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Scouting for Growth — 231 episodes

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Dale Diamond: When a $25K Claim Becomes a $7M Verdict or More

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Willem Paling: From Messy Middles to Autonomous Agents and the Race for Trust at Scale

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Patrick Van Deven: The Frontier Firm's Moat isn't Data. It's The Layer that Governs It.

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Brad Wetherall: AI Search, Agentic AI, and How Corporations Must Adapt to Digital Discovery

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The App Era Is Over: Wallet-Native Insurance & the Agentic Frontier — Marc Lampe × Ernesto Suarez Talk Collaboration

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David Daiches: Inside INSHUR — From Manhattan Uber Rides to Insuring Autonomous Fleets

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Alan Martin: Why Insurers Who Invest in Wellness Win — The Healthcare Innovation Playbook still works

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Xavier Lestrade: From Insurance to Personalized Care Pathways: The New Blueprint for Growth

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From Org Charts to Work Charts: What the MIT Frontier Firm Paper Means for Insurance, Finance & Risk

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The Risk Intelligence Gap: How Exposure Data Deficiency Is Reshaping Property Underwriting

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Trust Is the Operating System of the Agentic Enterprise

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The Capacity Gap

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Florian Graillot: How Intelligence on Tap and Agent-Human Teams Are Redesigning Risk

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Karl Grandl: The Intelligent Experience Layer Re-Architected

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Manish Shah: The Intelligent Core — How AI Is Redefining Insurance from the Inside Out

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Gil Arazi: Redesigning Insurance Through Prevention, Risk, Growth, and Trust

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The Frontier Firm Playbook: How Leaders Are Building Agentic Enterprises at Scale

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Sangha Penesetti: Reinventing Enterprise’s Future Through Flexible Work

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Marinela Profi: Building the Trust Frontier or How Agentic AI Is Redefining Enterprise Decision-Making

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Andrei Craciunescu: Redesigning Insurance for the AI-Powered Startup Era

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Rob Schimek: Redesigning for a Connected Future

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Trust-by-Design: Lessons from the AI Frontier

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Stephen Brittain: Why Venture-Client Models Are Rewriting the Rules of Corporate Innovation

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Sebastian Denef: Scaling Agentic AI from Berlin to the World

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Agentic Frontier: Re-imagining Enterprise AI with EY x Microsoft

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Laurna Castillo: How Wildfire Resilience is Rebuilding California

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Yo Kwon: How AI Claim Letters Cut Errors, Costs, and Cycle Times

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Bobbie Shrivastav: Building the Insurance Ops OS - Generative AI Workflows That Cut 70% of Manual Work

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Amrit Santhirasenan: Talks Agentic Underwriting… From Theory to Enterprise Transformation

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Will Ross: The Federato Playbook — RiskOps, Appetite, and Winnability for Profitable Growth

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Sara Mikulski: One Source of Truth, Zero Excuses

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Arvind Sontha: Kyber’s AI Automation Transform Insurance Claims

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Charlie Wendland: How AI and Human Empathy Are Transforming the Future of Claims

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Barbara Schonhofer & Carmen Powell: Empowerment, Leadership, Inclusion & Future Growth

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Yandy Plasencia: Data Reconciliation for the CFO

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Mike Gulla: Power Outage Coverage Reinvented Amid 78% Surge

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Sterling Parker: Why Tech at Work Is Reshaping Flexible Work

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Sam White: Redefining Insurance, Leadership, and Innovation

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Amélie Breitburd: How Coopetition Could Double Europe’s Insurance Market

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The CamCom x ERGO Story: Scaling AI from Vision to Value

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Joel Agard: Driving into Zurich Insurance’s Venture Client Engine

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Gregor Gimmy: Pioneer of the Venture Client Model

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Let’s Kickoff The Venture Client Series

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Lou Smith: Transforming Insurance with Neuron by WTW

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James Birch: Ki Insurance’s Algorithmic Underwriting Revolution

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Mark Stern: Transforming Customer Journeys with Physical-Digital Experience Design for Growth

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Colin Hirdman: LinkedIn Growth Hacks, AI and Ethical Automation (Ethical Automation)

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Gia Laudi: Why B2B SaaS Leaders Must “Forget The Funnel” and Embrace Customer-Led Growth

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Ron Rock: Why Ohio is the Ultimate Launchpad for International Startups

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Alon Kaufman: Unlocking the Future of Privacy Preserving Data Collaboration

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Sara Simeone: NoCodeLab Vibe Coding or Launching AI Startups with No-Code

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Ivan and Olha Pylypchuk: Unlocking the Power of Agentic AI

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Areiel Wolanow On Unleashing AI, Quantum, and Emerging Tech

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Lisa Bechtold: From AI Governance to AI Transformation

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Alex Schmelkin: Transforming Insurance Underwriting with GenAI and AI Agents

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Anneli Scopazzi: AI-Driven Talent Management and Upskilling Strategies for High-Growth Ventures

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Emmanuel Djengue: Driving Tech Innovation & Sustainable Growth

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Anna Bojic: Disrupting Customer Engagement with Digital Wallet Technology

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Danilo Raponi: Driving Insurance Innovation & Sustainability at Generali (Driving Insurance Innovation & Sustainability)

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John Hewitt: How CEOs Building Their Empire

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Danny Nathan: Driving Innovation and Venture Growth with Apollo 21

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Scott Gunther: Corporate Venture Capital, the Venture Client Model, and Driving Innovation in 2025

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Staci Gray: Empowering Entrepreneurs to Scale Their Businesses Through People, Processes, and Personal Transformation!

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State of the Nation in Insurance Venturing

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Carolina Klint: Unveiling Key 2025 WEF Risk Insights

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Michael Lingelbach: Inside Hedra’s Agentic AI Revolution—Why Long-Form Video Is the Next Big Thing

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Denise Garth: Key Trends and Strategies for 2025 Shaping The Future of Insurance

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Top 2025 Technology Trends That You Need To Know

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Zaid Ammari: From Banking to Becoming a Digital PPC Pioneer

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Paul Austin: How Psychedelics and Microdosing Are Revolutionising Business

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Beate Chelette: Scaling Secrets from The Growth Architect

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Marinela Profi: Harnessing Generative AI for Competitive Advantage

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Adrian Mendoza: Breaking Barriers in Venture Capital by Championing Diversity in FinTech, AI, and Cybersecurity

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Marcy Axelrod: Deciding On How We Choose To Show Up

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Theo Lau: Unlocking Fintech Innovation and Inclusivity

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Ian Chamandy: Defining Your Unique Purpose in 7 Words

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Dawn Herndon: The Embeddable AI Revolution

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Ola Jacob: Demystifying Parametric Insurance

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Barbara Maheshwari: Scaling Success with the Remote Work Revolution

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Sri Ramaswamy: The Visionary Behind AI Decision Driven Claims Litigation

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Amrit Santhirasenan: Delivering Dynamic Pricing Decision Intelligence

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Eveline Ruehlin: Fashioning the Future Through Gen Zers’ Eyes

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Emanuel Rose: From Social CEOs To Humanizing Your Growth

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Magda Ramada: From Blockchain to Revolutionising Insurance with the Right Tech

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Nicole Peck: Exploring ITC Vegas 2024, Climate Change and Ethical AI.

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Jeff Abbott: The Future of Everywhere Work

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Nick Telson-Sillett: From Design My Night to Angel Investing… and more!

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Richard Gunn: On Hyperexponential… The Pricing Nerds!

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Karrie Sullivan: Hacking the Change Curve by Adopting AI in the Workplace

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Sean Languedoc: Outsourcing 2.0 to Access a Global Talent Pool (Outsourcing 2.0)

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Edward Brawer: Revolutionising Content Creation With AI-Powered Podcasting

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Jeannette Linfoot: From Corporate CEO To Entrepreneurial Success

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Bessem Ayari: Scaling up with Ergo ScaleHub Program

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Andrei Mincov: What You Need To Know About Trademarking

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Nick Pester: Mastering The Art of Scaling Legal Strategies for Expansion

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Colin Sanburg: From Financial House of Cards to Thriving Enterprise

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Brian Childress: The Fractional CEO

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Scott Ritzheimer: Scaling Predictable Success

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Oliver Wyman Series: John Johansen – Leveraging the startup culture within legacy corporations

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Oliver Wyman Series: Brian McDermott – Inside Victors $3bn InsurTech Success

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Oliver Wyman Series: Steve Abel – Reinventing InsurTech to Yield a Competitive Edge

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Oliver Wyman Series: Steve Abel – Unlocking Legacy & Transforming Tech in Insurance

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Oliver Wyman Series: Unlocking Value by Leveraging Commoditised Tech

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Romaney O’Malley: Disrupting Financial Strategy in InsurTech

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Anika Jackson: Amplifying Your Brand Power

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Nektarios Liolios: Driving FinTech Innovation and Mental Health Advocacy

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Nicky Billou: Elon Musk-Style Thought Leadership Strategies for CEOs

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Yannick Even: A GenAI Visionary and the Future of Work

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Simon Guest: Orchestrating Digital Health Ecosystems

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Denzil Eden: Using AI To Transform Work

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Rich Edwards: Differentiating with Data in a World of AI

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Chris Miles: Why I Call Myself The Anti-Financial Advisor

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Sally Gimon: How Do The Mega-Rich Save BIG On Taxes

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Steve Selengut: Creating Income Freedom

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Lisa Wardlaw: Pioneering Digital & Personal Strategy for Growth

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Insight: Building an Authentic Identity in 2024

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Leandro DalleMulle: Trailblazing AI in Commercial Insurance Underwriting

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Alex Taylor: A CVC Lens on 2024

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Antony Elliott: The Zurich Innovation Championship

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Top Trends To Watch For In 2024

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Tom Kereszti: 2024 C-Suite and Beyond

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Ari Katz: Shaping BEA Ventures

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Franklin Manchester: Essential Strategies to Protect Your Data in 2024

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George Morris: Scaling Up Ventures

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Kamran Hedjri: Revolutionizing Commoditized Payment Processing

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Monica Eaton: Resilient Strategies & Ethical Leadership

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Terence Bennett: Cracking The Cybersecurity Code

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Roi Agababa: Novidea, The Platform For The Insurance Distributor

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John Rossman: Building Leadership Skills The Amazon Way

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Alex Shevelenko: Elevating Digital Document Experiences

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Pravina Ladva: The Economics of Digitalization

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Jonathan Green: Using Chat GTP For Profit

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Dr Andrée Bates: The World of AI in Healthcare

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Emily Tsitrian: Bossing Up or Disrupting Fintech and Millennial Management

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Mark Fidelman: Tokenizing Industries

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Jerry Fetta: Building Personal Wealth

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Megan Bingham-Walker: Why Embedded Goods-in-Transit Insurance

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Jacqueline Legrand: The Pioneer of Weather Insurance

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Michele Cimmino: A Dive Into Agile Transformation

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Sara St. John: The Frugalpreneur

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Frank Mendoza: From Data Analytics to Responsible AI

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Benjamin Friedman: The Factional CxO

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Saagar Govil: Reinventing the world of security with AI

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Dr Melissa Sassi: From BigTech To Building Ventures

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Brenden Kumarasamy: Delivering effective board level communication

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Brandon Leibowitz: Free Your Outreach With An SEO Strategy

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Clemens Behrend: Web3, Bitcoin and Cryptocurrencies

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Per Axberg: AI Driven Legal Contracts

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Cyrille Godinot: Schneider Electric’s EcoStruxure Solutions

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Stephen Lathrope: Using Geospatial Data To Drive Dynamic Underwriting

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Gary Garth: The Zero to 100 Million Sales Blueprint

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Amy Buchan Siegfried: Last Night’s Game

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Chris Hutchinson: Delivering Financial Rental Resilience

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Sean Boyce: From scaling SaaS products to enabling financial inclusion

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Jay Weintraub: Connecting Complex Industries With Connectiv

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Nathan Stuck: What it Takes to Become a ‘B Corp’

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Tunde Salako: InsurTech Africa

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Pablo Duarte & Hilario Itriago: InsurTech LATAM

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Tim Lovett & Jeff Shi: Solving for small commercials

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Aaron Jones: Why considering Generative AI with Yepic!

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Tristan Pelloux: 1-0-1 on Scaling FinTechs

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Michael Doyle: Raising $5Bn of capital for growth ventures

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Axel Thibon: Wizest... Investing Made Easy

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Dennis Kelly: Digitizing direct mail with Postalytics

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James Marshall: Spinning Fox the product-led design agency

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Guillaume Bonnissent: Achieving digital underwriting excellence

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Sara Simeone: 101 on NFTs With Niftyz

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Previsico’s CEO + co-founder on predicting and preventing flood risk

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Jeff Williams: Discovering Kayrros’ geospatial data

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Federico Spagnoli: Prudential and Embedded Health

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Alexis Cierra Vaughn: Preventing cyber crime with Cowbell

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Xavier Gomez: FinTech Trends 2023

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Meeri Savolainen: Inzmo... Driving home rental resilience

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Newsflash: IBM Partner Ecosystem Strategy 2023

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Elizabeth Lumley: FinTech Trends

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Steve Abel: Why is EPAM the best kept secret?

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Yann Barbarroux: Scaling Otonomi

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Paul Roetzer: The Marketing AI Institute

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Annap Derebail: Simplifying operations with advanced technology

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Christie Downs Wood: About handdii

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Mark McLaughlin: What are Risk Experiences?

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Danielle Guzman and Theodora Lau: The new and never normal

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Scott Gunther: The CVC world of IAG Firemark Ventures

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Henrique Volpi: Kakau building a digital platform in Brazil

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Dylan Bourguignon: SO-SURE... how to socialise insurance

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Janthana K.: Who is UK’s on-demand gig economy worker?

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Mike Minett: Portabl for gig workers

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Naby Mariyam: Who Is Coverhero?

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Iain Wilcox: Why IoT for commercial property?

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Henri Winand: Developing an electronic marketplace

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Simon Schneider: Investing in young ventures

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Kobi Bendelak: From retiring twice to building InsurTech Israel

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Farron Blanc: L&G America

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Kristian Feldborg: Building Versuvio Labs

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Sebastian Pitzer: Building InsurLab Germany

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Matt Connolly: Platformifying InsurTech Insights

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Mark Dennis: Building the first wave of digital ecosystems

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Jean-Charles Velge: Insurance-as-a-Service

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Sebastien Gaudin: Embedded Health... The next growth Frontier for insurance

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Simon Torrance: The future is embedded

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Efi Pylarinou: Why sustainability investing?

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Erlijn Sie: Reimagining financial inclusion

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Susanne Chishti: The State of FinTech

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Nicole Anderson: From FinTech venture building to sustainable investing

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Gwen Yu: The world of sustainable finance

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Sam Evans: InsurTech, Sustainability and ESG

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Nigel Walsh: Making insurance loveable

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Andrew Cons: Building an international unicorn

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Dr Robin Kiera: What is attention hacking?

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Minh Tran: Introducing Venture Capital as a Service

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Elisa Vlerich: 9.5 Ventures the VC for corporate venturing

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David Kwon: A decade of societal change

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Dr Dietmar Kottmann: The InsurTech Radar

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Tanguy Touffut: Redining Parametric Insurance

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David King: Using AI for algorithmic underwriting

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Nick Pester: Growth Ventures and the Role of The Legal Counsel

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Sid Chakravarthy: Supply Chain Monitoring, the Metaverse and NFTs

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Tobias Taupitz: The Lifestyle Bicycle Insurance Platform For The Collective

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Allison Schneider: A Lens on Vouch The Startup For Tech Founders

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Roman Rittweger: Insights on building a winning HealthTech startup in Germany

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Steven Mendel: Tips on how to build a sustainable growth business

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Helene Panzarino: Reinventing Finance and emerging FinTech business models

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Spiros Margaris: What does really matter in FinTech today?

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The Four Types of Investment

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Sam Evans: From Investment Thesis to Strategic Partnerships

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Florian Graillot: Astorya.vc ... Europe’s Early-Stage InsurTech Investor

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Matthew Jones: Some Investors Care About Diversity

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Lens on Venture Scouting

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Defining The World of Corporate Venturing

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Why Scouting For Growth

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An Introduction to Scouting for Growth – with Sabine VdL