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Clear all filters- Y Combinator22 min
Kimberly Bryant Speaks at Female Founders Conference 2015
Founded in 2011 by an accidental social entrepreneur, Black Girls Code launched in the Bay Area to shift girls of color from technology consumers to creators while addressing a sharp decline in their computer science degree attainment. The organization has since expanded to eight chapters across the U.S. and South Africa, training approximately 3,000 students and raising over $125,000 through aggressive fundraising targets to reach its 2040 vision of educating one million girls. By prioritizing culturally sensitive mentorship and hiring teams more skilled than the founder, the nonprofit aims to level the playing field and ensure technology reflects the nation's shifting demographic majority.
- Y Combinator22 min
Ruchi Sanghvi Speaks at Female Founders Conference 2015
The speaker contrasts the successful, first-principles-driven launch of Facebook's News Feed against the strategic missteps taken during her tenure at the startup Go, where she admits to applying inappropriate growth patterns. Upon joining Dropbox, she pivoted from a "move fast and break things" mentality to a quality-focused approach, leading a massive engineering recruitment drive that prioritized cultural fit and reliability. Now launching a new venture, she advocates for strict adherence to fundamental truths and persistent execution despite the psychological toll of entrepreneurship.
- Goldman Sachs23 min
Ray Kelly, Former NYPD Commissioner: Talks at GS Session Highlights
Former NYPD Commissioner Raymond Kelly, the first officer to rise from a cadet to the agency's top leadership, details his tenure's establishment of the first municipal counterterrorism bureau and the surveillance of major events like the 2010 Times Square bombing attempt. Kelly critiques a 2011 ruling on racial profiling as evidentiary flawed and warns that current oversight measures and the refusal to appeal could shift policing from proactive crime prevention to reactive responses, a strategy he links to a reduction of 9,300 murders over two decades. With ISIS cited as an escalating global threat, Kelly advocates for the continued use of data-driven security initiatives like the Lower Manhattan Security Initiative while balancing privacy concerns through automatic data deletion protocols.
- Milken Institute33 min
Best-Performing Cities Index 2014 - Press Conference
Ross Duvall, Jim, Manoli Ratacunga, Armin Bedrosian, David Klesch, Kish Rajan, Larry
The 2014 Milken Institute Metro Index identified San Francisco as the top U.S. economic performer, driven by a technology sector that accounts for 45% of metro job growth and offers average wages of $160,000. While five Texas metros and cities like Provo, Utah, also ranked highly due to energy and job creation, the report noted that U.S. employment has fully recovered from the recession alongside a historic surge in oil production. Mayor Ed Lee responded by outlining aggressive strategies to expand the local economy through housing initiatives targeting 30,000 new units and diversifying sectors beyond technology to include biotech and manufacturing.
- Bank of America31 min
Exploring Generational Differences among Small Businesses Owners
Carol Roth, Robb Hilson, Dan Schawbel, Steve Strauss
Hosted by Carol Roth for Bank of America's Small Business Social Series, this panel featured experts Rob Hilsen, Steve Strauss, and Dan Schaubel to analyze intergenerational dynamics in entrepreneurship. The discussion highlighted how Millennials and Boomers can leverage co-mentorship to combine technological innovation with risk-avoidance strategies, while addressing critical financial barriers like credit gaps and diverse funding sources such as crowdfunding versus traditional lending. Ultimately, the speakers urged business owners to build mixed-generational advisory boards and cultivate early banking relationships to navigate an unpredictable market and secure long-term stability.
- Goldman Sachs30 min
Admiral William McRaven: Talks at GS Session Highlights
William McRaven, Admiral William McRaven, Jack
In this strategic briefing, the speaker analyzes the evolution of ISIS from Al-Qaeda in Iraq, warning that unchecked regional instability could cascade to threaten U.S. allies like Jordan and necessitates a coalition strategy involving ground advisors rather than airstrikes alone. Drawing on personal command history of high-stakes missions including the raid on Osama bin Laden, the former three-star admiral emphasizes the importance of political consistency, detailed operational planning, and the human reality of special operations families supported by the SEAL Foundation. The presentation concludes with a call for long-term nation-building in Iraq and sustained global intervention to prevent spillover instability from Africa, underscoring the moral and strategic necessity of addressing conflicts in Mali, Somalia, and Nigeria.
- Goldman Sachs39 min
Archbishop of New York Timothy Dolan and Lloyd Blankfein: Talks at GS Session Highlights
Timothy Dolan, Lloyd Blankfein, Cardinal Timothy Dolan
Archdiocese of New York Archbishop Cardinal Timothy Dolan leads a strategic restructuring that closes 55 parishes and 59 schools to redirect $392 million toward active social services while managing a linguistically diverse flock across three boroughs. Facing tensions between traditional doctrine on marriage and modern pastoral needs, Dolan balances doctrinal integrity with Pope Francis's inclusive approach to ensure the church remains spiritually vibrant despite demographic shifts. Concurrently, he champions religious freedom against government mandates and establishes new communication offices to engage younger generations, aiming to strengthen faith communities by prioritizing dynamic ministry over maintaining vacant facilities.
- Goldman Sachs22 min
Barrister and Philanthropist Cherie Blair with GS' Dina Habib Powell: Talks at GS Session Highlights
Cherie Blair, Dina Habib Powell, Dena Powell
Former barrister Cherie Blair discusses her transition from a thirty-six-year partnership with Prime Minister Tony Blair to leading her own international law firm while detailing her foundation's work in fostering female economic empowerment across developing nations. By leveraging mobile technology to support small-scale entrepreneurs in countries like India and Nigeria, the organization aims to bridge the global gender gap in economic participation, which she argues is essential for GDP growth and national stability. Blair contrasts historical legal barriers she faced, such as systemic discrimination during her pupillage, with modern evidence that women reinvest 90% of resources into their communities, positioning financial independence as a critical smart business imperative.
- Bank of America35 min
How Small Businesses Can Take Advantage of the Biggest Technology Developments
Carol Roth, David Solis, Jason Teichman, Steve Strauss
This presentation outlines how small businesses can leverage affordable, foundational technologies like mobile-optimized websites and cloud computing to secure credibility and align with modern consumer behaviors. Experts emphasize that strategic adoption, rather than chasing every innovation, requires vetting vendors, utilizing productivity tools selectively, and prioritizing data-driven decisions to maximize return on investment. Ultimately, success depends on overcoming implementation fears by treating technology as a continuous, integrated investment that supports core business goals through strategic partnerships and careful resource management.
- Milken Institute43 min
Milken Institute Review Live: Jason Furman
Jason Furman, Deanna Farrell, Stacy Ordon, Greg Simon, Matt Stoller, Valerie Ruxell
A comprehensive analysis examines the decoupling of productivity and median income growth in the US and Europe, attributing rising inequality to shifts in labor distribution, capital accumulation, and the erosion of unionization. The discussion contrasts Thomas Piketty's capital-centric forecasts with secular stagnation theories while evaluating policy interventions from the Obama Administration, such as tax credits and the Affordable Care Act, which successfully reduced post-tax inequality by half a decade. Furthermore, the presentation argues that high inequality hinders economic growth and proposes targeted labor market reforms, minimum wage adjustments, and early childhood education investments to restore productivity without sacrificing equity.
- Milken Institute30 min
2010 State of the State Conference Introduction and Opening Remarks
The 12th Milken Institute State of the State Conference convened over 700 stakeholders under the theme "Restoring California's Promise" to address critical gaps between the state's strong entrepreneurial ecosystem and its deteriorating fiscal health. Presentations highlighted severe economic challenges, including a 4.1% GDP contraction in 2009, a ranking drop in higher education attainment, and pension liabilities projected to outpace tax revenue within four years. In response, the institute and attending business leaders advocated for permanent federal R&D tax credits, modernized export controls, and regulatory reforms to stimulate job creation and halt business relocations to states with lower operational costs.
- Y Combinator31 min
Andrew Mason at Startup School SV 2014
Launched by Eric Lefkofsky, Groupon evolved from the struggling The Point platform into the world's fastest-growing company after achieving rapid product-market fit with its daily deal model. Despite facing intense global competition and receiving lucrative acquisition offers from Yahoo and Google, the board rejected these opportunities to prioritize independent growth, a strategic decision that Lefkofsky later viewed as superior to the short-term pressures of the company's subsequent IPO. Reflecting on these experiences, Lefkofsky now applies a disciplined, values-first operational framework to his new venture, Detour, emphasizing long-term conviction over immediate data-driven compromises.
- Y Combinator29 min
Hosain Rahman at Startup School SV 2014
Founded in 1997 to build mobile voice interaction, the company pivoted to noise cancellation technology after securing DARPA funding to survive the dot-com bust, eventually overcoming early hardware failures and investor rejection. Following a 2006 turnaround that generated $70 million in revenue, the organization launched the UP wearable health tracker, which despite a high-profile 2011 hardware crisis was saved by a transparent customer-first response. Today, the firm operates as an integrated entity combining hardware, software, and data science to solve complex user problems.
- Y Combinator28 min
Danae Ringelmann at Startup School SV 2014
Indiegogo founder Denae Robinson launched the world's largest global crowdfunding platform in 2008 to democratize access to capital after witnessing systemic barriers prevent entrepreneurs and artists from securing funding. Facing a prolonged fundraising drought that forced the team to forgo salaries for four years, Robinson pivoted the company to an open, internet-based model featuring flexible funding options that enabled breakthroughs like uBiome's market validation and the Hour of Code initiative's massive educator mobilization. Guided by a culture of fearlessness and diversity, the organization has established itself as a meaningful tool for solving fundamental problems, earning recognition from figures like Bill Gates and the White House for its societal impact over immediate financial returns.
- Y Combinator27 min
Kevin Systrom at Startup School SV 2014
Stanford student Kevin Systrom leveraged a bias towards action to pivot his failed location app, Burbn, into Instagram after identifying a core user need for photo filtering during a photography course in Florence. This strategic shift to a minimalist mobile photography platform, combined with a community-first hiring philosophy and a global time-zone launch strategy, enabled the service to reach massive scale within days despite early infrastructure limits. Systrom's journey highlights a successful transition from building a generic marketplace to cultivating a defensible creator ecosystem that prioritizes user experience over immediate monetization.