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This Week in Innovation

Jeff Roster

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Jeff Roster (Gartner & IHL retail sector analyst) and Brian Sathianathan (the VC) explore the retail sector startup community on This Week in Innovation podcast. We discuss the trends driving the retail industry and examine the emerging technologies like Internet of Things (IoT), artificial Intelligence (AI), blockchain, machine learning, low code, cloud computing, SaaS, data, robots, augmented reality, virtual reality, livestreaming, personalization, recommendations and QR codes being built to take advantage of them. We interview founders, VC’s, entrepreneurs, retail executives and CIO’s to better understand the digital transformation and innovation happening in the retail sector.
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Marc Andreessen wrote his now famous essay in the Wall Street Journal “Why Software Is Eating The World.” The point of the piece was to highlight the role that software would play in the transformation of every industry. The article was provocative in 2011 and quite frankly still holds up well today.

We discuss the two major software paradigms

1. The Software Evolution Stack - meaning how software has evolved

    • Packaged software - late 80's to 90's
    • Software as a Service - Late 90's
    • Component software- Mid 2000's
    • Self organizing/self writing software - 2022 on

2. Software with tentacles - meaning how we interact with software. In the old world we interacted with software via keyboards and printers. In the new world we add IoT devices.

Emerging technologies we discuss include IoT, low code, no code, AI, artificial intelligence, scan and go, virtual reality, augmented reality, POS, social selling and social commerce

Give it a listen and let us know what you think?

Podcast Hosts

Jeff Roster

Twitter https://twitter.com/JeffPR

LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeff-roster-bb51b8/

Website https://thisweekininnovation.com

Brian Sathianathan

Twitter https://twitter.com/BrianVision

Website https://www.iterate.ai

Podcast Website

https://www.podbean.com/pu/pbblog-f8asf-af2782

https://thisweekininnovation.com

Apple

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/this-week-in-innovation/id1562068014

Spotify

https://open.spotify.com/show/2QDqTUnt6jebdRHbRzSTJN

LaunchPadOne

https://www.launchpaddm.com/pd/This-Week-in-Innovation?showAllEpisodes=true

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https://lnns.co/2QPSfnizE5K

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This Week in Innovation - Ripcord: Using Robotics and AI To Digitize Analog Data (Paper)
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08/23/21 • 39 min

#Robots #ArtificalIntelligence #MachineLearning

Chris Chib, VP of Global, Strategic Accounts, Ripcord joins us to discuss his company and its role in digitizing analog data.

Ripcord was started at NASA in 2014 with a goal to make the world paperless. Ripcord uses vision-guided #robots, #artificialintelligence and #machinelearning to capture and organize information living on paper.

They estimate there’s 5 billion bankers boxes of paper in the US just asking to be digitized and used.

It’s a fascinating conversation join us , give it a listen and let us know what you think

Today's Guest

Chris Chib,

VP of Global, Strategic Accounts

https://www.ripcord.com/

Podcast Hosts

Jeff Roster

https://twitter.com/JeffPR

https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeff-roster-bb51b8/

https://thisweekininnovation.com

Brian Sathianathan

https://twitter.com/BrianVision

https://www.iterate.ai

Podcast Website

https://jeffroster.podbean.com

https://thisweekininnovation.com

Apple

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/this-week-in-innovation/id1562068014

Spotify

https://open.spotify.com/show/2QDqTUnt6jebdRHbRzSTJN

Listen Notes

https://lnns.co/2QPSfnizE5K

#innovation, #Startup, #Startups, #innovation, #Retailers, #retail, #retailers, #thisweekininnovation, #mobile, #web, #instore, #VentureCapital, #Founders,#Entrepreneurs, #Gartner, #unifiedcommerce, #socialcommerce, #emergingtechnologies, #DigitalTransformation, #retailtechnology, #retailtech, #futureofretail , #retailtrends #clubhouse, #future, #trends, #ArtificialIntelligence (#AI), #cloud, #data , #deeplearning, #naturallanguageprocessing , #sentimentanalysis , #conversationalai, #InternetOfThings (#IoT) , #machinelearning, #Blockchain, #LowCode. #Data, #computervision, #virtualreality, #augmentedreality, #personalization, #datamining, #pos, #loyalty, #livestreaming, #SaaS, #Recommendations, #QRcodes, #Robots

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This Week in Innovation - How To Maximize Your Time in a Vendor Briefing
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09/10/21 • 49 min

#ARchat #Founders #AnalystRelations

Wendy Shlensky, AR Maven, Canopy Communications and Beth Torrie, Owner, Torrie Communications joined me in a recent Clubhouse room to discuss how a Founder/tech executive can maximize their time in a vendor briefing. It’s a very good discussion about the ins and out of a briefing from both the analyst and analyst relations perspective. Listen to tips to kickstart your Startup AR or when starting to work with industry analysts. Learn what’s different between an analyst briefing and an investor pitch.

We even have a good back and forth about “pigeonholing”. For more tips check out Beth’s blog:https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/analyst-briefing-basics-beth-torrie/

Wendy’s contact info

[email protected]

https://twitter.com/WLS26

https://www.linkedin.com/in/wendyshlensky/

Beth’s contact info:

[email protected]

https://twitter.com/bethtorrie

https://www.linkedin.com/in/workingmom/

This Week In Innovation Podcast Hosts

Jeff Roster

https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeff-roster-bb51b8/

https://twitter.com/JeffPR

https://thisweekininnovation.com

Brian Sathianathan

https://twitter.com/BrianVision

https://www.iterate.ai

Podcast Website

https://jeffroster.podbean.com

https://thisweekininnovation.com

Apple

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/this-week-in-innovation/id1562068014

Spotify

https://open.spotify.com/show/2QDqTUnt6jebdRHbRzSTJN

LaunchpadOne

https://www.launchpadone.com/episode/This-Week-In-Innovation

#innovation, #Startup, #Startups, #innovation, #Retailers, #retail, #retailers, #thisweekininnovation, #mobile, #web, #instore,#VentureCapital, #Founders,#Entrepreneurs, #Gartner, #unifiedcommerce, #socialcommerce, #emergingtechnologies, #DigitalTransformation, #retailtechnology, #retailtech, #futureofretail , #retailtrends #clubhouse, #future, #trends, #ArtificialIntelligence (#AI), #cloud, #data , #deeplearning, #naturallanguageprocessing , #sentimentanalysis , #conversationalai, #InternetOfThings (#IoT) , #machinelearning, #Blockchain, #LowCode. #Data, #computervision, #virtualreality, #augmentedreality, #personalization, #datamining, #pos, #loyalty, #livestreaming, #SaaS, #Recommendations, #QRcodes, #Robots

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Michael Zakkour, Founder of 5 New Digital joined me for a discussion on the state of livestreaming in the US. Michael has a lot of experience on livestreaming from his work in China. He is also the author of two books, China’s Super Consumers and New Retail: Born in China Going Global.

Finally we talk about the Metaverse. There will be a lot more coming on that front.

Give it a listen and let us know what you think?

Podcast Guest

Michael Zakkour

Founder, 5 New Digital

https://www.5newdigital.com

Podcast Hosts

Jeff Roster

Twitter https://twitter.com/JeffPR

LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeff-roster-bb51b8/

Website https://thisweekininnovation.com

Brian Sathianathan

Twitter https://twitter.com/BrianVision

Website https://www.iterate.ai

Podcast Website

https://www.podbean.com/pu/pbblog-f8asf-af2782

https://thisweekininnovation.com

Apple

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/this-week-in-innovation/id1562068014

Spotify

https://open.spotify.com/show/2QDqTUnt6jebdRHbRzSTJN

LaunchPadOne

https://www.launchpaddm.com/pd/This-Week-in-Innovation?showAllEpisodes=true

Listen Notes

https://lnns.co/2QPSfnizE5K

#Startup #Retailers #innovation #Analysts, #professors, #reporters, #economists #Founders, #VC’s #blockchain #IoT #retail #blockchain #IoT #retail innovation #retail startups #startup strategies #retail apocalypse #retail #future of retail #this week in innovation #retail trends #clubhouse #unified commerce #social commerce #mobile commerce #e commerce #supply chain #data #loss prevention #returns management #computer vision #wms #warehouse management systems #data science #machine learning #Inventory

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Jonathan Abrams Co-founder and General Partner at 8-Bit Capital and Co-founder & Managing Partner, Founders Den joins Brian and I for a discussion about life as an #entrepreneur, #founder and a #VC . Jonathan shares insights and stories from his days Friendster and Nuzzel.

Give it a listen and let us know what you think?

Contact info

This Week In Innovation Podcast Hosts

Jeff Roster

https://twitter.com/JeffPR

https://thisweekininnovation.com

Brian Sathianathan

https://twitter.com/BrianVision

https://www.iterate.ai

Podcast Website

https://jeffroster.podbean.com

https://thisweekininnovation.com

Apple

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/this-week-in-innovation/id1562068014

Spotify

https://open.spotify.com/show/2QDqTUnt6jebdRHbRzSTJN

Launchpadone

https://www.launchpadone.com/episode/This-Week-In-Innovation

#innovation, #Startup, #Startups, #innovation, #Retailers, #retail, #retailers, #thisweekininnovation, #mobile, #web, #instore,#VentureCapital, #Founders,#Entrepreneurs, #Gartner, #unifiedcommerce, #socialcommerce, #emergingtechnologies, #DigitalTransformation, #retailtechnology, #retailtech, #futureofretail , #retailtrends #clubhouse, #future, #trends, #ArtificialIntelligence (#AI), #cloud, #data , #deeplearning, #naturallanguageprocessing , #sentimentanalysis , #conversationalai, #InternetOfThings (#IoT) , #machinelearning, #Blockchain, #LowCode. #Data, #computervision, #virtualreality, #augmentedreality, #personalization, #datamining, #pos, #loyalty, #livestreaming, #SaaS, #Recommendations, #QRcodes, Robots

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This Week in Innovation - How AI Can Power HyperPersonalized Customer Engagement
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09/02/21 • 33 min

#ai #innovation #recommendations

Sandeep Mittal, Cofounder of Solus.ai joins Brian and I on #ThisWeekInInnovation for a discussion on how AI can power hyper personalized customer engagement. SOLUS was launched in mid 2019 and is now going global with both B2C and B2B use cases.

AI is one of our #5ForcesOfInnovation and is a subject we will really be focusing on. We use the #5ForcesOfInnovation to frame our pod. As a reminder they include:

  1. #ArtificialIntelligence
  2. #IoT
  3. #Blockchain
  4. #Startups
  5. #Data

Our guest today

Sandeep Mittal

[email protected]

SOLUS AI (https://www.solus.ai )

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/solusai/

Twitter: @solus_ai

Podcast Hosts

Jeff Roster

https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeff-roster-bb51b8/

https://thisweekininnovation.com

https://twitter.com/JeffPR

Brian Sathianathan

https://twitter.com/BrianVision

https://www.iterate.ai

Podcast Website

https://jeffroster.podbean.com

https://thisweekininnovation.com

Apple

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/this-week-in-innovation/id1562068014

Spotify

https://open.spotify.com/show/2QDqTUnt6jebdRHbRzSTJN

Listen Notes

https://lnns.co/2QPSfnizE5K

#innovation, #Startup, #Startups, #innovation, #Retailers, #retail, #retailers, #thisweekininnovation, #mobile, #web, #instore, #VentureCapital, #Founders,#Entrepreneurs, #Gartner, #unifiedcommerce, #socialcommerce, #emergingtechnologies, #DigitalTransformation, #retailtechnology, #retailtech, #futureofretail , #retailtrends #clubhouse, #future, #trends, #ArtificialIntelligence (#AI), #cloud, #data , #deeplearning, #naturallanguageprocessing , #sentimentanalysis , #conversationalai, #InternetOfThings (#IoT) , #machinelearning, #Blockchain, #LowCode. #Data, #computervision, #virtualreality, #augmentedreality, #personalization, #datamining, #pos, #loyalty, #livestreaming, #SaaS, #Recommendations, #QRcodes, #Robots

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This Week in Innovation - Voice Marketing: Moving to the Mainstream?
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11/29/21 • 29 min

Stas Tushinsky, CEO of Instreamatic discusses the state of voice technology in retail, CPG and hospitality. We discuss how the technology works and what future adoption will look like.

As an added bonus we’re going to demo Instreamatic’s technology. Hit the link below and use your voice to tell us what you want to hear This Week in Innovation cover. Are there guests you’d like to hear form or startups we should interview, let us know. I’m really interested to see what results we get back. At a later date we’ll get Stas back to review the findings. It should be a fun exercise.

https://feedback.instreamatic.com/storage/product/DJCPUCHU/?r=63411

Podcast Guest

Stas Tushinskiy

CEO, Instreamatic

https://instreamatic.com

Podcast Hosts

Jeff Roster

Twitter https://twitter.com/JeffPR

LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeff-roster-bb51b8/

Website https://thisweekininnovation.com

Brian Sathianathan

Twitter https://twitter.com/BrianVision

Website https://www.iterate.ai

Podcast Website

https://www.podbean.com/pu/pbblog-f8asf-af2782

https://thisweekininnovation.com

Apple

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/this-week-in-innovation/id1562068014

Spotify

https://open.spotify.com/show/2QDqTUnt6jebdRHbRzSTJN

LaunchPadOne

https://www.launchpaddm.com/pd/This-Week-in-Innovation?showAllEpisodes=true

Listen Notes

https://lnns.co/2QPSfnizE5K

#Startup #Retailers #innovation #Analysts, #professors, #reporters, #economists #Founders, #VC’s #blockchain #IoT #retail #blockchain #IoT #retail innovation #retail startups #startup strategies #retail apocalypse #retail #future of retail #this week in innovation #retail trends #clubhouse #unified commerce #social commerce #mobile commerce #e commerce #supply chain #data #loss prevention #returns management #computer vision #wms #warehouse management systems #data science #machine learning #Inventory

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This Week in Innovation - Building and Monetizing Micro-communities Using Low Code
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09/16/21 • 41 min

#digitaltransformation #Microcommunities #SocialCommerce

Shiv Dutt, VP Customer Experience & Innovation, Pamper Chef joined Brian and I for a discussion on how Pampered Chef is building and monetizing #microcommunities. They have just launched Table, , digital platform that enables its consultants to host customized virtual cooking parties that deliver content designed to improve a consumer’s mealtime journey.

It was built quickly using #lowcode on Interplay that allows for rapid integration of additional functionality. I believe this is an early peek at what many retailers will be doing with their own communities within a few years.

Give it a listen and let us know what you think?

This Week In Innovation Podcast Hosts

Jeff Roster

https://twitter.com/JeffPR

https://www.iterate.ai

Brian Sathianathan

https://twitter.com/BrianVision

Podcast Website

https://jeffroster.podbean.com

https://thisweekininnovation.com

Apple

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/this-week-in-innovation/id1562068014

Spotify

https://open.spotify.com/show/2QDqTUnt6jebdRHbRzSTJN

Launchpadone

https://www.launchpadone.com/episode/This-Week-In-Innovation

#innovation, #Startup, #Startups, #innovation, #Retailers, #retail, #retailers, #thisweekininnovation, #mobile, #web, #instore,#VentureCapital, #Founders,#Entrepreneurs, #Gartner, #unifiedcommerce, #socialcommerce, #emergingtechnologies, #DigitalTransformation, #retailtechnology, #retailtech, #futureofretail , #retailtrends #clubhouse, #future, #trends, #ArtificialIntelligence (#AI), #cloud, #data , #deeplearning, #naturallanguageprocessing , #sentimentanalysis , #conversationalai, #InternetOfThings (#IoT) , #machinelearning, #Blockchain, #LowCode. #Data, #computervision, #virtualreality, #augmentedreality, #personalization, #datamining, #pos, #loyalty, #livestreaming, #SaaS, #Recommendations, #QRcodes, Robots

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Neil Redding is a keynote speaker, author, Innovation Architect and Near Futurist.

Neil is Founder and CEO of Redding Futures, a boutique consultancy that enables brands and businesses to engage powerfully with the Near Future. Prior to founding Redding Futures, Neil held leadership roles at Mediacom, Proximity/BBDO, Gensler, ThoughtWorks and Lab49.

He has delivered for clients including Visa, Nike, Cadillac, Macy’s, NBA, Verizon, TED, The Economist, MoMA, Converse, Morgan Stanley, Apple, Oracle, Financial Times, and Fidelity Investments.

He has spoken at numerous conferences including AWEXR, Immerse Global Summit, infoComm, Tech2025, CreateTech, SEGD XLab, A.R.E. Shoptalk, Creative Technology Week, Design+AI and VRevolution.

Neil is also editor of Near Future of Retail, author of the forthcoming book The Ecosystem Paradigm, creator and co-host of the weekly Web3/Metaverse gathering meta-web3-verses and advises multiple startups at the leading edge of the digital-physical convergenc

Links for the show notes:

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Podcast Guest

Neil Redding

Head of Product, Auki Labs

https://www.linkedin.com/in/reddingneil/

Podcast Hosts

Jeff Roster

Twitter https://twitter.com/JeffPR

LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeff-roster-bb51b8/

Website https://thisweekininnovation.com

Brian Sathianathan

Twitter https://twitter.com/BrianVision

Website https://www.iterate.ai

Podcast Website

https://www.podbean.com/pu/pbblog-f8asf-af2782

https://thisweekininnovation.com

Apple

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/this-week-in-innovation/id1562068014

Spotify

https://open.spotify.com/show/2QDqTUnt6jebdRHbRzSTJN

Google Podcasts

https://tinyurl.com/3bau5xpz

Substack

https://jeffroster.substack.com

YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRwY8GoqzSxj45G6hOBGWOQ

Listen Notes

https://lnns.co/2QPSfnizE5K

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#innovation, #innovationstrategy, #retailinnovation, #Startup, #Startups, #retailtrends, #retailinsights, #retailnews, #retailtech, #DigitalTransformation, #VentureCapital, #VC, #Founders, #Entrepreneurs, #startupstrategies, #startupfunding, #startupstories, #startupsuccess, #startupfounders, #retailstartups, #founderstories, #founderlife, #Gartner, #IHL,

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This Week in Innovation - How to Master the Art of Pitching & Public Speaking
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10/18/21 • 33 min

Brenden Kumarasamy Founder & President of MasterTalk.ca joined Brian and I for a discussion on how to master the art of pitching and public speaking. He’s got a YouTube channel Master Your Talk with a ton of content which I highly recommend.

We talk about some strategies #founders, #retailers,#entrepreneurs, #VC’s, #analysts, #professors and #students can use to improve your communication skills.

Finally we talk about some of the classic mistakes speakers make including me falling off a stage

Today's Guest

Brenden Kumarasamy

YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBYFP4mZLQovr7W6Si6sueA

Website https://www.rockstarcommunicator.com/workshop

Podcast Hosts

Jeff Roster

Twitter https://twitter.com/JeffPR

LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeff-roster-bb51b8/

Website https://thisweekininnovation.com

Brian Sathianathan

Twitter https://twitter.com/BrianVision

Website https://www.iterate.ai

Podcast Website

https://www.podbean.com/pu/pbblog-f8asf-af2782

https://thisweekininnovation.com

Apple

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/this-week-in-innovation/id1562068014

Spotify

https://open.spotify.com/show/2QDqTUnt6jebdRHbRzSTJN

LaunchPadOne

https://www.launchpaddm.com/pd/This-Week-in-Innovation?showAllEpisodes=true

Listen Notes

https://lnns.co/2QPSfnizE5K

#retail innovation #retail startups #startup strategies #clubhouse

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This Week in Innovation currently has 72 episodes available.

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The episode title 'The State of Livestreaming in the US: A Conversation with Michael Zakkour' is the most popular.

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The average episode length on This Week in Innovation is 34 minutes.

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