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Disruptive Innovation Podcast (D.I.P.)

Nakiso Maodza & Mike Grandinetti

Nakiso Maodza and Mike Grandinetti discuss what Innovation is and more importantly what Disruptive Innovation is. Using examples from a variety of sources, they talk about who’s doing it rig...

Episodes

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Episode 23: MIT Solve Interview On The Gaps Between Ingenuity & Opportunity Worldwide

Mike had the great privilege of interviewing Hala Hanna for the latest episode of the Disruptive Innovation podcast series. A graduate of th...

00:40:46Mar 22, 2020

Episode 22: Why The FinTech Sandbox Is A Critical Piece of The FinTech Startup Playbook, Part 2 of 2

In this episode, the second of a multi-part miniseries on FinTech, I have an illuminating discussion with two of the leading FinTech thought...

00:23:40Mar 16, 2020

Episode 21: We Ask Some FinTech Thought Leaders, What’s Happening in FinTech Today? - Part 1 of 2

In this episode, the first of a multi-part miniseries on FinTech, I have an illuminating discussion with two of the leading FinTech thought...

00:35:37Mar 6, 2020

Episode 20: A New Type of VC With Impact Has It’s Eye On Funding 1000 Women & Minority Entrepreneurs

In this episode, we speak with Jarrid Tingle, Managing Partner of Harlem Capital Partners. For entrepreneurs raising money, the world of ven...

00:45:14Feb 28, 2020

Episode 19: How The USAF Used Innovation Research Programs Like TechStars To Influence Unique Military Funding Approaches To Drive Profound Disruption

In this episode, Mike has a compelling conversation about how Innovation Research Programs Like The New Small Business Grant Programs Are Tr...

01:10:21Feb 19, 2020

Episode 18: How Reebok Is Using Signals From Other Industries To Innovate & Transform It’s Products

Karen Korellis Reuther, is VP Creative Design & Futures at Reebok . A woman pioneer in the male-dominated world of industrial design, she sp...

00:44:55Feb 1, 2020

Episode 17: Piaggio Fast Forward & The Future of Personal Mobility

In this episode, Mike interview’s the polymath Professor Jeffrey Schnapp . Jeffrey is a study in duality. An expert on the romance languages...

01:22:08Jan 25, 2020

Episode 16: A Look At Co-Curricular Entrepreneur Education Through Berkeley’s SkyDeck & Babson’s eTower

In this episode, part 3 of a 3 part “mini-series” on Entrepreneurship, we discuss two very effective & unique co-curricular entrepreneurial...

00:42:24Dec 14, 2019

Episode 15: The Current State Of Entrepreneurship Education At Top Global MBA Programs

In this episode, we continue the discuss we began in Episode 14, on Entrepreneurship. Except, we shift the conversation to a discussion abou...

00:51:09Dec 6, 2019

Episode 14: It Turns Out It’s The 40 Year Old Entrepreneurs That Are Building The Most Disruptive Companies

In the Episode, we discuss the connection between age and success and the misconception that it’s only the young 20 and 30 years old Entrepr...

00:44:02Nov 29, 2019

Episode 13: How Pace-Setters Like APF & Growth Markets Like India & China Are Forcing The Hand of Automakers Towards An Emissions Free Future

If you’ve ever wondered about who is helping automaker’s reimagine the environment impact of their products, to focus on 100% EV luxury auto...

00:52:31Nov 22, 2019

Episode 12: From Waffle Iron Soles To 100% Recycled Plastic VaporFly Shoes Nike Shows How Sustainable Innovation Is Possible & Profitable

If you’ve ever worn the Max +1, the Pegasys, the Tailwind, and the lace-less Kukini, which is on display at the Smithsonian Museum, then you...

00:47:50Nov 16, 2019

Episode 11: Xerox Goes After HP, The “Grand-Daddy” of Silicon Valley & Shows Sustained Innovation Is Hard!

In this episode of we talk about the historic news that Xerox is trying to acquire HP. This is remarkable on many levels, because HP, founde...

00:44:49Nov 9, 2019

Episode 10: Celebrating The Rise Of The Female Entrepreneur & The Incredible Ecosystems Supporting Their Explosive Growth

In this episode of we focus exclusively on enabling boundless female entrepreneurship, along with the formation of female - friendly angel c...

00:39:58Oct 16, 2019

Episode 9: How “The Year Of The Unicorn” & Blockbuster IPOs Went “Poof”

This episode is a reflection on what has transpired to date in the world of innovation & entrepreneurship in 2019 year-to-date. The year sta...

00:35:01Oct 12, 2019

Episode 8: How Data Science, ML & AI Are Making InsureTech Relevant

In this episode, we do a deep dive into a focused branch of FinTech, InsuranceTech. Our guest is Alex Shyr, who leads the Data Science & ana...

00:39:45Oct 4, 2019

Episode 9: Bonus: MIT Event with Hurst Lin & Rebecca Fanning

Mike recently organized and led the first of MIT's four "Innovation Series" events for this academic year, "Preparing For and Competing with...

00:30:07Sep 29, 2019

Episode 7: HBS Online & Other MOOCs Are Changing How We Learn

In this episode, Mike and Nakiso speak with #PatrickMullane, Executive Director of Harvard Business School Online. HBS Online, which offers...

00:47:58Sep 24, 2019

Episode 6: AeroFarms Is Transforming Agriculture To Save Humanity Urban Vertical Farming

In this episode, we invited David Rosenberg, Founder & CEO of AeroFarms, the leading US vertical farm, and a certified B Corporation to disc...

00:41:58Sep 19, 2019

Episode 5: Using Voice Recordings & Machine Learning To Predict Illness

In this episode, we invited WinterLight Labs Co-Founder & CEO Liam Kaufman to join us to discuss what is happening in next generation Health...

00:46:12Sep 16, 2019