Next Big Thing - with Lauren Ingram

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Satisfy your tech curiosity and learn about what’s coming next, and how it affects you. Lauren Ingram, Founder of Next Big Thing, grills leaders about the latest tech and why it matters, as well as their strategies for success. Whether it’s getting the best out of ChatGPT, going deep on Web3, or making sure AI won’t steal your job, it’s never too late to join our learning journey (and you don’t need to be technical). Next Big Thing is here to make sure that nobody gets left behind, so you won’t just survive but thrive in the next internet. *Previously the Women of Web3 Podcast*

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How to beat the summer slump

Aug 20 2024 9 mins

Are you feeling a bit low on motivation during a slow summer? Got AI overwhelm and want to get back in your groove? In a solo episode from our founder Lauren Ingram, we’ll take you through what to do if you need a bit of a boost! LINKS: Follow Lauren Ingram on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ingramlauren/ Follow Next Big Thing on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company

Why we urgently need more women in AI

Jul 15 2024 12 mins

Only 0.7% of AI funding went to female founders. Yep you read that right...! We need more women at the forefront of AI, whether that's building AI startups, getting funding, joining AI taskforces within their companies, or simply dabbling with ChatGPT to get the best out of it. In a special bonus episode, Next Big Thing founder Lauren Ingram shares why this is now an urgent need -

How creators can thrive using AI, with AI YouTuber & voice expert Mike Russell

Jul 01 2024 34 mins

Mike Russell has pivoted his voiceovers business to embed AI into the offering at Music Radio Creative. And alongside his 338,000 followers on his main YouTube channel, Mike has started a spinoff called Creator Magic all about AI tools for content creation. Lauren talks to Mike about the future of the internet, the impact of AI, and possibly even the end of the world... LINKS: Mik

Why AI literacy is your golden ticket, with AI founder Denzil Eden

Jun 24 2024 33 mins

Denzil Eden engineered an amazing conversational AI tool way before ChatGPT hit the news. Her product Smarty can organise your calendar with just a few words, and plays the role of your personal assistant. Denzil has degrees in computer science & AI from MIT, and an MBA from Harvard, but found that the market wasn’t ready for her advanced product for a long time - and that pi

The zero bulls**t guide to AI for agencies, with Kate Ross

Jun 17 2024 35 mins

Kate Ross has pivoted her digital agency of the last 15 years, called eight&four, to offer its own suite of AI tools because she was frustrated by the limitations of just using ChatGPT. She shares the agency’s successes and the misses in building bespoke AI solutions, such as a tone of voice tool that a large travel brand now lets every employee use. Kate also gives us some g

What actually is reality? Metaverse professor Samantha G. Wolfe breaks down VR, AR, XR and how we construct reality

Jun 11 2024 25 mins

Samantha G. Wolfe is one of the leading voices in the metaverse space - she is an adjunct professor at NYU's Steinhardt School teaching courses including ‘The Business of the Metaverse, and 'Avatars and Virtual Humans’, and she’s authored two books including ‘Metaversed: See Beyond The Hype’. We cover AI-generated influencers, using tech for good or evil, and - in

How to grow your influence in the emerging tech era using LinkedIn, with Lea Turner (168k followers)

Jun 03 2024 34 mins

Lea Turner grew her LinkedIn following phenomenally fast in late 2019 - so when covid hit in 2020, she pivoted her business and started offering LinkedIn training. Now with 168k followers on LinkedIn and a sold-out membership community for small businesses, Lea is the perfect person to tell us how to stand out in the AI era when there’s a ton of noise out there. We cover: Why n

Ex-Nike exec turned digital fashion founder Leanne Elliott Young

May 27 2024 31 mins

Leanne Elliott Young knows how to capture the zeitgeist, whether at Nike in their highly secretive Rm72 team and collaborating with Virgil Abloh, or now at the helm of the Institute of Digital Fashion (IoDF), as a cofounding team of self-professed “architects of a new digital culture”. Leanne talks through her career, having been approached to join Nike not long after graduatin

What’s the Next Big Thing podcast? Let’s help you thrive in the next internet.

May 21 2024 1 mins

You don’t need 50 new AI tools, you just need a few that you know how to use really well. So if the constant tech changes are leaving you with FOMO, we’ve got you covered. Host Lauren Ingram, former women's lead for Meta, interviews leaders about the latest tech and why it matters. Next Big Thing is here to help you not just survive, but thrive in the next internet. Follo

Daniel Priestley: How to scale an AI business or build a community in 2024

May 20 2024 60 mins

The interview that changed everything! Daniel Priestley is a serial entrepreneur, angel investor and the author of multiple bestselling books including Key Person of Influence, and Oversubscribed. In this episode Daniel gives step-by-step advice to host Lauren Ingram on how to grow her Women of Web3 business and community - advice that we have now implemented, by launching Next Bi