Michael Dell: Break it ’til you make it
The first stage of building up a business is to break things down. Michael Dell started a computer company in his dorm room by cracking open some early IBM PCs and figuring out what he could do better...
28 Jun 202233min
Rapid Response: Solar energy’s time to shine, w/Sunrun’s Mary Powell
While gasoline prices soar, solar company Sunrun is poised to usher in a customer-led revolution of distributed energy technologies. Sunrun’s CEO Mary Powell combats a “no and slow” culture to transfo...
25 Jun 202225min
Improving human dignity is an engine of scale, w/Promise CEO Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins
Delivering human dignity to your customers is more than just good practice. It can be a powerful engine of scale. This insight has inspired Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins her whole career, as a labor leader, a...
21 Jun 202241min
Above all else, invest in friendship: Reid Hoffman’s 2022 commencement speech
For Reid Hoffman, the way to live a meaningful and productive life is to focus on one key area: friendships. Speaking at Vanderbilt University’s 2022 commencement, he shares four lessons on why friend...
18 Jun 202219min
Rapid Response: Redesigning work in a crisis, w/Upwork CEO Hayden Brown
Most future of work conversations revolve around the “where,” but Upwork CEO Hayden Brown says it’s more important to focus on the “who.” 10% of the workforce at Upwork, the global tech platform for m...
16 Jun 202238min
Strategy Session Live!: How can a start-up beat a Goliath? What gets top talent to stay put? How do you keep multiple stakeholders happy?
How can a small business survive a David vs. Goliath competition? If two sets of stakeholders have opposing needs, how can a startup pivot to keep them both happy? Reid Hoffman and Bob Safian answer t...
14 Jun 202240min
Rapid Response: Don’t wait for the system, build it!, w/Genius Guild’s Kathryn Finney
Entrepreneurship is an essential tool for building a more equitable society — which is why Kathryn Finney is laser-focused on encouraging people who don’t fit the mold of the stereotypical founder to ...
9 Jun 202230min
Lead, lead again, w/Meta's Sheryl Sandberg
In just 6 years, Facebook grew to 2 billion users and 14,000 employees. How? Well, first, they hired COO Sheryl Sandberg. And she knew that to lead a fast-changing organization, you have to be as skil...
7 Jun 202235min
