Inside CVC by u-path
Inside CVC by u-path
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Welcome to Inside CVC — the podcast where corporate venture capital meets the real world. Each episode brings together top voices from CVC, traditional VC, private equity, entrepreneurship, academia, and public policy to explore the trends, challenges, and geopolitical forces shaping the future of innovation and investment. Whether you're a corporate investor, founder, policymaker, or just curious about the evolving landscape of business and capital, Inside CVC is your front-row seat to the conversation.
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The podcast delves into themes of corporate venture capital, investment trends, and the implications of geopolitical changes. Episodes often focus on specific challenges, such as water scarcity and its impacts on businesses, exemplified by discussions with experts like J. Carl Ganter on water's significance to corporate operations and supply chains.
Welcome to Inside CVC —Inside CVC by U-Path is the podcast where corporate venture capital meets strategy, leadership, and systemic change. Hosted by Philipp Willigmann and Steve Schmith, the show brings senior voices from across corporate venture, startups, investment, academia, and policy to the table.
Each episode goes beyond buzzwords to explore how capital, technology, and leadership shape the future of business and society. From AI and robotics to geopolitics, board governance, and inclusive innovation, Inside CVC is designed for executives and policymakers who want to understand not just what’s happening — but what to do about it.
David Betts spent two decades at Deloitte building a healthcare strategy practice, ultimately leading a public health business serving 20 states with 400-plus people. Then, at the peak of his career, he was diagnosed with ALS. His response wasn't to step back. It was to build something.
In this conversation, David walks Steve and Philipp through how a non-developer used AI as a teammate to build Talk to Me Goose, an AI-enabled text-to-speech application that gives people with speech-limiting conditions their voice back. He's candid about the aha that came when he stopped treating AI as a search engine and started treating it as a collaborator who had to explain its work.
The conversation goes deeper into what David sees as healthcare's core innovation failure: a system that demands proof before it will try anything, in a world where patients are running out of time. He also reflects on what ALS has made undeniable about how leaders should be spending their attention.
If you sit on a board or lead a health system, this episode will challenge the questions you're asking about both AI and innovation pace.
Learn More About David's Work and ALS:
–> Talk To Me Goose! at https://talktomegoose.app
–> StoryFlight Labs: https://storyflightlabs.com
–> Live Like Lou Foundation: https://livelikelou.org
–> YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TalktoMeGoose-h8l
Catch up on all episodes of Inside CVC at www.u-path.com/podcast.
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