The Forbes Interview

For most, failure hurts and can hobble. But, for Adam Rippon, figure-skating champion and comedian and writer, Esther Povitsky, the pain of rejection and failure served as fuel for their insatiable desire to succeed. You’ll hear from them today as they speak with Alexandra Wilson ...  Afficher plus

Long derided as a copy-cat of the tech industry, China is now a tech trailblazer. Steve Case, AOL founder and Kai-Fu Lee, chair and CEO of Sinovation Ventures warn that if the United States doesn’t start innovating more vigorously — it will fall behind China. You’ll hear from the ...  Afficher plus

Howie Liu, cofounder and CEO of Airtable, the slick and elastic database-spreadsheet hybrid, speaks with Steve about the impact his first successful business had on his entrepreneurial outlook, his aspirations for Airtable and the Silicon Valley ethos that massive sleep loss is a ...  Afficher plus

Payal Kadakia had a great job and an exceptional job offer when she was formulating the idea of ClassPass, the company she founded and of which she is executive chair. But, it was keen words of advice from her mentor, that galvanized her to say no to the security of employment an ...  Afficher plus

Taavet Hinrikus, CEO and cofounder of TransferWise, had a big problem to solve. In his case, it was a financial one, and TransferWise, the company he cofounded and leads, fixed the issue for himself and now just seven years later -- millions of others. On this episode, hear Hinri ...  Afficher plus