Beyond The Core
Beyond The Core
Podcast Description
Beyond The Core is a podcast series by Marcus Daniels and Ben Yoskovitz, founders of Highline Beta, exploring how companies are breaking free from traditional innovation models to build significant new ventures. Drawing from their experience helping organizations like RBC and AB InBev transform into venture builders, they interview leaders who've successfully launched billion-dollar spinouts, built venture studios, and created new markets. Weekly episodes feature practical insights on venture studio design, growth innovation playbooks, and strategic choices in corporate venture building.
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Content Themes
The podcast explores themes around corporate venture studios, innovation strategies, and growth playbooks, featuring episodes like Governance, KPIs, and Scaling New Ventures that answer listener questions about venture operations, and Winning Corporate Ventures with Amar Varma that discusses the creation of Tinder and the exit to Ford X.
Beyond The Core is a podcast series by Marcus Daniels and Ben Yoskovitz, founders of Highline Beta, exploring how companies are breaking free from traditional innovation models to build significant new ventures. Drawing from their experience helping organizations like RBC and AB InBev transform into venture builders, they interview leaders who’ve successfully launched billion-dollar spinouts, built venture studios, and created new markets. Weekly episodes feature practical insights on venture studio design, growth innovation playbooks, and strategic choices in corporate venture building.
What does it really take to lead innovation in highly regulated industries, push beyond the core, and make financial inclusion a reality?
In this episode, Marcus Daniels sits down with Scarlett Sieber, Chief Strategy & Growth Officer at Money20/20, to unpack decades of experience at the intersection of FinTech, digital transformation, and strategic partnerships.
From BBVA to building the world’s leading FinTech stage, Scarlett shares the mindset, tactics, and global insights leaders need to thrive in 2025 and beyond.
We cover:
✅ How to inspire executives to explore ventures beyond the core
✅ Why “experiment cheaply” can win “fail fast”
✅ The balance between FinTech speed and institutional stability
✅ Embedded finance opportunities that delight customers & drive growth
✅ Practical steps to align risk, legal, and CFO stakeholders early
✅ Global perspectives on innovation from the US, Europe, Southeast Asia & MENA
✅ Why financial inclusion is both a moral imperative and growth driver
Scarlett also dives deep into the psychology of leadership, the art of words that resonate, and how to structure partnerships that keep momentum, even when timelines clash.
Whether you’re in a bank boardroom, a corporate venture studio, or a scaling FinTech, this conversation is packed with actionable takeaways.
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#FinTechInnovation #EmbeddedFinance #StrategicPartnerships #FinancialInclusion #DigitalTransformation
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