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Lessons from Hande Çilingir

Hande Çilingir, co-founder and CEO of Insider, moved from running an English language school in Turkey to enterprise software. Her Asia-first expansion challenges standard playbooks while illuminating global scaling, consolidated customer data, targeted marketing, and predictive AI.
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Lessons from Hamdi Ulukaya

Hamdi Ulukaya, founder of Chobani, transformed a shuttered Kraft plant into a major yogurt brand. His anti-CEO playbook puts factory workers, refugees, and local towns before shareholders, reframing manufacturing revival, employee partnership, and independence from Wall Street.
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Lessons from Gustav Söderström

Gustav Söderström, Spotify’s Co-CEO and product lead, helped turn a desktop music player into an algorithmic discovery engine. His scientific product method blends human curation with machine learning while guiding resources, teams, and adaptation.
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Lessons from Greg Stewart

Greg Stewart, a clinical counselor and executive coach, developed the I³ framework to parse negative emotions into information, interpretation, and intensity. His work connects self-awareness and internal conflict resolution with effective leadership, emotional regulation, and healthier relations.
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Lessons from Gérald Marolf

Gérald Marolf, Chief Product Officer at On, directs athletic footwear and apparel design after developing products for Microsoft and Ferrari and co-founding Malvaux. His thinking connects industrial design, product psychology, and the difficult work of building meaningful brands.
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Lessons from Graham Moreno

Graham Moreno, Head of GTM at Parallel Web Systems, previously expanded Windsurf’s sales team rapidly. His go-to-market systems balance a strict performance floor with freedom for top sellers, offering guidance on enterprise sales and hiring in AI-native markets.
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Lessons from Gina Raimondo

Gina Raimondo moved from venture capital into politics, serving as Rhode Island governor and U.S. Secretary of Commerce. Her pragmatic approach treats economic security as national defense, linking semiconductor policy, targeted export controls, legislative compromise, and childcare.
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Lessons from Gili Raanan

Gili Raanan, a former engineer, founded Cyberstarts to back early-stage cybersecurity startups and became Wiz’s first investor. His Sunrise process asks founders to validate enterprise problems before coding, sharpening his approach to evaluating engineering talent, sales, and risk.

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