Artificial Intelligence in Business

How AI technologies are being integrated into business operations and management tools.

11 episodes

A Trauma Surgeon and Entrepreneur on Healthcare, AI and What's Next | Niral Shah, Ep 44

A Trauma Surgeon and Entrepreneur on Healthcare, AI and What's Next | Niral Shah, Ep 44

Niral Shah, a trauma surgeon and serial entrepreneur, discusses his journey from starting a search engine startup during the dot-com boom to returning to medicine and now investing in healthcare innovation. He shares lessons from shutting down his first company responsibly, explains why healthcare represents 18-21% of US GDP with poor outcomes, and identifies opportunities in AI-driven biotech, disintermediation of healthcare delivery, and multiomic drug discovery targeting aging as a treatable condition.

How Two Veterans Are Solving Business Development with TractionBD | Yates & Bedol, Ep 43

How Two Veterans Are Solving Business Development with TractionBD | Yates & Bedol, Ep 43

John Yates, a tech attorney with 44 years of experience, and Greg Bedol, a serial entrepreneur and consultant, discuss their AI-powered business development platform Traction BD. They explain how AI is transforming professional services business development from a centuries-old mentor-based model into an automated system that helps lawyers, accountants, and consultants maintain relationships and convert prospects into clients through persistent, personalized outreach.

2026 Trends: Trust in AI, Healthcare, College, AGI & More | Bryan Dennstedt, Ep 41

2026 Trends: Trust in AI, Healthcare, College, AGI & More | Bryan Dennstedt, Ep 41

Todd and Bryan Dennstedt review their 2025 AI predictions, finding they accurately forecasted the AI trough of disillusionment, agentic AI emergence, and VC conservatism. They predict 2026 will be defined by organizational absorption of AI capabilities rather than new breakthroughs, with agentic workflows becoming default, SaaS pricing models compressing, and trust verification emerging as a critical business category. They emphasize that rapid AI-powered software development is fundamentally changing startup economics and making previously marginal business ideas viable.

The 5-Hour Workday: Maximum Productivity in Minimal Time | Alex Gafford, Ep 33

The 5-Hour Workday: Maximum Productivity in Minimal Time | Alex Gafford, Ep 33

Alex Gafford, a corporate finance executive at Blue Street Capital, discusses his company's nine-year experiment with a five-hour workday that increased productivity by 24% and revenue by 30%. He explains how condensed work schedules, protected focus time, and AI tools enable knowledge workers to achieve peak performance while maintaining work-life balance, challenging traditional assumptions about hours worked versus results delivered.

SpeedRun Ep13 Email Marketing Write an Agent Tales from the Sky Lounge

SpeedRun Ep13 Email Marketing Write an Agent Tales from the Sky Lounge

A CTO demonstrates how Claude AI can autonomously design and build a complete email marketing automation system from a single meeting recording. Starting with meeting notes and a one-line goal, Claude generated technical architecture, wrote Python code, created file structures, and produced sample email sequences—all through conversational prompts without traditional software development.

SpeedRun Ep11 Medical Videos Ideation Tales from the Sky Lounge

SpeedRun Ep11 Medical Videos Ideation Tales from the Sky Lounge

A marketing strategist uses Claude AI to develop a content strategy for a medical SaaS client with an AI diagnostic chatbot. The AI generates platform-specific recommendations for LinkedIn, YouTube, and TikTok, analyzes successful medical content creators, and proposes viral marketing concepts inspired by 'Will It Blend' and House MD, while cautioning against IBM Watson's failed broad-claims approach.

Earning Every Win: Grit, Innovation, and Knowing When to Venture | Lisa Calhoun, Ep 25

Earning Every Win: Grit, Innovation, and Knowing When to Venture | Lisa Calhoun, Ep 25

Lisa Calhoun, managing partner of Valor Ventures, discusses her fourth-generation entrepreneurial background and leading seed-stage B2B AI and SaaS investments across the South. She explains venture capital's relational nature, the 2024 venture winter that shuttered 40% of smaller funds, and how AI is eliminating coding as a constrained resource while transforming software development economics.

Sales, Marketing, and AI: How to Survive, Scale, and Avoid Stagnation | Alan Gold, Ep 24

Sales, Marketing, and AI: How to Survive, Scale, and Avoid Stagnation | Alan Gold, Ep 24

Alan Gold, a 30-year marketing and sales veteran, discusses his career spanning Wi-Fi launches, speech recognition, and AI tools across startups and M&A. He covers current market uncertainty, the shift from sales tactics to strategy, AI's impact on entry-level roles, and why promoting top salespeople to management typically fails. Gold emphasizes listening skills, differentiation, and strategic thinking over tactical execution.

AI Roundtable: Where Do We Stand and What's Next? | Ep 14

AI Roundtable: Where Do We Stand and What's Next? | Ep 14

A panel of AI and machine learning practitioners—Joel Foreman (Director of AI at Airworks), Nicos Vasilioglou (VP of Research at Relational AI), and Kevin (Partner at TechCXO)—discuss the current state of AI, distinguishing hype from reality, practical applications, and future directions. They explore LLM capabilities, ethical concerns around training data, the need for AI infrastructure standards, and emerging opportunities in medicine, optimization, and enterprise applications.

Insights, Tips, Tricks and Wisdom from a Tech Veteran | Rob Reesor, Ep 11

Insights, Tips, Tricks and Wisdom from a Tech Veteran | Rob Reesor, Ep 11

Rob Reesor shares his journey from early AI expert systems development at Intellicorp through pioneering e-commerce at Virtual Vineyards to executive technology leadership across multiple private equity-backed companies. He discusses the evolution of software development practices, the challenges of technical debt management, and the critical importance of trust-based leadership in building high-performing engineering teams.

Machine Learning at MIT to Entrepreneurial Growth and Fundraising Success | David Morczinek, Ep 08

Machine Learning at MIT to Entrepreneurial Growth and Fundraising Success | David Morczinek, Ep 08

David Morczinek, CEO of Airworks, discusses his journey from aerospace engineering at Airbus to founding a geospatial AI company at MIT. He explains how Airworks analyzes aerial data from drones, satellites, and aircraft to automate infrastructure mapping, the pivot from pure AI to AI-plus-services when customers weren't ready for full automation, and navigating multiple funding rounds from seed to private equity while maintaining work-life balance.

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