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Clear all filters- The Economist25 min
Ashes to Masses: Notre Dame’s stunning return
Jason Palmer, Sophie Petter, Ori Ogunbi, Anne Rowe
Following a five-year restoration funded by nearly €900 million in private donations, Notre Dame Cathedral is set to reopen in Paris with its historic spire and oak roof reconstructed using strict medieval techniques under the leadership of General Jean-Louis Georgelain. Meanwhile, Ghana prepares for a pivotal election where former President John Mahama challenges the incumbent amid a severe economic crisis characterized by 23% inflation and a sovereign debt default. In a related commemoration of World War II history, the legacy of John Kinsel, the last surviving Navajo Code Talker who died at age 107, highlights the critical role of the indigenous language in creating an unbreakable cipher during the Pacific campaign.
- Goldman Sachs31 min
Investing in Sports: Building A Better Fan Experience
Nicole Pullen Ross, Greg Carey, Stacy Sonnenberg, Gillian Zucker
The Los Angeles Clippers' transition to a private $2.4 billion Intuit Dome eliminates the financial disadvantages of shared venues by capturing exclusive revenue streams and implementing a "basketball mecca" design that integrates intimate atmospheres with modern luxuries. This project exemplifies a broader industry shift toward privately financed, multi-use entertainment complexes that utilize advanced frictionless entry systems and premium dining to maximize return on investment while adhering to strict debt-repayment models based on future earnings. As teams evolve into community stewards, these facilities aim to balance high-margin premium experiences with affordable pricing strategies to secure both immediate economic impact and long-term fan loyalty across diverse global markets.
- Milken Institute33 min
Art of Storytelling: Shaping Culture, Identity, & Global Impact | Middle East and Africa Summit 2024
Louise Tabbiner, Edward Norton, Elie Saab Jr.
Moderated by Milken Institute Senior Advisor Louise Tabiner, Edward Norton and Elie Saab Jr. examined how authentic storytelling drives business strategy, cultural identity, and global impact. Norton emphasized the power of narrative to address ecological challenges and foster personal balance, while Saab Jr. detailed the family-owned brand's non-negotiable focus on transparency and organic expansion into new verticals. The panelists concluded that successful persuasion requires refining narratives through personal experience and leveraging shared human experiences, such as sports and heritage, to bridge cultural divides.
- a16z31 min
How Gusto Used Customer Input to Scale Growth with Tomer London
Gusto, a nearly $10 billion payroll and HR platform founded by Tomer London and his Stanford classmates, initially targeted a hyper-specific niche of California-based, non-hourly businesses to validate its product through manual, high-effort outreach. The company strategically leveraged self-serve economics and unexpected adoption by accountants as a key distribution channel, scaling from a concierge onboarding phase for its first 16 clients to an automated platform serving over 300,000 U.S. firms. By maintaining strict unit economics and a weekly growth target of 15–20 percent without paid acquisition, Gusto established a sustainable product-led model that evolved into an all-in-one system for both employees and contractors.
- The Economist21 min
Michel shock: France’s government falls
Michel Barnier, Emmanuel Macron, Rosie Bloor, Jason Palmer, Sophie Petter, Henry Tricks, Rachel Lloyd, Jared Brown
Following a coalition of the left and far-right led by Marine Le Pen that successfully triggered a vote of no confidence, French President Emmanuel Macron has lost his third prime minister in a year, creating a constitutional deadlock that bars early elections until July 2025. In the corporate sector, while individual generative AI adoption remains high, widespread business implementation is stalled by regulatory uncertainty, legal liabilities, and a severe shortage of skilled specialists. Simultaneously, the UK gin industry faces a contraction threat as record duty hikes and rising costs dampen demand for spirits, driving a shift toward non-alcoholic alternatives despite a decade of explosive growth.
- The Diary Of A CEO1h 55m
Orgasm Queen: Do This For 20 Minutes Before Having Sex & Your Sex Will Feel Brand New!
Dr. Susan Bratton challenges mainstream sexual assumptions by identifying over 20 distinct types of female orgasms and addressing root causes of dysfunction such as childhood trauma and dissociation. The discussion outlines practical frameworks like the "Queen of Orgasms" and "Erotic Play Dates" while emphasizing physiological needs like extended foreplay and the critical distinction between libido, desire, and arousal. By advocating for radical honesty, ethical non-monogamy, and specific techniques like the "Me Breath," Bratton offers educational tools for couples to replace obligation-based intimacy with safe, novel, and heart-connected experiences.
- Milken Institute1h 14m
Navigating a Changing Global Economy | Middle East and Africa Summit 2024
Laura Deal Lacey, Michael Milken, His Royal Highness Prince Turki Al Faisal Al Saud, Makhtar Diop, Mohamed Mansour, Alan Schwartz, Prince Turki Al Faisal Al Saud
Held in Abu Dhabi in December 2024, the 6th Annual Middle East and Africa Summit convened global leaders from the Milken Institute, the International Finance Corporation, and the Mansour Group to mobilize capital toward healthcare, economic development, and environmental sustainability. The event highlighted a strategic pivot where emerging markets are transforming from passive capital providers into technology hubs capable of bridging the gap between the aging Global North and Africa's young, growing workforce. Participants addressed critical investment barriers such as regulatory uncertainty and currency mismatches by proposing blended finance models and de-risking strategies to unlock trillions of dollars in private and philanthropic resources.
- Sequoia Capital48 min
How YouTube Was Created ft. Founder Steve Chen
Steve Chen, Roelof Botha, Chad Hurley, Jawed Karim, Zahavah Levine, Colin Corbett, Yu Pan, Rolf Wurter
Founded in 2005 by former PayPal employees Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Javed Karim, YouTube pivoted from a failed dating site to a global video-sharing platform driven by organic network effects and strategic infrastructure scaling. Facing existential copyright threats from media giants like Universal Music Group, the startup secured its survival through a rapid $1.65 billion acquisition by Google in 2006, which provided the necessary legal resources and infrastructure to implement the revenue-generating Content ID system. Under the long-term leadership of CEO Susan Wojcicki, the platform evolved into a cultural pillar serving 2.5 billion monthly users while establishing the economic framework for the modern creator economy.
George Arison, Grindr CEO: How Grindr Built a Free Flow Cash Machine | E1234
George Arison, Harry Stebbings
Under CEO George, Grindr has pivoted from a casual dating app to a high-efficiency social network, reporting $300 million in revenue with fewer than 150 staff members and zero marketing acquisition costs. The company is actively expanding its "super app" capabilities through features like "Right Now" and new verticals in travel and healthcare while reclassifying its ad revenue model to bypass platform fees. Future growth strategies focus on increasing subscription penetration, leveraging AI for specific user experiences, and paying down debt to achieve a target EBITDA leverage ratio before pursuing external capital returns.
- The Economist20 min
Dark side of the Yoon: South Korea’s chaos
Rosie Bloor, Jason Palmer, Emma Hogan, Ana Lankes, Tim Cross
South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol attempted to declare martial law for six hours to counter alleged North Korean infiltration, a move rejected by lawmakers who have since united to pursue his impeachment amid claims of an attempted coup. The crisis stems from deep political polarization and could trigger a constitutional trial that would likely shift the nation's foreign policy away from hawkish stances toward engagement. This instability threatens South Korea's regional alliances with the US and Japan while leaving the country's constitutional order vulnerable to further internal conflict.
- Milken Institute20 min
A Conversation with CMS Director of Medicare Meena Seshamani | Future of Health Summit 2024
Meena Seshamani, Bertha Coombs
A multidisciplinary team comprising experts from drug pricing, pharmacy, and economics has implemented health care reforms focused on treating developmental issues, chronic illnesses, and behavioral health within the Medicare and Medicaid systems. These initiatives, which include updating risk adjustment methodologies and navigating the Inflation Reduction Act, aim to reduce prescription drug costs for seniors and integrate services to address over 400,000 additional conditions. With a target deadline of September 1st for international financial agreements, the organization plans to execute these changes over five to eight months while utilizing new communication platforms and patient feedback to ensure system stability.
- Goldman Sachs20 min
Should investors worry about market concentration?
David Kostin, Owen Lamont, Alison Nathan
Strategists David Kostin and Owen Lamont converge on the projection that U.S. equity markets face a decade of sub-10% returns driven by extreme concentration and elevated valuations, though they diverge on whether the top ten stocks' dominance itself constitutes the primary risk. Kostin warns that the current 36% market cap concentration creates a negative equity risk premium and recommends shifting to equal-weighted indices, while Lamont argues that future volatility will stem from AI-driven creative destruction and mean reversion rather than portfolio structure. Both analysts acknowledge that the sustainability of the "magnificent seven's" growth and potential AI bubbles remain critical variables that could accelerate a decline in market performance over the next ten years.
- 80,000 Hours1h 1m
Marcus Davis on founding and leading Rethink Priorities
Marcus Davis, Rob Wiblin, Kieran Harris
Rethink Priorities has rapidly expanded from ten to over fifty staff members, operating as a fully remote research entity that splits leadership between Peter Waterford and co-CEO Marcus Davis to manage long-termism alongside animal welfare and global health initiatives. The organization now executes a high-volume consultancy portfolio for major funders like Open Philanthropy, generating documented impacts such as influencing millions in farm animal funding and launching new charities while addressing critical data gaps in wild welfare. To sustain this trajectory and fund upcoming inquiries into interspecies moral weight, RP seeks an additional $3 million in annual support to scale its survey teams and avoid rejecting commissioned work.
- The Economist24 min
Talk to EU later: Georgia’s fiery protests
Rosie Bloor, Jason Palmer, David Rennie, Anna Toklikishvili, Shailesh Chitnis, Moeka Iida
Escalating violence in Tbilisi has erupted following the ruling party's decision to pause EU accession talks and enforce a Russian-style foreign agent law, sparking a decentralized grassroots movement that challenges Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze and President Salome Zurabichvili over election legitimacy. While Kremlin propaganda frames the unrest as a Western-backed color revolution, international observers warn that harsh state suppression could trigger a bloody revolution while the EU faces a geopolitical dilemma regarding how to respond to the government's authoritarian pivot.
- Sequoia Capital39 min
Using AI to Build “Self-Driving Money” ft Ramp CEO Eric Glyman
Eric Glyman, Ravi Gupta, Sonya Huang
Ramp CEO Eric Gleiman champions a "zero-touch automation" strategy that utilizes large language models to execute invisible financial tasks, allowing over 25,000 companies to automate expense reporting and achieve average annual savings of 5%. This approach replaces traditional chatbot interfaces with self-driving money systems that automatically classify vendors and complete reports, marking a shift from routine data entry to high-value strategic work for finance leaders. By prioritizing enduring customer pains over temporary tech trends, the company positions itself to disrupt legacy financial institutions through non-bank innovation that mimics the operational efficiency of "self-driving" transformations in other industries.