Innovation Podcast Worth Your Time in 2022
Start ups, scale-ups, business management, marketing, finance, directors, exits… there is way more to innovation than just bringing a great idea to life. Sometimes it can be hard to know where to start but we always like to learn from the best, and what better way to do that than listening to those who have gone before us?
We have rounded up some of our favourite innovation podcasts - worth a listen any time of the year.
For Your Innovation - ARK Invest
The FYI - For Your Innovation Podcast offers an intellectual discussion on recent developments across disruptive innovation—driven by research, news, controversies, companies, and technological breakthroughs. Hosted by ARK Invest, ARK and guests provide a unique perspective on how to best understand disruptive innovation.
The episode that caught our attention:
Next-Generation Innovators - Future Women
Season five of Next Generation Innovators is brought to you by AusIndustry's Entrepreneurs' Programme and hosted by Future Women's Chief Commercial Officer, Alicia Stephenson. Join us as we tap into stories behind some of Australia’s most impressive entrepreneurs and how they’ve scaled their ideas into successful businesses.
Whether you’re in business, own one or dream of doing it yourself, these conversations will guide you through the ups and downs of start-ups – from ideation and development to investment and scale.
We couldn’t get enough of:
The Mentor with Mark Bouris
Mark Bouris speaks to business owners and entrepreneurs, finding out what makes them tick and their plans for growth. Some business owners are on the way up and enjoying new success, others are at a turning point. Mark digs into their stories and finds out why they set out to create their own path, their challenges and where they go from here. Based on his own personal experiences and learnings, he also passes on his own guidance on how to take their business to the next level.
The episode we’re loving:
The Start Up Playbook
The Startup Playbook Podcast, is a weekly series where host Rohit Bhargava interviews successful entrepreneurs, investors and experts within the startup and online business space to provide insight, practical steps and a "playbook" to give you the best chance to succeed in your own business. If you are looking to start or grow a business, looking for funding or just want to understand the mindset of entrepreneurs and investors, this podcast is for you!
There is a pretty impressive line up of guests on the show including Justin Dry (Co-CEO of Vinomofo - recently closed $25M round of funding), Shelli Trung (named as one of the "top 100 angel investors to follow on Twitter"), James and Matt from M5859 Apps (creators of App of the year for 2012 - Number 1 in 22 countries and over 500K downloads), Paul Naphtali (Co-Founder of $50M Rampersand Venture Capital Fund) and Alex McBride (Founder - The Fifth Watches) which has gained over 500,000 followers since launching 18 months ago.
Interviews dive deep into the mindset, challenges, strategies and learnings that these successful individuals want to pass on to the next generation of startup founders and business owners.
Episode to get around:
Wild Hearts by Blackbird
No list would be complete without Wild Hearts by Blackbird. Wild Hearts is a podcast dedicated to sharing the real stories of founders - the passionate few taking giant leaps forward.
Wild Hearts uncovers the stories of founders navigating their way through the often messy and difficult ups and downs of building a business. We'll share lessons from founders who are knocking at the door of success. Founders who are on the front line of innovation. The ones in the weeds with their customers, the learn it alls. The founders with laser-focused, unrelenting ambitions.
Focused on stories of grit and potential, you'll also hear from the investors who have backed them. The first believers, who are trying to earn a courtside seat to the best business stories of our time. Each episode, these investors will share their everything from first impressions of the founders, to what made their story worth investing in.
Give a listen to:
Start Up West
Welcome to the local Perth podcast favourite - Startup West podcast. Hear from West Australian startups who have been there and done it, or are right here and doing it! Recorded in beautiful Perth, WA; produced by Startup News, and brought to you thanks to support from the New Industries Fund, Spacecubed, Curtin University, RSM, the City of Perth and Dinner Twist.
Hear from Hot 30 Winner, Camp Connect founder Erin Bell:
Energy Innovators Podcast by NERA
Brought to you by NERA, The Energy Innovators Podcast is all about connecting you with some of the world-leading innovators who are working to power a diverse, decarbonised and digitised energy future for Australia.
Our energy landscape is changing rapidly, meaning it’s never been more important to develop a deep knowledge about how energy affects our daily lives. We know that an understanding of energy issues is critical to making informed decisions at household, community, industry and government levels, which means conversations about energy should be had just as much around the dining room table as the boardroom table.
In this podcast series, hear from the people who are leading these conversations both here in Australia and across the globe. In each episode of The Energy Innovators Podcast, you’ll meet the voices of those tech pioneers, disruptors and visionaries who are helping to lead the projects, ideas and actions that are making sector-wide transformational change happen.
Episode worth your time: