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Unlikely Entrepreneurs — Harvard Business School Professor Lou Shipley


December 17, 2025

Curiosity, ambition, and determination often matter more than pedigree or perfect planning. Are we underestimating the power of unconventional thinking in entrepreneurship? This week’s VentureFuel ...

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December 10, 2025 • 18 min read
Riches in the Niches With Former Dropps CEO Alastair Dorward
Innovation, podcasts, Startup, sustainability, retail, Consumers, VentureFuel Visionaries, Consumer Goods, Sustainable Packaging, visionary, cpg
November 26, 2025 • 18 min read
Building Innovation Ecosystems — Carnegie Mellon’s Steven Guo
Innovation, podcasts, Startup, Venture Capital, VentureFuel Visionaries, Early-Stage Venture, visionary, Venture Partnerships, Startup Collaboration, Startup Growth, Corporate Startup Partnerships
November 19, 2025 • 2 min read
Corporate Innovation | AI Fail or AI Scale: How to 6x the Competition
AI, Digital Transformation, Pilot, Corporate Innovation, Open Innovation, Corporate startup collaboration, Innovation Strategy, Enterprise AI, Startup Partnerships, Scale-Up & Enterprise, Strategic Alliances, Enterprise Startup Engagement, Startup Ecosystem, Innovation & Growth
November 19, 2025 • 19 min read
Democratizing Venture Capital — Alumni Ventures CEO Mike Collins
Innovation, podcasts, Startup, Venture Capital, AI, VentureFuel Visionaries, Early-Stage Venture, visionary, AI-driven startups, Venture Partnerships, Startup Collaboration, AI Startups, Startup Growth, Corporate Startup Partnerships
November 12, 2025 • 28 min read
Innovation Over Renovation — Mission Ventures' John Stapleton
Innovation, podcasts, Startups, VentureFuel Visionaries, Food and Beverage, visionary, cpg, food innovation startups, Consumer Insights, Mission Ventures, FMCG Trends, F&B, Corporate Startup Partnerships, Sustainability in Food, Premiumization, John Stapleton, Food and Beverage Startups
November 05, 2025 • 49 min read
Innovation With Purpose — Brooks Running Former CEO Jim Weber
Innovation, podcasts, VentureFuel Visionaries, visionary, brand turnaround, performance running shoes, customer-obsessed growth, Jim Weber, Brooks Running, innovation leadership, biomechanics research, Running With Purpose, purpose-driven business
October 29, 2025 • 22 min read
How Alexa Ryan Built Bakr Into the Midwest’s #1 Dough Brand
Innovation, podcasts, Dairy, Female Entrepreneurs, VentureFuel Visionaries, Female Founded, visionary, cpg, Midwest Dairy, Midwest Dairy Accelerator, Midwest Dairy startup program, Food innovation, CookieDough, FrozenDesserts, CPGGrowth, Bakr, CleanLabel, FoodStartup
October 22, 2025 • 16 min read
Re-Release: Defending Your Reality: Cybersecurity & Gen AI — Ben Colman
Innovation, podcasts, AI, VentureFuel Visionaries, Generative AI, visionary, Cybersecurity, AI-driven startups, AI Startups
October 02, 2025 • 20 min read
From Law to Lager to Venture Capital — Ruchi Desai
Innovation, podcasts, Beer, Venture Capital, Alcohol, Consumer, VentureFuel Visionaries, Consumer Goods, visionary, Fred Schonenberg

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