The Founders and Leaders Series
Mike Stevens of Insight Platforms interviews the tech entrepreneurs and business leaders building the future of research, insights and analytics.
Episodes
10 episodes
Episode 10: Frederic-Charles Petit, CEO, Toluna
Episode OverviewFrédéric-Charles Petit, Founder and CEO of Toluna, on building a 25-year-old consumer insights company for the age of AI.Episode HighlightsFour pillars, one platform. Toluna's model...
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Episode 10
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27:34
Episode 9: Andrew Cooper, Founder & CEO, Verve
Episode OverviewAndrew Cooper, founder and CEO of Verve, on synthetic personas, the respondent crisis, and a new model for AI-powered insight.Episode HighlightsFrom access panels to AI simulations:...
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Episode 9
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36:33
Episode 8: Olaf Lenzmann, Co-Founder, Market Logic Software
Episode OverviewOlaf Lenzmann discusses Market Logic's AI evolution, synthetic personas, innovation workflows and the lessons from building a research tech platform over 15 years.Episode HighlightsAI-powered insight...
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Episode 8
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39:08
Episode 7: Daniel Graff-Radford, CEO, Discuss
Episode OverviewDaniel Graff-Radford explores the evolution of research tech platform Discuss, combining qual research with the Voxco survey and Ascribe AI text analytics platforms.Episode HighlightsThe merger story...
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Episode 7
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28:52
Episode 6: Tobi Andersson, General Manager, Forsta
Episode OverviewTobi Andersson shares his journey founding and scaling Dapresy to 100+ employees, the formation of Forsta, and his insights on AI in market research.Episode HighlightsBuilding Dapresy from a single-empl...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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34:35
Episode 5: Hakan Yardakul, Bolt Insight
Episode OverviewHakan Yurdakul, CEO of Bolt Insight, discusses AI-native research, dynamic personas, and how conversational AI is transforming market research.Episode HighlightsPioneer in AI Research: Bolt Insig...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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46:18
Episode 4: Hendrik van Hove & Niels Schillewaert, Conveo
Episode OverviewAI-powered research platform Conveo transforms market insights through AI-moderated video interviews, delivering deeper consumer understanding at scale.Episode HighlightsThe Future of Data C...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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38:03
Episode 3: Tanika McLeod, OneCliq (Dig Insights)
Episode OverviewCo-founder Tanika McLeod discusses OneCliq's AI-powered qualitative insights platform and her journey from researcher to startup founder.Episode HighlightsFrom Researcher to Founder: How Tanika c...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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41:06
Episode 2 - Matteo Cera, Founder and CEO: Glaut
Episode OverviewAI-powered research meets human expertise: Matteo Cera explores how AI moderated interviews bridge qual and quant research for faster, deeper insights.Episode HighlightsAI Moderated Intervie...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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47:35
Episode 1: Aneesh Dhawan - Founder & CEO, Knit
Episode OverviewIn this inaugural episode, we sit down with Aneesh Dhawan, Founder and CEO of Knit, the AI-powered market research platform.The conversation explores both the ways that AI is transforming market research and the cr...
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Episode 1
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40:08