Venture Capital

Revenue Bulldogs

Bill Adamowski is a technologist, founder, and educator who strengthens the web for understanding customers, solving the right problems, and sequencing human-centered design to grow revenue. We explore this catalyst’s journey from early interest in AI at Syracuse University, building/exiting his own business, helping large companies scale, shifting into higher education, establishing the ISU Startup Factory, and now inside Drake University (Bulldogs) as the Executive Director of Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Human-Centered Design.

After the break, hear how to leverage research discoveries and scientific findings from tech transfer portals inside R1 universities. We close by discussing venture capital and paving paths to exit in style.

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BONUS MATERIALS

https://Drake.edu/zimpleman

https://researchguides.library.syr.edu/AI

http://Revenue-Bulldogs.YouDontNeedThisPodcast.com

Roasted Reflections Break: Import Knowledge

https://technology.nasa.gov

https://warf.org

EP30 – Exit Ramps 🎙️ Brian Crotty

EP31 – What is School For? 🎙️ Russ Goerend

EP69 – Generative Humans 🎙️ Chris Snider

EP81 – Technology Soup 🎙️ Carl Lippert

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http://BENBOT.ai

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Corporate Battleships

Jacob Kruse invests corporate innovation funds. Corporate venture capital is a growing trend, so let’s chat through how founders can interact with corporate partners and how internal innovation teams can leverage their position within an entrepreneurial ecosystem.

As an intrapreneur within the insurance industry, listen how to co-create with founders and stay in-tune with a startup community. Large companies must stay thirsty to stay ahead of the innovation curve and EP85 is brewed to help indispensable employees execute by staying curious as we lead from within.

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BONUS MATERIALS

https://DeltaDentalIA.com

https://GlobalInsuranceAccelerator.com

http://Corporate-Battleships.YouDontNeedThisPodcast.com

Roasted Reflections Break: Mentor Madness

https://BenMcDougal.com/champions-of-change

https://BenMcDougal.com/significance

EP30 – Exit Ramps 🎙️ Brian Crotty

EP40 – Big Business 🎙️ Joe Murphy

EP72 – Win Win Win 🎙️ Nicole Crain

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Roasted Reflections on Discord

http://BENBOT.ai

By Ben McDougal, ago

Rubik’s Cube

Curt Nelson and Beth Meyer help entrepreneurs spin the Rubik’s cube that is starting (and scaling) a business. The Entrepreneurial Development Center is celebrating 20 years of really getting involved to make an impact. Curt also leads the Iowa Venture Capital Association.

Together, we chat through the origin story of the EDC, then shift gears to chat about tracking milestones with mentors, giving advice, raising financial capital, managing startup boards, and the investor landscape throughout Iowa.

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By Ben McDougal, ago

Data Enablement

Ryan Gerhardy puts data to work. This friend from Australia started in investment banking and worked within venture capital before launching Pitchly. We unclip from our snowboards to chat about data enablement and leadership to scale a startup. As we discuss his team raising over $10M, Ryan outlines three stages investors look for: Potential, Promise, and Proven.

This episode is invaluable for intrapreneurs looking for productivity within big data, non-technical founders raising capital, and investors looking for fresh opportunities.

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By Ben McDougal, ago

Funnel Canyoneering

Kaylee Williams is a sales savant and an empathetic venture capitalist dedicated to accelerating fellow founders. As the Investment Director at InnoVenture Iowa, she manages a $30M public fund focused on investing in early stage companies throughout Iowa, with applications for this year’s $100K InnoVenture Challenge now open!

Together, we chat about hiking in the Appalachians, raising capital, and filling the sales funnel to keep entrepreneurs building in the wild. As Kaylee reminds us with her closing canyoneering story, we are all capable of so much more, so push yourself into positions where the only way out, is through.

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By Ben McDougal, ago