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Beyond The Core
by Highline Beta
Beyond The Core is a podcast series by Marcus Daniels and Ben Yoskovitz, founders of Highline Beta, exploring how companies are breaking free from traditional innovation models to build significant new ventures. Drawing from their experience helping organizations like RBC and AB InBev transform into venture builders, they interview leaders who've successfully launched billion-dollar spinouts, built venture studios, and created new markets. Weekly episodes feature practical insights on venture studio design, growth innovation playbooks, and strategic choices in corporate venture building.
Episodes
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How to Run a 5-Day Innovation Sprint, with Sierra Calhoun-Pollard, Ph.D., Director of Blackstone LaunchPad x UF | Professor of Innovation | CEO Winnovation Agency
In this episode of Beyond the Core, Ben Yoskovitz sits down with Sierra Calhoun-Pollard, Ph.D., Director of Blackstone LaunchPad x UF | Professor of Innovation | CEO Winnovation Agency, to unpack how she designed a 5-Day Innovation Sprint that connects industry partners and cross-disciplinary…
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Inside SEI’s 3-Step Playbook for Corporate Venture Building, with Allie Carey
Most corporate innovation programs talk a big game (and then die in PowerPoint). This episode is what it looks like when one actually works. Allie Carey, Chief Strategy Officer at SEI Private Banking & Wealth Management, joined Beyond the Core to share how she built a repeatable system for...
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How Top Leaders Go Beyond the Core in Corporate Innovation, with Scarlett Sieber, Chief Strategy & Growth Officer at Money20/20
What does it really take to lead innovation in highly regulated industries, push beyond the core, and make financial inclusion a reality? In this episode, Marcus Daniels sits down with Scarlett Sieber, Chief Strategy & Growth Officer at Money20/20, to unpack decades of experience at the...
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How to Build a High-Conviction Venture Inside a $1 Trillion Enterprise, with Sharon Rodriguez, CEO of HighPeak Al
What does it take to build a truly independent, high-growth startup inside a 150-year-old financial giant and then spin it out? In this episode of Beyond the Core, Ben and Marcus sit down with Sharon Rodriguez, CEO of HighPeak Al. Sharon shares how she's building a nimble venture within the...
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How Corporations Should Actually Deploy AI, with Sidney Madison Prescott
Most companies are diving into AI without a map. So how do you turn hype into meaningful transformation? In this episode of Beyond the Core, Ben and Marcus talk with Sidney Madison Prescott, Founder & CEO of MIRROR | MIRROR & ADRIATIC HARVEST, about the real state of enterprise AI. We explore how...
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Why Corporate Innovation Need Spinouts, with Simon Ratcliffe, Venture Building Director of DNV
How do you spin out successful startups from inside a 160-year-old corporate giant? In this episode of Beyond the Core, Ben and Marcus sit down with Simon Ratcliffe, Venture Building Director of DNV, to unpack how he’s led two corporate spin-outs with a third on the way, inside one of Europe’s…
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The Future of Venture Studios: Liquidity, Structure & Scaling, with Sarah Anderson, Founding Partner at Vault Fund
Venture studios are evolving fast, but what separates those that scale from those that stall? In this episode of Beyond the Core, Ben Yoskovitz and Marcus Daniels sit down with Sarah Anderson, Founding Partner at Vault Fund, the first fund-of-funds dedicated exclusively to venture studios. With...
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How a $4B corporation Structures and Scales innovation, with Peter Roeber (Global Strategic Growth & Innovation Leader at W. L. Gore & Associates)
How do you build new ventures inside a 60-year-old materials science company without breaking the core business? In this episode of Beyond the Core, Ben Yoskovitz and Marcus Daniels sit down with Peter Roeber, a 28-year Gore veteran and one of the leaders behind its most ambitious new ventures in...
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Inside Microsoft’s Innovation Engine: How Ed Essey Built a Scalable System for 20,000+ Ideas
What does it take to turn ideas into real business outcomes, at the scale of Microsoft? In this episode of Beyond the Core, Marcus Daniels sits down with Ed Essey, Director of Business Value at Microsoft Garage, to unpack how one of the most iconic internal innovation programs in tech got started...
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How Kroger Built 84.51 to Innovate at Scale, with Todd James, Founder & CEO of Aurora Insights
How do you build a high-speed, AI-driven data business inside a $140B grocery retailer without getting swallowed by legacy systems and org charts? In this episode of Beyond the Core, Ben and Marcus sit down with Todd James, former Chief Data & Technology Officer at 84.51° and Head of AI at…
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How Caterpillar Is Testing Bold Ideas Without Risking the Brand, with Nancy Yaklich
What does it take to build new ventures inside a 100-year-old industrial giant, without getting buried in bureaucracy or damaging the brand?In this episode of Beyond the Core, Ben and Marcus sit down with Nancy Yaklich, a seasoned innovation leader who’s led Venture-building initiatives at…
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Vertical Venture Studios Are the Future, But Only If You Do This Right
In this episode of Beyond The Core, Ben Yoskovitz and Marcus Daniels answer the 10 most common questions they’ve received about vertical venture studios—from how to pick the right vertical, to the real ROI metrics, to why launching multiple studios simultaneously might be smarter than it sounds....
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Building Startups Where No One’s Looking: Why Dan Magnuszewski at Radial Ventures is Betting on Buffalo
In this episode of Beyond the Core, we sit down with Dan Magnuszewski—co-founder of ACV Auctions (NYSE: ACVA) and now founding partner at Radial Ventures, a new venture studio focused on launching startups in Buffalo, New York. Dan shares what he learned taking ACV from zero to IPO, why he’s...
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How Mastercard Builds Innovation That Actually Ships, with Maja Lapcevic, Senior Vice President, Martech, Innovation and Commercialization
What does real corporate innovation look like inside a global financial services giant? In this episode of Beyond the Core, we sit down with Maja Lapcevic, Senior Vice President, Martech, Innovation and Commercialization at Mastercard, and formerly led innovation management and helped…
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How to Actually Build a Venture Studio That Works, with Ben Yoskovitz & Marcus Daniels (Q+A)
In this special Q&A episode of Beyond The Core, Ben and Marcus answer the top audience-submitted questions about corporate venture studios, innovation strategy, and what it really takes to build and fund new businesses inside large companies. They cover everything from governance and culture to…
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Why Most Corporate Innovation Fails, and What to Do Instead, with Eric Ries on Trust, Governance & Transformation
Why do so many big companies fail at innovation—even when they say it’s a top priority? In this episode, we sit down with Eric Ries, author of The Lean Startup and The Startup Way, to unpack what it really takes to drive transformation inside legacy organizations—and why most of them get it…
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How to Experiment at Scale Without Wasting Time, with Leandro Balbinot, CTO at Whole Foods & VP of Technology at Amazon
What does real innovation look like inside a tech giant like Amazon? And how do you make it work inside a physical business like Whole Foods? In this episode, we sit down with Leandro Balbinot, CTO at Whole Foods and VP of Technology at Amazon, to explore how world-class companies approach...
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How Corporates Can Actually Innovate: Lessons from RBC Ventures’ Mike Dobbins
Most corporate innovation efforts fail before they even begin. Why? Because companies apply core-business thinking to ventures that demand a completely different approach. In this episode, Mike Dobbins, Former Group Head RBC and Founder of RBC Ventures, joins us to unpack what it really takes for…
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Inside the Evolution of CVC with Dan Reed, Managing Director, President of American Family Ventures
In venture capital, the role of corporate investors has long been debated. Are they truly aligned with startups? Do they move too slowly? Can they deliver more than just capital? These questions have shaped how corporate venture capital (CVC) has evolved over the last decade. In this episode of...
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Governance, KPIs, and Scaling New Ventures: A Q&A with Ben Yoskovitz and Marcus Daniels
Over the past four weeks of Beyond the Core, we’ve been getting a ton of questions about how corporate venture studios actually operate—how to measure progress, structure governance, and avoid common pitfalls in venture building. In this episode, we’re tackling some of the toughest questions…
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Winning Corporate Ventures: Building Tinder with IAC’s Hatch Labs and Exiting Autonomic to Ford X with Amar Varma, Co-Founder of Mantle
In this conversation with Amar Varma, we explored the nuances of corporate venturing through the lens of someone who's mastered it from multiple angles – as the co-founder of Hatch Labs (where Tinder was born), the architect behind Ford X, and now the founder of Mantle.
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How You Can Build a Corporate Venture Engine: Lessons from ZX Ventures with Pedro Earp, Chief Disruptive Growth Officer
Join us on Beyond the Core as Pedro Earp, founder of ZX Ventures, shares how he built AB InBev's disruptive growth arm. (1:58) Board-driven initiative created to accelerate innovation beyond AB InBev's traditional M&A strategy (6:53) Despite initial reluctance, Pedro embraced the role with full...
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How To Build A Successful Corporate Venture Studio, with Kal Amin of 1848 Ventures
As founding partners of Highline Beta, we have spent countless hours with venture studio leaders, learning what works and what doesn't in the industry. Recently, in Episode 1 of Beyond The Core, we had a fascinating conversation with Kal Amin, who's doing remarkable things as Managing Director of...
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Beyond The Core is a podcast series by Marcus Daniels and Ben Yoskovitz, founders of Highline Beta, exploring how companies are breaking free from traditional innovation models to build significant new ventures. Drawing from their experience helping organizations like RBC and AB InBev transform into venture builders, they interview leaders who've successfully launched billion-dollar spinouts, built venture studios, and created new markets. Weekly episodes feature practical insights on venture studio design, growth innovation playbooks, and strategic choices in corporate venture building.
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