After working for years in early-stage startups and as a journalist, here are three hard truths I’ve learned: 1. Success in Silicon Valley hinges on connections, hard work and luck. 2. Startups often fail because founders lack fundamental business knowledge. 3. Real, actionable advice comes from those who’ve actually done it. There’s no such thing as “founder DNA.” If you’re willing to take on risk and invest years of your life in something that has maybe a 10% chance of paying off — less if ...
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Walter Thompson-Hernández speaks with formerly incarcerated young writers whose work will be read over the course of the season by creatives like John Legend, Issa Rae, Yvonne Orji, Karamo Brown, Jay Ellis, Keke Palmer, Julio Torres, and Jesse Williams. Vulnerable poems and honest stories play out against a tailored soundtrack with original music. From Lemonada Media and Black Bar Mitzvah. The voices of those locked up in the U.S. prison system have been all but written off, but no more. The ...
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California Love is a blend of memoir, pop culture analysis and oral history. The newest season, K-pop Dreaming, is about the rise and history of K-pop in the United States, as told from the point-of-view of the Korean diaspora in Los Angeles. Host Vivian Yoon takes listeners on a journey from K-pop’s origins in Korean trot music and American presence in post-war South Korea to the 1992 LA Uprising and the booming global popularity of K-pop in the present day, all juxtaposed against Yoon’s ow ...
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Join host Walter Thompson for The Golden City, a podcast that presents stories from San Francisco’s past, present and future. In each episode, Thompson and guests explore aspects of the city’s news, history and culture that often go overlooked. Whether you’re a native or a tourist, listen to the The Golden City, and you’ll learn something new about one of the most familiar cities on Earth.
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Tech guru and veteran CNBC and Bloomberg journalist Eric Chemi takes on modern business and what it takes to break through from a journalist’s perspective. It’s all about being assertive (!!) in a way that wins friends and nurtures relationships – what we at Bospar have branded “Politely Pushy”. From CEOs, founders and investors, to IT experts, luminaries, and other interesting sorts, Eric delivers straight talk in a relaxed “let’s have coffee” conversation that’s interesting, fast-paced, an ...
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The Forward Podcast with Lance Armstrong gives the audience a rare and revealing listen into Armstrong's conversations with an eclectic range of personalities—some well-known, others simply with intriguing stories to tell. Guests, which hail from the worlds of politics, entertainment, art, business, sport and beyond, have included Malcolm Gladwell, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Chris Evert and the Avett Brothers. The Forward often touches on the theme, or concept, from which the podcast’s name is dra ...
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The show first aired in 1934 for the NBC Radio New England region. Himan Brown, then still at college, arranged the radio rights for the comic strip. On February 4, 1935, it was picked up by CBS Radio, airing in 15 minute episodes four times a week. Returning next season it aired on Mutual Broadcasting System from September 30, 1935 to March 24, 1937. From April 29, 1939, "Dick Tracy" became a half-hour-long prime time radio serial, airing at 5:00 pm. When the USA got involved in the Second ...
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"Legacy Maker: Stories of Black Inventors and Icons" is dedicated to celebrating the groundbreaking achievements and enduring legacies of Black innovators and cultural icons. Through compelling storytelling, our podcast shines a spotlight on the brilliance and resilience of individuals who have shaped history and continue to inspire future generations. Join us as we uncover the untold stories and celebrate the rich heritage that fuels progress and empowerment.
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A creative writing podcast from lutruwita/Tasmania.
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For most of us, we must be able to listen in order to speak. Put another way, listening plus speaking equals successful communication. Fortunately, for children with hearing loss, listening has become less of a challenge due to the availability of testing that allows early detection of hearing loss and the early use of advanced hearing technology – like hearing aids and cochlear implants. This podcast, The Listening Brain, will celebrate listening and speaking in the context of childhood hea ...
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Reimagining Intent aims to create a community where people are not afraid to confront the hard realities of life. We want people to find what makes them happy in this world and go and do it. We believe that failing is a part of life and that you should learn and grow from it. Through influential people and interesting ideas, we hope people can take tips and tricks to use in their own life to start creating the life they have always dreamed of. For more info, follow us of Instagram, Facebook, ...
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World's foremost museum of photography and cinema located on the historic estate of George Eastman, the pioneer of popular photography.
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On War & Society features interviews with the most prominent historians of war and society. Guests discuss their cutting-edge research, the challenges associated with doing history, and life ‘behind the book.’
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PLEASE NOTE: The 'Great Writers Inspire' project has its own website which features much more extensive, diverse and updated content. Please visit https://writersinspires.org From Dickens to Shakespeare, from Chaucer to Kipling and from Austen to Blake, this significant collection contains inspirational short talks freely available to the public and the education community worldwide. This series is aimed primarily at first year undergraduates but will be of interest to school students prepar ...
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Short, straightforward, and honest, this is your weekly dose of courage. Jessica and her guests will take you by the hand and help you see possibility where there may be fear. ------- We are traveling through life addicted to anxiety or prone to paralysis. Eventually, these ways of coping fail us and those around us. So, how can we come to see our breakdowns as opportunities for our breakthroughs? It begins with taking the journey towards self-awareness. This new Know Thyself series is your ...
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The Foundations of Successful Startup Founders with Walter Thompson
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So, you want to be a tech startup founder. Now what? Walter Thompson knows a thing or two about the journeys of successful–and not-so-successful– founders. As many know, securing investment is only part of the role. In this episode, Walter chats with Eric about his experience curating and creating content for digital publications and leading interv…
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TDK Ventures President Nicolas Sauvage on building successful deep tech startups
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If you're building a first-to-market solution using emerging technology that could meaningfully contribute to society and generate a 50x return, TDK Ventures President Nicolas Sauvage wants to hear from you. I invited him on the podcast to learn about TDK Ventures’ approach to corporate VC, which uses backcasting to identify ideal future technologi…
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A Conversation with Joanna Trimble Smith, Co-Founder & former CEO of Hearts for Hearing!
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Joanna Trimble Smith was a co-founder and served as Chief Executive Officer from 2011 through March of 2024 of Hearts for Hearing in Oklahoma City, whose mission is to create life-changing opportunities for children and adults with hearing loss to listen for a lifetime. Joanna graduated from the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center and as …
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Entrepreneurial insights for tech workers + immigrants with Stoovo CEO Hantz Févry
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In this episode of Fund/Build/Scale, host Walter Thompson engages in a comprehensive discussion with Hantz Févry, co-founder and CEO of Stoovo, an AI-based geospatial data company. Hantz shares invaluable insights into separating one's identity from their job, the importance of rapid execution in startups, and the journey from working at Google to …
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Imperfect Paradise: Lions, Coyotes, & Bears: Part 5 - Roads & Wildlife
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LAist Correspondent Jill Replogle speaks with Ben Goldfarb, an environmental journalist, wildlife enthusiast, and author of Crossings: How Road Ecology is Shaping the Future of Our Planet. They discuss how roads impact the wild animals in our midst, what wildlife crossings can do to mitigate that impact, and some of the other ecological solutions t…
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Listen Now: Squeezed with Yvette Nicole Brown
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This week we’re dropping in your feed to tell you about a new Lemonada show, Squeezed with Yvette Nicole Brown. Whether we’re young or old, part of the sandwich generation or child-free, care is universal. In this seven-part series, actress and caregiver Yvette Nicole Brown looks at caregiving over the course of a lifetime, exploring the lives of e…
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How Every Company Became a Health Company with MM+M’s Larry Dobrow
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How does one navigate a career that began with a law degree and settled in B2B medical marketing and media? For Larry Dobrow, editorial director at MM+M, it was all in mastering the art of the pivot. After the pandemic, more companies, including big brands like Apple and Lululemon, became health companies. Even if these companies didn’t realize it …
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Imperfect Paradise: Lions, Coyotes, & Bears: Part 4 - The Eagle Lovebirds
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Jackie and Shadow are two beloved bald eagles who live in Big Bear, a ski town a couple hours northeast of L.A. They went viral in 2024, as people tuned in to a livestream of their nest to see if their eggs would hatch. Fans around the world became deeply attached to the lovebirds, obsessing over the couple’s devotion to each other and their eggs. …
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7: The First to Jump: The Story of Walter Morris and the 555th Parachute Infantry Battalion
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Date: August 14, 2024 Legacy Makers: Stories of Black Inventors and Icons Title and Show Info Episode #7. “The First to Jump: The Story of Walter Morris and the 555th Parachute Infantry Battalion” Featuring: Toni Davis (Host & Storyteller). Summary Step back into the 1920s, where the story of a boy born in Waynesboro, Georgia, will eventually becom…
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Imperfect Paradise: Lions, Coyotes, & Bears: Part 3 - The Bear Nuisance
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The first deadly black bear attack in California’s history was confirmed recently in a small mountain town in Northern California. While wildlife officials say fatal bear attacks are rare, this recent death and growing encounters between bears and people underscore how high the stakes are as wild and urban worlds merge. LAist climate reporter Erin …
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“I’m doing exactly what I wanted to do,” with Neil C. Hughes of Tech Talks Daily
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On this episode of Politely Pushy, Eric takes the dive with host of Tech Talks Daily, Neil C. Hughes. At 16 years old, Hughes imagined an exciting career as a radio host or a writer before leading into a career in IT. Finding a balance between technology and business, he sought to clarify the complexity of the evolution of technology for the masses…
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Understanding product-led growth with Laura Schaffer, VP of Growth at Amplitude
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Enterprise companies like Salesforce, Oracle and Cisco use sales-led growth to drive revenue and build relationships with potential customers. Early-stage startups can't afford to rely on traditional sales and marketing, which is where product-led growth (PLG) comes in. Instead of creating slick sales collateral and hiring aggressive go-getters, PL…
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Addressing pain points + exploring early-stage trends with Kevin Weber of Amex Ventures
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In this episode of Fund/Build/Scale, I interviewed Amex Ventures Managing Director Kevin Weber about some of the nuances between traditional VC and corporate venture capital. It’s quite a mix: he’s looking for founders who can create value for individual American Express cardholders and the firm itself, so we talked about what types of opportunitie…
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Sir Bradley Wiggins on moving Forward. The Forward w/Lance Armstrong
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Sir Bradley Wiggins joined THEMOVE Podcast for a week of the 2024 Tour de France. Sir Wiggo has been through a tumultuous couple of years with the British Tabloids. Wiggo joins The Forward to set the record straight on what's been happening and where he is today.
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Imperfect Paradise: Lions, Coyotes, & Bears: Part 2 - The Coyote Villain
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If the mountain lion is thought of as a celebrity, then, many would think of the coyote as a villain. LAist Correspondent Emily Guerin looks into why we vilify coyotes, what scientists actually know about them, and how they’ve adapted and thrived in some of the most urban parts of Southern California. Emily also explores the historic and cultural b…
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6: Valor Unveiled: The Heroic Legacies of William Henry Thompson and Cornelius H. Charlton
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Date: July 31, 2024 Legacy Makers: Stories of Black Inventors and Icons Title and Show Info Episode #6. “Valor Unveiled: The Heroic Legacies of William Henry Thompson and Cornelius H. Charlton” Featuring: Toni Davis (Host & Storyteller). Summary Welcome to "Valor Unveiled," where we shine a spotlight on the phenomenal bravery of William Henry Thomp…
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5: Olympic Pioneers: Honoring Tidye Pickett & Louise Stokes
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Date: July 17, 2024 Legacy Makers: Stories of Black Inventors and Icons Title and Show Info Episode #5. Olympic Pioneers: Honoring Tidye Pickett & Louise Stokes Featuring: Toni Davis (Host & Storyteller). Summary In this exhilarating episode of "Olympic Pioneers: Honoring Tidye Pickett & Louise Stokes," we dive into the awe-inspiring tales of Tidye…
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Following the Rising Tide of AI with VentureBeat’s Michael Nuñez
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AI is the moment, and Michael Nuñez, editorial director at VentureBeat, unravels the tension between journalism and the business of technology in this episode of Politely Pushy. Inspired by the early development of large language models (LLM) and AI, Michael sought a way to break into the space. Enter VentureBeat. Michael’s regular conversations wi…
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SnapLogic CTO Jeremiah Stone on overcoming AI adoption barriers
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Everyone's looking for ways to implement AI solutions, but integrating them into existing systems means entering uncharted territory. Despite the hype cycle, a majority of enterprise customers “are spending 70-80% of their capacity maintaining legacy application infrastructure,” said Jeremiah Stone, CTO of SnapLogic. As a result, these companies of…
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Imperfect Paradise: Lions, Coyotes, & Bears: Part 1- The Mountain Lion Celebrity
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One of Hollywood’s recent celebrities wasn’t a person, but a feline. The famed mountain lion made headlines in Los Angeles and nationwide. He became a household name for making his home in Griffith Park, right in the middle of L.A. But the overwhelming support for P-22 wasn’t enough to save him. LAist Correspondent Jill Replogle looks into P-22’s s…
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S2 E5: From the ground up: Building startups with Deb Kemper of Golden Seeds Ventures
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Deb Kemper is a managing partner of Golden Seeds Ventures, a firm that focuses on backing early-stage, women-led companies. She joined me on the podcast to share tactics with founders who want to build networks with investors outside of Silicon Valley and discuss some of the challenges facing anyone seeking follow-on funding these days. We also tal…
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S2 E4: VAST Data CEO/founder Renen Hallak: “When we started, AI wasn't a thing.”
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One of the first interviews I did for the podcast was with Renen Hallak, CEO and founder of AI infrastructure company VAST Data. The company launched in 2019, and three years later, it was ranked No. 5 on the Deloitte Technology Fast 500™. Today, its customer base includes massive organizations like Disney, Verizon, the US Air Force and the US Depa…
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A Conversation with Claudia Marseille, Abstract Artist & Author!
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At age four, I was diagnosed with a severe hearing loss. With determination and the help of powerful hearing aids, I learned to hear, speak and lipread with ten years of speech therapy and lipreading training. I was mainstreamed in public schools in Berkeley, CA. After earning master’s degrees in archaeology and in public policy, and finally an MFA…
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S2E3: Felicis' Viviana Faga on early-stage AI brand development and investment tactics
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Viviana Faga is general partner at Felicis, a venture firm that invests in seed to Series B startups in several sectors. Since its founding in 2006, the company has backed breakout companies like Adyen, Canva, Shopify and Runway. Because she’s a former operator with experience in positioning, branding and go-to-market strategy, I asked her to come …
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S2E2: Capital-efficient growth and discovering diverse talent with Drew Glover of Fiat Ventures
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Fiat Ventures General Partner and co-founder Drew Glover fits the textbook definition of an emerging investor, but we had so much to talk about, the term itself never came up during our interview. Founded in 2022, Fiat Ventures is nearing the end of its $25M Fund One, which has focused on seed-stage fintech startups. “Seed is really the space that'…
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In 2009, Gloria Arellano de la Rosa was banned from re-entering the U.S. for ten years, finding herself separated from her four children and husband. But unlike Daniel Zamora, she didn’t remake her life in Mexico. Every day she waited to go home to the U.S. Fernanda Echavarri tells the story of what happens when Gloria finally returns to the States…
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S2 E1: Inside Intel Ignite with VP & GM Tzahi Weisfeld
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Early-stage deep tech founders working in AI and ML, or sectors like mobility, robotics and semiconductors are generally better off raising funds, seeking mentorship and connecting with potential customers via investors who aren’t expecting rapid growth and expansion. Because corporate VC looks for strategic plays that can accelerate their companie…
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LAist Studios presents Passing The Mantle: Is Gen Z less curious than the Baby Boomers?
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Passing the Mantle is a new podcast from LAist Studios about family, curiosity and the things that change — and stay the same — across generations. In this first episode, Larry Mantle and his son, Desmond, 23, talk about their wide-ranging interests and shared drive to understand why things are the way they are, and discuss whether today's generati…
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Make Digital Transformation Your Core Competency with StarCIO’s Isaac Sacolick
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In the age of tech disruption, who is responsible for leading a company through digital transformation? Isaac Sacolick, founder and president of StarCIO, identifies these leaders as “digital trailblazers.” In this Politely Pushy episode, Isaac quiets the buzz around generative AI advancement by comparing its hype cycle to the expansion of mobile te…
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Imperfect Paradise: Return to Mexico: Part 3
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Unable to return to the U.S., Daniel Zamora struggles to build a life in Mexico, until a trip abroad suddenly upends his perspective. Lorena Ríos reports. Grow your business–no matter what stage you’re in. Sign up for a one-dollar-per-month trial period at SHOPIFY.COM/paradise Listen to Reimagining Democracy for A Good Life, hosted by longtime equi…
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4: The Life of Augustus Jackson: The Father of Ice Cream
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Date: July 3, 2024 Legacy Makers: Stories of Black Inventors and Icons Title and Show Info Episode #4. The Life of Augustus Jackson: The Father of Ice Cream Featuring: Toni Davis (Host & Storyteller). Summary In this episode of "The Life of Augustus Jackson: The Father of Ice Cream," we journey through the remarkable life of Augustus Jackson, whose…
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Introducing Passing The Mantle, from LAist Studios
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Passing the Mantle is a new podcast from LAist Studios about family, curiosity and the things that change — and stay the same — across generations. It's co-hosted by Larry Mantle, host of LAist 89.3’s AirTalk, the longest-running daily talk show in Southern California, and his son Desmond Mantle. Even though Desmond is in law school pursuing a diff…
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HTLA Presents: How Not To Be Lonely: Part 8 - How Giving Back Can Make You Feel Less Alone
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Part 8: How Giving Back Can Make You Feel Less Alone We're back with another installment of our How To Not Be Lonely In LA series. Today, we're talking about volunteering your time to a cause, and how doing so can make you feel a lot less alone. Call it selfish, but doing some community service is a really great way to create connections, broaden y…
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Fund/Build/Scale season 2: Why I'm doing this podcast (and why you should listen)
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I’m Walter Thompson. After working for years in early-stage startups and as a journalist, here are three hard truths I’ve learned: Success in Silicon Valley hinges on connections, hard work and luck. Startups often fail because founders lack fundamental business knowledge. Real, actionable advice comes from those who've actually done it. There’s no…
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Imperfect Paradise: Return to Mexico: Part 2
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Daniel Zamora waits for the decision on his deportation appeal and has to figure out how to make a life in Mexico — find work, get an apartment. All the while, Daniel tries to keep up his cross-border relationship. Lorena Ríos reports. Grow your business–no matter what stage you’re in. Sign up for a one-dollar-per-month trial period at SHOPIFY.COM/…
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1: Echoes of Liberation: Celebrating Juneteenth
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Date: June 19, 2024 Legacy Makers: Stories of Black Inventors and Icons Title and Show Info Episode #1. Echoes of Liberation: Celebrating Juneteenth Featuring: Toni Davis (Host & Storyteller). Summary In this episode of "Echoes of Liberation: Celebrating Juneteenth," we journey through the poignant tale of Elijah, a young, enslaved boy in Galveston…
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3: Glenn Burke: The High Five Inventor and MLB's Trailblazing Gay Icon
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Date: June 19, 2024 Legacy Makers: Stories of Black Inventors and Icons Title and Show Info Episode #3. Glenn Burke: The High Five Inventor and MLB’s Trailblazing Gay Icon Featuring: Toni Davis (Host & Storyteller). Summary In this episode, we dive into the extraordinary life of Glenn Burke, the man behind the high-five and a pioneering figure in M…
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