Join the team from Failure - the Podcast in a discussion with Susan Conover, of the Boston-based startup LuminDx, as they work their way through a discussion of the ups and downs of starting a business in the healthcare space.

The team from Failure - The Podcast is easily distracted, esp., when the recording session is during dinner. Join them as the explore the wonderful world of food (and restaurant failure) with chef Peter Agostinelli.

Join the team from Failure - The Podcast as they help a serial entrepreneur wade through a never-ending tale of deceit, fraud and redemption.

Join the team from Failure - The Podcast in an irreverent tour of the party floor, and learn what startups think about failure.

Join us in a discussion with management consultant extraordinaire John Stempeck, of Avalon Associates, for a raucous tour of some of the iconic businesses of the late 20th century. You’ll leave with a better appreciation for the Great Recession that followed in the early 21st century.

Virtual reality, ... augmented reality, ... mixed reality, ... oh my! Is this just more hype from the tech industry, or is there really something to this? Grand View Research says that the market for virtual reality and alternative reality (VR/AR) was just under $1B in 2016 and predicts that it will grow many, many times that amount in the next several years. Tech Crunch puts the market at just over $100B by 2021. One hundred-fold growth in 5 years. Not bad! Join the team from Failure - The Podcast in a discussion with John Daniels of Kinaptic, Jason Parks of Rhythm of the Universe, and Max Harper of Simmetri about the VR/AR marketplace and partnering opportunities for startups that want to capture a piece of the action.

Sponsors: MIT Enterprise Forum & Nutter, McClennen & Fish, LLP.
Podcast Intro & Extro Music: Jazzy Frenchy - BenSound.com.

What’s the value of an MBA when it comes to starting a business? Join the team from Failure - The Podcast and judge for yourself.

A prior guest of the podcast likened markets to conversations. The entrepreneur introduces a product. The buying community accepts or rejects it. The entrepreneur tweaks and reintroduces the product. With luck, the buying community accepts it with more gusto. This back and forth, a conversation of sorts, continues until the entrepreneur and buying community reach "agreement" on what the product ought be.

Markets for venture capital and angel investment are no different. The entrepreneur pitches for funding. The investment community accepts or rejects the pitch. If the latter, the entrepreneur tweaks the pitch and tries again. With luck, some investors buy in. This "conversation" continues until the entrepreneur and investment community reach "agreement" on whether the entrepreneur and her company are truly fundable.

These conversations are not without friction. There are, after all, real people involved: entrepreneurs and investors alike. Join a discussion with Boston-based entrepreneur Daniel Barenboym as he vents about his experiences in raising capital among the investment community.

Jack of all spades. Master of none. Sometimes an enterprise — whether a startup or a multinational — can’t or shouldn’t try to do everything. Product design for example.

If a company’s forte is ... say ... farm equipment, it ought think twice before getting into the baby products market, for example. Sure, maybe the latest wheat thrasher won the company accolades at the 2018 Iowa Power Farming Show, but unless the Mini-Me version for three-year olds has all the right edges taken off, lawsuits will fly. That’s where an industrial design firm comes in.

Listen to the team from Failure - The Podcast as they explore what a design firm can (and can’t) do to bring a company’s product dreams to reality.