What'd You Miss This Week

This week, Hans Humes, chariman, CEO & founding partner at Greylock Capital joined to talk about why the coronavirus concerns weren't showing up in typical risk assets and how Argentina can get back to a sustainable debt load. Eswar Prasad, senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, came on to discuss whether the coronavirus outbreak will cause a recession. Then Curaleaf CEO Joseph Lusardi went through Curaleaf's recent acquisition of vaping company Select and how he thinks the cannabis market can get its groove back.

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This week, Matthew Wadiak, co-founder of Blue Apron and the founder and CEO of Cooks Venture, joined to discuss the impact of coronavirus and other pandemics on the global food supply. Scott Kennedy, senior adviser in Chinese business and economics at CSIS, went through the potential economic impacts of the coronavirus. Andrew Karolyi, distinguished professor of management at Cornell, came on to talk about Wall Street attempting to live up to its sustainability promises. Then Mahisha Dellinger, the founder of CURLS, a natural hair care brand, sat down with Scarlet to talk about how we can get more African-American female entrepreneurs to the one-million dollar mark.

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This week, Joe traveled to Des Moines to sit down for a wide-ranging interview with Democratic Presidential Candidate Andrew Yang ahead of the Iowa Caucuses, hitting everything from the coronavrius outbreak and Federal Reserve to why bitcoin fans have joined the #YangGang. Briahna Joy Gray, national press secretary for Sen. Bernie Sanders's presidential campaign, joined to discuss the Sanders surge ahead of Iowa and running against President Trump amid record-low unemployment. Then Scarlet sat down with Bing Chen, co-founder and chairman of Gold House, to talk about his work using Asian creative leaders to increase representation of Asians onscreen.

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This week, Neil Dutta, head of U.S. economics at Renaissance Macro Research joined to discuss whether recent economic data justifies the market's strong start to the year. Cowen Chairman and CEO Jeffrey Solomon came on for a wide-ranging conversation hitting everything from his market outlook to marketing to Gen Z. Rhino co-founder and chairman Ankur Jain explained how his startup is working to end the U.S. housing crisis by providing alternatives to upfront deposits. Then Boston Beer Company CEO Dave Burwick joined to discuss why one of the country's largest craft brewers is making a big bet on hard seltzer.

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This week, Stefan Selig, the former Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade under President Obama, took us through the phase-one trade deal. Alyse Killeen, managing partner of StillMark, a Bitcoin-focused venture capital firm, and one of the first venture capitalists to participate as an institutional investor in the space, offered her crypto outlook for 2020. Federal Reserve historian and Wharton professor Peter Conti-Brown joined to discuss his twitter fight with Minneapolis Fed President Neel Kashkari and why he thinks the Fed should not be pushing for political change. Then Sam Bell, founder and policy director at Employ America, came on to talk about President Trump appearing to regret passing over former Federal Reserve governor Kevin Warsh in favor of Jay Powell for the top job at the Fed, and what life could have looked like under a Chairman Warsh.

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This week, a number of executives joined from the Consumer Electronics Show. Qualcomm President Cristiano Amon discussed the company's chips and software for autonomous vehicles. Quibi Founder Jeffrey Katzenberg and CEO Meg Whitman talked about their plans to stand out in a crowded content space. Delta CEO Ed Bastian highlighted the airline's digital concierge. Then Joachim Fels, managing director and global economic advisor at PIMCO, came on to offer his outlook for global growth and explain why this this past decade was a great one for investors, but not the economy. 

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This week, Caroline interviews 3M Chief Executive Michael Roman as part of our CEO Spotlight series. The Minnesota-based manufacturer makes everything from post-it notes to touchscreen displays and is not shying away from big acquisitions despite a difficult past year. Roman hinted at new deals to come and discussed his outlook for the macro environment.

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This week, Caroline Hyde sat down with Qualcomm Chief Executive Steve Mollenkopf for a wide-ranging interview as part of our CEO Spotlight Series. Mollenkopf discussed the race for 5G, the surprising ways it will be used beyond phones as well as how the company is managing antitrust pressures and maintaining a culture of innovation.

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This week, Win Thin, the global head of currency strategy at Brown Brothers Harrimanm, joined to discuss the pound erasing its post-election rally once the threat of a no-deal Brexit was back on. Curiositystream CEO Clint Stinchcomb talked about how the science and nature-focused streaming service he runs is beating ESPN+ and HBO Now in subscribers. Deutsche Bank chief economist Torsten Slok discussed life after Mark Carney at the Bank of England. Then Checkr CEO Daniel Yanisse joined to talk about how his company is using technology to improve biases in hiring and help people with criminal records get back to work. 

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This week, Joe sits down with Democratic Presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren to talk about the wealth tax, her plan for trade with China, and Michael Bloomberg's entrance to race. Christopher Ailman, CalSTRS Chief Investment Officer, joined to discuss his push for technology companies to end dual class stock structures after seven years. Then David Woo, Head of Global Rates and Currencies Research at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, came on to talk about why China is worried that Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren could be tougher on trade than President Trump and offer his top trades of 2020.

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