

In the Know with Amol Sarva
Amol Sarva
Amol Sarva's series with changemakers and innovators in longevity, tech, and ideas
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Apr 11, 2019 • 52min
Fabrice Grinda, 400X angel (Alibaba, Knotel, OpenDoor, Flexport) and manyX co-founder of Auclan, Zingy, OLX and company-builder FJ Labs
Amol Sarva (Knotel cofounder) takes In the Know to talk with with the angel and founder Fabrice Grinda about his 100s of startup experiences and mainly about systems -- the system for selecting the right businesses for Fabrice, originally his 9 Business Selection Criteria along with its brand new update, and about happiness. Fabrice is a world-recognized expert on happiness, and we talk about the happiness of groups, not just individuals.

Apr 11, 2019 • 43min
Alex Mashinsky, visionary founder of Arbinet, the proto-Lyft/Uber GroundLink, Transit Wireless and now a crypto bank talks about making things big
Amol Sarva (Knotel cofounder) takes In the Know to talk with Alex Mashinsky who has repeatedly dreamt big and hit big using information networks to disrupt telecom, Wall St, banks, taxis, and more. Listen to the visionary founder of Arbinet, the proto-Lyft/Uber GroundLink, Transit Wireless and now a crypto bank talk about the bets you must make to make things big. More about Alex: http://www.mashinsky.com/

Apr 6, 2019 • 44min
Will Herman, author of The Startup Playbook, 2x billion-dollar founder, 200x startup-advisor on how to lead people to greatness
Amol Sarva (Knotel cofounder) takes In the Know to talk with Will Herman, the Boston founder who dropped out of college, started at Digital Equipment Corporation in the hallowed early days of computing and followed his destiny to 100s of startups: public, private, scale, and varied. Plus, he drops science on people and ego -- the heart of helping people work out their differences.

Apr 6, 2019 • 35min
Dane Madsen, wiseman of transformation who led YellowPages.com, on how to transform yourself and your people
Amol Sarva (Knotel cofounder) takes In the Know to visit Dane Madsen in a conversation that finds him far away from the centers of the commerce, in his retreat, talking travel, transformation, teams, and asking why.

Apr 6, 2019 • 33min
Anthemos Georgiades, CEO of Zumper, classicist and first-time founder of Kleiner-backed apartment-leasing giant
Amol Sarva (Knotel cofounder) takes In the Know to visit Anthemos Georgiades who studied classics at Oxford, worked for BCG, joined Harvard Business School, and used it to launch his clever plan to to transform apartment rentals: Zumper. First time founder, scale-up genius: enjoy.

Mar 30, 2019 • 1h 2min
Safi Bahcall, scientist, inventor, founder, CEO, policy advisor and author of “Loonshots”
Amol Sarva (Knotel cofounder) takes In the Know to visit Safi Bahcall who studied physics at Princeton as a kid with Stephen Wolfram, started a cancer drug discovery company and took it public, advised the Obama White House on science policy, and now has a book for how teams should be organized to create innovation: Loonshots.
He has a lot to say on the incentives and structure of an organization and how that creates teamwork and innovation, or doesn't.

Mar 30, 2019 • 22min
Shira Atkins, cofounder of the Women Belong in the House series and Wonder Media Network
This time on In the Know Amol Sarva (Knotel cofounder) is visiting with a podcast media master strategist, Shira Atkins -- creator of the fabulous series that followed the 2018 elections and first-time women candidates, "Women Belong in the House", and her podcast media company Wonder Media Network.
Mar 30, 2019 • 38min
Martha Stewart, lifestyle icon, brand dealmaker, and omnimedia revolutionary
This week In the Know has Amol Sarva (cofounder of Knotel) and colleague Allison Stoloff (Knotel's head of revenue marketing) visiting with Martha Stewart for an all-topics, all-opinions tour of her legendary business accomplishments and innovations.

Mar 18, 2019 • 21min
Money Mark, super-producer to the Beastie Boys, David Byrne, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, and his own hits
This week In the Know comes to Amol Sarva (Knotel cofounder) at Knotel HQ, where legendary producer, composer and musical technology inventor Money Mark drops in. Sure he produced the Beastie Boys for nearly 20 years, and yes it was that immaculate decade from Check Your Head onward, but he also shipped the sublime "Mark's Keyboard Repair" in 1995, and so much more: including a Maker Faire appearance recently with a truly mind-warping piano-roll-to-MIDI contraption.
Here on In the Know, Money Mark talks creativity and collaboration.
More on Mark and creativity

Mar 18, 2019 • 41min
Stephen Wolfram, yes the Stephen Wolfram, sits down to talk…management
In the Know follows Amol Sarva (Knotel cofounder) into a lengthy face-to-face with the legendary scientist, inventor, polymath and CEO Stephen Wolfram. The creator of Mathematica, Macarthur genius, Richard Feynmann disciple, computer science experimentalist, and on and on is also a management guru on par with Peter Drucker or Napoleon.
Find out if Stephen is a fox or a hedgehog.
In the Know is hosted by Dr. Amol Sarva, co-founder of Knotel, Knotable, Halo Neuroscience, Peek, Virgin Mobile, and a supporter or investor in nearly 100 startup companies. Every week, Amol bumps into interesting people and interviews them on solving the challenges in creating a large, impactful idea. More at amolsarva.com


