The Secret to Silicon Valley’s Success

Whenever I’m speaking outside of California, I can usually expect an audience question about Silicon Valley. Such as — “What’s the secret to Silicon Valley’s success?” After all, this region is home to some of the world’s most successful and innovative companies. People want to know what about Silicon Valley makes it so successful, and […]

Silicon Valley

Bringing the Game to Gaming Tech Innovation #CES2020

Today’s guest is one that I had the privilege of working alongside during my time at HP. Luca Di Fiore, Head of Products at Xtreme Performance Gear, joins us here at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2020, to discuss some game-changing innovation efforts. On this week’s show, we will discuss gaming tech innovation and the latest at […]

Gaming Tech Innovation

Scott McNealy on Controversy Generates Good Ideas

Is controversy good when it comes to innovating? Today’s guest is passionate about creating breakthroughs and states ‘If it isn’t controversial, it’s not a good idea’. Scott McNealy knows a few things about changing the game by challenging the status quo, disrupting platforms, products and services. Focusing on continually challenging an idea, model, platform, technology […]

Scott McNealy

Phillip Merrick On Being The Innovation First Mover

On this week’s episode of Killer Innovations, Phillip Merrick joins us in the studio. Phillip and his wife Caren started a company called webMethods and pioneered the use of web services integrating, machines, software applications and databases with XML-based software integration technologies.  Phillip was the co-founder of a web-multimedia resume company VisualCV and is currently […]

Phillip Merrick

Startup meets BigCo – the Confluence of Innovation in Cincinnati S14 Ep9

Kym McNicholas, syndicated host for The Innovators Network, stands in for Phil on today’s Killer Innovations podcast.

When civic and business leaders have a meeting of the minds, amazing things can happen.  Cincinnati is home to several major corporations and health care organizations. The demand is high for tech innovation.  This midwestern city has created a unique approach to draw in the best talent.  Cintrifuse is the confluence of innovation in Cincinnati. […]

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How To Innovate Under Financial Constraints S12 Ep48

Using other peoples money to fund your idea

I am a believer that constraint based innovation creates better ideas. It forces the team to throw out the old rule book and innovate a new approach. The same applies when you are forced to innovate under financial constraints. While my staff doesn’t always agree that constraints are good, in my experience a team that […]

Treat Your Life Like A Startup S12 Ep41

Guest: Dr Anna Akbari

Many make the mistake of thinking that their lives are going to work out as planned. It never does. What would happen if you treated your life like a startup? The guest for this weeks show, Dr. Anna Akbari, discusses her book, “Startup Your Life: Hustle And Hack Your Way To Happiness.” As an entrepreneur, […]

What Is The Innovation Behind Chatbots And Why Is It Important? S12 Ep5

Guest: Richard Smullen (@Pypestream)

With the growing interest of organizations to have a closer, real-time connection with their customers, there is the emergence of business-to-consumer messaging channels coming from startups and even well established companies. To address the growth of customer interactions with these new messaging platforms, organizations are turning to chatbots, natural language processing, artificial intelligence and machine […]

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A Look Inside A Next Generation Startup Accelerator S11 Ep28

This weeks show takes a look at Boomtown – a next generation startup accelerator that has greatly improved the accelerator model. Boomtown startups currently enjoy a 96% survival rate and 78% of them are generating revenues. Guest: Toby Krout of Boomtown Toby Krout is an entrepreneur, investor, and startup coach. He co-founded Boomtown, a startup […]

Boomtown Startup Accelerator