Atom Venture Podcasts

In today’s Atom CTO Podcast episode, we have an engrossing tête-à-tête with Ernest Daddy, a luminary in the tech entrepreneurship ecosystem. He narrates his unconventional journey - a pathway from Ghana to the UK, and his foray into the niche domain of technical CTO entrepreneurship, defying the standard norms of non-technical founders dominating the industry. Ernest recounts his vast experience of nurturing deep tech companies for more than three decades, providing valuable insights into the art of scaling them. He also shares his ‘in-the-trenches’ knowledge of deep tech business startups, bridging the academia-industry gap, and his journey from being a technician to eventually owning a consulting firm.

In this podcast, I ask the usual 5 questions to Ernest Daddey, a veteran CTO

On this episode of The Atom CTO Podcast, we explore the remarkable career of a tech stalwart, Mark Zurich of Fair Meadow Technologies. Holding an illustrious career spanning 35 years, Mark sheds light on technology's transformational role in shaping business landscapes. His expertise comes from a wealth of knowledge and experience, having led tech teams at esteemed companies like General Electric, Nokia, and BlackBerry. Mark's educational grounding in engineering coupled with his interest in coding amalgamate to shape his unique tech industry perspective. Throughout his career he's grown through many roles, from evening shifts in computer labs to spearheading major projects at giant companies, and leading large globally distributed teams. An undeniably valuable take is his success with large projects, such as BlackBerry Messenger, that denotes his in-depth industry knowledge and pragmatic leadership skills.

In this trailer we ask Mark Zurich from Fairmeadow Technologies the usual 5 questions: https://www.fairmeadow.net/

This week we are talking to start-up founders about how they can get the most out of engaging with software delivery partners. Our guest is Omar Tufayl, founder of Loopsio, a company that uses current grad students to deliver low-cost but high quality tech products In this podcast Omar and I talk about the dos and don'ts for when it comes to hiring a tech agency, what you need to know about working with them, how you find the right one and how you get the most out of them You can learn all about loopsio here: https://loopsio.com/

This week's guest is Omar Tufayl, the founder of Loopsio, a company that uses graduates to deliver tech projects

In this podcast we talk with Callum Denyer, the founder of Whyness: https://www.whyness.co.uk/ In this podcast Callum descibes how Whyness helps graduates find a career that really matches their own goals and desires but also helps corporates to ensure that the grads they take on are aligned with the company's core values

This week's podcast guest is Callum Denyer from Whyness - in the main event which comes out on Sunday we will be talking about careers and making the right career choices

We are happy to welcome back Minter Dial to the podcast, Minter has written a new edition to his book Heartifical Empathy and in this podcast we talk about all things to do with empathy and AI: - What does it really mean? - Why it is important for a company to be empathetic - Can AI be empathetic? - What impact the pandemic has had on our ability to be empathetic

In this podcast we talk with Bella Bardswell and Tim Beattie the co-founders of Stellafai: https://www.stellafai.com/ The team talks about all things OKRs: - What are OKRs - Why should organisations embrace them - What type of company should implement OKRs - What are the challenges when implementing them - What benefits do they bring compared to other ways of measuring performance and objectives In addition to all of this we discuss their own entrepreneur journey as both Bella and Tim left tier 1 employers to start their own business

This week's podcast trailer is with Bella Bardswell and Tim Beattie the co-founders of Stellafai: https://www.stellafai.com/

This is a special "meet the team" podcast where we introduce Fritz Lowrey our Head of BD for the Americas who is also a virtual CTO

This week we are talking to mentor, business advisor and Head of Techops for Test Card, Selby Cary. Selby is a serial entrepreneur that has scaled businesses and in this podcast we talk about his experiences of scaling and the challenges that lie therein We cover the following areas: - What do we mean by scaling? - When do you feel the growing pains? - How hiring changes as you scale - Dealing with technical debt - How you maintain culture as you scale - How product development changes as you scale - Sweat equity - The challenges operationally when you scale

This week's guest is serial entrepreneur, advisor and Head of Techops for Test Card - Selby Cary. This week we will be talking about the challenges of scaling

This week the podcast is coming live from Croatia where we talk with Davor Culjak and Svjetlana Vukic from Resonate and Davor Bagarić from Beap about their experiences starting and growing businesses in Croatia We talk through a number of topics: - What made the founders move from full time employment to founding their own business - The challenges of hiring and maintaining culture - The pros and cons of starting your own business - The importance of having other co-founders - Work / life balance and the difference between working on your business rather than in your business To learn more about the companies visit: https://beap.co/ https://www.resonate.digital/

This week the podcast is coming live from Croatia where we talk with Davor Culjak and Svjetlana Vukic from Resonate and Davor Bagarić from Beap about their experiences starting and growing businesses in Croatia

In this podcast we talk with Frank Oelschlager from Ten Mile Square, a company that specialises in solving complex technical challenges for scale-ups With Frank we talk about all things a non-technical founder needs to know about building a product, we discuss the folloing: - What are the important things to keep in mind when you are designing a product - Technical debt - Teasing out what features are most valuable to your customer - How much you should automate early on - When should you customise your product for a customer - The role of a CTO in an early stage business - What is more important design or usability? - How you should organise your team - The value of a product owner - Do you really need to scale a tech team? For more information on Frank visit: https://www.linkedin.com/in/frankoelschlager/ https://tenmilesquare.com

This week's podcast guest is Frank Oelschlager from Ten Mile Squared - a company that helps businesses solve complex technical challenges For more info on Frank visit: https://tenmilesquare.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/frankoelschlager/

This week's podcast guest is Mark Peacock - the Price Maker Mark is a repeat guest and has come out with a new book called Pricing for Success In this podcast we talk about all things pricing and what businesses should be doing to maximise their pricing For more info visit Mark's website: https://www.pricemaker.co.uk/

This week's guest is Mark Peacock, the Price Maker who has written a new book called Pricing for Success