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WakeUp! Podcast

4 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 3 years ago -

This is the innovation podcast of the WakeUp project, where we speak with pioneers of innovation in two of the most interesting ecosystems in the world, Switzerland and Israel.

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Episodes

Episode 4: How a giant of the food industry engages with start ups? A conversation with Fabio Campanile

May 06, 2021 07:00 - 23 minutes - 15.8 MB

Givaudan is the world’s largest flavours and fragrances company. In fact, one in four of any food and cosmetic products we use will include Givaudan products. In this episode of the podcast we speak with Fabio Campanile who is their global head of science & technology, taste & wellbeing. Givaudan is a fascinating example of a huge organization taking advantage of its resources in order to cooperate with start-ups from around the world, thus benefitting from the special characteristics of eac...

Episode 3: "Peacetime" vs. "Battle Mode" innovation. A conversation with Dr. Eyal Zimlichman

April 05, 2021 21:00 - 39 minutes - 27.5 MB

In this episode we spoke with Dr. Eyal Zimlichman, MD, MSc (MHCM), Deputy Director General, Chief Medical Officer and Chief Innovation Officer at Sheba Medical Center (ARC). Dr. Zimlichman took us into the the light-speed innovation process we witnessed happening in his hospital this past year. He shared how he managed to acknowledge the looming crisis of COVID 19 very early on and how his mindset of always asking himself “what can we gain out of this?” has helped the medical community to no...

Episode 2: Understanding How Corporate Venture Departments Work. A conversation with Thierry Golliard

April 05, 2021 13:00 - 17 minutes - 11.9 MB

Thanks for joining us for a conversation with Thierry Golliard, Director/VP Open Innovation & Venturing at Swiss Post.  In this episode we covered many topics such as innovation in large corporation, the impact of the COIVID pandemic, things that entrepreneurs should know before they approach Thierry and much more.

Episode 1: How is the COVID-Crisis impacting the Israeli start-up ecosystem? A conversation with Daniel Roditi

April 05, 2021 12:00 - 21 minutes - 14.5 MB

In this 20 minutes conversation with Daniel Roditi, Co-founder of Meron Capital we discuss exactly that. Daniel’s insights cover a large range of fascinating topics from long-term investments strategies, to the challenges that entrepreneurs and investors are facing today, and much more.