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Jonathan Simnett

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Chair; CEO; tech M&A dealmaker, category creator, non-exec adviser, mentor & trustee. Rewilder. Likes bikes. More here: https://t.co/23M3lm1g67…

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Jonathan Simnett
17 hours
This week on The Difference Engine tech strategy podcast, @pmaher and I continue our assessment of the mad world of #AI. The biggest, fastest concentration of strategic commercial power ever seen and a fundamental infection point in the history of IT?
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The Difference Engine helps founders and funders maximise business growth through category design. Hosted by two British northerners with decades of experience in launching, managing, and marketing...
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This week on The Difference Engine tech strategy podcast, @pmaher and I consider that, with headlines dominated by controversy, it's no surprise that few knows about @grok's technological potential. Has all the outrage obscured a significant breakthrough?
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This week on The Difference Engine tech strategy podcast, @pmaher and I look at Swedish #vibecoding startup, @lovable_dev. 2 years old, it’s raised $200m at a $1.8bn valuation. That makes it the latest European unicorn. But is it a new #category leader?
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The Difference Engine helps founders and funders maximise business growth through category design. Hosted by two British northerners with decades of experience in launching, managing, and marketing...
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Jonathan Simnett
10 days
This week on The Difference Engine tech strategy podcast @pmaher & I ask is the UK really taking #Quantum #tech seriously? Government has pledged £550m but when stacked against @amazon's simultaneous £40b investment in the UK it raises serious questions.
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Jonathan Simnett
17 days
This week on The Difference Engine tech strategy podcast @pmaher and I consider a word from @Wise to @LSEplc as one of the UK's most successful #fintechs departs for @Nasdaq. Is full scale reform of UK investment & listing structures now needed?
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Jonathan Simnett
18 days
RT @Shitlawns: If there is more life on a kids nit comb than a garden, we need Government to step in and end the trend. Please sign to ban….
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Jonathan Simnett
24 days
This week on The Difference Engine tech #podcast @NikStoronsky, co-founder of neobank @RevolutApp is betting on #algoritmicinvesting via QuantumLight claiming 2x performance on 17 initial investments compared to conventional #VC investment methods
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Jonathan Simnett
1 month
In today's episode of The Difference Engine #tech #strategy #podcast @pmaher and I consider Once valued at $1.5bn, it went down taking $450m with it in an AI category contender crash reminiscent of the Dotcom bust. Why?
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Jonathan Simnett
1 month
In today's episode of The Difference Engine #tech #strategy #podcast @pmaher and I ask with @marksandspencer facing a £300m profit hit after a cyberattack, and business #CyberSecurity now front and centre, how can you seize the #category creation moment?
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Jonathan Simnett
1 month
In this week’s episode of The Difference Engine tech #Strategy #podcast @pmaher and I are joined by #healthTech entrepreneur, @AmberVodegel who has created tools that directly improve lives by obsessing about her customers’ experience
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Jonathan Simnett
2 months
In this week’s episode of The Difference Engine #tech #strategy #podcast @pmaher and I are joined by healthtech entrepreneur @AmberVodegel Her Pregnancy+ became the Category leading pregnancy app with over 150m users before its acquisition by @Philips
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Jonathan Simnett
2 months
In this week's episode of The Difference Engine, #tech #strategy podcast, @pmaher and I consider new audit-free Big 4 consulting firm, Unity Advisory. Backed by $300 million of @warburgpincus PE money are they different enough to redefine the Category?
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Jonathan Simnett
2 months
In this week's episode of The Difference Engine, #tech #strategy podcast, @pmaher and I look at some things every aspiring Category creator needs to know from the outset. Could a few key insights from @ycombinator change your chances of success?
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Jonathan Simnett
2 months
How do you manage your business and your personal development as you journey into the unknown? @richwater did at both leading @YouTube and @tiktok in EMEA. Find out how on this week's The Difference Engine #tech #podcast
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Jonathan Simnett
3 months
This week on The Difference Engine tech #podcast we welcome @richwater. Former GM of @tiktok in EMEA, he previously lead EMEA Marketing for @YouTube, playing a pivotal role in launching the ‘Creator’ movement that fuelled the platform’s meteoric rise
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Jonathan Simnett
3 months
This week on The Difference Engine tech podcast @PMaher's and I's guest is @richwater. His work at @YouTube and @tiktok has shaped the future of how we create, consume, and connect and building entirely new tech #Categories in the process.
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Jonathan Simnett
3 months
It’s essential your entire company is on board from the beginning if you are going to maximise the impact of #tech #Category Design for the business. So what are @becategorical’s top tips for achieving this? Find out 👇#strategy.
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At Strike time, everyone has a role to play in the Category journey so it’s essential your entire company is onboard from the beginning.
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Jonathan Simnett
3 months
In this week's episode of The Difference Engine #tech #strategy #podcast @pmaher and I speculate how the possible dumping of Chinese electronics as Trump’s tariff turmoil continues could give Europe a competitive edge.
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Jonathan Simnett
3 months
In this week's episode of The Difference Engine strategy podcast @pmaher and I consider #Trump's #tariff turmoil and identify a magnificent seven new or evolving #technology #Category opportunities that are going to be essential in the new world order.
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Jonathan Simnett
3 months
This week on The Difference Engine tech strategy #podcast, @pmaher and I are joined by @sgarnett, one of the most important figures in European #tech in recent decades and mentor for generations of software executives. #salesforce #siebelsystems #oracle.
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