Dave's guest on E06 is Scarlet Batchelor, CMO of connected fitness company Liteboxer, often called the "Peloton of Boxing". Scarlet was named to Business Insider's 2021 list of "CMOs To Watch" and is a passionate expert in the sports, fitness, and wellness segments. She approaches the industry as a business leader, yoga instructor, cyclocross racer, enthusiastic consumer, and mother of three. Scarlet has two decades of brand marketing, product, and merchandising experience coupled with...

On E05, Dave's guest is John Rossman, author of The Amazon Way and Think Like Amazon - two bestselling books about the company's culture of innovation that he experienced firsthand as the former head of merchant integration for the Amazon Marketplace business. Every company now needs to have an Amazon Strategy. Whether you're selling on Amazon, using their services or selling a product / service that Amazon can also offer, Amazon always needs to be on your radar. With over 74% of US...

In this episode, Dave's guest is Chase Garbarino, Co-Founder and CEO of HQO (www.hqo.co), a Boston-based operating system and tenant experience platform for commercial office buildings.   Like every other sector of the global innovation economy, commercial real estate is also facing disruption by digital technology, elevated customer expectations and entrepreneurs with startups that create new opportunities. Today, tenant experience technology plays a bigger role than ever before, helping...

Dave's guest in S02: E03 is Colin Hunter, the CEO & Founder of Potential Squared - a business created to inspire leaders to think differently about how they engage and develop people. He's also an author, with a new book called BE MORE WRONG - how failure can make you an outstanding leader. Innovation in sports is about finding new ways to unlocking higher levels of human performance. Like the world of sports, as the world of business continues to become more competitive, leaders are...

Dave’s 3 guests on E02 are co-founders and leaders of startups pioneering the $1 TRILLION FamTech sector - Charlotte Michailidis, CEO of Parenthood Ventures, Jennifer Nadelson, CEO of Scout, and Brittney Barrett, CMO of Kinside. FamTech is a rapidly growing segment of the Innovation Economy, full of new solutions, products, and services that serve the needs of modern families at every stage of life - reinventing wellness, childcare, fertility, aging, activities, education, conception,...

For this first episode of Agents of Innovation Season 2, Dave's guests are the co-founders of Slate Milk, Manny Lubin, and Josh Belinsky. Recovery has become a pillar of every athlete's training regimen - as important as gear, workouts, nutrition, and data/analytics - and chocolate milk has long been one of the best-kept recovery secrets of serious athletes. Unfortunately, chocolate milk has been considered a kids' drink, not a serious recovery beverage, and not optimized for the nutritional...

On this episode, Dave's guests are Brent Overcash and Greg Shewmaker, co-founders of TeakOrigin, a Boston-based food data company on a mission to help us all make the best possible food decisions. TeakOrigin's proprietary Nutritional Intelligence platform is able to measure nutrition at scale, revealing what is inside of the fruits, vegetables and fresh foods we buy. In a world where health is the new wealth, apps enable us to do anything with the tap of a button, and data is the new oil,...

In this episode of the Agents of Innovation Podcast, Dave's guest is John Burns, CEO of TB12. TB12 is a wellness company founded by NFL legend Tom Brady, and his longtime trainer, Alex Guerrero, to make the principles that have helped Tom perform at his best and live pain-free available to everyone. As Tom leads Tampa Bay into his record 10th Super Bowl at age 43, it is safe to say that the TB12 Method works. John explains how the TB12 Method's holistic philosophy isn't just one thing - it's...

In this episode of the Agents of Innovation Podcast, David Knies is joined by Jessica Anselmi, Head of Marketing at online plant retailer The Sill. Prior to becoming part of the leadership team at The Sill, Jessica led innovation teams at Dunkin' Brands and Panera Bread, and worked in PR with a number of leading agencies focused on corporate social responsibility. They discuss working within big established brands and adjusting to the culture of a high growth, venture-backed start-up. Instead...

In this episode of the Agents of Innovation Podcast, David Knies breaks the news that guest Anna Palmer has joined Boston's Flybridge Capital Partners as its first-ever female General Partner. Anna is a Harvard Law graduate who chose to follow her passion for entrepreneurial adventures instead of a law career. She has been the co-founder of luxury reseller Fashion Project, women-owned business marketplace Dough, and X-Factor Ventures, a fund focused exclusively on female founders. They...

In this episode of the Agents of Innovation podcast, host David Knies speaks with his friend and former colleague, Jasmine Maietta. Jasmine's career spans professional sports, education, and marketing leadership roles for leading brands Peloton, Under Armour, Hasbro and Reebok. Today, Jasmine is the founder of round21, an art-inspired sports brand that celebrates the creativity within each individual - starting with ping pong and basketball. Jasmine shares the unique path she took to become...

In this first episode of the Agents of Innovation podcast, host David Knies reconnects with long time friend and former adidas colleague, Charles Johnson. During his 30+ year career, he has been a footwear designer and visionary creator with adidas, Hyde, Crocs, and, until very recently, the global head of innovation at Puma in Germany. Charles’ legacy is more than just designing highly commercial products for great brands, but the empathy that design can inspire. With the global pandemic...