Stackla is a global company with dozens of employees and offices in the US and UK. Many of their clients are household names: McDonald's, Nintendo, Toyota and Sony just to name a few.

Hone has 13 full-time team members and a small team of casuals that come and go with big projects, with customers all around the world and right now they’re scaling up manufacturing of their device which will enter its first large runs this year in 2021.

Deckee is a free mobile app designed to provide up to date information to people out on the water when boating, fishing or sailing in order to keep them safe. Deckee is approaching a million dollars raised through investors and is officially endorsed by three state governments in Australia.

Social Pinpoint is a software-as-a-service platform aimed at the community engagement space. Most of its clients are councils and large infrastructure projects that needed to create a place for the community to collaborate with them.

Coassemble is a service that helps businesses create their own interactive online courses which can be used to educate their teams or their customers. They are a global company with staff in Denver, Wisconsin, LA, Canada, and Newcastle. They are backed by venture capital, and their latest series A raise was four and a half million dollars.

The goal of this episode is to understand what innovation is and take a brief look at where Newcastle has come from and where it’s heading.