Jordan Schwarzenberger has had a pretty insane career so far, and now manages The Sidemen, some of the world's biggest YouTubers (a casual 22.7 million subscribers!) .
Jordan gives Lauren his unusual career history, and his unfiltered views on AI - and why the hype might be just designed to line rich people's pockets...
LINKS:
Jordan Schwarzenberger on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordanschwarzenberger/
The Sidemen on YouTube (22.7 million subscribers!) https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDogdKl7t7NHzQ95aEwkdMw
Next Big Thing host Lauren Ingram on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ingramlauren/
EVENTS:
Follow Next Big Thing for the latest emerging tech news, events, job posts, and learning resources: www.instagram.com/nextbigthingstudios/
CREDITS:
Host: Lauren Ingram
Producer: Alex Lane
We record using Riverside. Want to make your own podcast? Get started here: https://www.riverside.fm/?via=lauren-ingram
Next Big Thing is BACK! And we’ve missed you. Let Lauren add some colour and some good vibes, especially if you’ve got the AI overwhelm or you’re having a work wobble.
In this episode you’ll hear more about what we’ve got in store for the podcast and events - some exciting things coming…! You will also learn 3 super actionable tips to make progress if you’ve been made redundant, or you’re looking for a new role.
Let’s help you thrive in the next internet.
LINKS:
Lauren Ingram on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ingramlauren/
Book in AI or GEO training for your team: https://www.nextbigthingstudios.com/services
EVENTS:
Follow Next Big Thing for the latest emerging tech news, events, job posts, and learning resources: https://www.nextbigthingstudios.com/
CREDITS:
Host and producer: Lauren Ingram
We record using Riverside. Want to make your own podcast? Get started here: https://www.riverside.fm/?via=lauren-ingram
Channel 4's creative innovation director Landy Slattery on creativity meets AI
Landy Slattery is the Creative Innovation Director at Channel 4, having spent over two decades in TV, most recently at the in-house agency within Channel 4.
From graduating Central St Martins during its most radical era, to implementing the first ever menopause policy at Channel 4, Landy has always enjoyed challenging the status quo. She is now relishing the opportunity to pursue new technologies in her role even while they are still nascent.
Join Lauren and Landy for a discussion on the future of creativity and where it intersects with AI and emerging tech - and where it meets our real lives too.
LINKS:
Landy Slattery on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/landy-slattery-03bb2713
Next Big Thing host Lauren Ingram on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ingramlauren/
EVENTS:
Follow Next Big Thing for the latest emerging tech news, events, job posts, and learning resources: www.instagram.com/nextbigthingstudios
CREDITS:
Host: Lauren Ingram
Producer: Alex Lane
We record using Riverside. Want to make your own podcast? Get started here: https://www.riverside.fm/?via=lauren-ingram
Are you feeling a bit low on motivation during a slow summer? Got AI overwhelm and want to get back in your groove? In a solo episode from our founder Lauren Ingram, we’ll take you through what to do if you need a bit of a boost!
LINKS:
Follow Lauren Ingram on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ingramlauren/
Follow Next Big Thing on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/nextbigthingstudios
EVENTS:
Follow Next Big Thing for the latest emerging tech news, events, job posts, and learning resources: www.instagram.com/nextbigthingstudios
CREDITS:
Host: Lauren Ingram
Producer: Alex Lane
We record using Riverside. Want to make your own podcast? Get started here: https://www.riverside.fm/?via=lauren-ingram
Mike Russell has pivoted his voiceovers business to embed AI into the offering at Music Radio Creative. And alongside his 338,000 followers on his main YouTube channel, Mike has started a spinoff called Creator Magic all about AI tools for content creation.
Lauren talks to Mike about the future of the internet, the impact of AI, and possibly even the end of the world...
LINKS:
Mike Russell on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/imikerussell/
Mike’s YouTube channel (338k subscribers) https://www.youtube.com/@MikeRussell
Mike on how to automate a daily podcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KeOi-91DaRc
EVENTS:
Follow Next Big Thing for the latest emerging tech news, events, job posts, and learning resources: www.instagram.com/nextbigthingstudios
CREDITS:
Host: Lauren Ingram
Producer: Alex Lane
We record using Riverside. Want to make your own podcast? Get started here: https://www.riverside.fm/?via=lauren-ingram
Denzil Eden engineered an amazing conversational AI tool way before ChatGPT hit the news. Her product Smarty can organise your calendar with just a few words, and plays the role of your personal assistant.
Denzil has degrees in computer science & AI from MIT, and an MBA from Harvard, but found that the market wasn’t ready for her advanced product for a long time - and that pitching her startup now is a very different process now that people understand slick chatbots.
We talk about why AI literacy is so important, and what she would do differently if she started again today (spoiler alert: she wouldn’t build the tool just yet!).
LINKS:
Denzil Eden on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/denzils/
Smarty AI: https://www.smarty.ai/
EVENTS:
Follow Next Big Thing for the latest emerging tech news, events, job posts, and learning resources: www.instagram.com/nextbigthingstudios
CREDITS:
Host: Lauren Ingram
Producer: Alex Lane
We record using Riverside. Want to make your own podcast? Get started here: https://www.riverside.fm/?via=lauren-ingram
Kate Ross has pivoted her digital agency of the last 15 years, called eight&four, to offer its own suite of AI tools because she was frustrated by the limitations of just using ChatGPT.
She shares the agency’s successes and the misses in building bespoke AI solutions, such as a tone of voice tool that a large travel brand now lets every employee use. Kate also gives us some good old fashioned British cynicism (or realism!) about the hype and bluster (and even white lies) about some of the AI tools out there.
She is also bullish on the future of creativity. So if you’re a marketer, work in an agency, or use tech to sell more in your business, this episode is for you!
LINKS:
Kate Ross on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/katemhross/
eight&four: https://www.eightandfour.com/
EVENTS:
Follow Next Big Thing for the latest emerging tech news, events, job posts, and learning resources: www.instagram.com/nextbigthingstudios
CREDITS:
Host: Lauren Ingram
Producer: Alex Lane
We record using Riverside. Want to make your own podcast? Get started here: https://www.riverside.fm/?via=lauren-ingram
Samantha G. Wolfe is one of the leading voices in the metaverse space - she is an adjunct professor at NYU's Steinhardt School teaching courses including ‘The Business of the Metaverse, and 'Avatars and Virtual Humans’, and she’s authored two books including ‘Metaversed: See Beyond The Hype’.
We cover AI-generated influencers, using tech for good or evil, and - in her position as a leading expert in emerging tech - what she sees as the next big thing.
LINKS:
Samantha G. Wolfe on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/samanthawolfe/
Samantha’s consultancy PitchFWD: https://www.wearepitchfwd.com/
EVENTS:
Follow Next Big Thing for the latest emerging tech news, events, job posts, and learning resources: www.instagram.com/nextbigthingstudios
CREDITS:
Host: Lauren Ingram
Producer: Alex Lane
We record using Riverside. Want to make your own podcast? Get started here: https://www.riverside.fm/?via=lauren-ingram
Lea Turner grew her LinkedIn following phenomenally fast in late 2019 - so when covid hit in 2020, she pivoted her business and started offering LinkedIn training.
Now with 168k followers on LinkedIn and a sold-out membership community for small businesses, Lea is the perfect person to tell us how to stand out in the AI era when there’s a ton of noise out there.
We cover:
Why now is the right time to build a personal brand - and how to get started
What to write on LinkedIn if you find it cringey
Algorithm changes to stay on top of
And Lea’s no-holds-barred thoughts on AI and business
LINKS:
Lea Turner on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lea-turner/
Lea on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leadoeslinkedin/
Get Lea’s free LinkedIn cheat sheet: https://leaturner.co.uk/products/free-linkedin-cheat-sheet
EVENTS:
Follow Next Big Thing for the latest emerging tech news, events, job posts, and learning resources: www.instagram.com/nextbigthingstudios
CREDITS:
Host: Lauren Ingram
Producer: Alex Lane
We record using Riverside. Want to make your own podcast? Get started here: https://www.riverside.fm/?via=lauren-ingram
Leanne Elliott Young knows how to capture the zeitgeist, whether at Nike in their highly secretive Rm72 team and collaborating with Virgil Abloh, or now at the helm of the Institute of Digital Fashion (IoDF), as a cofounding team of self-professed “architects of a new digital culture”.
Leanne talks through her career, having been approached to join Nike not long after graduating, and spent nearly a decade there before rejecting fashion norms and throwing herself into digital fashion and pioneering bleeding edge tech instead - helping IoDF achieve world firsts such as the first ever NFT worn at the British Fashion Awards.
Leanne also shares her vision for the future, where technology seamlessly integrates into our lives, and our consumption habits shift towards reselling rather than producing everything new.
LINKS:
Leanne Elliott Young on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/leanne-elliott-young-metaversemama/
Leanne on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leanneelliottyoung/
Institute of Digital Fashion (IoDF): https://institute-digital.fashion/
EVENTS:
Follow Next Big Thing for the latest emerging tech news, events, job posts, and learning resources: www.instagram.com/nextbigthingstudios
CREDITS:
Host: Lauren Ingram
Producer: Alex Lane
We record using Riverside. Want to make your own podcast? Get started here: https://www.riverside.fm/?via=lauren-ingram
You don’t need 50 new AI tools, you just need a few that you know how to use really well. So if the constant tech changes are leaving you with FOMO, we’ve got you covered.
Host Lauren Ingram, former women's lead for Meta, interviews leaders about the latest tech and why it matters. Next Big Thing is here to help you not just survive, but thrive in the next internet.
Follow us on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/nextbigthingstudios/
Instagram @nextbigthingstudios
The interview that changed everything!
Daniel Priestley is a serial entrepreneur, angel investor and the author of multiple bestselling books including Key Person of Influence, and Oversubscribed. In this episode Daniel gives step-by-step advice to host Lauren Ingram on how to grow her Women of Web3 business and community - advice that we have now implemented, by launching Next Big Thing.
Daniel started his first company at 21 and made over $10 million in just 3 years, so he has a great pedigree in how to grow and scale businesses, and was recently on the Diary of a CEO with Steven Bartlett.
Next Big Thing is here to help you navigate AI and emerging tech, and make sure that you can not just survive, but thrive, in the next internet.
LINKS:
Daniel Priestley on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielpriestley/
Daniel on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/danielpriestley/
Daniel’s episode on Deep Dive with Ali Abdaal (Entrepreneurship Masterclass: How to Make $10k - $1M per Month): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOgqIbeLXkE
EVENTS:
Follow Next Big Thing for the latest emerging tech news, events, job posts, and learning resources: www.instagram.com/nextbigthingstudios
CREDITS:
Host: Lauren Ingram
Producer: Alex Lane
We record using Riverside. Want to make your own podcast? Get started here: https://www.riverside.fm/?via=lauren-ingram
Ashley Gross created her AI-focused business in just 10 days and has a ton of learnings to share with us - in her last role, she rolled out AI tools to over 100 marketers and has taken that experience to grow her own business instead: The Prompt Community.
A former community manager for MyBFF, Ashley lives and breathes AI, Web3 and emerging tech and puts inclusion at the centre of what she’s building - as well as adding a more human touch to the usual AI content shared online, with 1970s graphics and fun ideas to try out.
Ashley shares lots of advice on how to make use of AI, especially useful if you’re a marketer. (And you can catch up on our live Q&A about Easy AI Wins for Marketing: https://www.linkedin.com/events/easyaiwinsformarketing-womenofw7188254212374376448/comments/)
This episode is proudly brought to you by BlackBerry.
LINKS:
Follow Ashley Gross on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashley-a-gross/
Sign up for The Prompt newsletter: https://www.gettheprompt.com/
EVENTS:
Follow Women of Web3 for the latest emerging tech news, events, job posts, and learning resources: www.linkedin.com/company/womenofweb3co/
CREDITS:
Host: Lauren Ingram
Producer: Alex Lane
We record using Riverside. Want to make your own podcast? Get started here https://www.riverside.fm/?via=lauren-ingram/
Join us for a special episode where we answer some of your most asked questions to Web3 and blockchain expert Helen Disney, Founder of Unblocked, a hub for blockchain events, education and information.
We’ll cover:
What is blockchain?
What is Web3?
What is bitcoin and how does it work?
Where can I learn more about Web3?
What are the most useful strategies for learning about blockchain and Web3?
We also dive into Helen’s career and how she went from journalism to running her own think tank before pivoting to work at the Bitcoin Foundation in the very early days of cryptocurrency - and she hasn’t looked back.
This episode is proudly brought to you by BlackBerry.
LINKS:
Helen Disney on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/helen-disney-unblocked/
Unblocked website: https://un-blocked.co.uk/
EVENTS:
Follow Women of Web3 for the latest Web3 news, events, job posts, and learning resources: www.linkedin.com/company/womenofweb3co/
CREDITS:
Host: Lauren Ingram
Producer: Alex Lane
We record using Riverside. Want to make your own podcast? Get started here.
If you’re wondering ‘Will AI take my job?’ then today’s special episode is what you need - in a solo episode from our founder Lauren Ingram, we're diving into:
What to do if you've been laid off
What jobs exist in AI and Web3
Tips to get a job in this space
We also cover Lauren’s back story, from a leading marketer in digital agencies and at Meta, through to losing her job and then founding Women of Web3 - which is now a global, thriving community.
This episode is proudly brought to you by BlackBerry.
LINKS:
Lauren Ingram on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ingramlauren/
EVENTS AND NEWS:
Follow Women of Web3 for the latest Web3 news, events, job posts, and learning resources: www.linkedin.com/company/womenofweb3co/
CREDITS:
Host: Lauren Ingram
Producer: Alex Lane
We record using Riverside. Want to make your own podcast? Get started here.
Lindsey McInerney counts Hollywood actress Mila Kunis as her cofounder, and she’s seen the highs and lows of the Web3 hype cycle over the last few years.
Lindsey started her career working in social media back in 2009, working her way up to Global Head of Technology & Innovation at beer company AB InBev where she led an NFT project for Stella Artois generating a million dollars in sales in a week - and she was subsequently named in the 30 Most Influential People in the Metaverse.
She has now been CEO of Sixth Wall for nearly 3 years alongside Mila Kunis and she has been advising companies on blockchain, Web3 and the next internet under her consultancy Black Sun Labs.
Lindsey was one of the first ever guests on the Women of Web3 Podcast in May 2022, and has returned to dissect where the internet has been in the last two years.
This episode is proudly brought to you by BlackBerry.
LINKS:
Lindsey McInerney on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lindseymcinerney/
Lindsey’s speaker profile: https://www.utaspeakers.com/speaker/lindsey-mcinerney
EVENTS:
Follow Women of Web3 for the latest Web3 news, events, job posts, and learning resources: www.linkedin.com/company/womenofweb3co/
CREDITS:
Host: Lauren Ingram
Producer: Alex Lane
We record using Riverside. Want to make your own podcast? Get started here.
Jamilia Grier has grown her business and has raised 4 kids in 4 different countries while building an international legal career.
Having spent years honing her craft as an expert tech lawyer, she now uses a subscription model for her business ByteBao so that Web3 founders can access legal help as and when they need it.
Jamilia is also the host of the podcast Barely Legal In Web3, where she interviews tech founders and senior leaders. Join us as we hear about Jamilia’s jetsetting career and the strategies that she employs to succeed.
LINKS:
Jamilia Grier on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamilia-grier
ByteBao website: https://bytebao.io/
EVENTS:
Follow Women of Web3 for the latest Web3 news, events, job posts, and learning resources: www.linkedin.com/company/womenofweb3co/
CREDITS:
Host: Lauren Ingram
Producer: Alex Lane
Claire Barnett is the former Executive Director of UN Women UK and now the CEO of YourHaven, a wellness platform that offers AI generated therapy sessions based on the voices and work of real therapists, delivered by headsets like the Meta Quest and Apple Vision Pro.
Having run a wellness studio in her spare time alongside her demanding roles, Claire is one of the very few leaders at the intersection of mental health, systemic change, and VR - and so she was delighted when asked to join YourHaven as cofounder and CEO.
We discuss Claire’s career from helping with microfinance in Brazil, through to her work at the bleeding edge of tech, covering the hard truths about gender equality along the way.
LINKS:
Claire Barnett on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/claire-barnett-uk/
YourHaven website: https://www.yourhavenapp.com/
EVENTS:
Follow Women of Web3 for the latest Web3 news, events, job posts, and learning resources: www.linkedin.com/company/womenofweb3co/
CREDITS:
Host: Lauren Ingram
Producer: Alex Lane
Bianca Lopes is a multifaceted entrepreneur, visionary and investor deeply engaged in the intersections of technology, identity, and finance. As cofounder of Authentify and founder of Rooh Ventures, she shares her journey, emphasising a philosophy rooted in presence and curiosity, which has been instrumental in her success. We also dive into the transformative power of blockchain to share the broken identity system.
Bianca has advised 40 financial organisations, and she sits on UNESCO’s Business Impact Council, advising on ethics in AI. She’s driven by a deep commitment to creating meaningful, positive change in society - and shares how you can live a life aligned to your values too.
LINKS:
Bianca Lopes on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/biasmlopes/
Bianca Lopes on Twitter / X: https://twitter.com/biasmlopes
EVENTS:
Follow Women of Web3 for the latest Web3 news, events, job posts, and learning resources: www.linkedin.com/company/womenofweb3co/
JOBS IN WEB3:
Apply to be in our Talent Collective, or find your next Web3 hire: www.womenofweb3.co/jobs/
CREDITS:
Host: Lauren Ingram
Producer: Alex Lane