Hey guys! Welcome to #GrowGetters – the future skills podcast for smart women in business. Whether you’re crushing it in your career, you’re a super side-gigger or a fabulous female founder – we have got you covered!

Today we are hosting our first
exclusive FUTURE TREND episode and I couldn’t think of anyone better to kick off this initiative with than the one and only Mike Butcher.

Mike is the Editor-at-large of TechCrunch, the world’s largest online tech newspaper that covers breaking news and the backstory on the enterprises, people, and products that are revolutionizing the world we live in. 20 million people read Techcrunch every month, so the paper covers major tech news from all corners of the globe.

Mike has been named one of the most influential people in European technology by various newspapers and magazines. He founded The Europas Awards, the non-profit Techfugees, and has advised the UK government on tech startup policy. He was awarded an MBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list in 2016 for his services to technology in the UK and journalism.

As well as being a long-time writer, broadcaster and editor, Mike is also the co-founder of TechHub.com, a successful project to give fast-moving startups an (office) space that aims to bring like-minded people together to help build a thriving tech community in major cities in Europe. To top that off, Mike’s also the co-founder of Coadec.com (the coalition of a digital economy) which is a lobbyist platform designed to help give tech startups and scale-ups a voice in UK politics; the nonprofit TechVets for UK military veterans, and if that wasn’t enough he’s also the co-founder of the UK event series ThePathfounder.com.

Mike has written for UK national newspapers and magazines including The Financial Times, The Guardian, The Times, The Daily Telegraph, and many others. He is a former editor of New Media Age magazine, the leading new media weekly in the UK, and the European edition of The Industry Standard magazine. Mike is a regular commentator on the technology business, appearing on BBC News, Sky News, CNBC, Channel 4, Al Jazeera, and Bloomberg.

In October 2009 he was named one of the Top 50 most influential Britons in technology by The Daily Telegraph. In 2010, 11, 12, 14, and again in 2015, he was in Wired UK’s Top 100 influencer list. He has been listed as one of the Top 100 most influential people on Twitter in the UK. In 2016 British GQ magazine named him one of the 100 Most Connected Men in the UK.

There are so many accolades to note but you get the picture - Mike is just incredible! He is one of the most influential voices in tech worldwide. So if you’re looking to understand what makes the cut (tech news and media-wise) and what tech trends we need to be aware of for the future - then this masterclass is a must-listen!!

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You can follow Mike on Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and via his website https://mikebutcher.me/.

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