Big Ideas Welcome Podcast

About Big Ideas Welcome Podcast

In season three of ‘Big Ideas Welcome’ host Chris McAdoo brings together visionary thinkers and doers to explore the monumental power of big ideas in shaping our world. Tune in for riveting conversations that challenge the status quo and inspire you to think bigger, act bolder, and make your mark. Listen to all episodes of the Big Ideas Welcome podcast, available now on your favorite streaming platforms, YouTube, and at bigideaswelcome.com (http://bigideaswelcome.com/). This Big Ideas Welcome podcast is brought to you by Knoxville Entrepreneur Center (https://knoxec.com/), hosted and curated by KEC Chief Experience Officer Chris McAdoo (https://www.linkedin.com/in/ACoAAAFKnC4BL31LkFnnzvFfa1wv3xmhLp0vJf0), and produced and edited by Palm Tree Pod Co. (https://www.linkedin.com/company/palm-tree-pod-co/) A special thanks to K BREW (https://www.knoxvillebrew.com/) . Original theme music “Thinking of You” courtesy of and copyright Kelsi Walker.

Publisher

Knoxville Entrepreneur Center

Category

business · business · education

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

12 Jul 2022

Latest episode

1 Jul 2025

Latest episodes

28 of 114 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   1 Jul 2025TRANSCRIPT

   Money Isn’t Everything—but It Helps

   Sue Malone discusses how strategic funding helps small businesses overcome capital access challenges and achieve sustainable growth in an interview with Brandon Bruce.

2. 

   17 Jun 2025TRANSCRIPT

   Hands-On STEM, Real-World Impact

   Jonathan Clark, CEO of ART.Official Intelligence, discusses leveraging STEM education to foster real-world impact and drive innovation within local communities in this interview.

3. 

   3 Jun 2025TRANSCRIPT

   How to Make a Living Doing What You Love (or at Least Not Die Trying)

   Artist David Harman discusses how he founded Native Maps and The Maker City to create art that tells stories and captures the essence of communities, in this interview.

Inside a recent episode

Money Isn’t Everything—but It Helps

Published 1 Jul 2025 · Transcript excerpt

[…] Well so yeah with that kind of in mind again from the from the investor's mindset tell us a little bit about one of the big key components from the market square venture side about the ability to sell. Yeah I mean the the shorthand is right and we look for founders who can sell we get not worried but there's sort of a background concern if it's a purely technical founder for example or someone that doesn't yet have experience selling to and serving a customer then then we wonder well who in the company will do that because most of the time not all the time but most of the time in startups it's it's founder led sales the founder needs to lead and show that they can do it and then when they make the first sales higher it's a person who can follow what the founder did and repeat it not come up with like now you come up with a way to sell my thing it's like no I shouldn't figure out a way to sell it first and then you can come second and repeat what I've done and that's how we can scale. […]

Who has been a guest on Big Ideas Welcome Podcast

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

• Sue Malone
• Jonathan Clark
• David Harman
• AV Verekar
• Deahna Moore

Reach and audience

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Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

3 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 52 / 100

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Quality

73

Social presence

90

YouTube

0

Engagement

32

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