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Live conversations from Stanford with tech innovators and changemakers that will inspire your inner-entrepreneur.
When: Wednesdays, 4:30 - 5:20 pm
Where: YouTube Livestream
Audience: Open to the public
View the livestream on YouTube starting at 4:30PM PT on Wednesday, January 20. Alyssa Ravasio is the founder and CEO of Hipcamp, a comprehensive resource for outdoor stays, from national parks to blueberry farms. Hipcamp partners with private landowners to unlock more ways for people to get outside. After creating her own Digital Democracy major at UCLA, Ravasio went on to work for the US Department of State’s International Information and Communication Policy department, where she was a member of…
View the livestream on YouTube starting at 4:30PM PT on Wednesday, January 27. Tony Mugavero is the co-founder and CEO of Rad (formerly known as Littlstar), a consumer streaming platform delivering live and on-demand Esports, music, comedy and sports from companies like NBCUniversal, WarnerMedia, Whistle, Showtime, New Form, Law & Crime and more. Rad’s unique brand of edgy content for Millennial and Gen Z audiences, coupled with the ability to watch your personal collection of movies and VR videos, makes…
View the livestream on YouTube starting at 4:30PM PT on Wednesday, February 3. Stephanie Lampkin, a TEDx speaker and former downhill ski racer, is the founder and CEO of Blendoor, which creates enterprise software that leverages augmented intelligence and people analytics to mitigate unconscious bias in hiring. Lampkin’s work has been featured in The Atlantic and Forbes, and she has appeared on Fortune’s “40 Under 40” list and the MIT Technology Review’s “35 Under 35” list. Her 15 year career…
View the livestream on YouTube starting at 4:30PM PT on Wednesday, February 10. Vlad Tenev is the CEO and co-founder of Robinhood, a fast-growing brokerage platform giving millions of people access to investment opportunities and financial tools. In 2013, Tenev co-founded Robinhood with Baiju Bhatt to democratize investing. Before Robinhood, Tenev started two finance companies in New York City. He earned his BS in mathematics at Stanford University and MS in mathematics at UCLA, and has been recognized on the…
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View the livestream on YouTube starting at 4:30PM PT on Wednesday, February 17. David Rogier is the founder and CEO of MasterClass, the streaming platform where anyone can learn from the best. Growing up, Rogier loved learning but struggled in school. Determined to reinvent the traditional learning model, he created MasterClass in 2015. MasterClass has since transformed the lifelong learning category by providing intimate access to the world’s best practitioners, from Stephen Curry (basketball) to Margaret Atwood (writing), Martin Scorcese…
View the livestream on YouTube starting at 4:30PM PT on Wednesday, February 24. Katrina Lake founded Stitch Fix in 2011 to help women everywhere discover and explore their style through a truly client-focused shopping experience. While attending Harvard Business School, Lake saw an opportunity to combine data science with human stylists to reinvent the retail space and deliver an unparalleled, personalized experience. Prior to founding Stitch Fix, she developed extensive experience at the intersection of fashion, retail and technology. She…
View the livestream on YouTube starting at 4:30PM PT on Wednesday, March 3. In January 2019, Aicha Evans was named CEO of Zoox. Prior to joining Zoox, Evans served as Senior Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer at Intel Corporation, responsible for driving Intel’s long-term strategy to transform from a PC-centric company to a data-centric company. Prior to Intel, she spent 10 years in various engineering management positions at Rockwell Semiconductors, Conexant and Skyworks. She was appointed to the Anita…
View the livestream on YouTube starting at 4:30PM PT on Wednesday, March 10. Hemant Taneja is a managing director at General Catalyst, and has been an early investor in market-leading companies like Digit, Grammarly, Gusto, Livongo, Mindstrong, Samsara, Snap, and Stripe. His 2018 book Unscaled articulates the need for accountability, transparency, and explainability in AI technologies as they permeate deeper into daily life, and his more recent Harvard Business Review article "The Era of Move Fast and Break Things is…
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