33voices
33Voices
Moe and Jenna Abdou interview a highly influential roster of founders, venture capitalists, CEO’s, master thinkers, bestselling authors, academic minds, and creatives to deconstruct the hidden insights that only those who are building breakthrough ventures can reveal. For ten years now, 33voices has engaged closely with founders, senior executives and company builders to identify interesting & pressing challenges that give rise to thoughtful dialogue with contributors who not only think differently, but who represent the frontiers of knowledge in business, culture and lifestyle.
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Aug 15, 2017 • 56min
How Cotopaxi Created a New Kind of Company
Davis and Jenna discuss how Cotopaxi puts their social mission at the heart of everything they do - from incorporating as a B Corp to their Thank You Note Program and their Del Día Collection. Davis explains how if more companies integrate giving back into their business models we can eradicate poverty — The private sector must play a role. We also chat about the importance of establishing rituals that reinforce your values to shape your team’s behavior and output — If you make social good a part of your culture everything else will follow.
Aug 13, 2017 • 50min
The Genius of the Information Age
Moe Abdou is joined by Jimmy Soni & Rob Goodman to discuss the intellectual journey of Claude Shannon.
Aug 8, 2017 • 47min
The Leap towards Spiritual Awakening
Acclaimed Spiritual leader, Steve Taylor joins Moe Abdou to discuss how ordinary people can unlock their awakened state.
Aug 7, 2017 • 50min
These Startup Frameworks Streamline Execution
Alexandra, Matt, and Jenna discuss how Revere is simplifying the connection that what you put into your body directly influences what you get out of it. Alexandra and Matt share the art of customer development, how to reverse engineer the product you want to create, and separate yourself from it when receiving customer feedback by creating a “qualitative feedback locker.” We also discuss the decision to build an advisory board early, ideally with very diverse viewpoints, and tips on how to communicate and build relationships with them to best leverage their expertise.
Aug 1, 2017 • 38min
The Hidden Force That Creates the World’s Greatest
Accomplished WSJ deputy editor, Sam Walker joins Moe Abdou to discuss the link between the world’s greatest sports teams.
Jul 24, 2017 • 35min
How Collective Retreats is Reimagining Travel
Peter and Jenna discuss Collective Retreats’ goal to be a launchpad for connection — to ourselves, our communities, and our surroundings. He shares how his early love for hospitality was inspired by seeing people light up when they see something for the first time and his team’s work hand crafting every experience to foster discovery, exploration, and empathy. We also chat about how travel makes us more open minded, Peter’s most eye-opening adventures and the hot sauce collection he’s built along the way.
Jul 21, 2017 • 1h 6min
Train Your Way to Peak Performance
Jason and Jenna discuss why confidence is an action not a feeling and daily tactics, like awareness of breath and visualization, to center yourself and elevate your performance. Jason shares his experiences discovering and embracing his personal leadership style at Twitter, Medium, and Lucid and how it sets an example for your team members to be open about their insecurities, allowing you to grow together. They also chat about having the courage to zoom out in life and business to ensure you are on the right track.
Jul 19, 2017 • 54min
Follow These Tactics to Make Diversity a Reality
Ryan, Porter, and Jenna discuss why diversity is and must be a company wide responsibility and how organizations can avoid the most dangerous type of debt: Human capital. The founders zero in on how both startups and large corporations can take action today, from creating a diverse pipeline to interpreting your diversity stats and implementing metrics to monitor progress. We also chat about how Ryan and Porter signed on customers before they had a product and how to work with your partners pre-launch to build features that are specifically tailored to their needs.
Jul 18, 2017 • 35min
How the Best Brands Enrich the Human Experience
Emily and Jenna walk through Red Antler’s process designing multilayered brand experiences for companies like Allbirds and MissionU as well as highlight how today’s most influential brands harness empathy to tap into the human experience and speak truth into our lives. They also chat about why Emily doesn’t have a 10-year plan and how to leave room for serendipity in your life to lead you to unexpected, and incredible, places.
Jul 18, 2017 • 46min
How to Impact Real Change
Christina and Jenna discuss the Andela movement, how they treat diversity like a product and measure KPIs to ensure more women are participating in the fellowship, her experience at the Clinton Global Initiative initiating a conversation with Archbishop Desmond Tutu and Aung San Suu Kyi, and how stamina trains you to shift your mindset from asking 'if' to 'how.'
