Decoding Digital

Decoding Digital

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Decoding Digital episodes

  • Decoding Innovation Culture: Laela Sturdy on Nurturing Ideas
    Over the course of her career in venture capital, Laela Study has met hundreds of entrepreneurs and listened to just as many startup pitches. In this episode, hear her explain which traits she sees in the most successful founders, as well as what you can do to foster an environment where your team feels comfortable taking risks that drive innovation.
    46 min
  • Decoding Digital Payments: Rich Aberman on Innovating Inside Out
    When Rich Aberman co-founded WePay in 2008, he decided to not only take on a huge competitor—PayPal—but also disrupt the banking industry, one of the most established, regulated sectors in the world. Hear Rich explain how he did it, and why working from the inside out can be the ideal way to drive game-changing innovation.
    45 min
  • Decoding Digital Security: Michelle Zatlyn on Protecting the Web
    Many of us worry about how secure our online lives really are. After all, the news is filled with stories of data breaches and denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks. As co-founder of cloud security company Cloudflare, Michelle Zatlyn has some advice: Be cautious, but engage with technology to become a better digital citizen. Hear her discuss how to safeguard the digital world.
    46 min
  • Decoding Medical Innovation: Dr. Don Sheppard on Fighting Disease
    The quest to cure disease is among our most enduring challenges, and the stakes could not be higher. Dr. Don Sheppard is using digital technology to bring together experts from a range of fields—medicine, engineering, sociology, and more—to help make the world a safer, healthier place. Hear Dr. Sheppard discuss his work with the pioneering MI4 initiative.
    44 min
  • Decoding Entrepreneurship: Brad Feld Explains How to Thrive
    Every entrepreneur spends a lot of time thinking about their business, but for Brad Feld, it's not enough. Founders also need to be mindful about their work and the impact it has—on the market, on their colleagues, and on their own wellbeing. Hear the legendary investor and startup mentor talk about building businesses, coping with change, and remembering to be kind.
    43 min
  • Decoding Venture Capital: Michele Romanow Rethinks How to Invest
    Venture capital has a people problem. Typically, it requires personal introductions and face-to-face meetings. It also takes a long time, and bias inevitably creeps in. Hear from Michele Romanow on how she is changing that dynamic by using data, AI, and automation to accelerate funding decisions and make it much more diverse.
    28 min
  • Decoding Lean Principles: Eric Ries and The Long-Term Stock Exchange
    What do you do after you’ve changed the way an entire generation of founders launch and build their companies? If you’re Eric Ries, you tackle one of your most ambitious projects yet—creating a new stock exchange to generate long-term, sustainable value. Hear Eric discuss “The Lean Startup,” the hard work of changing the status quo, and more.
    41 min
  • Decoding “Decoding Digital”: Dan Saks on Profiling Digital Heroes
    It takes a special type of person to succeed in the digital economy. They need vision, curiosity, grit, and determination to achieve their goals and create a bold impact, both at work and in the world at large. Hear podcast host Dan Saks explain why it’s critical to tell the stories of these Digital Heroes, and why he’s decided to do just that on Decoding Digital.
    38 min

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Digital—that vast ocean of 0s and 1s that surrounds us all—has ushered in a new world of commerce. It’s a sandbox for innovation, with access to a world of game-changing technology, that is forging a…