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Welcome to The Q Factor, where host Gregg Fisher, Founder and Portfolio Manager of Quent Capital, leads listeners through the rapidly evolving landscape of data-driven leadership and innovation. This award-winning podcast series dives deep into the profound impact of data on every facet of life in the 21st century, navigating the intricate intersection of data and humanity. In every episode, Fisher engages with business luminaries and thought leaders to explore the delicate balance between t ...
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How do successful businesses value their people? In today's data-driven world, this isn't a question that competitive business leaders can afford to leave un-quantified. Today's guest is one of the world's leading thinkers on the subject. Harvard Business School professor Ethan Rouen has just published a game-changing paper called "The Stock Market…
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ARIEL EKBLAW: TURNING SCI-FI INTO REALITY
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If you're running out of earthly investment ideas, perhaps you're simply not aiming high enough. Look to the Low Earth Orbit, says Dr. Ariel Ekblaw, Founder and CEO of the Aurelia Institute, and one of the most brilliant young thinkers we've ever had on THE Q FACTOR. Ekblaw joins host Gregg Fisher for a mindblowing conversation about the extraordin…
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AJ MEYER: UNPACKING THE FUTURE WITH ROBOTICS
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The future may be dreamed in leaps and bounds, but it's built in small, well-considered steps. Today's guest is AJ Meyer, CEO of the delightfully-named Pickle Robot. They have one product: a robot that unloads trucks. And by focusing on one small slice of the supply-chain problem, Meyer and his team have built the foundation for the future, one in …
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The pandemic didn't change everything, but it certainly hit the accelerator. The future of work has arrived. Or has it? What are the trends worth paying attention to, and investing in, as we navigate this once-in-a-generation, or perhaps, once-in-a-century transition, to a fully-automated, work-from-home, semi-virtual, wholly-digital work life? Que…
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Thanks to the application of data and scientific rigor, remarkable gains are being made against one of mankind’s most formidable foes: aging. Today's guest is Dr. Nir Barzilai, the founding director for the Institute of Aging Research. In his conversation with host Gregg Fisher, Barzilai breaks down the latest insights in our treatment of the human…
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Farms. They may seem old-fashioned. But the technological marvel known as the farm remains the centerpiece of human food consumption, and the $1 trillion category that is agriculture. How is agri-business adapting to the massive changes coming down the pike, from automation to global warming? How is artificial intelligence changing the way you and …
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DOMINIQUE HANSSENS: THE SCIENCE OF MARKETING
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The most brilliant business in the world will fail...if nobody hears about it. As we search for the best investments, we must search not only for great products, services, and leaders, but also for superb marketing as well. In this episode, Gregg's guest is one of the world's foremost experts on the subject of marketing. Prof. Dominique Hanssens of…
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How accurate is a company's balance sheet in assessing its value? Not accurate at all, says Prof. Baruch Lev, who joins host Gregg Fisher for an eye-opening conversation about the critical value of intangibles. The importance of modern accounting pales in comparison to the importance of understanding a company's intangibles. Prof. Lev is perhaps th…
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ANDREW CORBETT: IDENTIFYING GREAT ENTREPRENEURS
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If entrepreneurship had a central office, it may very well be Babson College in Wellesley, MA, ranked the #1 school for entrepreneurship for over a quarter century. From Babson's hallowed halls have sprung the visionaries behind companies as varied as Ring, Home Depot, and Gerber Baby Food, among hundreds of others. What qualities make a great entr…
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NICHOLAS CHRISTAKIS: HOW COVID-19 CHANGED CULTURE
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At long last, the COVID-19 pandemic seems to be in its final stages. And yet the permanent impact this pathogen has had on human culture cannot possibly be overestimated. We will surely never go back to the "way things were before." In today's episode, Gregg Fisher talks to one of the foremost experts on the subject, Yale University's Dr. Nicholas …
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Dylan Taylor is the single most active investor in an amazing new investment space: space itself. Space exploration, development, and travel, once unimaginable as an investment category, is now opening up as an opportunity for everyday investors. Join us for host Gregg Fisher's fascinating conversation with an amazing thought leader, Dylan Taylor, …
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ADAM SEGAL: CHINA, TIKTOK, AND PRIVACY UNDER SIEGE
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Is your teenage daughter's TikTok usage tipping the balance of power to China? How much of our personal information is being funneled to the Chinese government? In this episode, Gregg Fisher of Quent Capital speaks with Dr. Adam Segal, Director of the Digital and Cyberspace Policy program at the Council on Foreign Relations, and one of the world's …
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RAWI ABDELAL: THE ROOTS OF ANTI-GLOBALISM
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Surely at the heart of the nationalist, anti-globalist fervor that has gripped the US in recent years is income inequality: the widening gulf between the wealthy, and those the 21st century has "left behind." Not so fast, says Dr. Rawi Abdelal, Harvard Business School professor and noted economics scholar. Perhaps there is a deeper issue animating …
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FRANCES FREI: LEADERSHIP IN A WORLD TRANSFORMED
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Leadership and culture can make or break a business. But how can we lead and foster a positive culture in a world of distributed work? Host Gregg Fisher (Founder of Quent Capital) speaks with renowned scholar and author Dr. Frances Frei of the Harvard Business School, who serves as a consultant to some of the most respected companies and leaders in…
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A look at what lies ahead in Season Two of the Award-winning podcast, THE Q FACTOR, hosted by Gregg Fisher of Quent Capital.By Gregg S. Fisher
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Data and the Search for Intelligent Life in the Universe: A Conversation with Carolyn Porco
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It's among the biggest questions our species faces: is there intelligent life in the universe, away from our planet? Data has been powering mankind's search for intelligent life in the universe ever since we first gazed up at the heavens, and began to ponder our place in the cosmos. In this episode, Gregg Fisher speaks with Dr. Carolyn Porco, who f…
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I'll Be Watching You: 1010Data's Afshin Goodarzi
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As Chief Analyst of 1010Data, Afshin Goodarzi's job is to keep track of every move you make. Does that make him a bad person? On the contrary, Afshin is a deeply moral, thoughtful human being. It just so happens that he works for a company, 1010Data, that serves as the big data "eyes and ears" for enormous multinationals like Coca-Cola, Procter & G…
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PayPal's Matan Parnes: How Data Is Transforming Money
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Gregg speaks with Matan Parnes, PayPal's Head of Global Risk and Data Sciences, about the ways that money is being revolutionized - and put at risk - in the digital age. Topics include: how PayPal is developing "story based" technology to detect good people from bad; China's headstart in adopting a zero-cash economy; and a new generation of digital…
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Jesse Redniss: Warner Media's Data Innovator
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Gregg speaks with Jesse Redniss, EVP of data strategy at Turner and head of WarnerMedia's Innovation Lab, about the myriad ways that data is upending, disrupting, and optimizing entertainment.By Jesse Redniss
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Hosted by Gregg Fisher, The Q Factor is a series of conversations with thought leaders from all walks of life, exploring the ways that data is transforming, disrupting, and revolutionizing our world. Awarded BEST PODCAST at the 2019 Mutual Fund Industry and ETF Awards.By Gregg S. Fisher
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The Great Factor Summit: Gregg Fisher & Andrew Ang
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Two titans of finance, host Gregg Fisher and BlackRock's Andrew Ang go head to head on the white-hot subject of factor investing. Gregg and Andrew discuss how factors first captured their imaginations; trade perspectives on growth, value and momentum; and compare factor investing to music and cooking.…
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Satish Tripathi: Optimizing Higher Education
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Many of America's struggling rust belt cities are being transformed by data from the inside out. Gregg's guest today is Dr. Satish Tripathi, renowned data scientist and President of the University at Buffalo. Tripathi talks about how quantititative thinking is bringing higher education into the 21st century, and powering a growing tech sector in We…
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Robert Merton: A Data Visionary Senses A Coming Crisis
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A bona fide living legend, Dr. Robert C. Merton was one of the first true scientists to enter - and revolutionize - the world of finance. A distinguished professor at both MIT and Harvard, Merton was awarded the 1997 Nobel Prize in Economics. Merton breaks down what he sees as a looming potential financial crisis, just over the horizon: the underfu…
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Anne Milgram: Finding Justice Through Data
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Gregg speaks with Anne Milgram, former Attorney General of New Jersey, about her pioneering work bringing data science into the world of criminal justice. Topics include: the US's incarceration dilemma, the development of a pretrial "risk assessment tool," and how even smart data can be contaminated by racial bias.…
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As the 2018 midterm elections approach, Gregg engages Ethan Roeder, political veteran and National Director of Data for both of Barack Obama’s presidential campaigns. Ethan offers his unique perspective on the intersection of data and politics, and how information is being leveraged for political gain.…
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