Inside Outside Innovation
352 episodes - English - Latest episode: 23 days ago - ★★★★ - 17 ratingsInside Outside Innovation explores the ins and outs of innovation with raw stories, real insights, and tactical advice from the best and brightest in startups & corporate innovation.
Each week we bring you the latest thinking on talent, technology, and the future of innovation. Join our community of movers, shakers, makers, founders, builders, and creators to help speed up your knowledge, skills, and network.
Previous guests include thought leaders such as Brad Feld, Arlan Hamilton, Jason Calacanis, David Bland, Janice Fraser, and Diana Kander, plus insights from amazing companies including Nike, Cisco, ExxonMobil, Gatorade, Orlando Magic, GE, Samsung, and others.
This podcast is available on all podcast platforms and InsideOutside.io. Sign up for the weekly innovation newsletter at http://bit.ly/ionewsletter. Follow Brian on Twitter at @ardinger or @theiopodcast or Email [email protected]
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Ep. 191 - Zainab Ghadiyali of Airbnb & Wogrammer on Ignorance, Curiosity, and Persistence
March 17, 2020 12:00 - 17 minutes - 24.7 MBOn this week's episode of Inside Outside Innovation, Brian Ardinger, Inside Outside Innovation Founder, sits down with Zainab Ghadiyali. Zainab is a product lead at Airbnb. She used to work at Facebook, and she's the co-founder of Wogrammer, a nonprofit showcasing amazing women in technology. We talk about the power of curiosity and persistence in building a career in today's environment of change. We talk about Zainab's journey from coming to America with $107 in her pocket, to...
Ep. 190 - Paul Powers, CEO of Physna on Machine Learning, 3-D Data, and Building Startups in the Midwest
March 10, 2020 12:00 - 19 minutes - 26.6 MBOn this week's episode of Inside Outside Innovation, Brian Ardinger, Inside Outside Innovation Founder, sits down with Paul Powers. Paul is the CEO and co-founder of Physna. They talk about innovation in the manufacturing space, 3-D data, trends Paul is seeing from the CES conference, and building a startup outside the Valley in Cincinnati, Ohio. Inside Outside Innovation is the podcast that brings you the best and the brightest in the world of startups and innovation. I'm your hos...
Ep. 189 - Ward Sandler, Co-founder of MemberSpace on No-Code, Members Only & Remote Work
March 03, 2020 13:00 - 16 minutes - 22.4 MBBrian Ardinger, Inside Outside Innovation Founder, sits down with Ward Sandler, cofounder of MemberSpace, a company that helps turn any part of a website into members-only. They talk about the no-code movement, what it takes to build a remote workforce, and all things entrepreneurship. Inside Outside Innovation is the podcast that brings you the best and the brightest in the world of startups and innovation. I'm your host Brian Ardinger, founder of Inside Outside.IO, a provider of...
BONUS Ep. - George Casey, Leader of RSM's Technology Experience Center and Microsoft Innovation Leader
February 27, 2020 13:00 - 18 minutes - 25.5 MBThis is a special bonus podcast episode with RSM's George Casey. George Casey is the Microsoft Innovation Leader and Leader of RSM's Technology Experience Center. RSM provides audit, tax, and consulting services to help middle market leaders succeed. Brian Ardinger, Inside Outside Innovation founder, talks with George about RSM's Technology Experience Center, collaborative partners, innovation, and digital transformation. Inside Outside Innovation is the podcast that brings you ...
Ep. 188 - Lori Bush, Former Rodan + Fields CEO and Solvasa co-founder on the Beauty of Marketing Disruption
February 25, 2020 13:00 - 20 minutes - 27.8 MBLori Bush is the co-founder and executive chairman of Solvasa. Prior to that, she was the president and CEO of Rodan + Fields, where she grew the company to over $1 billion in sales. She's had experience with Nu Skin, Johnson & Johnson, Neutrogena and Avon. Brian Ardinger, Inside Outside Innovation Founder talks with Lori about her 30 years of experience in the beauty and skincare space, entrepreneurship and her move towards integrated beauty. Interview Transcript. To read the enti...
Ep. 187 - Audrey Crane, Author of What CEOs Need to Know About Design and Partner at Design Map
February 18, 2020 13:00 - 19 minutes - 27 MBAudrey Crane is author of the new book, What CEOs Need to Know About Design: A business leader's guide to working with designers and a partner at Design Map. Brian Ardinger, Inside Outside Innovation Founder talks with Audrey about some of the trends in Design Thinking, how to hire better designers, and what are some of the differences she's seeing in the Midwest versus the Silicon Valley design scene. Interview Transcript. (To read the entire interview transcript, go to http://ins...
Ep. 186 - Raz Razgaitis, FloWater CEO on Disrupting the Water Business
February 11, 2020 13:00 - 19 minutes - 17.9 MBRaz Razgaitis, co-founder and CEO of FloWater, talks with Brian Ardinger, Inside Outside Innovation Founder, about the disruption that's happening in the water business, what it's like to be working in a big company and move to a startup, and everything in between. Interview Transcript (To read the entire interview transcript, go to http://insideoutside.io) Brian Ardinger: On this week's episode of Inside Outside Innovation, we interviewed Raz Razgaitis. He is the co-founder and...
Ep. 185 - Stuart Willson, Radicle CEO on Insights Powering Better Corporate Decisions
February 04, 2020 13:00 - 17 minutes - 15.7 MBStuart Willson is the CEO and founder of Radicle, a research and advisory company that has worked with great companies like Lego, Diageo, Proctor and Gamble, and more. Brian Ardinger, Inside Outside founder talks with Stuart about the new trends in the world of research, how companies are using information and data to make better decisions, and about the new venture model that companies like Prehype are using to create startups from scratch. Interview Transcript - To read the en...
Ep. 184 - Tim Campos, Facebook's Former CIO and Woven Founder on Disrupting the Calendar
January 28, 2020 13:00 - 19 minutes - 18 MBTim Campos, former CIO of Facebook, is now founder and CEO of Woven, a startup tackling the world of calendaring. Brian Ardinger, Inside Outside Innovation Founder had a chance to talk with Tim about the future of innovation, how IT infrastructure has changed, what it's like to work in a high growth startup, and what it's like to rebuild a company from scratch. Interview Transcript (To read the entire interview transcript, go to http://insideoutside.io ) Brian Ardinger: On this w...
Ep. 183 - Katherine Radeka, Author of High Velocity Innovation and ED of the Rapid Learning Cycles Institute
January 21, 2020 13:00 - 20 minutes - 18.3 MBOn this week's episode of Inside Outside Innovation, Brian Ardinger, IO Founder, sat down with Katherine Radeka, author of the new book, High Velocity Innovation. They talk about innovation and Agile and specifically how it fits into the hardware space, why everyone needs to be involved in the innovation process, and then most importantly, how companies can better align their innovation efforts with their core business. Interview Transcript (To read the entire interview transcript...
Ep. 182 - Brendan Synnott, Cofounder of Bear Naked, Evol Foods, and Pact
January 14, 2020 15:59 - 15 minutes - 13.8 MBOn this week's episode of Inside Outside Innovation, Brian Ardinger, IO Founder, sat down with Brendan Synnott, a serial entrepreneur, having cofounded companies like Bear Naked, which he sold to Kellogg, Evol Foods, and now Pact, an e-commerce organic fashion brand. In this interview we talked about Brendan's opportunity to become an entrepreneur early on in his life, how he grew his company from zero to sell to a major corporation, and how he thinks about creating new innovations...
Ep. 181 - Gleb Tsipursky, Author of Never Go With Your Gut: How Pioneering Leaders Make the Best Decisions and Avoid Business Disasters
January 07, 2020 13:00 - 18 minutes - 16.7 MBIn this episode, Brian Ardinger, Inside Outside Innovation Founder, talks with Gleb Tsipursky, Author of Never Go With Your Gut: How Pioneering Leaders Make the Best Decisions and Avoid Business Disasters (Avoid Terrible Advice, Cognitive Biases, and Poor Decisions). They discuss bad business decisions, why they go wrong, emotions impacting decision making, making best case plans, iterative planning, great leaders, and high-impact shortcuts Interview Transcript (To read the entire...
Ep. 180 - Jeff Gothelf, Co-Author of Lean UX, Sense & Respond, and Lean vs Agile vs Design Thinking on Building a Culture of Innovation
December 31, 2019 13:00 - 23 minutes - 21.1 MBAs one of Inside Outside's most listened to podcasts of 2019, enjoy our interview with Jeff Gothelf. It was originally published on July 16, 2019. Jeff Gothelf, Co-Author of Lean UX, Sense & Respond, and Lean vs Agile vs Design Thinking talks with Brian Ardinger, Inside Outside Innovation founder, about building a culture of innovation. Key Ideas - Shifting from outputs to outcomes. - Changing incentives. - Find the person and team with the political capital to prove out the...
Ep. 179 - Acceleprise’s Olivia O'Sullivan on Investing in Corporate/Startup Collaboration
December 24, 2019 13:00 - 20 minutes - 18.7 MBAs one of Inside Outside's most listened to podcasts of 2019, enjoy our interview with Olivia O'Sullivan of Acceleprise. It was originally published on June 18, 2019. Olivia O'Sullivan is the Head of Corporate Engagement at Acceleprise, a B2B SaaS accelerator. Accelerprise invests in early-tech companies building enterprise technology. Olivia's focus is on mid-market and enterprise companies interested in collaborations with startups. Her background includes work in advertising an...
Ep. 178 - Jennifer Brown, Author of How to be an Inclusive Leader
December 17, 2019 13:00 - 18 minutes - 17.2 MBIn this episode, Brian Ardinger, Inside Outside Innovation Founder, talks with Jennifer Brown, Author of How to be an Inclusive Leader: Your Role in Creating Cultures of Belonging Where Everyone Can Thrive and host of the podcast The Will to Change. They discuss talent recruitment and retention, approachable diversity and inclusion, leadership practice, well-intended obstacles, case studies, and recognizing biases for AI. Interview Transcript (to read the transcript go to insideo...
Ep. 177 - CGS Advisors' Gregg Garrett, Author of Competing in the Connecting World
December 10, 2019 13:00 - 13 minutes - 12 MBIn this episode, Brian Ardinger, Inside Outside Innovation Founder, talks with Gregg Garrett, Managing Director of CGS and co-author of Competing in the Connecting World: The Future of Your Disruptive Industry is Already Here. They discuss innovation both inside and outside, disruptive forces, ecosystem commanders, maturing models, and leadership skills. Interview Transcript (to read the transcript go to insideoutside.io) Brian Ardinger: Inside Outside Innovation is the podcast ...
Ep. 177 - CGS's Gregg Garrett, Author of Competing in the Connecting World
December 10, 2019 13:00 - 13 minutes - 18 MBIn this episode, Brian Ardinger, Inside Outside Innovation Founder, talks with Gregg Garrett, Managing Director of CSG and co-author of Competing in the Connecting World: The Future of Your Disruptive Industry is Already Here. They discuss innovation both inside and outside, disruptive forces, ecosystem commanders, maturing models, and leadership skills. Interview Transcript Brian Ardinger: Inside Outside Innovation is the podcast that brings you the best and the brightest in the world of ...
Ep. 176 - Amazon & Northwestern Mutual's Aaron Hawkins on Consumer Channel Disruption
December 03, 2019 13:00 - 16 minutes - 15.1 MBIn this episode, Brian Ardinger, Inside Outside Innovation Founder, talks with Aaron Hawkins, former Head of Global Prime, now Whole Foods and Fresh Last Mile Delivery Strategy, at Amazon. And currently the VP of Digital Product at Northwestern Mutual. They discuss eCommerce retail at Kohl's and Amazon, drop shipping, customer experience, PR-FAQ, customer truisms, financial services at Northwestern Mutual, and Agile. Interview Transcript (Read the transcript at insideoutside.io) ...
Ep. 175- SAP's Swetha PB on Fixing the Hiring Process
November 26, 2019 13:00 - 11 minutes - 10.5 MBIn this episode, Brian Ardinger, Inside Outside Innovation Founder, talks with Swetha PB, Head of Product at Brilliant Hire, an SAP startup. They discuss hiring screening, SAP support, innovation talent, and building a startup within a large company. Interview Transcript (Read the interview transcript at insideoutside.io) Brian Ardinger: Inside Outside Innovation is the podcast that brings you the best and the brightest in the world of startups and innovation. I'm your host Bri...
Ep. 174 - Amazon's Nancy Wang, Founder of Advancing Women in Product
November 19, 2019 13:00 - 13 minutes - 12.6 MBIn this episode, Brian Ardinger, Inside Outside Innovation Founder, talks with Nancy Wang, Head of Product at AWS Data Protection and Founder of Advancing Women in Product (AWIP). Brian and Nancy talk about women in tech, a Midwest AWIP chapter, mentors, diversity, and product development. Read the interview transcript at insideoutside.io Brian Ardinger: Inside Outside Innovation is the podcast that brings you the best and the brightest in the world of startups and Innovation. I'...
Ep. 173 - LUM's Max Fergus on Disrupting the Music Industry
November 12, 2019 13:00 - 17 minutes - 16.3 MBBrian Ardinger, Inside Outside Innovation Founder, talks with Max Fergus, Founder and CEO of LUM, a music streaming app rooted in the discovery of emerging music. Brian and Max discuss disruption, entrepreneurship, trends, content creation, building a team, and corporate startup collaboration. Read the interview transcript at insideoutside.io Brian Ardinger: Inside Outside Innovation is the podcast that brings you the best and the brightest in the world of startups and Innovation...
Ep 172 - Ikove Capital’s Flavio Lobato on Commercializing Technology
November 05, 2019 13:00 - 15 minutes - 21.6 MBIn this episode, Brian Ardinger, Inside Outside Innovation Founder talks with Flavio Lobato of Ikove Capital. Ikove is a venture development company founded to pursue early-stage investments with an emphasis on technology commercialization. Brian and Flavio discuss investing in the Midwest, identifying and validating high-impact technologies, bridging the gap between R&D and VC funded rounds, and innovation talent. Brian Ardinger: Inside Outside Innovation is the podcast that brings you the...
Ep. 172 - Ikove Capital’s Flavio Lobato on Commercializing Technology
November 05, 2019 13:00 - 15 minutes - 14.4 MBIn this episode, Brian Ardinger, Inside Outside Innovation Founder talks with Flavio Lobato of Ikove Capital. Ikove is a venture development company founded to pursue early-stage investments with an emphasis on technology commercialization. Brian and Flavio discuss investing in the Midwest, identifying and validating high-impact technologies, bridging the gap between R&D and VC funded rounds, and innovation talent. Read the interview transcript at insideoutside.io Brian Ardinger:...
Ep. 171 - The Humachine Author Dr. Nada Sanders on Humans+Machines and the Future of Enterprise
October 29, 2019 12:00 - 19 minutes - 18.2 MBDr. Nada Sanders is a Distinguished Professor of Supply Chain Management at Northeastern University and co-author of The Humachine: Humankind, Machines, and the Future of Enterprise. Dr. Sanders talks with Brian Ardinger, Inside Outside Innovation founder, about Humachines and the implications for the future of business. Key Points: - Humachine - Emerging forms of enterprise. Combines human qualities (creativity, judgment, and intuition) with machines (economies of scale, AI, arti...
Ep. 170 - Lean Analytics Author & Highline BETA’s Ben Yoskovitz on Corporate Startup Co-Creation
October 22, 2019 12:00 - 19 minutes - 18.2 MBBen Yoskovitz is the Founding Partner at Highline BETA, a startup co-creation company. He is also Co-Author of Lean Analytics and a former VP of VarageSale and GoInstant, which sold to Salesforce. Brian Ardinger, Inside Outside innovation Founder, talks with Ben about corporate-startup collaboration. Ben started his first company in 1996 during University, where he got into tech and entrepreneurship. Since that time, he founded several other companies, ran products, and started one ...
Ep. 169 - Nerdery’s Derek Chin on Engaging Outside Innovators to Accelerate Corporate Innovation
October 15, 2019 12:00 - 16 minutes - 15.6 MBDerek Chin is Head of Innovation and Product Strategy at Nerdery, a business consulting company. Brian Ardinger, Inside Outside Innovation Founder, talks with Derek about corporate innovation, adaptability, and financing innovation projects. With the heart of a serial entrepreneur, Derek is fascinated about how to bring ideas to life. After working at a startup in college, Derek started his own business and learned the importance of design thinking and bootstrapping. He eventually w...
BONUS: RSM's Kevin Depew and Matt Wolf on Serving Clients through the Industry Eminence Program
October 10, 2019 12:00 - 19 minutes - 18.3 MBThis week's podcast features RSM’s Kevin Depew and Matt Wolf talking with Brian Ardinger, Inside Outside Innovation Founder, about RSM's unique industry eminence program. They highlight the collision of ideas that brought this program to life and how it has enabled RSM to deliver an enhanced, differentiating client experience. For More Information For more information, check out RSM at RSMUS.com/IO Find this episode of Inside Outside Innovation at insideoutside.io. This po...
Ep. 168 - Alpha’s Aviad Stein on The Power of Experimentation for Innovation & Digital Transformation
October 08, 2019 12:00 - 18 minutes - 16.9 MBAviad Stein is the Director of Client Partnerships at Alpha, a consumer insights company. He has worked with Tumbler, Bloomberg, Nordstrom, and Dun & Bradstreet on customer-centric innovation strategies. Brian Ardinger, Inside Outside Innovation Founder, talks with Aviad about his experiences with experimentation and digital transformations. Podcast Highlights: - Aviad has taken many companies of different sizes through digital transformation. Created an innovation incubator at Nor...
Ep. 167 - Nike & ImagineNOW’s Lorrie Vogel on Maximizing Your Innovation Portfolio
October 01, 2019 12:00 - 18 minutes - 17.1 MBAfter working at Nike for 20 years, Lorrie Vogel founded ImagineNOW, an Innovation consultancy. She talks with Brian Ardinger, Founder of Inside Outside Innovation, about building an innovation portfolio. Lorrie started her career at Nike working in industrial design, then led innovation and sustainability, and finally served as Vice President of Material Science and Innovation. Today, Lorrie leads an innovation consultancy, where she helps others with emerging science and tech, sys...
Ep. 166 - David Bland, Co-Author of Testing Business Ideas & Founder of Precoil on Rapid Experimentation
September 24, 2019 12:00 - 17 minutes - 16.3 MBDavid Bland is the Founder of Precoil and the Co-Author of Testing Business Ideas, along with Alexander Osterwalder. David talks with Brian Ardinger, Inside Outside Innovation Founder, about risk, generating evidence through experimentation, and listening to customers. David’s new book is a field guide for rapid experimentation. Through tactical examples, it describes what he’s seen with various teams and testing in the market. It also describes product and backend business model te...
Ep. 165 - Touchdown Ventures' Scott Lenet on Corporate Venture Capital
September 17, 2019 12:00 - 21 minutes - 19.3 MBScott Lenet, President of Touchdown Ventures, takes a different approach to investing. With a tagline of VC as a Service, Scott helps companies set up and run their funds. Scott talks with Brian Ardinger, Inside Outside Innovation Founder, about corporate venture. Corporates can be some of the best investors on the Cap table and achieve multiple objectives, from financial to strategic.They can also help themselves while helping the startup. How have corporates changed their startup ...
Ep. 164 - Josh Seiden, Author of Outcomes Over Outputs on Being Outcome Centric
September 10, 2019 12:00 - 15 minutes - 14.6 MBJosh Seiden is the author of Outcomes Over Outputs, Sense and Respond, and Lean UX, in addition to being a designer, strategy consultant, and coach. He has worked with companies like S&P, Fidelity, and AMEX. He also started the Sense and Respond Press, which focuses on short, actionable books about innovation, product management, and digital transformation. Josh spends much of his time consulting and training teams to work together effectively and create business outcomes. In this po...
Ep. 163 - Kathleen Cohen, Collaboratorium Founder on Innovation’s Future through Experiential Technology
September 03, 2019 12:00 - 16 minutes - 15.3 MBKathleen Cohen is the founder of the Collaboratorium, a consultancy that creates enhanced guest experiences, in multi-use environments, through digital, AI/ML, XR, computer vision, and immersive and experiential thought leaders. She has previously worked with DreamWorks, IBM innovation, and Disney Resorts, among others. Kathleen talks with Brian Ardinger, Inside Outside Founder, about innovation’s future through experiential technology. What changes have you seen in innovation? - ...
Ep. 162 - Twisthink's Gordon Stannis on Growing Innovation Excellence in Corporations
August 27, 2019 12:00 - 21 minutes - 20 MBLeaders need to have a balanced stance to invest in core, adjacent, and breakthroughs innovation for the long-term sustainability of their corporations. Currently, corporations put 95% of their focus on operational excellence and 5% on innovation excellence. Gordon Stannis is Director of Design & Strategy and Partner at Twisthink. Gordon talks with Brian Ardinger, Inside Outside Innovation founder, about how to grow innovation excellence. Twisthink was launched two decades ago, t...
Ep. 161 - Omar Luqmann-Harris, Author of Leader Board on High-Performance Teams
August 20, 2019 12:00 - 18 minutes - 17 MBOmar Luqmann-Harris is the author of Leader Board: The DNA of High-Performance Teams. While leading teams around the world, he saw an employee engagement gap emerge because traditional leadership principles didn’t change with the workforce of today. Omar talks with Brian Ardinger, Inside Outside Innovation Founder, about why employees won’t respond to old ways of leadership. Omar first looked at the titans of leadership and applied their principles to his teams around the world. The...
Ep. 160 – Savannah Economic Development's Jen Bonnett - VP of Innovation/Entrepreneurship & ED of Creative Coast
August 13, 2019 12:00 - 17 minutes - 15.7 MBSavannah Economic Development's Jen Bonnett - VP of Innovation/Entrepreneurship & ED of The Creative Coast talks with Brian Ardinger, Inside Outside Innovation founder about Startup Ecosystem Building. Jen recently moved from Atlanta, where she founded Startup Chicks, led the state of Georgia's technology incubator, and helped the ATL startup community. She ranks ALT in the top startup ecosystems in the country. Highlights from their Conversation: - Savanah has three University as...
Ep. 159 - UM Worldwide’s Oscar Allain on Brand Innovation Through Cultural Conversations
August 06, 2019 15:51 - 14 minutes - 13.7 MBOscar Allain is Vice President of Cross-Cultural Strategy and Research at UM Worldwide. He focuses on reaching the rapidly changing multicultural audiences in the US. Oscar talks with Brian Ardinger, Inside Outside Innovation founder, about brands being part of the cultural conversation and doing it the right way. Key Points - WAVE is UM’s annual study to gain a better understanding of the digital world. This year they decided to quantify the Remix cultures. - Remix Culture stud...
Ep. 158 - Amy Radin, Author of Change Maker's Playbook: How to Seek, Seed and Scale Innovation in Any Company
July 30, 2019 12:00 - 18 minutes - 17.1 MB(Replay of Nov 20, 2018 episode) Amy Radin is the author of The Change Maker’s Playbook: How to Seek, Seed and Scale Innovation in Any Company. She was previously a Senior Executive at American Express, Citi, and ETrade. Amy’s experience includes leading the digital transformation of Citi’s credit card business ($5b bottom line). Today, Amy enjoys being on the outside of big companies and startups, to help connect the dots between growth aspirations and outcomes. Amy and Brian Ardin...
Ep. 157 - Harvard Business School’s Thales Teixeira, Author of Unlocking the Customer Value Chain
July 23, 2019 12:00 - 19 minutes - 17.4 MBThales Teixeira is an Associate Professor at Harvard Business School and Author of Unlocking the Customer Value Chain: How Decoupling Drives Consumer Disruption. Brian Ardinger, Inside Outside Innovation founder, talks with Thales about innovation, consumer disruption, and decoupling. They also discuss Thales new HBR article titled Disruption Starts with Unhappy Customers, Not Technology. Key Points - Economics of Attention - To help companies understand consumer attention - Where...
Ep. 156 - Jeff Gothelf, Co-Author of Lean UX, Sense & Respond, and Lean vs Agile vs Design Thinking on Building a Culture of Innovation
July 16, 2019 12:00 - 23 minutes - 21.1 MBJeff Gothelf, Co-Author of Sense and Respond, Lean UX, & Lean vs Agile vs Design Thinking talks with Brian Ardinger, Inside Outside Innovation founder, about building a Culture of Innovation. Key Ideas - Shifting from outputs to outcomes. - Changing incentives. - Find the person and team with the political capital to prove out the validity and scalability. - Reward learning in a way that focuses on ideas that are likely to succeed. - Incentivize learning and being transparen...
Ep. 155 - Valuer.ai’s Taylor Ryan on Startup-Corporate Matchmaking through Data & Crowdsourcing
July 09, 2019 12:00 - 19 minutes - 18.3 MBTaylor Ryan, CMO of Valuer.ai, talks with Brian Ardinger, Inside Outside Innovation founder, about Startup-Corporate Matchmaking. Valuer.ai matches startups with corporates, accelerators, and investors based on AI and crowdsourcing. Key points - Valuer.ai - HQ in Denmark. Taylor Ryan, from the US, is a six time co-founder, writer, growth hacker, and startup junkie. - Corporate/Startup matchmaking new to Europe. - Customized searches on Valuer.AI combines Crowdsource and data col...
Ep. 154 - Brock Blake, Co-founder and CEO of Lendio on Financing Entrepreneurs at Scale
July 02, 2019 12:00 - 16 minutes - 14.9 MBBrock Blake, Co-founder and CEO of Lendio on Financing Entrepreneurs at Scale Interview with Brian Ardinger, Founder of Inside Outside Innovation Inside Outside Innovation is the podcast that brings you the best and the brightest in the world of startups and innovation. Brian Ardinger, founder of insideoutside.io, a provider of research, events, and consulting services helps innovators and entrepreneurs build better products launch new ideas and compete in a world of change and di...
Ep. 153 - Mike McDerment, FreshBooks Co-founder/CEO and Author of Breaking the Time Barrier on Building and Scaling a Company
June 25, 2019 12:00 - 19 minutes - 17.5 MBMike McDerment is Co-founder and CEO of FreshBooks, the world’s number one cloud accounting software for self-employed professionals. Mike talks with Brian Ardinger, Inside Outside Innovation Founder, about building and scaling a company, product development, and his free e-book called Breaking the Time Barrier. Mike built a simple tool to solve his accounting problem, and now 20 million people have used the tool. He could see the value of the tool, but he hadn’t built and scaled a ...
Ep. 152 - Acceleprise’s Olivia O'Sullivan on Investing in Corporate/Startup Collaboration
June 18, 2019 12:00 - 20 minutes - 18.7 MBOlivia O'Sullivan is the Head of Corporate Engagement at Acceleprise, a B2B SaaS accelerator. Accelerprise invests in early-tech companies building enterprise technology. Olivia's focus is on mid-market and enterprise companies interested in collaborations with startups. Her background includes work in advertising and on product and innovation teams for McDonald's and Dow Jones. Olivia spoke with Brian Ardinger, Inside Outside Innovation Founder, about corporate/startup matchmaking...
Ep. 151 - Jeff Dyer, Author of Innovation Capital: How to Compete--and Win--Like the World’s Most Innovative Leaders
June 11, 2019 12:00 - 20 minutes - 19.2 MBJeff Dyer is the author of Innovator’s DNA, Innovator’s Method, and Innovation Capital. He talks with Brian Ardinger, Inside Outside Innovation Founder, about innovative leaders and how they generate creative ideas. In Innovator’s DNA, Jeff identifies characteristics of innovative entrepreneurs, including questioning, observing, networking and experimenting. In Innovator’s Method, Jeff identifies a process to test ideas for investment: 1) Generating idea, 2) Is someone willing to p...
Ep. 150 - Sylvain Labs' Alain Sylvain on New Idea Creation for Business and Consumer Needs
June 04, 2019 12:00 - 20 minutes - 18.5 MBAlain Sylvain is the founder of Sylvain Labs, a strategy and design company helping corporations like Google, Spotify and Nike, think about their future. Alain Sylvain talks with Brian Ardinger, Inside Outside Innovation founder, about how to create new ideas that solve for business and consumer needs. Innovation is evolving - The fetishization of innovation. Define what innovation means within the corporation - e.g., transformational, new products? - Innovation groups within lar...
Ep. 149 - Paul Skinner, Author of Collaborative Advantage and Founder of Agency of the Future
May 28, 2019 12:00 - 24 minutes - 22.3 MBPaul Skinner is the author of Collaborative Advantage: How collaboration beats competition as a strategy for success and founder of Agency of the Future. His work has always been about helping people create a collaborative advantage. Brian Ardinger, Inside Outside founder, talks with Paul about using a collaborative advantage approach at every level. What is collaborative advantage? - Collaborative advantage is the business advantage from harnessing value creation potential outsid...
Ep. 148 - Francesca Gino, Harvard Professor and Author of Rebel Talent: Why It Pays to Break All the Rules in Work and in Life
May 21, 2019 12:00 - 20 minutes - 19.2 MBFrancesca Gino is a professor/affiliated with Harvard’s Business, Law, and Kennedy Schools. She is the author of Rebel Talent: Why It Pays to Break All the Rules in Work and in Life. She also recently published an article in Harvard Business Review on Why Curiosity Matters - The Business Case for Curiosity. Brian Ardinger, Inside Outside Innovation founder, talks with Francesca, about when rule breaking happens and what happens to people that do it successfully. Curiosity Curiosity ...
Ep. 147 - Innovation Leader’s Scott Kirsner on Corporate Innovation Tools & Trends
May 14, 2019 12:00 - 19 minutes - 18.3 MBScott Kirsner is the CEO and Editor-in-Chief of Innovation Leader. As a journalist, Scott spent his career covering how ideas in companies get commercialized. Five years ago, Scott launched Innovation Leader, a company focused on how innovation happens in big companies. Brian Ardinger, Inside Outside Innovation founder, spoke with Scott about emerging issues in corporate innovation. What innovation issues are tops for companies? - Innovation Leader Survey - Solving bureaucrac...
Ep. 146 - GoSquared’s James Gill on Product Design, Listening to Customers & Making it Easy
May 07, 2019 12:00 - 23 minutes - 21.1 MBJames Gill is founder and CEO of GoSquared, a simple, live analytics platform for websites. Brian Ardinger, Inside Outside Innovation Founder, spoke with James about product trends, design, getting close to the customer and growing a company outside the Valley. Based in London, James started GoSquared with friends, while still in school. They found success in building websites, but soon were asked how the sites were performing. Very few tools existed at the time, to answer these ques...