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Eva and Jenna discuss the best coffee meetings she’s ever had, navigating the VC Founder relationship, why she spends 25% of her week with people outside of tech, and how exposure to the world helps us build better companies.

Gina and Jenna discuss the increasingly powerful role software will play creating community-powered brands with network effects and how each member who joins increases the value and utility of your brand. We also chat about the importance of ‘washing away your skepticism,’ strengthening your gut overtime, and how to prime your brain in the morning to align your priorities.

Jessica and Jenna discuss how Stella & Dot Family Brands empowers women with choice and purpose to pursue entrepreneurship on their own terms. They chat about Jessica’s experiences launching the business from making jewelry in her living room, going door to door selling it and deciding to bootstrap so she could “manage the business for the mission not the quarter.” Jessica emphasizes how the team’s Day One mentality drives their innovative culture and how looking at the world with curiosity allows you to see opportunities instead of obstacles. She also shares two personal stories about the high school teacher who kicked her out of class and changed her life and the guidance counselor who taught her to doubt those who doubt you.

Venture Capitalist, Tony Tjan joins Moe Abdou to discuss why legendary companies value people over ideas, products, and profits.

Danny and Jenna discuss how Crew is making distributed workplaces, like hospitals, restaurants and retail stores, more connected to ensure everyone has a successful day at work. They chat about why Crew doesn't have product managers and the techniques that help the team listen and respond to customer feedback at scale. Danny also shares the guiding role science plays at Crew, deriving inspiration from Drake’s Equation searching for extraterrestrial life, and why startups should manage their runway by release frequency to elevate team focus, ownership and morale.

Ron and Jenna walk through his experiences transforming Target into Tarjay by asking: Why does good design have to be expensive? They chat about the birth of the Apple store and Genius Bar and how the team constantly turns their core thought of enriching lives into practice. Ron also shares how his latest company Enjoy is creating the specialty store of the digital era and unlocking personal service like we’ve never seen before.

Vishal and Jenna discuss Obvious Ventures’ mission to back #WorldPositive companies that believe their business is a critical part of our social and environmental fabric and commit to actively serving the greater good. They deconstruct value based leadership touching on Vishal’s experiences at Patagonia and stories from Obvious VC companies, like Gusto and Virta Health. Most importantly, Vishal emphasizes how and why culture is shaped and reshaped daily by every decision every team member in your organization makes.

Stuart and Jenna chat about why ‘move fast and break things’ doesn’t, and won’t, work in FinTech and Current's plan to be a long-term change agent in the industry. They also discuss that while stress and adrenaline intensify our purpose it’s critical to be in charge of our mindset by controlling how we use our daily decision credits and creating positive feedback loops to counter the insidious, slow burning pressure of being a founder.

Ariel and Jenna discuss how jewelry is becoming more personal, creating #AGJGirlCrush and why brands need to take their narrative in their own hands in the new media landscape. They also chat about why she never wrote a business plan and follows her intuition instead as well as the play that taught her “the judgment of your life is your life."

Ram Charan joins Moe Abdou to discuss the evolving role of  the modern leader.