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O Captain! NEW Captain! rise up and hear the bells;
Rise up—for you the flag is flung—for you the shanties shrill/ For you they call, the swaying crew, their eager faces turning/NEW Captain! Without delay - Join us at sea today !

(Apply before 30th Sept 2026)

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The Picaroons (contact tom@astrolaboratories.com)

If you are #startup or #scaleup #entrepreneur do join me next week on Thur 16th Apr (2 pm to 4:30 pm) @TheHiveWorcs for my free @BIPCWorcs workshop: The Entrepreneurship 101 guide to starting, scaling and exiting your business. eventbrite.co.uk/e/101-guide-to…

AI is here. Are you ready? I'll be giving a talk about this next Wed 11th March from 6 pm to 7:30 pm in the Malvern Library. Free to attend, with refreshments available from the Book & Cup Café. Register here: eventbrite.co.uk/e/ai-is-here-a…

Over an afternoon cup of tea, our CEO @apburden contemplates the detailed functionality of a new feature for BlockMark Registry that will make managing certificates even better!

This was the last time I was in Malvern - looking forward to returning tonight to talk #ChangeEverything at the Malvern Book Cooperative

This week our CEO @apburden spoke at @BetaDenUK's #AI & #Innovation Forum about using AI tools to help scale a business, highlighting some of the things being tried and tested by us in the certification, compliance, #insuretech & #regtech space.

We’re at the @BetaDenUK forum about #AI innovation this afternoon, where our CEO @apburden will host a panel session with the speakers.

#3 (Stop Trying to Do Everything Yourself) resonates, as #entrepreneurs tend to be control freaks and have no choice in the cash-strapped #startup phase. entrepreneur.com/growing-a-busi…

Frugal tech: The start-ups working on cheap innovation bbc.com/news/articles/…

I enjoyed this. @garyseconomics book is entertaining whilst also shining a revealing light on the banking industry and describing his eventual escape.

Hopefully tech will indeed save us. A good account by @BillGates with plenty of numbers to put it all in (a rather alarming) perspective

@apburden & Nick Tudor CEO D-RisQ chat about autonomous systems and the need to verify that complex software does what it is supposed to do. You can watch on demand by 'pressing play' on the screen in the Festival's virtual auditorium: virtual.festival-innovation.com/?initialSectio…

@apburden & Zöe Webster chat about artificial intelligence (#AI), how it has evolved over the years, and its current / potential impact on businesses and careers. Watch on demand by 'pressing play' on the screen in the Festival's virtual auditorium: virtual.festival-innovation.com/?initialSectio…

@apburden & Roland Renshaw chat about the V-Ex platform and the advantages of virtual events using their 3D rendering technology. You can watch on demand by 'pressing play' on the screen in the Festival's own virtual auditorium: virtual.festival-innovation.com/?initialSectio…

On BlockMark Registry, your organisation profile can advertise your own certification schemes if you issue certificates as well as showcase the certificates you've received. For example, here's ours: registry.blockmarktech.com/organisations/…

Had a fun session in the studio today recording content for @festivalofinnov

Well that was depressing. #ClimateEmergency

Great book launch from @RobertFlint with @novaro_publish

Another excellent book in the @novaro_publish catalogue: Olivier S.E. Courtois highlights seven broad themes that could be hindering how you lead in your business with the right questions to ask to help avoid the pitfalls. novaropublishing.com/product/7dysfu…