This podcast illuminates insights from leaders across the spectrum of industries and sectors.
Innovators + Entrepreneurs
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This podcast illuminates insights from leaders across the spectrum of industries and sectors.
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Publishing Since
9/26/2025
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July 22, 2026
Inside the AI Infrastructure Race: How CoreWeave is Building the Future with Corey Sanders, SVP, Product.
<p><strong>Inside the AI Infrastructure Race</strong> features <strong>Corey Sanders</strong>, Senior Vice President of Product at <strong>CoreWeave</strong> and former Microsoft executive, in a wide-ranging conversation with <strong>Jim Barrood</strong> about the technology powering today's AI revolution.</p><p>Corey shares his journey from growing up in New Jersey and spending more than two decades helping build Microsoft Azure to leading product strategy at one of the world's fastest-growing AI cloud companies. Together they explore how CoreWeave became a critical infrastructure provider for many of the world's leading AI model builders, why enterprise AI adoption is still in its early innings, and what it will take to power the next generation of AI applications.</p><p>The discussion also tackles the future of AI infrastructure, the reality behind data center concerns, open-source versus frontier models, the rise of AI agents, the New Jersey AI Hub, and whether Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) is closer than many believe. If you want to understand the technology behind today's AI boom—and where it's headed next—this episode offers a rare insider's perspective from one of the industry's key leaders.</p><p></p>
July 7, 2026
FoodTech: Hype vs. Reality: Top investors reveal what's next featuring Tom Mastrobuoni (CIO, Big Idea Ventures), Jay Bhatti (Food/CPG Investor), Robert Grey (PlugnPlay) + Steven Finn (Siddhi Capital).
<p>The conversation explores why investors are once again prioritizing fundamentals over hype, where the biggest opportunities are emerging across food, agriculture, ingredients, and sustainable technologies, how founders can successfully raise capital in today's market, and why New Jersey has become one of the country's premier FoodTech innovation ecosystems. </p><p><br></p><p>Whether you're an entrepreneur, investor, corporate innovator, or simply fascinated by the future of food, this episode delivers practical insights from investors who have collectively backed hundreds of startups and helped build some of the industry's most successful companies.Moderator <strong>Jim Barrood</strong> is joined by <strong>Tom Mastrobuoni</strong> (Chief Investment Officer, Big Idea Ventures), <strong>Jay Bhatti</strong> (Food & CPG Investor), <strong>Robert Grey</strong> (Plug and Play), and <strong>Steven Finn</strong> (Siddhi Capital).</p>
June 24, 2026
From worm poop to one of the planet's most innovative recyclers with TerraCycle founder and CEO, Tom Szaky.
<p>In this conversation with Jim Barrood, Tom Szaky shares his remarkable journey from a Princeton student selling worm-casting fertilizer in used soda bottles to leading a global recycling and reuse company operating in 20 countries. We explore the future of the circular economy, why most recycling systems fail, how TerraCycle created groundbreaking programs like Loop, and what it takes to build a purpose-driven company that balances profit, innovation, and environmental impact. </p><p>Plus, Tom discusses fundraising, acquisitions, sustainability entrepreneurship, and why the waste industry may be one of the biggest innovation opportunities hiding in plain sight. </p>
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