Oct 27, 202653 minS7
Are you building a product people like, or one they will actually pay for? Madhavan Ramanujam , co-founder and general partner at 49 Palms Ventures , joins Ian Bergman to explain why pricing should start before product...
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What is new in Corporate Innovation, and why is it so hard?Join us for a series of interviews with thought leaders, founders, and high achievers inside the world of innovation. Through intimate conversations with Host and CEO of Alchemist, Ian Bergman, we explore what makes innovation so challenging. Guests range from established stars to the most exciting up-and-comers. Innovators Inside is a must-listen for anyone trying to instill a culture of curiosity into a large corporation or organization.
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What is Innovators Inside about?
What is new in Corporate Innovation, and why is it so hard? Join us for a series of interviews with thought leaders, founders, and high achievers inside the world of innovation. Through intimate conversations with Host and CEO of Alchemist, Ian Bergman, we explore what makes innovation so challenging. Guests range from established stars to the most exciting up-and-comers.
What has Innovators Inside covered recently?
Recent episodes include "Price Before Product: AI Pricing and Monetization with Madhavan Ramanujam" (27 October 2026, 53 minutes), "Why Most AI Pilots Never Scale Into Real Business Value | Jennifer Charbonneau" (13 October 2026, 45 minutes), and "Executive Hiring: How to Find Leaders Who Can Scale | Travis Hann" (29 September 2026, 47 minutes).
How often does Innovators Inside publish?
Innovators Inside publishes roughly every two weeks, with episodes averaging 56 minutes across 119 episodes.
How hard is it to get booked on Innovators Inside?
Booking probability for Innovators Inside is 35%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Innovators Inside requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Innovators Inside's contact route on record: verified email.
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The strongest fits for Innovators Inside are Business & Management Consulting and Investment Banking & Trading. Innovators Inside has a business audience.
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Recent episodes
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Oct 13, 202645 minS7Why do some transformation efforts take hold while others require constant pushing? Jennifer Charbonneau, SVP Operations and Supply Chain @ Cache Energy , shares what she learned leading innovation, AI adoption, safety...
Sep 29, 202647 minS7Executive hiring can make or break a scaling company. Travis Hann , co-founder and managing partner of Pender & Howe , explains why leadership hires fail, how founders can assess candidates beyond the résumé, and why...
Sep 1, 202648 minS7Emmanuel Vallod , Partner and Head of Venture Research at Hivemind Capital , joins Ian Bergman to explore the funding gap between academic research and startup formation. They discuss Dark Matter Lab, a new model for...
Aug 4, 202648 minS7Dave Lambert, founder and managing director of Right Side Capital Management, explains why early-stage companies are reaching revenue faster, operating with smaller teams, and potentially needing far less venture...
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Jul 21, 202646 minS7Most AI projects do not fail because the technology is not ready. They fail because companies choose the wrong problem, keep iterating without shipping, or never move beyond the pilot stage. Ingrid Curtis, CEO of Sparq...
Jul 7, 202650 minS7Garnet Heraman, co-founder and GP at Aperture Venture Capital, joins Ian Bergman to explain how investors can separate real technology shifts from hype. They explore vertical AI, enterprise adoption, quantum...
Jun 23, 202650 minS7AI is changing how businesses make decisions, manage teams, and compete. In this episode of Innovators Inside Podcast, Ian Bergman and Geoff McQueen, Founder and CEO of WorkSights AI, explore how AI can move beyond...
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Burn the Boats: Matt Higgins on Bold Innovation, Founder Resilience, and Building What Comes Next
Jun 9, 202647 minS7Matt Higgins, CEO and co-founder of RSE Ventures, joins Innovators Inside to unpack what it really takes to build boldly when there is no fallback plan. From Shark Tank and Harvard Business School to defense tech...
May 26, 20261h 21mS7How do great companies lose their mission, and how can founders stop it before it starts? In this episode, Eric Ries, author of The Lean Startup and Incorruptible, explains how mission drift, shareholder pressure, false...
May 12, 20261h 2mS7Category creation can help founders and innovation leaders stop competing in crowded markets and start defining new ones. In this episode of Inside Podcast, Ian Bergman and Layne Fawns talk with Kevin Maney , co-founder...
Apr 28, 202656 minS7How do leaders create real change when the problem has no clear answer? In this episode, Ian Bergman and Layne Fawns sit down with John Michael Schert, founder of JMS & Company, to explore adaptive leadership...
Apr 14, 20261h 14mS7In this episode, neuroscientist, entrepreneur, and author Vivienne Ming explains why the biggest opportunity in AI is not automation, but helping people think better, ask better questions, and solve harder problems...
Mar 31, 20261 hourS7In this episode, Wendy Gonzalez, CEO of Sama, breaks down why high-quality data, human-in-the-loop systems, and clear evaluation standards are essential for building AI that actually works at scale. Wendy shares how...
Mar 17, 202655 minS7In this episode, Ian Bergman sits down with Dhruv C. Patel, co-founder of Syncurrent, to explore how AI is helping local governments, Tribal Nations, and public agencies find and access funding faster, turning a process...
Mar 3, 202652 minS7What if innovation is not about moving faster, but moving with purpose? In this episode of Innovators Inside, Ian Bergman sits down with Dr. Hisham Alasad, head of innovation enablement at Qatar Airways, to unpack a...
Feb 17, 20261h 3mS7What does it really take to lead through constant disruption? Jim Stallings, Founder and CEO of PS27 Ventures, shares lessons from a career spanning the U.S. Marine Corps, senior leadership roles at IBM, and now...
Feb 3, 202656 minS7Building an app is easy. Building an app people keep using is the hard part. In this episode, we sit down with Ghazenfer Mansoor, Founder and CEO of Technolog y Rivers and author of Beyond the Download . He breaks down...
Jan 20, 202641 minS7Startups and corporates need each other. But most partnerships fall apart. In this episode, Ian Bergman talks with Noga Tal about what actually makes these relationships work. They break down why thinking big early is...
Jan 6, 20261h 17mS7In this episode, Marcelo Calbucci breaks down the innovation habits that shaped his career at Microsoft, Amazon, and across six startups. He explains why small, fast iterations beat big plans, how narrative driven...
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Dr. Vivienne Ming
theoretical neuroscientist, entrepreneur, AI researcher, author, The Human Trust
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John Rossman
former Amazon executive, co-author of Big Bet Leadership, Rossman Kirk, PLLC
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Matt Brady
professional dog trainer and founder of Manageable Mutts, Ceramex North America
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Stephanie Melodia
Creative Leadership Advisor, Keynote Speaker, and Growth Strategist, Bloom
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