Understanding the Venture Capital Gender Gap
Jenny Lefcourt, partner at Freestyle VC and cofounder of All Raise, says that even as a serial entrepreneur herself, she long underestimated how little venture capital funding goes to female startup f...
18 Maj 202123min
CEO Series: Mastercard’s Ajay Banga on Promoting Financial Inclusion
Ajay Banga, the executive chairman and former CEO of Mastercard, has spearheaded a strategy focused on serving the previously unbanked via new technologies. During his 11-year tenure as president and ...
13 Maj 202128min
CEO Series: Mary Barra of General Motors on Committing to an Eco-Friendly Future
Mary Barra, chair and CEO of General Motors, says that electric vehicles are the future for the company and the automobile industry. GM has said it will phase out vehicles using internal combustion en...
6 Maj 202123min
How Tech Adoption Fuels China’s Innovation Boom
Zak Dychtwald, founder of the advisory firm Young China Group, believes that the perception of China as a copycat and not an innovator is outdated. Instead, he argues the willingness of Chinese consum...
4 Maj 202125min
Quit Overthinking Things
Ethan Kross, professor of psychology at the University of Michigan, has spent years studying how people talk to themselves and the effect that this "chatter" has on our performance. From professional ...
27 Apr 202125min
Streamlining Your Company’s Strategy
Felix Oberholzer-Gee, professor at Harvard Business School, says many organizations spend so much energy on strategy that it overwhelms with conflicting priorities. Instead, he argues companies should...
20 Apr 202126min
The Career Rules You Didn’t Learn at School
Gorick Ng, career advisor at Harvard, tried to learn about the world of work at an early age, helping his mother search job listings and send out resumes. To launch his own career, he studied hard in ...
13 Apr 202126min
