Tech Mover: Frans Johansson

Serial entrepreneur Frans Johansson is the product of multiple cultures, backgrounds, and families. The former CEO of a software company, the VP of marketing for a health care company, and a Harvard MBA, he was born and raised in Sweden but now lives in New York. His life experiences created the perfect crucible for the realization which is the centerpiece of his book.

Breakthrough innovations can occur when we create novel connections between disciplines, particular those disciplines that are rarely connected.

In this exclusive interview with the author of The Medici Effect we discuss how he came to write the book, how people are applying it's principles, and where we might find the intersection that delivers the next round of break-through innovations.

Lance Armstrong announces his retirement before the Tour de Georgia

On April 18, 2005, Lance Armstrong, celebrated American cyclist and six time champion of the Tour de France announced he would be retiring. Podcast42 presents the entire press conference including the Q&A session. Why now? How was he feeling before the Tour de Georgia? What of his contract with the Discovery Channel? It's all here.

Tech Mover: Mike Switzer of South Carolina Business Review

Podcast42 finds Mike Switzer of South Carolina Business Review at InnoVenture 2005 in Greenville South Carolina. Mike chats with Phil Yanov about Jason Williamson of OMETRIC, and other presenting companies from the InnoVenture conference.

Preview of Yahoo 360 Social Networking Space

I got an invite to Yahoo 360 and gave it a whirl and then talked about it for a few minutes in this podcast.

Tech Mover: John Warner of InnoVenture

The InnoVenture Venture Capital and Innovation Conference recently completed in Greenville, SC attracted over 450 registrants, 15 presenting companies looking for capital, and a large number of investors looking to add innovations to their investment portfolios. Podcast42 interviews InnoVenture conference chair John Warner to see how things went.

TechMover - BlogMatrix: David Janes & David McCarthy

BlogMatrix recently introduced Sparks 2.0 an easy to use podcasting tool that integrates recording, mixing, listening, and blogging into a single tool. In this edition of Podcast42, host Phil Yanov explores the features and business model of Sparks with the two Davids.

Audio Movie Review: 'Sin City'

Podcast42's Phil Yanov reviews Sin City.

TechMover - Paul Waters of SQL Innovators Group

Podcast42 interview with Paul Waters of the SQL Innovators Group. The next meeting of the SQL Innovators Group will focus on the Notification Services of SQL Server 2005.