9 episodes
Conscious VC Navin Chaddha & Christopher Lochhead
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5.0 • 18 Ratings
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To support human and planetary evolution, we need to adapt as a venture capital industry to become conscious capitalists, building business for better rather than for business as usual. In this podcast, Mayfield Managing Director Navin Chaddha and legendary podcaster Christopher Lochhead spotlight leaders including Sal Khan/Khan Academy, Kim Scott/Radical Candor, Manish Chandra/Poshmark and more to illustrate different aspects of conscious capital.
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Mindfulness & Leadership with Nutanix & DevRev Founder Dheeraj Pandey
In this episode, Nutanix Founder & former CEO Dheeraj Pandey shares his perspective on leading with humility, building empathy for customers, and having happiness as a core value in the workplace. He also discusses why he decided to leave Nutanix and the next steps for his journey at DevRev.
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Vulnerability & Growing as a Leader with Outreach Founder Manny Medina
In this episode, Outreach Founder & CEO Manny Medina shares how he and his team have not only built a company that delights its users, but also allows employees to bring their full selves to work. He discusses his perspective on conscious leadership, practicing radical honesty with oneself and teammates, the importance of vulnerability, learning to speak your users’ love languages and more.
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Codifying an Inclusive Culture with HashiCorp Co-founder Armon Dadgar
It’s easy for founders to focus solely on building the product at the expense of building the company culture, especially in the early days. But as HashiCorp Co-founder & Co-CTO Armon Dadgar says, products come and go, but culture stays forever. In this episode, Armon shares his perspective on designing company culture intentionally from day one, the importance of investing in long term relationships across the business, and building organizational empathy to create a more inclusive environment.
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Building a Double Bottom Line Business with Grove Collaborative CEO Stu Landesberg
In this episode, Stu Landesberg, CEO of eco-friendly CPG provider of sustainable household, beauty and lifestyle products Grove Collaborative, shares how he has built a successful business that is also a positive force for human and environmental health. He chats about the role of purpose as a lasting competitive advantage, focusing on the needs of core customers, and creating an innovation flywheel that extends beyond tech.
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Business Beyond Returns with John Chambers
In this episode, Cisco Chairman Emeritus and Founder & CEO of JC2 Ventures John Chambers shares his perspective on building business for better, creating and keeping trust in institutions, the relationship between government and tech, the future of Silicon Valley and more.
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The Role of Purpose & Vision in Building Movements with Sal Khan
In this episode, Sal discusses what motivates him, his vision for creating Khan Academy, his hopes for its future and together with Navin, how our current times offer technology leaders, investors & entrepreneurs a unique opportunity to make a difference to the world.
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Building something important?
This absolutely is the podcast you need to listen to if you believe you are on a mission to do something hugely important. Listen, implement, repeat.
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Inspiring and insightful conversations with the movers and shakers of company building and leadership fundamentals.
An investor podcast worth your time
There are many investor podcasts out there, but none of them have such a core focus on values and responsibility. Navin brings a seasoned investor’s viewpoint that is both empathic and pragmatic, and Christopher moderates the discussions with enthusiasm. Together the pair bring guest speakers who are successful leaders with diverse viewpoints. If you’re looking to learn more on values-driven investing and company building, this one is worth a look.