#44: Chris Gore - Declaration of Independents
Chris Gore is probably one of your favorite independent creator's favorite independent creators. The multi-hyphenate Gore, has hosted television, published a magazine, made films, performed stand up, and probably even dabbles in cooking and fine art. He is one of the most sought after authorities in creating independent success within industries traditionally dominated by large corporations. O...
1hr 2m Jun 17, 2014
1hr 2m
#43: Chris Dancy - Half Man, Half Gadget
Chris Dancy has been labeled everything from cyborg to robot to the most connected man in the world. The 45-year-old former software developer has sensors and gadgets galore; his body, home, and car, and even his dog Rocko, are all pumping information in and out at any given time. Where most see techno-clutter, Chris's personal philosophies and natural gravitation toward technology give him th...
48m Jun 10, 2014
48m
#42: Nirvan Mullick - Creating Perfect Moments
When Nirvan Mullick's story behind Caine's Arcade hit the front page of Yahoo!, the media giant proclaimed it as the most positively received story on their home page of all time. Part philosopher, part filmmaker, part marketer, part adventurer, and a whole lotta awesome - one day Nirvan walked into used parts store to get a door handle, and walked out with the beginnings of one of the biggest ...
38m Jun 03, 2014
38m
#41: Ondi Timoner - Disruption Meets Storytelling
Among many accolades, Ondi Timoner has the rare accomplishment of having won the Sundance Grand Jury award twice. 2014 marks the 10 year anniversary of the Yale graduates first win for a film called DIG. Her second, an early exploration in social internet behavior, called WE LIVE IN PUBLIC. On Innovation Crush, Ondi stops by to talk about the power of storytelling, her history in filmmaking, ...
42m May 27, 2014
42m
#40: Kenny Mac - Tastemakers and Influence
Kenny Mac is the tastemakers' tastemaker. A connoisseur of cool, Kenny has spent the majority of his career creating organic and effective relationships between influencers and brands. Whether a producing a swanky party in NYC for Moet-Hennessy, or rebranding one of the world's largest conferences, Kenny's expertise has been sought after by some of the most influential brands and individuals ...
55m May 20, 2014
55m
#39: Sex Cells (2) - Cindy Gallop
Look up Cindy Gallop, and you'll find any number of accomplishments and descriptors - Chairman of the Board at BBH, Theater Publicist, TED Talker, Sex Educator, Feminist, Public Speaker, etc. The list goes on and on. She is most recently noted for her jaw-dropping appearance at TED where she launched Make Love Not Porn, a revolutionary platform designed change the how intimacy is perceived aro...
40m May 13, 2014
40m
#38: Sex Cells (1) - Dr. Chauntelle Tibbals
As human beings, we are hard-wired for preservation and re-creation, constantly stimulated by sexual imagery. Given our "sex cells," it's no wonder that fans of the adult industry consume by the millions, allowing porn to set many precedents in everything from marketing to technology to law. At the same time, not only is the topic of sex a cultural taboo, but the industry itself faces a ton of...
1hr 9m May 06, 2014
1hr 9m
#37: Nolan & Brent Bushnell - Throne of Games
Nolan Bushnell is undoubtedly the Godfather of the video game industry. Best known as the creator of Atari, and Chuck E. Cheese, Nolan is 20+ time entrepreneur with businesses ranging from education to restaurant. His son, Brent (one of 8 children) is CEO of Two-Bit Circus, a company that combines technology, fabrication, and engineering to create one-of-a-kind gaming experiences for companies...
53m Apr 29, 2014
53m
#36: Trigger Global - Creative and Mobile Techsperts
It's no secret that the world has gone mobile-mad. This year alone, there will be 1.75 BILLION smart phone users around the world. The opportunities for brands and content makers are endless and often times, incredibly confusing. At the forefront of this mobile revolution we find Trigger Global, a leading mobile technology and experience design firm having worked with clients ranging from Sony'...
53m Apr 22, 2014
53m
#35: BritWeek (2) - Cross-Cultural Business Innovators
This year marks the 5th annual Business Innovation Awards, part of a grand cultural celebration of creative and business collaborations between the UK and Los Angeles. On this installment of Innovation Crush, we chat with Navin Govind and Joan Burney Keatings, two previous winners from both the medical technology and film industry, respectively. This amazing conversation dives deep into the e...
48m Apr 15, 2014
48m
#34: Doug Campbell - The Power of Play
For the past 8 years, Doug Campbell has been the mind, muse, and maestro behind Mindshare LA. But what else would you expect from a man who once traveled the world in a Tuxedo to raise money for charity. Several times per year, brilliantly creative minds gather at these events for information, ideas, and inspiration, sharing never seen before forms of art, technology, science and music. Mindsha...
51m Apr 08, 2014
51m
#33: Sugar Ray Leonard - Say Yes to the Yes
Sugar Ray Leonard is revered around the world as one of the greatest boxers who ever lived, dominating the ?80s with a fury in the ring like few have ever seen. Since his retirement from boxing, the boxer-come-entrepreneur has turned his public triumphs, personal tragedies, and unending drive into multiple businesses including a tell-all autobiography, a successful fashion line, a namesake ?Sug...
47m Apr 01, 2014
47m
#32: Robin Kaminsky - Under the Influencer
Whether you're a marketer, entrepreneur, investor, strategic thinker, or somewhere in between, your work life is constantly affected by influence. You're either exerting influence to change consumer behavior or to motivate your teammates, or even affected by the influence of trends and individuals you come in contact with on a day-to-day basis. When it comes to influence, Robin Kaminsky hates t...
38m Mar 25, 2014
38m
#31: Sekou Andrews - Delivering Prose to Pros
How many poets do you know who have had the opportunity to participate in strategy sessions alongside Lebron James and top execs at Nike? How many do you know who have given perhaps some of the most creative TED Talks of all time? How many have stood at the front of a sold out theater to give a keynote to some of the world's most sought after business leaders? Through the power of his spoken ar...
50m Mar 18, 2014
50m
#30: Krisztina "Z" Holly - The Quest for Questions
Most innovators spend their lives and/or careers exploring the many possible answers to some of the world's most daring questions. In that regard, Krisztina "Z." Holly is guilty as charged. In her personal life, the exploration junkie has conquered land, air, and sea an accomplished skydiver, mountain biker, and SCUBA instructor. In her professional life, she is most known as creator of the fi...
55m Mar 11, 2014
55m
#29: BritWeek (1) - Collaborate, Innovate and Celebrate
In 1974, a young brit named Bob Peirce drove across the US, landed in California, and got so comfortable in LA that he slept on Venice Beach his first night. Over the decades that have passed, Bob awoke to become one of the world's most innovative international diplomats, representing business and social impact efforts on behalf of China, the UK, the US, Ireland, and Africa... to name a few. ...
53m Mar 04, 2014
53m
#28: Shira Lazar - What's REALLY Trending
Emmy nominated host and executive producer, Shira Lazar stops by to break down the success behind WHATS TRENDING, her professional life-n-times before the show, and facing the one of the biggest challenges in her life during the series' rise to success. www.youtube.com/whatstrending www.twitter.com/shiralazar
44m Feb 25, 2014
44m
#27: Amos Pizzey - Inside the Talenthouse
Amos Pizzey is the founder and president of Talenthouse, a platform that houses over 3.1 million creative talents who now have opportunities to work with some of the world's top brands and advertisers. Amos himself began his career at the age of 13, as the drummer for Boy George's Culture Club, and later produced and remixed music for some of the industry's biggest names, from Madonna to the Re...
48m Feb 18, 2014
48m
#26: Kyle Cease - Transformational Comedy
"Every once in a while something enormous shows itself: an opportunity, a chance to become even better." -Kyle Cease After several years into Kyle Cease's stand up career, the then all star comic developed a severe stage fright. The anxiety and fear of fainting and thus failing on stage became paralyzing to the point of physical illness. While seeking answers to his anxiety, he began the earl...
58m Feb 11, 2014
58m
#25: Melissa Jun Rowley - Full S.T.E.A.M. Ahead
Hackers, and farmers, and dreamers, OH MY! The focus on S.T.E.A.M. education has grown at an enormous rate over the past few years. Kids now have the ability to discover and create at rates that most educational and business institutions have the capacity to capture. This phenomena of youth creation across every area of invention, has become award-winning journalist, Melissa Jun Rowley's passi...
28m Feb 04, 2014
28m
#24: Oliver Bogner - From Teen DJ to Televisionary
When it comes to lists of smart, young entrepreneurs, Oliver Bogner has been on most of them. The 20-year-old has made Forbes 30 under 30 (2012 and 2013) twice, and has even been listed along with Mark Zuckerberg as one of the world's top young innovators. At age 10, he figured out a way to sell rocks. By 13, he created what soon became a DJ empire catering to 10's of 1000's of young partiers ...
34m Jan 28, 2014
34m
#23: Isaiah Mustafa - Smell Like Your Brand
A few years ago, Isaiah Mustafa was just your average professional football player turned struggling actor turned struggling bartender. Then one fateful day, he auditioned for - and eventually was cast in - one of the most successful global campaigns of the past 10 years. His role in the multi platform Old Spice "Smell Like Your Man" movement helped set a new precedent in advertising, catapulti...
41m Jan 21, 2014
41m
#22: Coach Harlon Barnett - Celebrate Every Win
"Pressure builds some, and breaks others." -Harlon Barnett In 1988, Harlon Barnett played in Michigan State University's 4th ever appearance at the Rose Bowl, joining the team in their 3rd victory. 26 years later in 2014, he returns to the 100th Rose Bowl (the Spartans only appearance since '88) as the #1 secondary coach in the country, leading the team to victory over Stanford. On Innovation ...
59m Jan 14, 2014
59m
#21: 2013 to 2014 - Truths, Myths, and Trends
Award-winning filmmaker, Amy York Rubin and business strategist, Brandon Chretien join this look back at our 20+ shows of 2013, as we pull out some of the best Innovation Crush learnings of the year, and see how they apply in a more practical sense. Along the way we uncover the importance of interpersonal connection to the things that empower us to be at our own highest point of innovation. ww...
1hr 5m Dec 26, 2013
1hr 5m
#20: Marc Brogdon - Making Good Ideas
Two days after Marc Brogdon graduated from college, the Detroit native landed in Stockholm to begin working for brands around the world. Since then, the super creative marketer has gone on to create wide-eyed, 360-degree marketing strategies and programs for organizations ranging from Disney, to the NAACP, to Kraft and even million dollar technology corporations. On IC, Marc shares his perspe...
43m Dec 17, 2013
43m
#19: Hamet Watt - Innovation Through Curiosity
Hamet Watt epitomizes what it takes to be a great entrepreneur. A natural curiosity about people and things, a great understanding of business and its nuances, and a true understanding of his own strengths and weaknesses. He serves as Co-Founder and Chairman of Moviepass, a movie subscription service; as co-founder and chairman of B-Life, a brain fitness technology; and a venture partner at Upf...
39m Dec 10, 2013
39m
#18: Nick Cooper - Making American Idols
When it comes to much of today's music, Nick Cooper is the wizard behind the curtain. In the literal sense, he is the vocal coach who goes beyond the technique to help artists discover who they are as individuals, and who they will be come in life. He's worked with chart topping artists, formula one racer, Lewis Hamilton, and is in cahoots with the Chinese government on a number of new cross-...
53m Dec 03, 2013
53m
#17: Dan Pappalardo - Question Your Excellence
Dan Pappalardo is the founder and CEO of Troika, a leading brand consultancy and creative agency. In an age dominated by multi-hyphenates, we find companies and individuals who feel the need to be good at all things marketing. As specialists, Dan and his company challenge that notion with the idea that companies need to be excellent in one area, vs good in EVERY area. On IC, he discusses how h...
47m Nov 19, 2013
47m
#16: Urvi Bhandari - AT&T's Connected World
In today's world, most of the conversation around innovation centers on a blip culture where a company can go from zero to a billion dollars seemingly overnight. On Innovation Crush - much to the contrary of blip culture - AT&T's Urvi Bhandari explains how the 140 year old company is paving the way for people all over the world to live work and play more efficiently. Responsible for implementi...
45m Nov 12, 2013
45m
#15: Kelly Vaught - Capturing Youth Culture
Kelly Vaught is the Chief Marketing Officer of Becore, a highly creative, talented and multi pronged experiential marketing agency. What began in a friend's garage has grown in to a Cannes-Lions award winning marketing team of over 30 individuals, with clients ranging from Redbull to xBox to Sonos, Target and even their own in-house craft brewery. On IC, Kelly shares how to "Be Core" in youth ...
44m Nov 05, 2013
44m
#14: Collaborative Group - Detroit's Crusaders
For years, people all over the world have had their eyes and ears on the streets of Detroit, MI, USA. In the midst of all the overly promoted destruction porn, lay several gems of innovation and an overwhelming sense of excitement toward the endless possibilities that come from starting over. 2 years ago The Collaborative Group launched the first ever "Challenge Detroit," a year long initiative...
54m Oct 29, 2013
54m
#13: Adam Chapnick - Crowdfundamentals with Indiegogo
Like the more traditional definition of the word, "Evangelist," Adam Chapnick travels the world, spreading the gospel on the power of crowd funding. At any given time, Chapnick's and the Indiegogo congregation consists of anywhere from 7000 to 9000 new businesses and projects on the site; all campaigning for capital from their families, friends, followers, and strangers. On IC, the Indiegogo fi...
58m Oct 22, 2013
58m
#11: AMC's THE PITCH (1) - MC Squared
Challenged with the innovation of print advertising for Bliss Cosmetics, MC Squared was recently featured on Season 2 of the AMC reality competition series, THE PITCH. On Innovation Crush, the personality driven, boutique agency walks us through their experience on the show, how the industry has changed over the past 20 years, and shares what it takes for a small agencies to compete in today's...
49m Oct 15, 2013
49m
#12: AMC's THE PITCH (2) - Innerspin
As a recent winner on AMC's THE PITCH, John Meyer and Elcid Choi of Innerspin drop by Innovation Crush to share their vision for the future, their day-to-day personal inspirations, and what it takes to build a successful "small-but-mighty" advertising operation. Feat guest host, and TEDx curator, Cooper Bates. www.innerspin.com
53m Oct 15, 2013
53m
#10: Dan Goods - Art Imitates Science
Simply put, a marketer's job is to translate a brand into exciting, informative, and empowering consumer engagements. In that regard, Dan Goods is the ultimate translator. At NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab, he serves as the company's "Visual Strategist," translating high IQ scientific concepts into public art exhibitions. He and his work in and of itself, truly define "out of the box" thinking. On ...
52m Oct 08, 2013
52m
#9: Anthony Petrillo - Visual Pearls of Wisdom
Pearl Media has been a highly sought after pioneer in bringing outdoor advertising into the 21st century. From static billboards to 51,000 sq ft 3D canvasses, the company is an expert in creating stunning, never-before-seen public spectacles that amaze and engage. On IC, Pearl's Anthony Petrillo gives a few pearls of wisdom (get it?), on what it takes to truly engage would-be viewers before, d...
43m Oct 01, 2013
43m
#8: Jeff Gomez - The Inner Workings of Transmedia
Jeff Gomez, was recently coined (by us, that is) the "Godfather of Transmedia." As founder and CEO of Starlight Runner, Jeff has been a pioneer in cross platform storytelling for the world's top brands and entertainment properties. A self-proclaimed bona fide nerd in his youth, Jeff breaks down the timeless principles of transmedia that have existed since the cave man era, and what it takes to...
49m Sep 24, 2013
49m
#7: Nicole Yershon - Power of the Intrepreneur
Nicole Yershon is Director of the Ogilvy Innovation Lab in the UK. As an intrepreneur, Nicole refers to herself as an "irresistible force against immovable objects." As such, she is constantly playing in the sand box to uncover new solutions to problems brands face on a day-to-day basis. On IC, she shares her personal perspective and professional experience on what it takes to truly be a chan...
39m Sep 17, 2013
39m
#6: Drew Baldwin - Very Social Media
Drew Baldwin is the co-founder of Tubefilter, a news site centered on the latest achievements in online video; Executive Producer of the Streamy Awards, a show that honors the best of what he terms "intentional video;" and he is Executive Director of Social Media Week Los Angeles (#smwla), part of a 9-city international simultaneous series of events around the world. On IC, Drew stops by to tal...
46m Sep 16, 2013
46m
#5: George Whitesides - Virgin Goes Galactic
First it was music. Then it was mobile. Then commercial airlines. And now Virgin could very well be the first pop culture brand in the commercial space travel business. Former NASA Chief of Staff and now Virgin Galactic CEO, George Whitesides walks us through what it takes to truly build, commercialize, and market something as grand as personalized travel out of the atmosphere.
22m Sep 10, 2013
22m
#4: Allison Arling - From the Insight Out
Very few people know that the Creative Artists Agency (CAA) has its own marketing research and consultancy called ?The Intelligence Group.? And even fewer people know what Allison Arling and her team knows about any and every cross section of demographic you can think of. As Sr. Director of Strategy at the Intelligence Group, Allison breaks it all down for Innovation Crush in a fascinatingly i...
49m Sep 04, 2013
49m
#3: Jason Okuma - Success Leaves Clues
Jason Okuma began doing import/export at age 10, real estate deals at age 16, and built a sales organization to nearly 5000 representatives by the time he was 17. With this continued entrepreneurial trajectory, the multi-hyphenate Okuma is today most known for his coaching and relationship brokering amongst some of the world?s most impactful people and businesses. Rounding out his innovation ac...
46m Sep 04, 2013
46m
#2: Karla Ballard - Innovation is Pancakes
Along with her infectious laugh and unstoppable brainpower, Karla Ballard brings a wealth of valuable experience to IC. She has an uncanny ability to see the connection between the dots when no one else does, effectively aligning disparagingly different people, places, ideas, and ideals. She currently serves as an SVP at Ogilvy & Mather, and recently launched the firm?s ?Impact Studio,? a col...
49m Sep 04, 2013
49m
#1: Charles Lee - Ideas are Sexy
Charles truly loves helping people make their ideas bigger, better, and actionable. His mantra of ?don?t go to the grave with your ideas? plays out in everything he does; from being at the helm The !deation, a highly sought after consulting firm, or his company?s annual !deation Conference, boasting some of the world?s best thinkers and doers, and even authoring a book entitled ?Good Idea. Now ...
38m Sep 04, 2013
38m