Biz Please

Biz Please

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Biz Please episodes

  • Broadband privacy (or lack thereof)
    Should your internet provider be able to track everything you do on the internet then sell that information to whoever will pay for it? Well, they can, and now they don't even have to give you a choice or even tell you about it. Gigi Sohn, Open Society fellow and former FCC counselor joins to talk about the ramifications of the recent Congressional repeal of basic internet privacy regulations.
    36 min
  • MealPal plans to outlive the subscription hype
    The subscription service bubble is starting to burst. Mary Biggins, co-founder of ClassPass and now founder of MealPal, joins to talk about why MealPal is built to last and what industries are still ripe for subscription disruption.
    25 min
  • The tech year in review (so far)
    It's been that kind of year where you need to do a year-in-review of just the first two months. Fortune's Erin Griffith and CNN's Seth Fiegerman join for a rousing tour through a pretty insane start to 2017.
    44 min
  • Modern design and Silicon Valley politics
    Gene Liebel, founding partner of digital agency Work & Co, joins to talk about two topics that don't usually collide: Design and politics. He discusses what it's like to work with major tech companies as well as firms like Planned Parenthood as they try to get out their message.
    30 min
  • How Airbnb and Uber took over the world
    Brad Stone joins to talk about his new book chronicling the rise of Airbnb and Uber, which both decided to eschew local laws to ensure rapid growth. Stone, a journalist at Bloomberg, also touches on a variety of other competitors that are trying to reshape cities and transportation — including China's Uber rival.
    25 min
  • Birchbox CEO Katia Beauchamp talks startups and stumbles
    Katia Beauchamp founded Birchbox out of business school and quickly built it into one of the hottest ecommerce companies in the world. Startups, however, rarely grow without encountering adversity. Beauchamp speaks about what it's like to build a company and have to make tough decisions about staffing, strategy and the road ahead.
    27 min
  • Robots, pizza and the future of employment
    Julia Collins, co-founder of Zume Pizza, joins to talk about her startup, in which robots help make food that then shows up at your door. Her business isn't focused on removing the human element, however. She's investing in people who can help in other parts of the business.
    23 min
  • Flipboard's Mike McCue on optimism for the media
    Flipboard CEO Mike McCue joins to talk about why he's among the dwindling optimists around the future of the media and journalism. Now six year old, Flipboard remains one of the quiet giants in digital media, with 100 million subscribers for its magazine-like experience.
    31 min

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