Tag Archives: Innovation

State Of VCs

We dive deep into the current state of the venture capital (VC) market, exploring the significant shifts and challenges faced by entrepreneurs and investors alike in the post-COVID landscape.
Key topics discussed include:

The decline in the allure of VC funding and the impact of “pump and flip” models

The market volatility and caution among venture firms due to economic factors

The changing focus of VCs towards sectors like healthcare, fintech, and deep tech

The challenges in building sustainable, billion-dollar companies

The rise of corporate venture capital and strategic investments

The potential for rational valuation adjustments and market consolidation

The importance of clearly articulating the problem being solved and achieving product-market fit

The conversation provides valuable insights for founders navigating the evolving VC ecosystem, as well as investors seeking to adapt their strategies to the changing market dynamics. Join Rob and Rich as they explore the future of VC and the strategies needed to succeed in this dynamic landscape.

Two But Rule by John Wolpert [Book Discussion]

This episode is one of our book club episodes starring John Walpole, who wrote the Two But Rule, which is very tongue in cheek while also very serious about momentum thinking and using a negative bouncy discussion pattern.


I like to think of it as a bouncy discussion pattern to really explore ideas and drive ideation in a positive way by asking and challenging people’s ideas in a constructive way.


Transcript: otter.ai/u/2-CzhoZXo1U9URwEc3…?utm_source=copy_url

Adaptability vs Agile Innovation

How can we understand agility and adaptability? In this discussion, we get very concrete about the differences between agility and adaptability and why that’s important for you as you go on your own innovation journey.

This includes looking for places where standards can be applied and accelerate your team, where it’s too early, and learning iterations that we would call agile processes more appropriate. We also discuss how teams get caught in the middle between standardization and agility.Transcript: otter.ai/u/vsWqEiJpssWnyqlOCm…?utm_source=copy_urlImage by DALL-E

Innovation Agility vs Adaptability

How can companies, enterprises and individuals become more innovative? We investigate the idea of innovation and disruption and continue past where we were with the three horizons model in our previous discussions.

Today’s podcast focuses on breaking this apart into adapting an agile disruption, the use of standardization and the cognitive dissonance of innovation, even digging down into distinguishing between inventions and applications.

Transcript: otter.ai/u/XCidE-0xG7zNmIC7FK…?utm_source=copy_url
DALL-E Prompt: a factor of rubber chickens getting stretching and upgraded into cybertoys

Predicting Innovation: Three Horizons Model

What is innovation? Today we continue this discussion, specifically drilling into the three horizons model for creating growth and value.

We spend a lot of time talking about how companies innovate using that model, what it means and what are examples of it? How does that spark take place? We bridge you further down the innovation learning process in this meeting.

Transcript: otter.ai/u/He9h2NVxazKMDN9a13…?utm_source=copy_url
Image by Dall-E prompt “please create a close up picture of a flock of birds navigating between three different horizons. the birds are smart and know which why they need to go”

Innovators vs Techno Optimists

We discuss innovation, a favorite topic of ours, today. Instead of diving in for a structured conversation, we dove at the bait that was offered by Marc Andreessen in his techno optimist manifesto. If you haven’t read it, I would suggest taking a moment to read it before you listen to the rest of the podcast, but you do not have to!

It is definitely an interesting opinion piece about the power of innovation, which is why it was a good input for our discussion. We have our own unique perspective and a robust discussion about how innovation should work that tees up further conversations about the three horizons model for innovation.

References:
a16z.com/the-techno-optimist-manifesto/

Transcript: otter.ai/u/6qOpnFW0LMvh-rvZfw…?utm_source=copy_url
Photo by RDNE Stock project: www.pexels.com/photo/woman-in-bl…-sweater-7413891/

Dr. Will Venters on Innovation, Value of Data, and Cargo Cult

In this week’s podcast, we speak with Dr. Will Venters an Assistant Professor at London School of Economics and co-author of Moving to the Cloud Corporation. This podcast focuses on the changes in innovation in the era of cloud computing, impact of data for edge computing and design, and cargo cult.