Buildcast

BCG Digital Ventures•www.bcgdv.com

Buildcast is a podcast brought to you by BCG Digital Ventures. Each episode we sit down with CEOs and entrepreneurs, designers and engineers with a diverse set of backgrounds. The thing they have in common: a desire to build. We talk to them about a company or product they’ve built, how they went about it, and what they learned along the way.

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Buildcast #14 - Sustainable Innovation with Lubomila Jordanova and Florian Pachaly

For this episode, we brought together the leaders of two companies we’ve had the pleasure of working with recently: Plan A’s Lubomila Jordanova and Recup’s Florian Pachaly. Both share a commitment to sustainability, and work towards this through innovation and entrepreneurship. We discussed the importance of sustainable innovation, and how companies can supercharge their sustainability efforts.

Apr 07, 2021•16 min

Buildcast #13 - Christian Knörle on Building Automotive Ventures

Christian Knörle leads Forward 31, Porsche Digital’s digital company builder. He is an expert in business building, corporate strategy, and marketing and sales, particularly in the automobile space, and he has previously worked at Daimler. We caught up with him to find out exactly how Forward 31 goes about building ventures, and compared notes on the future of automotive innovation.

Mar 31, 2021•15 min

Buildcast #12 - Magdalena Paluch and Steffen Gloth on Building a Voice Assistant for the Lab

LabTwin, a company building a voice assistant for use in laboratory environments, was built by BCG Digital Ventures and Sartorius in 2019. Since then, the company has seen a wealth of success and progress. We checked in with co-founders Magdalena Paluch and Steffen Gloth to talk about what they’ve learned from building LabTwin, working on a corporate innovation project, and the future of technology in the research sector.

Mar 24, 2021•14 min

Buildcast #11 - Florian Gamper on Technical Innovation

Florian Gamper has been Chief Technology Officer at a variety of companies, and is a former Engineering Director of BCG Digital Ventures. We caught up with him to talk through what corporates need to consider when building technical products and businesses, and considered the current state of tech-led innovation in Europe.

Mar 17, 2021•15 min

Buildcast #10 - Jakob Fricke on the Future of the Automotive Sector

Jakob Fricke is an innovator working within the automotive sector. Currently at door2door, an innovation partner for the future of public transport, Jakob has previously worked in corporate innovation for Samsung Next and Daimler. We caught up with him to talk about how the automotive industry might look over the next decade, what he’s learned about working in industry-leading companies, and his personal attitude to experimentation and technology.

Mar 10, 2021•14 min

Buildcast #9 - Alexandra Deschamps-Sonsino on Creating a Culture of Innovation

Alexandra is an author, consultant, public speaker, entrepreneur and designer living in London. At the forefront thinking around the Internet of Things, Alexandra has founded companies, designed products, and written two books, the most recent titled Creating a Culture of Innovation. We cover the development of IoT, the most important skill for designers, and how to create a culture of innovation.

Mar 03, 2021•15 min

Buildcast Season 2 Trailer

We hear a lot about start-up innovation - inspiring stories from inexperienced entrepreneurs with nothing but an idea and a dream who go on to change the world. In the second season of Buildcast, we're checking in with intrapreneurs - innovators changing the game from within the businesses that shape the world we live in. We'll uncover what happens when a start-up mindset meets corporate culture and what separates firms on the verge of extinction from those that will survive into the next centur...

Feb 24, 2021•2 min

Buildcast COVID-19 Response Special - Rob Derow, Managing Director and Partner, BCGDV

The COVID-19 crisis changing the way we live and work, and having a huge impact on technology and business. With this in mind, we’re putting out a series of short Buildcast episodes covering how different sectors are responding. For this episode, DV's Sid Shah caught up with Rob Derow to talk about the impact the crisis has had on marketing. Their conversation covers the rapid shift to e-commerce, lower digital advertising costs, and what companies should focus on right now.

May 13, 2020•23 min

Buildcast COVID-19 Response Special - Beth Viner, Managing Director and Partner, BCGDV

The COVID-19 crisis changing the way we live and work, and having a huge impact on technology and business. With this in mind, we’re putting out a series of short Buildcast episodes covering how different sectors are responding. For this episode, DV's Sid Shah caught up with Beth Viner to talk about the impact the crisis is having on consumer behavior, the long-term implications for how we buy products, and how companies can use their purpose to respond to the crisis and rebound on the other sid...

May 05, 2020•20 min

Buildcast COVID-19 Response Special - Nate Beyor, Managing Director and Partner, BCGDV

The COVID-19 crisis changing the way we live and work, and having a huge impact on technology and business. With this in mind, we’re putting out a series of short Buildcast episodes covering how different sectors are responding. For this episode, host Sid Shah caught up with Nate Beyor to talk about how the healthcare sector is using technology to respond to the crisis, and the potential digital solutions offer for improving experiences for patients. Sign up for the next MIT COVID-19 hackathon h...

Apr 28, 2020•16 min

Buildcast #8 - Alison Rushworth, Partner and Vice President, Design, BCGDV

Alison Rushworth is an experienced digital consultant with a track record of driving business value through innovation, customer strategy and experience design. With more than 20 years of experience in product/service design and digital strategy, Alison is a recognised expert in human behaviour. We caught up with Alison to talk designers as leaders, what design approaches can bring to building companies, and how to approach new technologies.

Apr 15, 2020•26 min

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