VEEP World, Selena Meyer and Donald Trump

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In VEEP World, Selena Meyer had gone from VP to President to former President In real life, America had gotten a new President too, Donald Trump. So the nature of VEEP changed David and his creative team leaned hard in this new direction It was one to show about the dazzling vulgarity of outwardly respectable politicians Became a story about the terrifying endgame of seeking power without consequences If Selena really wants to get the White House back, what is she prepared to do?

To achieve massive scale, you don’t just need founders, you also need a re-founder – someone to come in at a later stage to keep the mission and culture on track. As Microsoft’s third CEO ever — after Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer — Satya Nadella is doing just that. He’s fostered a culture at Microsoft that rewards new ideas and makes room for feedback. Satya discusses how, as Chairman and CEO, he has transformed Microsoft from a cutthroat culture towards embracing social networks, collaboration, and cloud. Plus, Satya and Reid reminisce about the early conversations that led to Microsoft’s acquisition of LinkedIn. With guest David Mandel, showrunner of Veep.

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