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Harley Finkelstein, President of Shopify, examines entrepreneurship and business building, focusing on the practical questions that emerge between an initial opportunity and an enduring company: where to concentrate, how to progress, and what founders must learn.
Lei Jun, founder of Xiaomi, grounds the company’s strategy in a “triathlon” of hardware, internet services, and new retail, joined by unwavering user focus—a framework for studying how integrated business pillars can reinforce one another.
Zhang Yiming, founder of ByteDance, turns to mindset and personal growth, foregrounding the internal habits and questions that accompany entrepreneurship and inviting study of how an individual’s development can influence the way they build and lead.
Cristina Cordova, COO of Linear, examines career growth and personal development, directing attention to the choices, habits, and forms of learning that shape a professional path and help people navigate increasing scope, responsibility, and ambition.
Sanjit Biswas, CEO of Samsara, reflects on entrepreneurship and getting started, focusing on the formative stage when founders move from possibility to action and establish the early choices, commitments, and direction from which a company can grow.
Nikesh Arora, CEO of Palo Alto Networks, considers leadership and management, directing attention to the judgment required to set priorities, guide people, and build an operating approach capable of translating executive intent into coordinated organizational action.
Brunello Cucinelli examines humanistic capitalism and business, bringing commerce into conversation with human values and posing an enduring question for leaders: how can a company pursue its aims while keeping the dignity and experience of people central?
Eric Glyman, co-founder and Co-CEO of Ramp, shares lessons on entrepreneurship, finance automation, building under uncertainty, and scaling a durable company.