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Women's Ski Jumping USA: Talks at GS Session Highlights
Deedee Corradini, Lindsey Van, Sarah Hendrickson
Led by former Salt Lake City Mayor DeeDee O'Donnell and athlete Lindsay Vann, a global coalition fought a two-year campaign against the International Ski Federation and legal hurdles to prove that women's ski jumping met Olympic eligibility standards. Although the 2010 Canadian lawsuit challenging the exclusion under the Charter of Rights failed to secure jurisdiction over the IOC, the litigation catalyzed international support that forced the committee to admit female skiers to the 2014 Sochi Games. This historic victory allowed Lindsey Vann and Sarah Hansen to become the first women to compete in the event, finally dismantling decades of male-dominated barriers within the sport.
- Goldman Sachs12 min
Linda Rottenberg, Endeavor CEO: Talks at GS Session Highlights
Endeavor is a nonprofit organization that rigorously selects approximately 1,000 high-impact entrepreneurs from 40,000 candidates across 22 countries to accelerate companies in the scale-up phase. By providing mentorship, networks, and capital to founders like Wences Casares, the organization has helped its portfolio generate $7 billion in revenue and create 400,000 jobs. Co-founder Linda Rotenberg champions a philosophy that views calculated risk-taking as a necessary economic safety net, aiming to shift the global workforce mindset from fear to confident execution.
- Goldman Sachs17 min
Daniella Vitale, Barneys New York COO: Talks at GS Session Highlights
Led by COO Daniela Finkelstein since 2010, Barneys New York executed a strategic pivot that transformed a struggling retailer into a digitally integrated luxury destination by replacing legacy practices with "The Window" editorial platform and omnichannel tools like iPads and mobile POS systems. The company successfully modernized its operations through high-aesthetic technology partnerships, such as the Intel-backed "Mika" wearable, while simultaneously shifting its core philosophy toward hyper-personalized customer experiences to drive conversion and brand equity. This comprehensive overhaul prioritized design integrity over technological novelty and fostered a culture where internal collaboration directly fuels external storytelling and targeted luxury engagement.
- Goldman Sachs15 min
Dr. Cristián Samper, President & CEO of the WCS: Talks at GS Session Highlights
Cristián Samper, Dr. Christian Sampere, Stephen
Dr. Christian Sampere, CEO of the Wildlife Conservation Society, leads a global conservation effort spanning 65 countries by leveraging public-private partnerships and carbon credit deals to fund community-based protection of charismatic species. This strategy has yielded significant results, such as halting Amazon deforestation through international payments and rebuilding New York's Ocean Wonders aquarium with a $250 million resilience investment following Hurricane Sandy. By combining scientific data on human footprints with sustainable development goals, the organization balances ecological preservation with economic incentives to secure large species populations in critical habitats.
- Goldman Sachs13 min
Tory Burch, Founder and CEO of Tory Burch LLC: Talks at GS Session Highlights
Tory Burch has scaled her brand from a kitchen-table startup to a billion-dollar enterprise operating 136 global stores while driving a five-year expansion strategy targeting Paris, Milan, and Shanghai alongside region-specific product development. Complementing this commercial growth, the Tory Burch Foundation leverages the 10,000 Women Initiative to provide female entrepreneurs with capital, management education, and mentorship, a mission Burch advocates for on the President's Council on Entrepreneurship. This dual focus on aggressive international market penetration and social responsibility has strengthened employee retention and consumer engagement while establishing the brand as a leader in female empowerment.
- Goldman Sachs10 min
Lauren Bush Lauren, founder & CEO of FEED Projects: Talks at GS Session Highlights
Founded by a former college student inspired by global hunger statistics, the for-profit enterprise Feed utilizes a consumer goods model to fund meals for both international school feeding programs and domestic food banks. The organization’s flagship Feed Supper initiative and strategic partnerships with groups like the UN World Food Program aim to distribute 100 million meals by its tenth anniversary, with a focus on using nutrition to improve school attendance for girls in the world's poorest countries. Ultimately, the venture operates under the vision of achieving global food security so thoroughly that it can rebrand as "Fed" and dissolve its own operations.
- The Economist7 min
The Bhopal gas tragedy: Toxic legacy
Sanjay Yadav, Satinath Sarangi, Jeevan Shinde, Hajira B.
On December 2, 1984, a toxic gas leak at the American-operated Union Carbide plant in Bhopal, India, killed thousands and left 570,000 people with chronic health disorders, while groundwater contamination persists three decades later. Although Union Carbide settled for $470 million, victims and advocates argue the compensation is inadequate given the scale of permanent injuries and the parent company Dow Chemical's refusal to accept liability. Current efforts by Indian authorities to revise death statistics and expand compensation face criticism from groups like the Sambhavna Trust, which reports that 93% of affected individuals are incorrectly categorized with only temporary injuries.
- Milken Institute7 min
2014 London Summit - Lunch
The Milken Institute Annual London Summit, hosted by Managing Director Katie O'Reilly, convenes global policymakers and industry leaders to bridge the gap between theoretical research and applied economic solutions. Operating as a non-partisan entity, the organization leverages its distinct centers in Singapore, Washington, D.C., and New York to advance prosperity through job creation, financial market reform, and accelerated medical innovation. With a strategic shift toward the United States and Africa to counter European pessimism, the summit aims to integrate these regional dynamics into a cohesive global strategy focused on practical implementation.
- Goldman Sachs13 min
Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women: Proving the Case for Women Entrepreneurs
In its sixth annual iteration, the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women initiative reached its milestone of supporting 10,000 entrepreneurs while demonstrating that 70% of graduates increased revenue and 60% created jobs within 18 months. Building on these results, Goldman Sachs, Lloyd Blankfein, and the World Bank launched the $600 million Women's Entrepreneur Opportunity Facility to close the global $285 billion credit gap and target 100,000 women-owned SMEs. This strategic capital access aims to leverage the projected 12% per capita income growth from closing gender gaps while signaling the financial sector that women's entrepreneurship represents a high-growth market opportunity.
- Y Combinator18 min
Emmett Shear at Startup School SV 2014
Founders of Kiko Calendar leveraged their early failure to raise Y Combinator funding for Justin.tv, where they pivoted from professional reality television to an open live-streaming platform by hiring key leadership to address operational gaps. Following the 2008 market crash, the team reorganized into specialized mobile and gaming units, ultimately launching Twitch in 2011 by prioritizing direct user feedback over business development deals. This eight-year journey of persistence and iteration culminated in an unexpected, unplanned acquisition by Amazon, underscoring that skills and product-market fit are often forged through repeated failure.
- Goldman Sachs9 min
Inventor Dean Kamen & Goldman Sachs' Don Duet: Talks at GS Session Highlights
Dean Kamen, Don Duet, Calvin Lully
A self-taught entrepreneur who entered the healthcare sector to solve fundamental problems rather than make incremental improvements, the speaker cites the iBot wheelchair as a breakthrough that overcame both physical and social barriers for users like Calvin Lully. Challenging the notion that education lacks teachers or resources, the speaker argues that engagement requires packaging learning through entertainment and elevating tech innovators as cultural heroes. While employing 600 engineers to define new markets, the organization intentionally avoids direct manufacturing, instead partnering with global incumbents to scale rare, world-changing innovations despite a high rate of experimental failure.
- Goldman Sachs17 min
Lord John Browne with GS CIO Marty Chavez: Talks at GS Session Highlights
Lord John Browne, Marty Chavez
The event synthesizes global energy transition challenges with corporate diversity strategies, highlighting how technological innovation and capital investment drive renewable cost reductions while policymakers navigate the trade-offs between energy security and decarbonization. Speaker Lord Brown illustrates the psychological and productivity costs of hiding personal identities in conservative business environments, using his own experience with tabloid exposure to underscore the need for authentic leadership. He concludes by outlining seven specific elements for fostering inclusive cultures, emphasizing that effective diversity initiatives require top-down direction, senior leadership integration, and comprehensive policies that address gender, sexuality, and race simultaneously.
- Milken Institute20 min
Overview 2011 State of the State Conference
The California Center, under the leadership of Kevin Clowden and advisory chair Scott Minard, recently presented a comprehensive analysis of the state's economic recovery, highlighting a job growth surge of 250,000 private sector positions and a rebound in manufacturing and construction driven by public infrastructure investment. The report emphasized California's sustained dominance in venture capital, which captured 57% of national placements in 2010, and its strategic export focus on Asia, while addressing challenges such as housing market stagnation and human capital retention. Concluding the session, the event honored Steve Jobs' legacy through a tribute to his integration of engineering and artistry, reinforcing the state's commitment to fostering innovation in technology and biomedical sectors.
- Lex Fridman10 min
Ryan Hall: Principles of Jiu Jitsu | Take It Uneasy Podcast
The speaker argues that grappling mastery relies on a principle-based approach grounded in constant physical laws rather than the invention of isolated techniques. By prioritizing foundational stability and avoiding cognitive clutter from excessive technical minutiae, practitioners can distinguish between valid discoveries and irrelevant details within evolving combat systems. This philosophy posits that while rules and psychological factors vary across disciplines, the underlying physics of human movement remain immutable, making the search for universal principles a catalyst for scientific progress.
- Lex Fridman9 min
Ryan Hall: Value of Competition | Take It Uneasy Podcast
The speaker argues that competitive martial arts serves as the ultimate test of self-defense capability and self-mastery, asserting that a gold medal holds no value if it cannot be applied against larger opponents in unstructured environments. Emphasizing that maximum preparation is non-negotiable, the discourse highlights how long-term sacrifice and the courage to face harsh self-analysis distinguish high achievers like Randy Couture from those who merely simulate effort. Ultimately, the presentation frames discipline as the true path to liberty, utilizing historical and philosophical references to demonstrate that winning requires paying the price of emotional resilience and unwavering focus.