Giant Ideas
By Giant Ventures
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Giant Ideas invites leading minds from tech, business, politics, and beyond to explore the giant ideas changing our world. Giant Ventures, founded by Cameron McLain and Tommy Stadlen, backs purpose-driven founders shaping civilisation.
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$11B Airwallex Founder Jack Zhang's Crazy Journey: Choosing Happiness Over Valuation, Turning 1M into 500M, and Saying No to >$3B of Stripe Stock
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Oct 23, 2026 |
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“Dive Headfirst”: Isomorphic Labs President Max Jaderberg on his Biggest Decision
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Oct 15, 2026 |
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Isomorphic Labs President Max Jaderberg: Can AI Solve All Disease?
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Oct 08, 2026 |
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What Traits Do the BEST Founders Share? Tommy & Cameron's Reflections
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Oct 01, 2026 |
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AOL Co-founder, Steve Case: AI Lessons from the Internet Boom
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Sep 24, 2026 |
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Does "Financial Gravity" Corrupt? - Lean Startup author Eric Ries on staying Incorruptible
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Sep 17, 2026 |
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Ex-Sequoia Chair, Michael Moritz - on Modern America & His New Book Ausländer
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Sep 10, 2026 |
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Former Sequoia Chair Michael Moritz on Assessing Founders: "It's All About the First 15 or 16 Years of Life"
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Sep 03, 2026 |
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"Run Towards Growth" Career Advice From ex-YC COO and Applied Intuition CEO Qasar Younis
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Aug 06, 2026 |
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Applied Intuition CEO, Qasar Younis: Why He Raised ~$1B but Never Spent a Dollar
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Jul 30, 2026 |
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"I Think of It More as Seduction": CNN Host Fareed Zakaria, on the Art of the Interview
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Jul 23, 2026 |
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CNN Host, Fareed Zakaria: Is the Post-War World Order Collapsing?
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Jul 16, 2026 |
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"We Hire For Default Optimism": Deel Co-founder & CEO, Alex Bouaziz on Arsenal, His Father, and Video Games
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Jul 09, 2026 |
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Deel Speed: From $1M to $100M in Less Than 2 Years - Deel Co-founder, Alex Bouaziz
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Jul 02, 2026 |
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Cityblock Co-Founder, Toyin Ajayi: What Happens When You Treat Healthcare as a Right, Not a Transaction?
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Jun 25, 2026 |
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iPod & iPhone Inventor, Tony Fadell: Why Saying No Was Steve Jobs' Biggest Skill
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Jun 18, 2026 |
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"We Had to Kill the Ipod To Save Apple" - iPod & iPhone Inventor, Tony Fadell
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Jun 11, 2026 |
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Twilio & Inertia Co-founder, Jeff Lawson: Is Nuclear Fusion The Holy Grail of Energy?
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Jun 04, 2026 |
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Lightspeed Co-founder Barry Eggers: Are Billion-Dollar Seed Rounds the New Normal?
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May 28, 2026 |
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Drama Is Conflict, Brand Is Character: Lessons from Nike, Airbnb and Apple with AKQA & Studio.one's Ajaz Ahmed
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May 21, 2026 |
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“I’m a Pathological Optimist” - Wikipedia Founder Jimmy Wales' Life Lessons
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May 14, 2026 |
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Wikipedia Founder, Jimmy Wales: What Can You Trust In The Age of AI?
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May 07, 2026 |
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"Hard Work, Grit, Tenacity and Not Giving Up" - Robinhood Co-Founder Baiju Bhatt's Life Lessons
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Apr 30, 2026 |
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Robinhood & Aetherflux Co-Founder Baiju Bhatt: It's Time To Commercialise Space
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Apr 23, 2026 |
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Rebuild Your Life Around Friendship (Before It's Too Late): Vivek Murthy's Life Lessons
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Apr 16, 2026 |
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Former US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy: Is Technology Fuelling a Loneliness Epidemic?
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Apr 09, 2026 |
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“Ambition Without Execution is Delusion", Form Energy CEO Mateo Jaramillo on Starting Form Energy
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Apr 02, 2026 |
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Form Energy CEO Mateo Jaramillo: Building the Largest Battery System in the World
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Mar 26, 2026 |
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"Mothers Can Do it All. They Just Shouldn't Do it On Their Own" - Former NZ Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern's Life Lessons
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Mar 19, 2026 |
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Former NZ Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern: How to Lead with Compassion When Everything’s on Fire
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Mar 12, 2026 |
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"They Haven’t Got a Clue How Remorseless the Pressure Is", Former Meta President Nick Clegg on His Life Lessons
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Mar 05, 2026 |
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Former Meta President & Deputy PM, Nick Clegg: Is Social Media Driving Us Apart?
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Feb 26, 2026 |
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"Ego Destruction and Humility…": US Presidential Candidate Andrew Yang on Running for President
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Feb 19, 2026 |
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Presidential Candidate Andrew Yang: AI Needs Universal Basic Income
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Feb 12, 2026 |
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'Sometimes People Get Confused Between Ego and Rigour': PsiQuantum Co-Founder, Jeremy O'Brien's Wisdom
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Jan 29, 2026 |
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PsiQuantum Co-Founder, Jeremy O'Brien: Quantum Is Sooner Than You Think
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Jan 15, 2026 |
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Succession and HBO-hit Industry Writers Talk with Henry Mance about Writing, Power, and Corruption
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Jan 08, 2026 |
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"A BILLION dollars came in to Mercury in a few hours" Mercury CEO on Lessons from SVB's Failure & How To Lead Through a Crisis
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Dec 18, 2025 |
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Immad Akhund, CEO at Mercury: The Reality of Building a Unicorn (and Why it's Worth the Pain)
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Dec 11, 2025 |
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Bjarke Ingels Wisdom: Your Home Should Be a Portrait of You
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Dec 04, 2025 |
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Turning Architectural Dreams Into Reality, with Global Architect & Founder Bjarke Ingels
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Nov 27, 2025 |
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Doug Bernauer Wisdom: SpaceX & Elon Musk's Secret to Ambitious Leadership
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Nov 20, 2025 |
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Nuclear Reactors In A Box (Radiant Founder, Doug Bernauer)
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Nov 14, 2025 |
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Halle Tecco Wisdom: Choosing a Life Partner & Prioritising Adventure
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Nov 06, 2025 |
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Massively Better Healthcare (Star Investor Halle Tecco)
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Oct 30, 2025 |
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Infosys Co-Founder, Narayana Murthy: India’s Rising Status as a Tech Superpower
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Oct 16, 2025 |
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Ikoyi Co-Founder, Jeremy Chan: What It Takes to Build a Global Top 50 Restaurant
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Oct 02, 2025 |
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Waymo, Udacity, and Kitty Hawk Founder, Sebastian Thrun: Building Moonshots & His Next Company
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Sep 18, 2025 |
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Synthesia Co-founder and COO, Steffen Tjerrild: the Future of Video, Trust, and Deepfakes
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Sep 04, 2025 |
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Rugby’s First Black Captain for Saracens, Floyd Steadman: From Care Home to Inspirational Headmaster
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Jul 31, 2025 |
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Former CIA Director, General David Petraeus: Hard Power, a New Global Order?
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Jul 17, 2025 |
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Scribd & Created By Humans Co-Founder, Trip Adler: How Can Creativity Thrive in the AI Era?
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Jul 03, 2025 |
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LinkedIn Co-Founder, Reid Hoffman: AI Will Give Us All Superpowers
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Jun 19, 2025 |
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Why Success Is A Trap… And How to Achieve It: Philosopher & Author, Alain De Botton
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Jun 05, 2025 |
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World Leading Tech Analyst, Benedict Evans: Making Sense of AI
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May 22, 2025 |
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Girlboss and Nasty Gal Founder, Sophia Amoruso: The Post GirlBoss Era
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May 08, 2025 |
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a16z General Partner, Katherine Boyle: American Dynamism and the Rise of Defense Tech
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Apr 24, 2025 |
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NBA Champion, Rick Fox: How to Lead Maverick Geniuses like Kobe and Shaq and Win
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Apr 10, 2025 |
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Station F Director, Roxanne Varza: How to Turn a Country into a Tech Superpower
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Feb 20, 2025 |
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Floodgate Founding Partner, Mike Maples Jr: The Best Founders Live in the Future
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Feb 06, 2025 |
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The Giant Ideas Podcast: Trailer
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Jan 29, 2025 |
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Covid Vaccine Pioneer, Bob Langer: Turning Science Into Billion Dollar Ideas
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Jan 23, 2025 |
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Exponential View Founder, Azeem Azhar: How AI and Energy Will Shape The Next Decade
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Jan 09, 2025 |
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World Leading Designer, Thomas Heatherwick: Why We Need to Humanise Cities
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Dec 12, 2024 |
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Double Olympic Champion, Alistair Brownlee: Why You Should Never Rely on Willpower
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Nov 28, 2024 |
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Babylon Founder Ali Parsa’s Next Act: AI Health Mega-Assistant
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Nov 14, 2024 |
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Thrive Global & Huffington Post Founder, Arianna Huffington: Health Is What Happens Between Doctor Visits
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Oct 31, 2024 |
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Bridgewater Associates Founder, Ray Dalio: How Principles Lead to Success
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Oct 17, 2024 |
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Former Sony Entertainment CEO & Snap Chair, Michael Lynton: the Power of Mentorship
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Oct 03, 2024 |
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LIVE TALK: Square co-founder: Jim McKelvey, Live Talk on Moving The Needle of Drug Discovery
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Sep 09, 2024 |
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LIVE TALK: Former BBC Global Director of Diversity: June Sarpong, Live Talk on Winning Through Diversity
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Aug 22, 2024 |
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LIVE: Syre co-Founder, H2 Green Steel & Northvolt director Susanna Campbell: Co-creating climate unicorns
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Aug 08, 2024 |
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LIVE: Former Oatly CEO Toni Petersson: Building Oatly and Making Climate Products Sell
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Jul 25, 2024 |
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LIVE: Former UK Foreign Secretary, David Miliband: Populism, Democracy & Labour
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Jul 08, 2024 |
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LIVE: Octopus CEO and Founder, Greg Jackson: Building a Climate Giant
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May 03, 2024 |
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Monzo and GoCardless Founder, Tom Blomfield: Do Happy People Build Unicorns?
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Apr 12, 2024 |
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LIVE: Calm Founder Michael Acton Smith, on The Future of Mental Health
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Mar 20, 2024 |
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LIVE: OVO and Vertical Aerospace Founder, Stephen Fitzpatrick, on the Future of Climate Tech
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Mar 06, 2024 |
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LIVE: Former Congressman John Delaney on building a pioneering US climate economy, and the future of the IRA
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Feb 21, 2024 |
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LIVE: Airbnb Co-Founder Nathan Blecharczyk on the value of purpose, and building through a crisis.
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Feb 07, 2024 |
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LIVE: Former BP CEO Lord Browne on solving climate change
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Jan 10, 2024 |
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LIVE TALK: Femtech pioneer Ida Tin on the future of women’s health
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Jan 10, 2024 |
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DeepMind founder Mustafa Suleyman on the coming wave of AI
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Jan 10, 2024 |