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2-part interview · 40 min

Wendy Fitzwilliam

Miss Universe 1998 and former UN Goodwill Ambassador

Wendy Fitzwilliam won Miss Universe 1998 while in her final year of law school, in only the second pageant she had ever entered. She tells Shawn Flynn and Sunil S Ranka how modelling since the age of 11 and moot court prepared her for that moment, why saying yes to opportunity matters, and how she has built and kept an authentic global network. She also reflects on becoming known worldwide just as the internet took off, raising her son with grounded values, and how technology — from mobile payments for farmers across Africa to apps like HopStop — is connecting the world.

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Episode 12 · 41 min

Larry Kesslin

Chief Connector at SPIRE

Larry Kesslin is an Entrepreneur and a Connector. His father walked the tight-rope between professional success and financial failure, using “Think and Grow Rich” as his Bible. As a child and teenager, Larry absorbed the lesson that the family’s emotional well-being depended on…

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2-part interview + teaser · 51 min

Prem Jain

CEO at Pensando Systems

Prem Jain is currently CEO at Pensando Systems. Previously at Cisco for +20 years, Prem developed and honed many key innovations that helped the company evolve, including Routing & Switching capabilities and Software Defined Networks Most recently served as SVP / General Manager…

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2-part interview · 40 min

David Womark

American Film Producer

David Womark is an American Film Producer who has worked on over 35 films including, How the Grinch Stole Christmas and Life of Pi. With Ang Lee and Gil Netter, he was nominated for an Academy Award for his work on Life of Pi. Life of Pi was also nominated for multiple Academy,…

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Episode 11 · 22 min

Lou Pambianco

Chairman and CEO of Startup Sandbox and Managing Director of Corporate Development Partners

Lou Pambianco - Chairman and CEO of Startup Sandbox and Managing Director of Corporate Development Partners Lou Pambianco, Chairman and CEO of Startup Sandbox has built and managed the bioscience incubator at University of California, Santa Cruz. On the foundation of the digital…

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Episode 7 · 29 min

Jitendra Waral

Senior Research Analyst - Internet & Consumer Electronics at Bloomberg Intelligence

Jitendra Waral is Senior Research Analyst - Internet & Consumer Electronics at Bloomberg Intelligence. Jitendra has more than 15 years of experience covering the global technology sector including internet, consumer electronics, computer hardware, storage and electronics…

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