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Lessons from Meron Colbeci

Meron Colbeci, Checkout.com’s Chief Product Officer, draws on roles across PayPal, SoFi, and Meta’s Novi to explain the practical mechanics of global financial infrastructure, sustainable fintech products, digital-asset settlement, and preparation for agentic commerce.
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Lessons from Mellody Hobson

Mellody Hobson, Co-CEO and President of Ariel Investments and former Starbucks board chair, champions “active patience” in investing and “color brave” corporate leadership, linking financial independence, board stewardship, sound market judgment, and personal resilience.
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Lessons from Maya Shankar

Maya Shankar, a cognitive scientist and former White House advisor, uses behavioral science to study disruption: how people make decisions when plans collapse, preserve or redefine identity, and discover renewed purpose through unexpected change.
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Lessons from Max Junestrand

Max Junestrand, Legora’s co-founder and CEO, entered legal technology without a legal background and interviewed hundreds of lawyers, turning workflow friction into lessons on rapid iteration, hiring for grit, and building tools teams adopt.
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Lessons from Max Altman

Max Altman, a venture capitalist who co-founded Saga Ventures and Apollo Projects, urges technology companies to replace vague missions with execution and growth, grounding his perspective in seed-investing mechanics, founder psychology, and startup momentum.
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Lessons from Mauro Porcini

Mauro Porcini, the first Chief Design Officer at 3M and PepsiCo before Samsung, argues that corporate design succeeds when led by people who care about others, joining empathy with commercial reality in “innovation is an act of love.”
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Lessons from Matthew Steckman

Matthew Steckman, President and Chief Business Officer of Anduril Industries, focuses on bypassing slow procurement to manufacture defense hardware at scale, offering a practical study in cutting through bureaucracy, securing contracts, and meeting immediate national security needs.
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Lessons from Matthew Prince

Matthew Prince, Cloudflare’s co-founder and CEO, built the company around internet infrastructure as a neutral utility, a principle tested by corporate crises and free-speech disputes as AI agents begin reshaping how traffic reaches the web.

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