The refrain, "If you don't know where you're going, any road will take you there." is essentially a paraphrase of an exchange between Alice and the Cheshire Cat in Lewis Carroll'sAlice's Adventures in Wonderland. It is particularly apt in a sponsorship sense when, even today, we see so many sponsorships that seem bereft of objectives and goals. Those sponsorships are always set up for the comment “We just don’t feel like this sponsorship is working!”. Feeling, however,

In his first budget speech for the new Labour government chancellor Gordon Brown announced the 1999 introduction of individual savings accounts. The idea was to encourage the habit of putting money away, especially those who had never saved before. Twenty years later, there are more types available. We look at non-cash ISAs with Mark Polson, Founder of The Lang Cat financial services consultancy. Money Box reporter Dan Whitworth looks into warnings sent to the Financial Conduct Authority years

This week on the Tech Cat Show, we talk with the principals at Butcher Bird Studios, a creative media company who are exploring the trend and opportunities around live streaming! Luis Reyes, Executive Producer and Steven Calcote, Writer/director focus on combining expertise in narrative, branding and design to create solutions for the modern world of multi-platform content. Leveraging state of the art tools, Luis and Steven are exploring all the creative and business opportunities that live

Ali and Harmony share local news about 6 for Good coming in April to Rosedale Center, Calvin Klein ends runway collection, Guest Pam Phillips from Operation Glass Slipper joins the show, and Kim Kardashian's cat suit in Whose Look!

This week on the TechCat Show we'll talk to Josh Miely, Director of Education for the National Association of Broadcasters on what it takes to product weekly content for podcasts and beyond. Audio is the new black and Josh has a ton of experience in creating great audio content as the host and producer of The NAB Podcast and The Radio Show Podcast and can share with us a guide to 'operationalizing' the content around a professional podcast show. He'll take us through tips and tricks as well as the

In today's multiple screen world, content creators have to be nimble! On this week's Tech Cat show, we'll talk with Noam Dromi, who is veteran writer/producer and digital strategist who specializes in cross platform content development works with leading media companies on content. Noam Dromi is the President of Legion of Creatives, a creative incubator and digital studio that targets cord-cutting millennials and underserved audiences. His special power is to look at new tech trends and sort through

This week on the Tech Cat Show we dive into the ecosystem for video on demand and advertising across video platforms with Canoe Venture's Chris Pizzurro. Canoe performs service assurance on ad and promo campaigns into the VOD DAI ecosystem for national TV networks and is owned by Charter, Comcast, and Cox. Chris is Head of Sales and will fill us in on the latest data surrounding consumer's consumption behavior with video and how well television is really doing. We're going to dive into trends

On this week's Tech Cat Show we dig into the exciting world of cryptocurrency with a new twist, crowd mining. We'll chat with Ben and Ava Payne of New School Mining who have created a business that brings the benefits of mining to interested parties without the expense or infrastructure needed. Their New School Mining takes care of the mining for you by providing the equipment you need to more efficiently mine for cryptocurrencies. We'll learn all about how this exciting world works and some

This week on the Tech Cat Show we chat with David Birnbaum who is the Director, UX Design at Immersion Corporation, a company that has been into the field of sensory technology for over 25 years. David has been creating haptic experiences for over 10 years. Haptic technology brings the sense of touch to digital content, creating experiences that are engaging, impactful and ultimately, more real. David will take us through the science and art of bringing more senses to every experience through

This week on the Tech Cat Show we chat with Robert Saracco, President of the EIT Digital Italian Association and Chair of the Symbiotic Autonomous Systems Initiative and an expert on the relationships between machines and artificial intelligence. Can we overcome the differences between humans and machine, natural and artifacts, atoms and digits, real and virtual? Robert will help us understand the opportunities that abound with artificial intelligence and machines as the marriage between technology

This week on the Tech Cat we look at how tech is impacting the music industry with Eric Mayron, Media Technologist. Eric has provided professional level digital audio services to a wide variety of recording studios, artists, producers, engineers, and composers throughout his career. We'll hear from Eric how the latest tech is creating opportunities and challenges in the exciting world of music and what it takes to stay ahead of the game. Tech is changing the world around us, including the music

This week on the Tech Cat Show we do another deep dive on artificial intelligence and how it's impacting the consumer experience. James Briggs, Co CEO and Founder of Ai Collaborators will share with us why he created his company, which focuses on introducing leading Ai startups from around the world to Fortune 500 brands. The ultimate focus of the company is to help connect corporations who are seeking partners to bridge internal resource gaps, solve complex business problems, and drive meaningful

This week on the Tech Cat Show we chat with John du Pre Gauntt, an expert on artificial intelligence and urban life. John will share with us insights from his popular multimedia show, The Augmented City. We'll discuss autonomous vehicles,businesses being impacted by AI. and The Future of the City. He'll also share with us his thoughts on collaborating with LA CoMotion, a yearly event dedicated to new policy and innovation mandates for a more connected, innovative and sustainable urban future. We

On Monday, October 29, The Washington Post hosted a conversation about the upcoming film “A Private War” with lead actress, Rosamund Pike, director, Matthew Heineman and Marie Colvin’s sister, Cat Colvin.

This week on the TechCat Show we chat with Ciaran Hynes, a venture investor and managing partner at COSIMO Ventures, a tech investment firm that helps transform promising disruptive companies into global industry leaders. Ciaran talks to us about Cosimo X which is a tokenized venture capital fund focusing on early stage companies in deep tech industries, such as blockchain, artificial intelligence, AR/VR, IoT and cybersecurity. COSIMO X is disrupting the traditional venture capital investment model

Seven out of 10 American households own a pet, generally a dog or cat. This has created a huge pet care industry and unlimited opportunity for creative, animal loving entrepreneurs. It has also led to an unfortunate side effect little loved animals, particularly cats, wandering our streets. Angela Schifani is Development Director of Cat Haven, a non profit cat rescue organization that was founded in 1999 in response to a community need for comprehensive rescue, foster, and adoption services for cats

This week on the Tech Cat Show we chat with Sterling Hawkins, a leading expert on the intersection of retail innovation and technology. Sterling currently runs innovation for the Center for Advancing Retail & Technology (CART), evaluating over a thousand new retail technology companies every year. We'll chat with Sterling about the latest trends in retail, how consumer behaviors are changing and what's new and hot in tech trends as it relates to the retail category. Shopping will never be the same

This week on the Tech Cat Show we chat with Mark Lieber and Nick Urbom, the co-founders of a new and innovative event, The Infinity Film Festival, launching November 1-4 in 2018 in Beverly Hills. 'IFF' is a new type of event, capturing unique moments in time in the entertainment capital of the world. Programming will have an emerging-technology focus, and bring together creative, business and tech icons from Hollywood, Silicon Valley and Silicon Beach. Mark and Nick will take us through their

On this week's Tech Cat show we wrap up a two part series on creators who are pushing the envelope with storytelling and technology. Bernie Su is a two-time Primetime Emmy award-winning interactive storyteller, creator, and showrunner. He is currently the showrunner of Artificial, the first live audience-interactive science fiction series to debut on Twitch. His previous works include The Lizzie Bennet Diaries, a ground breaking interactive adaptation of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice. The