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Ryan Mullenix and Yves Behar (Code Enterprise 2016) Nov 28, 2016

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NBBJ partner Ryan Mullenix and Fuseproject founder Yves Behar talk with Recode's Kara Swisher and Johana Bhuiyan about the changing needs of workers across the country and how new types of offices might reflect that. Mullenix is working with companies like Amazon and Samsung to rethink corporate offices, while Behar is trying to launch co-working spaces, called Canopy, which will be located closer to where people live. Behar says even iconic elements of the office like the conference room should be thrown out because they increase stress and decrease productivity.

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John Collison, Stripe (Code Commerce 2016) Nov 15, 2016

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Stripe president and co-founder John Collison talks with Recode's Jason Del Rey about what's next for the online payments company, including international expansion and its experiment in machine learning, dubbed "Radar." To help it combat fraud, Stripe shows its users why Radar flagged a certain purchase as untrustworthy. Collison also discusses how he evaluates Apple Pay and Android Pay and why Stripe is interested in emerging technologies like Amazon Alexa.

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Kirsten Green, Forerunner Ventures (Code Commerce 2016) Nov 15, 2016

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Forerunner Ventures founder and managing partner Kirsten Green talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about her investments in companies like Dollar Shave Club and Jet.com, which just sold for $1 billion and $3.3 billion, respectively. She says at least five of the e-commerce companies Forerunner invests in have brick-and-mortar stores, and that the visitors to those stores are some of their best customers. Green also discusses how commerce companies and retail stores might compete with Amazon by offering a specialized experience to consumers that Jeff Bezos can't.

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John Podesta, Chair, Hillary for America (Code Conference 2016) Jun 03, 2016

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Hillary for America Chair John Podesta talks with Recode's Kara Swisher and Vox.com's Ezra Klein about presidential candidate Hillary Clinton's strategy for defeating presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump in the 2016 election. Podesta also argues that rival Senator Bernie Sanders has not permanently damaged Clinton's chances and predicts that the campaign will be able to unite Democrats before November. Podesta also discusses the continuing backlash to Clinton's use of a private email server during her tenure as Secretary of State, which he acknowledges has definitely hurt her with some voters. Plus: Why should the government open up its UFO files?

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"Mistakes Were Made," a panel about failure (Code Conference 2016) Jun 02, 2016

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Former General Magic executive Joanna Hoffman, former Aereo CEO Chet Kanojia and Y Combinator partner Dalton Caldwell talk with Recode's Peter Kafka about thier past entrepreneurial efforts that failed. They explain why they failed, with reasons ranging from unready technology to Supreme Court intervention, and how they moved on in different ways. Central to the discussion: How these entrepreneurs and others define what success means for them and whether that definition changes over time.

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Sean Rad, CEO, Tinder (Code Conference 2016) Jun 02, 2016

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Tinder co-founder Sean Rad talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about how being fired and temporarily replaced as CEO helped him learn how to be a better CEO. Now back in the top leadership role, he says Tinder currently has more than one million paying users. Rad notes the dating app is experimenting more with advertising, which is delivered via its same iconic swipe-right or swipe-left mechanism. He explains a new product for groups of friends being tested in Australia called Tinder Social that will start spreading globally soon.

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Devin Wenig, CEO, eBay (Code Conference 2016) Jun 02, 2016

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Devin Wenig, CEO of eBay, talks with The Verge's Walt Mossberg and Recode's Jason Del Rey about how he's trying to make the online commerce giant less, not more, like Amazon. He says the line between retail and ecommerce is disappearing, noting that the site has 165 million customers with $90 billion worth of goods sold per year. Wenig also discusses why eBay doesn't support Apple Pay and details his fascination with artificial intelligence. Plus: Same-day delivery is not the holy grail for every commerce company.

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Nick Denton, CEO, Gawker Media (Code Conference 2016) Jun 02, 2016

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Gawker Media CEO Nick Denton talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about what happened when he discovered that venture capitalist Peter Thiel was funding a lawsuit against Gawker by the professional wrestler Hulk Hogan. Denton acknowledges that news reporting can damage people's lives, and says Gawker has sometimes overreached, but defends the way his company chooses what to write and publish. He argues that tech billionaires such as Thiel should be held to account for their power and influence over society.

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Elon Musk, CEO, SpaceX and Tesla (Code Conference 2016) Jun 02, 2016

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SpaceX CEO Elon Musk talks with Recode's Kara Swisher and The Verge's Walt Mossberg about his plans to send a one-way rocket to Mars in 2018. He estimates colonists could start arriving on the Red Planet by 2025. Musk also talks about the proliferation of electric vehicle initiatives that compete with his other company, Tesla, and why autonomous cars will become the norm. He says he doesn't see Google as a competitor, but that "Apple will be more direct." Plus: Why Musk wants more people to have access to the power of artificial intelligence.

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Patrick Brown, CEO, Impossible Foods and Dominique Crenn, Chef (Code Conference 2016) Jun 02, 2016

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Impossible Foods CEO Pat Brown and acclaimed professional chef Dominique Crenn talk with Recode's Peter Kafka about their efforts to change how people think about food. Brown's company has developed a plant-based meat alternative to beef that he says can outperform on taste while also having a substantially smaller impact on the environment. Crenn, meanwhile, chose not to serve any animal meat in her second San Francisco restaurant because of concerns about climate change and the meat industry's excesses.

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