CEO.com | Dispatches from the frontiers of leadership

Navid Alipour joins Clint Betts on today's episode to talk about the impact of AI in the medical field - specifically in cancer and heart disease detection. Navid shares his experience with AI and how he's using data to his advantage to help humankind. In a time when people are afraid that AI will replace everyone's jobs, Navid is an advocate for its use in medicine because it will never replace an actual doctor; it will simply enhance their abilities. As the healthcare industry evolves and advances, the demand for technology will rise and Navid discusses some ethical dilemmas that might arise. Regardless, the future looks bright for medicine with the help of AI. "I think historians will look back on this decade, which we're in the earlier part of still, and we're the huge cornerstone historically. When we look back in ten years, modern medicine, I think, is going to advance more in the next ten years than the last fifty years combined."

Join Clint Betts for a fun conversation with Chet Kapoor about AI and how it's impacting the world. As the Chairman and CEO of DataStax, Chet's on a mission to build products that change people's lives. They discuss the future of innovation in tech and what that means for massive regulations coming down the pipeline, which is something never seen before. As the world of technology is evolving, Chet suggests industries adapt and integrate their processes with AI because it will propel them forward. "There is no AI without data. Everything needs to be real-time because imagine you go to ChatGPT and put in a request at the prompt and you get a response back in two days. Useless. We want a response right away and that's what AI needs to be...It needs to be in everything you do in your real-time world because you don't live a batch life...You live in the moment."

Clint Betts brings on the Editor in Chief of Entrepreneur Media, Jason Feifer. He's an accomplished author who recently wrote Build for Tomorrow, a guide to resilience. They discuss his journey as a writer and how it helped him learn so much about the entrepreneurial spirit and what keeps people going in stressful times. He discusses the evolution of content over past decades and how the monetization and consumption of content has changed drastically. Tune in to learn more! "What you should have is something that makes people feel like they are progressing through a very complicated, big idea by giving them a lot of really interesting small ideas that are going to be evermore logical because of the way you are laying them out."

Ismael Wrixen joins Clint Betts to talk about all things Saas, data, and content. With a huge background in investment banking and finance, Ismael is able to apply diverse strategies for success in his career today as the Executive Chairman of FE International. They discuss the current state of SaaS businesses and how this industry has evolved over time. Ismael offers his insights to the world of AI and just how it's affecting SaaS businesses today. "My advice to people is don't make short-term decisions based on things that may or may not materialize."

Clint Betts meets with Amos Schwartzfarb to learn about his adventurous career as a best-selling author and Managing Director at Techstars. They discuss what traits investors look for when identifying great leaders and what it takes to build a superstar founders team worth the investment. Something many business leaders struggle with is finding balance between work and home life and Amos talks about finding this ideal balance in his own life. He also talks about evolving as a leader and what that means in his industry. Tune in to learn more! "For me, this work is really important but the work doesn't define everything that I do. There are other things in my life. So for me, it's important to also have time with my family..."

Founder of Envoy, Larry Gadea, joins Clint Betts for an honest conversation about visibility in workplace systems and being forced to adapt to fit the needs of the world. He shares his experience in fundraising and how he was able to win the trust of his investors. Larry explains how efficiency is key to success in modern business and those who refuse to adapt will be left behind. This world is new and constantly changing and company evolution is mandatory. Larry's extremely passionate about clarity and reminds leaders that they need to empower their teams through being transparent about expectations so the work can be fulfilled accurately. "Companies are going to have to be way more efficient and effective in the way they operate. Gone are the days where you can just put somebody on something and then it grows like crazy and all this revenue comes in... you've got to really work for it now."

Clint Bets meets with tech and musical giant, Ola Sars, who successfully integrated his passion into the industry - something so many strive to accomplish. Ola has a keen eye for identifying gaps in the market and is able to make something amazing out of it. They discuss the woes of copyrighted music and how Ola masterminded a plan to deal with the legalities of mixing music. Recently, AI has become a mainstream topic in the industry but Ola says machine learning in his field is actually nothing new and has been used for years in music production and distribution. "96% of all businesses in the US play music. 90% of all consumers say that they like or love music. So, it's such a huge cultural phenomenon in the human race's way of living. In all cultures everywhere, it always evolves and it moves our emotions and it makes us cry and it makes us laugh and it makes us dance. It's always there. It's just one of those things that, it's always going to be around and it's always going to be an important part of human nature."

Join Clint Betts as he speaks with renowned author, Bill Eckstrom, about leadership and how we define it in modern business. People often confuse leadership with coaching and while certain aspects of both go hand-in-hand, one is ultimately better than the other. They discuss what it takes to build trust between a company and employees and Bill talks about leaders who want to quantify their efforts and expand their impact in the workforce. While writing his book, The Coaching Effect: What Great Leaders Do to Increase Sales, Enhance Performance, and Sustain Growth, he uncovered some very interesting data that actually changed the content of his book greatly. "We can't teach people to care...we can teach them to show that they care."

Jason Feifer talks to Clint Betts about learning to articulate vision by asking, “What are you going to do with it?”, how everything drives something else, the process of writing, publishing, and launching his book, Build for Tomorrow, building and utilizing a network, the future of magazine and newspaper publishing, and finding a model that makes sense in today’s marketplace.Jason Feifer is the editor in chief of Entrepreneur magazine and host of the podcast Problem Solvers, which is about entrepreneurs solving unexpected problems in their business. Outside of Entrepreneur, he is the author of the book Build For Tomorrow, which is an action plan for embracing change and adapting fast, as the host of the podcast Build For Tomorrow (yes, same name as the book), which is about the smartest solutions to our most misunderstood problems. He writes a newsletter about how to find opportunity in change.

Kaz Ohta talks to Clint Betts about democratizing data, how great companies are built during difficult times, growth vs profitability, how big data collection has changed over time, thinking of the IPO as a milestone not the goal, decentralizing Silicon Valley, acting like the underdog when you are the underdog, and the future of Treasure Data. Kazuki Ohta (太田 一樹) is a Co-Founder/CEO at Treasure Data, Inc. He’s  a Japanese entrepreneur with a heart for computer science.