Idea Overflow

Dan packed his backpack and travelled 24 hours all the way to Austin, Texas for the annual SXSW (South by South West) festival! With his man bun tightened and beard groomed, he mixed it up with the tech bros and gals of the US... although, the stereotypes aren't exactly true. SXSW comprises tech/interactive, music and film festivals all in one, with 300,000+ people descending every year (30% from outside the US) to one of the growing entreprenuership hubs of the US, within one of the fastes...

04-01

31:52

A special solo ep this week - Dan talks about how Mickey Mouse is the latest to join the public domain, and a business idea that uses AI to create original works on public domain material. Let us know what you think about this type of episode! Help us grow by liking, sharing and commenting, and if you're interested in pursuing any of our ideas, or you already have, reach out to us for a chat. If you're an entrepreneur or in corporate innovation and want some help in idea generation and/or ...

03-25

06:48

Gabbi Ocenasek talks about how COVID distrupted charities like World Youth International, how immersive tech and simulations are helping close the sales gap with prospective sponsors, and how virtual treks and generative AI could take it to the next level. Get in contact with Gabbi: * LinkedIn * Go Beyond Marketing agency * World Youth International * Healthcare Heartbeat program About Gabbi As the Director of GO Beyond Marketing, Gabbi works closely with clients predominantly across th...

03-18

32:28

Gladly co-founders Chris Johnson and Nima Idel tell us why they started Gladly, an app that lets anyone start micro side hustles. The boys have many ideas but we focussed on their ideas of space coffins and a decentralised grid with virtual power plants. (30:00) Idea #1 - Space coffins (37:55) Idea #2 - Decentralised electricity grid and virtual powerplants Get in contact with Chris and Nima: * Chris LinkedIn * Nima LinkedIn * Gladly About Chris Chris has a background in Behavioural Sc...

03-11

44:30

Summer Petrosius shares her journey towards Kindship and AI-powered Barb, including how being diagnosed with autism at age 30 has been both a pro and a con at times. We discuss the $38bn Australian health & disability sector, including how AI could help modernise prevalent paper-based systems, and an AI-powered social story generator to support communication and behaviour regulation, particularly for children. (18:32) Idea #1 - Opportunities in the paper-based health & disability s...

03-04

31:19

Today we’re speaking with Nick Boniciolli, founder and CEO of Optible AI. We touch on his serial-entrepreneur-ness, starting with how his stock trading in university funded his first business, through to his current venture. He also brings two ideas to the table that we build on - a life soundtrack based on brainwave emotion detection, and a lie detector based on facial recognition and senses that detect blood flow changes in the face. And we side-track into thoughts on autonomous vehicles,...

02-26

37:23

Jimmy Smart unpacks the opportunity and complexity of innovating from within large organisations - including his own journey from intrapraneur to entrepreneur - as well as the growing space of Corporate Social Responsibility and Environment, Social, & Governance practices in the corporate landscape. Jimmy then gives us a few business ideas he has tucked away for a rainy day. Get in contact with Jimmy: * LinkedIn * Give Back About Jimmy Jimmy Smart is a passionate innovator and l...

02-19

38:22

We speak with guest Allys Todd about her career in climate impact and how ValAi is helping people fight climate change. We then move into Allys' ideas around moving from a 'unicorn' economy to a 'zebra' economy, and Doconomy, a European fintech company linking everyday transactions with carbon emissions. Get in contact with Allys: * LinkedIn * ValAi About Allys Allys Todd is the cofounder and Chief Executive of Val.Ai. Allys has a Bachelor of Technology, Flinders University. She has had ...

02-12

38:55

Vicky Alexandrou spent 17 years in medical research, along with a several-year stint as a Greek Teacher. And now she's all-in on agricultural technology (AgTech)... what the? We learn how Vicky combined her medical background and passion for innovation to now lead Bio-Optics / Woven Optics, a company that enables wool farmers to know the value of their fleece in real-time, reducing time from about 6 weeks to 1 minute. Having done a PHD and with an intimate knowledge of the way academic rese...

02-05

35:46

This week's episode features special guest Katia Dowling. We talk about longevity in ageing, the huge problem & opportunity in ageing populations, and four business ideas in the longevity space. Get in contact with Katia: LinkedIn Follow Katia on LinkedIn for Friday wrap-ups of all the best news in longevityLumen Longevity About Katia Katia has spent her career helping either people or the planet and more recently, her work in the wellbeing space led her to the realisation tha...

01-29

37:50

Special guest Ruhee Meghani tells us how being a generalist has helped her make unique connections, and how and why she started Allied Collective, an inclusion and wellbeing agency. We then get into the topic of AI + inclusion (15:04) and talk about the inherent biases in AI, what is "right" when there are different political, cultural, religious and other differences, and an idea for a service that audits and scores a company’s datasets on inclusion and ethics before they use it. Get in co...

01-22

37:24

Discover how Anu Ganugapati's journey from burnout to innovation led to StatDoctor - a groundbreaking app connecting hospitals and locum doctors. Anu also dove into his idea journal and pulled out three big ones: * (16:52) smartphone-powered cardiac defibrillator, * (24:21) AI-powered toothbrush that can identify things like diabetes and obesity through oral health in real-time, and * (28:45) 3-pack sports drinks with correct isotonic ratios for pre-, during- and post-game. If you want to g...

01-15

35:00

Ever had a car accident and waited weeks or months for an insurance assessment? Patrick wants to create an intermediary company that does immediate insurance assessments at the time it happens. (9:06) And Dan thinks there needs to be an independent body that can audit the emissions for a company's products, and then allow that company to display a 'carbon comparison' on the product or the shelf label, so that people can make informed choices between like products. Think cost/L or cost/kg, bu...

01-08

21:57

Special guest and serial entrepreneur Gresham Harkless talks about building a suite of software tools for founders and "CEO Unplugged" - "unofficial, official" meetups for founders and investors. Connect with Gresham on LinkedIn or at https://iamgresh.com/ Help us grow by liking, sharing and commenting, and if you're interested in pursuing any of our ideas, or you already have, reach out to us for a chat. If you're an entrepreneur or intrapreneur inside a larger business and want some advi...

01-01

20:43

As we head into 2024, this week we spoke with renowned Adelaide market research Jason Dunstone about some of the big trends he's seeing across his hundreds of clients and research projects. (8:10) Trend #1 - Free At Last (11:22) Trend #2 - Woe Is Me (16:03) Trend #3 - Feedback Fatigue (19:17) Trend #4 - Human Values In An AI World Find out more: * connect with Jason on LinkedIn * visit the Square Holes website * subscribe to the Think! newsletter Help us grow by liking, sharing and comm...