What can entrepreneurs learn from a genre-crossing, multi-platinum musician? How to take a big opportunity — and leverage it into something epic. From his earliest days as a founding member of the Black Eyed Peas, will.i.am learned from mentors how to not only identify big opportunities but compound them. From the Super Bowl to the first iTunes commercial; f ... Show More
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Ford's Jim Farley on beating China, and the storm nobody sees coming
With the ongoing disruption in the Strait of Hormuz and fuel prices still elevated, few auto executives are feeling the pressure more acutely than Ford Motor Company CEO Jim Farley. He joins Rapid Response to give a candid account of what the turmoil means for the auto industry, ... Show More
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How Barnes & Noble made a comeback, with CEO James Daunt
CEO James Daunt has now rescued two iconic bookstore chains: Barnes & Noble and Waterstones. He joins host Jeff Berman to discuss the turnarounds, plus how bookstores are preparing for an onslaught of AI-written content, his BookTok strategy, and why local control is the key to m ... Show More
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What the jobs report isn't telling you about AI & the workforce, with Upwork’s Hayden Brown
Few leaders have a better real-time read on how AI is actually reshaping the workforce than Hayden Brown. As CEO of Upwork, the platform where 18 million freelancers meet the businesses that need them, she sees what the monthly jobs report can't: which skills are surging, which j ... Show More
30m 3s
Apr 2024
Will.i.am: On Power of AI
He’s a rapper, a producer, an entrepreneur, and a founding member of the Black Eyed Peas. Will.I.Am has worked with some of the biggest names in the business - from Michael Jackson and Britney to Kanye and Rihanna. He’s dipped his toes in the shark-infested waters of politics, to ... Show More
26m 25s
Jul 2024
will.i.am on AI – and the future of creativity (from ReThinking with Adam Grant)
You may know will.i.am as the 7-time Grammy-award winning singer, songwriter, producer, and frontman of The Black Eyed Peas. But his interests beyond music have also taken him down a surprising and creative path – from serving as the director of creative innovation at Intel, to b ... Show More
31m 57s
May 2025
190 - This guy turned $1,800 into a $1B+ business (crazy story) | Scooter Braun
Get JD's new playbook Website Selling Machine here. Today, Jon gets into the background of Scooter Braun, the man behind some of the biggest names in music, such as Justin Bieber and Ariana Grande. Discover how he turned an $1,800 investment into a billion-dollar empire through s ... Show More
36m 44s
Nov 2024
$3.6 Billion Dollars Worth Of Business Knowledge In 75 Minutes
<p>AD - In this video Will demonstrates how he grew his business, Whoop, to 3.6 billion dollars in less than 10 years and how you can do the same!
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1h 15m
Mar 2025
An AI Conversation for Everyday People w/ Will.i.am & Van Jones | EP #154
In this episode, Will.i.am, Van Jones, and Peter discuss what the Make Wakanda Real campaign stands for, how technology is changing lives across the globe, and the state of legacy media.
Recorded on Feb 22nd, 2025
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Jun 2018
will.i.am: The Future of Social Media and Artificial Intelligence
Grammy-winning musician, producer, tech entrepreneur, author and philanthropist will.i.am is best known as the founder of the Black Eyed Peas. He shares why he's shifting away from making music and has been focusing his energy on using technology to create a better future through ... Show More
44m 2s