When you think about “academic thought leadership” in entrepreneurship, Yale Hochberg is at the top of most lists. For me, as a VC, she is best known for her work on the Seed Accelerator Rankings. But as you’ll hear on this...
One of the thing’s I’ve observed over and over again from the best corporate innovation leaders is how data can be fuel for their innovation programs. On this episode of Agile Giants, I bring on a true academic thought leader on this...
Episode 27: Song Ma — Assistant Professor of Finance at the Yale School of Management We are continuing our conversation for another week on Corporate Venture Capital (CVC). This time returning to academia and having a conversation with Professor...
Professor Josh Lerner is an academic giant. His 2013 article in HBR on Corporate Venturing is constantly being referenced in conversations as companies explore setting up their own Corporate Venture Capital group. He also has written a number of...
Episode 23: Dave Knox Author — Predicting the Turn Dave & I have known each other for a long time. We first got to know each other through his involvement helping lead a Cincinnatti based startup accelerator, The Brandery. More recently...
Episode 22: Rita McGrath Author — Seeing Around Corners Rita McGrath is a legend in the field of corporate innovation. She developed the methodology used by so many companies today “Discovery Driven Planning” and has written numerous best...
Episode 12: Richard Florida — Author, Thought-Leader & Researcher After the last two episodes interviewing two individuals I’d never met but respected from a distance (Beth Comstock & Jeff Sutherland), this week is a little different. I sit...
Jeff’s work has really had a profound impact on the way I approach a lot of problems. I remember when one of the companies I ran switched to Scrum (mSpoke) and it was like a light switch went on in the organization. I can’t really talk enough about...
Episode 9: Peter Steinberg — President, Innovative Thought Peter Steinberg is rapidly becoming a key partner of ours at the Carnegie Mellon Corporate Startup Lab. He is a well know Rugby coach as well as a leader in thinking through executive...
Episode 5: Sylvia Vogt — President, Carnegie Bosch Institute On this week’s episode of Agile Giants, I sit down with Sylvia Vogt. Sylvia is the President of the Carnegie Bosch Institute, and a co-instructor of the leading innovation executive...