Thirty years ago, no one thought we鈥檇 still be talking about discrimination, gender bias, and sexual harassment in 2019. Unfortunately, we are. Changing cultural norms takes time. What can women who thrive in the competitive, male-dominated world of Silicon Valley venture capital teach us in the meantime? Plenty.
On April 26, 2019, YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki moderated a panel discussion with longtime Google leaders Eric Schmidt, Jonathan Rosenberg, and Alan Eagle to reveal the leadership strategies of 鈥淐oach鈥� Bill Campbell, as captured in their new book, Trillion Dollar Coach: The Leadership Playbook of Silicon Valley's Bill Ca
Reid Hoffman, cofounder of LinkedIn and partner at the venture capital firm Greylock, joined 91自拍 CEO Dan'l Lewin on December 4 to discuss the new book he co-wrote with Chris Yeh: Blitzscaling: The Lightning-Fast Path to Building Massively Valuable Companies.
On November 13, Clay Christensen, voted 鈥渢he World鈥檚 Most Influential Business Management Thinker,鈥� shared a preview of his upcoming book, Prosperity Paradox, followed by a discussion with Intuit cofounder and chair Scott Cook.
On October 23, Ray Rothrock, chairman and CEO of cybersecurity analytics firm RedSeal and national security expert and Brunswick Partner Siobhan Gorman discussed Rothrock鈥檚 timely new book, Digital Resilience: Is Your Company Ready for the Next Cyber Threat?
Storytelling can 鈥渆ngage the heart鈥� and inspire people to follow your vision, according to John Hennessy, Alphabet chairman and former president of Stanford University. He and moderator Marissa Mayer, cofounder of Lumi Labs and former president and CEO of Yahoo, recently discussed some of the leadership stories and adv
Perhaps you are like me: You鈥檝e aware that quantum computing is a hot topic today but have a nagging feeling that you don鈥檛 really have a good picture of what it鈥檚 all about. Sure, you know it has something to do with the unintuitive behavior of the world described by quantum mechanics鈥攃ats in boxes that are blends of
Remember when 鈥淢ade in China鈥� was synonymous with a cheap toy or electronic knockoff? Those days are long over. Chinese tech firms, once seen as quaint or copycats, can now count Alibaba, Tencent, and Ant Financial in the world鈥檚 top 10 most valuable internet companies, alongside Alphabet, Facebook, and Amazon. And the
Today, sequencing our genetic code or doing a DNA test is affordable, fast, and can even connect people with long lost relatives. Additionally, these genetic databases are producing real-world applications鈥攊ncluding creating targeted drug therapies to treat certain cancers, narrowing down suspects in criminal investiga
When a founder鈥檚 vision sparks a funder鈥檚 interest, an idea can become an enterprise with the potential to reimagine the whole idea of community. That鈥檚 what happened when TaskRabbit founder Leah Busque and Floodgate venture capitalist Ann Miura-Ko joined forces. The two discussed their partnership growing one of the e