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5 Pricing Lessons for Founders from Madhavan Ramanujam

Madhavan Ramanujam shares 5 pricing lessons for founders, from willingness to pay and AI pricing to POCs, MVPs, and monetization.

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Why Most AI Pilots Never Scale Into Real Business Value

Jennifer Charbonneau shares 5 lessons on transformation, AI adoption, trust, risk, and change management for leaders driving innovation.

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AI Is Changing Executive Hiring. What Humans Still Do Better

Learn 5 executive hiring lessons for founders, from assessing leaders beyond the résumé to building a team that can scale and using AI effectively.

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The AI Hype Tax: Why Most AI Demos Fail in the Real World

Andrew Brooks explains the AI hype tax, why AI demos fail in production, and how leaders can build AI systems that create real business value.

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How Frontier Tech Gets Funded Before It Becomes a Startup

Emmanuel Vallod of Hivemind Capital explains how frontier tech moves from research to commercialization, why traditional VC often enters too late

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How Public R&D Powers AI & Breakthrough Innovation with Arati Prabhakar

Arati Prabhakar explains how DARPA, public R&D & decades of research helped create AI, GPS, self-driving cars, mRNA vaccines & breakthrough technologies.

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AI Startups, Capital Efficiency, & the Future of VC with Dave Lambert

Discover five lessons from investor Dave Lambert on AI startups, capital efficiency, venture funding, profitability, and building defensible companies.

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How to Move AI From Pilot to Production in 90 Days with Ingrid Curtis

Sparq CEO Ingrid Curtis shares 5 practical lessons for moving AI pilots into production, choosing the right problems & creating measurable business value

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Why Vertical AI and Quantum Software Are the Next Big Bets

Explore five lessons on vertical AI, enterprise adoption, quantum software, venture capital, and how emerging technology markets create real business value

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Why Managers Must Become Entrepreneurs in the Age of AI | Geoff McQueen on the Future of Business

Geoff McQueen, CEO of WorkSights AI, discusses AI for business, organizational intelligence, better decision-making, and the future of management.

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Shark Tank Investor Matt Higgins on Founder Resilience, Risk, and Innovation

Matt Higgins shares five lessons on founder resilience, burning the boats, venture capital, drones, West Palm Beach, and building through uncertainty.

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How to Build an Incorruptible Company With Eric Ries’s New Playbook

In this episode, Eric Ries shares 5 key lessons on mission drift, governance, shareholder pressure, and how founders can build incorruptible companies.

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How to Create a New Market Category with Kevin Maney

Kevin Maney shares how founders and innovation leaders can create new market categories, win dominant design, and build companies that shape the future.

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How to Lead Through Change and Uncertainty with John Michael Schert

John Michael Schert shares lessons on adaptive leadership, uncertainty, and organizational change for founders, operators & innovation leaders.

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How to Use AI to Build Better Thinkers, Teams, & Companies with Vivienne Ming

Vivienne Ming shares 5 practical lessons on AI, innovation, leadership, failure, and how to build teams that think better in an uncertain future.

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How to Build Trustworthy AI in Production | Wendy Gonzalez on Data Quality, Human-in-the-Loop, and AI at Scale

Takeaways from Wendy Gonzalez, CEO of Sama, on building trustworthy AI, human-in-the-loop systems, responsible AI practices & leadership clarity

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How AI Is Helping Local Governments Unlock Billions in Funding with Dhruv C. Patel

5 Key Takeaways from Dhruv C. Patel on AI, GovTech, and the Future of Local Government Funding

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Responsible Innovation: Open Banking, AI, and Building Tech That Serves People First with Dr. Hisham Alasad

Learn 5 lessons from Dr. Hisham Alasad on open banking, open finance, AI agents, & a responsible innovation framework for founders and innovation leaders.

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Disrupt or Be Disrupted: Jim Stallings on AI and Leading Change

Learn the 5 biggest lessons on leadership, innovation, and AI from Jim Stallings, Founder and CEO of PS27 Ventures, on Innovators Inside Podcast.

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Why Most AI & App Startups Fail & How to Build Products People Actually Use

Learn the five biggest lessons from Ghazenfer Mansoor on how to build AI and software products people actually use, not just download.

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Why Most Corporate Startup Partnerships Fail And How Founders Can Think Big From Day One

Discover lessons from Noga Tal on thinking big early, building global startups, avoiding failed corporate partnerships, & navigating AI driven innovation.

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How Amazon’s Innovation Framework Can Transform Your Startup

The Takeaways from Marcelo Calbucci on how Amazon’s PR FAQ framework drives faster iteration stronger decision making & better innovation for leaders.

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How to Turn Information Overload into Signal with Syncro Founder Yunsu Tang

Yunsu Tang shares lessons about imposter syndrome, navigating uncertainty, understanding users deeply, & building technology that elevates decision making.

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Why High Achievers Burn Out and How Conscious Leaders Break Through

Lessons from Dr. Sharon Spano on how high achievers move beyond burnout, deepen self-awareness, & unlock innovation. A must-read for founders & executives.

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How the JOBS Act and Investment Crowdfunding Sparked the Rise of the Customer-Investor

Discover how the JOBS Act and investment crowdfunding empowered customer-investors, democratized capital, and reshaped startup funding with Sherwood Neiss.

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The Curbside EV Shift: How It’s Electric Scales City Charging Fast

Discover how It’s Electric founder Tiya Gordon is transforming urban EV charging with simple, scalable infrastructure.

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The Subversive Go-to-Market: Why Legitimacy Beats Features

According to Alistair Croll's Just Evil Enough, innovators can succeed in the attention economy by employing subversion and creative tactics.

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The Plan to Reimagine Entrepreneurship in America

Discover how Maura O’Neill, founder of The Decade Project & former CIO at USAID, is redefining entrepreneurship to reflect America’s true diversity.

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How to Build, Scale, and Safely Deploy AI in Business

Discover 5 essential lessons from KUNGFU.AI CTO Ron Green on building, scaling, and safely deploying AI to drive real business ROI in 2025 and beyond.

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The Hard Truths of Commercializing Deep Tech

Hassan Jaferi shares lessons on turning academic research into thriving startups from nailing problem statements to knowing when to raise venture capital

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The Leadership Problem at the Heart of Innovation

Robyn shares why innovation isn’t an idea problem but a leadership one & how the ABCs: Architecture, Behavior & Culture can transform corporate innovation

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The Big Bet Playbook for the Hyper‑Digital Era

Former Amazon leader John Rossman shares takeaways from his Big Bet Leadership framework, revealing how leaders can avoid innovation pitfalls & thrive.

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How to Identify the Right Problem, Build the Right Product, & Win Customers

Discover how Salt Security’s founders validated a new market, scaled fast, and won enterprise clients. Learn five key takeaways from their journey.

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How to Build and Scale Startups Within Big Organizations

Discover the top 5 lessons from Matt Brady on building corporate venture studios, setting expectations, & navigating enterprise innovation.

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How Human Connection Drives Innovation in the AI-Powered Hybrid Workplace

In this episode, Ian chats with Ciara Peter to explore how AI is reshaping the workplace, and why human connection remains the ultimate competitive edge.

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How Continuous Learning and Responsible Risk Drive Real-World Innovation

Discover insights from Celia Wanderley on continuous learning, innovation portfolios, AI governance, and responsible risk-taking for practical innovation.

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The Hidden Cybersecurity Crisis of Non-Human Identities

Why non-human identities are the next major cybersecurity threat, and how startups can outpace legacy players.

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How Moody’s Turns Customer Insight into Breakthrough Innovation

Discover five actionable innovation lessons from Conrad Wade, as we discuss customer‑first discovery, AI culture & more.

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Victor Mulas on Building Global Innovation Ecosystems

Chief Innovation Officer Victor Mulas reveals his “Panini Effect” for pushing bold ideas through bureaucracy on the AlchemistX Innovators Inside Podcast.

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Mastering Entrepreneurship through Accountability, Vision, and Resilience

Uncover the secrets behind hacking luck in both the startup and corporate worlds.

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The Future-Proof Playbook: How AI is Reshaping Innovation

The conversation covers topics from the rapid pace of technological change to the cultural shifts required to harness AI’s full potential.

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New Horizons: The Intersection of Tech, Logistics, and Community in Memphis

Nathaniel illustrates how Memphis is evolving into a tech-driven innovation hub.

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How Data and Cloud-Native Strategies are Redefining Enterprise AI

Manas shares his journey from building middleware and pioneering distributed systems to leading innovative projects at companies like Labelbox.

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The Future of Networking in the Cloud: A Conversation with Amir Khan

Amir explains how his company is rethinking networking as a service using cloud infrastructure.

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The Impact Equation: How Innovation and Finance Empower Smallholder Farmers

Explore how impact-driven innovation is reshaping industries—especially in agriculture.

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How AI is Redefining Intellectual Property and Corporate Innovation with Paul Reinitz

Hear about balancing innovation with emerging regulatory frameworks, the importance of transparency and strategic partnerships with rights holders.

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Five Practical Strategies for Navigating the “Wall of No”: Natalie Neelan’s Insights for Corporate Innovators

Natalie shares her journey from sales to shaping corporate innovation, offering insights for those looking to drive change within an organization.

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The Ten Commandments of Corporate Innovation and Driving Purpose-Led Growth with Moisés Noreña

Moisés shares his unconventional journey—from architecture and computer science to leading transformative corporate innovation.

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How Technology Transforms Retail Innovation with Sam Vise

Sam shares his journey to developing a cutting-edge retail intelligence platform utilizing RFID & AI to enhance the shopping experience.

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The Art and Science of Experience Design with Joseph Banh

Joseph's journey has shaped his unique perspective on blending storytelling, sensory design, and technology to connect with people on a deeper level.

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How Synthetic Environments Are Shaping Future Decisions with Myrna Bittner

Myrna discusses her company's innovative approach to synthetic environments, which extends beyond traditional digital twins...

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Problem-Solving in Corporate Innovation: Navigating Risks and Building Strategic Partnerships with Eren Hukumdar

Myrna discusses her company's innovative approach to synthetic environments, which extends beyond traditional digital twins...

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The Battle Against Communication Fraud: Inside YouMail's Strategy with Alex Quilici

Alex outlines the importance of adaptive business strategies in response to technological advancements and consumer feedback.

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The Power of Global Innovation and Cross-Cultural Leadership with Gigi Wang

Gigi explores universal challenges and opportunities in corporate innovation, particularly when merging corporate structures with startup agility.

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How to Simplify for Success: Lessons in Innovation and Time Management with Lisa Bodell

Ian and Lisa explore the critical role of subtraction in driving innovation.

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Transforming Legacy Industries with Deep Tech and Space Innovation with Denis Kalyshkin

Tune in to hear Denis’ thoughts on fostering innovation in traditionally slow-moving industries and how startups can disrupt the norm to craft the future.

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How Grapevine is Revolutionizing Healthcare Supply Chains with Luká Yancopoulos

Luká shares the compelling origin story of Grapevine, inspired by the urgent supply chain failures witnessed during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Driving Innovation: From Corporate to Startup with Rebecca Clyde

Rebecca shares her journey from a corporate background to the helm of a startup.

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Future of AI in Business: A Deep Dive with Alexander Bergo

Alex shares insights from his experiences fostering sustainable development through innovation.

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Transforming Home Healthcare: Chenny Xia's Mission-Driven Journey with Gotcare

Discover how Chenny transformed her design-thinking background into a powerful mission, revolutionizing home care across Canada.

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Strategic Growth and Financial Insights for Startups with Rita Kim

Rita shares her professional journey through the financial sector, reflecting on key lessons that underscore the importance of extensive planning.

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Empowering Startups: The Financial Modeling Revolution with Logan Burchett, Co-Founder at Forecastr

Logan shares insights on financial planning, the significance of facing the worst-case scenario, and how embracing calculated risks can lead to success.

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Mastering the Art of Storytelling in Tech and Innovation with Matthew Woodget

In this episode, Ian and Matthew delve into the significance of incorporating play and experimentation into our professional lives.

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The Future of Transportation with TransPod’s CEO Sebastien Gendron

In this episode Ian chats with Sebastien Gendron who shares his journey from the aerospace sector to pioneering the development of TransPod.

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The Intersection of Innovation and Sustainability with Alina Adams

In this episode, Ian Bergman chats with Alina Adams about her journey from physics and engineering into the world of startups.

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Bridging Gaps in Health and Wealth with Sydney Thomas

In this episode, Ian Bergman engages with Sydney Thomas, founder at Symphonic Capital, exploring the impact of venture capital on society.

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Empathy and Empowerment: Driving Innovation with Natalie Born

In this episode, Ian Bergman welcomes Natalie Born, a principal consultant at Arch + Tower, to discuss the nuances of innovation in corporate settings.

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From Wall Street to the Forefront of Venture Capital with Brian Bell

In this episode, Ian Bergman sits down with Brian Bell, managing partner at Team Ignite Ventures.

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Mastering Go-to-Market Strategies with Peter Giordano

In this episode, Ian Bergman welcomes Peter Giordano, a go-to-market strategy expert with over 30 years of experience in the tech industry.

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Driving Change and Breaking Barriers with Amali de Alwis

This episode traverses through Amali's diverse career path, leading her to discover her true passion in the principles behind design and research.

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Startup Compliance with Sam Li

This episode delves deep into the world of compliance for startups, unpacking the complexities and challenges that new tech companies face.

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Navigating the Paradox of Innovation with Robyn Bolton

This episode encapsulates complex dynamics of blending startups into larger corporate ecosystems, highlighting successes and inevitable challenges.

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The Power of Dissatisfaction and Navigating Uncharted Routes to Innovation with Christy Canida

This episode encapsulates complex dynamics of blending startups into larger corporate ecosystems, highlighting successes and inevitable challenges.

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Redefining Boundaries: From Startups to Love in a Digital Age with Bianca Praetorius

In this episode, host Ian Bergman interviews multifaceted Bianca Praetorius, one of Europe's most esteemed Startup Pitch Coaches.

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The Future of Air Travel: Crafting Seamless Journeys with David Luong

In this episode, Ian Bergman sits down with the dynamic David Luong, the Innovation Hub Leader at Qatar Airways. David offers a deep dive into the airport's relentless pursuit of innovation to enhance the traveler's experience.

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AI at the Edge: Navigating the Paradox of Progress with Kostas Hatalis

This episode promises a whirlwind tour of the AI landscape, examining its transformative potential and delving into the nuances between academic AI theories and real-world applications.

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Journey of Evolution: JD Rico on Self-Determination, Creativity, and Pioneering Vox QI

he episode casts a spotlight on JD Rico, the entrepreneurial mind behind Vox QI, an AI-driven content marketing platform.

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Kid-Drop: The Startup Dragon's Den Couldn't Resist!

In this episode, Ian Bergman delves into Julieta Miranda's journey from El Salvador to launching her revolutionary startup, Kid Drop.

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The Intersection of Innovation and Design

Ian Bergman dives deep into a fascinating discussion with Mike Gadsby, Chief Innovation Officer at O3 World in the latest episode of Innovators Inside.

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Igniting Innovation in Automotive Technology with Jeffrey Diwakar

Host Ian Bergman engages in an insightful conversation with Jeffrey Diwakar, a seasoned innovator and leader in the corporate world.

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E. 40 - Aleksandr Kravchenko: United by an Idea

Alex is Deputy Product Officer at EOS Data Analytics, an incredible geospatial data startup that was a recent participant in the AWS Space Accelerator.

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E.39 - Amanda Goltz: I Volunteer

Amanda is the US lead for the worldwide public sector healthcare, venture capital, and startups at Amazon Web Services (AWS).

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E.38 - Angela Lim: Founder Market Fit

Dr. Angela Lim is a serial health tech entrepreneur focused on innovative solutions and a former pediatric doctor at Auckland Hospital. She is the CEO and cofounder of Clearhead, a digital mental health company with a strong social mission to improve access to personalized care for everyone and empower them to maintain their well-being. Clearhead was one of the stars of the Community Safety and Wellness Accelerator, which is operated by AlchemistX in partnership with Alberta Innovates and the Edmonton Police Foundation.

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E.37 - Carolyn O'Hare: Organic Growth

Carolyn O'Hare is the co-founder and COO at Tiny Organics, a nutrition company focused on shaping baby and toddler palates to prefer vegetables.

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E.36 - Don Cox: The Risk Lens

Don has been a special agent for the US Secret Service and an IT program director for the US Department of State. Most recently, he has was chief information officer for Nova Corporation, a Navajo Nation-owned firm that provides IT to federal agencies, and for the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.The AXII podcast is a series of interviews with thought leaders and high achievers in corporate innovation. Through intimate conversations with host Rachel Chalmers, we explore what makes corporate innovation so challenging. Chalmers draws on her years of experience as a corporate innovator, institutional investor and industry analyst. Her guests range from established stars to the most exciting up-and-comers. AXII is a must-listen for anyone trying to instill a culture of curiosity into a large corporation.

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E.35 - Latrice Barnett: Rock Star

Latrice was a senior director and regional vice president for Partner Marketing Field Distribution at Salesforce. She has a degree in comparative literature from UC Berkeley, and she's an accomplished vocalist whose excellent 2006 album Illuminate is available on your favorite streaming service.The AXII podcast is a series of interviews with thought leaders and high achievers in corporate innovation. Through intimate conversations with host Rachel Chalmers, we explore what makes corporate innovation so challenging. Chalmers draws on her years of experience as a corporate innovator, institutional investor and industry analyst. Her guests range from established stars to the most exciting up-and-comers. AXII is a must-listen for anyone trying to instill a culture of curiosity into a large corporation.

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E.34 - Michael Ellison: Leverage

Michael is the co-founder and CEO of CodePath, a 503 nonprofit transforming computer science education for underrepresented minorities at over 50 colleges and universities. Working closely with major technology companies such as Cognizant, Microsoft, and Facebook, CodePath.org is changing what's being taught and how it's being taught in CS programs nationwide. The AXII podcast is a series of interviews with thought leaders and high achievers in corporate innovation. Through intimate conversations with host Rachel Chalmers, we explore what makes corporate innovation so challenging. Chalmers draws on her years of experience as a corporate innovator, institutional investor and industry analyst. Her guests range from established stars to the most exciting up-and-comers. AXII is a must-listen for anyone trying to instill a culture of curiosity into a large corporation.

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E. 33: Demetria McNeal: Professional Agility

Dr. Demetria McNeal is Assistant Professor of Medicine at the University of Colorado. She has an MBA from the New York Institute of Technology, a PhD in communications from the University of Georgia, and focuses on helping healthcare professionals and leadership teams develop and implement adaptive, sustainable strategies that produce results addressing inequities in care delivery. The AXII podcast is a series of interviews with thought leaders and high achievers in corporate innovation. Through intimate conversations with host Rachel Chalmers, we explore what makes corporate innovation so challenging. Chalmers draws on her years of experience as a corporate innovator, institutional investor and industry analyst. Her guests range from established stars to the most exciting up-and-comers. AXII is a must-listen for anyone trying to instill a culture of curiosity into a large corporation.

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E.32 - Jennifer Kim: Roller Coaster

Jennifer worked at Lever, the groundbreaking recruiting software company where she held every role from strategy to product to customer success to chief of staff. After leaving Lever, Jennifer founded Startup Recruiting Bootcamp, which aims to revolutionize how tech companies hire. She's also a prolific startup advisor and writer on tech culture.The AXII podcast is a series of interviews with thought leaders and high achievers in corporate innovation. Through intimate conversations with host Rachel Chalmers, we explore what makes corporate innovation so challenging. Chalmers draws on her years of experience as a corporate innovator, institutional investor and industry analyst. Her guests range from established stars to the most exciting up-and-comers. AXII is a must-listen for anyone trying to instill a culture of curiosity into a large corporation.

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E.31 - Michael Moreno: The Tech Frontier

Michael Moreno is the Business Development Manager for VCs and Startups at a little bookstore I.T. shop up in Seattle called Amazon Web Services. He is also a former CIA Officer with an MBA from UC Berkeley. He is a prolific advisor to start-ups and a venture partner with NextGen.The AXII podcast is a series of interviews with thought leaders and high achievers in corporate innovation. Through intimate conversations with host Rachel Chalmers, we explore what makes corporate innovation so challenging. Chalmers draws on her years of experience as a corporate innovator, institutional investor and industry analyst. Her guests range from established stars to the most exciting up-and-comers. AXII is a must-listen for anyone trying to instill a culture of curiosity into a large corporation.

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E. 30 - Peter Bae: Young at Heart

Peter is the new Executive Director for the Korea Innovation Center (KIC) Silicon Valley Support Startups, launching their products and services in North America through acceleration programs, industry expertise, and capital networks. Peter is a four-time founder of startup, sand a prolific advisor to any investor in startups. The AXII podcast is a series of interviews with thought leaders and high achievers in corporate innovation. Through intimate conversations with host Rachel Chalmers, we explore what makes corporate innovation so challenging. Chalmers draws on her years of experience as a corporate innovator, institutional investor and industry analyst. Her guests range from established stars to the most exciting up-and-comers. AXII is a must-listen for anyone trying to instill a culture of curiosity into a large corporation.

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E.29 - Tiffany To: Collaboration Compass

With a passion for building category-creating companies, Tiffany heads product for Atlassian's market-leading Agile & DevOps solutions to help 200K+ customers bring digital products and services to life. Having launched 4 startups, Tiffany loves bringing her in-the-trenches operator experience to help the next wave of breakout startups as an advisor and angel investor.The AXII podcast is a series of interviews with thought leaders and high achievers in corporate innovation. Through intimate conversations with host Rachel Chalmers, we explore what makes corporate innovation so challenging. Chalmers draws on her years of experience as a corporate innovator, institutional investor and industry analyst. Her guests range from established stars to the most exciting up-and-comers. AXII is a must-listen for anyone trying to instill a culture of curiosity into a large corporation.

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E.28 - Neha Sampat: Software Sommelier

Neha Is Founder and CEO at Contentstack, a leading content management system and content experience platform adopted by brands including Best Buy, Chase, Holiday Inn, Iceland Air, Morningstar, Miami Heat, Shell and Walmart. She’s also the host of the podcast, Dreammakers with Neha Sampat, featuring conversations with trailblazing women who pursue profit and purpose.

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E.27 - Ashif Mawji: Community Wellness

Ashif is a serial entrepreneur who strives for efficiency in everything he is involved with. He's a venture partner with Rising Tide, a venture capital firm investing primarily in the information technology and healthcare life sciences markets. He sits on the boards of the Telus Friendly Future Foundation, Invest Alberta, the Edmonton Police Service Foundation, and Hockey Canada Foundation.

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E.26 - Noriya Tarutani: Bucket List

Noriya is the executive director of the Japanese External Trade Organization in San Francisco. With 15 years of experience in international business and new market strategy, Noriya has helped more than 500 Japanese companies to expand their business all over the world. Noriya has deep domain expertise across artificial intelligence and deep learning to name a few.

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E.25 - Corey Quinn: Personality Problems

Corey is really smart and professionally funny. He's the chief cloud economist for Duckbill Group, a consulting firm that helps companies fix their horrifying Amazon Web Services bill. This is accompanied by his newsletter, Last Week in AWS and his podcast, Screaming in the Cloud.

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E.24 - Adam Odessky: Riding a Lion

Adam is the founder and CEO of Sensely and a graduate of Alchemist Accelerator. Before Sensely, he spent three years at Orange Silicon Valley, and came from a leading product management role at Microsoft's TellMe Networks and Oracle. He has an MBA from the University of San Francisco and a computer science degree from Urbana-Champaign, home of the Mosaic browser.

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E.23 - Diana Joseph: Learning Sciences

Diana is the CEO of the Corporate Accelerator Forum, a veteran of Citrix Systems and Adobe, and has studied at Stanford and Northwestern. As a former high-tech innovation director with a doctorate in learning sciences, she brings together techniques from motivational psychology, education, design, thinking, and lean startup.

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E.22 - Brad Henrickson: Digging Deep

Brad's a leadership coach and the co-organizer of the San Francisco CTO Club. He's the former CTO of Scoop Technologies and VP of Engineering at Earnest. Brad co-founded two startups of his own, Shotwell Products and Zoosk. He has a computer science degree from the University of Washington and spent six years at Microsoft.

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E.21 - Ian Bergman: Ahead of the Curve

Ian is a startup advisor and investor. He's recently a 14 year veteran of Microsoft, working in partner channel strategy, hardware planning and engineering, and Azure Cloud. He went on to be the Global Managing Director of Microsoft for startups. Ian co-founded the political news site Raw Story. He has an MBA from the University of Washington and a BA in politics and French from Oberlin College.

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E.20 - Veronica Siranosian: Urban Movement

Veronica is a vice president in the AECOM Digital and Innovation Group, advancing digital delivery and innovation in infrastructure planning, design and delivery. With a background in public and private sector transportation and land use planning, Veronica works with public agencies and private clients to understand, proactively plan for, and realize the future of infrastructure.

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E.19 - Jacob Laporte: Future Medicine

Jacob LaPorte, PhD, is the Co-Founder & Global Head of The Novartis Biome at Novartis Pharmaceutical Corporation. Previously he founded Snapdragon Chemistry with luminaries in the field of flow chemistry. And he is a former Harvard chemist and McKinsey & Company consultant who is passionate about leading digital transformations to improve. So wonderful to have him on the show!The AXII podcast is a series of interviews with thought leaders and high achievers in corporate innovation. Through intimate conversations with host Rachel Chalmers, we explore what makes corporate innovation so challenging. Chalmers draws on her years of experience as a corporate innovator, institutional investor and industry analyst. Her guests range from established stars to the most exciting up-and-comers. AXII is a must-listen for anyone trying to instill a culture of curiosity into a large corporation.

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E.18 - Tiffani Alvidrez: Riding a Unicorn

Tiffini joined Instacart as its Public Policy Manager after a dazzling career in government that began in the California state legislature as Chief of Staff to the California State Senate to Holly J. Mitchell. She also served as policy analyst to the California Department of Transportation and Drug and Alcohol Programs and special assisted in the California governor's office.

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E.17 - Andi Mann: The Innovation Mix

Andi was an analyst at Enterprise Management Associates and went on to be a VP in the office of the CTO at CA Technologies, where he was responsible for product strategy and marketing. From there, he went to a spectacular term at Splunk as CTO of Dev Ops which lead to now where he is Chief Technology Officer at Qumu.

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E.16 - Mark Pesce: Next Billion Seconds

Mark is the host of the award-winning podcast The Next Billion Seconds, a columnist for The Register & the co-inventor of VRML. He's also the author of six books and was an entrepreneur in residence at Incubate Sydney University. He founded postgraduate programs in Digital and Emerging Media at the University of Southern California and the Australian Film, Television, and Radio School.

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E.15 - Mayra Ceja: Ender's Game

Mayra is currently head of Business Development and Partnerships for HubSpot and podcast host of Venture Unplugged. She received her MBA from Wharton and her BA from Princeton, where she spent nine years as president of the Princeton Entrepreneurs Network and led 21 Investments for Princeton University's first seed fund.

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E.14 - Fernanda Bordin: Smart and Sustainable

Fernanda is the Senior Manager for Innovation at Gerdau Next. The new business arm of Gerdau, the largest producer of long steel in Latin America. Before coming to Gerdau, Fernanda worked with open Innovation and data analytics at NASA via the laboratory of Innovation Science at Harvard and managed the business incubation program at Mercedes-Benz R&D North America.

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E.13: Jez Humble: Continuous Innovation

Jez works in Site Reliability Engineering at Google and teaches at UC Berkeley. He previously co-founded the amazingly influential DevOps Research and Assessment, DORA. And co-conducted the annual State of DevOps Report. Before that was stints at 18F, the legendary Obama-era federal agency that modernized several digital services and thought works.

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E.12 - Shige Ihara: Win-Win Situation

Shigeto is the president and CEO of NEC X launched in 2018 by NEC Corp, formerly Nippon Electric Company. NEC X is a Palo Alto-based business incubator that fast-tracks technologies and business ideas selected from inside and outside NEC. Not only is AlchemistX working with them on their current accelerator batch, but we got Shige on our show!

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E.11 - Kathy Chill: Tactics and Chill

Kathy is a business development powerhouse who spent over 10 years at Citrix. Her distinguished career was then made more prominent when she went on to found the awesomely named, Chill Strategic Partners, where she helps companies around the world accelerate time to market. What a privilege to have someone of her caliber and kindness on the show.

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E.10 - Laura Merling: Driving the Future

Laura is the Digital Transformation Officer Automotive for Google. Before joining Google, she was Managing Director and Chief Digital Officer for Slalom, served as Chief Digital Officer for Collins Aerospace, and Vice President, Digital Products for Ford and AT&T.

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E.09 - Jesper Frederiksen: Window To Innovation

Jesper Fredrickson was president of research and development for Danaher. Since then Jesper has served as Chief Innovation Officer at Banfield Pet Hospital, at Mars company, and then at Mars Veterinary health care. Today he is VP and Digital Executive for Velux, a Danish manufacturing company. Jesper attended INSEAD at the Syed School of Business at the University of Oxford.

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E.08 - Alan Boehme: Next Stop, Space!

For about a dozen years corporate Innovation in Silicon Valley has been synonymous Alan Boehme. From stints at DHL and General Electric, he moved to ING where he and Rachel first met. Alan went on to a spectacular career at Coca-Cola rising to become Global CTO, Chief Innovation Officer and Head of Enterprise Architecture. Today, he’s CTO for H&M.

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E.07 - Cindy Alvarez: Discovering Customers

Cindy is the author of Lean Customer Development and the Director of Customer Research for GitHub where she works to understand what helps developers collaborate to build effective solutions and drive change within their organizations. She came to GitHub and Microsoft from Yammer where she was Director of User Experience. And today, she's on our show!

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E.06 - Sam Ramji: Seeds of Change

Sam's currently the Chief Strategy Officer for DataStax. He's been instrumental in creating two, billion dollar markets. The Enterprise Service Bus during his time at BA systems and API management at Apigee. He's also done time at Google and Autodesk and is a prolific adviser to everyone from early stage startups to massive enterprises.

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E.05 - Christi Zuber: Innovation by Design

Christi is the founder and managing director of Aspen labs and holds a Doctorate in Design and Innovation from Coventry University. She's also on the faculty of Northwestern and has served as Fellowship faculty for Arizona State. This all is the culmination of a distinguished career in Corporate Innovation.

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E.04 - Corbett Gilliam: Advancing Technology

Corbett Gilliam is the corporate development manager for the world-renowned Advanced Technology Development Center (ATDC). The ATDC is a science and business incubator that's part of the Enterprise Innovation Institute at Georgia Tech.

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E.03 - Louis Stewart: Mr. Innovation City

Louis is currently the Head of Strategic Initiatives for NVIDIA's developer ecosystem. Previously, Lewis was the city of Sacramento's first Chief Innovation Officer, charged with promoting and driving long-term economic growth and job creation through Innovation.

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E.02 - Jeanne Morain: Transformation Pioneer

Jeanne began her career in startups and made her first big splash when BMC Software acquired Marimba. In working to integrate Marimba, Jeanne became a pioneer in the development of business service management. Which is the foundation for what we now call digital transformation.

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E.01 - Mike Dolbec: Venture Industrialist

Mike Dolbec has had a tremendously distinguished career across both institutional and corporate VC, including stints at Kleiner Perkins, Greylock, 3Com, and Orange. Now the former GE Ventures Managing Director speaks out for the first time on our podcast!

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