Beyond The Core

About 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.

Publisher

Highline Beta

Category

business

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

18 Feb 2025

Latest episode

5 Nov 2025

Latest episodes

23 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   5 Nov 2025

   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

   Ben Yoskovitz interviews Sierra Calhoun-Pollard, Ph.D., about designing a five-day innovation sprint that unites industry partners and interdisciplinary teams to produce ideas and prototypes, accelerating learning and fostering innovation.

2. 

   28 Oct 2025

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

   Allie Carey, Chief Strategy Officer at SEI, details SEI's three-step playbook for corporate venture building, explaining how they built a repeatable system for corporate innovation and launched a revenue-generating business; this is an interview.

3. 

   27 Aug 2025

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

   Host Marcus Daniels interviews Scarlett Sieber, Chief Strategy & Growth Officer at Money20/20, about leading innovation beyond the core in financial services.

Who has been a guest on Beyond The Core

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Sierra Calhoun-Pollard
• Allie Carey
• Scarlett Sieber
• Sharon Rodriguez
• Sidney Madison Prescott

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Spotify

5.0 / 5

2 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 31 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

49

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

32

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Guest appearances

Books guests

Based on episode analysis; this does not confirm that the show is currently accepting guests.