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The Compensation Architect: How Jody Thelander Thinks About Incentives, Autonomy, and the Next Decade of CVC
Season 2025 Episode 116
Interviewed October 18, 2025
In this episode of Corporate Venturing Insider, Nicolas Sauvage sits down with Jody Thelander, founder and CEO of J. Thel…
7 months, 2 weeks ago
The Scout Bees of Btomorrow Ventures: Guiding BAT Toward Its Next Hive
Season 2025 Episode 115
Interviewed October 6, 2025
In this episode of Corporate Venturing Insider, Nicolas Sauvage sits down with Annie Goman, Managing Director of Btomorrow…
8 months ago
Inside BMW’s Venture Client Model: Alexandra Renner on Building the World’s First Venture Client Unit
Season 2025 Episode 114
Interviewed September 25, 2025
In Episode #113 of Corporate Venturing Insider, Nicolas Sauvage speaks with Alexandra Renner, Program Manager at BMW St…
8 months, 2 weeks ago
Talking Corporate Venturing and “When Goliath Needs David” with Valery Yakubovich from Wharton's Mack Institute
Season 2025 Episode 113
Interviewed August 15th, 2025
In this episode of Corporate Venturing Insider #112, Nicolas Sauvage speaks with Valery Yakubovich from Wharton’s Mack I…
9 months ago
“Steady as She Goes”: Intel Capital Veteran Tammi Smorynski on Boards, Down-Cycles, and Why She’s Teaching the Next Generation
Season 2025 Episode 112
Interviewed August 14, 2025
Nicolas Sauvage interviews Tammi Smorynski—24-year Intel Capital veteran and now GCV Institute instructor—on her winding p…
9 months, 2 weeks ago
What Kind of Investor Do You Want to Be? A Conversation with Mike Smeed of InMotion Ventures
Season 2025 Episode 111
On July 21st, 2025, Corporate Venturing Insider welcomed Mike Smeed, Managing Director of InMotion Ventures, the CVC arm of Jaguar Land Rover.
In con…
9 months, 4 weeks ago
How Game Theory, Gut Instinct, and Long-Term Thinking Shape Great Venture Capitalists: A Conversation with Matt Rhodes-Kropf
Season 2025 Episode 110
Tune into our conversation with Matt Rhodes-Kropf, Managing Partner at Tectonic Ventures and Professor at MIT Sloan School of Management.
Interviewed …
10 months, 2 weeks ago
Boundary Rules & Breakthroughs from Temple Fennell from Clean Energy Ventures
Season 2025 Episode 109
Interviewed May 5th, 2025
In Episode 108 of Corporate Venturing Insider, Nicolas Sauvage sits down with Temple Fennell, cofounder and managing partner…
11 months, 1 week ago
Bridging Founders and Funders: Lessons from Angela Lee of Columbia Business School and 37 Angels
Season 2025 Episode 108
Tune into our conversation with Angela Lee, Professor of Professional Practice at Columbia Business School.
Interviewed on April 15th, 2025
In this epi…
11 months, 3 weeks ago
A Liberal Arts Approach to Private Equity and Venture Investing with Gustavo Schwed of NYU Stern and Princeton
Season 2025 Episode 107
Tune into our conversation with Gustavo Schwed, Professor of Finance and Professor of Management Practice at NYU Stern School of Business.
Interviewed…
1 year ago