailout, enabled him to come face-to-face with many of the societal ills facing Generation X today and their causes. As the result of his experience, Jamil has developed a path forward for his fellow Gen Xers to restore his generation’s financial standing in society today and to rebuild the American Dream for Generation X.

Jamil talks with Daniel Elimelech to learn more about this attempt to roll out a renewable energy mining solution. iM Intelligent Mining Founder Daniel Elimelech is the Founder of IM Intelligent Mining, Inc. headquartered in Los Angeles, California. IM Intelligent Mining, Inc. was created as a renewable energy mining solutions company to service global cryptocurrencies. Daniel was born in Israel and raised in London, England. As a Chief Engineer and world renowned Entrepreneur, Mr. Elimelech services, financial and energy sectors with his groundbreaking technology and idealism. He launched IM Intelligent Mining in 2017 after recognizing two main problems with the leading cryptocurrency, Bitcoin, being energy consumption and the centralization through mining operations that can disrupt the blockchain network through a 51% hack attack. Daniel Elimelech earned a Bachelor of Engineering in Robotics from Kadori in Israel, while studying basic laws of thermodynamics and quantum mechanics. Daniel was fascinated by blockchain technology mining and subsequently launched IM Intelligent Mining, Inc. Mr. Elimelech remains one of the world’s most esteemed open blockchain and bitcoin experts. His mission is to move all data mining to sustainable energy via the utilization of heat generated by its self sustaining activity with virtually free electricity. https://chat.whatsapp.com/DMZSC33iNifDFpfTlQZLIA LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/intelligentmining Instagram https://www.instagram.com/im_intelligent_mining/ Twitter https://twitter.com/im_intel_mining?s=11 Telegram https://t.me/intel_min iM WhatsApp chat https://chat.whatsapp.com/JySJIUcAI2ZJkHxSND0d3W Mr Monopoly (Daniels following list) About Jamil Hasan Jamil Hasan is a Generation X Author and experienced data intelligence technology builder with two decades of experience leading data-based teams at Fortune 100 companies, including AIG, Prudential Financial, and Ingersoll Rand. Jamil believes that skill and experience, not just age, is the most important factor required to build and lead corporate organizations. His unique story, as someone on the ground floor of the 2008 financial crisis and his role to help repay the $180 billion AIG bailout, enabled him to come face-to-face with many of the societal ills facing Generation X today and their causes. As the result of his experience, Jamil has developed a path forward for his fellow Gen Xers to restore his generation’s financial standing in society today and to rebuild the American Dream for Generation X.

Over the past five years, we have seen the rise of misinformation which has played a part in 2 US elections and the UK Brexit referendum. How do we combat this? Ronan talks to Lyric Jain the founder and CEO of Logically about this and more. Lyric talks about his background, how Logically started, what Logically does, online fraud ads, and the rise of misinformation during the last 2 American elections and the Brexit referendum. Lyric also talks about how harder it is to police QAnon, the role social media and blogs play in spreading misinformation, and how we can combat this has simulation hypothesis, AI ethics, deep fakes, and Elon Musk and Neuralink. More about Lyric: Lyric is a serial entrepreneur and engineer who founded Logically in 2017, after observing the breakdown in public discourse during the 2016 US presidential election, and the Brexit referendum in the UK. Last year Lyric was announced on Forbes 30 Under 30.

Can we turn conversations into actions? Can we put consumers in the heart of everything we design in this new digital era? With 1 billion people still lacking access to technology, how can we be more thoughtful in creating alternative solutions to achieve equal outcomes for those on the other side of the digital divide? While we might feel every day is like Groundhog day, as our guest reminds us, there is light at the end of the tunnel. Join us in this episode of One Vision, where Theo and Bradley chat with Dr Louise Maynard-Atem on data, privacy, and inclusion.

In this episode of Irish Tech News Sangeeta Waldron speaks to Claire O’Neill, co-founder and director of A Greener Festival (AGF), a not-for-profit company, committed to helping events, festivals and venues around the world to become more sustainable and to reduce environmental impacts. We discuss waste at festivals, diversity and inclusion, gender balance line-ups, something called regenerative tours where artists connect with indigenous communities while on tour, the ‘Declaration of Sustainability’, and of course the impact of the pandemic on festivals and us as festival goers, along with the boom in festival goers this year. Claire O’Neill is also the organiser of the ‘Green Events & Innovations Conference’, and chair of the ‘Green Working Group for the Association for Electronic Music’. If that wasn’t enough, Claire is also part of Arcadia Spectacular, working as show producer and aerial performer at the Glastonbury Festival and on international tours; and a director of the not for profit arm “Arcadia Reach CIC”. Connect with AGF on Twitter,  Facebook LinkedIn and Instagram. Connect with Sangeeta Waldron, Founder, Serendipity PR & Media and Author of Corporate Social Responsibility Is Not Public Relations on Twitter. Sangeeta Waldron is a multi-award winning Public Relations professional with over three decades’ worth of publicity, branding, communications, crisis management, marketing, media and social media experience. Sangeeta is a published author; her first business book, The PR Knowledge Book is published by Business Expert Press and received high acclaim by international business leaders. She is a guest lecturer at Coventry University, teaching PR and global journalism. Sangeeta is also a writer specializing in sustainability and corporate social responsibility, where her work has been published by the United Nations and other leading news platforms. Sangeeta started out her career writing speeches for a previous UK Prime Minister and Ministers, and has worked at the top level with big, powerful global brands, which includes - being global communications director for the Economist Group; working for The Times Education Supplement; the Mayor of London; Cass Business School; and charities such as Breast Cancer Campaign. A regular international speaker and moderator. Sangeeta sits on different boards.

We catch up with Mark Schaefer to learn more about his recent book Cumulative Advantage, and how to maximise your own talents to achieve success. We also discuss why Tennesse is awesome, and his love hate relationship with Tim Ferris. Mark W. Schaefer is a globally-recognized speaker, educator, business consultant, and author who blogs at {grow} — one of the top marketing blogs of the world. Mark has worked in global sales, PR, and marketing positions for 30 years and now provides consulting services as Executive Director of U.S.-based Schaefer Marketing Solutions.  He specializes in marketing strategy and social media workshops and clients include both start-ups and global brands such as Adidas, Cisco, Johnson & Johnson, Dell, Pfizer, The U.S. Air Force, and the UK government. Mark has advanced degrees in marketing and organizational development and holds seven patents. He is a faculty member of the graduate studies program at Rutgers University. He and is the author of eight best-selling books including The Tao of Twitter (the best-selling book on Twitter in the world), The Content Code, named by INC magazine as one of the Top five marketing books of the year, and KNOWN: The handbook for building and unleashing your personal brand in the digital age, the top book on personal branding. Mark’s new book Cumulative Advantage: How to Build Momentum for Your Ideas, Business and Life Against All Odds is an essential new path to being seen and heard in a busy world. His books are used as textbooks at more than 50 universities, have been translated into 12 languages, and can be found in more than 750 libraries worldwide. He the co-host of The Marketing Companion, one of the top 10 marketing podcasts on iTunes.

Rhett is co-founder and CEO of Europechain, a GDPR compliant blockchain based on the EOS blockchain and co-founded by four other European EOS Blockproducers. His family name, from the Netherlands, originates from the 1500s when his family emigrated from Poland to Holland. Pool being a reference to Poland and Oudkerk meaning old church and an connected name chosen to reflect respectability. His focus at Europechain is to deliver public blockchain solutions for enterprises. The main issues encountered so far in the multiple projects undertaken are to manage identities and workflow. Accordingly, the team has built an enablement layer to sit on top of the blockchain to deliver enterprise related modules. In addition to Europe, there is also a chain for India where similar projects can be rolled out. “Our model is to build geographical chains with an enablement layer – so you get the blockchain features combined with expected enterprise requirements.” The excitement around NFTs has prompted the five block producers to collectively offer solutions out of Zaisan Holding, thereby creating a reservoir of NFT knowledge in one place. An important component is the legal aspect when entering into contracts with artists and Jetse Sprey, cofounder of Europechain offers tailored legal advice for this potentially tricky sector. Listen here to find put his advice Your host is Jillian Godsil, award winning journalist, broadcaster and author - her latest book is here https://persons-of-interest.io/

Jamil interviews Cyrus Taghehchian, Founder, CEO @ Splyt Core Foundation about his positive and life changing initiative.  Linkedin.com/in/taghehchian About Maker of things awesome, Executive and Lean-Agile coach, blockchain nerd, people motivator, Deloitte Consulting alum, digital hipster, business professional and kid at heart. An accomplished entrepreneur with leadership, strategy, and business execution expertise in e-commerce, digital marketing, Lean-Agile dev, and blockchain. Curious. Persistent. Courageous. I spend my time thinking of the Future of Work and my intention in life is to heal people by empowering them to follow their purpose using agile, blockchain, social media, e-commerce, and/or just believing in themselves. Purpose before profits makes the world more whole. Things I care about: youth privilege equality and sustainability. What good is it to have a unicorn exit when you’re destroying future generation’s opportunities and/or the planet? "NFTs and its immutable data nature will be the most coveted commodity in the future once we reach singularity. Blockchain preserves our reality." -me About Splyt: Splyt is an e-commerce NFT infrastructure that connects e-commerce stores, brands, and affiliates. A unique eNFT is assigned to each item providing users with a globally updating inventory. Users can also mint their products as eNFTs. There is a certificate of authenticity to prevent counterfeits, a built in smart contract that holds money in escrow to avoid scams, and a commission to incentivise affiliates and stores. The protocol is equipped with automated dispute and arbitration mechanisms, and is governed by consensus to maintain decentralization, flexibility, and user engagement. Visit Splyt Website: https://Spl.yt Follow Splyt on Twitter Follow Splyt on Medium Follow Splyt on Instagram Join the Telegram Community About Jamil Hasan Jamil Hasan is a Generation X Author and experienced data intelligence technology builder with two decades of experience leading data-based teams at Fortune 100 companies, including AIG, Prudential Financial, and Ingersoll Rand. Jamil believes that skill and experience, not just age, is the most important factor required to build and lead corporate organizations. His unique story, as someone on the ground floor of the 2008 financial crisis and his role to help repay the $180 billion AIG bailout, enabled him to come face-to-face with many of the societal ills facing Generation X today and their causes. As the result of his experience, Jamil has developed a path forward for his fellow Gen Xers to restore his generation’s financial standing in society today and to rebuild the American Dream for Generation X.

In this episode of Irish Tech News Sangeeta Waldron is in conversation with Leigh-Kathryn Bonner, a fourth-generation beekeeper, who started her entrepreneurial journey at just 22 years old.  Her company, Bee Downtown, which is based in North Carolina in the US, provides unique year-round employee engagement and leadership development for many of the largest corporations in the world by placing honeybee hives on corporate campuses. Leigh is part of the TED speaking community, a 2018 INC Magazine-30 Under 30 Rising Star, and most recently named to the exclusive Forbes 30 Under 30 list. Sangeeta speaks to Leigh on her birthday, St. Patrick’s Day this year. Leigh gives us a wonderful insight into bees and tells us that honey bees are Mother Nature’s best story-tellers, who are telling us right now about the decline of the environment, and how we can listen to hives. Leigh also discusses the next generation of business leaders in the US, who want change; the challenges of being an entrepreneur and that how you can be a mission and corporate social responsibility led business, and still be profitable! Connect with Bee Downtown on Instagram Twitter and Facebook. Connect with Sangeeta Waldron, Founder, Serendipity PR & Media and Author of Corporate Social Responsibility Is Not Public Relations on Twitter. Sangeeta Waldron is a multi-award winning Public Relations professional with over three decades’ worth of publicity, branding, communications, crisis management, marketing, media and social media experience. Sangeeta is a published author; her first business book, The PR Knowledge Book is published by Business Expert Press and received high acclaim by international business leaders. She is a guest lecturer at Coventry University, teaching PR and global journalism. Sangeeta is also a writer specializing in sustainability and corporate social responsibility, where her work has been published by the United Nations and other leading news platforms. Sangeeta started out her career writing speeches for a previous UK Prime Minister and Ministers, and has worked at the top level with big, powerful global brands, which includes - being global communications director for the Economist Group; working for The Times Education Supplement; the Mayor of London; Cass Business School; and charities such as Breast Cancer Campaign.  A regular international speaker and moderator. Sangeeta sits on different boards.