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Episode Topic: Resilience (https://go.nd.edu/c558d4)What will the process of creation and renewal look like by 2035? How will we leverage innovation to meet the challenges of the future in areas from our power grid and collaborative intelligence to community health and resilience building? Explore questions, ideas, and trends likely to affect business and society over the next decade. Let these ideas serve as a springboard for structured speculation about emerging issues and the next ten years.Join Elliott Parker, CEO of Indianapolis-based venture studio High Alpha, for a discussion about how to prepare for a future we can't predict, the unique perspective of extreme long-term thinking, and how to design organizations with resilience in mind.Featured Speakers:Elliott Parker, CEO, High Alpha InnovationRead this episode's recap over on the University of Notre Dame's open online learning community platform, ThinkND: https://go.nd.edu/db85a2This podcast is a part of the ThinkND Series titled Ten Years Hence: Innovation. (https://go.nd.edu/ae57ae)Thanks for listening! The ThinkND Podcast is brought to you by ThinkND, the University of Notre Dame's online learning community. We connect you with videos, podcasts, articles, courses, and other resources to inspire minds and spark conversations on topics that matter to you — everything from faith and politics, to science, technology, and your career. Learn more about ThinkND and register for upcoming live events at think.nd.edu. Join our LinkedIn community for updates, episode clips, and more.

IBJ Media CEO Nate Feltman speaks with Scott Dorsey, co-founder and managing partner of High Alpha, a leading venture capital firm based in Indianapolis that creates and funds B2B SaaS companies. Dorsey shares his journey as founder of ExactTarget, a pioneering digital marketing company. ExactTarget's meteoric rise included developing its unique "Orange Culture," going public on the New York Stock Exchange, and being acquired by Salesforce for $2.5 billion in 2013. The conversation delves into the challenges and successes of building a successful business, Dorsey's passion for fostering entrepreneurship, and his efforts to strengthen Indiana's tech ecosystem through High Alpha. He also discusses his commitment to education through his nonprofit Nextech and the importance of civic engagement.   Facebook: facebook.com/IBJMediaGroup X: x.com/ibj_media Instagram: Instagram.com/ibjmedia LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/ibjmedia IBJ Media: https://www.ibjmedia.com/ Indiana 250 website: https://www.indiana250.com/  

Food is the only economy in the world that touches every person on the planet. We are all connected to food, and one of the world's top marketers turned entrepreneur is now making the connection between farms, food, and people. Scott Nelson, CEO of Make Hay, joins us to talk all things consumers and connecting to the meaningful world of agriculture. We get into: The existing gap between farms, food and people – and the opportunity to leverage today's media landscape to connect all three. His time at Panera and how it shaped his viewpoint on storytelling for brands. How Scott's background brought him to Make Hay + what the company aims to do. Make Hay's relationship with Purdue's DIAL Ventures and High Alpha, and how it's accelerating their business. Scott's vision for Make Hay – creating content for food transparency at scale, consumer awareness and farmers at the center of it all. Where Make Hay is at today and what's ahead.

Food is the only economy in the world that touches every person on the planet. We are all connected to food, and one of the world's top marketers turned entrepreneur is now making the connection between farms, food, and people. Scott Nelson, CEO of Make Hay, joins us to talk all things consumers and connecting to the meaningful world of agriculture. We get into:  The existing gap between farms, food and people – and the opportunity to leverage today's media landscape to connect all three. His time at Panera and how it shaped his viewpoint on storytelling for brands. How Scott's background brought him to Make Hay + what the company aims to do. Make Hay's relationship with Purdue's DIAL Ventures and High Alpha, and how it's accelerating their business. Scott's vision for Make Hay – creating content for food transparency at scale, consumer awareness and farmers at the center of it all. Where Make Hay is at today and what's ahead. 

"Content distribution is more important than the actual content," says Mollie Kuramoto, Director of Marketing at High Alpha.In this episode, we're joined by Mollie Kuramoto, Director of Marketing at High Alpha, to discuss the making of the highly anticipated 2024 B2B SaaS Benchmark Report. Mollie shares her journey, from her early days at a marketing agency to leading brand-building initiatives at High Alpha. She also reveals the intricate process behind creating this influential report, the importance of proprietary data, and why consistent, bold marketing trumps constant experimentation. Plus, Mollie drops an eyebrow-raising hot take on content distribution that you won't want to miss.In this episode you'll learn:Building a trusted resource like the SaaS Benchmark Report takes years of consistency and marketing effortsWorking with partners can significantly amplify the reach and impact of your contentFocusing on content distribution is more crucial than creating exceptional content Resources:Connect with Jonathan on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathan-gandolf/ Check out The Juice HQ: https://www.thejuicehq.com/ Connect Mollie on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/molliekuramoto/Check out High Alpha: https://www.highalpha.com/Take the 2024 SaaS Benchmarks Survey: https://www.highalpha.com/2024-saas-benchmarks-surveyTimestamps:(00:00) Why experiments are overrated in marketing strategies(00:53) The 2024 B2B SaaS Benchmark Report(07:05) Key insights on industry trends and benchmarks(20:52) The Importance of content distribution

Elliott Parker is the CEO at High Alpha Innovation and the author of The Illusion of Innovation. High Alpha Innovation partners with corporations, universities, and entrepreneurs to build advantaged startups. They apply the venture studio model they developed at High Alpha and the principles of disruption theory to rapidly build and scale software companies and help their partners accelerate growth opportunities. Prior to his current role, he worked in strategy consulting, corporate ventures, and as an entrepreneur to bring new ideas to market. Most recently, he was a consultant at Innosight, the strategy firm founded by Clayton Christensen, where they helped companies develop innovation capabilities, design growth strategies, and launch new ventures. Early in his career, He became interested in the application of disruptive innovation while working with large corporations. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dylanconroy/support

Welcome to an interview with the author of The Illusion of Innovation: Escape "Efficiency" and Unleash Radical Progress, Elliott Parker. The Illusion of Innovation tackles the problem with innovation inside big companies, having activities that feel like innovation but lead to value destruction, not progress. This book explains why meaningful innovation naturally emerges from deliberate inefficiency and how large corporations can harness the power of small teams—startups—to drive radical change through systematic experimentation.   Elliott Parker is the founder and CEO of High Alpha Innovation, a venture builder that partners with corporations, universities, and entrepreneurs to co-create startups that solve compelling problems. He built his career in strategy consulting at Innosight, the firm founded by Clayton Christensen, in corporate venturing, and as an entrepreneur bringing new ideas to market. To date, he has launched over 40 venture-backed startups. Originally from California, Elliott currently resides with his family in Indiana. He earned a B.S. in Finance from BYU and an M.B.A. from the UCLA Anderson School of Management.   Get Elliott's new book here: https://rb.gy/hkcl2w The Illusion of Innovation: Escape "Efficiency" and Unleash Radical Progress   Here are some free gifts for you: Overall Approach Used in Well-Managed Strategy Studies free download: www.firmsconsulting.com/OverallApproach   McKinsey & BCG winning resume free download: www.firmsconsulting.com/resumepdf   Enjoying this episode? Get access to sample advanced training episodes here: www.firmsconsulting.com/promo

Welcome to Strategy Skills episode 442, featuring an interview with the author of The Illusion of Innovation: Escape "Efficiency" and Unleash Radical Progress, Elliott Parker. The Illusion of Innovation tackles the problem with innovation inside big companies, having activities that feel like innovation but lead to value destruction, not progress. This book explains why meaningful innovation naturally emerges from deliberate inefficiency and how large corporations can harness the power of small teams—startups—to drive radical change through systematic experimentation.   Elliott Parker is the founder and CEO of High Alpha Innovation, a venture builder that partners with corporations, universities, and entrepreneurs to co-create startups that solve compelling problems. He built his career in strategy consulting at Innosight, the firm founded by Clayton Christensen, in corporate venturing, and as an entrepreneur bringing new ideas to market. To date, he has launched over 40 venture-backed startups. Originally from California, Elliott currently resides with his family in Indiana. He earned a B.S. in Finance from BYU and an M.B.A. from the UCLA Anderson School of Management.   Get Elliott's new book here: https://rb.gy/hkcl2w The Illusion of Innovation: Escape "Efficiency" and Unleash Radical Progress   Here are some free gifts for you: Overall Approach Used in Well-Managed Strategy Studies free download: www.firmsconsulting.com/OverallApproach   McKinsey & BCG winning resume free download: www.firmsconsulting.com/resumepdf   Enjoying this episode? Get access to sample advanced training episodes here: www.firmsconsulting.com/promo

This episode dives into the intricate world of HR and talent acquisition with the insightful Amanda Poole. With over a decade of experience in the evolving landscape of HR, Amanda shares her journey through various market changes, the impact of COVID-19, and the sustained shifts in the labor market. From her early days establishing HR frameworks in startups to her pivotal role in venture studios like High Alpha, Amanda has navigated the challenges of equity valuation, the startup equity dilemma, and building cohesive teams in fluctuating markets. She offers invaluable advice on balancing cash compensation with equity, fostering remote work culture, and the importance of adaptability and coachability in leadership. Amanda's expertise in marrying HR strategies with business growth provides a compelling narrative on navigating the complexities of talent management in the modern workplace. More about Amanda and DVx Ventures: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amandanaulty/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/dvx-ventures/ https://www.dvx.ventures/ hyrd: https://hyrd.ai/ https://www.instagram.com/gethyrd/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/gethyrd/ https://www.facebook.com/gethyrd/ https://twitter.com/gethyrd CHECK OUT OUR OTHER PODCAST!!! get hyrd Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@gethyrd https://open.spotify.com/show/2OHMNxXljWpKs1hU5eDqm2 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/get-hyrd/id1621089768 https://music.amazon.de/podcasts/d9924d00-9a8d-4882-9b27-b2f4d7fa9e2e/get-hyrd

Show Description: In this compelling episode, we sit down with DJ Muller, a tech entrepreneur, founder of WebLink International, and owner of 1 to 100 Advisors, a consultancy firm helping founders/CEOs of B2B companies scale their own companies. From his early days growing up in national parks across the United States to launching his first tech company at the age of 14, DJ's journey is a testament to the power of curiosity, innovation, and resilience. Dive into DJ's world as he shares insights from his roller-coaster career in tech, including the highs of scaling a business to the challenges of navigating customer satisfaction and financial sustainability. Whether you're an aspiring entrepreneur, a tech enthusiast, or someone looking for a dose of inspiration, this episode promises to deliver valuable lessons and stories to fuel your passion and ambition. Show Notes: Introduction to DJ's Unique Background - 4:00: DJ's talks about his intriguing childhood influenced by his national park upbringing and the entrepreneurial spirit instilled by his family. First Venture into Tech Entrepreneurship - 7:30: Discover how DJ's love for computers and problem-solving led him to create revolutionary scheduling software at just 14, laying the groundwork for his future ventures. Lessons from Early Business Ventures - 11:30: DJ reflects on the invaluable lessons learned from his first business, emphasizing the importance of support systems and the drive to innovate. Mischief and Innovation - 14:00: A lighter moment with DJ sharing tales of school pranks that showcased his early knack for technology and creativity. From College to Tech Pioneer - 18:00: Follow DJ's journey from being a sought-after engineer to quitting his job to start an internet company that would redefine membership management software for associations. Scaling Up and Overcoming Obstacles - 23:00 - 27:00: DJ's move back to Indianapolis marked a new chapter with patent applications, mentorship from ExactTarget founders, and crucial lessons in scaling a business and managing cash flow during tough times. Unexpected Success Stories - 37:45: DJ shares surprising verticals that thrived under his company's solutions, offering insights into market fit and innovation. Tech for Good: Relay Initiative - 40:00: Learn about DJ's involvement with High Alpha and the development of Relay, a platform enhancing communication between citizens and law enforcement. The Power of AI in Business - 46:00: A deep dive into how AI can serve as a productivity tool across various fields, emphasizing its role in financial planning and analysis. Keys to Scaling a Business - 1:13:15: DJ discusses his advisory company, 1 to 100 Advisors, and the critical traits of successful team members, drawing on his extensive experience to help others grow their businesses. Vision for the Future - 1:18:00: DJ outlines his vision for 1 to 100 advisors and the impactful projects on his radar, aiming to leave a lasting legacy in the tech world. A Lasting Legacy - 1:22:00: Reflecting on how he wants to be remembered, DJ shares his aspirations for making a significant impact through technology and mentorship.

In this episode of the podcast Success from Anywhere, Karen dives into the entrepreneurial deep end with RJ Talyor, operating partner at High Alpha, who is both a swimming coach and a serial entrepreneur.  The engaging conversation delves into the concept of design thinking and its application in entrepreneurship. RJ shares insights about creating a safe space for entrepreneurs to overcome fear and challenges, including the use of techniques like "what if" scenarios, dreaming, and rehearsing difficult conversations. He emphasizes the importance of self-care, rituals, and setting boundaries for maintaining a healthy work-life balance. Tune in to join our discussion about the mindset, skills, and strategies that contribute to personal and professional success! Powered by Robin  #SuccessFromAnywhere #Entrepreneurs #HighAlpha #SelfCare #CareerChange #WorkplaceWellbeing #Entrepreneurship #InspirationAndInsights #RemoteWorkExpert #Coaching #Mentorship #LeadershipDevelopment #Leadership #Change #Innovation #JoinTheConversation #CareerExploration #PersonalAutonomy #DreamBig #EmpowerTeams #TransformYourWorkLife

Fundraising is an incredibly complex and nuanced topic to cover - but we have invited two great guests to try to untangle it from an investor and founder's viewpoint. Here with us are: Carlotta Siniscalco, a Partner at Emergence Capital based in San Francisco.  Emergence Capital is known for investing in early and growth-stage enterprise cloud companies, they invested in companies like Zoom, Box, and Salesforce and Carlotta is the first female Partner in the firm's 18-year history.  At Emergence, Carlotta invests in early stage enterprise software and fintech companies. She serves on the Board of Directors of Whistic, High Alpha, and Federato, and is a Board Observer at Talent Hack and Oyster. She is passionate about helping immigrants and other underrepresented founders build iconic technology companies. She is also a fierce advocate for women in the Venture Capital industry. Raffaele Terrone, an Italian entrepreneur and co-founder of Scalapay, a successful buy-now-pay later fintech company. Raffaele served as CFO of Scalapay from its founding in 2019 to August 2022, over his tenure Scalapay became a global success with 200+ employees, over $600 million raised from investors like Tencent, Willoughby Capital Holdings, Tiger Global Management and Fasanara Capital — and having achieved unicorn status ($1 billion+ valuation). Raffaele is a mentor and advisor to several startups in the fintech and e-commerce industries, helping them to navigate the challenges of scaling and fundraising. Both Carlotta and Raffaele bring an incredible baggage of experience having led investments in successful global startups and having raised capital from some of the world's leading VC firms. Both of them also share a similar perspective: they are both Italian but Carlotta is an American VC investor and Raffaelle primarily raised capital from international investors. So that will be our focus. SPONSOR This Masterclass was powered by BCG. Unlocking the potential of those who advance the world is crucial for BCG, and this purpose has been leading the firm for 60 years now. Over that time BCG has supported companies and organizations in their process of growth and strategic transformation. BCG supports start-ups with the same care , to help them develop sustainably and innovate. If you're a founder and are interested in working with them email: ⁠⁠⁠MILTheSeeds@bcg.com⁠⁠⁠ SOCIAL MEDIA Instagram ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@madeit.podcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ LinkedIn ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@madeitpodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 

Small businesses of 500 employees or fewer make up 99.9% of all U.S. businesses; and of the new jobs created between 1995 and 2020, small businesses accounted for nearly 2/3 (or 12.7 million). Our guest today is a journalist, an author and a bold visionary who sees the next chapter of America's economy coming from what some may consider to be surprising places. Founder of Times of Entrepreneurship, Elizabeth MacBride, joins us to talk about her coverage of the Middle East, high finance and business paving the way for where she saw her greatest impact as a writer: covering a new wave of cities with emerging innovation ecosystems. She gets into commonly held misconceptions surrounding entrepreneurship, her passion for telling these stories on a national stage and the power of storytelling to create meaningful change. Elizabeth also talks about her recent visit to Indiana to cover small businesses and entrepreneurship and our exceptional (and compelling) strength in agbioscience.  How does Indianapolis compare to other cities? And what other cities are in that comparative? Elizabeth tells all. Learn more about her coverage of entrepreneurship. Visit timesofe.com. 

On this week's episode of Inside Outside Innovation, we sit down with Maisha Leek, Managing Director of Forum Venture Studios. Maisha has had an amazing career in corporate innovation, company building and venture capital, and we talk about the new Venture studio model and some of the things that she's seeing in the world of venture. Let's get started.Inside Outside Innovation is podcast to help new innovators navigate what's next. Each week we'll give you a front row seat into what it takes to learn, grow, and thrive in today's world of accelerating change and uncertainty. Join us as we explore, engage and experiment with the best and the brightest, innovators, entrepreneurs, and pioneering businesses. It's time to get started. Interview Transcription with Maisha Leek, Managing Director of Forum Venture StudiosBrian Ardinger: Welcome to another episode of Inside Outside Innovation. I'm your host, Brian Ardinger, and as always, we have another amazing guest. Today we have Maisha Leek. She's the managing director of Forum Venture Studios. Welcome to the show, Maisha. Maisha Leek: Thank you Brian. I'm excited to be here.Brian Ardinger: I'm excited to have you because you've spent a lot of time in all the different cross sections of innovation. So corporate innovation, company building, venture capital. Can you tell us about your path and journey in this innovation space? Maisha Leek: Sure. I'd love to say it was all brilliantly planned. There's a lot of trial error, error, error, error, and then trial again. I actually got into this world in the interesting route. I was for a long time in Washington DC. I was a policymaker and a fundraiser. And in DC we had oversight of most of the science and innovation agencies. So, everything from NASA to Noah to National Science Foundation, which is about the $54 billion proposition, which is a lot of responsibility. And we work with your tax dollars, placing the best bets we could to jumpstart the economy or to just position the United States to be competitive. And so that turned in everything from investing in commercial space flight. You see that now with SpaceX and Virgin Galactic and other companies. Those aren't the only ones. And investing in the advancement of batteries, which leads to all of the electric vehicles that we have now and, and sort of their ability to compete with their combustible counter parts.I knew I was far from all the action that everybody was in, in Silicon Valley and wanted to get closer to it, but by happenstance, met the founder of United Masters. Which was a music and tech company. And did not know what I was doing, except that I was an operator. I knew how to build out teams and build out a company and spent my time doing that. And we had the right as Silicon Valley goes investors. So had Ben Horowitz on our board. And David Drummond on our board. And was really active in managing those relationships. And when I was thinking about what to do next after spent some time at that startup, I had an executive coach and friends, they were like, you got to get into venture.And I'm like, that sounds really boring. And their suggestion I think is really apt for folks who are thinking about it. They suggested I would be good in the space because I had experience to do this on Capitol Hill, operating across a range of subject matters. And knowing to be sort of a generalist that can go deep in certain areas and analyze information and make quick judgements.My first experience was at Adventure Studio at Human Ventures. And that really influenced what I decided to do after that. And most of my time in the venture space, outside of being an angel investor or participating SPVs has really been in the venture studio space. I love it because of the close connection you can have with the founder and the founding team. It's not sort of like write a check. I'll call you once a month kind of thing. We're in it with them. But it also leans into the place where I'm strong. Which is I'm a really great operator and being able to do that with founders and helping them not make the same mistakes I've made in other companies that I've built or independent of that, also gives me great joy.So, I've done four Venture Studios - Nike Valiant Labs, Human Ventures, New Lab, which are across the series of categories. New Lab is Frontier Technology. Nike is really best to describe with CPG. Human Ventures, which is in large part direct to consumer. And Forum, which is B2B SaaS. And they all have their challenges. But again, I love the model. I'm an evangelist for the model. Brian Ardinger: Let's talk about that model. You know, people who've followed the show and that have heard more and more about Venture Studios, and if you've been in the space, you're hearing different flavors of what Venture Studios are. So can you talk about what is a venture studio from your definition and what were the differences between the different ones that you've started and where you're at currently with Forum. Maisha Leek: The term studio, when it's combined with venture, actually originates from Hollywood, which I did not know. Essentially, like the idea that the studio from ideation to putting it into theaters would be responsible for the build. Like they collaborate with some folks, but they wanted to sort of own the vertical of the product that went out to market. And Venture Studios do just that in a venture context. We are building small businesses as fast as possible.You do different things depending on the category, and there are few ways the model sort of shows up. On one extreme, they're starting with just the idea and there's no founder. On the other extreme, you've built out a business and you're hiring in a CEO. Most of the venture studios I've worked with sort of lean to the front end where we really are interested in and get really excited about the founder. And really help them determine what to build.And that's really a question of what the problem is that they want to solve. It's not really starting with a solution. And then we take them through a process to de-risk it, diligence it, figure out who the real customers are. What needs to be true for the MVP, and then bring it out to market. Most venture studios do that.I think that where we get variation is the degree to which the idea is evolved before the team that's going to live with the problem goes out into the world. I think that's where folks tend to have differing points of view about what's most important. And a lot of it's logical. Venture Studios exist because we have a better risk profile than a founder doing it on their own.I can get into why that is, but you can imagine it's just our expertise. And depending on the Venture Studio and their point of view about what they have to offer in terms of the early ideation, you have some organizations or groups who really want to use every insight that they have and stand up a company. And others who believe that the founder who's taking the risk should do most of that work. That's how folks are making those choices from what I've seen. Brian Ardinger: Yeah, that seems to be some of the key differentiation. It's how much additional resources perhaps are put towards it. So, some venture studios are very much hands-on. They have a team of developers that the founder can work with to build out, you know, early-stage prototypes and things along those lines. All the way to, obviously capital's involved.But it, it's interesting to see even the last three or four years, how that model has evolved. You know, some of the earlier venture models, you know, High Alpha out of Indianapolis or Highland Beta Toronto, they're looking at different models. You've got Nobody's Studios out in New York and the Philippines. And then you've got, obviously some of these, what were more traditional startup accelerator programs, whether it's Techstars or others that are, are looking at kind of a venture model where again, it seems to be how do we find the early founder with some magic sauce. And then put the magic sauce together to create companies together. Rather than looking for a company out there, which would be more, I guess, a traditional venture model in general.Maisha Leek: It's interesting. I love how you put that last point. The debate, I think, amongst people who are in the venture studio space is like, well, what matters more, the idea or the founder. I think that the way they're setting up venture studios is really an answer to that individual group's point of view on that question. I personally believe that the founder is the one thing you cannot de-risk. Human beings are human. And you know, you can pivot a company, you can pivot a strategy, you can change who is sitting where. But when it comes to the founder, you really wanna have conviction before you build. And I think a ton of folks are seeing that as the whole game. In large part, because early-stage investors are only looking at the team, right? So, it stands to reason that where venture studios can really play the game super, super well is making sure they've got that really, really tight, and then getting into the idea and the problem space from there.Brian Ardinger: And that makes perfect sense. You know, at the earliest stages, most ideas are crap, and they have to be worked through. And so the uncertainty itself, you're looking for somebody who can work through that uncertainty and adapt to the changing things that they learn along the way. Maisha Leek: A hundred percent. And somebody also who has a game plan for themself, which I find doesn't come up as much. But you know, I was talking to a founder this morning that was having a rough day, early on a Monday. And essentially, am I making the right choice for my life? How do I do that? Having a plan for all of those rough moments, it's like one of the most important things an investor or even a studio or a founder can put together before they even dig into the idea, because it's your right. The way a business shows up today. Fifteen years from now, it's going to be completely different. And really having a game plan for how to address the uncertainty, the significant amount of volatility that you'll face and keep your head is probably some of the most important details about being a founder that I don't think get enough of your time.Brian Ardinger: So obviously a founder's a core component to creating any new company. What are some of the ways that you both source founders and what do you look for. Maisha Leek: This is the best question. It's also the hardest. There are a range of approaches. I think that over time you start to build a network of founders that trust and know you.And when you say that you're standing up the studio and that you want to build, they tend to refer people that they're really excited about. Just starting from scratch. I mean, you really do want to spend time doing what we're doing right now. Demonstrating your capabilities in conversations and writing. Really posting a ton. Trying to draw people in.Being a judge at competitions. Talking to your network of other investors. There are a ton of folks that are further down the line and they meet founders who are too early for them to consider for their deals. I've talked to my entire network about getting folks to refer those folks to us. And then also not being afraid to look in places that you don't suspect. And so at the studios that I've worked with, we always have a complete open door. We do not require a warm intro for you to engage us. That's intentional. You're a needle in a haystack. I don't want to have the door closed. And when I have talked to every and anyone about the studio model, about what we can offer, about how to think about joining us.From a profile perspective, there's what I'm looking for and then there's like where those people are. I have the same challenge any startup has. Who is your customer? Right? I went to the first one. There are about like three types of people, right, that are very stages of availability. There are folks that are experienced founders who seek out venture studios because they've had to do it alone before. And they know that doing it alone is not worth it. it's not efficient. They want to move quickly, understand if there's real meat to their idea, and dig into that fast. They tend to come to venture studios actively, actively always talking to founders despite how deep they are into their build. It's just going to be top of mind for them. There's a ton of people who don't see themselves as founders but have all the experience. These are my favorite to cajole and to taking the risk. They tend to be a human, we used to call them the person behind the person, right? These are folks that have COO roles or Head of Biz ops or revenue, or chief of staff roles. They spent a significant amount of time learning how to build a business by being the number one, number two, or the sidekick to the person that's doing it.They've got to learn the category really well. They have a ton of insights, and they might be thinking, well, my next role is to sort of be the number two. Invariably though, based on that experience, they have strong points of view about what's missing from the market. They just had to do it. And they have all the experience of an experience founder, and I'd like to almost always pull those people in and have them think about what it might look like if they were in a leadership chair.Brian Ardinger: In that particular environment, are founders coming to you with an idea or a series of ideas that they want to explore? Or are they coming to you saying, hey, what do you know out there? What are you seeing from an opportunity perspective? And I'll sift through that and pick one that might resonate with me. Or what's that, I guess, spectrum of coming in with an idea versus coming in with a blank slate.Maisha Leek: it's a mix of both. The last like profile of somebody who might come to us as like an entrepreneur, someone who's been inside a big company, and they're always the first task with standing up the new thing. And so, you're hearing the mechanics like that folks have internalized. To your point about ideas, it depends on the studio, right? But I've seen folks come in with a strong point of view. I know exactly what I want to build. I know exactly the problem I want to address. Sometimes that's exciting. Sometimes that's problematic. Our process in the early days is designed to tear your idea apart. And so, if you're wedded to it, it can be a bit challenging.And then folks that don't have an idea, I've spent time with a number of business designers helping them think through the problem that they're really excited about and pulling out the thread that might be the one that we want to dig into. The trick of all of that in terms of founders is like, you should have a strong point of view about a problem space. You don't have to have the idea fully formed. So, you should know I'm fired up about logistics. I've spent 10 years as like the head of business development here and I really want to pull this apart. I have less experience than that, but I have actively been tinkering. Because I think that this problem that I've experienced is really a challenge. Those are the best people. They're ready to go. They've got a chip on their shoulder and something that they want to address. And Venture studios a really great place for them. Brian Ardinger: Yeah. I often talk to founders and that, and like you want to find those founders that want to spend time with that problem and or customer segment because not necessarily having a solution around it, but you know, they know they're going to be spending 5, 7, 10 years of their lives. You want to get up every day focused on that and really digging into it versus, I'm just chasing the next greatest trend because it sounds like the next thing to do. Maisha Leek: Fastest way to burn yourself out or to get frustrated really quickly. Because we're talking about years and years of your life. You got to love the problem or the customer.Brian Ardinger: You mentioned on the corporate entrepreneur side of things, and have you seen different flavors of this Venture Studio model being deployed, I guess within a company versus externally Forum Ventures? Maisha Leek: I have, yeah. I have a ton of friends that are leading innovation teams inside big companies, and they frequently connect up with Venture Studios primarily because we can help them move faster. Internally for the corporates, what can be an amazing opportunity can also be your challenge. The innovate team, is a great opportunity to build against the problems either facing the business internally, like so you're building for inefficiencies within the business, and you want to build tools, services, platforms, whatever.And then some who are only thinking externally around mark, market cap or market share. It's like, all right, we are really tight with these customers. We want to expand to these others. Let's build out small brands that can go help us expand our reach, essentially. And the challenge for folks inside a highly matrixed organization that are building a studio or building an innovation team is really like who amongst your colleagues can actually play in that sandbox?It's not always what you think. They are of the generals. The guys and gals who've been around the company forever. They know where all the bodies are buried. The new sandbox has switched on. They're like, great. I want to jump in there and play. They're the deal maker inside the company. Not always. They're great, right? But not always the profile, the founder you want to look for. You're really looking for folks that really are ambitious about standing up something new. Are great storytellers inside the company but aren't wedded to company culture in a way that will slow them down. There are a ton of tricks for leaders of innovation teams that are internal on how to draw those people in and protect yourself from the rest. That's a story for another time. Brian Ardinger: The other topic I want to dig into, obviously venture studios require money or capital and, and they differ than a traditional, I guess, fund investment and that. Can you talk about the Venture Studio model from the investor side. And why that particular path versus, I guess, a traditional fund. And what's different and, and what's good or bad about the different approaches?Maisha Leek: Like I've heard people describe it a few ways. Some LPs describe it as like investing into an index fund. When you get a batch of companies at a cheaper rate. That's fine. Feels a little off brand. I think that for investors in large part, the value is that you get a de-risk asset faster and equity in that de-risk asset cheaper than you would finding a company on your own.And so, I find that LP is into venture studios have been brought along on that narrative journey. They can see the numbers. I mean, Venture Studios at this point have so much track record. I mean, we're perhaps like maybe 20 years in in terms of Venture Studios being around. Don't quote me on that. And essentially the track record, you know, suggests right that companies that come out of venture studios have like a 30% higher success rate than the ones that are stood up on their own.They return to fund faster, they have a 72% chance of raising their subsequent rounds C day and CB that, you know, all of the conditions are really right to make it something that's super, attractive as an investment. And investors into studios I think are, are dialed into that. And more and more now that more and more venture students are coming online across a series of categories.Brian Ardinger: Talk a little bit about how you see the Venture Studio, the life cycle of a company. So, if it's one thing, if you build it yourself and you go out and raise venture capital, you're building all your teams yourself, you're scaling it. Where in the Venture Studio model, obviously kickstart it and stand it up, does the company itself, when does it go on its own or does it continue with the studio or talk about those inflection points. Maisha Leek: Yeah, I think it's a, that's actually a strategic question for the studio, and also a good opportunity to provide advice to founders that might be listening in. Essentially, the best studios in my experience, have a time boxed plan for your journey. Doesn't have to be rigid. There's less likelihood of success when it's a sort of a meandering X metric that we'll move you through. I mean, really strong venture studios have a plan for after your company is built, the MVP, the number of people that you need on your team, how we're going to prepare you to go into the market to raise money, the number of customers we want you to have, and then move you through.Your question was about like what's the long tail of support? Really great Studios show up in the way that great funds would. Once you're a portfolio company, our interests are aligned with yours. We are a hundred percent dialed into your success. If you need something. Phone home kind of approach. And I think that having the staffing or the plan for that is really helpful for a founder to hear when they're evaluating venture studios that they might engage with.Right after I have my set of customers, after I've done my raise, what is our relationship going to be is the right question to ask there. But I've seen a range of folks on how they navigate that. Sometimes it's ad hoc, the GP is the only person interacting and sometimes it's, there's a real plan with a platform team that folks are tapping into as they're on their growth journey.Brian Ardinger: What are you excited about? Are the particular trends or the particular things that you're really digging into in 2023 and beyond? Maisha Leek: Yeah. I am personally super excited about logistics and transportation. I think that personally that it's an exciting moment for a few reasons. One, the technology allows us to do this more efficiently than we ever had. The migratory patterns that we saw post covid are pretty fascinating. We once had Class A, class B, class C cities. It's sort of turned that entire dynamic on its head. It's sending people your way, Brian. Brian Ardinger: Exactly. Maisha Leek: Yeah, and I love that. I don't know what that means, but I love it. I'm very excited about it. From a macro perspective, you know. I'm a millennial, right? So, this is like, I guess the fourth or fifth global crisis that I've lived through. What's really exciting about that, to the degree that can be exciting, is I think that folks are in a very salt of the earth, meat and potatoes way, rethinking their relationship with work and their responsibility for their own careers and lives.And I think it's going to lead not surprisingly to a surge of people starting their own businesses because they want to be, they want to take ownership right for their futures. And I'm really excited about that. I also think that the conversations that younger generations, gen Z, for example, are having around work, will lead to hopefully the resurgence of labor unions.I think that there is a period of time where we sort of walked away from that because you know, the worker and the employer were really at a better eye to eye level sense. I think that we're seeing a lot of the convulsions out of the tech sector teach us that that's not the case. And we do need a fair arbiter to make that work.I come from a long line of union workers. And so, in the venture world, I'm excited that venture studios are no longer taboo. I was mentioning earlier when I first told people I worked at Venture Studios, they were like, oh, it's not a fund. And now all, every day I hear somebody talking about getting into the space. I think that's great. I think Venture Studios will be the really strong gateway to capture those other three trends that I mentioned. You know, people are reconsidering their relationship with work, their expectations of what good company stewardship have changed, and just our needs from an infrastructure perspective have shifted because our behavior and venture studios are going to be best suited to dig into those problems and questions for us. So that's what I'm really excited about. We'll see, I'll watch this back in five years and see if I was right about anything. For More InformationBrian Ardinger: I'm excited about it because anybody who can help move ideas faster into the ether and create value along that way, that's what we're all about. So, I'm excited to hear your journey in the future. And in the interim, if people want to find out more about yourself or about Forum Ventures, what's the best way to do that? Maisha Leek: I am hyperactive on LinkedIn and getting more and more active every day. Definitely DM me. Definitely reach out. I'm also an angel investor. I'm standing up a syndicate in the next little bit here. I'm really, really, really obsessed with small businesses and founders. I mean, my family has come from five generations of entrepreneurs. It's really game changing work, and I'd love to be a part of that. So hit me up there. Brian Ardinger: Excellent. Well, Maisha, thank you again for being on Inside Outside Innovation. Looking forward to continuing the conversation and best of luck. Maisha Leek: Thank you, Brian.Brian Ardinger: That's it for another episode of Inside Outside Innovation. If you want to learn more about our team, our content, our services, check out InsideOutside.io or follow us on Twitter @theIOpodcast or @Ardinger. Until next time, go out and innovate.FREE INNOVATION NEWSLETTER & TOOLSGet the latest episodes of the Inside Outside Innovation podcast, in addition to thought leadership in the form of blogs, innovation resources, videos, and invitations to exclusive events. SUBSCRIBE HEREYou can also search every Inside Outside Innovation Podcast by Topic and Company.  For more innovations resources, check out IO's Innovation Article Database, Innovation Tools Database, Innovation Book Database, and Innovation Video Database.  

We're kicking off the new year by talking to one of the foremost authorities on SEO, Muhammad Yasin, VP of Marketing at High Alpha—winner of multiple national marketing awards and recognized by the Indianapolis Business Journal as one of Indy's Forty Under 40. In this episode, Muhammad talks about prioritizing creativity over a technicality in your content strategy, tailoring your SEO strategy to pull in high-quality leads, and much more.---------Quote“Previously what would happen was you bring the analytical in first. They build the keyword list and they give it to the creative side. What I found over the years is that actually results in a poor outcome of content for creative because they're stuck in a mental box, not being their best self. I'm certainly not advocating ignoring everything algorithmically. What I'm saying is that the story has to come first.  Then second, you bring in the algorithm.”                                                                                                                                                        ---------Time Stamps:* (1:03) Get to know Muhammad Yasin, and what is a venture studio?* (6:05) How have SEO tactics evolved in the past 10 years?* (8:13) Prioritizing creative or revenue in your content strategy* (11:44) When should a company in the ideation phase introduce SEO into its strategy?* (15:44) Create an SEO strategy for a market creator * (17:23) Using SEO to target high-quality leads * (21:27) How to convince leadership to gamble on organic content * (23:10) Lightning round!* (28:01) Ryan and Drew's key takeaway --------Contact UsGot a topic idea? Hot take? Guest pitch?We'd love to hear from you! Reach out to us at PageOne@DemandJump.com.--------SponsorThis podcast is brought to you by DemandJump. Tired of wasting time creating content that doesn't rank? With DemandJump you know the exact content to create to increase 1st-page rankings and drive outcomes. Get started for free today at DemandJump.com.--------LinksFollow Muhammad on LinkedInFollow Ryan on LinkedInFollow Drew on LinkedInLearn more about DemandJump's marketing tools

Today's guest is Haley Altman. She is a corporate attorney, founder, and a friend to many of us in the legal technology innovation space. Haley has had a fascinating career, where she moved from attorney for buyers and sellers, to founding and selling her own company, and eventually landing on the buy side with Litera. She began her career in Big Law, first as an associate and then partner, moving into entrepreneurship as the founder of Doxly, Inc., which was acquired by Litera. There she took on the role of global head of corporate development, and eventually led 10 acquisitions in a time span of less than two years. Most recently, Haley has shifted to a strategic advisor consulting role at Litera, where she continues to support the leadership team and their M&A and product strategy. In our conversation, we talk about why Haley jumped from equity partner to founder, and the support she got from her firm and the venture studio High Alpha. We also discuss why she turned her focus to the talent side of the legal industry, and how she is addressing burnout and career progression—both for herself and for others in the profession.

Dave is joined by Shauntle Barley, Director of Marketing at Demandwell, and Egan Montgomery, Director of Go-To-Market at High Alpha for a conversation all across the board in B2B SaaS marketing including marketing budget benchmarks, how to think about building demand gen programs, where to start, thoughts from SaaStr 2022, getting thought leadership from the CEO, finding peers, lessons from Amanda Natividad and Chris Walker, why everyone in B2B is talking about community and more.This episode is brought to you by Demandwell: https://www.demandwell.com/Demandwell is the best SEO solution for B2B SaaS marketers. They've helped customers like Lessonly drive 40% of their revenue from organic search. And they helped Terminus's make organic search their number one source of demosHere's how it works: Results: Demandwell is built for driving the outcomes that b2b marketers care about - demand, traffic, leads, and revenue.  Ease and control: Junior team members can follow recommended steps in the platform, while experts can customize and maintain full control over their work.  Speed: With everything in one platform, Demandwell helps you crank out content that ranks and drives leads in minutes rather than hours.  SEO expert or not, you should give Demandwell a try, and listeners of the Exit Five podcast can get a free competitive SEO Audit to see how you're ranking relative to your competitorsGo to demandwell.com/fomo to get your free SEO consultation today.Thanks to my friends at hatch.fm for producing the podcast for me. They give you unlimited podcast editing and strategy for your B2B podcast.Get unlimited podcast editing and on-demand strategy for one low monthly cost. Just upload your episode, and they take care of the rest.

There's been a shift in the SaaS economy, and in this episode, Lindsey Groepper speaks with Mike Fitzgerald, Partner at High Alpha, a venture capital studio that specializes in funding B2B SaaS companies. Mike joined BLASTmedia at their headquarters for a fireside chat. During that conversation he shared valuable insights on how the venture capital landscape has changed for B2B SaaS companies and what the next moves may be for companies strategizing for a slowdown. Connect with Mike: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikesfitzgerald/ Learn more about High Alpha: https://highalpha.com Connect with Lindsey: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lindseygroepper/ Learn more about BLASTmedia: https://www.blastmedia.com/

What does successful scaling look like? On this episode, we sit down with Scott Dorsey, BS'89, managing partner of High Alpha, to address three keys to scaling successfully: 1. Scaling yourself, 2. Scaling your team, and 3. Scaling your organization. ---- Do you have a question? Looking to get help on a business decision? Know a great guest for our show? Email roipod@iupui.edu so we can help your organization make better business decisions. ---- Ready to take your next step? Find out if a Kelley MBA is right for you: https://bit.ly/35cLVqy

Growth-stage companies don't get much hotter than Salesloft, the leading platform for sales reps to execute their day to day selling tasks.  Put simply, they enable sales teams to drive more revenue. Customers include Stripe, ServiceNow, and Shopify.  And the company's leadership team is committed to culture like few others.  Katie Branham is VP People at Salesloft, where she's tripled headcount to 750 Lofters in just 4 years.  Unlike most, Katie & team have developed a crystal clear employer value proposition “we promise you'll learn more here than anywhere”  which has attracted Lofters in Atlanta & beyond. Clearly, it's working… Investors include Atlanta Ventures, Emergence, HarbourVest Partners, High Alpha, Insight Partners, Storm Ventures, Techstars Candidates are interviewed to ensure they possess the same core values. In this 20-minute episode, Katie reveals how you can do the same.

Jennifer Gaze is a director at High Alpha Innovation, where she partners with global leading organizations to launch new ventures and build venture studios. Prior to High Alpha, she led innovation teams at Wilson Sonsini and Mercedes Benz and advised leading corporations on issues of strategy and growth at the consulting firm, Innosight. She also serves as a startup advisor and investor with a focus on female-led ventures. In this episode of the Optimistic Design podcast, Jennifer shares what she learned about the job's framework that ultimately changed how she sees the world, as well as the skills she learned in her formative experience in big corporate companies that shaped her approach to partnering with venture teams. Jennifer also discusses High Alpha Innovation's mission and her role as director, along with some actionable steps that organizational leaders can take to promote corporate creative innovation, and a whole lot more. In this Episode 0:45 How Prof. Clayton Christensen's Theory of Jobs To Be Done changed how Jennifer sees the world. 2:23 Jennifer's other roles at the intersection of innovation and technology that influenced how she approaches design innovation. 3:59 The many hats that Jennifer wears as the director of the startup company, High Alpha Innovations. 6:38 What the venture studio business model is and why do you need one. 8:32 Key components of the venture ecosystem. 10:09 High Alpha Innovation's mission to launch 100 startups in five years. 12:12 Three categories of innovation and the different tools that you can use to achieve these types of innovation. 16:21 Some actionable steps organizational leaders can take to promote corporate creative innovation. 19:52 Important factors to consider when deciding whether to build this venture within the main organization or as a completely separate external entity. 22:09 Bringing everyone's distinct perspective and diverse approach to solve problems and innovate. 23:25 The most important set of skills and mindset she brings to the table. 27:26 Key pieces of advice for those looking to innovate and get things done. 29:09 The design and innovation trajectory appears to be happening and trending towards a more inclusive ecosystem and massive underserved markets. Resources and Social Jennifer Gaze on LinkedIn High Alpha Innovation website High Alpha Innovation on LinkedIn High Alpha Innovation on Twitter High Alpha Innovation on Facebook

In July 2016, Paul Singh, Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer of Bump Health, joined High Alpha Partner Kristian Andersen for our monthly Speaker Series. Bump Health is a company that serves mom before, during and after pregnancy. He is also founder of Results Junkies, a company that invests in 200 companies each year by driving across North America and visiting cities. The company has a portfolio of over 2000 companies it has invested in. In this episode, we revisit Paul's Speaker Series where you'll learn: His background and investing thesis His idea around “moneyball for cities” Advice for entrepreneurs building breakout companies outside of the Valley

In August of 2017, High Alpha welcomed Lisa Coca, as our featured guest at our August Speaker Series. At the time of the interview, Lisa was the Managing Director of Corporate Venture Investments and Commercial Development at GE Ventures. In addition to her role as Managing Director at GE Ventures, Lisa was also the architect of GE Ventures' EDGE program which leverages the global scale, expertise and resources of GE to provide start-up partners with programs and tools to help them grow and scale their enterprise. Prior to joining GE Ventures, her professional career spanned a number of other disciplines including finance, sales & marketing, strategy, and business development at major financial institutions such as GE Capital, Bankers Trust, and Deutsche Bank. Lisa is now a Partner at Toyota Ventures, where she serves as the lead for the Climate Fund. In this role, she invests in the best entrepreneurs developing technologies and solutions focused on fighting climate change. In this episode, we revisit Lisa's Speaker Series where you'll learn: Key learnings from her experiences in venture capital The risks and rewards she has encountered throughout her career GE Ventures industrial journey

In November 2016, Alex Bard, Managing Director at Redpoint Ventures, joined High Alpha Managing Partner Scott Dorsey for our monthly Speaker Series. Prior to Redpoint Ventures, Alex served as Chief Executive Officer at Campaign Monitor. Alex has also served as Executive Vice President & General Manager of the Service Cloud business at Salesforce.com, which acquired Assistly, Inc., where Alex served as Founder and Chief Executive Officer. He currently serves as a member of the board of directors of several privately held companies. In this episode, we revisit Alex's Speaker Series where you'll learn: Alex's entrepreneurial journey and his experience starting and exiting companies Competing with large incumbents and developing meaningful core values The importance of finding a framework to align and measure your success How giving back helps build meaningful relationships with colleagues outside of the context of work

Olá seja bem vindo a mais um Fechamento de Mercado da Levante comigo, Flávio Conde, e o programa de hoje será dedicado a Marianne, coordenadora de fluxo Editorial da Levante, que nos ajuda muito junto com a Fran, na confecção e envio de relatórios da séries Small Caps, High Alpha e Melhores Ações. Aproveitando, você já é assinante dessas séries? Se não é ainda, ligue para o Mauricio da área comercial da Levante e peça um desconto por assistir diariamente o Fechamento. O telefone do Maurício é 11 94936-0149. Sugiro que você assine o Small Caps que é a série que está indo melhor com quase 17% de janeiro a março versus 6,7% do índice Small da B3. Ibovespa operou todo dia no negativo e descolado dos EUA, tendo batido 114.352, às 15h20, para se recuperar em seguida e fechar a 115.057, -0,55%. O motivo da melhora foi a forte alta de 2,1% do Nasdaq com investidores comprando ações das big techs na expectativa dos resultados do 1T22 que começarão a sair hoje com Intel e Netflix. Mas por que o Ibovespa operou o dia inteira na contramão do mercado americano? Basicamente devido a quatro ações que pesam muito no índice e costumam contaminar o humor do mercado: 1. ELET3 -4,4% e ELET6 -3,3% devido a inciativa de deputados de PT de entrar com ações no TCU e Justiça Federal em Brasília contra o processo de privatização da Eletrobras; 2. VALE3 -3,2% a R$ 87,68 em função de queda do preço do minério e da não aprovação do plano de renegociação da dívida da Samarco pelos credores; e 3. ITUB4 -1,7% R$ 26,01 e BBDC4 -1,3% com parte de investidores reduzindo posicionamento em bancos depois das altas do 1T22; Destaques de baixa do Ibovespa foram: CEMIG -5,8%, ELET3 -4,4% cai com os problemas para privatização citados, CRFB3 -4,3% recua com o JPMorgan reduzindo recomendação para neutro de overweight, SBSP3 -3,8% realiza lucros dos últimos dias e BBAS3 -3,5% idem. Já os destaques nas altas foram: Inter BIDI11 +9,1% R$ 18,84 com investidores animados com o processo de migração de ações da B3 para EUA, BRMalls +7,6% a R$ 9,42 com a nova e terceira proposta da Aliansce Sonae para fusão, SOMA3 +6,9% R$ 14,36, JHSF +6,2% e Totvs +5,5% R$ 36,01 recuperando parte da queda de ontem. Os assinantes da Levante escolheram BIDI11 com 40% e brMalls com 39% e falarei das duas.

In May 2017, Founder and General Partner of Emergence Capital, Gordon Ritter joined High Alpha Managing Partner Scott Dorsey for our monthly Speaker Series.  Prior to founding Emergence, Gordon spent over fifteen years founding and building companies that pioneered new markets. One of these was Software As Service, a web services platform company he co-founded with Marc Benioff. Before that, he ran IBM's $3 billion Global Small Business division. Gordon gave a presentation around the Rise of Coaching Networks and the next era of software that won't be based on forms. In this episode, we revisit Gordon's Speaker Series where you'll learn: Gordon's background in SaaS and his coaching network thesis Evolution of the software sector How fast the SaaS investing market is today His coaching network thesis

In August 2019, Kobie Fuller, General Partner at Upfront Ventures, joined High Alpha Partner Eric Tobias for our monthly Speaker Series. Kobie joined Upfront in 2016 after having previously been an investor at Accel. Prior to Accel, Kobie was the Chief Marketing Officer at LA-based REVOLVE, one of the largest players in the global fashion e-commerce ecosystem. He has deep knowledge of emerging sectors including VR and AR and was an early investor in Oculus and ExactTarget. Earlier in his career, Kobie helped found OpenView Venture Partners and was an investor at Insight Venture Partners.  In this episode, we revisit Kobie's Speaker Series where you'll learn: Kobie's journey into Venture Capital His experience being a part of the Los Angeles startup community The power of community and how you can use it to build a brand and serve today's hyper competitive landscape His take on the future of software and tech

Boa noite, seja bem-vindo a mais um Fechamento de Mercado da Levante comigo Flávio Conde e hoje é dedicado ao Rildo que foi o 1º. a comentar. Ibovespa fechou com alta de +1,36% aos 119.053 no seu sétimo dia consecutivo de alta impactada pelas bolsas americanas – Nasdaq +1,9% e Dow +1%, subiram com o menor número de pedidos de seguros-desemprego numa semana, desde 1969, queda de -3% do petróleo e ata das empresas de chips na Nasdaq. No Brasil, ajudou também o tom dovish (não aumentar muito os juros) do Relatório Trimestral de Inflação (RTI) e da entrevista de Campos Neto, que reiteraram a mensagem da ata da última reunião do Copom e com isso os juros futuros caíram e favoreceram as ações de varejistas e fintechs. Já o dólar recuou 1 centavo para a R$ 4,83 com investidores estrangeiras vendendo mais dólares. Já o petróleo caindo -3% a US$ 118 por barril impactou negativamente as ações de PRIO -4,5%, mas 3R +0,40% e PETRO +1,15%. O minério estável fez BRAP4 cair 2,1%, mas VALE subiu +0,54% Destaques de alta: MGLU3 +10%, CASH +9%, CCRO3 +7,4%, POSI3 +7% e MRVE3 +6,9%. Destaque de baixa: LWSA3 -7%, HAPV3 -5%, PRIO3 -4,5%, BRAP4 -2,2% e PETZ -1%. Destaque dos assinantes da LEVANTE é ITAÚSA x ITAÚ que eu escrevi detalhadamente hoje no Telegram das séries Melhores Ações, High Alpha e Small Caps.

On June 17, 2020 Freestyle Capital General Partner Jenny Lefcourt joined High Alpha Partner Kristian Andersen for our monthly Speaker Series. Together, they discussed Jenny's career, her path into venture capital, and her involvement with All Raise. Jenny's career spans corporate America, consumer startups, founding companies, and investing. After graduating from the Wharton School and spending a year backpacking around the world, she worked for a Palo Alto-based consumer software company through its IPO. Later, she founded WeddingChannel.com and Bella Pictures, both of which went on to be acquired. Today, she spends her days meeting with entrepreneurs and working alongside Freestyle Capital portfolio companies, including BetterUp, Narvar and Daily.co. Jenny is also a founding, active member of All Raise, a non-profit dedicated to increasing diversity in tech. In this episode, we revisit Jenny's Speaker Series where you'll learn: Jenny's investment and decision-making frameworks Her mission to take risks in both her personal and professional life Her role in identifying opportunities for inclusion in the venture capital space

On June 24th, 2021, Seth Levine joined High Alpha Partner Kristian Andersen for a conversation about his new book, The New Builders, and his career working with startups for 20+ years. Seth Levine is currently involved in venture capital investing as well as operational, transactional, and advisory roles at both public and private companies. He is a Partner and Co-Founder of the Foundry Group.  Seth Levine began his venture capital career at Mobius Venture Capital. Prior to Mobius Venture Capital, Seth Levine joined FirstWorld Communications, which is a restart of a data communications company. He then led the IPO process for FirstWorld's IPO in 2000 and negotiated simultaneous equity investments from Microsoft, SAIC, and Lucent Technologies. In this episode, we revisit Seth's Speaker Series where you'll learn: The catalyst for his latest book, The New Builders  Current and future state of entrepreneurship Stories about new builders making an impact in their local communities

On January 13, 2021, Mary Grove joined High Alpha Partner Eric Tobias for a virtual fireside chat about her career and the lessons she's learned working with startups. Mary Grove is Managing Partner of Bread and Butter Ventures. She brings nearly two decades of leadership experience in technology, early stage investing, and startup ecosystem growth. She began her career working on the Google IPO, and went on to lead new business development partnerships, negotiating early stage product and technology deals worldwide. Mary then served as the founding director of Google for Startups, leading the company's global efforts to support entrepreneurs in over 100 countries. After her 15 year career at Google, Mary worked as an investment partner at Revolution's Rise of the Rest Seed Fund where she led dozens of investments in a range of sectors including healthcare, enterprise software, and fintech. She also built the fund's portfolio support platform and built a network of over 150 mentors and partners to guide startup growth. She is the Co-Founder and Executive Director of Silicon North Stars, a nonprofit that she and her husband Steve founded in 2013 to help young Minnesotans from underserved communities pursue careers in tech. In this episode, we revisit Mary's Speaker Series where you'll learn: How to be proactive about diversity in LPs, founders, & hiring Her role in elevating the Minnesota startup ecosystem Educating and inspiring youth from economically underserved communities

On September 29, 2020, Brad Feld, Managing Partner at Foundry Group and High Alpha Managing Partner Scott Dorsey sat down for a discussion on building startup communities as part of High Alpha's monthly Speaker Series. Brad has been an early stage investor and entrepreneur since 1987. Prior to co-founding Foundry Group, he co-founded Mobius Venture Capital and, prior to that, founded Intensity Ventures. Brad is also a co-founder of Techstars. Brad is a writer and speaker on the topics of venture capital investing and entrepreneurship. He's written a number of books as part of the Startup Revolution series and writes the blogs Feld Thoughts and Venture Deals. His latest book, “The Startup Community Way,” was released in July 2020. In this episode, we revisit Brad's Speaker Series where you'll learn: The startup ecosystem's growth How to build thriving startup communities The importance of reading and writing outside of your domain His internal commitment to amplifying the voices of the underrepresented

On August 25th, 2021, Carlotta Siniscalco, Principal at Emergence Capital sat down with High Alpha Managing Partner Scott Dorsey for an interview unpacking her experience as an enterprise technology venture investor and her mission to elevate underrepresented founders in the world of tech, VC, and entrepreneurship. Prior to joining Emergence Capital, Carlotta was an investor in financial services and financial technology companies at Advent International, a large global private equity fund. At Advent, Carlotta worked on acquisitions both in Europe (including the carve-out of Cartasi/Nexi from ICBPI) and in the United States, and was a board observer at Transunion. She also spent time in the Business Operations group at Nerdwallet (a fintech startup) and was an early-stage investor at Ribbit Capital, a fintech-focused VC. In this episode, we revisit Carlotta's Speaker Series where you'll learn: The ingredients that lead to successful founders How to be a change agent and create more opportunities for underrepresented groups The importance of peer-to-peer, coaching support in Venture Capital The power of deep self-awareness

Within the topic of go-to-market, there are 4 disciplines:Sales ledCustomer ledProduct ledCategory ledAnd while it's still uncertain which option is the best approach, there is one common thread among all 4 — understanding the customer. At the end of the day, it's still all about the customer and providing an incredible experience.We speak with Scott Dorsey, Managing Partner at High Alpha, about the 4 categories, why the customer should always come first, and how culture impacts a business. What we discussed:Dissecting the 4 categories of go-to-marketBuilding a business: the early days of gaining customers & CEO difficultiesThe role of expansion as you move through go-to-marketAdvice for listeners about go-to-market & who owns itStories of culture that have succeeded or failed & CMO adviceCheck out this resource mentioned in the episode:MOVE: The 4-Question Go-To-Market FrameworkThis is a #MOVE podcast. Check us out on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or here. Check out themovebook.com and you will find all the templates and scorecards to download for free and even an assessment that will help you find your next MOVE, faster.Listening on a desktop & can't see the links? Just search for MOVE in your favorite podcast player.

In March of 2018, Sarah Lacy joined High Alpha Partner Kristian Andersen to discuss notable moments in her career and her passion and advice for working professional mothers.   Sarah Lacy is the Founder of Pando, a venture-backed technology news site founded in 2012. Sarah is a prolific tech reporter and a former senior editor at TechCrunch. Her latest venture is ChairmanMe, an online community for working professional women. 

In July of 2019, Lessonly Co-Founder Max Yoder joined High Alpha Speaker Series to discuss his book, Do Better Work. In this episode we revisit his overview of the themes from his book, including how to share before you're ready, getting more agreements, and having difficult conversations. No matter your rank, role, or team, the advice in this episode will lead to better understanding, accountability, and progress. Since this recording Lessonly, one of our very first High Alpha Studio companies, was acquired by sales and marketing enablement leader Seismic.

In this week's episode, IBJ Editor Lesley Weidenbener steps in for host Mason King to lead a year-in-review discussion about 2021 and the people who made headlines in 2021. IBJ Managing Editor Greg Weaver and reporters Dave Lindquist and Mickey Shuey talk about the reasons that IBJ named The Sports Corp.'s Ryan Vaughn its newsmakers of the year and why the new IU president, chair of Newfields, High Alpha partners, a SPAC specialist, an arts community power couple and the head of a local real estate investment trust all made the newsmakers list. You can read more details about IBJ's newsmakers by clicking here and more about the year's top stories here.   The IBJ Podcast is brought to you by Taft.  

This week on the feed we're featuring the Fast Frontiers Podcast by Refinery Ventures.Refinery Ventures is based in Cincinnati, Ohio. They bridge the gap and mentor teams between post-seed and Series A funding where they invest $1M to $2M.Tim Schigal is the Managing Partner at Refinery Ventures, and the host of Fast Frontiers. Tim created ShareThis, a social media pioneer that nearly a billion people use to share online content every month. ShareThis, based in Palo Alto, CA, was one of the fastest growing companies in the country, growing to $50 million in less than four years which earned him the EY Entrepreneur of the Year in his region. Tim also launched and managed Cintrifuse, one of the best performing fund of funds in the country, investing in 15 top-tier early stage funds across the U.S. Tim has been in venture capital since 1998.In this episode from December 8, 2020, Tim interviews Scott Dorsey, co-founder and managing partner at High Alpha, a venture studio in Indianapolis. Scott is the former CEO and co-founder of ExactTarget, which was acquired by Salesforce in 2013 for more than $2.5 billion dollars.A couple of powerhouses in this episode! You can learn more about Refinery Ventures at refinery.com. OK, enjoy this episode of Fast Frontiers, right after this.Subscribe to Fast FrontiersLearn more about Refinery VenturesLearn more about High AlphaFollow upside on TwitterJoin the upside network

Pillar, an interview intelligence platform, is announcing its launch today. The platform leverages AI and in-interview coaching to provide companies with a more reliable way to assess a candidate's fit for a role during the interview process With the launch, Pillar adopts and expands upon the initial vision and product built by Luma, an AI-based interview tool that launched out of High Alpha earlier this year. https://hrtechfeed.com/pillar-launches-interview-intelligence-platform-to-help-companies-grow-better-with-every-hire/  Hirect, an AI-driven mobile hiring app that recently launched a $1 millionStartup Program to help fellow startups earn exposure and fill high priority positions with motivated, qualified candidates – for free. Chosen startups receive free marketing on various social channels with the goal of reaching a million impressions across platforms. Selected CEOs and founders are invited to participate in virtual hiring events hosted by Hirect and its partners. The Program is open to startups nationwide, with 10 participating in the campaign to date and more in the pipeline. https://hrtechfeed.com/next-generation-hiring-app-pledges-1-million-in-support-of-fellow-startups/  Hibob – the company behind ‘bob', the HR platform that is changing the work experience for fast-growing, mid-sized businesses and their employees – today announced $150 million in Series C funding.  https://hrtechfeed.com/hibob-secures-150m-series-c/ SparkPlug is an employee rewards and campaign management platform built specifically to increase revenues, retention rates, and marketing ROI for brick-and-mortar restaurants, retailers and the consumer goods companies they work with has announced they have received 2.5 million in new funding.... Companies that use SparkPlug can incentivize frontline workers and in-store sales staff to influence purchasing outcomes by launching sales-based commission and reward campaigns.  https://hrtechfeed.com/sparkplug-gets-3-5m-to-improve-life-for-frontline-workers/ Eightfold's Talent Intelligence Platform now features: A consumer-grade user experience which increases internal development, paired with intelligent onboarding. The result is a highly personalized experience that benefits the organization and employee alike.  Real-time deep analytics on skills that allows the organization to view detailed insights on the skill strengths and gaps across all employees and hiring prospects.  Customizable dashboards that facilitate a deeper and more relevant understanding of the organization.  An easily navigated Career Hub that matches employees to internal roles, projects, mentors, and learning courses aligned with their desired career path.  Automated and tailored career pathing, which predicts future role fits based on inferred and adjacent skills, and surfaces best-fit growth opportunities to employees, including lateral and non-traditional career moves. https://hrtechfeed.com/the-ai-powered-employee-experience-arrives-as-eightfold-ai-rolls-out-self-service-capabilities-and-new-reporting-dashboards/

Introducing Speaker Series Rewind, a podcast by High Alpha! In each episode, we revisit discussions from High Alpha Speaker Series events featuring industry leaders, successful entrepreneurs, and investors. This is the trailer for our very first season, which includes Founders and CEOs from across the country running everything from B2B software companies to international airports and packaged foods startups. Visit our website to learn more about High Alpha and subscribe to our monthly newsletter to get the latest High Alpha news and podcast episodes sent directly to your inbox.

Nothing lights me up more than a meaty conversation with a successful entrepreneur. I just bagged the elephant (You can thank me later.) Godard Abel is one of the most successful SaaS entrepreneurs you'll meet. And G2 is his Unicorn baby. After wrapping his studies at Stanford MBA and MIT Engineering, Godard was Co-Founder & CEO of BigMachines, a pioneer of the Configure, Price, Quote software category. He scaled the business from scratch to $50M revenues & 300 people, before its acquisition by Oracle. As CEO of SteelBrick, the leading Quote-to-Cash software platform, he built the team from 5 to 200 people, before its acquisition by Salesforce. And currently, Godard is Co-Founder & CEO of G2, which makes B2B tech buying easy by connecting buyers to vendors. It's “Yelp for Business Software & Services” with 1 million customer reviews & real-time ratings. 5 million tech buyers visit each month. And he's onto something big… G2 has raised over $200M from top investors: Accel, Chicago Ventures, Emergence, High Alpha, Hyde Park Venture Partners, IVP, Permira, Pritzker Group Venture Capital, Salesforce Ventures, HubSpot Ventures. I was curious to understand how Godard makes it look so easy (It's not.) He attributes not some… but ALL… of his success to “hiring & nurturing incredible people.” In this 20-minute conversation, he reveals step-by-step how to build your Unicorn team.  

If you've never served on a Board of Directors, you may envision it as a country club day filled with palm fronds & chardonnay. The reality is that most Board meetings are …well… boring. And ineffective. Indianapolis-based Boardable, the SaaS platform, is out to change that. And to make Boards far more effective in this pivotal role. It manages the agenda, notes, voting, every aspect of communications. It was specifically designed for mission-driven community organizations & non-profits. They're countless across the US. Gabby VanAlstine leads Talent & Culture at Boardable. Prior, she led talent at Emplify. Clearly, Boardable is onto something big. It's raised over $10M from High Alpha, Base10 Partners, Collina Ventures, VisionTech Partners. In this 20-minute conversation, Gabby reveals the recruitment process that she uses to put a Rockstar in every seat.

On episode 7 of the Founders Forward Podcast, we welcome Kristian Andersen. Kristian is a founder and partner at High Alpha, a venture studio located in Indianapolis. Before launching High Alpha, Kristian founded the prolific design agency, Studio Science. During his time at Studio Science, Kristian primarily served software companies which ultimately led to him being a founding partner at High Alpha. Between Kristian's experience at Studio Science and his time at High Alpha helping launch 30+ companies, it is safe to say he knows a thing or 2 about design and storytelling. Kristian joins us to break down how design can be a competitive advantage, the importance of storytelling in business, the High Alpha Studio model, and much more. Our CEO, Mike Preuss, had the opportunity to sit down and chat with Kristian. You can give the full episode a listen below:What You Can Expect to Learn from Kristian: How the High Alpha Studio models work What kind of co-founders they look for at High Alpha How design can be a competitive advantage  Why storytelling is important in business and fundraising Why Coco Chanel, Teddy Roosevelt, and Ralph Lauren are great storytellers What he likes to see in a cold email from a founder Related Resources: Kristian's Twitter Kristian's website Apply to become a High Alpha Co-founder High Alpha's Visible Connect Profile The Founders Forward is Produced by VisibleOur platforms helps thousands of founders update investors, track key metrics, and raise capital. Try Visible free for 14 days.

Healthcare and life sciences are bringing billions to Indiana; High Alpha launches its newest platform; we head to Exhibit Columbus; Sky Outfitters makes a major pivot; new research is coming on youth football head injuries; high school entrepreneurs get their chance to turn their ideas into reality; we preview the NHRA Nationals; and GANGGANG hosts its first major art fair.

By now everyone knows how crucial content marketing is. Effective content marketing connects your business to the right customers and amplifies your brand message. But while B2C brands are nailing it, B2B businesses are having a much harder time finding and distributing their content.  Today we have Jonathan Gandolf, Co-Founder and CEO of The Juice, sharing with us his unexpected journey from craft beer to content marketing and how he envisions the future of B2B marketing.  Find out the most common problems marketers have, how content marketing has evolved over the years, and what you can do to make your vision a reality.    We'll talk about: (to be edited) Introduction [00:00] Jonathan's career background [02:18] Getting involved with High Alpha [04:12] How Jonathan's craft brewery cut through the noise [05:19] Who High Alpha is and what they do [08:23] The problem with B2B content distribution [13:35] The vision for The Juice [16:09] Becoming the co-founder of The Juice [12:53] The value of surveying over 100 marketers [18:07] The growth of content marketing due to a pandemic [22:38] Being the B2B content hub [24:35] What Jonathan would have done differently [26:40] What's next for The Juice [28:00]  The one thing that Jonathan recommends [30:34]   Resource Links: Brett Trainor Website (https://bretttrainor.com/) Download Startup to Scaleup: A 4-Part Framework to Grow Your B2B Business to $10 Million (https://bretttrainor.com/resources/) The Juice website (https://www.thejuicehq.com/) Talk to Your Persona: Here's How We Talked to 100 Marketers in 100 Days (https://www.thejuicehq.com/blog/talk-to-your-persona-heres-how-we-talked-to-100-marketers-in-100-days)   About Our Guest: Jonathan Gandolf is the co-founder and CEO of B2B content hub The Juice. He started his career in digital marketing with Salesforce ExactTarget Marketing Cloud where he spent years gaining insights and experience in content marketing, relationship marketing, and product management.  After leaving tech and 4 years of pursuing his craft brewery dreams, he found himself getting drawn back into the biz, surrounded by like-minded colleagues and an idea he pursued relentlessly.  Within a year of conceptualizing, The Juice was born and Gandolf has been busy growing his B2B content hub while also prospecting for new businesses with VC company High Alpha.  If you liked this episode, please don't forget to tune in, subscribe, and share this podcast.  Connect with Jonathan Gandolf: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathan-gandolf/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/JDGandolf   Connect with me and learn more about growing your business: Email: BT@BrettTrainor.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bretttrainor/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCySoKsETeKxu-Fnf2VfE7Gg Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TrainorBrett Twitter: https://twitter.com/Brett_Trainor Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bretttrainor/

In the final episode of “Using Community to Launch at B2B MarTech Company,” Jonathan and Brett wrap up the conversation on momentum, community, launching, and what it's like to watch their vision turn into a live product. From the beginning, Jonathan has created their hero story of fighting the common enemy, bad outdated marketing that needs to be stopped. 0:00 Intro 1:10 Conversation with Jonathan 4:30 Vision to live product 6:00 Lenses of team members 9:30 Launch prep planning 11:30 Working with High Alpha 14:30 Making it a “we thing” 19:10 Spotlight the enemy 23:22 Launch event August 17 26:40 Post event 29:30 Outro Join The JuiceFollow The Juice:| Website | Blog | Twitter | LinkedInFollow Jonathan:| Twitter | LinkedInFollow Brett:| Twitter | LinkedIn   

Join High Alpha's Drew Beechler and the co-hosts of the Agile Marketing Podcast for a deep dive into executing team sprint weeks. Drew will walk listeners through High Alpha's Sprint Week process and how they bring a new studio company to life in just one week. Learn how you can apply High Alpha's best practices to your own marketing efforts for focused and rapid results. Join the Agile Marketing Slack community: http://bit.ly/AgileMarketingSlack  Produced by Share Your Genius: https://www.shareyourgenius.com/

Eric Smith is the Head of Business Design at High Alpha, a leading SaaS Venture Studio. Prior to joining High Alpha, Eric was the COO at One Click Ventures where he led the company to an incredible exit to FGX International. As the Head of Business Design, Eric has the unique opportunity to help bring startups from the ideation stage to public launch. On this episode of Aspiring Ops, Eric shares his experience building and leading Operations at a growth stage company, as well as his insights on how operations can play a pivotal role in a startup's success. 

In the sixth episode of our Investor Series, Kristian Andersen, Co-Founder and Partner at High Alpha, sheds light on accelerated trends across a variety of industries and how fundamentally flawed businesses being exposed during the crisis will foster the next wave of innovation. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/endeavornorthamerica/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/endeavornorthamerica/support

Three tech entrepreneurs — High Alpha's Eric Tobias and Mobi's Scott Kraege and Andrew Davis — have long been fans of live music. But they've taken that hobby one step further by purchasing the Vogue night club in Broad Ripple. Tobias talks with podcast host Mason King about what the trio plans to change at the 81-year-old venue (think glass barware and a larger green room) — and what they think the club is already doing well. Plus, hear how the new owners want to expand the number of events at the Vogue by expanding the types of programming to include things like live podcasts.  For more information, see IBJ reporter Susan Orr's story about the Vogue's ownership change. And thanks to Cody Diekhoff — who performs as Chicago Farmer — for giving us permission to use audio from his 2018 show at the Vogue in this week's podcast.