Lumos House Talks

Welcome to the Lumos House Podcast! Dive into our curated experiences for tech's most extraordinary founders, builders, and leaders. Lumos House offers a unique blend of work, rest, and play. From exclusive breakfast clubs and wellness activities to tech parties and fireside chats with notable founders, this playlist captures the essence of Lumos House. Join us as we build a community of investors, owners, and operators and create unforgettable moments.Learn more about Lumos House: thelumoshouse.com

Lumos House Talks is a arts podcast hosted by Blindspot, with 12 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.

Blindspot hosts Lumos House Talks, a arts show with 12 episodes published.

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  Episode #10

  S3E10 - Culture, Curiosity and Having Fun In Marketing with Contessa Boorman

  Aug 6, 202620 minS3

  What does it actually take to build a brand people can feel is real? In this episode of Lumos Talks , Contessa Boorman — Senior Director of Brand and Content at Vayner Speakers — walks through a career built on following curiosity: starting in corporate sponsorships at a bank, moving into agency work for Gen Z audiences, leading global partner events at TikTok (including their first-ever Cannes Lions presence), and landing at one of the world's top speakers bureaus after a chance conversation on a plane. She gets into the difference between culturally engineering a brand and forcing one, why she'd replace the word "authenticity" with "honesty," and why the brands that win collaborate with culture instead of trying to own it. She also breaks down why brand is about to become the most valuable asset any company has in the age of AI, and why — after all of it — her best advice is refreshingly simple: have fun. Sharp, human, and impossible not to enjoy.

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  Episode #9

  S3E9 - How the Best Marketers Are Winning With AI Right Now with Aashish Takkala

  Jun 18, 202621 minS3

  What does it take to go from a factory floor in India to building the marketing playbook for the future of AI-powered commerce? In this episode of Lumos Talks , Aashish Takkala — Product Marketing Leader at Glance, and formerly of Meta and TikTok — walks us through a career that started in mechanical engineering, took a sharp turn into data science, and eventually landed him at the intersection of product marketing and agentic AI. He gets into how working inside Meta taught him to stop thinking in data and start thinking in people, why last-click attribution is still one of the most stubborn myths in marketing, and what it actually means to translate complex technology into something that moves a business forward. He also breaks down how he thinks about growth channels at an early-stage company, why influencers are his one bet right now, and why — despite every tool available — most marketers are still leaving AI almost entirely on the table. Honest, grounded, and full of the kind of thinking that only comes from doing the work across both sides of the industry.

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  Episode #8

  S3E8 - From Brain Science to Enterprise AI with Yael Burla

  May 28, 202627 minS3

  What happens when a neuroscientist spends a decade building AI before most people knew what it was? In this episode of Lumos Talks , Yael Burla — Staff Product Marketing Manager at Cohere, leading go-to-market for their Agentic Enterprise platform — traces a career path that runs from studying the human brain to marketing some of the most complex AI systems in the enterprise world. She gets into what AI actually looked like ten years ago, why the transformer model changed everything, and what it really means to build technology that's safe, ethical, and trustworthy in a world moving faster than any governance framework can keep up with. Here's the breakdown: What breaks down why most AI companies are getting their go-to-market completely wrong, why blasting your message everywhere without targeting is one of the biggest myths in modern marketing, and why in a world full of noise, going back to basics — brand, trust, and human connection — is the sharpest competitive edge you have. Sharp, grounded, and genuinely ahead of the curve. Listen now.

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  Episode #7

  S3E7 - Building a Community Out of an Empty City with Andrew Yeung

  May 8, 202636 minS3

  What does it take to build something people actually show up for — again and again? In this episode of Lumos Talks, Andrew Yeung takes us through one of the more unexpected founder journeys you'll hear this year. He moved to New York in 2020 knowing nobody, in a city that had emptied out, and turned that into 300 events, 50,000 founders, and a full-time business built entirely on community. He gets into what it really means to build something that grows beyond you, why the playbook for almost everything — events, software, careers, content — is being rewritten right now, and what founders keep getting wrong when they chase the next shiny thing instead of doubling down on what's already working. He also shares what the job market actually looks like from where he sits, and why showing up to an interview with something you built will always beat a deck full of stories. Honest, sharp, and genuinely hard to stop listening to.

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  Episode #6

  S3E6 - Helping the World's Best Ideas Find Their Voice with Ran Wei Baker

  Apr 30, 202626 minS3

  What does it actually take to turn a complex idea into something people feel? In this episode of Lumos Talks, Ran Wei Baker — Head of Marketing at Microsoft for Startups — pulls back the curtain on what it's really like to sit at the crossroads of enterprise scale and founder speed. Her career spans B2B, DTC, and deep into the world of early-stage AI, and she's spent years helping founders find the words they're too close to see themselves. She gets into why most startup marketing breaks down before it even begins, what enterprise companies get wrong about speaking to real people, and how she turns technical complexity into stories that actually move audiences. She also breaks down what separates founders who cut through from those who disappear into the noise — and it's rarely about budget or product quality. Sharp, honest, and genuinely useful for anyone trying to build something worth talking about.

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