Podcast Episodes

Niall Ferguson: Writing History with Data

Episode 17

Technology drives many transformations in how humans interact. Yet, very few people working in technology spend time studying the past. Niall Ferguso…

4 years, 11 months ago

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Dean Stoecker (Founder of Alteryx): 20 Year Journey to Successful IPO

Episode 16

Dean Stoecker, co-founder and former CEO of Alteryx, talks with World of DaaS host Auren Hoffman. Alteryx is a $5 billion market cap data analytics a…

4 years, 11 months ago

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Daniel Gross (CEO of Pioneer): Why Energy is the Best Predictor of Talent

Episode 15

Spotting talent is really hard. Identifying A-players can feel impossible. Peter Thiel has one of the best interview questions for identifying talent…

5 years ago

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Tyler Cowen: Identifying Talent and Measuring Organizational Capital

Episode 14

Tyler Cowen, Chair of Economics at George Mason University, talks with World of DaaS host Auren Hoffman. Tyler is the host of the Conversations with …

5 years ago

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Daniel Yanisse (CEO of Checkr): Building a Fairer Future of Work

Episode 13

Daniel Yanisse, CEO of Checkr, talks with World of DaaS host Auren Hoffman. Checkr is a $4.6 billion market cap dollar company automating background …

5 years ago

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Sinan Aral: Solving Social Media Market Failures

Episode 12

Sinan Aral, Professor of Management, Marketing, IT and Data Science at MIT, talks with World of DaaS host Auren Hoffman. Sinan is also the director o…

5 years ago

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Hayden Brown (CEO of Upwork): Owning the Work Marketplace

Episode 11

Hayden Brown, CEO of Upwork, talks with World of DaaS host Auren Hoffman. Upwork is a $6 billion market cap workplace company. Auren and Hayden cover…

5 years, 1 month ago

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Glen Weyl: Reimagining Democracy with Quadratic Funding and Quadratic Voting

Episode 10

Glen Weyl is Microsoft Office of CTO Political Economist & Social Technologist, founder of RadicalXChange, and author of “Radical Markets: Uprooting …

5 years, 1 month ago

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Will Marshall (CEO of Planet): Building a Data Company in Space

Episode 9

Will Marshall, co-founder and CEO of Planet, talks with World of DaaS host Auren Hoffman. Prior to Planet, Will served as a Scientist at NASA/USRA. P…

5 years, 1 month ago

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Byrne Hobart: Why Airline Loyalty Programs Are Really Just FinTech Companies

Episode 8

Byrne Hobart, Author of The Diff talks with World of DaaS host Auren Hoffman. The Diff is a top newsletter that covers inflection points in finance a…

5 years, 1 month ago

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