Agile Giants: Lessons from Corporate Innovators
Fundamentally, a startup within a company is the same as one inside the proverbial garage: a group of entrepreneurs trying to make the world a better place using new ideas and inventions. Each week, join Sean Ammirati, Co-Founder & Director of the Carnegie Mellon Corporate Startup Lab, as he interviews guests who are doing the important work creating startups inside large corporations. If you already are a corporate entrepreneur, want to become one or are just looking for some advice around commercializing transformative innovation, this podcast is for you.
- Update frequency
- every 12 days
- Average duration
- 33 minutes
- Episodes
- 69
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2024
Episode 8: Priscilla Beal - Global Head, Digital Health Ecosystem & Engagement at Bayer
Every time I sit down with Priscilla, I come away so impressed. The work she’s doing at Bayer partnering with startups to solve internal challenges is a great model for any large company.
We first me…
Episode 7: Gustavo Lopez - General Manager at MSA The Safety Company
On this week’s episode of Agile Giants, I’m joined by Gustavo Lopez a general manager at MS The Safety Company. MSA is over 100-years old. They historically have sold safety devices, things like port…
Episode 6: Laurie Barkman CMO/Business Development at Burns White
On this week’s episode of Agile Giants, I’m joined by Laurie Barkman. I’ve known Laurie for a long time. She ran marketing for a startup that I invested in years ago and more recently she’s been an a…
Episode 5: Sylvia Vogt - President, Carnegie Bosch Institute
On this week’s episode of Agile Giants, I sit down with Sylvia Vogt. Sylvia is the President of the Carnegie Bosch Institute, and a co-instructor of the leading innovation executive education course…
Episode 4: Dennis Boecker - Founder of Chicago Connectory
On this week's episode of Agile Giants, I have Dennis Boecker. In some ways, this is really a continuation of last week's conversation with Terry Lonier.
Dennis built one of the innovation labs that …
Episode 3: Terri Lonier - Advisor to Chief Innovation Officers
On this episode, host Sean Ammirati, Co-Founder and Director of the Carnegie Mellon Corporate Startup Lab, sits down with an advisor to Cheif Innovation Officers Terri Lonier.
Terri and Sean ha…
Episode 2: Ryan Thomas - Vice President, Innovation at the JM Smucker Company
Host Sean Ammirati, Co-Founder and Director of the Carnegie Mellon Corporate Startup Lab, sits down with Ryan Thomas Vice President, Innovation at The J.M. Smucker Company.
As a leader of innovat…
Episode 1: Neil Soni - Author, The Startup Goldmine
The premiere episode of Agile Giants. Host Sean Ammirati, Co-Founder and Director of the Carnegie Mellon Corporate Startup Lab, sits down with author and entrepreneur Neil Soni.
Author of the boo…
Episode 0: Trailer
Each week, join Sean Ammirati, Co-Founder & Director of the Carnegie Mellon Corporate Startup Lab, as he interviews guests who are doing the important work creating startups inside large corporations…