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Must Work Be So Miserable? Dec 17, 2018

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New York Times best-selling author Dan Lyons on his latest book, Lab Rats: How Silicon Valley Made Work Miserable for the Rest of Us. Dan used to write for HBO's hit show "Silicon Valley" -- and was on staff at Forbes and Newsweek.

Volatile Compounding Dec 13, 2018

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Legendary investor Tom Dorsey on the return of volatility to a market that he says flashes some similarities to 1987. In 2015, he sold his shop Dorsey, Wright & Associates to the Nasdaq for $225 million

Breadwinner Nov 28, 2018

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Panera Bread founder and chairman Ron Shaich on the many ups and downs that went into growing the hit restaurant chain. He now manages Act III Holdings, a $300 million fund that invests in brands focused on long-term results.

Facebook: Where Love and Hate Collide Nov 18, 2018

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Too big to boycott? Too developed to disrupt? Too sticky to uninstall? Facebook is that global social network that people both love to use and love to hate. Can Zuckerberg & Co just keep getting away with bad behavior?

Blood, Sweat, Tears, Sugar Nov 11, 2018

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How high school soccer coach Ian Kelley leveraged social media and all-around resourcefulness to turn an abandoned used-car dealership into the Sugar Shack Donuts empire.

The Reformation of Josh Brown Nov 02, 2018

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10 years of the Reformed Broker: the financial crisis awakening and reinvention of Wall Street icon "Downtown" Josh Brown.

Ace the Midterms (Live) Oct 21, 2018

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CBS chief Congressional correspondent Nancy Cordes, NBC White House correspondent Geoff Bennett and ABC political director Rick Klein on the many moving parts of the 2018 midterm election. Recorded for an audience at Virginia's Museum of History and Culture.

Chambers of Commerce Sep 26, 2018

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Longtime Cisco CEO John Chambers and co-author Diane Brady on the lessons learned from growing a once-sleepy Internet-equipment maker into a 75,000-employee multinational. Their book is Connecting the Dots: Lessons for Leadership in a Startup World. Chambers now runs venture capital firm JC2 Ventures.

Did Anything Really Change? Sep 20, 2018

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Former Richmond Fed president Jeffrey Lacker on the lessons learned -- and morals hazarded -- in the wake of the Great Meltdown of 2008.

Juul Me Twice Sep 14, 2018

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Just as teen smoking visited record lows, Juul (a startup that's now valued at $15 billion) came out of nowhere to offer adolescents flavored, concentrated vape hits of nicotine. The FDA calls it a public-health crisis. We talked to marketing veteran Robin Koval of Truth Initiative about the tricky new battle to save teens from themselves.

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