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Innovantage Podcast

Hosted by Max Golikov

Listed under Technology, Business

Welcome to the Innovantage podcast, where technology, business, and innovation converge. Join host Max Golikov as we explore the transformative power of artificial intelligence and digital advancements across various industries.

53 episodes · publishes fortnightly · latest 2026-07-24 · ~65 min/episode

Rank

#399

Substance

67.6

/ 100

Breakdown

Scored 2026-08
Updated monthly

HR rank

#28 of 103

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Across the index

#399 of 1056

Substance

Top 38%

outscores 62% of the index

Why it scores where it does

Innovantage Podcast ranks #399 on The B2B Podcast Index with a substance score of 67.6 out of 100, scored across 5 recent episodes. It scores highest on guest caliber and specificity & evidence. A genuine practitioner: serial entrepreneur who built and sold a 35-country telecom firm and is an active CEO/co-founder of a Luxembourg fund with real AUM and an AI-only fund - directly relevant, not a career podcast guest.

The five-dimension breakdown

Averaged across 5 recently scored episodes, with cited evidence.

Insight Density

13.0 / 20

Several genuinely non-obvious operator insights (telecom currency lock-in arbitrage, the automation-budget heuristic, news-trading efficiency) sit amid a lot of repetitive 'AI is here to stay' platitudes and filler.

“we would lock in the currency trade at the start of your call”

“if you would have 3, 4, up to 6 months of salary of that person as an IT budget, would you actually be able to automate this role”

Originality

12.6 / 20

The 'best second' philosophy, the geographic-gap telecom strategy, and the fully autonomous multi-agent fund are fresh framings, but much of the AI discussion recycles common low-hanging-fruit and human+machine narratives.

“I want to be the best Second”

“it's way faster to be the second because you see everything that they did”

Guest Caliber

16.2 / 20

A genuine practitioner: serial entrepreneur who built and sold a 35-country telecom firm and is an active CEO/co-founder of a Luxembourg fund with real AUM and an AI-only fund - directly relevant, not a career podcast guest.

“He is the CEO and co-founder of DHF Capital”

“my telecom company at the end was in 35 different countries”

Specificity & Evidence

13.8 / 20

Strong on concrete numbers and named examples: margin figures, agent counts, risk limits, efficiency gains, token costs, and the Luxembourg/ISIN detail - well above the vague norm.

“wholesale telecom is about 7 to 9% gross margin if you're lucky. And we were on 11 to 13”

“the fund has a 30% risk, which is about 3% a day maximum risk per agent and 9% a week”

Conversational Craft

12.0 / 20

The host asks reasonable follow-ups on quantifying AI impact, reliability, and security, but defaults heavily to agreement and never challenges bold claims like the unverified 32% efficiency or the fund's risk model.

“That's a good point. That's a good point indeed.”

“Makes sense. Makes sense.”

Standout episodes

  • AI vs Human Traders in 2026 | Innovantage Podcast #49 | Powered by BMI Executive Institute

    2026-05-14

    81
  • We Let a Pimple Go Viral and It Worked | Innovantage Podcast #52

    2026-06-29

    67
  • Nobody Climbs the Career Ladder Now | Innovantage Podcast #51 | Powered by BMI Executive Institute

    2026-06-11

    67

Rank over time

3 periods tracked.

Episodes

5 scored on substance · 53 tracked in total.

  • Why 70% of Mergers & Acquisitions Fail (And How to Avoid It) | Innovantage Podcast #53

    2026-07-24 · 59 min

    56 / 100
  • We Let a Pimple Go Viral and It Worked | Innovantage Podcast #52

    2026-06-29 · 59 min

    67 / 100
  • Nobody Climbs the Career Ladder Now | Innovantage Podcast #51 | Powered by BMI Executive Institute

    2026-06-11 · 1h 4m

    67 / 100
  • Can AI Replace CEOs? | Innovantage Podcast #50 | Powered by BMI Executive Institute

    2026-05-28 · 1h 5m

    67 / 100
  • AI vs Human Traders in 2026 | Innovantage Podcast #49 | Powered by BMI Executive Institute

    2026-05-14 · 1h 4m

    81 / 100

Frequently asked

What is Innovantage Podcast's substance score?
Innovantage Podcast scores 67.6 out of 100 for substance and ranks #399 on The B2B Podcast Index. That puts it ahead of 62% of the B2B podcasts we rank and #28 of 103 in HR. The score reflects insight density, originality, guest caliber, specificity and conversational craft across recent episodes - not downloads.
Is Innovantage Podcast worth listening to?
Yes - Innovantage Podcast outscores 62% of the B2B hr podcasts and shows we rank on substance, so a hr operator is likely to come away with something useful.
Who hosts Innovantage Podcast?
Innovantage Podcast is hosted by Max Golikov.
How often does Innovantage Podcast publish?
Innovantage Podcast publishes fortnightly, has 53 episodes, released its most recent episode on 2026-07-24.
Which Innovantage Podcast episode should I start with?
Our highest-scoring recent episode is "AI vs Human Traders in 2026 | Innovantage Podcast #49 | Powered by BMI Executive Institute" (81/100) - a good place to start.

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Frequently discusses

Companies, products and tools that come up most across this show's episodes.

ChatGPT · 2WixBase44Google StudioGeminiClaudeMonday.comEYNordVPNTeamhoodLTGSAPJiraOpenAIDanske BankBMI Executive InstituteDHF CapitalVodafone

Guests who've appeared

Sabine JanssensDr. Aquila IgnatayteMonica LoucaiteJonas ValutaVydas VyšidauskasBas (CEO and co-founder of DHF Capital)

Topics this show covers

The themes that come up most across this show's episodes.

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