3 episodes
The Digital Economist Podcast The Digital Economist
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The Digital Economist Speaker Series drives radical collaboration between global action leaders on the most urgent topics and challenges we face today: climate, health, society, economics. With the global population facing multiple man-made crises that threaten our existence and the wellbeing of the planet, using science and technology to serve human needs is no longer a choice – it's a necessity.
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US Immigration and entrepreneurship, with Sophie Alcorn (TechCrunch)
Sophie Alcorn is the founder of Alcorn Immigration Law, based out of the Silicon Valley and 2019 Global Law Experts Awards’ “Law Firm of the Year in California for Entrepreneur Immigration Services.” She connects people with the businesses and opportunities that expand their lives. In this episode of The Digital Economist Speaker Series, Sophie joins The Digital Economist CEO Navroop Sahdev to talk about the US immigration system and the nexus with the entrepreneurial ecosystem.
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Data: The New Capital, with Alex Pentland (MIT)
Alex Paul "Sandy" Pentland referred by Forbes in 2012 as one of the “seven most powerful data scientists in the world”, is one of the most-cited authors in computer science, and founding director of the MIT Connection Science Research Initiative, and Toshiba Professor of Media, Arts, and Sciences at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). In this episode of The Digital Economist Speaker Series, Sandy joins Digital Economist's Entrepreneur-in-Residence, Arvinder Singh Kang, and CEO, Navroop Sahdev to share his insights on data as the new capital, privacy, and some groundbreaking insights on how to harness it.
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Investing in South Asian startups in the post-pandemic world, with Sonia Bashir Kabir (United Nations)
Sonia Bashir Kabir is a technology entrepreneur, a philanthropist, and an investor focusing on tech startups in emerging markets of South Asia. In the inaugural session of The Digital Economist Speaker Series, Sonia joins Digital Economist's Entrepreneur-in-Residence, Arvinder Singh Kang, and CEO, Navroop Sahdev to share her startups and philanthropy journey in South Asia, and changes she expects in a post-pandemic investment world.