Episodios

  • Shaping the future of brand & marketing for tech founders
    Dec 2 2025

    This month Professor Matt Freeman sat down with Caroline Orr, Co-Owner of Program, Future Space’s new Brand & Marketing Business Partner, to explore one of the biggest questions facing tech founders today:


    What does great marketing look like in an AI-accelerated, do-it-yourself world?


    Caroline shares:


    •Why founders often overlook brand strategy

    •How agencies are evolving as AI reshapes the landscape

    •What an “ideal founder–agency partnership” really looks like

    •How Program is helping businesses use AI responsibly and creatively

    •Her one essential piece of advice for any early-stage tech founder


    If you’re a startup leader, marketer, investor — or just curious about where brand strategy is heading — this is a brilliant, generous conversation.

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    30 m
  • What is the future of innovation and enterprise at UWE Bristol?
    Oct 7 2025

    What is the future of innovation and enterprise at UWE Bristol? 🚀


    🎙️Innovate Together: The Podcast🎙️is back - and back with a bang!💥


    This month, Professor Matt Freeman sat down with Professor Darren Reynolds, Pro-Vice Chancellor for Research & Knowledge Exchange at the University of the West of England, to explore how universities can power the next wave of innovation - and why UWE Bristol is at the forefront.


    In this episode, Darren discusses:


    💡The vision behind UWE Bristol’s emerging RISE strategy

    😜 Why 'fun' is so important to academia-business innovation

    🤝 And how Future Space - Bristol is helping to create the systems that enable the brightest ideas to become a reality for everyone

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    34 m
  • What's the state of play for the investment landscape?
    Jun 18 2025

    In this latest episode of Innovate Together: The Podcast, Future Space's peak behind the curtain of the innovation journey, we welcome Ben Cooper from Angel Investors Bristol and Tech South West.


    We explore everyone from:


    - The current state of play for the investment landscape in the South West

    - Which tech sectors are doing well in terms of raising investment

    - What the South West needs to do to not just attract but retain talent

    - Where progress is being made around university spin-outs in relation to investment potential

    - And, of course, the impact that AI is having on when and how investment deals are now being made.

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    34 m
  • How do you harness AI ethics as a tool for innovation?
    Apr 30 2025
    In this month's episode of Innovate Together: The Podcast, Professor Matt Freeman is joined by Karin Rudolph from Collective Intelligence. Exploring the emerging world of AI ethics, we debate everything from the perception that ethics may be the enemy of innovation to the ways in which ethics and innovation function together in the realm of AI and what tools are required for innovation-led start-ups to successfully adopt ethical AI practices.

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    33 m
  • The Future of Work
    Feb 13 2025
    In this episode, Nicholas du Preez (Verge Technology), Selen Kars (UWE Bristol) and Gurps Nijjar (XR Tech) all debate the future of work in the context of emerging technologies and start-up culture.

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    36 m
  • Building a Better Business
    Dec 5 2024

    In this episode, Andy Hawkins (Business on Purpose), Alicia Grimes (The Future Kind Collective), and Emily Morgan (Supersmith) join hosts Prof. Matt Freeman (Future Space) and Mark Corderoy (UWE Launch Space) for a fantastic discussion on scaling start-ups with purpose.


    Start-ups often struggle as rapid growth outpaces their culture and values. This episode addresses key questions:


    • How can businesses align growth with their mission?
    • What does it take to build inclusive, purpose-driven workplaces?
    • How can B-Corp certification drive meaningful impact?


    Join us as we explore strategies for scaling sustainably while staying true to your core values.


    Enjoy the episode!


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    33 m
  • Marketing Technology : Technology as Marketing
    Nov 8 2024

    In this episode, Prof Matt Freeman hosts an insightful discussion with Dr. Tom Bowden-Green (UWE Bristol), James Vincent (Hot Source Creative), and Morgan Edmondson, a current Launch Space founder building Nesti, an AI-driven marketing sales enablement platform.


    Marketing is one of the biggest hurdles for tech start-ups, especially when trying to connect with audiences who may not yet understand the value of new technology. This episode tackles essential questions:

    • How can start-ups effectively communicate complex tech innovations to newcomers?
    • What do potential users really want, and how do you find out?
    • How can advanced tech, like AI, be harnessed not only to market products but also to deepen connections with digital audiences?


    Join us as we explore online consumer behaviour, new R&D-driven marketing principles for creative tech, and the transformative role AI plays in today’s marketing landscape.


    Enjoy the episode!


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    30 m
  • The Human Factor
    Oct 3 2024

    Prof Matt Freeman and Dr Stephanie Jay host an engaging discussion with experts Lee Norris (Change Innovators) and Alan Furley (ISL Talent) about the oft-overlooked human factors at the heart of all good tech start-ups. What kind of leadership strategies are effective for the smallest start-ups compared to the biggest scale-ups? And what does recruitment look like for technical founders?


    We debate the science behind business psychology, change leadership and people-first recruitment strategy, offering practical tools to help transform and grow the culture of tech start-ups from within.


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    26 m