Inside the ICE House

Eric Hippeau is a Managing Partner at Lerer Hippeau, the New York-based early-stage venture capital firm that ponied up early money for wildly popular media, retail, and tech brands including: Allbirds, Axios, BuzzFeed, Casper, Everlane, Giphy, Glossier, Warby Parker, and more. As they like to say, they’re not investing in the companies, they’re investing in the people who run them. A deep dive into how a tech company gets its start.

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Fifty years ago, Lindsay Corporation (NYSE:LNN) delivered the first Zimmatic center pivot irrigation system. Our flights over the heartland were never the same. Lindsay’s CEO, Tim Hassinger, pivoted to the library to explain how his company’s innovation changed the landscape of American farming and charted a path of global growth through solutions for the world’s food production and infrastructure needs.

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In 2000, Reverend Thomas Johnson and his son, Thomas IV, became the first African American father & son duo to hold simultaneous membership in the NYSE. In 1974, Reverend Johnson also became the first African American member of the American Stock Exchange. Their careers, in many ways, were similar to the thousands of people who worked alongside them, but the Johnsons, father and son, were also were trailblazers who smashed through barriers on their way to Trading Floor success.

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From scheduling to follow up, meetings can often breed more headaches than helpful solutions. Automated scheduling software Calendly takes the metronomic rhythm out of scheduling and gives you back control of your time. Tope Awotona, Calendly’s CEO, describes emigrating from Nigeria to the U.S., how his career in software sales led him to becoming an entrepreneur, and why he loves working in Atlanta, also the home of Intercontinental Exchange.

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At the NYSE, we usually focus on the bulls and the bears. Today we turn to the red and the blue. Steve Kornacki, National Political Correspondent for MSNBC and NBC News, joins the podcast to explain how the decade of Clinton and Gingrich, Mario Cuomo and Ross Perot, and Al Gore and George Bush, was the prelude to our current political situation. Steve’s book “The Red and the Blue: The 1990s and the Birth of Political Tribalism” goes back to the genesis of a country divided by party colors.

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Growth IQ by Tiffani Bova,  Salesforce’s Global Customer Growth & Innovation Evangelist, explores the pathways and pitfalls facing every business seeking to expand market share and grow revenue. She stopped by the ICE House to explore the strategies behind the recent successes of companies from McDonalds to John Deere to Kylie Cosmetics. During the conversation, we discover how the paths to growth that Tiffani identifies in Growth IQ have been implemented by the world’s best brands.

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Despite a volatile 2018 and an increasingly complex landscape, the U.S. markets remain the envy of the world. Justin Schack, Managing Director and Partner at Rosenblatt Securities, joins the podcast to help listeners understand and navigate the rapidly changing equity markets.  In addition to his role at Rosenblatt, Justin has become a prolific market commentator in the press and his analysis is sought after to understand the potentially seismic effects of policy changes, such as the Transaction Fee Pilot.

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Just a few months ago, Smartsheet’s CEO Mark Mader stood on the New York Stock Exchange Bell Podium to announce his company’s successful IPO following years of hard work building a company that lives its “work different” motto. Mark returned to the NYSE to update us on how Smartsheet has continued to grow and transform. As 2019 gets underway, Mark shares what lies in the future for Smartsheet and gives his advice to those companies looking to also tap the public markets.   Inside the ICE House: https://www.theice.com/podcast/inside-the-ice-house

Scientific breakthroughs depend on the development and deployment of cutting edge tools. One of the companies that laboratories across the globe turn to for testing solutions is QIAGEN (NYSE:QGEN). Peer Schatz, QIAGEN’s CEO, gave Inside the ICE House a masterclass on how the company is working with the science community to create the tests and equipment needed for infectious diseases control; cancer prevention, personalized medicine, and much more.

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The Naval SEAL Foundation was established in 2000 to serve U.S. Navy SEALs, Special Warfare Combatant-craft Crewmen, Naval Special Warfare support personnel and their families. The Foundation’s CEO Robin King and DJ Haley, a former Navy SEAL and Foundation Board Member, take us through how a small organization originally focused on scholarships and educational opportunities has grown to provide immediate and ongoing support and assistance to the Naval Special Warfare community and its families.

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