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#244: MassChallenge: How Peloton & HubSpot Drive Growth
Recorded live in August 2020, MassChallenge presents an in-depth conversation on the latest trends in sales and marketing from industry leaders and innovation experts, Brian Halligan, co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of HubSpot, Carolyn Tisch Blodgett, former Head of Marketing at Peloton…
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#243: Dr. David Rabin - The New Science of Tranquility
When it comes to mindfulness and emotional health, few have been more pioneering than Dr. David Rabin. A physician, neuroscientist, psychiatrist, psychedelics researcher, and now wearable technology entrepreneur, Dave is both the executive director of the Board of Medicine, and co-founder of…
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#242: [REPUBLISHED] Hakeem Oluseyi - Becoming an Industry Mercenary
What happens when you grow up on both Fat Albert and Albert Einstein? You get Hakeem Oluseyi. As one of the world's foremost scientists, Hakeem wears many hats-- TV personality, professor, life coach, consultant, voice actor, philanthropist, and former chief science officer at the Discovery...
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#240: KC Ifeanyi - Fast Company Fridays (Ep. 4)
Every month, the good folks Fast Company and Innovation Crush sit down to chat about some of the most inspired developments across innovation, creativity, and human performance. In this fourth installment, Fast Company podcast host and editor, KC Ifeanyi, gives us the latest from his world of...
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#239: Scott Kajiya - Ventures in Curiosity
As co-founder of one of the largest cannabis portfolio companies, Scott Kajiya is a life long learner and explorer. From early days of working with artists like Keith Haring and Basquiat, to launching Indian Motorcycle in Japan, to now co-founding Tabu.co with products in over 2000 locations in...
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#238: Heidi Roddenberry - Live Long, Innovate, and Prosper
As president of the Roddenberry Foundation, Heidi Roddenberry is a on a mission to quite literally -- boldly go where no man has gone before. Forged in the ethos and philosophy of Star Trek creator, Gene Roddenberry, the foundation supports entrepreneurs, dreamers, and never-before-imagined...
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#237: Shantell Martin - Drawn to New Perspectives
From MIT to Puma to the New York City Ballet to Google to Kendrick Lamar, to homes and office buildings around the world and back again, Shantell Martin and her artwork have become iconic staples in culture. Most famously, her work asks one simple question: "Who are you?" -- a question that all…
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#236: Chris Denson - Left Unsupervised Podcast
Chris Denson joins the Left Unsupervised podcast to talk holidays, being an author, millennial social behavior, and all things innovation. Check out Left Unsupervised on Instagram to see some fun man-on-the-street videos we did in Los Angeles to get some great advice on the holidays. This episode...
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#235: John Canning - Staying Ahead of the Curve
A brief history of how innovations are birthed and reach critical mass, with John Canning, a 20+ year industry veteran who's career has been spent developing new methods of creating and delivering media, games and interactive experiences from concept to consumer devices. He is currently the first...
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#234: (Republished) Adam Garone - From Success to Significance
Episode #65: A self-proclaimed "mustache farmer," Adam Garone is the CEO and co-founder of Movember, a globally celebrated movement that pits mustaches against men's health issues; particularly prostate cancer. Adam comes from a long line of military, was a digital web and marketing exec, and now...
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#233: Julia Bianco & Chip Beaman - Scaling Opportunity and Access
From BMW to Activision to EA to Star Wars, hundreds of creative projects have the secret weapons of Chip Beaman and Julia Bianco behind them. They've spent the majority of their collective career building a vast network of top tier content and game publishers, voice talent, production services,...
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#232: Fast Company Fridays - Anisa Purbasari (Ep. 3)
Every month, the good folks Fast Company and Innovation Crush sit down to chat about some of the most inspired developments across innovation, creativity, and human performance. In this third installment, Fast Company assistant editor, Anisa Purbasari Horton -- who is often her own guinea pig for...
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#231: Craig Thompson - Becoming an Extraordinary Alien
Since his self-described "awful" start on YouTube, Craig Thompson, aka Mini Ladd, has gone from 16-year-old awkward gaming video maker, to amassing close to 10 million subscribers across social media, launched his own 27-city comedy/variety tour (a first ever in its category), built wells in...
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#230: Dallin Larsen - All in the Network
As an Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year, Dallin Larsen is no stranger to taking risks in building multi-billion dollar businesses. He is currently the CEO and founder of Vasayo, the world's first CBD network marketing business, and prior to Vasayo, almost single handedly turned the acai…
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#229: Tim Daly - Full STEAM Ahead
Tim Daly is an award-winning actor (Madame Secretary, Hot in Cleveland) and an arts education advocate. As a White House recognized "Champion of Change," he worked aggressively with the Obama administration to ensure that the arts remain central to the governmental focus at the time of increasing...
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#228: Fast Company Fridays - Anisa Purbasari & Kate Davis (Ep 2)
Every month, the good folks Fast Company and Innovation Crush sit down to chat about some of the most inspired developments across innovation, creativity, and human performance. In this second installment, Fast Company assistant editor, Anisa Purbasari Horton and deputy editor, Kate Davis give us...
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#227: Nathan Phillips - Technology, Humans, and Taste
Nathan Philips award-winning work spans TV commercials, digital content, books, speeches, theater shows, improvised experiences, alternate reality games, mapping projects, book adaptations and interactive films. His work has showcased at Sundance, Tribeca and a number of museums worldwide. In…
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#226: Janice Bryant Howroyd - Billionaire Girls Club
Janice Bryant Howroyd is often touted as the first African American woman to self-start a multi-billion dollar business. As the founder and CEO of ActOne Group, Janice created her business in 1978 -- almost by accident -- while on vacation from her job as clerk for the Red Cross. A few decades of...
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#225: Fast Company Fridays - KC Ifeanyi (Ep. 1)
Every month, the good folks Fast Company and Innovation Crush sit down to chat about some of the most inspired developments across innovation, creativity, and human performance. In this first installment, Fast Company podcast host and editor, KC Ifeanyi, gives us the latest from his world of...
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#224: Eric Olson - Patience, Patients, and Doctoring Design
Patient care is evolving at lighting speeds. From the devices that serve them to the psychology of informed patients, to the ups and downs of online self-diagnoses, healthcare and medtech are changing the way we literally live. Eric Olson is the design director at Karten Design, an award-winning...
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#223: Eric Bell - The Fast Future of Mobility
Eric Bell is the CEO of Blue Duck, a mobility platform designed to get consumers from anywhere along their last mile, safely, responsibly, and with ease. With a growing fleet of scooters around the country, and having raised over 23 million dollars in just shy of a year, Blue Duck is carving out…
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#222: Modi Oyewole - From Moments to Movements
Whether founding his own festival, running his own marketing agency, or blessing the likes of Nike, Red Bull, and All Def Digital with his stylish and creative approach to elevating culture, Modi Oyewole is one of this era's most culturally connected thinkers. In 2012 -- while in college -- he...
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#221: Felicia Day & Ryan Copple - Building an Alien Nation
At the forefront of fandom and geek culture, are the brilliant minds of Felicia Day and Ryan Copple. Felicia -- a long-time actor and founder of Geek & Sundry -- is an internet and pop culture original, with hear early work, The Guild, recently becoming a part of the Smithsonian, and numerous…
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#220: Dr. Tom Waller - A Heightened State of Innovation
As the founder and leader of Whitespace™, lululemon’s in-house innovation and R&D group, Tom Waller is helping the organization leave a legacy and build new roadmaps in global health futures. In the interest of unlocking all aspects of human potential and generating new value in and for the…
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#219: Mara Abrams - Making the Best Ideas Count
As the head of innovation for the U.S. Census Bureau, Mara Abrams is on mission to bring the 2020 census into the 21st century. In her role as the founder & co-director of the organization's open innovation lab, Mara leads a nimble team that creates and deploys prize competitions, crowdsourcing,...
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#218: Dr. Nicole Prause - All Sex Everything
The neuroscience of orgasm is relatively uncharted territory, with some of the most groundbreaking developments being led by Dr. Nicole Prause. As the founder of the Liberos Center -- a sexual biotechnology company -- Nikki has used the study of sex as a gateway for studying everything from...
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#217: Damian Kulash - Mercedes Benz at SXSW
To celebrate the launch of Mercedes-Benz EQ -- a new electric vehicle -- OK Go front man, Damian Kulash joins Innovation Crush and discusses the creation of the Stress Inversion Transformer (SIT). Damian's vision in exploring "EQ" was to figure out away to turn negative energy into positive…
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#216: Drake Sutton-Shearer - The Evolving Culture of Cannabis
As the co-founder and CEO of PROHBTD, Drake Sutton-Shearer has created one of the leading brands inside and adjacent to the cannabis industry. PROHBTD doubles as a content platform and product engine focused on the intersection of cannabis and pop culture. From fashion to gastronomy to music and...
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#215: Richelle Parham - The Endless Feedback Loop
Richelle Parham is a pioneer in retail marketing and business -- and by default, professional development. Having served as the CMO of eBay, she practically revolutionized the concept of email marketing. She serves on the boards of Best Buy, e.l.f. Cosmetics, LabCorp, and formerly Scripps…
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#214: Darrell Blocker - Perception Meets Reality
Having been in the CIA for almost 28 years, Darrell Blocker has seen and done it all. As the director of operations, he was awarded the George H. W. Bush Award for Excellence in Counterterrorism in 2014. He ran The Farm - the CIA's training facility - for 3 years, and was even the member of a…
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#213: Dr. Spiros Michalakis - All Quantum Everything
What do Paul Rudd, Keanu Reeves, Venture Capital, and Stephen Hawking have in common? Dr. Spiros Michalakis. As one of the most sought after scientists of our time, he serves as a quantum physicist and manager of outreach at The Institute for Quantum Information and Matter at Caltech (IQMC). When...
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Al Branch - Success is a Team Sport
Fresh off a 2019 Billboard 100 nod, and multiple 2019 Grammy nominations to boot, CMO of the Blueprint Group, Al Branch joins Innovation Crush. As partner and CMO of Blueprint/Maverick, Al has been legendary in catapulting some of music industry talent into superstardom and beyond. From his early...
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#211: Chad Veach - Same Message, New Voice
As pastor of Zoe Church, Chad is a pioneer of his own design, redefining what it takes to be a religious leader and business owner in today's culture. Leading thousands each week in his home town of Los Angeles -- and more around the world -- Chad has redefined everything around the message,...
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#210: DJ Jazzy Jeff - The Magnificent Messenger
Legendary DJ, producer, inventor and community builder, Jeffrey Allen Townes - aka DJ Jazzy Jeff, has been at the helm of music culture since the mid-'80's. Originally one half of the duo, DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince, Jeff was literally instrumental in the catapulting of Will Smith's career,...
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#209: Ryan & Chris Detert - The Evolution of Influence
With a unique combination of artificial intelligence and social data, Ryan and Chris Detert's Influential.co is leading the revolution as to how the world engages with persons of influence. As one of only five IBM "With Watson" partners, the company uses vast and unique data sets to understand…
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#208: Kinjaz - Respect All, Fear None
After an upsetting second place finish on America's Best Dance Crew in 2015, the fan favorite Kinjaz turned their loss into a huge win, by going on to form the first ever crowd-funded global dance studio ($127,000), and the highest raised ever in the dance category on Indiegogo. Since then, the...
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#207: Jon Levy - Making Connections Memorable
Behavioral scientist, author, brand expert, and professional connection maker, Jon Levy is no stranger to creating memorable moments. Whether an every-day meet and greet, or hosting over 1000 invite-only influencer dinners, or through his book on adventure, "The 2AM Principle" Jon's expertise is...
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#206: Molly Cain - The Process of Possibility
As the first-ever Director of Venture and Innovation for Homeland Security, Molly Cain has learned to redefine "disruption" for herself and for the overall safety of the United States. Prior to her time in government, Molly had been recognized as one of the top 25 women in technology, having run...
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#205: Joe De Sena - To the Breaking Point
Each year, over 1 million people participate in Spartan Race - the world's #1 adventure race - overcoming obstacles, physical breaking points, mental fatigue, and challenging conditions, all in effort to become become better human beings together. A hustler and entrepreneur since selling...
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#204: Purna Virji - Future Forward Freedom
As Microsoft's Senior Manager of Global Engagement, Purna Virji travels the world explaining the present day practical uses of some of the world's most advanced technology. A former award-winning journalist, theatrical stage manager, and communications specialist, Purna is adept at engaging...
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#203: Dr. Carl Marci - The Neuroscience of Collaboration
As Neilsen's first Chief Neuroscientist, Dr. Carl Marci has a unique vantage point on how we make decisions and how we can be influenced to make decisions. A physician, father of twins, and Rhodes Scholar, who later partnered with MIT on a number of neuroscience initiatives, Dr. Marci became the...
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#203: Jamaal Layne - New Flavor in Your Ear
As the head of global cultural marketing for Sonos, Jamaal Layne is no stranger to making brands culturally relevant. His resume reads like a who's who in the brand world and spans from adidas, to Converse, to Microsoft, Fader Magazine, LA's Line Hotel, Urb Magazine, Nike, and many more. He is a...
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#202: Kim Chilman-Blair & Esai Morales - A New Chapter in Medicine
Combining world class comic book writers and illustrators with complex and common illnesses, Dr. Kim Chilman-Blair's MedicineX is redefining medical education for patients and families. With over 30 (and counting) conditions "xplained," each story blends scientific insight from top global medical...
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#201: Marlon Nichols - The Next Billion Dollar Company
With a portfolio consisting of Gimlet Media, Macro Ventures, Fair, Thrive Market, Blavity and tons of others, Marlon Nichols is no stranger to picking and creating winners. The co-founder and managing partner at Cross Culture Ventures has rooted his company's philosophy in the phrase "Culture as...
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#200: Alex Bodman - Eternal Sunshine of the Spotify Mind
Recorded live at C2 Montreal, Alex Bodman leads Spotify's Global Creative for marketing and communications. Whether working directly with artists like Gucci Mane or Ed Sheeran, or telling individual stories of any of Spotify's 150 Million Users, Alex and his team have become adept at putting…
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#199: Elmo Lovano - Beat of a Different Drum
Working alongside the likes of Skrillex, Miley Cyrus, Avril Lavigne, Paul Oakenfold, Christina Perri and others, Elmo Lovano has been considered one of the music industry's top talents. He has spent the majority of his career connecting good talent to great opportunities and vice versa. In 2008,...
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#198: Crush Live - Back to the Future of Fashion
Recorded live in collaboration with Agenda Trade Show , Liberty, and Assembly, this panel discussion gathers some of the most influential names behind the hottest brands in the 90s, with a focus on their view on the resurgence and popularity of their lines in today's millennial culture and dives...
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#197: Richard Janes - Becoming the Hero of Your Brand
Actor and Emmy award-winning producer turned personal branding expert, Richard Janes has coached the likes of celebrities and business ranging from Ashley Tisdale to Waka Flocka to Electronic Arts, to Jillian Michaels, and everyone else in between. On the path to understanding branding and...
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#196: Kelly Leonard - The Theory of Applied Improvisation
What do Tina Fey, Facebook, Uber, Steve Carell, and Hilton all have in common? Improvisational comedy training. Starting as a dishwasher in 1988, Kelly Leonard is now the Executive Director of Insights and Applied Improvisation at The Second City. It's no wonder that Kelly is a popular speaker on...
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#195: Boots Riley - Sorry to Bother You
Boots Riley is the writer and director of Sorry to Bother You, a film he describes as "an absurdist dark comedy with magical realism and science fiction, inspired by the world of telemarketing." Prior to the film, the poet, rapper, songwriter, producer, screenwriter, humorist, political…
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