Tory Burch built a billion-dollar business from the ground up, by speeding forward when others might have hit pause, and showing watchful patience when others may have gone full tilt. In our live onstage interview, Tory shows how this approach plays out in her global business – and in her impactful foundation that supports women business owners. Live audienc ... Show More
Feb 12
DraftKings’ next big bets, with CEO Jason Robins
Prediction markets. AI. Super Bowl ads. Hear how DraftKings co-founder and CEO Jason Robins is placing bets on the future. Robins talked with host Jeff Berman just ahead of the Super Bowl in San Francisco about how he stays focused, cultivates company culture, and navigates a tum ... Show More
32m 26s
Feb 10
Super Bowl ads, Bad Bunny, and the business of cultural risk, with Autodesk’s Dara Treseder
The Super Bowl LX ad blitz was a big budget highwire act — from Anthropic's shot at OpenAI to Lady Gaga's homage to Mr Rogers, and Dunkin's nostalgia-fueled celeb fest. Autodesk CMO Dara Treseder returns to Rapid Response to break down what worked, what didn’t, and what the ads r ... Show More
31m 38s
Dec 2019
Live From The HIBT Summit: Sara Blakely Of Spanx
Our first episode from the 2019 <em>How I Built This </em>Summit features Sara Blakely, founder of Spanx. In front of a live audience, she tells Guy how she stayed confident in the earliest days of building the business, and why one day she still wound up sobbing on the floor of ... Show More
19m 53s
Jul 2020
How I Built Resilience: Live with Julia Hartz
Founder Julia Hartz is reckoning with COVID-19's impact on the live events industry, which uses her company, Eventbrite, to sell tickets and market events. While her users are quickly pivoting to virtual events, Julia has been making tough decisions, which include laying off 45 p ... Show More
24m 24s
Jul 2020
How I Built Resilience: Live with Sharon Chuter
In 2018, Sharon Chuter left her job at a legacy beauty brand to start UOMA Beauty, a cosmetics company that caters to a wide variety of skin tones. She recently launched a social media campaign called Pull Up or Shut Up, which asks beauty brands to publicize statistics on the div ... Show More
22m 24s
May 2021
Sponsored: Small Business Stories | Columbia Sportswear | 2
<p>This episode is brought to you by Wondery in partnership with Dell Technologies. In honor of small businesses, we're featuring inspiring stories of successful companies that started out small.</p><p>It’s 1970 and Gert Boyle’s life is in ruins. Her husband’s just died, and now, ... Show More
31m 23s
Mar 2022
Best of Business Wars Daily | Big Tech's Next Frontier Is Home Buying | 7
<p>While the housing market continues its hot streak, technology is disrupting the industry on every level. On this episode, we're joined by Business Wars writer Natalie Robehmed and comedian Ed Herro to look back at some of our best real estate stories from our sister show, Busi ... Show More
34m 13s
Jul 2022
How to Keep Your Employees Happy at Work, with Kate Grimaldi
<p>In this episode of the HR Leaders podcast, I'm joined by Kate Grimaldi, the Senior Director Enterprise Talent Strategy at Paylocity, to discuss the steps you can take to keep your employees happy at work.</p><p>Kate joined Paylocity back in 2016 as an HR business partner and q ... Show More
34m 57s