Beyond The Core

Beyond The Core is a podcast series by Marcus Daniels and Ben Yoskovitz, founders of Highline Beta, exploring how companies are breaking free from traditional innovation models to build significant new ventures. Drawing from their experience helping organizations like RBC and AB InBev transform into venture builders, they interview leaders who've successfully launched billion-dollar spinouts, built venture studios, and created new markets. Weekly episodes feature practical insights on venture studio design, growth innovation playbooks, and strategic choices in corporate venture building.

Beyond The Core is a business podcast hosted by Highline Beta, with 23 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Highline Beta hosts Beyond The Core, a business show with 23 episodes published.

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  How to Run a 5-Day Innovation Sprint, with Sierra Calhoun-Pollard, Ph.D., Director of Blackstone LaunchPad x UF | Professor of Innovation | CEO Winnovation Agency

  Nov 4, 202549 minS0

  <p>In this episode of Beyond the Core, Ben Yoskovitz sits down with Sierra Calhoun-Pollard, Ph.D., Director of Blackstone LaunchPad x UF | Professor of Innovation | CEO Winnovation Agency, to unpack how she designed a 5-Day Innovation Sprint that connects industry partners and cross-disciplinary teams to generate ideas, build prototypes, and test them with real users (all inside a single week).</p><p><br></p><p>What started as a university program has become a repeatable framework that companies can use to accelerate learning, build creative muscle, and make innovation actually move at market speed.</p><p><br></p><p>...

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  Inside SEI’s 3-Step Playbook for Corporate Venture Building, with Allie Carey

  Oct 28, 202556 minS0

  <p>Most corporate innovation programs talk a big game (and then die in PowerPoint).</p><p>This episode is what it looks like when one actually works.</p><p>Allie Carey, Chief Strategy Officer at SEI Private Banking & Wealth Management, joined Beyond the Core to share how she built a repeatable system for corporate innovation inside one of the world’s most established financial technology companies.</p><p>In just three years, Allie helped SEI:</p>Go from zero to three fundable experiments per yearBuild a company-wide culture of experimentationLaunch a new, revenue-generating business in just 18 monthsTurn governance and compliance in...

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  How Top Leaders Go Beyond the Core in Corporate Innovation, with Scarlett Sieber, Chief Strategy & Growth Officer at Money20/20

  Aug 27, 202548 minS0

  <p>What does it really take to lead innovation in highly regulated industries, push beyond the core, and make financial inclusion a reality?</p><p><br></p><p>In this episode, Marcus Daniels sits down with Scarlett Sieber, Chief Strategy & Growth Officer at Money20/20, to unpack decades of experience at the intersection of FinTech, digital transformation, and strategic partnerships.</p><p><br></p><p>From BBVA to building the world’s leading FinTech stage, Scarlett shares the mindset, tactics, and global insights leaders need to thrive in 2025 and beyond.</p><p><br></p><p>We cover:</p><p><br></p><p>...

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  How to Build a High-Conviction Venture Inside a $1 Trillion Enterprise, with Sharon Rodriguez, CEO of HighPeak Al

  Jul 29, 202545 minS0

  <p>What does it take to build a truly independent, high-growth startup inside a 150-year-old financial giant and then spin it out?</p><p><br></p><p>In this episode of Beyond the Core, Ben and Marcus sit down with Sharon Rodriguez, CEO of HighPeak Al. </p><p><br></p><p>Sharon shares how she's building a nimble venture within the constraints of a legacy organization, and how she’s setting it up for long-term independence.</p><p><br></p><p>From day-one infrastructure decisions, to managing governance and incentives, to building a playbook that’s now influencing Prudential’s broade...

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  How Corporations Should Actually Deploy AI, with Sidney Madison Prescott

  Jul 22, 202544 minS0

  <p>Most companies are diving into AI without a map. So how do you turn hype into meaningful transformation?</p><p><br></p><p>In this episode of Beyond the Core, Ben and Marcus talk with Sidney Madison Prescott, Founder & CEO of MIRROR | MIRROR & ADRIATIC HARVEST, about the real state of enterprise AI.</p><p><br></p><p>We explore how companies are navigating chaos, where AI pilots actually work, how to build digital-human hybrid teams, and why visionary leadership, not just technology, is the real unlock.</p><p><br></p><p>We cover:</p><p>⏱️ Timestamps</p><p><br></p><p>...

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