Radio Recap: The Women of IBM
At IBM, tens of thousands of women have been making contributions to the advancement of information technology for almost as long as the company has been in existence. Where many companies date their affirmative action programs to the 1970s, IBM has been creating meaningful roles for female employees since the 1930s. This tradition was not [Read More]
Radio Recap: Pre-Teen Technology
As technology dominates our lives, learning basic computer programming isn't just a good idea, it's an essential skill for children—especially in terms of career outlook. Currently there are around 500,000 open computing jobs nationwide but last year, only about 40,000 computer science students graduated into the workforce. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, computer-related jobs [Read More]
Radio Recap: Second Act Careers
Career transformations are now more common thanks to the rise of technology and entrepreneurialism. We’ve all seen the inspiring exposés about the lawyer turned organic farmer or of actor Daniel Day Lewis who once briefly quit acting to explore show making. But reinventing your career trajectory isn’t only for retirement and it isn’t as simple [Read More]
Radio Recap: The Future of Retail
As predicted by futurist Faith Popcorn, the Future of Retail will be what she calls “consutainment,” the integration of ultra-convenience, consumption, and entertainment. Over the last decade, retail sales and jobs have continued to grow despite turbulent economic conditions. Despite the press on store closings, data shows a net increase in store openings of over 4,000 in 2017 and [Read More]
Radio Recap: Disability is Complicated…But It Doesn’t Have to Be!
Today’s episode of Dot Complicated is especially near and dear to my heart because it combines my favorite passion, live theater, with a passion project I built when I worked at a tiny, little company known as Facebook. Facebook Live came to me during an all-night hackathon. It combined my passion— live performance — with [Read More]
Radio Recap: Commercial Real Estate Tech
Commercial real estate technology — otherwise known as CRE tech — is booming. Just over 3 years ago the $15 trillion commercial real estate industry had virtually no software support and was vastly underserved by available technology. Now new tech concepts are popping up left and right, with VC funds having poured over $1 billion into real estate [Read More]
Radio Recap: Jimmy Nguyen & Craig Steven Wright of nChain
I’ve hosted a few shows relating to Bitcoin and cryptocurrency now and, I swear, each show leaves me with more questions than the last. The last digital currency-themed show I hosted, authors of The Age of Cryptocurrency, Paul Vigna and Michael Casey, joined the show along with Sean Worthington, the founder of the energy-efficient digital [Read More]
Radio Recap: Dominique Ansel + Beyond Meat
Imagine creating something so unbelievable, so incredible, so delicious that it not only trends on Twitter, it changes the way we think of food. Ethan Brown is the founder of Beyond Meat, known best for it’s 6-ounce vegan patty to soon be sold at participating TGI Fridays this year. Without realizing it, Ethan went from [Read More]