MIT Catalysts
MIT Catalysts is a podcast series by the MIT Club of Northern California. Host Julia Yoo interviews MIT alumni, faculty and affiliates who are movers and shakers in the Bay Area.
Episodes
16 episodes
Stephanie Sonnabend
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...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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35:28
Sudeb Dalai (follow-up)
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...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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25:59
Amrita Saigal and Arun Saigal
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...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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35:37
Sun Yoo
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...
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Season 1
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16:08
Mohanjit Jolly and Mark Gorenberg
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...
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Season 1
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Episode 12
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37:58
Heidi Zak
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...
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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35:24
Sudeb Dalai
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...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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39:06
Steven Hao, Annick Aubin-Pouliot and Mark DuLong
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...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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29:56
Freddy Nguyen
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...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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24:28
R. Erich Caulfield
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...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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27:00
John Whaley
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
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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20:21
Jocelyn Goldfein
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 ...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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27:44
Shishir Mehrotra
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...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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12:59
Rodney Brooks and Gary Marcus
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 ...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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37:11