Tash Talks TV
Tash Talks TV
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Tash Talks TV brings you inside the minds of female brand founders and the leaders of the UK’s fastest-growing e-commerce tech companies. Hosted by Tash Courtenay-Smith – serial entrepreneur, investor, NED and fractional Head of Growth – each episode dives into the strategies, challenges, and breakthroughs that have shaped the futures of some of the UK's leading founders. Whether you’re a founder, investor, tech lover or you just love hearing the growth stories behind top brands, this is the podcast for you.
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The show focuses on entrepreneurship, personal journeys, and e-commerce strategies, with episodes covering topics such as recruitment challenges in e-commerce, the importance of community in brand building, Bootstrapping vs. fundraising experiences, and the impact of personal motivations on business creation.
Tash Insights brings you inside the minds of female brand founders and the leaders of the UK’s fastest-growing e-commerce tech companies.
Hosted by Tash Courtenay-Smith – serial entrepreneur, investor, NED and fractional Head of Growth – each episode dives into the strategies, challenges, and breakthroughs that have shaped the futures of some of the UK’s leading founders.
Whether you’re a founder, investor, tech lover or you just love hearing the growth stories behind top brands, this is the podcast for you.
Tash Insights presents a live session from CEW Future Beauty Summit 2026, hosted by Tash Courtenay-Smith in partnership with CEW, Google, Amazon and Tash Partners.
In this session, host Tom Marco-Norel of Superco is joined by Matt Brindley of Yotpo and Emily Bloomberg of Medik8 for a practical conversation on what AI really means for beauty e-commerce.
Customers are already asking AI what to buy. The challenge for brands is making sure they can be found, understood and recommended when those searches happen. The panel looks at what “AI-ready” actually means, from clean product data and syndicated content to reviews, UGC, customer service and the rise of agentic commerce.
Emily shares how Medik8 is balancing automation with human care, using AI to reduce low-lift queries while keeping the team focused on more meaningful customer conversations. Matt explains why AI-readiness starts with your existing tech stack, structured data and internal competence, rather than simply adding another tool.
You’ll hear:
- What “AI-ready” means for beauty brands
- Why clean, syndicated data is becoming essential
- How Reddit, YouTube and Wikipedia are influencing discoverability
- What agentic commerce means for ChatGPT, Gemini and future checkout journeys
- How Medik8 is balancing AI automation with human customer care
- Why reviews and UGC now shape conversion, visibility and product development
- How translation and personalisation can become immediate AI use cases
- Where beauty brands should focus over the next 12 to 18 months
- Why one internal AI champion can be more effective than disconnected tool adoption across teams
This is a practical listen for beauty founders, e-commerce leaders and marketers preparing for the next phase of AI-driven shopping.
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