Innovation with Mark Peter Davis
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About this podcast
Welcome to Innovation with Mark Peter Davis, a podcast dedicated to innovation, truth, and education.
Through fireside chats with entrepreneurs, industry leading executives, and creative minded business folk, I'll highlight the society altering transformations that are happening all around us while providing crucial entrepreneurial advice.
Pickup tips from founders who sold their company for hundreds of millions of dollars. Discover how everyday materials and goods are being reinvented by science. Learn about the current state of space exploration and the space industry from the CEO of a rocket company.
Join him on this expedition to learn about the innovations that are changing our world and the way we exist.
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Episodes
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- Fixing Immigration With AI: How Alma Is Making Legal Services Faster, Smarter, and More Human · 42 minImmigration status shouldn’t depend on a paperwork nightmare. But for many immigrants, navigating the US immigration system means months of uncertainty, complicated filings, and…
- Building How I Invest: Podcasting, Venture Deal Flow, and the Long Game with David Weisburd · 35 minBuilding something great is hard. The question is: which hard are you willing to choose? That’s something David Weisburd and I dug into on the latest episode. David chose…
- Rewiring Fintech: How Knot Is Transforming Financial Connectivity · 29 minMost people only see the front end of fintech. The app. The card. The payment. But underneath that experience is an enormous amount of infrastructure and some of fintech’s…
- A Framework for Implementing AI Across Your Company · 39 minEvery founder I know is asking the same question: "How should we actually implement AI across our company?" The reality is that every playbook will require customization, but…
- The Future of Venture in the Age of AI with Jenny Fielding of Everywhere Ventures · 26 minWhat happens when technology evolves faster than the venture capital model built to fund it? In this episode, I sit down with my longtime friend Jenny Fielding, Cofounder and…
- Building Bombas: Dave Heath on Mission, Product, and Brand Discipline · 36 minDave Heath on building Bombas - the one-for-one mission, the Shark Tank breakout, product-line discipline, and the brand playbook behind a $1B+ apparel company.
- Overlooked No More: How Smalls Is Building The Brand Cats Deserve · 25 minCats are 40% of the pet market, but are somehow still chronically overlooked. Every innovation goes to dogs first. Even your vet's office is built for dogs first. Matt…
- Building Companies From Scratch: Inside Interplay’s Studio · 27 minVenture studios are quietly becoming one of the most effective models for company creation, but most people still don't understand what happens inside one. For this podcast…
- The Rise of Private Credit: How $1T in Capital Is Reshaping Finance · 46 minPrivate credit has exploded into a trillion-dollar asset class, but most people outside finance still don’t understand how it works. I sat down with Ivan Zinn, founder of Atalaya…
- Defying Gravity: A Lookback At 2025 & Deep Dive Into The Macro Forces Shaping 2026 · 34 minIs the global economy stronger than it looks or more fragile beneath the surface? If you’re trying to reconcile booming markets with rising geopolitical risk, this week’s episode…
- Saving Healthcare: How Meroka Is Empowering Doctors To Stay Independent · 29 minWhy is U.S. healthcare so broken? If you're not sure why it’s so expensive or dysfunctional, this week’s podcast may illuminate the answers for you. I sat down with Alex Barrett…
- The Power of Suggestion: Inside the Psychology of High-Stakes Selling · 32 minThis conversation blew me away. I sat down with Lydia Fenet, an auctioneer who’s raised over a billion dollars, and what started as a chat about charity auctions quickly turned…
- The Gold Standard for Seed VC: Inside Primary · 39 minBrad Svrluga has been a mentor and a close friend of mine for years. Watching him build Primary - one of the most respected firms in the industry - has been a masterclass in…
- 2026 Predictions Episode · 58 minOur 2026 predictions are in. From IPOs to AI to robots - check out what we think is actually coming in 2026. To wrap up 2025, I regroup with Mike and Phuong for our annual…
- ROI Driven Philanthropy with Mark Gerson · 46 minWhat if you approached philanthropy like a startup? The results might shock you and completely rewire how you think about giving. I sit down with Mark Gerson, Cofounder of GLG…
- Building Ethical Businesses and Raising Conscious Leaders · 30 minBeneath the surface of many everyday products lies a complex web of ethical dilemmas. In this powerful conversation, entrepreneur and investor Ryan Ansin peels back the curtain…
- David vs. Goliath: Winning When You're the Underdog · 15 minThis week’s episode explores one of the most pressing challenges early-stage startups face: competing against well-funded incumbents. We cover how startups can beat giants by…
- Scaling Smart: Unlocking Startup Growth with Outsourcing · 34 minOutsourcing isn't new — but the way startups can use it today has radically changed. On this week’s ep, I sat down with Shaun Walker, CEO of Spoke, to unpack what business…
- How to Know If Your Startup Idea Is Big Enough to Win · 18 minHow do you determine if your idea is truly worth pursuing? In this week’s episode, we dive into a practical framework that breaks down the evaluation process into four critical…
- Garry Tan of Y Combinator: How Innovation Is Changing · 15 minY Combinator has long been - and continues to be - the tip of the innovation spear. That's why I was especially excited to sit down with Garry Tan, President & CEO of Y…
