Future Factory
The Future Factory Podcast is your go-to business podcast for seeing the future in real time. Hosted by founder of CDO Group, Anthony Amunategui, where he is joined by some of the most influential and respected guests in the business world. From young entrepreneurs changing the world via startups, to leaders of established big name brands across the world.
Episodes
Friday Jan 20, 2023
Friday Jan 13, 2023
Effectively Manage a Job Site from Anywhere | Roger Yarrow
Friday Jan 13, 2023
Friday Jan 13, 2023
Future Factory with Anthony Amunategui | Roger YarrowRoger Yarrow is the Chief Operating Officer and General Manager of TrueLook. Since selling his first shareware program at age 12, he's had a lifelong passion for technology. His latest project, TrueLook, sets out to solve numerous problems and hurdles in the construction industry by providing top of the line job site monitoring equipment.TrueLook's Website: https://www.truelook.com/About the Host:Anthony is the founder of CDO Group Inc, a woman owned business (WOB) that provides multi-unit retail companies and their franchisees with a comprehensive, reliable and cost-effective General Contracting and Construction Management alternative to adding supplementary internal staff.CDO Group specializes in partnering with companies during periods of heavy expansion and/or remodeling, and have successfully executed thousands of projects nationwide for many of today’s top multi-unit retailers.CDO Group, Inc. was formed by a group of client-side development professionals in an effort to address the industry’s changing and often unpredictable development schedules. Our in-depth understanding of owner-side needs and expectations, combined with a relentless pursuit of process efficiency, has given us the ability to create value for our clients by allowing them to focus on their core operating business while we ensure that their development objectives are being professionally managed.https://linktr.ee/futurefactorypodcast
Friday Jan 06, 2023
Behind Dutch Bros Coffee | Daniel Batty
Friday Jan 06, 2023
Friday Jan 06, 2023
Future Factory with Anthony Amunategui | Daniel BattyDaniel Batty is the Vice President of Design and Construction at Dutch Bros Coffee. Dutch Bros is the largest privately owned coffee chain in the US, with over 500 locations and growing rapidly. Daniel has directed the development of 200+ of these locations and is on track to double the size of the company under his leadership. Tune in to see Anthony and Daniel discuss what it takes to grow a franchise in todays environment.Dutch Bros Website: https://www.dutchbros.com/About the Host:Anthony is the founder of CDO Group Inc, a woman owned business (WOB) that provides multi-unit retail companies and their franchisees with a comprehensive, reliable and cost-effective General Contracting and Construction Management alternative to adding supplementary internal staff.CDO Group specializes in partnering with companies during periods of heavy expansion and/or remodeling, and have successfully executed thousands of projects nationwide for many of today’s top multi-unit retailers.CDO Group, Inc. was formed by a group of client-side development professionals in an effort to address the industry’s changing and often unpredictable development schedules. Our in-depth understanding of owner-side needs and expectations, combined with a relentless pursuit of process efficiency, has given us the ability to create value for our clients by allowing them to focus on their core operating business while we ensure that their development objectives are being professionally managed.https://linktr.ee/futurefactorypodcast
Friday Dec 30, 2022
Startups and Small Businesses Made BIG | Stuart McCalla
Friday Dec 30, 2022
Friday Dec 30, 2022
Future Factory with Anthony Amunategui | Stuart McCallaStuart McCalla is a Managing Partner at Evolution, a coaching, culture, and leadership development firm, where he supports senior leaders and leadership teams of fast-growing companies. Stuart has worked as a leadership coach for clients at Slack, Glassdoor, Dropbox, Twitter, Eventbrite, ADP, and many others. He also works with Slack’s Next Chapter organization, an initiative that brings professional equity to the formerly incarcerated. Stuart is an executive and leadership coach trained in multiple coaching modalities, including deep process work and Agile Methodologies, and trains executives to lead without reacting, instead leading by building lasting change in themselves, their teams, and their organizations. His experience includes over 15 years of peer counseling, through work focused on Sexism, Racism, and LGBTQ issues. Stuart advocates for the elimination of these issues, by finding spaces for members of underrepresented or target groups, to heal and reflect. Some of his tools and methodologies include the Leadership Circle Profile Assessment certification and the Enneagram for individual growth. Evolution's Website: https://evolution.team/About the Host:Anthony is the founder of CDO Group Inc, a woman owned business (WOB) that provides multi-unit retail companies and their franchisees with a comprehensive, reliable and cost-effective General Contracting and Construction Management alternative to adding supplementary internal staff.CDO Group specializes in partnering with companies during periods of heavy expansion and/or remodeling, and have successfully executed thousands of projects nationwide for many of today’s top multi-unit retailers.CDO Group, Inc. was formed by a group of client-side development professionals in an effort to address the industry’s changing and often unpredictable development schedules. Our in-depth understanding of owner-side needs and expectations, combined with a relentless pursuit of process efficiency, has given us the ability to create value for our clients by allowing them to focus on their core operating business while we ensure that their development objectives are being professionally managed.https://linktr.ee/futurefactorypodcast
Friday Dec 23, 2022
Providing REAL Search Results with Consensus App
Friday Dec 23, 2022
Friday Dec 23, 2022
Future Factory with Anthony Amunategui | Eric OlsonIn this weeks episode of Future Factory, Anthony sits down with Eric Olson, Co-founder of Consensus app, which is a game changing search engine which provides real answers by using AI to scan scientific journals directly.Anthony is the founder of CDO Group Inc, a woman owned business (WOB) that provides multi-unit retail companies and their franchisees with a comprehensive, reliable and cost-effective General Contracting and Construction Management alternative to adding supplementary internal staff.CDO Group specializes in partnering with companies during periods of heavy expansion and/or remodeling, and have successfully executed thousands of projects nationwide for many of today’s top multi-unit retailers.CDO Group, Inc. was formed by a group of client-side development professionals in an effort to address the industry’s changing and often unpredictable development schedules. Our in-depth understanding of owner-side needs and expectations, combined with a relentless pursuit of process efficiency, has given us the ability to create value for our clients by allowing them to focus on their core operating business while we ensure that their development objectives are being professionally managed.Spotify - https://spoti.fi/31oLtYsStitcher - https://bit.ly/3oka1KQAnchor - https://bit.ly/3EIslDSApple Podcasts - https://apple.co/2ZRwmGhGoogle Podcasts - https://bit.ly/3lAhN1lAmazon - https://amzn.to/3Eyl34ETuneIn Radio - https://bit.ly/3IgRUxoiHeart Radio - https://ihr.fm/3dj0rScAudible - https://adbl.co/3ryrjWLPodFollow - https://bit.ly/3sFVN9U#FutureFactory #anthonyamunategui #podcast #oakpark #chicago #ai #artificialintellegence #robotics #constructiontechnology #construction #cobots #constructionrobots #constructioncobots
Friday Dec 16, 2022
Flexibility for a Longer Career | Vanessa Liu
Friday Dec 16, 2022
Friday Dec 16, 2022
Future Factory with Anthony Amunategui | Vanessa LiuIn this weeks episode of Future Factory, Anthony sits down with Vanessa Liu - entrepreneur and founder of Sugarworks, a platform designed to help transition aging employees into mentors and leaders for a new generation of workers. Anthony and Vanessa discuss the challenges older people face in retirement, as well as the ways in which we can use peoples valuable wisdom outside of a normal 9-5 office setting.Anthony is the founder of CDO Group Inc, a woman owned business (WOB) that provides multi-unit retail companies and their franchisees with a comprehensive, reliable and cost-effective General Contracting and Construction Management alternative to adding supplementary internal staff.CDO Group specializes in partnering with companies during periods of heavy expansion and/or remodeling, and have successfully executed thousands of projects nationwide for many of today’s top multi-unit retailers.CDO Group, Inc. was formed by a group of client-side development professionals in an effort to address the industry’s changing and often unpredictable development schedules. Our in-depth understanding of owner-side needs and expectations, combined with a relentless pursuit of process efficiency, has given us the ability to create value for our clients by allowing them to focus on their core operating business while we ensure that their development objectives are being professionally managed.Spotify - https://spoti.fi/31oLtYsStitcher - https://bit.ly/3oka1KQAnchor - https://bit.ly/3EIslDSApple Podcasts - https://apple.co/2ZRwmGhGoogle Podcasts - https://bit.ly/3lAhN1lAmazon - https://amzn.to/3Eyl34ETuneIn Radio - https://bit.ly/3IgRUxoiHeart Radio - https://ihr.fm/3dj0rScAudible - https://adbl.co/3ryrjWLPodFollow - https://bit.ly/3sFVN9U#FutureFactory #anthonyamunategui #podcast #oakpark #chicago #ai #artificialintellegence #robotics #constructiontechnology #construction #cobots #constructionrobots #constructioncobots
Monday Dec 12, 2022

Your Host: Anthony Amunategui
Anthony Amunategui is the Founder of CDO Group, a National Commercial Construction firm he started 25 years ago with a small group in his basement. Today CDO group has worked with some of the world’s largest brands to build an estimated one million square feet of retail space per year. Anthony has a true passion for finding out what makes people successful in business and in life. He loves diving into conversations about what the future holds for us personally and professionally, and the adventures that shape that journey.