Podcast
Empires of
Innovation.
Ozan's own show about how technology reshapes companies, ecosystems and the people inside them, in the same plain language founders get in a one-on-one session.

2
Seasons
1
Live format
5000+
Founders behind the questions
0
Sponsored opinions
The seasons
Three ways into the same argument.
S1
Tech for good
Technology, impact and the founders building at that crossing. This is the miniseries that grew into the book.
Miniseries
S2
How big companies stay bold
What innovating inside a complex organisation really costs, told by the people running those programs.
Corporate innovation
LIVE
The brutally honest assessment
One founder, their results, and an unfiltered read of what the data actually says, recorded in public.
On camera

Every episode ends where a
polite conversation usually stops.
Ozan Sonmez · Host, Empires of Innovation
Guests

Want to sit on the other side of the mic?
Founders, operators and program builders with a real story, not a product pitch. Tell Ozan what you would say that you have never said publicly.

Bring the problem you have been avoiding.
One hour, one founder, zero pep talk. You leave with the honest read on your pitch, your traction and your next ninety days.