The VentureFuel Visionaries
by VentureFuel
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How do you move fast on innovation when cybersecurity, procurement…
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About this podcast
Visionaries are defined as having extraordinary foresight and imagination. Those who can see what isn't there. They can imagine the unimaginable and they have the grit to make it happen. Business Visionaries are the change-agents embracing new opportunities to drive outsized results. From the C-Suite to the up-and-coming disruptors, they are blazing new paths, discovering inventive solutions and powering the future. Join us each week as we speak with these Visionaries: the entrepreneurs, investors and corporate leaders driving transformative change across business and society.
Episodes
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- How do you move fast on innovation when cybersecurity, procurement and public trust all have to move with you? · 27 min · Episode 323City of Atlanta CIO Jason Sankey shares how Atlanta uses pilots, controlled environments and public-private partnerships to test emerging technologies before scaling them across…
- The Most Fundable Companies – Pepperdine Graziadio Business School Program Manager Amy Wood (Re-release) · 30 min · Episode 322What are VCs looking for? Is your startup fundable? What do you need to improve to get financing? On this week's re-release show, we have Amy Wood, the Program Manager for the…
- Agentic AI For Retail — ALDO Group Vice President of Data & AI Fatih Nayebi (Re-release) · 38 min · Episode 321This week’s VentureFuel Visionary is Fatih Nayebi, Vice President of Data & AI at ALDO Group. He leads AI initiatives that transform retail operations and customer experiences…
- Break On Through: Investing in Tomorrow’s Consumer Brands with Morrison Seger’s Founder & CEO Rogers Healy · 28 min · Episode 320What separates tomorrow’s breakout consumer brands from everything else? Taste, judgment and the conviction to act. Morrison Seger Founder & CEO Rogers Healy shares his…
- Collaborate to Innovate: Author Adèle Yaroulina (Rebroadcast) · 36 min · Episode 319Adèle Yaroulina, global co-innovation expert and author of the new book “Collaborate to Innovate: How Startups and Established Organizations Create Breakthrough Success…
- Electrifying Government Innovation with New York City's Chief Fleet Officer Keith Kerman · 28 min · Episode 318What does it take to modernize one of the world's largest and most complex fleets while balancing public safety, operational reliability, and ambitious sustainability goals?…
- Escaping AI Pilot Purgatory with VentureFuel's Vice President of Innovation & Partnerships Pritam Bhattarai · 32 min · Episode 317Nearly every enterprise is experimenting with AI, yet few are turning pilots into measurable business outcomes. Why do so many organizations get stuck in "AI pilot purgatory"?…
- Corporate Radar for Tomorrow with Jaguar Land Rover's InMotion Ventures Managing Director Mike Smeed · 33 min · Episode 316What gives a global enterprise the radar to see what's coming next? Mike Smeed explains why corporate venture capital is far more than an investment vehicle—it's the translation…
- The Corporate Venture Client Shift with Wharton’s Senior Vice Dean Serguei Netessine · 29 min · Episode 315What if the smartest way for corporations to innovate isn't investing in startups, but becoming their customers? Wharton Professor Sergey Netessine argues that corporations…
- Innovation at 35,000 Feet with United Airlines' Head of Airshop Innovation Lab, Jorie Sax · 28 min · Episode 314How do you create the runway for innovation inside one of the world's largest airlines? Jorie Sax, Head of Airshop Innovation Lab at United Airlines, shares how her team explores…
- The Corporate Partnering Advantage with TDK Ventures’ Portfolio Program Director Geetha Dholakia · 33 min · Episode 313What separates corporate-startup partnerships that transform industries from those that stall after a pilot? Geetha Dholakia shares how leading corporate venture teams create…
- Honoring Heritage, Driving Innovation with Midwest Dairy's Vice President of Research & Innovation Michelle Watson · 20 min · Episode 312How do you transform a legacy industry without losing what made it successful in the first place? In this episode, Michelle Watson, Vice President of Research & Innovation at…
- The State as Venture Enabler with New Jersey EDA's Chief Economic Transformation Officer Kathleen Coviello · 28 min · Episode 310What role should government play in driving innovation? In this episode of VF Visionaries, Kathleen Coviello, Chief Economic Transformation Officer at the New Jersey Economic…
- The 3 Jobs of Corporate Innovators with Innov8rs Chief Hans Balmaekers (Re-Release) · 23 min · Episode 251As VentureFuel prepares for Innov8rs Canada, where our VP of Innovation, Pritam Bhattarai, will present AI Pilot Purgatory: Why Most Experiments Fail to Scale (and How to Fix…
- Corporate Venture Creation with LG Nova's Head of AI Incubation Shilpa Prasad · 23 min · Episode 309What does it take to build startups with the speed of a founder and the scale of a global enterprise? Shilpa Prasad shares how LG Nova is rethinking venture creation by combining…
- The Future of Building Intelligence with QEA Tech Founder Peyvand Melati · 30 min · Episode 308Buildings are responsible for a significant share of global energy consumption, yet one of the biggest opportunities to improve efficiency and reduce emissions often goes…
- The End of the Funnel with ThredUp's Chief Product and Technology Officer Dan DeMeyere · 26 min · Episode 307Dan DeMeyere, Chief Product & Technology Officer at ThredUp, has spent more than a decade helping scale one of the world’s largest online resale marketplaces, growing from one of…
- Doubling down on CVC: Understanding Yamaha's integrated corporate growth strategy. · 19 min · Episode 306In this episode, Anish Patel, chief investment and operating officer at Yamaha Motor Ventures shares how Yamaha is rethinking corporate venture capital as a core driver of…
- Re-Release: Blueberry Boost Accelerator with Kasey Cronquist · 22 min · Episode 305A year ago, VentureFuel Founder & CEO Fred Schonenberg sat down with Kasey Cronquist, President of the U.S. Highbush Blueberry Council and the North American Blueberry Council…
- Where AI Meets the Physical World with Quest Global’s Head of HiTech Tinku Malayil Jose · 26 min · Episode 304Tinku Malayil Jose, Head of the Vertical Technology Office for HiTech at Quest Global, has more than 20 years of experience building complex products, from smart TVs and…
