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In crisis, be more altruistic, w/DonorsChoose CEO Charles Best
People are altruistic – even more so in times of uncertainty. DonorsChoose CEO Charles Best has learned this through 20 years of leading his nonprofi…
6 years, 6 months ago
Retail's fight to survive, w/Target CEO Brian Cornell
Every day in a pandemic is different, and that’s true for people and for corporations. CEO Brian Cornell has promised Target will keep its doors open…
6 years, 6 months ago
First, be human, w/Masters of Scale host Reid Hoffman
Can you blitzscale when the world grinds to a halt? How do you do right by your team AND your investors? What will the entrepreneurial world look lik…
6 years, 6 months ago
“A pandemic doesn’t see money", w/TaskRabbit CEO Stacy Brown-Philpot
TaskRabbit remains open for business, says CEO Stacy Brown-Philpot. As the magnitude and severity of the pandemic became clear – and as workers acros…
6 years, 6 months ago
Crisis data is the story of our times, w/Crisis Text Line founder Nancy Lublin
"Anxiety," "grief," "mom”: These are the words that matter at this extreme moment in time. That data comes from Crisis Text Line, whose online counse…
6 years, 6 months ago
How to keep an essential business running, w/Lyft co-founder John Zimmer
Everything starts with transportation, says John Zimmer, co-founder and president of Lyft. And even though ride sharing is sharply down, transportati…
6 years, 6 months ago
Hourly workers are a 'hero class', w/Cue Ball investor Tony Tjan
Jobless claims are in the millions and climbing by the week. As businesses close indefinitely, the workforce—and especially hourly workers — face an …
6 years, 6 months ago
A playbook for when there’s no playbook, w/Carbon CEO Ellen Kullman
How do you survive a crisis? You create your own trajectory, says Ellen Kullman. And she knows: In her former role, she became CEO of the chemical en…
6 years, 6 months ago
Crisis is pushing us back to our roots, w/Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky
As the pandemic hit, Airbnb was preparing for an IPO. Within a matter of days, everything changed dramatically, as travel worldwide screamed to a hal…
6 years, 6 months ago
The wrenching decision to layoff thousands, w/restauranteur Danny Meyer
In late March 2020, Danny Meyer laid off 2,000 people – that's 80 percent of staff at Union Square Hospitality Group, representing 20+ restaurants ac…
6 years, 6 months ago