Our guest for this episode is Deep Instinct's CFO & prior Partner and top tech analyst at Goldman Sachs, Heather Bellini. Heather brings us into the world of cyber security, policy, deep learning, and the state of this crazy IPO bubble we're living in.
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0:00 - Start 

1:20 - Who is Heather Bellini, former Partner at Goldman Sachs 

3:28 - How Heather landed at Deep Instinct, closing a $100M round, and what do you make of 2021’s crazy IPO bubble? 

9:42 - In terms of companies finding alternatives areas to enter public markets, what’s your opinion on SPACs vs direct listings? 

12:45 - What do you make of all the activity in the crypto market? What currencies do you own and support. Is it here to stay? 

13:54 - New Appointment of Lina Khan - what does regulation across big tech mean for this industry? 

17:04 - Is antitrust really protecting consumers or protecting small emerging players? Can we re-define what antitrust really is? 

19:35 - The oligopoly in cloud computing

22:10 – Putting the focus on mistakes of the past could stunt innovation for the future. What could this mean for us as consumers?  

23:00 – Why cyber and why Deep Instinct? 

30:15 – Is a cyber war what the next war looks like? Is deep learning the answer?  

32:10 – Was COVID a catalyst? What’s the cause of this boom that we’re seeing? What are the opportunities of these hackers? 

34:48 – What’s the correlation between zero trust and what Deep Instinct is doing in the deep learning space? 

37:55 – What has this transition been like from Goldman Sachs to cyber? 

42:50 – End

We’re joined by Stephanie Buscemi prior CMO of Salesforce, the current CMO of Confluent, and one of Forbes ‘Most Influential CMO’s’. Today we dive into the art of story telling. In this episode we’re talking all things marketing, data, and the digital frontier.

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Episode Notes:

0:00 - Start

2:56 - Stephanie’s story: Did you always want to be in marketing? Was your plan to always end up in Technology?

Salesforce:

5:35 - Can you talk about your run at Salesforce?

10:31 - Key takeaways

13:53 - What has it been like working for Mark (CEO @ Salesforce)?

Confluent:

15:13  - What inspired you to join this company? I’d love to understand what made you make this move?

21:15 - We talk to executives all the time who are preparing for IPO - What is that like on the inside? What is the focus when getting ready to become a public company - both from a business and marketing perspective?

23:55 - What do you think the future of marketing looks like?

28:08 - You’ve been such a champion for diversity in the workplace. What’s driven you to be such an advocate and what changes have you seen around diverse representation these past few years?

32:10 - What has helped you become a successful leader in business?

35:00 - What’s the one thing you wish you had known when you began your career?

36:15 - After an interesting past 15 months, it seems like things are finally starting to go back to normal. What are you most looking forward to for the second half of the year?

37:20 - Let’s talk about inflection points in your life that have helped define who you are as an executive. Would love to understand how you’ve been able to be successful.

39:31 - What did you learn about yourself during these last 15 months?

Robinhood’s COO Gretchen Howard joins Daversa Partners’ CEO Paul Daversa, and longtime partner Bill Beer to talk all things leadership, operations, and talent. Nothing is off limits in this conversation; including -- female leadership from the top down, diversity, the battle for top talent, expectations vs. reality, and the evolution of Robinhood… ALL while navigating a media blitz (oh and a global pandemic).

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0:00 – Start

2:05 – Gretchen’s journey from Fidelity to Google to Robinhood. How did you get here? 

4:48 – Are you good or are you just lucky?

9:14 – Robinhood – how much remains true to what you thought when were signing up for this vs reality. What’s different and unexpected?

12:15 – Time at CapitalG as a Partner & investor / did you know that fintech would be the place for you?

17:45 – Pressures & responsibilities you hold in industry right now, specifically around gender & diversity gender and diversity

23:20 – Navigating Robinhood without a roadmap during a media blitz re: GameStop, Reddit’s Wall Street Bets, congress – all while in the middle of a high-profile executive search   

28:50 – Founder vs. Female Founder

32:15 - Robinhood just bought an 80-person recruiting firm BINC, will other companies follow suit?

34:20 – Robinhood’s IPO & the idea of opening this up to their customers, will this become the norm?

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