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FOMO Sapiens with Patrick J. McGinnis

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Jun 27, 2019 • 33min

You’re Invited: Bronson van Wyck and the Art of the Party

The founder of the Van Wyck & Van Wyck event production and design agency Bronson van Wyck talks about the marketing power of the perfect party. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Jun 20, 2019 • 36min

Your Vote Counts? How the Leadership Now Project Wants to Get Your Skin in the Game

Leadership Now Project CEO and founder Daniella Ballou-Aares shares her organization's mission, efforts, and success in ensuring a fair, principled, competitive, and representative U.S. democratic system. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Jun 13, 2019 • 33min

Don’t Read the Comments: Katie Rosman’s Survival Guide to Journalism in the Social Media Age

New York Times features reporter Katie Rosman lives at the intersection of popular culture, journalism, and social media. She shares her outlook on the future of reporting in an era of click counts, fake news, and the disruption of print journalism. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Jun 6, 2019 • 37min

Disruptive Fair Trade: How Naadam Is Getting the Cashmere Industry’s Goat

Matt Scanlan, CEO of the cashmere clothing company, Naadam, talks about how he created a successful startup with almost no knowledge of the industry that he was about to disrupt forever. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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May 30, 2019 • 35min

Reddit, the Bustling Marketplace of Ideas: How to Preserve — and Monetize — Community-Driven Free Expression

Reddit COO Jen Wong discusses the biggest social network you never talk about, and how Reddit's unique culture of free expression within community-moderated spaces has made it one of the most robust marketplaces of ideas on the internet. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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May 23, 2019 • 36min

The Business of Keeping It Simple: How Less is More at Primary

Primary cofounders Galyn Bernard and Christina Carbonell discuss how staying true to their model of curated options and organic community engagement has made their children’s clothing company a startup success. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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May 16, 2019 • 44min

You Are the Product: Giancarlo Pitocco and the Attention Economy

Former Facebook and Instagram employee Giancarlo Pitocco explains how the attention economy has created a mental health and productivity crisis -- and how we can begin to reclaim our valuable time and attention. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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May 9, 2019 • 42min

Wicked Lobstah: Vertical Integration and the Luke’s Lobster Success Story

Founder and CEO of Luke's Lobster, Luke Holden, explains how vertical integration -- taking a direct hand in the supply side of his successful lobster shack business -- has been crucial to the runaway success of his passion project. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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May 2, 2019 • 33min

Internet Trolls & Crazy Rich Asians: The Wild World of Vintage Watch Collectors

Eric Wind, former senior watch specialist at Christie’s and a “watch-preneur,” reveals how you can navigate the often irrational world of collection to make money while having fun in the process. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Apr 25, 2019 • 40min

The Instagram Army: Activism in the 21st Century

Venezuelan model, social media influencer, and activist, Eglantina Zingg, shares how Instagram and her remarkable upbringing in the Amazon turned her into a fierce advocate for women and girls. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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