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The Basics of Growth — User Acquisition

Sonal Chokshi, Andrew Chen, and Jeff Jordan

The basics of user acquisition growth: paid vs. organic marketing, the role of network effects, customer lifetime value (LTV), and more.

Network Effects, Origin Stories, and the Evolution of Tech

W. Brian Arthur, Marc Andreessen, and Sonal Chokshi

How the concept of network effects was born, diminishing returns and the role of timing or luck, globalization and economies around the world, and much more.

Feedback Loops — Company Culture, Change, and DevOps

Nicole Forsgren, Jez Humble, and Sonal Chokshi

From the old claim that "IT doesn't matter" and question of whether tech truly drives organizational performance, how do measure the output and outcomes?

Why We Shouldn’t Fear the ‘Black Box’ of AI (in Healthcare and Everywhere)

Vijay Pande

The black box in AI isn’t a new problem due to new tech: Human intelligence itself is — and always has been — a black box.

Putting AI in Medicine, in Practice

Brandon Ballinger, Vijay Pande, Mintu Turakhia, and Hanne Winarsky

What does AI in medicine look like, practically speaking, whether it's ensuring the best data, versioning software for healthcare, or other aspects?

Revenge of the Algorithms Over Data

Sonal Chokshi, Frank Chen, and Steven Sinofsky

How then do we tease apart what's real vs. what's hype when it comes to the excitement about artificial intelligence and machine learning?

Adjusting to Trade … and Innovation

Russ Roberts, Noah Smith, and Sonal Chokshi

Why is the topic of trade so hard? A big part of it has to do with not seeing the human side of trade, let alone the big picture across time and place.

The Curious Case of the OpenTable IPO

J.D. Moriarty, Jeff Jordan, and Sonal Chokshi

We delve into the lessons learned and go behind the scenes of the OpenTable IPO with then-CEO Jeff Jordan and then-banker on the deal, J.D. Moriarty.

Making a (Really) Wild Geo-Engineering Idea Real

Ross Andersen, Hanne Winarsky, and Sonal Chokshi

What it will take to make a Jurassic Park-like story come true, and what motivates seemingly crazy ideas.

The Golden Era of Productivity, Retail, and Supply Chains

Marc Levinson, Hanne Winarsky, and Sonal Chokshi

How are supply chains changing? How does all this affect the way we work? And what can — or can't — policymakers do about it?