Shooting for the moon with Steve Altemus of Intuitive Machines
Our modern way of life requires more resources than ever before — resources that are becoming increasingly scarce and environmentally taxing to extract. Intuitive Machines co-founder and CEO Steve Alt...
21 Dec 202337min
reCAPTCHA and Duolingo: Luis von Ahn (2020)
In 2000, Luis von Ahn was starting his PhD in computer science when he attended a talk and happened to learn about one of Yahoo's biggest problems: automated bots were signing up for millions of free ...
18 Dec 20231h 7min
Framing the future of eyecare with Neil Blumenthal and Dave Gilboa of Warby Parker
Warby Parker co-CEOs Neil Blumenthal and Dave Gilboa broke their scrappy startup into the eyewear industry in 2010—putting legacy manufacturers on notice by offering stylish glasses at much lower pric...
14 Dec 202339min
Wondery: Hernan Lopez
When Hernan Lopez founded Wondery in 2016, podcasts were just starting to go mainstream. Five years later, his team had scored a number of hit shows and sold to Amazon for a reported $300 million. Not...
11 Dec 20231h 16min
Full body preventive health care with Andrew Lacy of Prenuvo
Andrew Lacy is the co-founder and CEO of Prenuvo, a company offering full body scans that have the potential to detect disease early and before symptoms. When Andrew was introduced to radiologist Rajp...
7 Dec 202340min
Briogeo Hair Care: Nancy Twine (2020)
In 2010, a tragic personal event changed the trajectory of Nancy Twine's life. Suddenly, her promising job at Goldman Sachs no longer seemed fulfilling; she wanted something more.Drawing inspiration f...
4 Dec 20231h 13min
The surprise that's saving food with Lucie Basch of Too Good To Go (2023)
Collaboration is the new competition: that was French entrepreneur Lucie Basch’s philosophy when she approached a group of Danish founders who happened to be working on a similar food waste reduction ...
30 Nov 202341min
CAVA: Ted Xenohristos and Brett Schulman
When Ted Xenohristos and two childhood friends opened their first sit-down Greek restaurant in 2006, they had no idea it would eventually grow into CAVA, a sprawling national chain that serves stuffed...
27 Nov 20231h 16min
