Cornell Tech At Bloomberg Podcast

On Thursday, June 13, 2019, Cornell Tech @ Bloomberg featured Ganesh Srivats, CEO of Moda Operandi, in conversation with Emma Chandra, a Bloomberg Television and Radio reporter who covers the retail and consumer sectors. They talked about how Moda Operandi’s trunkshow model lets customers purchase any piece from a designer’s collection, enabling the company to play a direct role in determining which fashions shown on the runway actually make it into production.

On Wednesday, May 1, 2019, Cornell Tech @ Bloomberg featured former Etsy CEO Chad Dickerson and Google VP of Product Management Bradley Horowitz in conversation with Caroline Hyde of Bloomberg Television. They talked about their career paths, strategies for driving innovation and product development within companies large and small, the importance of customer focus, how data breeds great products, the cultural differences between East Coast and West Coast tech, and how the tech industry has evolved from the ‘90s to today.

Cornell Tech @ Bloomberg featured Rob Wiesenthal, co-founder and CEO of BLADE, in conversation with Scarlet Fu of Bloomberg Television. They talked about his vision for BLADE’s future, how it has expanded the market for private flights, its plans to make urban air mobility a mass-market product, and also why a company known for helicopters and private jets offers its employees free electric scooters

Cornell Tech @ Bloomberg featured Melanie Whelan, CEO of SoulCycle, in conversation with Scarlet Fu of Bloomberg Television. They talked about the vision for SoulCycle’s future, how the brand inspires such devotion among its customers, what the company is doing to bring them the SoulCycle experience outside the studio, and why you shouldn’t call it a fitness company.

On Tuesday, February 12, 2019, Cornell Tech @ Bloomberg featured Shaun Stewart, CEO of New Lab, in conversation with Scarlet Fu of Bloomberg Television. They talked about New Lab’s vision and future, why New York may be the place to scale a cutting-edge tech company, the promise and peril of self-driving vehicles, and Stewart’s transition from growing Airbnb’s vacation rental business and directing Waymo’s self-driving car project to creating a perfect destination for entrepreneurs in Brooklyn.

On Tuesday, January 29, 2019, Cornell Tech @ Bloomberg featured Anjali Sud, CEO of Vimeo, in conversation with Scarlet Fu of Bloomberg Television. They discussed Vimeo’s shift from a media company to a technology company, why they chose to focus its business on creators rather than viewers, Sud’s experience running a company within Barry Diller’s IAC, how platforms that Vimeo previously competed with have become its partners, and the next online video you should watch.

On Tuesday, December 11, 2018, Cornell Tech @ Bloomberg featured Beth Comstock, former CMO & Vice Chair of GE, in conversation with Scarlet Fu of Bloomberg Television. They talked about how she managed innovation within one of the largest and oldest companies in America, why the job no one wants is sometimes the most exciting one, her experiences working with Jack Welch and Jeff Immelt (and twice declining offers from Steve Jobs to work for Apple), what GE can do to reinvent itself again, and how we all can prepare for the inevitable acceleration of change.

On Tuesday, November 13, 2018, Cornell Tech @ Bloomberg featured Robin Hayes, CEO of JetBlue, and Bonny Simi, President of JetBlue Technology Ventures, in conversation with Scarlet Fu of Bloomberg Television. They talked about the innovations that are shaping the future of the travel industry, the challenges of engaging startups as a corporate VC, and the importance of identifying opportunities to create better customer experiences.

On Monday, October 22, 2018, Cornell Tech @ Bloomberg featured Anthony Casalena, founder and CEO of Squarespace, in conversation with Scarlet Fu of Bloomberg Television. They talked about the process of building the company, why it was headquartered in New York City, the challenges of being a sole founder, and the current landscape of entrepreneurship.

In this discussion about the importance of maintaining a personal user experience while scaling a multi-channel e-commerce business, Shan-Lyn Ma talks about breaking into the $300 billion global wedding industry and becoming its fastest-growing company.

Panel on the NYC Venture Capital Landscape with Lerer Hippeau's Eric Hippeau, EXPA's Naveen Selvadurai and FirstMark Capital's Catherine "Kit" Ulrich.  In this panel discussion, several of New York’s most successful venture capitalists discuss a range of topics such as how to hire the right types of superheroes to go above and beyond for your brand.

In this discussion about editorial content in social media and making products accessible to consumers, Eva Chen discusses why Instagram has become the platform of choice for the fashion industry.

Panel on Women in Venture Capital with Beth Ferreira, Managing Director at FirstMark Capital, Ellie Wheeler, partner at Greycroft and Rebecca Kaden, partner at Union Square Ventures.  In this panel discussion, three female VC leaders talk about the New York venture capital landscape and the importance of diversity in a corporate org chart and the obstacles that female founders face.

 In this discussion about the future of digital health and how to shape a profitable insurance company that still focuses on people, Mario Schlosser discusses the complex world of American health care. 

In this discussion about workplace culture, Miguel McKelvey talks about the shifting perspectives of what an office should be, as well as WeWork’s ambition, expansion and valuation.