Interview with James @jamesparton and Chris @bookmeister on HashBang.TV which is a new web TV show covering the exploding UK software development and startup scene.
In their own words .... "HashBang.TVs mission is simple; Highlight the amazing talent the UK has to offer, and comment on major industry topics. But all done in the HashBang.TV style."
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I've recently agreed to serve as a judge for the 2012 Innotribe Startup Challenge, an extraordinary opportunity for startups and innovators serving the Financial Industry to meet potential investors, customers and partners from the world's leading financial institutions and FinTech investors. Organized by SWIFT (www.swift.com), the Innotribe Startup Challenge (http://www.innotribestartup.com) fosters collaborative between emerging FinTech and Financial Service innovators and SWIFT's member community of over 9,700 banking organizations, securities institutions and corporate customers in 209 countries.
Applicants to the Challenge enjoy online exposure and introductions to hundreds of potential partners and customers from SWIFT's member community, as well as investors and other members of the startup ecosystem.
Semi-finalists, selected by a panel of expert judges, are invited to one of three regional Challenge Showcases (New York - Feb 8, Bangkok - Apr 25/6, and Belfast - late June), to pitch and network with a hand-picked group of 40-50 investors and financial industry decision makers.
The 15 most promising companies from across all three Challenge Showcases, as selected by qualified decision makers and investors from across the SWIFT community, will be invited to present at Sibos, SWIFT's annual financial industry trade show that attracts over 8000 financial industry decision makers, influencers and journalists. Sibos (www.sibos.com) will take place this year in Osaka, Japan in October 2012.
One or more early-stage winners selected by the Sibos audience will share in a $50K in cash prize.
The Challenge is open to companies working in financial technology or technology-enabled financial services (no consulting or outsourcing) such as payments, securities, trading, social media tools, big data/data analytics, security, identity, b2b or b2b2c mobile, small business apps & services &/or IT infrastructure. Early-stage applicants must be less than 3 years old with less than $1M in combined revenue and investment in the last 12 months. Later-stage applicants may be of any maturity level, but the products/services they submit must still be 'under the radar'. Applications for the February 8th NYC Challenge Showcase are due by January 13, 2012. To learn more and apply, please visit http://www.innotribestartup.com.
Way back on 20 September I chaired the Digital Identity - Deep Dive @ Sibos
The session explored the edges of the digital identity eco-system, looking into personal data stores, trust frameworks, and multi-channel authentication techniques.
Azeem Azhar, CEO, Peerindex
Craig Burton, Founder and Principal, Burtonian
Scott David, Partner, K&L Gates LLP
Tony Fish, Founder/CEO, AMF Ventures
Mary Hodder, Chair, Personal Data Ecosystem Consortium
Michael Ouliel, Founder and CEO, Ripples HLS Group
Drummond Reed, Chairman and Chief Trust Officer, Connect.Me; Co-Chair, OASIS XRI and XDI Technical Committees, Connect.Me
Doc Searls, Alumnus fellow Berkman Center for Internet and Society, Harvard University
Gary Thompson, Co-founder and CEO, CLOUD Inc.
Kevin Sharp, SVP Sales EMEA, Daon
Here are a few pithy notes
Kevin Sharp
Doc Searls
Azeem
Scott & Drummond
Gary/ Mary
I am speaking at Fresh Thinking with Tomi Ahonen. Tomi did a blog yesterday Fresh Thinking guest blog - and this is mine....
“Mobile is to the digital age what the wheel was to the stone age. By its very nature, Mobile puts an interface with the digital world into the hands and pockets of the masses globally. Mobile is THE widest-reaching technology in the world today. And as such has enabled a plethora of situations, context and opportunities for digital engagement and interactions. But do we truly understand what we’re getting ourselves into?
Today’s reality is that you leave tiny digital traces of where you have been, when and how often, using what device, and who with, each and every time you interact with technology.So what are you doing to manage your footprints in this digital age?
We are all digital citizens of the world which means we all have rights and responsibilities. There is a great emphasis on the protective rights we want – such as new and updated law and regulations that define privacy, security and protection. However, it is how we each define and act on our responsibilities that will shape our personal engagement with digital services and technologies.
Let’s think about current digital services, such as social media, as a game. For example, if Twitter is about getting the best quip of the day or providing some useful info, and Linkedin is about proving “my network is bigger than yours”, then Facebook is about showing that “I have a more interesting life than you”. With every new game, there are new rules and responsibilities, but do we know what these are?
Before looking into any new rules it is worth confirming that all of the old social rules are still valid, relevant and have not been washed away by mobile. A few examples of old rules that are timeless include:
§ Don’t gossip, make things up, slander, steal, pinch or lie
§ Have evidence and be professional, factual, accurate, honest, and transparent
§ Engage and treat others how you want to be treated yourself
§ Opinions are personal. Be gracious, open, respectful and accepting of differences
Without a doubt, some modernising of law is needed to reflect the advances in democracy, understanding and technology. Examples of rules and regulation that would appreciate some new impetus include: Privacy, Identity, Liberty, Harm, Consequences, Ownership, Access and Rights.
While waiting for the law to catch up I’ve been gathering my own set of rules of engagement for today’s digital age. Here’s my top 10, an eclectic list of guidelines around managing and protecting your digital footprint and personal data:
1. Digital Footprints are what you say about yourself, what others say about you and what data says about you
2. Appreciate that your digital footprint is worth more than your salary
3. Everything you do can be recorded (stored). Sensors will be in all digital devices soon – ask yourself why and what use will the data be and to whom
4. Reputation is all you have and your name is a good identity – so don’t abuse or lose either
5. Change your password to Facebook, Twitter and bank accounts etc before you change your boy/girl friend/ partner
6. Have several personas. This is not a sign of madness and you don’t need to justify them to anyone
7. Branding is now personal and it is the new black
8. Don’t sack/release/ make redundant the person, and then be held hostage, by the person who has the login/password for your corporate fan page, group, twitter account until many people have control/access
9. Provide someone (you trust) with the knowledge of how to access your accounts/ data after you die and what you want done with your data/ digital footprint. Be aware – doing so will go against every term and condition you have signed
10. Levels of damage and harm from digital engagement are currently lower that you may think”
Numbers are strictly limited so if you want to be a part of these inspiring and thought provoking conversations then register your interest now at our dedicated Fresh Thinkingsite. We hope to see you there.
The sixth roundtable in the Visa Europe CSFI Fellowship series on "Identity and Financial Services" will be held at the Innholder's Hall, 30 College Street, London EC4R 2RH, from 12.30pm-2.15pm on 27th September 2011.
We're going to move the fellowship on by shifting from analysing the problems and issues to discussing potential solutions. I don't mean technical solutions -- we have lots to choose from and we know that they work --but more wide-ranging business and social solutions that will provide a practical means to improve the situation for stakeholders. Now, one set of potential solutions are centred on the mobile phone and more than once in the preceding workshops the idea of banks working with mobile operators has been put forward. Should banks and/or mobile operators provide the identity infrastructure? It's a great topic for a roundtable because it's a live topic: business plans are being formulated as we speak so we're lucky to get three of the best to join you for informed discussion on the topic. They are:
Tony Fish is an entrepreneur with extensive experience at the intersection of finance and telecommunications and the man behind "My Digital Footprint".
Tom Gregory is the Head of Digital Payments at Barclaycard and lives day-to-day at the intersection of electronic money and electronic identity.
Dean Bubley is a respected analyst who understand the mobile operators world and writes one of the best telecommunications blogs in the business, Disruptive Wireless.
Attendance is free, but space is limited. So if you or a colleague would like to join us, please let us know as soon as possible by e-mailing sophie (at) csfi.org.uk or by phoning the CSFI on +44 (20) 7493 0173 as soon as possible.
Who steals my purse steals trash; 'tis something, nothing;
'Twas mine, 'tis his, and has been slave to thousands;
But he that filches from me my good name;
Robs me of that which not enriches him, and makes me poor indeed.
William Shakespeare, Othello (Act 3, Scene 3).
The opening Panel: What Will Change in A MultiScreen World? Native App vs Web?
Marc Davis, Partner Architect, Microsoft; @marcedavis
[inventing the future of conneecting people, the web and the world. Working on vision and technolgy]
Olof Schybergson, CEO, Fjord; @olof_s
[working @Fjord - cross platform design]
Adam Boyden, President, Conduit; @adamboyden
[founded openlane, an exec at xfire, president conduit, speaker, writer and strategic thinker]
Michael Mace, CEO, Cera Technology. @michaelmace
[tech industry ceo and strategist, worked for Apple, Palm and now Cera - blog at mobile opportunity]
and Me @tonyfish entrepreneur, author and dad
Framing the session....
Mobile devices are personal and this makes mobile unique in the world of digital screens. TV's, desktop's, tablets and notebooks are mostly shared and therefore user data that comes from them, and that is stored on them, can be from one of a number of people. A mobile, with the accepted occasional exception is from one person. However the battle grounds are being set out between the eco-systems of broadcasters, web silo's and mobile as all of them want access to, and control, over your income (discretional and normal purchases). Strategically this is an important time for the three industries that have, as of today, been quite separate, standalone and created value for their own eco-systems. In some respects there has been some leakage and/or substitution of value and control across them already but nothing like the war that is about to ensue.
Mobile 2 has always prided itself in looking beyond the current issues to debate what is coming and who control's who in a multi-screen world is a critical topic for any strategist in the next 5 years. Mobile companies are depending on their personal relationship and customer insight to keep them at the front line. Broadcasters depend on exclusive access to the best sport and movies to keep their brand and position. Web companies have a generic dependence on the paid for telco bit pipe and barter of your data for free services.
All three realise that their model will change and come under increasing pressure and as we head for the new "digital" normal there will not be three industries but one and each of them want their brand as the brand that demands your attention and income. In this multi-screen world there are regulation, technology, economic and social issues to debate and at mobile 2 we will focus on the economics and the subsequent business models, and the technology solutions.
This session will not offer one solution or propose one outcome as there is a wide range of competing ideals that have underlying assumptions and we intend to get to drive out key assumptions and drivers. To do this we have gathered some global experts who have thought though the issues and implications and are knowledgeable and vocal.
Pithy bullet points from the session
Why talk to with/ follow up with the panel.....
Marc Davis [partnership with Microsoft on digital identity]
Olof Schybergson [cross platform design, UI, UX, strategy]
Adam Boyden [publisher and distribution]
Michael Mace [blog: http://mobileopportunity.blogspot.com/, information management and strategy]
Tony Fish [Big Data, Digital Identity, Rights, Influence, Reputation, Digital You, Digital Footprints]
The 2011 Innotribe $100K Start-up Challenge will introduce the most promising FinTech and Financial Services start-ups to SWIFT’s community of more than 9,700 banking organisations, securities institutions and corporate customers in 209 countries. http://innotribestartup.myreviewroom.com/
On September 21, 2011 at Sibos in Toronto, 10 finalists, selected by their peers and expert judges, will present to an invitation-only audience of dozens of decision makers from the world’s largest financial institutions, serial entrepreneurs, investors and media. And on September 22nd, two of those companies will each be presented with a check for $50,000 in front Sibos’ audience of 8000 financial industry professionals. Learn more.
Applications are due by August 14th, so if your start-up is ready for the recognition and rewards it deserves from the global financial services industry, register for this site and apply to the 2011 Innotribe $100K Start-up Challenge today!
Just over four weeks away from Mobile 2.0! and as we have sold out every year for the past 5 years, please do register. If you send me an email at info@mobile2event.com, mentioning this Blog, I will send you a special discount code
So What Can You Expect at Mobile 2.0 This Year?
There are dozen of Mobile Conferences these days, but often the audience does not really have an opportunity to ask probing questions of the speakers and panellists or to engage in a lively constructive dialogue. At all to many conferences speakers deliver a marketing pitch or just following talking points – before you have the chance to ask any substantive questions, they run off the stage and exit the conference. How many times have you heard: “Well, we just did not have time to get to all your great questions!”
Mobile 2.0 has a format that means speakers stay all day and the entire afternoon is dedicated to interactive workshops with the speakers participating, allowing you the to ask difficult questions, express your views, challenge the collective wisdom of the panel and hopefully, get the in-depth insights that will help grow your business.
This is your chance to make Mobile 2.0 as informative, interactive and exciting as your individual contribution makes it. The team look forward to seeing you on September 1st.
