Jack Stockert, MD is the Managing Director at Health2047, the venture studio founded by the American Medical Association (AMA) to build, fund, and scale startups transforming healthcare from within. With a background that bridges medicine, consulting at McKinsey, and entrepreneurship, Jack brings a rare perspective on how to align medical insight with innovation and investment.

With years of experience helping founders tackle foundational healthcare challenges — from chronic disease and obesity to AI-driven diagnostics — Jack offers a deep look into how Health2047 is shaping the future of healthcare through system-level design and strategic venture building.

In this episode, he discusses his journey from practicing medicine to redefining it through entrepreneurship, how the AMA-backed studio chooses which problems to solve, and what the future of healthcare might look like by the year 2047.

In Today’s Episode We Discuss:

00:00 Early Medical Journey

03:18 Combining Medicine and Business

04:33 Lessons from McKinsey

05:35 Becoming a Founder

07:46 Moving to Silicon Valley

09:43 The Origin of Health2047

10:08 Why the AMA Created a Venture Studio

12:28 Identifying and Incubating Startups

13:16 The Four Strategic Pillars

14:36 Building Fewer, Deeper Companies

16:17 Problem Framing and Greenfield Innovation

18:11 Portfolio Highlights: Mineta, Hopper, Phenomics, Scalerax

20:09 The AMA’s Role and Mission Alignment

22:50 Why the Year 2047

24:00 Blind Spots in Digital Health

26:19 Healthcare in 2047

29:39 Balancing Investor Returns and Clinician Impact

31:57 AI and Wisdom in Medicine

33:09 The Human Element in Healthcare

35:38 The Smartest “No” Health2047 Ever Made

38:58 Policy Fast Track: GLP-1 Therapies

42:00 The Systemic Shift

43:18 Closing Reflections

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Joe Zanca is the Managing Partner of Deal Gen Partners, where he helps private equity funds, independent sponsors, and PE-backed operators source proprietary deals.

Previously, he built and exited On Demand Storage, launched a top-rated business podcast, and most recently joined Bullpen Technology Partners. With founder-operator chops, a banker’s Rolodex, and a nose for off-market opportunities, he offers insights into buy-side sourcing, valuation in lower-middle-market software and services, and the real terms that make (or break) a deal. In this episode, he discusses why founder empathy beats spreadsheets, how multi-channel outreach actually lands sellers, and the tradeoffs between clean cash at close, earn-outs, equity rolls, and seller financing.

In Today’s Episode We Discuss:

00:01 Introduction

00:41 Origin Story

04:12 Operator Lessons That Shape Sourcing

08:31 Why Start Deal Gen Partners

11:46 Launching the “Behind the Deal” Podcast

14:08 Defining the Podcast Focus

15:18 Content to Relationships (Credibility Flywheel)

20:07 Sourcing Toolkit & Channels

22:26 Fee Model (Retainer + Success)

25:26 Process & CRM Hygiene

27:38 Where They Hunt (LMM Software & Services)

29:56 Valuing Software Today

30:47 What Expands or Compresses Multiples

34:04 Three $10M ARR Exit Scenarios

39:42 How Much Equity Should Founders Roll?

40:12 Offer Structures: Cash, Earn-Outs, Notes

44:36 Negotiating Aggressive Earn-Outs

45:03 Blending Terms to “Meet in the Middle”

50:35 Other Critical Terms (WC, Escrows)

55:34 Working Capital Deep Dive

56:33 Bullpen Technology Partners Overview

59:03 Closing Takeaways

01:00:50 Final CTA & Where to Reach Joe

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Anthony Jules is the co-founder and CEO of Robust AI, a robotics company pioneering collaborative systems that blend human and machine intelligence. A 30-year tech veteran and MIT alum, Anthony previously co-founded Sapient Corporation, helped scale it from three to 4,000 employees, and later worked at Google advancing robotics and AI research. With deep expertise spanning software, AI, and organizational design, he offers rare insight into building technology that’s both intelligent and human-centered.

In this episode, he discusses his journey from Trinidad and Tobago to MIT, the evolution of robotics from rigid automation to adaptable collaboration, and how Robust AI is redefining productivity through human-robot teamwork. Anthony shares lessons on scaling companies, designing ethical AI systems, and why transparency and feedback loops are essential for both machines and organizations.

In Today’s Episode We Discuss:

00:00 Intro & Origin Story

01:27 Founding Sapient Corporation

03:00 Lessons in Leadership and Culture

05:43 Transition to Robotics

06:12 Google Acquisition and Lessons Learned

09:00 Inside Google’s Robotics Vision

11:45 Leaving Google to Start Over

13:55 Founding Robust AI with Rodney Brooks

15:50 Early Challenges and COVID Pivots

19:00 Human-Robot Collaboration

22:00 Cameras vs. LiDAR

24:44 Sensor Debate: Tesla vs. Waymo

26:59 The Robust AI Tech Stack

30:07 Collaborative Productivity

34:14 Real-World Deployments

37:18 Powering Robots with NVIDIA

39:22 Practical Robotics vs. Humanoids

42:40 Partnership with DHL Supply Chain

46:15 The Next Five Years of Robotics

49:33 Synthetic Data and Simulation

51:07 Scaling Phase and Phase Shifts

53:02 Reflections on Growth and Systems Thinking

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Eric Ries is the author of The Lean Startup, founder of the Long-Term Stock Exchange (LTSE), and host of The Eric Ries Show. With decades of experience shaping how founders build, scale, and sustain companies, Eric has influenced a generation of entrepreneurs to move faster, reduce waste, and think long-term. In this episode, he shares his journey from early startup failures to pioneering the Lean Startup movement, and how he’s now tackling short-termism in public markets through LTSE.

In Today’s Episode We Discuss:

00:01 – Welcome & Ignite’s 200th Episode with Eric Ries

01:28 – Eric’s origin story: growing up with computers in a family of doctors

03:23 – Early startup failures and hard lessons in Silicon Valley

07:10 – Countercultural ideas that sparked the Lean Startup method

10:43 – Learning from Steve Blank and building a startup theory

12:28 – Naming and launching the Lean Startup movement

14:06 – From The Lean Startup to The Startup Way: scaling ideas inside large companies

16:32 – Observations on short-termism across corporations

18:25 – Virgin America, Wall Street, and the spark for the Long-Term Stock Exchange (LTSE)

21:38 – How LTSE works and its principles-based listing standards

24:55 – The hidden cost of quarterly reporting on markets

26:45 – Founder-led vs. traditional governance practices

27:36 – Costco’s governance “fortress” and lessons in long-termism

33:53 – Why mission-driven companies outperform short-term players

37:32 – Designing “mission-controlled” companies for the future

41:20 – The AI boom: bubble behavior vs. true disruption

46:41 – The coming societal impact of AI and institutional change

48:08 – Advising early-stage founders on purpose, trust, and governance

53:50 – Lessons from Novo Nordisk: mission structure driving $500B+ value

59:32 – Anthropic’s governance model and mission boards for AI

01:02:23 – Investing as an LP and building First Momentum Capital

01:05:32 – Audience Q&A: U.S. innovation, AI’s role in Lean Startup, and new paradoxes

01:11:32 – Looking ahead: Eric’s hopes and concerns for the next decade

01:12:37 – Closing thoughts & rapid-fire wrap-up

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Elizabeth Yin is the Co-Founder and General Partner at Hustle Fund, a pre-seed venture capital firm that writes “hilariously early” checks and equips founders with tactical, no-BS startup advice. A former founder who built and sold LaunchBit, and the former accelerator manager at 500 Global where she wrote 200+ investment checks, Elizabeth brings hard-won lessons from both sides of the table.

With her deep experience as a founder, investor, and ecosystem builder, she offers insights into early-stage fundraising, go-to-market execution, portfolio construction, valuation discipline, and how to truly support founders before product-market fit.

In this episode, she discusses her unconventional entry into startups, how early mistakes shaped her investing philosophy, why Hustle Fund doubles down on “hilariously early” bets, and how she’s using process, automation, and community to scale venture.

In Today’s Episode We Discuss:

00:52 Early inspiration: Tony Hsieh and the dot-com boom

03:30 Surviving the dot-com crash and landing at Google

05:28 First startup struggles, pivots, and hard lessons

07:42 Building LaunchBit with presales and scrappy tests

10:12 The “Wizard of Oz” approach to validating features

11:32 How partnerships led to LaunchBit’s acquisition

12:47 The power of documentation and short handoffs

14:32 Exploring new industries and discovering angel investing

16:51 Running 500 Global’s accelerator and writing 200+ checks

17:45 Founding Hustle Fund to back founders “hilariously early”

19:34 Choosing a fund model over an accelerator model

21:42 Raising Fund I: challenges, lessons, and differentiation

26:32 Investor-market fit and building a unique brand

28:49 Why Hustle Fund focuses on valuation sensitivity

33:06 Portfolio strategy: 250 startups per fund

35:54 Why high-volume investing works at pre-seed

37:29 Evaluating founders, ideas, and the “why now” factor

41:23 Building community through Camp Hustle and events

44:29 Angel Squad: democratizing angel investing

47:51 Scaling portfolio management with automation and no-code

49:32 The role of AI in venture decision-making

52:13 Defensibility in AI startups and founder-market fit

53:53 Closing thoughts and reflections

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Collin Groves is a venture capitalist and Managing Partner at BDev Ventures, a fund backed by software powerhouse BairesDev. With experience launching five corporate venture capital arms during his time at Ernst & Young Parthenon and leading 50+ B2B SaaS investments across the Americas, he blends data-driven rigor with hands-on customer acquisition strategies. In this episode, Collin shares how BDev Ventures de-risks startups by delivering real customers before investing, why founder–market fit and team leverage matter most, and how Latin American startups can break into U.S. markets.

In Today’s Episode We Discuss:

00:01 Collin Groves’ Oklahoma roots and early career

03:07 Breaking into venture through corporate VC at EY

06:57 What BairesDev is and how it powers BDev Ventures

08:50 Why BairesDev launched a venture arm

10:13 Blending corporate VC, family office, and traditional VC models

11:53 Evergreen fund structure and GP/LP setup

12:48 Incentives, carry, and the evolution of CVC compensation

16:27 Liquidity timing: DPI vs. TVPI in venture capital

19:19 Exiting too early vs. holding for fund-returners

21:27 Scar tissue and lessons from corporate VC

22:44 Importance of speed in diligence and value articulation

24:27 Lead investor vs. co-investor strategies

25:54 Evaluating churn, NRR, and GRR in early-stage SaaS

26:31 Four key areas of diligence: value add, market, financials, and team

28:58 The 90-day pilot model for testing startups

30:56 Metrics that signal conviction during pilots

32:56 Check sizes, co-investing approach, and capital efficiency

34:44 Red flags, trust, and founder/investor alignment

38:18 Latin America vs. US market dynamics and valuations

41:21 AI-native go-to-market tools and enterprise readiness

43:39 The limits of corporate VC-as-a-service

46:31 Counterintuitive diligence metrics: why spam rate matters

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Hugh Massie is the Executive Chairman and Founder of DNA Behavior, a pioneer in behavioral AI that blends finance, identity, and decision-making. As a Titan 100 CEO, published author, and global advisor, he brings decades of expertise in behavioral science, wealth management, and technology. With his mission to impact over a billion people annually by 2030, Hugh offers groundbreaking insights into how behavior shapes money, leadership, and life outcomes.

In this episode, he shares his journey from accountant to entrepreneur, the science behind DNA Behavior, and how understanding human behavior unlocks both financial success and personal fulfillment.

In Today’s Episode We Discuss:

00:01 Introduction to Hugh Massie

00:47 Hugh’s Origin Story

02:55 Entering Wealth Management

05:14 Discovering Behavior as the Key Factor

07:16 Building DNA Behavior

08:32 Behavior Makes Money

10:28 Six Traits of High-Performing Leaders

14:30 Measuring Leadership Behavior

17:17 What is DNA Behavior

19:49 Success Patterns in Public and Private Companies

24:32 Entrepreneurial Resilience vs. Corporate Leadership

28:38 Using Behavior in Venture Capital

33:12 Challenges in Building DNA Behavior

35:20 AI as a Game Changer

39:19 The Money Energy Framework

46:22 Purpose, Identity, and Human Impact

53:27 Boys Without Fathers

56:27 Transition to Deeper Reflections

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Ari Newman is the co-founder and managing director of Massive VC, an inflection point venture capital platform backing high-growth technology companies across AI, data, energy, cybersecurity, energy transformation, and the new space economy. A repeat founder who built and sold FilterBox and Juston, Ari also helped scale Techstars and now advises multiple growth-stage boards.With decades of experience on both sides of the table—raising capital as a founder and deploying capital as an investor—Ari offers unique insights into venture dynamics, founder-investor relationships, and the signals that truly define breakout companies.In this episode, he discusses the long game of investing in a world moving at AI speed, lessons from operating and exiting startups, the traps of stacking SAFEs, and how Massive VC approaches inflection point investing.In Today’s Episode We Discuss:00:00 Welcome and introduction to Ari Newman and Massive VC01:00 Playing the long game in venture at AI speed04:00 Hype cycles, narrow theses, and avoiding trend chasing07:30 Blockchain and Web3 as case studies in misplaced hype08:20 Ari’s journey from founder pain to becoming an investor11:30 Handling founder meetings, cold inbounds, and the “equal effort” rule14:30 Transparency, fit, and why fast no’s matter more than slow maybes16:20 Running startups vs. running a venture fund — stress, control, and feedback loops18:40 Lessons from Juston and FilterBox on timing markets and exits25:00 Slack, product defensibility, and embedding into workflows27:30 Opportunities in vertical AI SaaS and sticky use cases29:00 Inflection point investing and Massive VC’s criteria31:30 SaaS pricing mistakes, customer commitment, and enterprise sales models35:30 Techstars lessons carried over into Massive VC38:20 Building Massive with SPVs and the “Massive Index”41:30 Practical diligence at inflection points: revenue, retention, and distribution signals44:30 Transitioning from software investing to deep tech markets47:30 Leading indicators, financial hygiene, and operational discipline49:00 SAFE stacking risks, dilution traps, and cap table complexity56:00 Capital efficiency, market cycles, and the broken contract between founders and investorsSubscribe on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6Ga6v0YUsHotLhjap67uu5Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ignite-conversations-on-startups-venture-capital-tech/id1709248824Follow Ari Newman on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/arinewman/Follow Ari Newman on X: https://x.com/AriNewmanFollow Team Ignite on X: https://x.com/teamignitevcFollow Brian on X: https://x.com/brianrbellFollow Brian on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bblinkedin/Visit Our Website: https://www.teamignite.venturesSubscribe to Our Newsletter: https://insights.teamignite.ventures/👂🎧 Watch, listen, and follow on your favorite platform: https://tr.ee/S2ayrbx_fL 🙏 Join the conversation on your favorite social network: https://linktr.ee/theignitepodcast🔥 Club Ignite is booking fast — our next gathering of top founders, investors, and operators will be our biggest yet. Apply now before spots fill: https://teamignite.decilehub.com/e/club-ignite-25