The Irish Tech News Podcast

In recent years it has become much easier to invest and Neobrokers alongside technology are helping to facilitate this. BUX, Europe’s fastest growing Neobroker has seen growing interest in building wealth for the future amongst their European base, particularly around female clientele.  Ronan talks to Pim Hannay a Senior Product Owner at BUX about this and more. Pim talks about her background, what BUX does, crypto, investing in women in Technology, investment risk, what women invest in, and ethical investing. Pim also talks about making things as frictionless as possible, why financial inclusion is important, and the investment journey. More about BUX: In just one year their female user base has jumped by 200% and their assets under management have increased by more than 3 times since 2020. Interest in socially responsible investing skyrocketed during the pandemic. While that could have been a temporary trend, numbers show that women are still investing in companies that have a positive impact on the world. Up until now, numbers show that 20.4% of women started investing in crypto since it was introduced in January 2022. They have noticed an interest in socially responsible investing skyrocketed during the pandemic. While that could have been a temporary trend, numbers show that women are still investing in companies that have a positive impact on the world. It is also evident that innovation and tech-focused companies are still favoured by female investors. Adyen, an e-commerce company, ranks first on the list of most purchased shares by BUX’s female clients.

Why Your Web 3.0 Journey should be viewed as an Expedition and not as a Panic Room, with Jeremy Lindblad and Chibi Dinos About Jeremy Lindblad Prior to joining Lindblad Expeditions he was with LivingSocial, where he managed sales and business development while building out their Escapes travel division. Previous positions include Director of Sales and Customer Service on the founding team at Bloomberg Ventures and prior to that, Corporate Business Development Manager at Quintessentially, the world's leading Lifestyle Management company. From a very young age Jeremy has traveled extensively aboard the Lindblad--National Geographic fleet, which has provided him access to all aspects of global culture. Combined with his executive experience, Jeremy is ideally positioned to cultivate strategic brand partnerships and deliver a world class experience to customers on a global scale. Born and raised in New York City, he graduated from Skidmore College with a degree in Management & Business. About Chibi Dinos Chibi Dinos LLC is a blockchain gaming company providing the most innovative and entertaining utility for gamers and sports fans through NBA Street-esque gameplay with playable NFT characters. Boasting a robust in-gaming ecosystem and real world experience and prize rewards, Chibi Dinos are redefining the definition of play-and-earn. Use your Chibi Dinos NFT to play on one of the ten basketball teams in the Chibi Dinos universe to earn tokens, potions, rankings, gear, and more. Compete in tournaments, PVP games, or explore the Chibi Dinos adventure universe for rare items, unlockable content, asset advancement and staking opportunities. Jamil Hasan is a crypto and blockchain focused podcast host at the Irish Tech News and spearheads our weekend content “The Crypto Corner” where he interviews founders, entrepreneurs and global thought leaders. Prior to his endeavors into the crypto-verse in July 2017, Jamil built an impressive career as a data, operations, financial, technology and business analyst and manager in Corporate America, including twelve years at American International Group and its related companies. Since entering the crypto universe, Jamil has been an advisor, entrepreneur, investor and author. His books “Blockchain Ethics: A Bridge to Abundance” (2018) and “Re-Generation X” (2020) not only discuss the benefits of blockchain technology, but also capture Jamil’s experience on how he has transitioned from being a loyal yet downsized former corporate employee to a self sovereign individual. With over one hundred podcasts under his belt since he joined our team in February 2021, and with four years of experience both managing his own crypto portfolio and providing crypto guidance and counsel to select clients, Jamil continues to seek opportunities to help others navigate this still nascent industry. Jamil’s primary focus outside of podcast hosting is helping former corporate employees gain the necessary skills and vision to build their own crypto portfolios and create wealth for the long-term.

Building and growing product teams and organisations, understanding of go-to-market strategy and SaaS business models, technical background, and irresistible entrepreneurial streak is very important in todays startups. If your product and design is not easy to use and understand, you will end up losing customers. Ronan talks to Cormac McLoughlin, Director of Product Management at Workvivo about this and more. Cormac talks about his background, what Workvivo does, one of Workvivo’s core tenants, increased usage of their app during the pandemic, and the old legacy internet. Cormac also talks about how Workvivo helps communities foster, the importance of product and design, preparing for the latest technologies, working in a startup, being very customer focused, and advice for people doing product development in a startup. More about Cormac: Cormac is an experienced product leader with experience of building and growing product teams and organisations, understanding of go-to-market strategy and SaaS business models, technical background, and irresistible entrepreneurial streak. Prior to joining Workvivo, he worked in a number of senior product management roles, most notably at HubSpot and Paddy Power. Since joining Workvivo, he has spearheaded the development and company mop growth which has seen year-on-year growth of 150%.

According to a recent survey by the CFA Institute, 85% of investment managers across countries are increasingly incorporating ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) criteria into investment decisions. While opportunities abound in this fast-growing sector, what gets measured and how it’s measured can quickly grow in complexity. And are we focusing too much on what investors care about, and missing the broader picture of the impact on our planet and its people?  In this episode of One Vision, Theo chats with Alexandria Fisher, Sustainable Finance Manager of Global Risk Institute on social responsibility, ESG standards, and regulations. While perfection may not exist, we need to start somewhere.

Ian MacRae talks to Dr. Harris Eyre about brain health, and what we should know about keeping our brains healthy at every stage of life.   Harris Eyre is an advocate for brain health and for Brain Capital. Brain Capital is a novel economic measure which integrates brain health and brain skills. Our brains are arguably our biggest assets as individuals and communities. Harris seeks to place Brain Capital at the centre of economics, policy and finance in the current brain economy.  In his career, Harris has operated as a physician, scientist, entrepreneur, executive services provider, author, new economic and finance thinker, and neuroscience diplomat. He is President of PRODEO, a brain health technology executive services group. This work has been written up in Neuron, neo.life, Forbes, the Financial Times, STAT, the Financial Post and People Management.  He is Senior Fellow for Brain Capital with the Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute.  Harris has authored 120+ papers. He co-edited the book ‘Convergence Mental Health’ (Oxford Press). He is from the Great Barrier Reef region of Australia and is now based in the USA.   Ian MacRae is an award-winning author, psychologist and psychometrician, He has written six books about workplace psychology including High Potential: How to Spot, Manage andDevelop Talented People at Work, and his latest book is Dark Social: Understanding the darker side of work, personality and social media. His books have been translated into ten different languages. @iansmacrae on Twitter.

The global pandemic and the war in the Ukraine has put a strain on the global supply chain. How do businesses deal with this and what is the impact for consumers. Ronan talks to Fergal O'Carroll, the Chief Revenue Officer of Scurri  about this and more. Fergal talks about his background, the future plans for Scurri, working out of Wexford, the pandemic and online commerce, how buying habits have changed, Brexit. Fergal also talks about the war in Ukraine, shipping costs, sustainability, drones, and the improvements in technology. More about Scurri: Scurri is a kind of "Stripe for shipping", which provides cloud-based software that optimises the online ordering, shipping and delivery process for retailers. They have recently announced a €9 million investment to accelerate growth in the European markets. This brings the Wexford-based company’s total funding to €15.3 million to date. They currently derivs over 70% of its revenue from the UK, and will power over 100 million parcel deliveries this year by enabling merchants to present the most efficient delivery option via more than 700 carrier services. Scurri’s platform allows retailers to create accurate labels, track shipments from dispatch to delivery and provide analytics and it helps businesses ship their products anywhere in the world through its network of carrier integrations. Customers include eBay, Vision Direct, and Gousto.

On This Podcast, Diana Paiva is joined by communications and research officer at Survival International, Priscilla Schwarzenholtz. Priscilla talks about the 30th anniversary of the demarcation of the indigenous territory, Yanomami. She talks about the Yanomami people,  and she raised the issue of the vast number of illegal gold miners operating in Yanomami. She also explained other problems in the community and how survival international is supporting indigenous communities. Priscilla Schwarzenholz is an anthropologist with a master degree in Latin American studies. She is currently working as a researcher and activist at Survival International, the global movement for indigenous peoples. About Diana Paiva Diana is currently interning with Irish Tech News. She graduated from Birkbeck University, with a degree in modern languages and she is currently doing a master’s in Journalism at the University of Roehampton. She has an interest in technology, fashion, and the environment. Starting her master’s in journalism made her realise that she has a passion to report and write people’s stories. After graduation, her main priority is to find a job in communications or public relations. Diana Paiva is active on social media platforms, including Twitter, and LinkedIn.

Controlling and Sharing your Data with Data Unions, a view from Ethereum maximalist Shiv Malik Shiv Malik is CEO and Founder of Pool, the data marketplace and payment rails redistributing power, value and control in the data economy. He is an award-nominated broadcaster, former Guardian investigative journalist, author, and co-founder of the Intergenerational Foundation think tank. After three years advising the Web3 projects, Golem and Streamr and co-creating a revolutionary framework for monetising personal data, he co-founded Pool in 2021 and currently leads the foundation on its mission to bring Data Unions to the world and ensure people have control of their data and a genuine stake in the digital economy. Jamil Hasan is a crypto and blockchain focused podcast host at the Irish Tech News and spearheads our weekend content “The Crypto Corner” where he interviews founders, entrepreneurs and global thought leaders. Prior to his endeavors into the crypto-verse in July 2017, Jamil built an impressive career as a data, operations, financial, technology and business analyst and manager in Corporate America, including twelve years at American International Group and its related companies. Since entering the crypto universe, Jamil has been an advisor, entrepreneur, investor and author. His books “Blockchain Ethics: A Bridge to Abundance” (2018) and “Re-Generation X” (2020) not only discuss the benefits of blockchain technology, but also capture Jamil’s experience on how he has transitioned from being a loyal yet downsized former corporate employee to a self sovereign individual. With over one hundred podcasts under his belt since he joined our team in February 2021, and with four years of experience both managing his own crypto portfolio and providing crypto guidance and counsel to select clients, Jamil continues to seek opportunities to help others navigate this still nascent industry. Jamil’s primary focus outside of podcast hosting is helping former corporate employees gain the necessary skills and vision to build their own crypto portfolios and create wealth for the long-term.

Live from Davos: How Switzerland can become the global leader in cryptocurrencies, with Felix Honigwachs and XChange Monster Felix Honigwachs is CEO of Xchange Monster, an easy-to-use crypto platform that connects thegaming community and publishes through a value-driven ecosystem.He is a technology entrepreneur, an experienced blue-chip manager and has a background in software development, management and product management. In these areas, he worked for Siemens, Microsoft and SAP for many years.Prior to founding Xchange Monster, Felix was a successful entrepreneur and an active investor. He invested in two startups, which he led to successful exits, and with the proceeds from the sales and profits he started Xchange Monster. Jamil Hasan is a crypto and blockchain focused podcast host at the Irish Tech News and spearheads our weekend content “The Crypto Corner” where he interviews founders, entrepreneurs and global thought leaders. Prior to his endeavors into the crypto-verse in July 2017, Jamil built an impressive career as a data, operations, financial, technology and business analyst and manager in Corporate America, including twelve years at American International Group and its related companies. Since entering the crypto universe, Jamil has been an advisor, entrepreneur, investor and author. His books “Blockchain Ethics: A Bridge to Abundance” (2018) and “Re-Generation X” (2020) not only discuss the benefits of blockchain technology, but also capture Jamil’s experience on how he has transitioned from being a loyal yet downsized former corporate employee to a self sovereign individual. With over one hundred podcasts under his belt since he joined our team in February 2021, and with four years of experience both managing his own crypto portfolio and providing crypto guidance and counsel to select clients, Jamil continues to seek opportunities to help others navigate this still nascent industry. Jamil’s primary focus outside of podcast hosting is helping former corporate employees gain the necessary skills and vision to build their own crypto portfolios and create wealth for the long-term.

Meet Noah Diskin Kline, founder of Wincast, talking about his career and how he loves to build things. Jillian Godsil is your host