The Next Stage podcast by Web Summit

The Next Stage podcast by Web Summit

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The Next Stage podcast by Web Summit episodes

  • Entrepreneurs need a God Complex to drive innovation
    Ryan Smith, CEO of Qualtrics, Dave McClure, Founder of 500 Startups, and Erin Griffith, Journalist at Fortune.
    Two titans of the tech space debate the idea of whether entrepreneurs need to have total self-belief.
    In six short years, Web Summit has grown from 400 attendees to over 50,000 attendees from more than 150 countries. No technology conference has ever grown so large so fast. Web Summit has become “Europe’s largest and most important technology marketplace”. An unrivalled global meeting place for the world’s most disruptive technology companies and those interested in how that disruption can transform their businesses and their lives.
    Official website : https://websummit.net/
    Official blog : https://blog.websummit.net/
    Twitter : @WebSummitHQ
    Facebook : @WebSummitHQ
    Instagram : @websummit
    #WebSummit
    25 min
  • Upvoting and the hidden hand - Alexis Ohanian, Ryan Hoover & Kurt Wagner
    Alexis Ohanian, Co-Founder of Reddit, Ryan Hoover, Founder of Product Hunt, and Kurt Wagner, Senior Editor of Recode.
    Does upvoting give us a clear ability to predict the future? The founders of two of the hottest online communities talk about the power and limitations of aggregated approval.
    In six short years, Web Summit has grown from 400 attendees to over 50,000 attendees from more than 150 countries. No technology conference has ever grown so large so fast. Web Summit has become “Europe’s largest and most important technology marketplace”. An unrivalled global meeting place for the world’s most disruptive technology companies and those interested in how that disruption can transform their businesses and their lives.
    Official website : https://websummit.net/
    Official blog : https://blog.websummit.net/
    Twitter : @WebSummitHQ
    Facebook : @WebSummitHQ
    Instagram : @websummit
    #WebSummit
    18 min
  • Space won't be the final frontier - Naveen Jain, Mike Massimino & Derek Mead
    Naveen Jain, Founder of Moon Express, Astronaut Mike Massimino, and Derek Mead, Editor-in-chief of Motherboard.
    With space travel now becoming privatised and Moon Express planning to launch the first commercial mission beyond the earth's orbit, is the ordinary man any closer to space travel?
    In six short years, Web Summit has grown from 400 attendees to over 50,000 attendees from more than 150 countries. No technology conference has ever grown so large so fast. Web Summit has become “Europe’s largest and most important technology marketplace”. An unrivalled global meeting place for the world’s most disruptive technology companies and those interested in how that disruption can transform their businesses and their lives.
    Official website : https://websummit.net/
    Official blog : https://blog.websummit.net/
    Twitter : @WebSummitHQ
    Facebook : @WebSummitHQ
    Instagram : @websummit
    #WebSummit
    19 min
  • Is ego the biggest reason for failure?
    Dave McClure, Founder of 500 Startups, Eileen Burbidge, Partner of Passion Capital, Justin Kan, Partner of Y Combinator, and Laurie Segall
    Senior Technology Correspondent for CNNMoney.
    Realising you are wrong when you have been right for so long can be challenging. A panel of some of the world's leading investors discuss the perils and pitfalls of the boss who has outstayed their welcome.
    In six short years, Web Summit has grown from 400 attendees to over 50,000 attendees from more than 150 countries. No technology conference has ever grown so large so fast. Web Summit has become “Europe’s largest and most important technology marketplace”. An unrivalled global meeting place for the world’s most disruptive technology companies and those interested in how that disruption can transform their businesses and their lives.
    Official website : https://websummit.net/
    Official blog : https://blog.websummit.net/
    Twitter : @WebSummitHQ
    Facebook : @WebSummitHQ
    Instagram : @websummit
    #WebSummit
    26 min
  • A new era of mobility - autonomous driving in 2021 - Elmar Frickenstein
    Elmar Frickenstein is the Senior Vice President Fully Automated Driving, Driver Assistance of BMW Group.
    What has to be done to be ready for the future of autonomous driving in 2021? BMW sets out its key facts.
    In six short years, Web Summit has grown from 400 attendees to over 50,000 attendees from more than 150 countries. No technology conference has ever grown so large so fast. Web Summit has become “Europe’s largest and most important technology marketplace”. An unrivalled global meeting place for the world’s most disruptive technology companies and those interested in how that disruption can transform their businesses and their lives.
    Official website : https://websummit.net/
    Official blog : https://blog.websummit.net/
    Twitter : @WebSummitHQ
    Facebook : @WebSummitHQ
    Instagram : @websummit
    #WebSummit
    15 min
  • Designing security and safety for billions - Alex Stamos, CSO of Facebook
    The CSO of Facebook discusses the issue of privacy in the modern world.
    In six short years, Web Summit has grown from 400 attendees to over 50,000 attendees from more than 150 countries. No technology conference has ever grown so large so fast. Web Summit has become “Europe’s largest and most important technology marketplace”. An unrivalled global meeting place for the world’s most disruptive technology companies and those interested in how that disruption can transform their businesses and their lives.
    Official website : https://websummit.net/
    Official blog : https://blog.websummit.net/
    Twitter : @WebSummitHQ
    Facebook : @WebSummitHQ
    Instagram : @websummit
    #WebSummit
    18 min
  • US election fallout
    Bradley Tusk, Founder & CEO of Tusk Holdings, Owen Jones, Contributor at The Guardian, Shailene Woodley, Actress and Co-Founder of Up to Us, and David Patrikarakos, Contributing Editor of the Daily Beast.
    What will the new President of the United States mean for the tech landscape throughout the world?
    In six short years, Web Summit has grown from 400 attendees to over 50,000 attendees from more than 150 countries. No technology conference has ever grown so large so fast. Web Summit has become “Europe’s largest and most important technology marketplace”. An unrivalled global meeting place for the world’s most disruptive technology companies and those interested in how that disruption can transform their businesses and their lives.
    Official website : https://websummit.net/
    Official blog : https://blog.websummit.net/
    Twitter : @WebSummitHQ
    Facebook : @WebSummitHQ
    Instagram : @websummit
    #WebSummit
    25 min
  • What place do ethics and values have in technology?
    Joe Lonsdale, Partner at 8VC, Darian Shirazi, Founder of Radius, Joe Green, Social Entrepreneur, Tristan Harris, Co-Founder of Time Well Spent, and Laurie Segall, Senior Technology Correspondent for CNNMoney.
    Is it possible to be both successful and have a positive impact? Technologists and entrepreneurs of our generation are in a position to have a more widespread, positive impact on the world than any group in any previous generation can they achieve this?
    In six short years, Web Summit has grown from 400 attendees to over 50,000 attendees from more than 150 countries. No technology conference has ever grown so large so fast. Web Summit has become “Europe’s largest and most important technology marketplace”. An unrivalled global meeting place for the world’s most disruptive technology companies and those interested in how that disruption can transform their businesses and their lives.
    Official website : https://websummit.net/
    Official blog : https://blog.websummit.net/
    Twitter : @WebSummitHQ
    Facebook : @WebSummitHQ
    Instagram : @websummit
    #WebSummit
    22 min
  • The age of knowledge - Albert Wenger, Managing Partner of Union Square Ventures
    There is a scarcity of knowledge, and we are facing as profound a transition as has been seen in the history of the planet. One of the world's leading VCs delivers his report: The age of knowledge.
    In six short years, Web Summit has grown from 400 attendees to over 50,000 attendees from more than 150 countries. No technology conference has ever grown so large so fast. Web Summit has become “Europe’s largest and most important technology marketplace”. An unrivalled global meeting place for the world’s most disruptive technology companies and those interested in how that disruption can transform their businesses and their lives.
    Official website : https://websummit.net/
    Official blog : https://blog.websummit.net/
    Twitter : @WebSummitHQ
    Facebook : @WebSummitHQ
    Instagram : @websummit
    #WebSummit
    16 min
  • Is anybody investing anymore?
    Qasar Younis, Partner & COO at Y Combinator, Christine Herron, Managing Director of Intel Capital, Josh Elman, Partner of Greylock, and Chris O'Brien, European Correspondent at VentureBeat.
    Venture capital investment in tech startups has fallen by a third signalling growing caution at levels not seen since the dotcom bubble. Where is this leading us?
    In six short years, Web Summit has grown from 400 attendees to over 50,000 attendees from more than 150 countries. No technology conference has ever grown so large so fast. Web Summit has become “Europe’s largest and most important technology marketplace”. An unrivalled global meeting place for the world’s most disruptive technology companies and those interested in how that disruption can transform their businesses and their lives.
    Official website : https://websummit.net/
    Official blog : https://blog.websummit.net/
    Twitter : @WebSummitHQ
    Facebook : @WebSummitHQ
    Instagram : @websummit
    #WebSummit
    24 min

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