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Companies We’re Watching: Affirm, Patagonia, Clubhouse, and More! Feb 17, 2021

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Youngme , Mihir , and Felix discuss companies they’re keeping an eye on, including fintech lender Affirm, outdoor clothing brand Patagonia, social media app Clubhouse, and one that may surprise you.

Recent picks, and recommended reading/websites:

Lupin (Netflix)
Call My Agent (Netflix)
Made Me Smile (subreddit)
Oddly Satisfying (subreddit)
Laderach Global Locations (chocolate)

You can visit our website at HarvardAfterHours.com. You can email your comments and ideas for future episodes to: harvardafterhours@gmail.com. You can follow Youngme, Mihir, Rebecca, and Rawi on Twitter at: @YoungmeMoon, @DesaiMihirA, @RebeccaReCap, and @RawiAbdelal.

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Bezos Steps Down as Amazon’s CEO and Raising the Minimum Wage Feb 10, 2021

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What are Jeff Bezos’s most significant accomplishments at Amazon? What’s troubling about the business that he built? Rebecca , Rawi , and Felix look back at Jeff Bezos’s career.

They also discuss the proposal to increase the federal minimum wage in the U.S. to $15. Would we really see more unemployment?

Recent picks, and recommended reading/websites:

“All We Can Save: Truth, Courage, and Solutions for the Climate Crisis” (Ayana Elizabeth Johnson)
“The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon” (Brad Stone)
“Postcards From Italy” cover (Florence & The Machine)

Visit our website at HarvardAfterHours.com. Email your comments and ideas for future episodes to: harvardafterhours@gmail.com. Follow Youngme, Mihir, Rebecca, and Rawi on Twitter at: @YoungmeMoon, @DesaiMihirA, @RebeccaReCap, and @RawiAbdelal.

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Tesla and Bitcoin: Are You a Believer? Feb 03, 2021

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Youngme , Mihir , and Rawi discuss Tesla as the competition gets heated in the electric vehicle market. They also discuss how to make sense of the bitcoin craze.

Recent picks, and recommended reading/websites:

KenKen founder documentary (New Yorker documentary)
Spelling Bee (New York Times puzzle)
Derek DelGaudio’s In & Of itself (Hulu)
Apollonia Poilane Cookbook (for the Punition cookie recipe)

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Bonus Episode: GameStop Traders Rock the Financial Industry Jan 29, 2021

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Youngme , Mihir , and Rawi share their thoughts on how a group of individual investors went head-to-head with Wall Street hedge funds, pushing up GameStop’s stock price and raising questions for the entire financial industry.

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Google’s Dominance, and Smart Cities Jan 27, 2021

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Is Google so successful because it excels at building incredibly smart products? Or is it dominant in many markets because it stifles innovation and abuses its market power, as several antitrust lawsuits allege?

Rebecca, Mihir, and Felix discuss the merits of recent antitrust actions against the search giant. They also debate the promise of smart cities, and why Cisco and Google pulled back from their smart-city initiatives. Should we stop dreaming of living in smarter cities?

Recent picks, and recommended reading/websites:

City so Real (National Geographic)
City Hall (PBS)
Online exercise classes
“The Composer Tyshawn Sorey Enters a New Phase” (The New York Times)

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PACs and SPACs! Jan 20, 2021

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Were corporations right to stop political giving in a targeted way after the violence at the U.S. Capitol, and what is going on with SPACs?

Felix , Rebecca , and Mihir discuss the role corporations should play in politics and debate the merits of special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) as an alternative to the broken IPO process.

Recent picks, and recommended reading/websites:

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Big Tech Bans, and the Alleged Russian Hacking Jan 13, 2021

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Youngme , Felix , and Rawi discuss Twitter and Facebook banning Trump from their platforms, as well as Apple, Google, and Amazon banning the Parler app. They also discuss the alleged Russian hacking of U.S. government and military systems.

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Bonus Episode: Reflections on the Tumult in Washington D.C. Jan 08, 2021

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In this bonus episode, Youngme Moon , Felix Oberholzer-Gee , Mihir Desai , and Rebecca Henderson share their thoughts and reflections on the violence at the U.S. Capitol.

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A Year-End Mega-Episode! Our Predictions for 2021 Dec 23, 2020

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Youngme Moon , Felix Oberholzer-Gee , and Mihir Desai invite their new co-hosts, Harvard Business School professors Rebecca Henderson and Rawi Abdelal , onto the show to share their predictions for 2021, covering everything from business to politics to fashion.

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We’re Back! Our Reflections on 2020 Dec 16, 2020

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In this first episode of Season 4, Youngme, Felix, and Mihir share their reflections on 2020 and discuss what they learned from the pandemic. They also offer their recommendations for what to watch, read, and do over the holiday break.

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