Terrorist attacks. A catastrophic hurricane. Profound market uncertainty. During her decades-long career in the hospitality industry, MIT Sloan alum Stephanie Sonnabend has seen it all — and everything in between. The former CEO and president o

Sudeb Dalai (follow-up)

Feb 26th, 2021 25m 59s

Host Julia Yoo checks in with Dr. Sudeb Dalai, an infectious disease physician, virologist, and epidemiologist. We first had Dr. Dalai on our show last May. In this episode, Dr. Dalai updates us on his thoughts about herd immunity, debunks some

Amrita Saigal and Arun Saigal

Jan 26th, 2021 35m 37s

We're kicking off season two of MIT Catalysts with a double feature! Host Julia Yoo chats with siblings Amrita Saigal, founder and CEO of Kudos, and Arun Saigal, cofounder and CEO of Thunkable. Tune in to hear how each Saigal turned MIT project

Bonus

Sun Yoo

Nov 25th, 2020 16m 8s

While we're planning season 2, we wanted to check in on the special Frontlines series we did in Season 1. In this bonus episode, host Julia Yoo speaks with Dr. Sun Yoo about her experience on the healthcare frontlines during the COVID-19 pandem

Mohanjit Jolly and Mark Gorenberg

Sep 4th, 2020 37m 58s

Host Julia Yoo chats with venture capitalists Mohanjit Jolly (Partner, Iron Pillar) and Mark Gorenberg (Founder and Managing Director, Zetta Venture Partners). Tune in to hear Jolly and Gorenberg’s insider advice for founders, observations of c

Heidi Zak

Jul 1st, 2020 35m 24s

Host Julia Yoo chats with ThirdLove co-founder and co-CEO Heidi Zak. Tune in to hear Zak's thoughts on what it’s like to build a business and product for women, and the challenges—and opportunities—to be found in running a global, direct-to-con

Sudeb Dalai

May 15th, 2020 39m 6s

In the third of a special series about MIT community members on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic, host Julia Yoo chats with Dr. Sudeb Dalai about how his interdisciplinary training uniquely prepared him for the pandemic on multiple fron

Steven Hao, Annick Aubin-Pouliot and Mark DuLong

Apr 21st, 2020 29m 56s

In the second of a special series about MIT community members on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic, we compiled three interviews that host Julia Yoo recently did with cardiologist Steven Hao, otolaryngologist Annick Aubin-Pouliot and pla

Freddy Nguyen

Apr 7th, 2020 24m 28s

In the the first of a special series about MIT community members on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic, host Julia Yoo sits down with Dr. Freddy Nguyen, a postdoctoral Fellow at MIT and a resident physician at Mount Sinai Hospital. Nguyen

R. Erich Caulfield

Feb 29th, 2020 27m

Host Julia Yoo sits down with R. Erich Caulfield, the 125th president of the MIT Alumni Association, and founder and president of The Caulfield Consulting Group. Tune in to hear Caulfield’s journey from engineering to advocacy and public servic

John Whaley

Jan 27th, 2020 20m 21s

Host Julia Yoo chats with UnifyID founder John Whaley, previously at Moka5. Tune in to hear Whaley’s take on going from academia to entrepreneurship, founding a second company, and tips and tricks on choosing a co-founder

Jocelyn Goldfein

Dec 27th, 2019 27m 44s

Host Julia Yoo chats with Zetta Ventures Managing Director Jocelyn Goldfein, previously at VMware and Facebook. Tune in to hear about Goldfein’s own experiences as an entrepreneur, her take on challenges in AI innovation and the must-have soft

Shishir Mehrotra

Nov 25th, 2019 12m 59s

Host Julia Yoo chats with Coda co-founder Shishir Mehrotra, previously of Centrata, Microsoft, and Google. Tune in to hear Mehrotra's advice on how he approaches building teams, getting investor funding, and balancing perseverance with practica

Rodney Brooks and Gary Marcus

Oct 23rd, 2019 37m 11s

Host Julia Yoo sits down with Rodney Brooks (cofounder of iRobot) and Gary Marcus (founder of Geometric Intelligence) who teamed up to cofound Robust AI. Tune in to hear Brooks and Marcus about their entrepreneurship experiences and their take

Kyle Vogt

Sep 30th, 2019 32m 31s

Host Julia Yoo sits down with Kyle Vogt, Co-Founder, President & CTO of Cruise to chat about Vogt's time as a student at MIT, cracking safes, and his dream of a self-driving future. Tune in to hear Vogt on his entrepreneurial secrets and experi

Trailer

Meet the MIT Catalysts

Sep 21st, 2019 5m 29s

Host Julia Yoo and producer Irena Fischer-Hwang chat about their own ties to MIT and their goals for launching the MIT Catalysts podcast.Theme musicTitle: Daydream BlissArtist: SYBS

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