Mike Fitzgerald’s High Alpha business is fascinating. Not just the venture studio and Fund they have built, but the Sprint Week competitition where all employees compete against each other to determine what business the company should incubate. I love that. That is how you build internal culture. We spent quite a bit of time on the pod discussing how to formulate ideas and how to learn (I can never get enough of that subject). We also did some digging into the investment culture and the ratio of reviewing start-ups to actual investments. Anyone exploring this space will enjoy Mike’s perspective. His calculus story at Miami is a good one and sent him down a path of communications (which he says is a blessing and helped him into a sales-oriented path). We start with a conversation about the city of Indianapolis and Miami’s influence there.
Jeff Gooding: Senior Director of Marketing and Advertising, Ace Hardware
Marc Bushala: CEO, Heaven’s Door Spirits
Jeff Tennery: Founder & CEO, Moonlighting
Mark Satkiewicz: Partner, SBT GRVL
Donn Davis: Founding Partner, Revolution Growth
Rob Snow: Founder, Stand Up 4 Downs
Greg Van Kirk: Co-Founder, Community Enterprise Solutions
Derek Block: President & CEO, Touchstone Merchandise Group
P.J. O'Rourke: Author
Mitch Barns: CEO, Nielsen
Dr. Jim Bertz: Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon
Josh Dahn: Head of School, Ad Astra School
Bill Hemmer: Anchor, Fox News
Chip Chinery: Actor, Stand Up Comedian
Stuart Frankel: Founder & CEO, Narrative Science
Wil Haygood: Author, Tigerland
Lisa Dallmer: Business Builder, Technology & Financial Services Leader
Jeremy Kudon: Partner, Orrick
Matt Golis: Founder and CEO, DraftMates
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