Venture Ahead

Venture Ahead
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Join us on Venture Ahead, the IE University entrepreneurship podcast. Think of us as your mentors, guiding you like a professor with invaluable insights, practical tools, and actionable advice. Each episode features interviews with a diverse range of guests, including startup founders, venture capitalists, corporate innovators, and seasoned mentors. We delve into the world of entrepreneurship, uncovering trends, sharing inspiring stories, and equipping you with the best venture knowledge.
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The podcast focuses on various themes surrounding entrepreneurship, such as trendy ventures, investment strategies, and the evolution of industries. Episode examples include discussions on femtech with Ida Tin, venture capital insights from Videesha Boeckle, and the future of tech hiring with Nico de Luis, exploring topics like fundraising challenges, investment in B2B sectors, and project-based work cultures.

Join us on Venture Ahead, the IE University entrepreneurship podcast. Think of us as your mentors, guiding you like a professor with invaluable insights, practical tools, and actionable advice. Each episode features interviews with a diverse range of guests, including startup founders, venture capitalists, corporate innovators, and seasoned mentors. We delve into the world of entrepreneurship, uncovering trends, sharing inspiring stories, and equipping you with the best venture knowledge.
In this episode of Venture Ahead, host Joe Haslam talks with Leandro Balbinot, CTO at Amazon and Whole Foods Market, about his return to Porto Alegre for South Summit Brazil.
They discuss Amazon's customer-obsessed philosophy and flywheel approach to innovation, exploring how the company uses data to identify new opportunities.
Leandro shares insights on building a culture that embraces experimentation and failure, Amazon's unique structure of thousands of small teams within a massive company and the leadership principles that make it all work.
They also explore the evolution of AI processing power and why innovation must always come from understanding the customer first.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/leandrobalbinot/
https://www.wholefoodsmarket.com
https://www.amazon.jobs/content/en/our-workplace/leadership-principles, https://stratechery.com

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