The Jess Larsen Show on Innovation & Leadership

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Chris shares lessons learned during 17 years in venture capital, how partnering with portfolio companies accelerated innovationand how he looks at 1500 deals a year and chooses the top 15.Chris and Jess also discuss 3D printed rocket engines, nanodiamond particles and how they track every part for the F35 fighter jets. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mel Torrie Founder & CEO of Automated Solutions (ASI) began his career at NASA, but if that's not impressive enough he went on to found ASI which has built $200 million worth of robots that drive millions of miles a year, haul millions of tons of ore, and farm thousands of acres.They have built the world's largest robots 400-ton autonomous mining trucks in Australia that allow the operators to live near their homes and operate trucks hundreds of miles away instead of having to be away from their families for weeks at a time. They also build Artificial Intelligence AUTONOMOUS NAVIGATION for vehicles and many other things. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Navid Alipour is Co-founder and managing partner at Analytics Ventures, a global venture studio providing end to end infrastructure to ideate, plan, form, launch, fund and validate brand new ventures in Artificial Intelligence.To learn more about Analytics Ventures go to https://www.analyticsventures.com/ or message @NavidAlipour Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Shane Snow joins Jess Larsen and gives the backstory history of his film technology company ShowRunner and how it started his relationship with Scott Greenberg.Scott talks about his hotels and how he includes entertainment to innovate and provide an immersive customer experience that leaves an impact.They also discuss how to create an unstoppable product and the best philosophies when it comes to recruiting and retaining the best talents. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Sankaet is the CEO of Synapse, a fin tech company that reached a $1 billion valuation last year. In this episode he and Jess discuss appetite for risk and tech in its renaissance, product market fit, the importance of becoming an expert in your industry and building great teams early, as well as articulating vision, mission and values of the company. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Gaurav has built 2 companies from 0 to $500 million and invested as an early stage venture capitalist in 20 businesses that went public for over a billion each and 2 others who were acquired privately for over a billion each.He has appeared on the Midas list for his work as an investor and sits on the boards of 15+ companies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

George shares his experience managing a Fund from Chicago that has a portfolio of companies across multiple continents ranging from Artificial Intelligence, Software, Aerospace, Oil & Gas, Manufacturing, Engineering Services, Investment Banking, and HR Solutions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

After originally co-founding and growing to $100m in annual recurring revenue, Kaz has now rejoined Treasure Data as CEO, together with Hironobu Yoshikawa (Chairman) and Dan Weirich (COO/CFO). On the journey to scale the company to $1b ARR, as a Softbank Vision Fund portfolio company. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices