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Marcus Shaw, CEO of Alt Finance, discusses deploying a $90 million, 10-year commitment to diversify private equity and venture capital by training HBCU students through an apprenticeship model that creates a sustainable talent pipeline for alternative investments.
Former Google executive Katie Jacob Stanton explains why vertical AI applications in healthcare represent venture capital's next frontier, emphasizing that successful health tech requires founders with deep clinical domain expertise rather than just technical pedigrees, and warns that companies must balance innovation timing with ruthless capital efficiency to avoid flaming out before markets mature.
Nicole Valentine, Senior Director of Fintech at the Milken Institute, discusses her role as a 'translator' between Washington policymakers and financial innovators, exploring how stablecoins, prediction markets, and regulatory modernization are shaping the future of global finance.
Teresa Barrera explains why companies should avoid 'random acts of AI' and instead transform workflows before deploying technology. She details how Publicis Sapient deconstructed work into 900 tasks to let AI handle 80% of tactical work while experts train agents, enabling staff to focus on high-value activities.
Paul Wood (Woody) of Woody & Kleiny details their 13-year evolution from football freestylers to entertainment giants with 50 million followers and 10 billion annual views, explaining their 'THISE' framework for viral content and why creators should treat virality as a trophy earned through systems rather than a goal to chase.
Legendary venture capitalist Bill Gurley discusses his book "Running Down a Dream," arguing that sustainable career success comes from pursuing "fascination" (endless curiosity that drives deep work) rather than prestige or generic passion, while warning that AI is exponentially widening the gap between the obsessed and the merely grinding.
Venture capitalist Bill Gurley argues that chasing "fascination"—not just passion—drives outsized career success, as those endlessly curious about their field accumulate deeper expertise and move faster, especially in the AI era. Drawing from his book "Running Down a Dream," he explains how to avoid climbing the wrong ladder through tactical career experiments and peer co-learning.
Grammy-winning artist Miguel discusses his return to music after an eight-year hiatus with his album "Cows," revealing how fatherhood reshaped his business priorities, his contrarian investment strategy targeting uncertain markets like Bitcoin, and his mission to build equitable systems for underserved creators through his incubator S1C.
Venture capitalist Bill Gurley discusses his book "Running Down a Dream," arguing that career success stems from pursuing "fascination"—deep, endless curiosity—rather than grinding for achievement or prestige. He shares investing lessons from missing Google and backing Uber/OpenTable, while advising entrepreneurs to apply a 15-year happiness test and build intensive peer learning circles to accelerate growth in the AI era.
Former stand-up comedian Haley Sacks explains how she built Mrs. Dow Jones into a thriving finance media business by transforming her fear of money into aspirational, meme-driven content that bridges the gap between intimidating jargon and condescending frugality tips.
Lectric eBikes co-founder Levi Conlow reveals how the bootstrapped company achieved $1 billion in online sales and became North America's largest ebike brand by maintaining profitability every year since 2019, absorbing tariff impacts rather than raising prices, and outcompeting VC-funded rivals through operational efficiency and superior customer service.
Actress Meagan Good discusses her evolution from child star to strategic entrepreneur, detailing her investment in health-conscious spirits brand Nebula 9 and the mindset shifts—from embracing vulnerability to viewing difference as a superpower—that have defined her resilient 30+ year career.