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Fashioning a greener closet, w/Rent the Runway CEO Jenn Hyman
Fashion became secondary amid Covid lockdowns. Sweatpants-only life pressed apparel-subscription service Rent the Runway into layoffs and furloughs. …
5 years, 4 months ago
The promise and peril of engineering biology, w/Ginkgo Bioworks co-founder Reshma Shetty
Moderna's Covid-19 vaccine would not have scaled without Ginkgo Bioworks. Reshma Shetty, co-founder and COO of Ginkgo – slated to go public via SPAC …
5 years, 5 months ago
Upskilling and the war for talent, w/Guild Education CEO Rachel Carlson
How do you win the post-pandemic war for talent? Send your frontline workers to online school. That's the pitch that Rachel Carlson has made – succes…
5 years, 5 months ago
Why real estate matters more than ever, w/Compass CEO Robert Reffkin
"We may not be able to survive this," remarked Robert Reffkin, founder and CEO of real estate platform Compass, after pandemic lockdown rules essenti…
5 years, 5 months ago
Inside Google’s Pandemic Safety Squad, w/Chief Health Officer Dr. Karen DeSalvo
Google search may be the world’s most powerful public health platform. Dr Karen DeSalvo, Google's chief health officer, has built a team of doctors, …
5 years, 5 months ago
Surviving a close shave, w/Harry's co-CEO Andy Katz-Mayfield
Harry's took a one-two punch in 2020 – right on the chin. First, the federal government blocked a $1.37 billion acquisition of the shaving and consum…
5 years, 6 months ago
A crucible moment for Instacart, w/founder & CEO Apoorva Mehta
Five years of growth in five weeks. That's how Covid-19 lockdowns accelerated Instacart's business last spring. Now, a year later, the company faces …
5 years, 6 months ago
A pandemic is not a business model, w/Blue Apron CEO Linda Findley Kozlowski
With the pandemic, cooking at home got a renewed boost, and meal kit outfits saw a rise in demand. But a year in, the trend toward at-home dining now…
5 years, 6 months ago
Can bankruptcy save movie theaters? w/Alamo Drafthouse CEO Shelli Taylor
"It's 12 months of no meaningful revenue," says Alamo Drafthouse CEO Shelli Taylor. "And then last weekend was phenomenal." Taylor returns to the pod…
5 years, 6 months ago
GameStop, SPACs, and vaccines, w/Reid Hoffman and Bob Safian
"The future is sooner and stranger than you think," Reid Hoffman tells Rapid Response host Bob Safian in a frank, unfiltered conversation about the l…
5 years, 6 months ago