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A podcast about innovation and failure, mostly in business. Visit us at https://innovationblab.com.... more
FAQs about Failure - the Podcast:How many episodes does Failure - the Podcast have?The podcast currently has 88 episodes available.
April 27, 2018A Bit of BlockchainA discussion of blockchain with Seth Berman, an expert on cybersecurity and criminal law. Join us, as Seth works his way through the intricacies of blockchain, bitcoin, and all that jazz....more0minPlay
April 22, 2018Practicing What You PreachThe team of “Failure - The Podcast” isn’t immune from failure. Join us, and learn how we recovered (or not!) from our own failure when recording a session on the downfall of Encyclopedia Britannica....more0minPlay
April 17, 2018The Algorithm is the Thing -- How a Tech Company went from Chasing an IPO to Failure.The excess of the early 2000's was something to behold. Lying between the so-called Great Moderation of the 1990's and the Great Recession of 2008, money was flowing into the economy from everywhere. Spending was the order of the day, whether for consumer goods, automobiles, houses, or you name it. There would always be more money it seemed, and few wanted to be left out. Investors were no exception, nor were their portfolio companies. If a business was good at selling ... say, seafood ... then why not truffles. Food is food, and markets are markets. What could possibly go wrong? Join us in a discussion with Greg Belanger and learn how a would-be-Amazon went from a garage to chasing an IPO to failure -- all, in the blink of an eye....more0minPlay
April 07, 2018"Corporate" Venture Capital? Who knew?Just when you thought you understood venture capital, along comes "corporate" venture capital a/k/a CVC. You’ll love how Wikipedia defines it: "The definition of CVC often becomes clearer by explaining what it is not." Huh? Digging deeper, the long and short of it is this: corporate venture capital is an investment that a company -- typically, a large player in the field -- makes in a startup. Join our discussion with Marty Sukle, CEO of Snake Creek Lasers, as he talks about his prior life in corporate venture capital....more0minPlay
April 06, 2018Failure by CommitteeYou've probably heard the old expression: "a camel is a horse designed by a committee." Our guest, Ted Finn, lived it. Not with camels, but with footwear. Ted is a serial entrepreneur in that industry. Before starting his current company to bring the power of the internet to the insole, Ted ran a worldwide women's shoe design and manufacturing business. After a string of successful product launches, it seemed the company had the Midas touch. That is, until it designed a shoe by committee. The product failed miserably and so did the re-design. Join us and our guest Ted Finn in a discussion of failure by committee....more0minPlay
April 01, 2018Some Thoughts on PitchingThe marketing pros will tell you that there's a right way to pitch and many wrong ways. That may be. But when you are on the front line, things change. Mike Tyson says everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth. That applies to pitching, as well. That doesn't mean you shouldn't plan, of course. But you'll have to be flexible when it comes time to deliver, and it helps to know your audience. Still, views on what precisely makes for a good pitch vary. If there is consensus at all, it's this: if your pitch was successful, than you've probably done something right....more0minPlay
March 16, 2018An Upcoming Event at the MIT Enterprise Forum of Cambridge on the Internet of Things (IoT)Join us in a discussion with Frank Gillett, of the research firm Forrester, in a discussion of an upcoming panel discussion at the MIT Enterprise Forum of Cambridge "Connected Things 2018" conference on April 5, 2018....more0minPlay
March 16, 2018The Internet of Things (IoT) MarketplaceJoin us in a discussion of the IoT marketplace with Frank Gillett, vice president and principal analyst for Forrester. Warning to the listener: this podcast is somewhat free-wheeling, if not downright chaotic. Hold on tight....more0minPlay
March 02, 2018An Industrial Designer's Story -- the Rise of Healthcare and the Fall of a Solar Cell StartupBack in the day, design aesthetic was for espresso machines and fancy Italian cars. Industrial designers were lucky to be called in before a new product was introduced and, then, only to choose its color — usually, file cabinet grey or army green. These days, industrial designers have all the fun. Just ask Dan Williams. He has been in from the start of countless products, from the mobile phones to state-of-the-art health care delivery systems. Along the way, Dan’s witnessed some great successes and some spectacular failures — including the fall of Konarka, an early solar cell maker that raised a whopping $185 Million before collapsing in the face of unexpected changes in the energy industry. Join us in hearing Dan's story. ...more0minPlay
February 16, 2018The Entrepreneur InventorOur guest, John Daniels, is a basement tinkerer who is breaking the mold in the manner of the best of them. The Thomas Edisons, the Alexander Graham Bells, the Samuel Colts: inventors who were successful entrepreneurs, as well. Forbes magazine says these are a rare breed. Have a listen to our latest podcast, and you’ll see why....more0minPlay
FAQs about Failure - the Podcast:How many episodes does Failure - the Podcast have?The podcast currently has 88 episodes available.