Advantaged: An Alloy Partners Podcast

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  • Advantaged Season II Trailer

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    Advantaged: An Alloy Partners Podcast

    3 min
  • The Venture Fundraising Climate

    Episode Breakdown

    00:00 Introduction to Advantage Podcast

    00:40 Meet Nate Schmidt: Managing Director, GTM

    02:16 The Importance of Fundraising for Startups

    04:40 Fundraising 101: Basics and Best Practices

    11:00 Navigating the AI Trend in Fundraising

    16:01 Balancing Profitability and Fundraising

    22:03 Final Thoughts and Advice for Founders

     

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    Referenced in the Show

    "10 Trends That Will Shape the 2025 Innovation Landscape"

    "Default Alive or Default Dead?" by Paul Graham

    Carta's 2024 State of Startups Report

     

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    "3 Takeaways from 2024's Venture Capital and Startup Benchmarks"

    "How Savvy Startup Founders Are Getting VCs' Attention"

    "5 Takeaways from David Senra on Building World-Changing Companies"

    "Nailing Your Startup Timing: Critical to Your Company’s Success"

    "Preparing Our Startup Founders for Go-to-Market Success"

    Advantaged: An Alloy Partners Podcast

    24 min
  • Moving Beyond Innovation Theater

    Episode Breakdown

    00:00 Introduction and Podcast Overview

    00:54 Meet the Team: Backgrounds and Roles

    04:02 The Evolution of Corporate Innovation

    04:37 Defining Innovation Theater

    06:23 Challenges and Strategies in Corporate Innovation

    14:01 Success Stories and Case Studies

    20:05 The Future of CVCs and Accelerators

    24:26 Conclusion and Final Thoughts

     

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    Morgan Berman on LinkedIn

    Nick Wichert on LinkedIn

     

    Referenced in the Show

    "10 Trends That Will Shape the 2025 Innovation Landscape"

    "The Illusion of Innovation: Escape "Efficiency" and Unleash Radical Progress"

    "Building a Startup to Rapidly Solve Difficult Business Problems"

    "Disney’s Startup Accelerator Program Announces Participants"

     

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    "The Illusion of Innovation (and Escaping the Efficiency Trap)"

    "Venture Building: Ideal for Scaled Organizations"

    "Innovation Strategy: A Blueprint for Corporate Leaders"

    "Rich vs. King: The Corporate Founder's Innovation Dilemma"

    "Corporate Innovation: How to Build Your Strategy"

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  • The Healthcare Innovation Landscape

    Episode Breakdown

    00:00 Introduction to Advantaged Podcast

    00:25 Overview of 2025 Innovation Trends

    01:23 Rising Healthcare Costs and Workforce Shortages

    04:55 Funding and Digital Health Trends

    06:43 Scrutiny on Healthcare Incumbents

    08:33 Startup Activity and Point-Solution Fatigue

    12:12 AI and Digital Health Startups

    13:54 Women's Health and Other Key Areas

    14:56 Healthcare Incumbents' Strategies

    18:41 Policy Changes and Market Dynamics in 2025

    29:16 Partnerships and Innovation in Healthcare

    21:21 Conclusion and Future Outlook

     

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    Molly Cross on LinkedIn

     

    Referenced in the Show

    "10 Trends That Will Shape the 2025 Innovation Landscape"

    "Physician shortage could reach 86,000, AAMC projects"

    Christina Farr's Second Opinion Newsletter

    "H1 2024 digital health funding: Resilience leads to brilliance"

    "Transcarent to acquire fellow health benefits navigator Accolade"

    "Zepbound on Track to Transform 2025's Healthcare Landscape"

    "Hippocratic AI Completes $141MM Series B Financing Round"

    "NVIDIA Partners With Industry Leaders to Advance Genomics, Drug Discovery and Healthcare"

    "Andreessen Horowitz Partners with Lilly to Launch First-of-Its-Kind Biotech Ecosystem Fund"

     

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    "Digital Innovation in Healthcare: 3 Opportunity Areas"

    "Leveraging AI in Healthcare and Other Regulated Industries"

    "Unlocking Healthcare Transformation Through Ongoing Innovation"

    "Forecasting the Future of Pharma Industry Innovation"

    "AI in Pharma: The Growing Number of Pharmaceutical Use Cases"

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    35 min
  • Assessing the Regulatory Environment

    Episode Breakdown

    00:00 Introduction to Advantaged Podcast

    00:50 Meet Lesa Mitchell: Background and Expertise

    01:29 2025 Innovation Trends: Regulatory Landscape

    02:07 Opportunities in Deregulation

    04:58 Constraints and Innovation

    07:22 Impact of COVID on Innovation

    12:08 Energy Sector Innovations

    16:40 Federal Funding and Workforce Programs

    21:04 AI and Crypto: Future Outlook

    22:56 Conclusion and Future Opportunities

     

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    Referenced in the Show

    "10 Trends That Will Shape the 2025 Innovation Landscape"

    "ClimateTech: Empowering Startups to Spark Energy Innovation"

    "What to Know About DeepSeek and How It Is Upending AI"

    "COVID-19 and the Rise of Telehealth"

    Chuck, an Alloy Partners Company

    Amplio, an Alloy Partners Company

    1842 Fund, a Venture Studio Impact Fund

    SlateUp, an Alloy Partners Company

    "Who Is David Sacks, Trump's Pick for AI and Crypto Czar?"

     

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    "Leveraging AI in Healthcare and Other Regulated Industries"

    "Forecasting the Future of Pharma Industry Innovation"

    "How Emerging Climate Technology Ventures Will Impact Us All"

    "Digital Innovation in Healthcare: 3 Opportunity Areas"

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  • The State of Corporate Innovation

    Episode Breakdown

    00:00 Introduction to Advantaged Podcast

    00:16 Overview of Alloy Partners

    00:28 2025 Innovation Trends Miniseries

    00:53 Meet the Guests: Elliott Parker and Matt Brady

    01:58 Corporate Innovation Challenges

    03:35 The Innovator's Dilemma and Innosight

    07:16 Venture Building Success Stories

    13:51 Corporate Innovation Trends and AI

    21:44 Advice for Innovation Leaders

    23:48 Closing Remarks

     

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    Referenced in the Show

    "10 Trends That Will Shape the 2025 Innovation Landscape"

    "The Innovator's Dilemma" by Clayton Christensen

    "The Illusion of Innovation" by Elliott Parker

    Athian, an Alloy Partners Company

    "Elanco Adds New Tools to Advance U.S. Livestock Sustainability Efforts"

    "$60 Billion in One Year: Mark Zuckerberg Touts Meta's AI Investments"

    "Fast, Cheap, and Weird"

     

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    "Why Corporate Innovation Programs Fail Today"

    "Venture Building: Ideal for Scaled Organizations"

    "Corporate Innovation is Dead. Long Live Corporate Innovation!"

    "The Illusion of Innovation (and Escaping the Efficiency Trap)"

    "Artificial Intelligence and the Case for Human Ingenuity"

    Advantaged: An Alloy Partners Podcast

    25 min
  • Introducing Advantaged
    Alloy Partners VP of Marketing and Advantaged host Drew Beechler explains what listeners can expect from our brand new podcast and details what we'll discuss on our special "2025 Innovation Trends" mini series that will kick off the podcast. Advantaged: An Alloy Partners Podcast
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On Advantaged, we interview corporate innovators, founders, and investors all around venture building and startup<>corporate partnerships. We are telling the stories of how corporates and startups win together.