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  • How Kennedy Eurich Turned Social Media Into A 'Real Job'

    Kennedy Eurich joins Steven Bertoni on the Forbes Top Creators Show. She shares her strategies for dealing with online backlash and the pressures of living a public life online, and unveils her roadmap for winning in the creator economy.


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    49 min
  • Sheryl Sandberg On Why Business Leaders Must Explicitly Champion Female Ambition

    Lean In Founder Sheryl Sandberg sits down with Forbes Editor-at-Large Maneet Ahuja to discuss a landmark report on ending child marriage globally. Sandberg also discusses the persistent "broken rung" preventing women from reaching management roles and the critical need for women to embrace AI tools to remain competitive in the labor force.

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    33 min
  • Why Sheryl Sandberg Believes Business Leaders Must Explicitly Champion Female Ambition

    Lean In Founder Sheryl Sandberg sits down with Forbes Editor-at-Large Maneet Ahuja to discuss a landmark report on ending child marriage globally. Sandberg also discusses the persistent "broken rung" preventing women from reaching management roles and the critical need for women to embrace AI tools to remain competitive in the labor force.

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    33 min
  • Bonus Episode: From Netflix Star To Health Influencer: Miranda McKeon’s $100K Creator Strategy

    Miranda McKeon (@miranda.mckeon / @mirandamckeon) didn't set out to become a global health advocate. She was a professional actor best known for playing the "schoolhouse mean girl" Josie Pye in Anne with an E. While studying communications and entrepreneurship at USC—with plans for a corporate marketing career—a "one-in-a-million" Stage 3 breast cancer diagnosis arrived during her sophomore year. At age 19, her life took a radical turn that transformed her social media presence into a purpose-driven business.

    In this episode of the Forbes Top Creator Show, Steven Bertoni sits down with the New York-based creator to discuss the "radical transparency" she practiced while navigating chemotherapy and hair loss in the middle of a college campus. Miranda opens up about the missteps she made early on while building a six-figure business tackling taboo health topics head on.

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    28 min
  • AI Is Making Everyone A Manager—Whether We Like It Or Not

    Follow C-Suite Unscripted with Maggie McGrath 

    Shishir Mehrotra, CEO of Superhuman and former YouTube executive, sits down with Forbes' Maggie McGrath to discuss one of the most ambitious years in his career. Mehrotra dives into the strategic reasoning behind the massive corporate rebrand from Grammarly to Superhuman, the acquisition of Coda, and why he thinks AI is turning all of us into managers. In this lively conversation, Mehrotra reveals why he thinks Grammarly is the world’s most misunderstood product and how it’s evolving from a grammar checker into a "superhighway" for AI agents that assist you in real-time across apps.

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    35 min
  • Failure Is Fuel For Success: Adam Rippon, Esther Povitsky, Chris Wylie

    For most, failure hurts and can hobble. But, for Adam Rippon, figure-skating champion and comedian and writer, Esther Povitsky, the pain of rejection and failure served as fuel for their insatiable desire to succeed. You’ll hear from them today as they speak with Alexandra Wilson of Forbes. You’ll also hear from the guy who brought Facebook to its knees, whistleblower, Chris Wylie, formerly of Cambridge Analytica. He speaks with Thomas Brewster of Forbes. Both these conversations took place at the 2018 Forbes Under-30 Summit.

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    37 min
  • Can U.S. Tech Innovation Stay Ahead Of China?: Steve Case, Kai-Fu Lee, Ryan Williams, Max Lubovsky

    Long derided as a copy-cat of the tech industry, China is now a tech trailblazer. Steve Case, AOL founder and Kai-Fu Lee, chair and CEO of Sinovation Ventures warn that if the United States doesn’t start innovating more vigorously — it will fall behind China. You’ll hear from them, as well as Ryan Williams, CEO and cofounder of Cadre and Max Lubovsky, CEO and cofounder of Formlabs. This conversation, moderated by Steve Bertoni, was recorded at the Forbes Under-30 Summit late last year.


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    30 min
  • Move Slow And Make Things: Howie Liu

    Howie Liu, cofounder and CEO of Airtable, the slick and elastic database-spreadsheet hybrid, speaks with Steve about the impact his first successful business had on his entrepreneurial outlook, his aspirations for Airtable and the Silicon Valley ethos that massive sleep loss is a sign of success. In fact, Liu eschewed the high-stress approach to building and now running Airtable. Can less stress mean more success?

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    28 min
  • Payal Kadakia: Hard-Earned Entrepreneurial Lessons From ClassPass Founder

    Payal Kadakia had a great job and an exceptional job offer when she was formulating the idea of ClassPass, the company she founded and of which she is executive chair. But, it was keen words of advice from her mentor, that galvanized her to say no to the security of employment and instead move full-speed ahead on her business concept. Hear that sage guidance, what Kadakia’s first steps were to bring ClassPass to life and a few of Kadakia’s hard-earned lessons about what best sets up entrepreneurs to thrive. Plus, a look at future plans for the company.

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    33 min
  • Taavet Hinrikus: TransferWise Forges A Modern, Affordable Path For Transferring Money

    Taavet Hinrikus, CEO and cofounder of TransferWise, had a big problem to solve. In his case, it was a financial one, and TransferWise, the company he cofounded and leads, fixed the issue for himself and now just seven years later -- millions of others. On this episode, hear Hinrikus share the origin story of TransferWise, how his company is achieving what banks are slow to embrace and discover a bit of fascinating history about Estonia, the little-known country from where Hinrikus hails - (and the origin country of Skype).


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    33 min

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