Ideas Elevated

Alex Kantrowitz is the founder of Big Technology, a independent newsletter and podcast that focuses on the tech giants. He’s the author of Always Day One: How The Tech Titans Plan To Stay On Top Forever, a book that explores how even the most successful companies still operate like startups.

In this episode, Alex and Danielle chat about the Always Day One concept, and how companies can adopt this mentality in order to succeed.

They also talk about the difference between being a visionary and a facilitator, and how every founder must find a sustainable balance between the two.

Cal Fussman is a New York Times bestselling author, longtime Esquire writer, corporate consultant, and host of the Big Questions podcast.

He’s best known for his column in Esquire magazine, where he’s interviewed leaders such as Mikhail Gorbachev, Jeff Bezos, Muhammad Ali, and so many more.

In this episode, Cal chats with Luke Butler, Senior Director of LIFT Labs, about taking the lessons he’s learned from world icons and sharing them with founders that are building the world of tomorrow.

And, Cal will share tips on how to navigate the uncertainty of our current unprecedented times.

Natalie W. Nixon is a PHD, strategist, and a regular contributor to INC online magazine.

Her latest book The Creativity Leap, provides a fresh look into how to cultivate creativity in the workplace.

In this episode, Keenan Corrigan chats with Natalie about her wide-ranging background in cultural anthropology, fashion, and service design.

You’ll learn the difference between wonder and rigor, and how the secret to creativity is balancing those two things.

And, you’ll hear Natalie’s advice on how you can be as creative as possible in taking your business to the next level.

Shauna Griffiths is a dynamic, hybrid-marketer who has successfully worked and led remotely for the last 5 years.

She was named a 2017 Game Changer by SportsBusiness Journal, and was selected as one of the 2017 HATCH 100.

In this episode, Shauna and Danielle will chat about ways you can not only work from home, but LEAD from home during the COVID crisis or anytime when leading a team remotely.

She’ll emphasize the importance of self-care, and caring for your family and pets, while isolated.

And, she’ll give you tips and tricks for other ways you can maximize your productivity, and remain happy and healthy, while staying home and helping to flatten the curve.

Rohit Bhargava is an innovation and marketing expert and the founder of the Non-Obvious Company. 

He spent 15 years as a marketing strategist for Ogilvy and Leo Burnett, is a Wall Street Journal best selling author of six business books, and a professor of marketing and innovation at Georgetown University.

In this episode, Rohit will map out ways companies can pivot to make money now, to maintain cashflow during economic turbulence.

He’ll help you learn to think in non-obvious ways, and identify solutions to problems that may seem unsolvable.

And, he’ll share his advice for using any extra time you might have while at home to your advantage, so you can come out of the quarantine ahead of the game.

David Marquet is a retired U.S. Naval Captain who spent years managing nuclear submarines. Now, decades later, he’s using the skills he learned 800 feet underwater to maneuver leadership in the workplace. In 2013, he published “Turn this Ship Around!”, his first in a series of books that explore effective, empowering leadership.

In this episode, Luke Butler sits down with David to talk about his newest book, Leadership is Language. You’ll hear how a naval commander turned his adversity into a completely new method of leadership.

Kelly Hoey is a networking expert, and the author of Build Your Dream Network: Forging Powerful Relationships In A Hyper-Connected World.

Kelly has been featured in Forbes, Fast Company, and Business Insider, and just this year EBW included her on their list of the “100 Most Influential Global Leaders Empowering Women Worldwide”.

In this episode, Kelly and Danielle Talk about how you can build and strengthen your network from home, during the COVID crisis.

She’ll explain how, in times like this, it is crucial to lean on and invest in the relationships and peers you already have.

And, whether you’re a venture-backed CEO or a solopreneur just starting out, she’ll share tips for how to supercharge your network, both virtually and once we can venture outside again.

Steven Levy is the editor-at-large at WIRED Magazine and has written multiple books about technology, cryptography, the internet, cybersecurity, and privacy. He was named as America’s Premier Technology Journalist by The Washington Post.

His Latest book, Facebook: The Inside Story digs deep into the story of the once-in-a-generation unicorn company that has changed the way we communicate. Steven had years of unprecedented access to Facebook’s executives, employees, and operations in order to tell his unbiased opinion about the rocky rise of Facebook.

In this episode, Steven chats with our producer Kevin Chemidlin about what he learned while following the multibillion-dollar company for the past 5 years. 

He'll talk about Facebook's motto of "move fast and break things," and how founders can learn to move fast without breaking as many things. 

And, he'll share what founders can do to make sure their business is using the latest tools and technologies to elevate their idea beyond the competition.

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Steven Levy is the editor-at-large at WIRED Magazine and has written multiple books about technology, cryptography, the internet, cybersecurity, and privacy. He was named as America’s Premier Technology Journalist by The Washington Post.

His Latest book, Facebook: The Inside Story digs deep into the story of the once-in-a-generation unicorn company that has changed the way we communicate. Steven had years of unprecedented access to Facebook’s executives, employees, and operations in order to tell his unbiased opinion about the rocky rise of Facebook.

In this episode, Steven chats with our producer Kevin Chemidlin about what he learned while following the multibillion-dollar company for the past 5 years. 

He'll talk about Facebook's motto of "move fast and break things," and how founders can learn to move fast without breaking as many things. 

And, he'll share what founders can do to make sure their business is using the latest tools and technologies to elevate their idea beyond the competition.

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Bob Moore is Co-Founder and CEO of Crossbeam, a data platform that helps companies discover which customers and leads they have in common.

Before Crossbeam, Bob cofounded and sold two other successful companies, and his writing about technology, startups, and data has appeared in The New York Times, Forbes, TechCrunch, VentureBeat, and numerous other publications.

In today’s episode, Bob and Danielle chat about how his first company, RJMetrics, was founded just as the economy collapsed in 2008. 

He’ll share the lessons he learned from building a company during a crisis, and how those learnings gave him the tools he used later, during times of prosperity, to beat the competition.

And, Bob will compare those experiences to what he sees in the COVID-19 crisis to help you and your business adapt to these times of uncertainty.

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