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Riley, Nova, and HK discuss the Labour Party's planned campaign of social murder against the disabled in the UK - including a deep dive on the ongoing poster-to-policy pipeline around the recent (and not so recent) attacks on the Motability charity - that is described as “not austerity, because it's half of what Osborne did.” Also, finance a burrito (US edition), the podcast discusses a new morning routine, and Quibi's Meg Whitman returns from her ambassadorship to Kenya (???) to a board seat at Coreweave. Get access to more Trashfuture episodes each week on our Patreon! *MILO ALERT* Check out Milo's tour dates here: https://miloedwards.co.uk/live-shows Trashfuture are: Riley (@raaleh), Milo (@Milo_Edwards), Hussein (@HKesvani), Nate (@inthesedeserts), and November (@postoctobrist)
Meg Whitman Resigns. COP29 Climate Setback, South Africas Trapped Mines. Global Digest S05E07 by Capital FM
The US Ambassador to Kenya, Meg Whitman, resigned Wednesday, one week after Donald Trump's re-election. In a statement, Ambassador Whitman touted some of her achievements to include various trade, health and security agreements that Kenya signed with the United States, including Kenya's elevation as the first major non-NATO ally in Africa. Barrack Oduor, a political reporter with the People's Daily of Kenya, tells VOA's James Butty, Ambassador Whitman's resignation met a mixed reception on various Kenyan social media platforms for her good work, but also what some Kenyans saw as her failure to criticize President Ruto's government during the June anti-tax protests.
British tech tycoon Mike Lynch faced potentially dying in a federal prison. But in a 12-week trial in America, he beat all the odds and was found “not guilty” last month on 15 counts of fraud brought by the Department of Justice. He comes on the show to talk about the insight gleaned from a 12-year legal fight (5:30), the need for a British “Innocence Project” (11:30), going back to the origin of the case in 2011 (16:15), how the Autonomy sale went pear-shaped (18:45), why the boring nature of the case may have helped (23:15), what he would say to HP's former chief executive Meg Whitman (26:15), getting smeared (29:15), how he won (36:30), most deals fail (43:30), getting extradited (48:20), his family (53:00), spending tens of millions of pounds on his defence (56:00), his treatment in British business and society (58:30), advising startups and the public conversation about AI (1:01:15), acquittal day (1:03:00), overhauling the US extradition treaty (1:04:30), how his wife managed (1:08:00), watching the Super Bowl (1:10:30), and feeling like he has won a second life (1:13:40). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Kate the Actress and US Ambassador Meg Whitman on the growing creative industries in Kenya. The Kenyan superstar Kate Kamau talks about her film career, why she's going behind the camera and what #MeToo has done to the industry. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
In the dynamic realm of international diplomacy, Ambassador Meg Whitman's tenure in Kenya has charted an unconventional yet highly impactful course. With a background in the tech industry, Whitman has brought an unwavering focus on economic opportunity and business investment to her ambassadorial role. Her direct engagement with influential leaders and innovative approaches has garnered both praise for catalyzing growth prospects and scrutiny over potential overreaches. Nahal Toosi from Politico talks with Boyd on Inside Sources.
In her nearly 25-year long career, Anita Gaeta has had two primary support relationships, each lasting over a decade, which suggests a lot not only about Anita's immense value to these executives, but also the depth and extent of her partnerships and the tremendous opportunities for learning and exchange Anita has had. When we look at Anita's career, she has been courtside with some of the most formidable and accomplished Titans of Tech, including Meg Whitman, former CEO of both eBay and Hewlett Packard, Lars Dalgaard, Founder and CEO of Success Factors and Steven Boal, CEO of Coupons.com. In this episode we hear from Anita firsthand about some of the lessons she's learned and observations she's had by being in the room with such renowned tech leaders and executives. One of her best pieces of advice? Always listen.
Tom Conrad is the CEO of Zero and on the board of Sonos. He began his career in engineering at Apple, where he helped build key features that remain in iOS today. Tom was previously the VP of Product at Snap and the chief technology officer of Pandora. He also held leadership positions at notable tech flops Pets.com and Quibi, giving him a unique perspective not only on what it takes to build a successful company but also on lessons from failure. In today's conversation, we discuss:• Lessons learned from the infamous failures of Pets.com and Quibi• Lessons learned from the successes of Apple, Pandora, and Snap• Advice on choosing where to work• Understanding the math formula of a business• How to avoid burnout• Why Tom says not everyone needs to be a founder• What he's building now—Brought to you by Coda—Meet the evolution of docs | Jira Product Discovery—Atlassian's new prioritization and roadmapping tool built for product teams | HelpBar by Chameleon—the free in-app universal search solution built for SaaS—Find the transcript at: https://www.lennyspodcast.com/billion-dollar-failures-and-billion-dollar-success-tom-conrad-quibi-pandora-petscom-snap-ze/#transcript—Where to find Tom Conrad:• X: https://twitter.com/tconrad• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tomconrad/—Where to find Lenny:• Newsletter: https://www.lennysnewsletter.com• X: https://twitter.com/lennysan• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lennyrachitsky/—In this episode, we cover:(00:00) Tom's background(04:40) Landing a gig at Apple(07:41) Pioneering the blinking folder design on iOS(11:04) Advice on choosing where to work(12:43) The importance of trusting your gut when it comes to people(14:05) Lessons from failed ventures(17:32) Why and how Pets.com shut down (18:30) How Tom's experience at Quibi renewed his passion for building(28:48) Takeaways from Quibi and why it ultimately failed(31:42) Failing is okay(35:04) Tom's career at Apple(39:11) Lessons from You Don't Know Jack(40:24) Lessons from building Pandora(48:24) Looking back at Pandora and what could have been done differently(55:17) How Tom became VP of Product at Snapchat(1:01:31) Tom's philosophy on being involved as CEO(1:05:51) Tom's current role as CEO of Zero, and what he's learned along the way(1:10:37) How Zero builds product(1:18:33) Advice on work-life balance (1:27:22) Contrarian corner: why not everyone needs to be a founder(1:30:08) Lightning round—Referenced:• Ron Lichty on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ronlichty/• What happened to Pets.com?: https://fourweekmba.com/pets-com-failure/• 11 reasons why Quibi crashed and burned in less than a year: https://www.theverge.com/2020/10/22/21528404/quibi-shut-down-cost-subscribers-content-tv-movies-katzenberg-whitman-tiktok-netflix• Meg Whitman: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meg_Whitman• Jeffrey Katzenberg on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffrey-katzenberg-4b3b47123/• John Sculley on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnsculley/• Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/• How Pandora Soothed the Savage Beast: https://www.fastcompany.com/3001052/how-pandora-soothed-savage-beast• Joe Kennedy on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joe-kennedy-329417/• Why Did Yahoo Pay $160 Million for Musicmatch?: https://www.wired.com/2007/07/why-did-yahoo-p/• TikTok Is the New TV: https://www.wired.com/story/tiktok-new-show-tv-takeover/• Evan Spiegel on X: https://twitter.com/evanspiegel• Brian Chesky's new playbook: https://www.lennyspodcast.com/brian-cheskys-new-playbook/• What sets great teams apart | Lane Shackleton (CPO of Coda): https://www.lennyspodcast.com/what-sets-great-teams-apart-lane-shackleton-cpo-of-coda/• Flashtags: https://lane.substack.com/p/flashtags• Patrick Spence on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/patrickspence/• The Philosophy of Ikigai: 3 Examples About Finding Purpose: https://positivepsychology.com/ikigai• The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life: https://www.amazon.com/Subtle-Art-Not-Giving-Counterintuitive/dp/0062457713• High Growth Handbook: Scaling Startups from 10 to 10,000 People: https://www.amazon.com/High-Growth-Handbook-Elad-Gil/dp/1732265100• Hyperion: https://www.amazon.com/Hyperion-Cantos-Dan-Simmons/dp/0553283685• A Fire Upon the Deep: https://www.amazon.com/Fire-Upon-Deep-Zones-Thought/dp/0812515285/• Mrs. Davis on Peacock: https://www.peacocktv.com/stream-tv/mrs-davis• Watchmen on HBO: https://www.hbo.com/watchmen• Lost on Hulu: https://www.hulu.com/series/lost-466b3994-b574-44f1-88bc-63707507a6cb• Eartune replacement tips: https://eartune.com/products/eartune-fidelity-ufa• Charles Eames's quote: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/charles_eames_169188• Compuserve: https://www.compuserve.com/• Steve Wilhite: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Wilhite—Production and marketing by https://penname.co/. For inquiries about sponsoring the podcast, email podcast@lennyrachitsky.com.—Lenny may be an investor in the companies discussed. Get full access to Lenny's Newsletter at www.lennysnewsletter.com/subscribe
LET'S TALK: Melvin watched 10 shows on Quibi before its eventual (and predictable) collapse. First things first, Melvin asks Daniel what he thinks a show is about based on its marketing. Then, Melvin describes what it actually is. Afterward, Daniel curiously wonders, "How does this show being on Quibi improve the watching experience?". Throughout all of this, Melvin & Dan try to understand Quibi's failure to solidify its target demographic, and further complain about how Quibi never utilizes it's flip-screen feature for any interesting or creative reasons... until it does? By the end, Melvin & Daniel movie through a post-mortem of Quibi and discuss shows Melvin missed, what it's like to see media lost in real time, and whether or not Daniel feels the FOMO.Shows mentioned in this episode:Home Movie: The Princess BrideThe Fugitive (2020)Most Dangerous GameThe Stranger (2020)Wireless Support the showSupport on Patreon for Unique Perks! Early access to uncut episodes Vote on a movie/show we review One-time reward of two Cinematic Doctrine Stickers Social Links: Threads Website Instagram Facebook Group
LET'S TALK: Melvin watched 10 shows on Quibi before its eventual (and predictable) collapse. First things first, Melvin asks Daniel what he thinks a show is about based on its marketing. Then, Melvin describes what it actually is. Afterward, Daniel curiously wonders, "How does this show being on Quibi improve the watching experience?". Throughout all of this, Melvin & Dan explore the grand what-ifs of Quibi like interactive shows, a social media for film a la Letterboxd, and so much more. As such, the Quibi-venture continues!Shows mentioned in this episode: 50 States of Fright (The Golden Arm, Ball of Twine, Scared Stiff) #FreeRayshawn Agua Donkeys Flipped Run This City Support the showSupport on Patreon for Unique Perks! Early access to uncut episodes Vote on a movie/show we review One-time reward of two Cinematic Doctrine Stickers Social Links: Threads Website Instagram Facebook Group
LET'S TALK: Melvin guides Daniel through his Quibi-venture, an exploration of that weird, less-than-one-year-old mobile-only streaming service that came and went in 2020. From it's lead cheerleaders of Jeffrey Katzenberg and Meg Whitman, to how Quibi convinced nearly every production company in Hollywood to invest over $1.75 Billion, as well as those obscenely confusing and downright worthless advertising spots during the Superbowl, Melvin covers everything he can about Quibi's unfulfilled snake-oil promises alongside it's disappointingly awkward service, and ultimately it's quiet, unnoticed downfall. Support the showSupport on Patreon for Unique Perks! Early access to uncut episodes Vote on a movie/show we review One-time reward of two Cinematic Doctrine Stickers Social Links: Threads Website Instagram Facebook Group
We're kicking off Season 10 with a banger guest (Internet legend White Lightening) and a banger episode of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, "Streetwise," starring Meg Whitman. Episode summary from IMDb: A Park Avenue socialite's body is found in NYC'S Central Park, and the investigation leads SVU to the father figure of a homeless "street family." If you'd like future episodes early, ad-free episodes, or just want to support the show, check out our Patreon! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Throughout her impressive career leading businesses, nonprofits, and now as the U.S. Ambassador to Kenya, Meg Whitman has been driven by a simple question: "What are we going to do about it?" This relentless focus on action propelled her as she transformed eBay from a fledgling startup into a global e-commerce powerhouse and guided her as CEO navigating HP through a high-stakes corporate split. In this episode, she shares how her mother's experience becoming a certified airplane mechanic during WWII instilled in her the courage to take on big challenges, like building diplomatic bridges in Africa's burgeoning Silicon Savanah.Click here for the episode transcript.
Why is it that you can be the most successful woman in the world, but feel like a complete loser when you aren't the perfect mommy or housekeeper? Because we STILL think we are supposed to do all of that stuff first and, when we fall short, we internalize all the stress. Join us today for some validation, insight and direction from Anne Witherspoon, a corporate leader who learned plenty once she learned how to change a diaper. And that was just the beginning LISTEN / SUBSCRIBE TO THE PODCAST Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3XF9qDy Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3rgeJxb YouTube: https://bit.ly/3NAc6Oa Website: Hard Won Wisdom Podcast - Hard Won Wisdom TIMESTAMPS 00:01:32 Anne discusses the pressure on women to excel in traditional roles and highlights a personal story about becoming a mother. 00:04:55 Anne feels like a failure for not being able to breastfeed and is relieved when a doctor suggests using formula instead. 00:07:17 Despite the progress women have made in careers and government representation, societal expectations of women as homemakers and mothers continue to be deeply ingrained. These expectations overshadow women's professional achievements and influence their self-perception. Peer judgment further complicates the issue. 00:10:26 We need to speak to our daughters about societal expectations. Challenges of work-life balance and motherhood. The importance of making conscious decisions about traditional roles. The story of a successful woman with a messy house. Deciding what tasks we can let go of. The example of Meg Whitman's approach. 00:17:02 Michelle discusses prioritizing their child's needs and letting go of external pressures and expectations. 00:22:07 Woman judged for being a working woman. 00:24:36 Michelle discusses the frustration of being expected to fulfill traditional household roles without receiving much help or appreciation from family members. Despite attempts to establish boundaries and expectations, the speaker admits to still doing most of the household tasks. 00:27:35 Parent stopped doing children's laundry, taught them life skills, including cleaning. 00:33:37 I want my daughter to have her voice and boundaries, but it has backfired. We're figuring out how to parent differently without a playbook. 00:35:16 Anne emphasizes the importance of learning and reading, especially in relation to child-rearing and understanding individual strengths and communication styles. They believe this approach has made them a successful mother and professional. 00:38:06 Respect personal thresholds, share a story about cleanliness mishap. 00:42:12 Join the Hard Won Wisdon podcast for career advice from influential thought leaders, brought to you by the women's leadership network. CONNECT WITH FAWN ✩ Website - Fawn Germer ✩ LinkedIn (1) Fawn Germer | LinkedIn ✩ Facebook - (1) Facebook ✩ YouTube -(75) Fawn Germer - YouTube CONNECT WITH MICHELLE ✩ Coaching Website https://www.michellebrigman.com ✩ Customer Experience Consulting Website Unlock the power of exceptional customer experiences, with Advantage CX ✩ LinkedIn (1) Michelle Brigman | LinkedIn ✩ Facebook - (1) Facebook ✩ Instagram Michelle Brigman (@michellebrigmanexeccoach) | Instagram ✩ Twitter (3) Michelle Brigman (@M_Brigman) / Twitter ✩ YouTube - (75) Michelle Brigman Executive Coach - YouTube SPONSORED BY WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP NETWORK https://www.womensleadershipnetwork.com #hardwonwisdom #fawngermer #michellebrigman #hardwonwisdompodcast
Fred Davis only ended up in politics due to a family tragedy and then a family connection, and yet has become one of the most creative and controversial ad makers in America. His clients include a who's who of Republican elected officials...from Bush to Dole to McCain to Schwarzenegger among dozens of others. And despite electing Presidents and numerous Republicans up and down the ballot, he's most famous for his unique perspective on advertising that has led to some of the most memorable and controversials spots of the last few decades...the McCain '08 ad comparing Senator Barack Obama to Paris Hilton, introducing soon-to-be Michigan Governor Rick Synder as "one tough nerd", "Demon Sheep" in California, and introducing the phrase "I'm Not a Witch" into popular culture. Fred is a natural story teller with a great story of an accidental path and unconventional approach to politics.(To donate to support The Pro Politics Podcast, you may use this venmo link or inquire by email at mccrary.zachary@gmail.com)IN THIS EPISODEHow family tragedy propels Fred into the PR at 19 years old & ultimately the ad business…The Senate race that put Fred on the national political map…Fred's connection the rise of Napa Valley wines…The stories behind some of Fred's most famous ads…- The “celebrity” ad against Barack Obama in 2008…- A colorful device for Governor Schwarznegger's 2006 re-election…- Branding Michigan Governor Rick Synder as “One Tough Nerd”…- The story behind the infamous Demon Sheep spot for Carly Fiorina's 2010 Senate race…- Fred's concept behind the Christine O'Donnell “I'm Not a Witch” ad from the 2010 Delaware Senate race…- The Jon Huntsman “motorcycle” announcement video…- Fred talks one of his favorite current clients, Louisiana Senator John Kennedy…- The story behind Fred's first viral video for Sonny Perdue against Georgia Governor Roy Barnes…How a high-profile conservative ad-maker is received living in liberal Hollywood…AND Jason Alexander, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, bell bottoms, the Beverly Hills Hotel, Bon Van Inc, David Boren, Bottle Rocket, Barbara Boxer, Tom Campbell, Chateau Montelena, cheese boards, Bill Clinton, Robert Davi, Gray Davis, Dan Duckhorn, family disagreements, the Freitas Brothers, Gateway computers, good luck charms, gotcha ads, Kelsey Grammer, half-way houses, Mark Halperin, Jim Inhofe, large-format cameras, Rush Limbaugh, Lippincott, Mitch McConnell, Dave McCurdy, Dan McLagan, mirrored pedestals, Robert Mondavi, Sam Nunn, the NRSC, Ogilvy & Mather, Sarah Palin, pink tutus, Steve Schmidt, selling fishing bait, K. Wortham Smith, Steven Spielberg, J. Walter Thompson, Chuck Todd, Trinity University, True Lies, weathermen, the West End Grill, Meg Whitman, Wine Spectator & more!Links to ads cited in this episode: Prison dancing (Inhofe '94)Big Spender (Inhofe '94)Bug Zapper (Inhofe '98)Celebrity (McCain '08)Schwarzenegger Re-election ('06)One Tough Nerd (Rick Synder '10)Demon Sheep (Fiorina '10)I'm Not a Witch (Christine O'Donnell '10)Huntsman Motorcycle Presidential Announcement ('12)King Roy (Sonny Perdue '02)
Timothy delves into the mind of the former CEO of eBay, the former CEO of Hewlett Packard, and the former VP of Disney, who is now the US Ambassador to Kenya. She shares her insights on the importance of changing narratives for brands, nation branding, gender dynamics in leadership, and much more. cliffcentral.com
Timothy delves into the mind of the former CEO of eBay, the former CEO of Hewlett Packard, and the former VP of Disney, who is now the US Ambassador to Kenya. She shares her insights on the importance of changing narratives for brands, nation branding, gender dynamics in leadership, and much more. cliffcentral.com
Were you here before podcasts? Remember the NPR show? AM radio anyone? Today Mac Greer is back with the keys to our deep vault of audio gold. Tom Gardner joins David to revisit and discuss the conversations, predictions, and lessons from 20 years ago. (7:08) Jim Sinegal on competition and growth (13:09) Meg Whitman on eBay's acquisition of PayPal (18:00) John Antioco on Blockbuster's bright future (22:53) Roger Ebert on Blockbuster's imminent demise (25:23) Loretta Lynn on Growing Up Poor (30:45) Sir Bob Geldof on the futility of bribery (35:07) Mike Veeck on creative marketing Companies Discussed: COST, WMT, EBAY, PYPL, NFLX Host: David Gardner Guests: Tom Gardner, Mac Greer Voices from the Vault: Jim Sinegal, Meg Whitman, John Antioco, Roger Ebert, Loretta Lynn, Sir Bob Geldof, Mike Veeck Producers: Mac Greer & Rick Engdahl
You miss 100% of the shots you don't take and sometimes the moment to transform your life passes you by. That is the premise for Meg Whitman's quote on not taking action has a higher price than making a mistake. Mike and Blaine take on the challenge of knowing when to pull the trigger on an idea, even when you think it might fail.Today's Beer:Mike: Neighbour Pat's Raspberry SourBlaine: Wren House Mild hogs DIPA@wrenhousebrewingWatch on Youtube: https://youtu.be/LucEwMtM8QsListen to all our episodes at: https://www.mikeandblaine.comcashflowmike.comdryrun.com#smallbusiness, #cashflow #finance #beer #friends #entrepreneur #smbs #craftbeer Support the showCatch more episodes, see our sponsors and get in touch at https://mikeandblaine.com/
When you lose perspective, you lose your team. This common mistake decreases morale and increases turnover. The long-term results can be catastrophic.There's a real art to pushing your team without going too far and many leaders never learn how to strike the balance. Yes, achieving their goals is important, but if they burn out, along with damaged health and a broken family life then you're not really winning!I host HP President of Federal and Head of US Public Sector, Todd Gustafson, who shares why great leaders keep perspective on life and work, and you should too! He tells the powerful story of how he learned this from his father, and you'll never forget it.Every leader needs perspective in life and this episode delivers!LinkedIn Profile https://www.linkedin.com/in/toddgustafsonhp/Company Link: https://www.hp.com/us-en/solutions/government-it-solutions.htmlWhat You'll Discover in this Episode:The Supreme Court Judge he met after a treacherous night of sailing.A big lesson from his first job as a sales person.The single most important event of his childhood.What vital leadership skill he learned from scouting.How you avoid “silo culture”.Why he believes in the value of mentorship.The strategy he relies on to mentor 8-10 mentees.The leadership advice that Meg Whitman gave him.The “eye opening” mentorship moment from his father. A leader you need to know.Resources:Boys in the Boat, by Daniel James Brown https://www.amazon.com/Boys-Boat-Americans-Berlin-Olympics-ebook/dp/B00AEBETU2 -----Connect with the Host, #1 bestselling author Ben FanningSpeaking and Training inquiresSubscribe to my Youtube channelLinkedInInstagramTwitter
Jude Jernudd is the CEO of The Jernudd Company for Executive Performance and Professional Development. She is co-founder of COBE Coach, the Collaboration of Brilliant Entrepreneurs.Judes experience as a television newscaster and TV Talk personality provided her the opportunity to interview and interact with several of the worlds influential personalities, including President Clinton, Oprah Winfrey, Meg Whitman, Magic Johnson, Larry King, Coach Phil Jackson, and Regis Philbin. The extraordinary communication skills and success qualities of these icons are the basis for The Jernudd Company and COBEs proprietary performance growth programs.COBE is the entrepreneurial in-person coaching program designed for high achievers who want more. Through a collaborative environment, growth-minded individuals elevate their business for greater success while enjoying more personal freedom and revenue generation. Through proprietary processes, accountability, and collaboration, COBE members identify their biggest challenges, distractions, and blocks for growth. They discover how to focus, scale, and lead.Jude learned her entrepreneurial skills when her mother brought their first of five restaurants. She started serving customers at 12 years old, and at 16, she took over managing the restaurant! Today she coaches entrepreneurs ranging from technology to business management to legal and e-commerce in building their brand, the business and revenue.In addition to leading The Jernudd Company and COBE programs, Jude is a keynote speaker, event emcee and she appears in various media outlets including Fox News, US News & World Report, Fortune Magazine, and the Los Angeles Business Journal. Connect with Jude LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/judyjernudd/ Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/judyjernudd/ Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/judy.jernudd Twitter - https://twitter.com/judyjernudd?lang=en Website - www.jernuddcompany.com Connect with David Website- http://www.davidihill.com/ Facebook- https://www.facebook.com/davidihill/ YouTube- https://www.youtube.com/user/hillteam17 LinkedIn- https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidihill Book: https://www.amazon.com/Sales-Playbook-Simple-Strategies-Close/dp/1628652861 Free Gift: https://callreluctance.davidihill.com/ Free 30-minute Coaching Call https://www.trycoaching.net Monthly Training with David- https://35callchallenge.com/ David's Monthly Article – http://www.davidihill.com/5mistakes/ FACEBOOK COMMUNITY Please follow and join my Group- https://www.facebook.com/groups/ptmastery/ OUR LEAD PROVIDER SPONSORS VULCAN7 https://www.vulcan7.com/pathtomastery/
Dan Schawbel is a New York Times bestselling author, Managing Partner of Workplace Intelligence, workplace researcher, global keynote speaker, podcast host, and career expert. He has led over 60 research studies in partnership with brands like Oracle, WeWork, and American Express in his career, surveying over 3 million people in 26 different countries. Dan has also interviewed over 2,800 leaders including Condoleezza Rice, Reed Hastings, Richard Branson, Warren Buffet, and Meg Whitman. He is the bestselling author of three books: Back to Human, Promote Yourself, and Me 2.0. On this episode, we discussed how leaders have adjusted to management since 2020, what has continued to develop in workplace culture over the past two years, and his thoughts on the prevailing belief that "no one wants to work anymore." Dan shares his thoughts on how leaders can strike the best balance between bringing their teams together and giving employees the freedom to work remotely before telling a story about the best advice he's ever heard.
My guest today is Trina Spear, a former investor at Blackstone and the co-founder and CEO of FIGS. FIGS is a multi-billion-dollar public company that built a category-leading brand selling scrubs to healthcare professionals. It was a problem hiding in plain sight and FIGS solved it through vertical integration and customer obsession. Trina shares so many interesting, simple lessons that are often ignored in business. Please enjoy my great conversation with Trina Spear. For the full show notes, transcript, and links to mentioned content, check out the episode page here. ----- This episode is brought to you by Canalyst. Canalyst is the leading destination for public company data and analysis. If you're a professional equity investor and haven't talked to Canalyst recently, you should give them a shout. Learn more and try Canalyst for yourself at canalyst.com/Patrick. ----- Today's episode is brought to you by Brex. Brex is the integrated financial platform trusted by the world's most innovative entrepreneurs and fastest-growing companies. With Brex, you can move money fast for instant impact with high-limit corporate cards, payments, venture debt, and spend management software all in one place. Ready to accelerate your business? Learn more at brex.com/best. ----- Invest Like the Best is a property of Colossus, LLC. For more episodes of Invest Like the Best, visit joincolossus.com/episodes. Past guests include Tobi Lutke, Kevin Systrom, Mike Krieger, John Collison, Kat Cole, Marc Andreessen, Matthew Ball, Bill Gurley, Anu Hariharan, Ben Thompson, and many more. Stay up to date on all our podcasts by signing up to Colossus Weekly, our quick dive every Sunday highlighting the top business and investing concepts from our podcasts and the best of what we read that week. Sign up here. Follow us on Twitter: @patrick_oshag | @JoinColossus Show Notes [00:02:28] - [First question] - The original insight that lead to founding FIGS [00:04:28] - Why obvious opportunities can go so long before being seized [00:06:23] - Key dimensions needed to improve the product and the early days [00:09:02] - Basic overview of a clothing retailer's financial profile [00:10:49] - Financing the business and the early stage cash flow cycle [00:13:04] - Strategies to manage workflow and making sacrifices [00:14:43] - Advice for people trying to build their brands in a hands-on way [00:17:14] - The biggest calculated risk she took in the first five years [00:19:00] - Building a foundation that allowed for such explosive growth [00:21:44] - The story that allowed FIGS to connect with their customers [00:24:43] - Painting a picture of the size and scope of healthcare apparel [00:26:22] - Things lazy companies do and thoughts on product variety [00:28:54] - Defining SKU productivity and what to do with low productivity products [00:30:21] - Chip Wilson Book; Lessons learned from reading Chip's story [00:31:58] - Balancing a healthy relationship with your CFO [00:33:59] - Where she sees the most runway to tackle and continue to execute [00:35:46] - A women-lead industry and her time spent with Meg Whitman [00:38:13] - The most essential jobs she feels she has and shouldn't do as the CEO [00:40:03] - Thoughts about relationships with investors and messaging [00:42:14] - What she'd be most focus on in founders if she was just an investor [00:43:57] - The most stressful thing that has ever come across her desk [00:44:41] - What types of things bring her the most joy in building FIGS [00:45:27] - Philosophy of hiring given their small team and when it's okay to hire [00:46:56] - Whether or not there's a role for non A players in businesses [00:47:48] - The kindest thing anyone has ever done for her
Intuit co-founder Scott Cook still remembers the first line of an email he received in 1994 from billg@microsoft.com: “This really is Bill Gates.” Intuit's personal finance product Quicken had survived being crushed by Microsoft Money, and its new accounting software Quickbooks was thriving as well; instead of competing, Gates wanted to buy Intuit for $1.5 billion and take it worldwide. A deal was struck, hands were shook, but there was just one problem: The U.S. Department of Justice.In this episode, Scott and Joubin discuss finding happiness in your career, who Scott aspired to emulate when he was a young CEO, recruiting for excellence, the radical decision to make Quicken easy to use, the power of paradigms, pulling out of the death spiral, the “oncoming train” of Microsoft, United States v. Microsoft Corp., stepping back from a leadership role, what Scott learned from his successor Bill Campbell, and investing in Snapchat.In this episode, we cover: Allocating your time for both family and work (07:05) Working with Meg Whitman, Steve Ballmer, and other future stars (11:11) How Scott recruited his co-founder Tom Proulx, and other key figures at Intuit (15:32) Why more than two dozen venture capital firms refused to invest in Intuit (24:03) How Wells Fargo kept Intuit alive at its most desperate hour (33:00) The impact of Intuit's struggle on Scott's personal life, and going direct to consumers (37:45) Scott's history with Kleiner Perkins chairman John Doerr (42:34) Quicken vs. Microsoft Money in an era when Microsoft crushed every competitor (45:31) Microsoft's attempt to buy Intuit, and the antitrust lawsuit that sunk it all (54:32) Stepping down as CEO of Intuit and recruiting the “trillion-dollar coach,” Bill Campbell (01:02:00) How Scott met Snapchat founder Evan Spiegel and became one of his first investors (01:12:30) Links: Connect with Joubin Twitter LinkedIn Email: grit@kleinerperkins.com Learn more about Kleiner Perkins
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PayPal Mafia - The Founders Story & Their Battle w/ EBAY w/ Jimmy Soni - BRT S03 EP36 (135) 8-7-2022 What We Learned This Week PayPal Mafia – alumni created or involved many other co's – Tesla, SpaceX, Palantir, Yelp, Yammer, LinkedIn, Facebook, YouTube & more PayPal had may contributors & a real long shot to happen during the DOTCOM Crash of 2000 Claude Shannon – creator of Information Theory, predecessor to the modern computer age, & algorithms Bell Labs was a classic Tech Incubator like Fairfield Semiconductor, Xerox Parc, Menlo Park – Edison / GE, Manhattan Project, Tuxedo Park PayPal sold to EBAY in 2002 for $1.5 Billion, prior to this, the two companies were rivals as EBAY wanted a different payment system Guest: Jimmy Soni, Author https://jimmysoni.com/ https://twitter.com/jimmyasoni https://www.linkedin.com/in/jimmysoni/ My books are passion projects. My topics come because I look for a book to buy on the subject and can't find one. I know it's supposed to be fancier than that, or that there must be some grand theory of my work, but there isn't one. That said, my readers seem to enjoy what I've written, so maybe it's fine? I am inspired by my literary heroes, including Robert Caro, Laura Hillenbrand, Candice Millard, Daniel James Brown, and Barbara Tuchman, among many others. They are all rigorous researchers—but reading their books doesn't feel like doing homework. That's what I'm going for, and hopefully I hit the mark a few times. For me, books are all-consuming projects, leaving little other time for the things that should populate this section like hobbies, interests, and even the ability to remain in basic touch with people. I enjoy obsessing over a subject for years, and my goal is to find as much information as possible and then make the material readable for a general audience. When not writing or reading, I spend time with my daughter in Brooklyn, NY. If you'd like to connect, please drop me a line at hello [@] jimmysoni.com. https://jimmysoni.com/books/ The Founders: The Story of PayPal and the Entrepreneurs Who Shaped Silicon Valley A definitive, deeply reported look at the origin of PayPal and its founding team, including Elon Musk, Peter Thiel, Reid Hoffman, Max Levchin, and others whose stories have never before been told. They defined the modern world. This experience defined them. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PayPal_Mafia Paypal Mafia Elon Musk – Tesla, Space X, Boring Co. Peter Thiel – 1st FB Investor, AirBnB Investor, Founders Fund, Palantir Reid Hoffman – LinkedIn (sold to Microsoft) Max Levchin – Affirm, Investor in Yelp David O. Sacks – Geni.com & Yammer Chad Hurley – YouTube Russel Simmons – Yelp https://fintechboomer.com/guide-evaluate-the-founders-the-story-of-paypal-and-the-entrepreneurs-who-formed-silicon-valley/ https://www.pressreader.com/india/the-hindu-business-line/20220620/281758452959411 https://twitter.com/jimmyasoni/status/1488992532268732419 A Mind at Play: How Claude Shannon Invented the Information Age In this elegantly written, exhaustively researched biography, Soni and Goodman reveal Claude Shannon's full story for the first time. With unique access to Shannon's family and friends, A Mind at Play brings this singular innovator and always playful genius to life. https://www.quantamagazine.org/how-claude-shannons-information-theory-invented-the-future-20201222/ QUANTIZED COLUMNS How Claude Shannon Invented the Future Today's information age is only possible thanks to the groundbreaking work of a lone genius. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9hfWiQKhcs&t=2s A Mind at Play | Jimmy Soni & Rob Goodman | Talks at Google Life in Code and Digits: When Shannon met ... - ScienceOpen Shannon is credited with the invention of signal-flow graphs, in 1942. He discovered the topological gain formula while investigating the functional operation of an analog computer. For two months early in 1943, Shannon came into contact with the leading British mathematician Alan Turing. Ed Thorp, Claude Shannon and the World's First ... - Winton https://www.winton.com › technology › 2018/07 › ed-t... Jul 13, 2018 — Thorp, 85, is a former American mathematics professor and hedge fund manager, who became a New York Times bestselling author in 1962 with his ... https://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/15/magazine/15Battier-t.html The No-Stats All-Star Notes: Claude Shannon Bio – A Mind at Play (2017) Claude Shannon – mathematician & MIT professor created Father of Information Theory – How do you make info transferrable, & secure in wartime? Friend of Alan Turing (British Mathematician), both worked on coding in WW2, German code breaking scientists became celebrities in WW2 and raised funding The science behind compressing info, digitizing info and MP3 files, transfer data Mathematics Theory of Communication, Shannon's paper and theory considered the Magna Carta of information age. Great paper theoretically and practically. Shannon created algorithm called sigsally. Imitation Game – WW2 bio movie about Alan Turing Shannon's work used for Gun torrents on Navy ships, target projectiles Bell Labs – math group that Shannon was a part of Famous Groups of Genius - Menlo Park – Edison/GE, Manhattan Project – Built the A Bomb Fairfield Semiconductor – predecessor to Intel and other Silicon Valley tech co's Bell Labs had money and started as R&D Dept. in Bell Telephone Bell Telephone ran all land lines in America, had a Fed guaranteed monopoly on the phone system Bell invented touch tone dialing, transistor, satellite tech, cell tech, communication networks We are all affected by Bell tech and inventions, modern age owes a solid to Bell Had big group of talent and could afford all of it, leading scientists of the time. During WW2 many major U.S. corporations – Bell, Ford were recruited by the US Government. War effort created urgency – math used to shoot down the enemy. The Founders – story of PayPal (2022) Dot Com burst created urgency to Pay Pal, bleeding money, had to survive. Dotcom crash – companies started 1 day, & BK out of business next day. Rise like a rocket and crash in 2 years Next Gen of Genius Teams - Xerox Parc, Microsoft, Apple Music Producer – Brian Eno coined the term “scenious” Scene meets genius - Clusters of talent American Revolution – Hamilton, Jefferson, Washington, Adams, Franklin all together for 1 cause Inklings, Fugitive Poets, 1960's British Music scene, Bill Walsh 49ers Coaching staff of the 1980s Paypal is the story of many – Elon Musk, Peter Thiel, Max Levchin, Reed Hoffman Alumni of Fairchild Semi led to Intel, Atari and Xerox Parc led to Apple. Post WW2 Bell Labs pressure decreased compared to PayPal. Bell Labs allowed free wheeling, could work on a project for 10 years. PayPal “mafia” Alumni – Yammer, YouTube, Slide, Yelp, Palantir, Tesla, Space X, LinkedIn, investers in FB Ghostbusters – safe jobs at universities vs real world, they want ‘results' Pet.com star of 2000, went BK end of 2000 with Superbowl Ad David Sachs – Palo Alto was “Killing Fields” of tech co's when, Dot coms go bust NASDAQ lost 80% of value in 2000 crash, Crypto Winter of 2022 is analogy Dotcom bust forced PayPal to create a real business and profitable transfer user to paying clients This in a time of infant internet, AOL mailed internet CD to potential customers PayPal doing credit card payments online 20 years ago with dial up internet MB recap of PayPal, 100 to 1 odds. Four year crazy time for PayPal and internet companies. Paypal survives, goes public IPO (2001) and is acquired by EBAY for $1.5 billion 2002. Still top payment system 20 years later, even owns Venmo, another big payment platform Spun off from EBAY (2015) as of 2022 - EBAY market cap $26 billion, PayPal market cap $112 billion Paypal grew email payments and reconcile payments, EBAY did not want to handle payments, clunky. Meg Whitman, (of HP) was running EBAY in 2002. Paypal lived in fear of her. No playbook to build Paypal or EBAY Raising funding, running business, recruiting talent is all hard, start business from scratch. Online payments was revolutionary Reid Hoffman – Dad and firefighter of PayPal had to broker EBAY / PayPal deal Max Levchin – engineer of PayPal – heart of company. Classic immigrant story – ambition and interest. Have to determine appropriate balance of user growth and fraud to keep business going David Sachs – cop, person who brings discipline to product design, Dr. No, must add value. Peter Thiel is a biz guy, raised money and ran PayPal Really smart people in the room, how to settle conflict when they disagree, often happened at PayPal Sales vs legal battle is a classic fued in business Internet was ‘wild west' in 2002, five years old with Section 230 David Sachs was the user ally, user experience ‘conscious' of PayPal Sachs appreciated the user experience and design just like Steve Jobs of Apple Elon Musk ran for X.com – was merged with Confinity (Thiel / Levchin) to be called PayPal (2000), both were trying to create online payments. PayPal was a product of Confinity. Reid Hoffman “Dad/Fireman' of PayPal, had to be the adult and fix problems Book process for Jimmy - 270 interviews over 6 ½ years to create and write book on PayPal. Lesson – Email a ton of people, many will respond So many people made significant contributions to PayPal. Huge cast of characters at the water cooler. Book is about business, tech, personalities. Sign up for EBAY, set up bank account, get 2 small deposits of 2 cents and code. Called Random Deposit system, micro deposits, created by Sanjay Bhargava Julie Anderson – X.com alum, came with Musk. Created Omaha customer service hub for PayPal, she was from Omaha, NE. PayPal still a large employer in NE Jack Selby – raised financing worldwide from Europe, Japan etc. Jack Malloy – early investor and VC in PayPal. Thiel raised $100 million right before DOTCOM bubble burst. PayPal paying money people to use PayPal and get users, cash burn rate Amy Kleiment – unsung hero of PayPal, she understands the Full Picture - resolves conflicts – saw how design went with Ops – Amy was Part Ops – historian – therapist Analogy of Shane Battier – Michael Lewis article (No Stats All Star) on former Duke player, whatever NBA Team he goes to, they win, Battier is the glue of the team. Big strategic decisions matter and that's what is written about. The Interesting problem solving and execution to start and grow a company is often not done by CEO (who gets credit), but by unsung hero no one knows about. Lots of people are involved to build a business. Jimmy does not have tech background. Wrote a history of PayPal and the stories Greg Kouri created Zip2 with Elon Musk and his brother Kimbal Musk, their first company sold for $307 million in 1999 to Compaq database/software company. Musk reinvested the $ in X.com Epilogue – PayPal Mafia affected and inspired tech startups worldwide Chris Wilson taught PayPal story in prison with Stephen Edwards in prison for murder in Baltimore, MD (think The Wire). They taught inspirational story of the entrepreneur. No ceiling on success, past does matter if you add value to others. 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Jack Ma amène Alibaba au firmament. Dans cette 2e partie sur l'histoire de Jack Ma, Jack subit de plein fouet l'éclatement de la bulle internet en 2001… mais il n'est pas inquiet. Les fonds levés avec Softback et Masayoshi Son lui permettent de tenir. Mais surtout l'éclatement de la bulle terrasse la plupart de ses concurrents. Alibaba est alors concurrencé par eBay et Meg Whitman qui fait la pluie et le beau temps aux Etats-Unis. D'ailleurs après le B2B, Jack lance en secret un site B2C, Taobao. Succès immédiat. Mais eBay sous-estime Taobao qui reste gratuit et un site très chinois dans sa façon de faire du commerce. Quelques années plus tard, devant son échec, eBay propose de racheter Alibaba. Jack écarte l'offre. eBay se retire de Chine, vaincue. Jack fait alors rentrer Yahoo dans l'actionnariat contre un chèque de 1 milliard de dollars. Avec cet argent, la croissance d'Alibaba accélère. En 2014, c'est l'introduction en bourse d'Alibaba au Nasdaq. C'est un 1er couronnement pour Jack qui s'était pris des murs quelques années auparavant dans la Silicon Valley. Puis la filiale de paiement Alipay est au cœur d'une polémique entre Jack et les actionnaires d'Alibaba… mais finalement Jack et Joe Tsai finissent par assurer leur mainmise sur l'actionnariat. Pourtant en 2015, Jack commence à faire peur par son hégémonie au sein du gouvernement chinois. Il est d'abord rappelé à l'ordre par un régulateur (la SAIC) puis en 2020, il commet une “faute” irréparable en critiquant le système bancaire chinois. L'introduction en bourse d'Ant Group (qui regroupe Alipay) est alors annulée sur ordre du président chinois lui-même, Xi Jinping. Alibaba est sous le feu et poursuivi pour pratiques anti concurrentielles. Jack disparaît pendant 3 mois. Pour lui, les choses ne seront plus jamais pareilles. Notes Alibaba : L'incroyable histoire de Jack Ma, le milliardaire chinois La chute de Jack Ma, milliardaire chinois devenu persona non grata | Vanity Fair Jack Ma - Wikipedia Jack Ma, le magnat d'Alibaba devenu paria Comment Jack Ma, fondateur d'Alibaba, s'est attiré les foudres de Pékin Le fondateur d'Alibaba, Jack Ma, quitte la présidence de son école de commerce Jack Ma est sorti de sa caverne – Libération Jack Ma n'est plus l'homme le plus riche de Chine | Les Echos
Liz Mair has one of the more unusual career arcs in politics. Raised in both Seattle and London, she got her start working in conservative politics for David Cameron in the UK before moving to the US to work for the RNC and GOP candidates including Rand Paul, Carly Fiorina, Rick Perry, Scott Walker, and more. In this conversation, she talks her unconventional path to working in politics, her ascent in the digital political space, her time working around some of the leading Republican figures of the era, her work to try to beat back Donald Trump in the '16 primaries, and lessons and insights from one of the most creative thinkers in politics.IN THIS EPISODE…Liz's unusual childhood bouncing between Seattle and London…The school project that exposed Liz to campaign politics…Liz's first professional role in politics working for David Cameron and the UK Tory Party…Liz talks similarities and differences between the UK Conservative Party and American Republicans…How Liz transitioned from UK to US politics, working for the RNC in the '08 cycle…Liz's experience with the McCain campaign, plus her memories of the Sarah Palin experience…Liz's take on GOP pols she's worked with including Rand Paul, Carly Fiorina, Rick Perry, and Scott Walker…The unsuccessful 2016 Republican presidential candidate Liz thinks will be president in her lifetime…Liz talks lessons learned from her anti-Trump efforts in the 2016 GOP primaries…The ad Liz thinks could've taken down Trump in '16…Rumors about the failed Rubio / Cruz alliance to stop Trump in 2016…The mistakes that Liz sees campaign make…Liz's career advice to campaign operatives…Liz's strangest work habit…AND Marc Ambinder, annoying bloggers, Joe Biden, billboards in Iowa, billing 110 hours a week, BlogHer, Cameronites, Ken Clarke, Kellyanne Conway, cranberry juice, Ted Cruz, Howard Dean, debt finance, deepest darkest Surrey, Danny Diaz, Elizabeth Dole, Mike Duncan, Euro skeptics, David Gauke, Rudy Giuliani, Maggie Haberman, Hewlett-Packard, the Hunt for the Red October, Amy Klobuchar, Cyrus Krohn, Medieval History majors, modern guys, NDAs, naps, National Review, Mike Nelson, Barack Obama, the Pacific Northwest Ballet, Tim Pawlenty, Tina Podlodowski, Hercule Poirot, policy wonks at AEI, post-partum depression, RedState, the Republican Main Street Partnership, Tony Rezko, Mitt Romney, Paul Ryan, Greg Sargent, Steve Schmidt, Allyson Schwartz, Sam Stein, stockbrokers and housewives, the stupidest person in the room, the Tea Party, Margaret Thatcher, Fred Thompson, token volunteering, Trump copycats, Elizabeth Warren, webcasts, the welfare state, Meg Whitman, Rick Wilson & more!
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Gerhard Gschwandtner is the founder and CEO of Selling Power, a media company that produces the award-winning Selling Power magazine and Selling Power TV, a daily video interview series on sales success. He developed and hosts the Sales 3.0 Conference, which helps sales leaders integrate technologies into their organizations to improve sales effectiveness and create greater customer value. Over the course of four decades, he has interviewed some of the most successful leaders and experts in sales, business, sports, entertainment, and politics, including Mary Kay Ash, Marc Benioff, Bill Marriott, Michael Dell, Marc Cuban, George Foreman, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Richard Branson, Jay Leno, Meg Whitman, and many more. Gerhard has studied hundreds of peak performers and worked with world-leading coaches and psychologists to create the Peak Performance Mindset training program. He is the author of seventeen books on the subject of sales, management, and motivation and received the Sales & Marketing Executives International, Inc. 2010 Ambassador of Free Enterprise Award. Show Notes: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gerhard20/ https://www.sellingpower.com/ https://www.youtube.com/user/gerhardpsp https://twitter.com/gerhard20 https://www.linkedin.com/company/sales-30-conference/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/selling-power/ https://www.sales30conf.com/ https://www.MindsetScience.com
Finding an accountability buddy is a simple and highly effective way to keep yourself going. When you're struggling to achieve your personal or professional goals, do you ever wish you could speak with a famous mentor? If only you could connect with a super successful business leader like Jeff Bezos or Meg Whitman, then you'd have the answers you're looking for. Surely they'd point you in the right direction, right? Think again. You can read the NirAndFar blog post on: You Don't Need a Mentor. You Need a Buddy. https://www.nirandfar.com/you-need-an-accountability-buddy/ Nir & Far, a podcast about business, behaviour and the brain by Nir Eyal. If you enjoy this podcast, please subscribe on iTunes and leave an iTunes review. It will greatly help new listeners discover the show. Please visit my website Nir and Far for other info about my writing, books and teaching: http://www.nirandfar.com/ --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/nirandfar/support
The public failure of his start-up Quibi hasn't stopped Jeffrey Katzenberg from doubling down on tech. A Hollywood power broker, he headed up Disney in the 1980s and '90s and co-founded a rival studio, DreamWorks, before finding a puzzle he could not yet solve: getting people to pay for short-format content. Investors gave him and the former Hewlett-Packard C.E.O. and California gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman $1.75 billion to build a video platform, but not enough customers opened up their wallets, at $4.99 a month, and Quibi folded within a year of its launch. Katzenberg says the problems were product-market fit and the Covid pandemic, not competition from TikTok or YouTube.In this conversation, Kara Swisher and Katzenberg delve into Quibi's demise, the shifting power dynamics in Hollywood and his pivot to Silicon Valley. They also discuss his influence in another sphere: politics. And the former Hollywood executive, who co-chaired a fund-raiser to help fend off California's recent recall effort, offers some advice to Gov. Gavin Newsom.You can find transcripts (posted midday) and more information for all episodes at nytimes.com/sway, and you can find Kara on Twitter @karaswisher.
I am delighted to welcome to our podcast Jacqui Ferguson, Non Exec Director of Croda, Wood Group, Tesco Bank and Deputy Chair of Engineering UK. Most recently Jacqui was CEO of Hewlett Packard Enterprise Services UK, Ireland, Middle East, Mediterranean and Africa. Jacqui has extensive global experience and her prior role was based in Silicon Valley working directly for Meg Whitman, Chairman and CEO Hewlett Packard as her Chief of Staff for 3 years. Jacqui was awarded the Dame Helen Alexander "NED to Watch" award in 2018. She is passionate about diversity and a strong advocate of encouraging girls into STEM.
In this episode we feature Kinsey Grant, host of the interview podcast Business Casual. It's part of the business media outlet Morning Brew. Kinsey is a young journalist and interviewer who sits down with some of the biggest names in their field. She's interviewed the likes of Mark Cuban and Mary Barra, Arianna Huffington and Meg Whitman. In our conversation with Kinsey, we break down her interview with former Google CEO (and oh so much more) Eric Schmidt.We take a deep dive into “the art of the interview” and explore how Kinsey books, preps for, and engages with her guests to get the insights she knows her audience will appreciate.NEWSLETTER ABOUT CREATIVITY AT WORKEvery week in Playing Favorites, 3 Clips host Jay Acunzo shares a new idea or story all about making things that make a difference. If you're tired of all the tips, tricks, cheats, and hacks, and you just want to make more resonant things, join thousands of your peers who get Jay's note every week, plus exclusive access and discounts to other projects:Subscribe: https://jayacunzo.com/newsletterPODCAST COURSE: GROWABLE SHOWSJay's on-demand course deconstructs dozens of real-world show examples and offers 10 original videos plus a guided system for developing your ideas to be more deeply resonant, refreshingly original, and worthy of your audience's subscription.Don't just make Yet Another podcast. Make the podcast that only you can make.Learn more: https://jayacunzo.com/growable-showsINSIDE THIS EPISODE: Business Casual can be found here: https://www.businesscasual.fm/Follow Business Casual on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/bizcasualpodFollow Business Casual on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/businesscasualpod/Follow Kinsey Grant on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/kinseygrantFrom Play It Forward: This week's recommended podcast is Code Switch: https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510312/codeswitchFollow 3 Clips host Jay Acunzo on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/jayacunzo/You can find all episodes of 3 Clips wherever you listen to podcasts, or by browsing the show's home page at marketingshowrunners.com/podcastTHANKS TO OUR SPONSOR: WISTIAWistia makes tools to help makers and marketers serve their audiences more deeply and creatively through their podcasts and videos. They believe in making business more human, so they evangelize the idea of brand affinity over brand awareness. Learn more at http://wistia.com
Life Leadership with Leila Singh: All things... Coaching, Career & Personal Brand!
In today's episode of the mi-brand HQ podcast, I am speaking to Jacqui Ferguson Jacqui is an experienced CEO from the technology industry; the former CEO of Hewlett Packard Enterprise Services EMEA Region, a $3bn P&L serving large corporate and mid-sized companies with transformational digital, technology and business process solutions. She has extensive global experience including working in Silicon Valley, California for 3 years as Chief of Staff to Meg Whitman, former Chairman and CEO at Hewlett Packard. She is now a Non-Executive Director at Wood PLC, Tesco Bank and Croda PLC. In 2018 she won the Sunday Times NED to watch award in honour of Dame Helen Alexander. In addition Jacqui is – · A Trustee of Engineering UK, a NFP organisation focused on inspiring young people into Engineering and Technology careers · A member of the Scottish First Ministers Advisory Board for Women and Girls aimed at improving Gender Equality · A business advisor to Engie UK · A Fellow of the Institute of Engineering and Technology · An inaugural mentor in the Scottish Women's Mentoring scheme. She chaired the public services strategy board for the CBI and was a board member of the Tech Partnership, the industry body aimed at improving UK technology skills. Today, Jacqui will be sharing with us -- Her experience of embarking on a career in a male dominated environment Her vision for her career journey and how that evolved The Importance of mentors and sponsors, and building a strong network Her passion for Gender equality in the workplace, and the challenges we face with encouraging more women into STEM roles You can connect with Jacqui on LinkedIn at - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jacqui-ferguson/ The Life Leadership Podcast – with Leila Singh, is all things Coaching, Career & Personal Branding! This podcast is for ambitious career professionals, especially aspiring executives, working in the technology industry, wanting to uncover your real potential, create new possibilities and accelerate your career - to BE DO & HAVE more, whilst redefining your success, in work, relationships, health and much more. Life Leadership: Creating a life and career of choice, fulfilment and new possibilities! As well as discussing common coaching topics and challenges that my clients overcome, I will also explore aspects of career advancement and personal branding in the workplace. And of course, continue to interview high-achieving leaders and execs in the tech space, who have carved out a successful career in their field, overcome challenges, and are openly willing to share their career journey, learnings and insights with you. Please SUBSCRIBE to this podcast, leave a REVIEW and SHARE with those that may benefit from this content. If you would like to learn more about working with me, Direct Message me on LinkedIn or email me at hello@leilasingh.com Connect directly with me here - www.linkedin.com/in/leila-singh/ Register here to receive your copy of The mi-brand Personal Brand Playbook - www.leilasingh.com/go/playbook And check out - >>> This article by https://BestPodcasts.co.uk, who curated a list of the Best Career Podcasts of 2023, offering unique and actionable insights to help you achieve your career goals - https://www.bestpodcasts.co.uk/best-career-podcasts/ with our podcast ‘Life Leadership' featuring in the Top 5! >>> https://blog.Feedspot.com whose editorial team extensively researched and curated a list of the Top 15 Life Leadership Podcasts across all platforms, featuring 'Life Leadership' in the Top 3! With ranking based on factors including - Podcast content quality - Episode consistency - Age of podcast - Engagement & shares of the podcast across social platforms. 15 Best Life Leadership Podcasts You Must Follow in 2023 (feedspot.com)
Welcome to TechCrunch daily news, a round up of the top tech news of the day. --The end is in sight for Quibi --PayPal adds cryptocurrency support --and Netflix tests a new promotional strategy. This is your Daily Crunch. The big story is: Quibi, the much-hyped streaming video app led by Jeffrey Katzenberg and Meg Whitman, which raised nearly $2 billion in funding, is shutting down, according to reports in The Information and The Wall Street Journal.
QUIBI is short for Quick Bites. But quick bites of what? Adrianne and Ben answer that question, discuss their love of snacks, The Peoples Court, and much more in this episode about a new phone app from Dreamworks founder Jeffery Katzenberg and former CEO of Hewlett Packard, Meg Whitman.
In the debut podcast of The Scott Carty Party, Scott shares a special moment with Jennifer Aniston; he explores the new smartphone streaming platform Quibi with CEO Meg Whitman; and he talks faith with ABC's Paula Faris, Author of the new book "Called Out."
Jeffrey Katzenberg y Meg Whitman lanzaron este mes Quibi, una plataforma de streaming para móviles con una variada oferta de series, realities y programas en formato breve. This is a public episode. Get access to private episodes at www.lawikly.com/subscribe
Featuring Paul G. Haaga Jr., Huntington Trustee emeritus, chair of the board of NPR, and retired chair of Capital Research and Management Company, in conversation with Meg Whitman, CEO of Quibi, former president and CEO of Hewlett Packard Enterprise and eBay Inc., and 2010 Republican nominee for governor of California.
Welcome to The Story After Show! Join Chad Grills and Stephanie Postles as they discuss Episodes 7 and 8 of Season 6 of The Story. They highlight the BIG ideas from the stories this week that featured Meg Whitman and Marissa Mayer. They also discuss how to overcome doubters and create businesses that change the world. Season 6 of The Story features 8 stories of trailblazers who underwent radical personal transformations to better serve themselves, their loved ones, and civilization. The Story is brought to you exclusively by Salesforce, the world's #1 customer relationship management platform. More than one hundred and fifty thousand businesses are using Salesforce to blaze their own trails to success. You can learn more at salesforce.com.
In today's Minutes: Elon Musk tweets that he is planning to take Tesla private, Stan Kroenke, the owner of the LA Rams buys the remaining portion of the Arsenal soccer team that he didn't already own, and Meg Whitman led NewTV raises $1B. Plus how to set work-life balance boundaries. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/watercoolesthq/support
"Rob Black & Your Money" - Radio Show August 7 - KDOW 1220 AM (7a-9a) Rob Black talks about China, Etsy, Meg Whitman, teachers, the music industry, conference calls, and Patrick Stewart.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Rob Black talks about China, Etsy, Meg Whitman, teachers, the music industry, conference calls, and Patrick Stewart.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Rob Black & Your Money" - Radio Show November 22 - KDOW 1220 AM (7a-9a) Rob Black talks about the Robinhood app, the Black Friday tech deals, Meg Whitman, the Electronic Arts Star Wars controversy, and CFP Chad Burton discusses real estate as an investment.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Rob Black talks about the Robinhood app, the Black Friday tech deals, Meg Whitman, the Electronic Arts Star Wars controversy, and CFP Chad Burton discusses real estate as an investment.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The big fluffy, leather chair interview is a staple of the tech world now. A big named executive (usually) comes up on the stage with a big name journalist and is interviewed in a “wide ranging” discussion. In addition to videos of these being broadcast, tech outlets often write summaries - news stories even - based on the interviews, and others sometimes post “lighted edited transcripts.” One of our favorite news sites, CRN, does this often. And while they do the sleazy thing of making 20-35 pages out of what should be a, at most, two page story, they're usually good interviews if you're into the the topic. Continuing a discussion we started in SDT #108, we look at three of these interviews, giving us the chance to a close reading of the interviews themselves and talk about the format in general.The three interviews: (1.) Meg Whitman, HPE; (2.) Steve Singh, Docker; (3.) Pat Gelsinger, VMware. All of them, of course, are CEOs.See the more detailed show notes for more.
Meg Whitman, president and CEO of Hewlett Packard Enterprise, describes how she learned to lead companies big and small to success by adjusting to different environments, building on what a business does best, and approaching work with urgency and initiative. In conversation with Stanford Professor of the Practice Tina Seelig, Whitman recounts the explosive growth during her time as president and CEO of eBay, the challenging turnaround of storied tech giant HP, and her 2010 run for California governor that revealed deep political insights that still resonate.
Jill's Take on eBay Land Sales (CFFL 0060) Jack Butala: Jill's Take on eBay Land Sales. Every single month we give away a property for free. It's super simple to qualify. Two simple steps. Leave us your feedback for this podcast on iTunes and number two, get the free ebook at landacademy.com, you don't even have to read it. Thanks for listening. Jack Butala: Jack Butala here for Land Academy. Welcome to the Cash Flow from Land Show. In this episode, Jill and I talk about eBay: the good, the bad, and the ugly. Hey Jill, you know we've sold ... Hi. Jill DeWit: Hi. That's the name of a movie, right? The exact title? Jack Butala: It's a- Jill DeWit: Was that a western? Jack Butala: Yeah, it was a western. Jill DeWit: Okay, thank you. [crosstalk 00:00:19] Jack Butala: We've sold thousands of properties on eBay over the years, and I feel super qualified actually to discuss this topic. I bet we can actually have an informative show rather than just you and I bantering and venting about life. Jill DeWit: This is a good topic. This is a great topic and it comes up now and then. I even had a new member yesterday asking me if that's my number one thing. I thought, "Great question." It's not our number one. Once upon a time it was. I was going to talk about eBay then, eBay now, and the future of what I see with eBay. Jack Butala: Yeah. Let me give a little background first. This is how this all started. Jill DeWit: Mm-hmm (affirmative). Jack Butala: If you get the free e-book, I know I talk about it a little bit in the e-book. I know in the program all of chapter one is devoted to how this whole crazy thing started. I bought a piece of property on eBay from my coffee table a lot of years ago in 1999 I think and dressed it up, changed the maps, cleaned it all up, and sold it for twice as much. I said to myself, "There's something to this." We obviously made it into an institutional company. Jill DeWit: Mm-hmm (affirmative). Jack Butala: Times have changed and I still think it's a fantastic way to sell property and generate money really consistently. There's a little bit more work involved these days because customers seemed to have changed. Thousands and thousands of properties are sold, and we still sell property on there every month. Jill DeWit: That's the thing. Back then when eBay was new and exciting, that was the place. It's somewhere 15 million dollars ... I think it's between 15 and 16 million dollars- Jack Butala: Yeah. Jill DeWit: When you add up ... We have those two eBay accounts- Jack Butala: Yeah. Jill DeWit: That have completed sales. Jack Butala: We're the largest land seller on eBay for several years. Jill DeWit: Mm-hmm (affirmative). Jack Butala: I met ... Jill DeWit: Meg. Jack Butala: Meg Whitman, yeah. Jill DeWit: Yeah. Jack Butala: You get invited to this thing called ... I don't even remember what it's called. When you're a high-volume, high-dollar seller like that, you get invited to this special group. Jill DeWit: I wonder if they even do those anymore. Jack Butala: I'm sure they do. Jill DeWit: Do they? Okay. Jack Butala: This is how I summarize eBay, and then I'm going to turn it over to you. eBay is a great cash-flow mechanism. If you're short on cash and you own a bunch of property and y...
This week, HP splits in two, Chase gets hacked, the DEA imitates you on Facebook, Twitter sues the US, and Redbox Instant calls it quits, and the humble blue LED gets its day. What We're Playing With Andy: Raspberry Pi frustrations Dwayne: The Intruders (BBC America) Tosin: Star Wars: Rebels (Disney XD) Headlines Nobel Prize in Physics - the Blue LED LED Lights Shine In Nobel Prize; Now How About Your Home? Tesla - the P85D We don't know what it is, but it may just be all wheel drive or (Dual-Motor) Corporations Struggling in the Internet Age HP plans to split into two businesses, one for PCs and printers and the other for corporate hardware and services HP to Split in 2; Meg Whitman will be CEO of Hewlett-Packard Enterprise JPMorgan Chase Says More Than 76 Million Accounts Compromised in Cyberattack Audible Book of the Week The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution by Walter Isaacson Worth a listen: The Interview with Isaacson on the Innovators Sign up at AudibleTrial.com/TheDrillDown Music Break: Best Imitation of Myself by Ben Folds Five Hot Topic AT&T Will Repay $80 Million In Shady Phone Bill Charges DOJ asserts DEA agent had right to impersonate woman on Facebook without her consent Twitter sues U.S. government over limits on ability to disclose surveillance orders Facebook working on stand-alone mobile app that will allow anonymous discussion Music Break: Paper Planes by M.I.A. Final Word Verizon's Redbox Instant dies from lack of customers, criminal activity The Drill Down Video of the Week 3D-Printed Machine Gun Folds and Shoots Endless Paper Airplanes Subscribe! The Drill Down on iTunes (Subscribe now!) Add us on Stitcher! The Drill Down on Facebook The Drill Down on Twitter Geeks Of Doom's The Drill Down is a roundtable-style audio podcast where we discuss the most important issues of the week, in tech and on the web and how they affect us all. Hosts are Geeks of Doom contributor Andrew Sorcini (Mr. BabyMan), marketing research analyst Dwayne De Freitas, and Box tech consultant Tosin Onafowokan. Occasionally joining them is Startup Digest CTO Christopher Burnor.