Mary Lou Jepsen

This is a REPLAY of last year's episode with Dr. Mary Lou Jepsen – serial entrepreneur, inventor, pioneer in VR, medical imaging and telepathic technology, former professor at MIT Media Lab and currently, founder of Openwater.Mary Lou spent many of her childhood years unwell before she was finally diagnosed with a brain tumour in her twenties. And going through that had a huge impact on her life as you might expect. For the many years she was quite literally dying, she decided she only wanted to work on really interesting projects - as she says to me in this interview, “I never really thought I would live very long and so I wanted to find really interesting things to do with my life for however long I might live.”Mary Lou became fascinated with holography and optics whilst at school and spent her career pioneering in VR and in the optics space as an engineering executive at Intuit, Google, Facebook, Oculus, and with her own four startups which included multi-billion dollar non-profit One Laptop Per Child.She is now using her decades long experience in this space and her experience with a brain tumour to spearhead Openwater where the goal is to create the technology to be able to see deep into the body with the detail of a 3D camera. The implications of this technology will make critical diagnostics healthcare far more affordable and accessible for millions but it could also mean we achieve telepathy which is hugely exciting. Mary Lou website / Openwater / Twitter Danielle Twitter / Instagram / NewsletterMentioned in this episode:I Know What You're Thinking: Brain Imaging and Mental Privacy

This is a REPLAY of last year's episode with Dr. Mary Lou Jepsen – serial entrepreneur, inventor, pioneer in VR, medical imaging and telepathic technology, former professor at MIT Media Lab and currently, founder of Openwater.Mary Lou spent many of her childhood years unwell before she was finally diagnosed with a brain tumour in her twenties. And going through that had a huge impact on her life as you might expect. For the many years she was quite literally dying, she decided she only wanted to work on really interesting projects - as she says to me in this interview, “I never really thought I would live very long and so I wanted to find really interesting things to do with my life for however long I might live.”Mary Lou became fascinated with holography and optics whilst at school and spent her career pioneering in VR and in the optics space as an engineering executive at Intuit, Google, Facebook, Oculus, and with her own four startups which included multi-billion dollar non-profit One Laptop Per Child.She is now using her decades long experience in this space and her experience with a brain tumour to spearhead Openwater where the goal is to create the technology to be able to see deep into the body with the detail of a 3D camera. The implications of this technology will make critical diagnostics healthcare far more affordable and accessible for millions but it could also mean we achieve telepathy which is hugely exciting. Mary Lou <a href="https://www.maryloujepsen.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">website</a> / <a href="https://www.openwater.cc/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Openwater </a>/ <a href="https://twitter.com/mljmljmlj" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter </a>Danielle <a href="https://twitter.com/daniellenewnham" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a> / <a href="https://www.instagram.com/daniellenewnham" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Instagram </a>/ <a href="https://daniellenewnham.substack.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Newsletter</a>Mentioned in this episode:<a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Know-What-Youre-Thinking-imaging/dp/0199596492" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">I Know What You're Thinking: Brain Imaging and Mental Privacy</a>

Dr Mary Lou Jepsen: Curing Cancer, and Human Telepathy (REPLAY)

Nir Eyal

Hello and welcome to the Danielle Newnham Podcast where I interview tech founders and innovators to learn the inspiring, human stories behind their work.Today’s guest is Nir Eyal - best-selling author, entrepreneur, investor and business consultant teaching about the intersection of psychology, technology and business.An American-Israeli immigrant, Nir co-founded and sold two tech companies before he started sharing the tricks of habit forming products that he had researched in his book, Hooked in 2013. Six years later and his second book - Indistractable: How to Control Your Attention and Choose Your Life became another bestseller.Nir also previously taught as a Lecturer in Marketing at the Stanford Graduate School of Business and the Hasso Plattner Institute of Design at Stanford.In this conversation, Nir and I discuss the fallacy that tech companies hold more agency over our habits than we do, how he learned to hack back his time and become indistractable and why school children have 10 times more restrictions placed on them than convicted felons in prison.This is a truly fascinating episode with someone I have long-admired and which I think you will really enjoy.Nir on Twitter / Instagram  / WebsiteDanielle on Twitter @daniellenewnham and  Instagram @daniellenewnham / Newsletter Mentioned in this episode:Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products Indistractable: How to Control Your Attention and Choose Your LifeWhy The Social Dilemma Is Wrong by Danielle Newnham

Hello and welcome to the Danielle Newnham Podcast where I interview tech founders and innovators to learn the inspiring, human stories behind their work.Today’s guest is <a href="https://twitter.com/nireyal" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Nir Eyal </a>- best-selling author, entrepreneur, investor and business consultant teaching about the intersection of psychology, technology and business.An American-Israeli immigrant, Nir co-founded and sold two tech companies before he started sharing the tricks of habit forming products that he had researched in his book, <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Hooked-How-Build-Habit-Forming-Products/dp/0241184835" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Hooked </a>in 2013. Six years later and his second book - <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Indistractable-Control-Your-Attention-Choose/dp/1526610205" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Indistractable: How to Control Your Attention and Choose Your Life</a> became another bestseller.Nir also previously taught as a Lecturer in Marketing at the Stanford Graduate School of Business and the Hasso Plattner Institute of Design at Stanford.In this conversation, Nir and I discuss the fallacy that tech companies hold more agency over our habits than we do, how he learned to hack back his time and become indistractable and why school children have 10 times more restrictions placed on them than convicted felons in prison.This is a truly fascinating episode with someone I have long-admired and which I think you will really enjoy.Nir on <a href="https://twitter.com/nireyal" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter </a>/ <a href="https://www.instagram.com/neyal99/?hl=en" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Instagram </a> / <a href="https://www.nirandfar.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Website</a>Danielle on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/daniellenewnham" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@daniellenewnham</a> and  Instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/daniellenewnham/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@daniellenewnham </a><a href="https://daniellenewnham.substack.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">/ Newsletter </a>Mentioned in this episode:<a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Hooked-How-Build-Habit-Forming-Products/dp/0241184835" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products</a><a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Indistractable-Control-Your-Attention-Choose/dp/1526610205" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Indistractable: How to Control Your Attention and Choose Your Life</a><a href="https://daniellenewnham.medium.com/why-the-social-dilemma-is-wrong-17d8b2952187" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Why The Social Dilemma Is Wrong</a> by Danielle Newnham

Nir Eyal: The Importance of Being Indistractable

Robert Langer

Today’s guests is Dr Robert Langer – a chemical engineer, scientist, entrepreneur, inventor and the most cited engineer in history - specializing in the biotechnology fields of drug delivery systems and tissue engineering. He is also the co-founder of Moderna a pharmaceutical and biotechnology company that focuses on RNA therapeutics, primarily mRNA vaccines which was used globally for Covid-19.Bob Langer has received over 200 major awards– one of just four individuals to have received both the United States National Medal of Science and the United States National Medal of Technology and Innovation. He also received the 2002 Charles Stark Draper Prize, considered the equivalent of the Nobel Prize for engineers, and the Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering, among many othersIn this conversation, we discuss how he fell in love with science, what discoveries led to his pioneering work in tissue engineering and drug delivery, and what it takes to positively impact billions of lives. We also touch on anti-vaxxers, what it’s like for scientists when misinformation rules social media and how rejection is par for the course for a scientist.I honestly think this is one of the most important conversations I have had on this podcast so please do enjoy.Bob Langer at MITDanielle on Twitter @daniellenewnham and  Instagram @daniellenewnham / Newsletter 

Today’s guests is Dr Robert Langer – a chemical engineer, scientist, entrepreneur, inventor and the most cited engineer in history - specializing in the biotechnology fields of drug delivery systems and tissue engineering. He is also the co-founder of Moderna a pharmaceutical and biotechnology company that focuses on RNA therapeutics, primarily mRNA vaccines which was used globally for Covid-19.Bob Langer has received over 200 major awards– one of just four individuals to have received both the United States National Medal of Science and the United States National Medal of Technology and Innovation. He also received the 2002 Charles Stark Draper Prize, considered the equivalent of the Nobel Prize for engineers, and the Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering, among many othersIn this conversation, we discuss how he fell in love with science, what discoveries led to his pioneering work in tissue engineering and drug delivery, and what it takes to positively impact billions of lives. We also touch on anti-vaxxers, what it’s like for scientists when misinformation rules social media and how rejection is par for the course for a scientist.I honestly think this is one of the most important conversations I have had on this podcast so please do enjoy.<a href="https://be.mit.edu/directory/robert-langer" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bob Langer at MIT</a>Danielle on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/daniellenewnham" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@daniellenewnham</a> and  Instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/daniellenewnham/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@daniellenewnham </a><a href="https://daniellenewnham.substack.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">/ Newsletter </a>

Dr Robert Langer: The Most Cited Engineer in History

Today’s guest is Sarah Hamburg – a cognitive neuroscientist and researcher currently working as a post-doctoral Neuromorphic AI Engineer in Developmental Robotics. Sarah is also a DeSci (decentralised science) advocate and organiser, heavily involved in the decentralised science (DeSci) space since early 2021. After working as a core member of an Open Science DAO, she published a letter in Nature to increase awareness of DeSci and was then commissioned to write a DeSci "explainer" article for a16z's Future magazine. In 2022 she cofounded a "web3" consultancy which worked with UK Aid on blockchain for International Development. In this conversation, Sarah and I discuss her work and research, what neuroscience and consciousness is, why neuromorphic computing is such an exciting field to be working in. We also bond over a shared suffering of a chronic pain condition called fibromyalgia and I open up about the time as a kid when I nearly drowned and what I saw during that near-death experience.This interview is a little bit different from most of the other ones I do but it was thoroughly enjoyable and I am so grateful to Sarah for exploring these truly fascinating topics together.I am sure you will enjoy it too!Sarah on Twitter / ResearchDanielle on Twitter @daniellenewnham and  Instagram @daniellenewnham / Newsletter  Mentioned in this episode:The Case Against Reality: How Evolution Hid The Truth From Our Eyes by Donald D. HoffmanReframing Fibromyalgia by Sarah HamburgBrain Activity Detected in DyingA Guide to DeSci, The Latest Web3 Movement  in a16z Future magazineCall to Join the DeSci Movement in Nature

Today’s guest is <a href="https://twitter.com/Shamburgularara" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sarah Hamburg</a> – a cognitive neuroscientist and researcher currently working as a post-doctoral Neuromorphic AI Engineer in Developmental Robotics. Sarah is also a DeSci (<a href="https://ethereum.org/en/desci/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">decentralised science</a>) advocate and organiser, heavily involved in the decentralised science (DeSci) space since early 2021. After working as a core member of an Open Science DAO, she published a letter in Nature to increase awareness of DeSci and was then commissioned to write a DeSci "explainer" article for a16z's Future magazine. In 2022 she cofounded a "web3" consultancy which worked with UK Aid on blockchain for International Development. In this conversation, Sarah and I discuss her work and research, what neuroscience and consciousness is, why <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuromorphic_engineering" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">neuromorphic computing</a> is such an exciting field to be working in. We also bond over a shared suffering of a chronic pain condition called fibromyalgia and I open up about the time as a kid when I nearly drowned and what I saw during that near-death experience.This interview is a little bit different from most of the other ones I do but it was thoroughly enjoyable and I am so grateful to Sarah for exploring these truly fascinating topics together.I am sure you will enjoy it too!Sarah on <a href="https://twitter.com/Shamburgularara" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter </a>/ <a href="https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Sarah-Hamburg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Research</a>Danielle on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/daniellenewnham" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@daniellenewnham</a> and  Instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/daniellenewnham/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@daniellenewnham </a><a href="https://daniellenewnham.substack.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">/ Newsletter </a> Mentioned in this episode:<a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Case-Against-Reality-Evolution-Truth/dp/0141983418" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Case Against Reality: How Evolution Hid The Truth From Our Eyes</a> by Donald D. Hoffman<a href="https://shamburgularara.substack.com/p/reframing-fibromyalgia" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Reframing Fibromyalgia </a>by Sarah Hamburg<a href="https://www.science.org/content/article/burst-brain-activity-during-dying-could-explain-life-passing-your-eyes" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Brain Activity Detected in Dying</a><a href="https://a16zcrypto.com/posts/article/what-is-decentralized-science-aka-desci/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">A Guide to DeSci, The Latest Web3 Movement </a> in a16z Future magazine<a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-03642-9" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Call to Join the DeSci Movement </a>in Nature

Sarah Hamburg: Neuromorphic Computing

Ian Livingstone

Today, my guest is Sir Ian Livingstone – games pioneer, entrepreneur and the bestselling author of the Fighting Fantasy book series.Widely regarded as one of the founding fathers of the UK games industry, Ian co-founded Games Workshop in 1975 with Steve Jackson, launching Dungeons &amp; Dragons in Europe, Warhammer, White Dwarf, Citadel Miniatures, and the Games Workshop retail chain. Whilst he exited the company in 1991, he soon embarked on a hugely successful career in the video games industry. In 1995, he co-led the merger which created video games publisher Eidos  where he served as Executive Chairman, launching blockbuster titles such as Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, Deus Ex and Hitman.In this conversation, we discuss his brilliant book Dice Men – The Origin Story of Games Workshop, how games like Warhammer and Dungeons and Dragons came to be, the evolution of gaming and why he set up his own school – The Livingstone Academy.Ian Livingstone was awarded a Knighthood (becoming a Sir) in the 2022 New Year Honours for services to the online gaming industry.I thoroughly enjoyed talking to Ian and I am sure you will enjoy it too.---------------Sir Ian Livingstone Twitter / Fighting Fantasy / Games Workshop / Hiro Capital / Buy Dice Men here.Danielle on Twitter @daniellenewnham and  Instagram @daniellenewnham / Newsletter 

Today, my guest is <a href="https://twitter.com/ian_livingstone" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sir Ian Livingstone</a> – games pioneer, entrepreneur and the bestselling author of the <a href="https://www.fightingfantasy.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Fighting Fantasy </a>book series.Widely regarded as one of the founding fathers of the UK games industry, Ian co-founded <a href="https://www.games-workshop.com/en-GB/Home" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Games Workshop</a> in 1975 with Steve Jackson, launching Dungeons &amp; Dragons in Europe, Warhammer, White Dwarf, Citadel Miniatures, and the <a href="https://www.games-workshop.com/en-GB/Home" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Games Workshop</a> retail chain. Whilst he exited the company in 1991, he soon embarked on a hugely successful career in the video games industry. In 1995, he co-led the merger which created video games publisher Eidos  where he served as Executive Chairman, launching blockbuster titles such as Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, Deus Ex and Hitman.In this conversation, we discuss his brilliant book <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Dice-Men-Origin-Story-Workshop/dp/1800180527" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dice Men – The Origin Story of Games Workshop</a>, how games like Warhammer and Dungeons and Dragons came to be, the evolution of gaming and why he set up his own school – The Livingstone Academy.Ian Livingstone was awarded a Knighthood (becoming a Sir) in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_New_Year_Honours" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">2022 New Year Honours</a> for services to the online gaming industry.I thoroughly enjoyed talking to Ian and I am sure you will enjoy it too.---------------Sir Ian Livingstone <a href="https://twitter.com/ian_livingstone" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a> / <a href="https://www.fightingfantasy.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Fighting Fantasy / </a><a href="https://www.games-workshop.com/en-GB/Home" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Games Workshop </a>/ <a href="https://hiro.capital/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Hiro Capital</a> / Buy Dice Men <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Dice-Men-Origin-Story-Workshop/dp/1800180527" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here.</a>Danielle on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/daniellenewnham" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@daniellenewnham</a> and  Instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/daniellenewnham/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@daniellenewnham </a><a href="https://daniellenewnham.substack.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">/ Newsletter </a>

Ian Livingstone: Games Pioneer

Today’s guest is Dr Mohammad Al-Ubaydli – a physician, programmer and founder of Patients Know Best.In this conversation, we talk about Mohammad’s upbringing from his family being exiled from Bahrain in the 1970s, to his childhood spent in the Yemen desert, Syria and Beirut during a civil war.On top of that, Mohammad suffers from a one a million genetic immune deficiency called Hyper IgM Syndrome which, had it not been for his mother’s astute diligence would have probably cost him his life.A deep love of technology and medicine led Mohammad to study medicine in order to understand the complexity of our bodies but he was destined to start a company in the technology field where he could combine his experience and passion and have real impact.With over 3 million registered users, an integration with the NHS apps and plans for more countries using the Patients Know Best system, Mohammad talks me through how and why we should all have more agency over our healthcare.This is an extremely inspiring and informative episode which I am sure you will enjoy. Mohammad on Twitter / LinkedIn / Patients Know BestDanielle on Twitter @daniellenewnham and  Instagram @daniellenewnham / Newsletter Books mentioned in this episode:Irrationality: The Enemy WithinSelling The Wheel: Choosing The Best Way To Sell For You, Your Company, Your CustomersChaos: The Amazing Science of the UnpredictableAlso, if you are looking to become a B Corp, Mohammad is happy to answer any questions he can help with over on LinkedIn. 

Today’s guest is <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/idiopathic/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dr Mohammad Al-Ubaydli </a>– a physician, programmer and founder of <a href="https://patientsknowbest.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Patients Know Best.</a>In this conversation, we talk about Mohammad’s upbringing from his family being exiled from Bahrain in the 1970s, to his childhood spent in the Yemen desert, Syria and Beirut during a civil war.On top of that, Mohammad suffers from a one a million genetic immune deficiency called <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyper_IgM_syndrome" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Hyper IgM Syndrome</a> which, had it not been for his mother’s astute diligence would have probably cost him his life.A deep love of technology and medicine led Mohammad to study medicine in order to understand the complexity of our bodies but he was destined to start a company in the technology field where he could combine his experience and passion and have real impact.With over 3 million registered users, an integration with the NHS apps and plans for more countries using the Patients Know Best system, Mohammad talks me through how and why we should all have more agency over our healthcare.This is an extremely inspiring and informative episode which I am sure you will enjoy. Mohammad on <a href="https://twitter.com/idiopathic" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter </a>/ <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/idiopathic/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">LinkedIn</a> / <a href="https://patientsknowbest.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Patients Know Best</a>Danielle on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/daniellenewnham" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@daniellenewnham</a> and  Instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/daniellenewnham/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@daniellenewnham </a><a href="https://daniellenewnham.substack.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">/ Newsletter </a>Books mentioned in this episode:<a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Irrationality-enemy-within-Stuart-Sutherland-ebook/dp/B00EEDA7QQ/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Irrationality: The Enemy Within</a><a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Selling-Wheel-Choosing-Company-Customers/dp/0684856018" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Selling The Wheel: Choosing The Best Way To Sell For You, Your Company, Your Customers</a><a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0749386061" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Chaos: The Amazing Science of the Unpredictable</a>Also, if you are looking to become a B Corp, Mohammad is happy to answer any questions he can help with over on <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/idiopathic/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">LinkedIn. </a>

Mohammad Al-Ubaydli: Physician, Founder, One In A Million

Today’s guest is Matthew Stafford – an investor and co-founder of 9 Others, a global community for founders, where once a month, ten entrepreneurs come together over dinner and help each other by answering this one question, “What keeps you up at night?”Matthew started 9 Others with Katie Lewis in 2011 and it’s now a global network of thousands of entrepreneurs in over 45+ cities around the world from London to Manchester, Karachi to Yemen.Matthew also works with startups, venture capital and angel investors, governments, NGOs and large corporations. He has invested in twenty three startups, and had two exits so far and he has written a book - Find Your 9 Others.In this wide-ranging conversation, we discuss what Matthew looks for in founders, why 9 Others is so special, the importance of having a network and what is keeping him up at night.Enjoy!------------Matthew on Twitter / 9 OthersFind Your 9 Others - buy the book here.Danielle on Twitter @daniellenewnham and  Instagram @daniellenewnham / Newsletter  Books Matthew recommended on the showThe Education of a Value Investor by Guy SpierThe Laws of Human Nature by Robert GreeneUnreasonable Success and How to Achieve It by Richard Koch

Today’s guest is <a href="https://twitter.com/mstafford" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Matthew Stafford </a>– an investor and co-founder of <a href="https://9others.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">9 Others</a>, a global community for founders, where once a month, ten entrepreneurs come together over dinner and help each other by answering this one question, “What keeps you up at night?”Matthew started 9 Others with Katie Lewis in 2011 and it’s now a global network of thousands of entrepreneurs in over 45+ cities around the world from London to Manchester, Karachi to Yemen.Matthew also works with startups, venture capital and angel investors, governments, NGOs and large corporations. He has invested in twenty three startups, and had two exits so far and he has written a book - <a href="https://amzn.to/3PyNUya" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Find Your 9 Others.</a>In this wide-ranging conversation, we discuss what Matthew looks for in founders, why 9 Others is so special, the importance of having a network and what is keeping him up at night.Enjoy!------------Matthew on <a href="https://twitter.com/mstafford" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter </a>/ <a href="https://9others.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">9 Others</a>Find Your 9 Others - buy the book <a href="https://amzn.to/3PyNUya" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here.</a>Danielle on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/daniellenewnham" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@daniellenewnham</a> and  Instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/daniellenewnham/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@daniellenewnham </a><a href="https://daniellenewnham.substack.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">/ Newsletter </a> Books Matthew recommended on the show<a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Education-Value-Investor-Guy-Spier/dp/1137278811" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Education of a Value Investor</a> by Guy Spier<a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Laws-Human-Nature-Robert-Greene/dp/1788161556" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Laws of Human Nature</a> by Robert Greene<a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Unreasonable-Success-How-Achieve-Unlocking/dp/1642011460" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Unreasonable Success and How to Achieve It </a>by Richard Koch

Matthew Stafford: What Makes a Great Founder?

Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon MBE is the co-founder of Stemettes, an award-winning social initiative focused on getting girls, young women and non-binary people excited about, and encouraged into STEM fields through mentoring, qualification academies and STEM clubs.But let’s go back a bit. Because to understand why Anne-Marie chose this path, you need to understand her life story. At age just 10 years-old, Anne-Marie got her GCSE’s in Maths and Computing –these are exams that are normally taken at age 16 here in the UK. By age 11, she had done her A levels (which are usually taken at 18) and by age 13, she had won a scholarship to study at John Hopkins University.At just 20 years of age, Anne-Marie had graduated from Oxford University with a Masters in Mathematics and Computer Science.Anne-Marie is also an author She’s In Ctrl: How Women Can Take Back Tech, she’s a seasoned speaker, a podcast host, a Trustee Of the Institute for the Future of Work, a TV presenter (Countdown), and Anne-Marie works with media companies like BBC and 20th Century Fox to ensure that we see more diverse tech role models on screen.She was also awarded an MBE (Member of the Order of the British Empire) in 2017 for her work with young women and the STEM sector.Enjoy!----------------Dr Anne-Marie on Twitter /  Instagram /  Stemettes / She's In Ctrl  bookDanielle on Twitter @daniellenewnham and  Instagram @daniellenewnham / Newsletter ----------------Photo credit: Sam &amp; Simon PhotographyMentioned in this episode:Hedy Lamarr Documentary  Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr StoryGladys WestHidden Figures Book by Margot Lee Shetterly

<a href="https://twitter.com/aimafidon" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon MBE</a> is the co-founder of<a href="https://stemettes.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Stemettes</a>, an award-winning social initiative focused on getting girls, young women and non-binary people excited about, and encouraged into STEM fields through mentoring, qualification academies and STEM clubs.But let’s go back a bit. Because to understand why Anne-Marie chose this path, you need to understand her life story. At age just 10 years-old, Anne-Marie got her GCSE’s in Maths and Computing –these are exams that are normally taken at age 16 here in the UK. By age 11, she had done her A levels (which are usually taken at 18) and by age 13, she had won a scholarship to study at John Hopkins University.At just 20 years of age, Anne-Marie had graduated from Oxford University with a Masters in Mathematics and Computer Science.Anne-Marie is also an author <a href="https://amzn.to/3TOjJS7" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">She’s In Ctrl: How Women Can Take Back Tech</a>, she’s a seasoned speaker, a podcast host, a Trustee Of the Institute for the Future of Work, a TV presenter (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Countdown_(game_show)" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Countdown</a>), and Anne-Marie works with media companies like BBC and 20th Century Fox to ensure that we see more diverse tech role models on screen.She was also awarded an MBE (<a href="https://honours.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/about/orders-and-medals/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Member of the Order of the British Empire</a>) in 2017 for her work with young women and the STEM sector.Enjoy!----------------Dr Anne-Marie on <a href="https://twitter.com/aimafidon" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter </a>/ <a href="https://www.instagram.com/notyouraverageami/?hl=en" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Instagram </a>/ <a href="https://stemettes.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Stemettes</a><a href="https://amzn.to/3TOjJS7" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> / She's In Ctrl  book</a>Danielle on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/daniellenewnham" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@daniellenewnham</a> and  Instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/daniellenewnham/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@daniellenewnham </a><a href="https://daniellenewnham.substack.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">/ Newsletter </a>----------------Photo credit: Sam &amp; Simon PhotographyMentioned in this episode:Hedy Lamarr Documentary  <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/video/detail/amzn1.dv.gti.6cb0fc45-7388-0dd9-6710-ae80ac2e40d4?autoplay=0&amp;ref_=atv_cf_strg_wb" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gladys_West" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Gladys West</a><a href="https://amzn.to/3tHaSqM" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Hidden Figures</a> Book by Margot Lee Shetterly

Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon MBE REPLAY

Welcome to the Danielle Newnham Podcast where I interview tech founders and innovators to learn the inspiring, human stories behind the game-changing tech we use every day.I know I probably say this every series but Series 10 might be my most favourite yet and I really can’t wait to share it with you! Upcoming guests this series include Simon Peyton Jones – Engineering Fellow at Epic Games, previously researcher at Microsoft Research in Cambridge, and one of the designers behind the Haskell programming language. We also have Robert Langer - chemical engineer, scientist, entrepreneur and, inventor. Robert is the most cited engineer in history and is also a prolific entrepreneur, having founded more than 40 biotech companies including Moderna… which you may have heard of.We also have Sarah Hamburg (a neuroscientist working in neuro-inspired computing and AI), Ian Livingstone – video game pioneer and co-founder of Games Workshop which launched Dungeons &amp; Dragons in Europe, and is behind the cult-like Warhammer game, among many others. I will also be talking to Mike Slade (strategic advisor to Steve Jobs), and Kate Zernike (a Pulitzer-Prize winning reporter and author of The Exceptions: Nancy Hopkins, MIT and the Fight For Women in Science, and many more.So, as always, if you want to be the first to hear these episodes - please do make sure you subscribe to the Danielle Newnham Podcast wherever you get your podcasts from and I look forward to sharing these inspiring conversations with you over the coming weeks.Enjoy.

Welcome to the Danielle Newnham Podcast where I interview tech founders and innovators to learn the inspiring, human stories behind the game-changing tech we use every day.I know I probably say this every series but Series 10 might be my most favourite yet and I really can’t wait to share it with you! Upcoming guests this series include <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Peyton_Jones" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Simon Peyton Jones</a> – Engineering Fellow at Epic Games, previously researcher at Microsoft Research in Cambridge, and one of the designers behind the Haskell programming language. We also have <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_S._Langer" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Robert Langer </a>- chemical engineer, scientist, entrepreneur and, inventor. Robert is the most cited engineer in history and is also a prolific entrepreneur, having founded more than 40 biotech companies including Moderna… which you may have heard of.We also have <a href="https://twitter.com/Shamburgularara" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sarah Hamburg </a>(a neuroscientist working in neuro-inspired computing and AI), <a href="https://twitter.com/ian_livingstone" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ian Livingstone</a> – video game pioneer and co-founder of Games Workshop which launched Dungeons &amp; Dragons in Europe, and is behind the cult-like Warhammer game, among many others. I will also be talking to Mike Slade (strategic advisor to Steve Jobs), and <a href="https://twitter.com/kzernike" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Kate Zernike</a> (a Pulitzer-Prize winning reporter and author of <a href="https://amzn.to/3ND7HLM" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Exceptions: Nancy Hopkins, MIT and the Fight For Women in Science,</a> and many more.So, as always, if you want to be the first to hear these episodes - please do make sure you subscribe to the Danielle Newnham Podcast wherever you get your podcasts from and I look forward to sharing these inspiring conversations with you over the coming weeks.Enjoy.

Series 10 Trailer

Hello and welcome to the Danielle Newnham podcast where I interview tech founders and innovators to learn the inspiring, human stories behind the game-changing tech we use every day.To see out Season 9, I thought I would do my second ever AMA. I do these because I want to be helpful and because I think it’s important for listeners to know me and understand where I am coming from and why I do the podcast. So I asked my listeners across social media for questions they would like me to answer and in this episode, I am going to do my best to answer as many of them as possible. I discuss addiction, networking, growing a startup and irrational fears!But before we start, there is one slight trigger warning – I do talk about death and alcoholism in my first answer so you may want to skip that part if you are listening to this with episode with children around.Let me know what you think and if you want to hear more AMA's!Danielle Twitter / Instagram / Newsletter Mentioned in this episode:Shellye Archambeau episode hereRichard Browning episode hereKevin Kelly episode hereColin Caffell's book: In Search of The Rainbow's End

Hello and welcome to the Danielle Newnham podcast where I interview tech founders and innovators to learn the inspiring, human stories behind the game-changing tech we use every day.To see out Season 9, I thought I would do my second ever AMA. I do these because I want to be helpful and because I think it’s important for listeners to know me and understand where I am coming from and why I do the podcast. So I asked my listeners across social media for questions they would like me to answer and in this episode, I am going to do my best to answer as many of them as possible. I discuss addiction, networking, growing a startup and irrational fears!But before we start, there is one slight trigger warning – I do talk about death and alcoholism in my first answer so you may want to skip that part if you are listening to this with episode with children around.Let me know what you think and if you want to hear more AMA's!Danielle <a href="https://twitter.com/daniellenewnham" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a> / <a href="https://www.instagram.com/daniellenewnham" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Instagram </a>/ <a href="https://daniellenewnham.substack.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Newsletter</a> Mentioned in this episode:Shellye Archambeau episode<a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/shellye-archambeau-on-resilience-and-her-career-in-tech/id1554305438?i=1000512047546" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> here</a>Richard Browning episode<a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/richard-browning/id1554305438?i=1000510527529" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> here</a>Kevin Kelly episode<a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/kevin-kelly-the-evergreen-optimist/id1554305438?i=1000607700719" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> here</a>Colin Caffell's book: <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Search-Rainbows-End-Inside-Murders/dp/1529309166/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">In Search of The Rainbow's End</a>

AMA: Addiction, Networking and Irrational Fears

Interviews with tech founders and innovators

Today’s guest is Hana Walker Brown – Audio Documentary and Podcast Creator, a Composer, author and Creative Director.In this really open conversation, Hana discusses how ADHD has informed her career, the impact an adult diagnosis had on her life and we dig deep into her work researching CTE which if I say it right is Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy - a progressive and fatal brain disease associated with repeated traumatic brain injuries including concussions and repeated blows to the head.As you might imagine this is common with various athletes from rugby players to footballers and boxers but what you might not realise is how rarely it’s discussed or accepted, how hard it is to diagnose (unless the brains of sportspeople are donated post death) and how CTE and associated ailments such as dementia are affecting younger and younger players.Our conversation centres Hana’s book - A Delicate Game - which is out now in paperback but the story behind Hana’s journey with CTE started on a BMX track back in 2016 where she learned of the suicide of legendary BMX’er David Mirra and why it was most likely caused by CTE.Hana is a storyteller and an innovator, pushing the boundary of what she believes she can do and what she feels compelled to do, all whilst bringing stories of importance and heartbreak, in equal measure, to the masses so that we too can learn the plight of her protagonists.I learned a lot from Hana and I know you will too.Enjoy!Hana on Twitter / Instagram  / WebsiteBuy Hana's book A Delicate Game: Brain Injury, Sport and Sacrifice here.Danielle Twitter / Instagram / NewsletterImage of Hana: Liz Seabrook

Today’s guest is <a href="https://twitter.com/HWalker_Brown" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Hana Walker Brown</a> – Audio Documentary and Podcast Creator, a Composer, author and Creative Director.In this really open conversation, Hana discusses how ADHD has informed her career, the impact an adult diagnosis had on her life and we dig deep into her work researching CTE which if I say it right is <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronic_traumatic_encephalopathy" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy</a> - a progressive and fatal brain disease associated with repeated traumatic brain injuries including concussions and repeated blows to the head.As you might imagine this is common with various athletes from rugby players to footballers and boxers but what you might not realise is how rarely it’s discussed or accepted, how hard it is to diagnose (unless the brains of sportspeople are donated post death) and how CTE and associated ailments such as dementia are affecting younger and younger players.Our conversation centres Hana’s book - A Delicate Game - which is out now in paperback but the story behind Hana’s journey with CTE started on a BMX track back in 2016 where she learned of the suicide of legendary BMX’er <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Mirra" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">David Mirra </a>and why it was most likely caused by CTE.Hana is a storyteller and an innovator, pushing the boundary of what she believes she can do and what she feels compelled to do, all whilst bringing stories of importance and heartbreak, in equal measure, to the masses so that we too can learn the plight of her protagonists.I learned a lot from Hana and I know you will too.Enjoy!Hana on <a href="https://twitter.com/HWalker_Brown" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter </a>/ <a href="https://www.instagram.com/hana_walker_brown/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Instagram </a> / <a href="https://www.hanawalkerbrown.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Website</a>Buy Hana's book A Delicate Game: Brain Injury, Sport and Sacrifice <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Delicate-Game-Brain-Injury-Sacrifice/dp/1529348080/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here.</a>Danielle <a href="https://twitter.com/daniellenewnham" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a> / <a href="https://www.instagram.com/daniellenewnham" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Instagram </a>/ <a href="https://daniellenewnham.substack.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Newsletter</a>Image of Hana: <a href="https://lizseabrook.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Liz Seabrook</a>

Hana Walker-Brown: ADHD, Brain Injury and Living by Values

David Senra

Today’s guest is David Senra, ex-founder host of  Founders podcast – one of my favourite podcasts where each week, David devours a biography of a founder and shares his favourite lessons with the world, whether it’s Charlie Munger, Steve Jobs, Jeff Bezos, Kobe Bryant, The Wright Brothers, Lucille Ball, Jay Z, Enzo Ferrari and many more!But David has a really interesting story himself and one we dive into today. We talk about his tough childhood and how his escape came through his obsession with books because it was within those pages where he found the role models he wanted and needed to inspire him on his way.We also discuss some key themes between the founders and innovators whose stories David has shared in the almost 300 episodes now from a self-styled delusion which helps them to ignore the naysayers and dream the impossible to the obsession which comes with a laser focus on what matters.There are lots of great stories and anecdotes as you can imagine from David but there are also some great lessons that he has learned about success on his personal journey and why he wants to build something he’s younger self would be proud of.Here is my conversation with David Senra.Enjoy!David's podcast Founders podcast / Twitter Danielle Twitter / Instagram / Newsletter Mentioned in this episode:Tim Urban post that David mentions in this episode Taming the Mammoth: Why You Should Stop Caring What Other People ThinkMy episode with Jimmy Soni here

Today’s guest is <a href="https://twitter.com/FoundersPodcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">David Senra</a>, ex-founder host of  <a href="https://founders.simplecast.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Founders podcast</a> – one of my favourite podcasts where each week, David devours a biography of a founder and shares his favourite lessons with the world, whether it’s Charlie Munger, Steve Jobs, Jeff Bezos, Kobe Bryant, The Wright Brothers, Lucille Ball, Jay Z, Enzo Ferrari and many more!But David has a really interesting story himself and one we dive into today. We talk about his tough childhood and how his escape came through his obsession with books because it was within those pages where he found the role models he wanted and needed to inspire him on his way.We also discuss some key themes between the founders and innovators whose stories David has shared in the almost 300 episodes now from a self-styled delusion which helps them to ignore the naysayers and dream the impossible to the obsession which comes with a laser focus on what matters.There are lots of great stories and anecdotes as you can imagine from David but there are also some great lessons that he has learned about success on his personal journey and why he wants to build something he’s younger self would be proud of.Here is my conversation with David Senra.Enjoy!David's podcast <a href="https://founders.simplecast.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Founders podcast </a>/ <a href="https://twitter.com/FoundersPodcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter </a>Danielle <a href="https://twitter.com/daniellenewnham" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a> / <a href="https://www.instagram.com/daniellenewnham" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Instagram </a>/ <a href="https://daniellenewnham.substack.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Newsletter</a> Mentioned in this episode:Tim Urban post that David mentions in this episode <a href="https://waitbutwhy.com/2014/06/taming-mammoth-let-peoples-opinions-run-life.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Taming the Mammoth: Why You Should Stop Caring What Other People Think</a>My episode with Jimmy Soni <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/jimmy-soni-on-elon-musk-peter-thiel-and-the-paypal-story/id1554305438?i=1000551864001" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>

David Senra: Why Founders Rule the World

Kevin Kelly

This episode with Wired Founding Editor Kevin Kelly is one of my favourite episodes!His joie de vivre is infectious and I learned so much from his inspiring story and his fantastic new book Excellent Advice For Living which we talk about in this episode from which I know you will get a lot from too.But stepping back in time, Kelly was publisher and editor of the Whole Earth Review from 1984-1990 before he joined Wired in 1993 as its Founding Executive Editor alongside Louis Rossetto who we mention in this episode and Jane Metcalfe who I interviewed in Series 5, episode 40 (listen here). Kevin has also written some incredibly popular books including the New York times bestseller The Inevitable, Out of Control, which he wrote in 1992 and immediately became required reading on set of The Matrix film The Silver Cord, a graphic novel about robots and angels, What Technology Wants, a robust theory of technology, and Vanishing Asia, his 50-year project to photograph the disappearing cultures of Asia. Kevin is also co-chair of The Long Now Foundation with Stewart Brand.Kevin is a living legend and the 400+ pieces of advice from his latest book have already become part of my son’s bedtime routine – that’s how good they are.So without further ado, you’re listening Danielle Newnham Podcast where I interview tech founders and innovators to learn the inspiring, human story behind their work and this is my interview with Kevin Kelly. Kevin on Twitter / Website / The Long Now Foundation Pre-order Kevin's latest book, Excellent Advice for Living: Wisdom I Wish I'd Known Earlier, here.Danielle Twitter / Instagram / NewsletterFrom this episode, Kevin's interview on This American Life here.Episode image credit: Christopher Michel

This episode with <a href="https://www.wired.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Wired</a> Founding Editor <a href="https://twitter.com/kevin2kelly" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Kevin Kelly</a> is one of my favourite episodes!His joie de vivre is infectious and I learned so much from his inspiring story and his fantastic new book Excellent Advice For Living which we talk about in this episode from which I know you will get a lot from too.But stepping back in time, Kelly was publisher and editor of the Whole Earth Review from 1984-1990 before he joined Wired in 1993 as its Founding Executive Editor alongside Louis Rossetto who we mention in this episode and Jane Metcalfe who I interviewed in Series 5, episode 40 (listen <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/jane-metcalfe-on-the-neobiological-revolution/id1554305438?i=1000559461276" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>). Kevin has also written some incredibly popular books including the New York times bestseller <a href="https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0143110373/kkorg-20/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;linkCode=sl1&amp;tag=kkorg-20&amp;linkId=e49c5c5acbcb8ca68e3ba155c76e0550" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Inevitable</a><a href="https://kk.org/books/out-of-control/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">, Out of Control</a>, which he wrote in 1992 and immediately became required reading on set of The Matrix film <a href="https://amzn.to/2GUn5k9" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Silver Cord</a>, a graphic novel about robots and angels, <a href="https://amzn.to/2KtWtaw" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">What Technology Wants</a>, a robust theory of technology, and Vanishing Asia, his 50-year project to photograph the disappearing cultures of Asia. Kevin is also co-chair of <a href="http://www.longnow.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Long Now Foundation</a> with Stewart Brand.Kevin is a living legend and the 400+ pieces of advice from his latest book have already become part of my son’s bedtime routine – that’s how good they are.So without further ado, you’re listening Danielle Newnham Podcast where I interview tech founders and innovators to learn the inspiring, human story behind their work and this is my interview with Kevin Kelly. Kevin on <a href="https://twitter.com/kevin2kelly" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a> / <a href="https://kk.org/biography" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Website </a>/ <a href="http://www.longnow.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Long Now Foundation </a>Pre-order Kevin's latest book, Excellent Advice for Living: Wisdom I Wish I'd Known Earlier, <a href="https://a.co/d/19Z8hJG" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here.</a>Danielle <a href="https://twitter.com/daniellenewnham" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a> / <a href="https://www.instagram.com/daniellenewnham" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Instagram </a>/ <a href="https://daniellenewnham.substack.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Newsletter</a>From this episode, Kevin's interview on This American Life <a href="https://www.thisamericanlife.org/1/new-beginnings/act-one-2" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here.</a>Episode image credit: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/cmichel67/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Christopher Michel</a>

Kevin Kelly: The Evergreen Optimist

Deb Liu

Today’s episode is with Deb Liu – CEO of Ancestry.com, the billion dollar genealogy company. Deb also serves on the Board of Intuit and is the co-founder of Women in Product. This is a Replay of S6:E48.In this interview, Deb talks me through her personal and career journey from growing up in a small town where less than 1% of the community were Asian to how she overcame racism to become a VP at Facebook where she spent 12 years of her career.After studying Civil Engineering at Duke, Deb got her master’s in business at Stanford and joined PayPal where she spent 6 years, working in different leadership roles including Director of Product management, focusing on Marketplaces which, at the time, made up around 70% of PayPal revenues. After that, she went to Facebook where she spent almost 12 years working in senior product leadership positions including founding Facebook Marketplace - an idea she had presented to Sheryl Sandberg years earlier.We also talk about Deb’s new book Take Back Your Power: 10 New Rules for Women at Work which is a great read for women who wish to climb the ranks like Deb did but also for men who want to understand the obstacles women face at work, how they can be better allies and to learn the stories of some incredible women that Deb features in the book.There are lots of fantastic lessons in this episode on leadership, product management and overcoming the dreaded imposter syndrome.Enjoy!Deb  Twitter / Instagram / Substack Ancestry.com,  Women in ProductOrder Take Back Your Power: 10 New Rules for Women at Work here.Danielle Twitter / Instagram / Newsletter Huge thanks to Jimmy Soni – author of The Founders: The Story of PayPal and the Entrepreneurs Who Shaped Silicon Valley for making the intro.

Today’s episode is with <a href="https://twitter.com/debliu" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Deb Liu</a> – CEO of <a href="https://www.ancestry.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ancestry.com</a>, the billion dollar genealogy company. Deb also serves on the Board of Intuit and is the co-founder of <a href="https://www.womenpm.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Women in Product. </a>This is a Replay of S6:E48.In this interview, Deb talks me through her personal and career journey from growing up in a small town where less than 1% of the community were Asian to how she overcame racism to become a VP at Facebook where she spent 12 years of her career.After studying Civil Engineering at Duke, Deb got her master’s in business at Stanford and joined PayPal where she spent 6 years, working in different leadership roles including Director of Product management, focusing on Marketplaces which, at the time, made up around 70% of PayPal revenues. After that, she went to Facebook where she spent almost 12 years working in senior product leadership positions including founding Facebook Marketplace - an idea she had presented to Sheryl Sandberg years earlier.We also talk about Deb’s new book <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Take-Back-Your-Power-Rules/dp/031036485X" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Take Back Your Power: 10 New Rules for Women at Work</a> which is a great read for women who wish to climb the ranks like Deb did but also for men who want to understand the obstacles women face at work, how they can be better allies and to learn the stories of some incredible women that Deb features in the book.There are lots of fantastic lessons in this episode on leadership, product management and overcoming the dreaded imposter syndrome.Enjoy!Deb  <a href="https://twitter.com/debliu" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter </a>/ <a href="https://www.instagram.com/debliu_/?hl=en" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Instagram </a>/ <a href="https://debliu.substack.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Substack </a><a href="https://www.ancestry.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ancestry.com</a>,  <a href="https://www.womenpm.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Women in Product</a>Order Take Back Your Power: 10 New Rules for Women at Work<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Take-Back-Your-Power-Rules/dp/031036485X" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> here.</a>Danielle <a href="https://twitter.com/daniellenewnham" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a> / <a href="https://www.instagram.com/daniellenewnham" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Instagram </a>/ <a href="https://daniellenewnham.substack.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Newsletter</a> Huge thanks to <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/jimmy-soni-on-elon-musk-peter-thiel-and-the-paypal-story/id1554305438?i=1000551864001" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jimmy Soni </a>– author of <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Founders-Peter-Company-Modern-Internet/dp/1786498286/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Founders: The Story of PayPal and the Entrepreneurs Who Shaped Silicon Valley </a>for making the intro.

Deb Liu: PayPal, Facebook and The Billion Dollar Leader (REPLAY)

Peter Faulding

Today’s guest is Peter Faulding - a world-leading confined space rescue and forensic search specialist. He has pioneered the use of side-scan sonar in forensic searches for missing persons underwater in the UK and is a world leader in underwater search techniques. He has assisted in the search in many cold cases and has located human remains and evidence that had gone undetected for years, in some of the most remote locations on land and underwater. Peter is a qualified commercial diver, helicopter and fixed-wing pilot, and holds both a UK and United States FAA pilot's licence. His first book which we discuss in this conversation is What Lies Beneath - a memoir on his life and career journey from caving with his father aged five to the many rescue and murder cases he has been involved with.Peter has had such a varied and fascinating career - from his time in the caves and mines aged 5, to six years spent in the 10th Volunteer Battalion, Parachute Regiment where he passed the gruelling training to earning the coveted Maroon Beret and qualified as a military parachutist. To setting up his company Specialist Group International and his work in forensic search and confined space rescue, advising top police and military both here in the UK and in the USA, as a guest of the American Secret Service, presenting to their specialist teams and the FBI.Peter has lived an extraordinary life – and it’s that I am sure will inspire you. Here is my conversation with Peter Faulding.------------------Peter on Twitter / Website / Specialist Group International Buy Peter's book here What Lies Beneath: My Life as a Forensic Search and Rescue ExpertDanielle on Twitter @daniellenewnham and  Instagram @daniellenewnham  / Newsletter here

Today’s guest is Peter Faulding - a world-leading confined space rescue and forensic search specialist. He has pioneered the use of side-scan sonar in forensic searches for missing persons underwater in the UK and is a world leader in underwater search techniques. He has assisted in the search in many cold cases and has located human remains and evidence that had gone undetected for years, in some of the most remote locations on land and underwater. Peter is a qualified commercial diver, helicopter and fixed-wing pilot, and holds both a UK and United States FAA pilot's licence. His first book which we discuss in this conversation is <a href="https://amzn.to/3LR9SKS" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">What Lies Beneath</a> - a memoir on his life and career journey from caving with his father aged five to the many rescue and murder cases he has been involved with.Peter has had such a varied and fascinating career - from his time in the caves and mines aged 5, to six years spent in the 10th Volunteer Battalion, Parachute Regiment where he passed the gruelling training to earning the coveted Maroon Beret and qualified as a military parachutist. To setting up his company Specialist Group International and his work in forensic search and confined space rescue, advising top police and military both here in the UK and in the USA, as a guest of the American Secret Service, presenting to their specialist teams and the FBI.Peter has lived an extraordinary life – and it’s that I am sure will inspire you. Here is my conversation with Peter Faulding.------------------Peter on <a href="https://twitter.com/peter_faulding" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a> / <a href="https://www.peterfaulding.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Website </a>/ <a href="https://www.specialistgroupinternational.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Specialist Group International </a>Buy Peter's book here <a href="https://amzn.to/3LR9SKS" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">What Lies Beneath: My Life as a Forensic Search and Rescue Expert</a>Danielle on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/daniellenewnham" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@daniellenewnham</a> and  Instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/daniellenewnham/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@daniellenewnham </a> / Newsletter <a href="https://daniellenewnham.substack.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>

Peter Faulding: What Lies Beneath

David Auerbach

Today's guest is David Auerbach, a former engineer at both Microsoft and Google and now a technologist, writer and author of two books – Bitwise: A Life in Code and his most recent book, Meganets: How Digital Forces Beyond Our Control Commandeer Our Daily Lives and Inner Realities.Today, we talk about David’s background in software engineering and what it was like to work at Microsoft on MSN Messenger and then at Google in the relatively early days of the tech giant’s gargantuan growth.We also discuss his latest book – he explains the meganets term that he coined and how As we increasingly integrate our society, culture and politics within a hyper-networked fabric, the interactions of billions of people with unfathomably large online networks have produced a new sort of beast: an ever-changing systems that operates beyond the control of the individuals, companies, and governments that created them.But before we get into the conversation, a quick word about today’s sponsor.Vowel.com is a game changing AI powered video conferencing platform that has an in-built AI powered meeting summary software that records all your meetings and automatically generates useful summaries at the end! I use it for all my meetings now and have found it so invaluable that I’m also using it for the podcast too to summarise the top takeaways from each episode.If you want to try it, sign up at Vowel.com using my code “daniellecode” for 3 months free of Vowel. Be quick though as this offer expires in 7 days.Enjoy!David on Twitter / Website / Buy Meganets here Danielle on Twitter @daniellenewnham and  Instagram @daniellenewnham  / Newsletter here

Today's guest is <a href="https://twitter.com/AuerbachKeller" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">David Auerbach</a>, a former engineer at both Microsoft and Google and now a technologist, writer and author of two books – <a href="https://amzn.to/3JrvvP7" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bitwise: A Life in Code</a> and his most recent book, <a href="https://amzn.to/3YYaDVF" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Meganets: How Digital Forces Beyond Our Control Commandeer Our Daily Lives and Inner Realities.</a>Today, we talk about David’s background in software engineering and what it was like to work at Microsoft on MSN Messenger and then at Google in the relatively early days of the tech giant’s gargantuan growth.We also discuss his latest book – he explains the meganets term that he coined and how As we increasingly integrate our society, culture and politics within a hyper-networked fabric, the interactions of billions of people with unfathomably large online networks have produced a new sort of beast: an ever-changing systems that operates beyond the control of the individuals, companies, and governments that created them.But before we get into the conversation, a quick word about today’s sponsor.<a href="https://www.vowel.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Vowel.com </a>is a game changing AI powered video conferencing platform that has an in-built AI powered meeting summary software that records all your meetings and automatically generates useful summaries at the end! I use it for all my meetings now and have found it so invaluable that I’m also using it for the podcast too to summarise the top takeaways from each episode.If you want to try it, sign up at <a href="https://www.vowel.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Vowel.com</a> using my code “daniellecode” for 3 months free of Vowel. Be quick though as this offer expires in 7 days.Enjoy!David on <a href="https://twitter.com/AuerbachKeller" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a> / <a href="https://www.waggish.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Website</a> / Buy Meganets h<a href="https://amzn.to/3YYaDVF" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ere </a>Danielle on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/daniellenewnham" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@daniellenewnham</a> and  Instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/daniellenewnham/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@daniellenewnham </a> / Newsletter <a href="https://daniellenewnham.substack.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>

David Auerbach: Is Big Tech Out of Control?

Mark Murdoch

Today’s guest is the incredible Mark Murdoch, founder of Mahogany a multi-faceted music company which is behind the hugely popular Mahogany Sessions on YouTube, famed for its live acoustic sessions with amazing singers in phenomenal locations that include artists fields, warehouses, cemeteries, churches. All these acoustic sessions are filmed with beautiful cinematography making the experience even more enthralling. I am not exaggerating when I say this channel got me through the pandemic.We discussed the adversity he overcame as a child trying to find his way in the world, how music saved him and led him on this wonderfully enriching career journey which has brought joy to so many millions whilst also empowering the very creatives that could have been left behind during the pandemic lockdowns.This is one of my favourite conversations - honest, open, vulnerable, inspiring, heart warming. But before we get into it, here’s a quick word about today’s sponsor.Vowel.com is a game changing AI powered video conferencing platform. Vowel has built-in AI powered meeting summary software that records all your meetings and automatically generates useful summaries at the end of each one! I use it for all my meetings now and have found it so invaluable that I’m also using it for the podcast too to summarise the top takeaways from each episode.If you want to try it, sign up at Vowel.com using my code “daniellecode” for 3 months free of Vowel. Be quick though as this offer expires in 7 days.Now back to the episode. Here is my conversation with Mark Murdoch.Enjoy!Mahogany Sessions on YouTube / Instagram Danielle on Twitter @daniellenewnham and  Instagram @daniellenewnham  / Newsletter here

Today’s guest is the incredible Mark Murdoch, founder of Mahogany a multi-faceted music company which is behind the hugely popular <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@MahoganySessions" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mahogany Sessions </a>on YouTube, famed for its live acoustic sessions with amazing singers in phenomenal locations that include artists fields, warehouses, cemeteries, churches. All these acoustic sessions are filmed with beautiful cinematography making the experience even more enthralling. I am not exaggerating when I say this channel got me through the pandemic.We discussed the adversity he overcame as a child trying to find his way in the world, how music saved him and led him on this wonderfully enriching career journey which has brought joy to so many millions whilst also empowering the very creatives that could have been left behind during the pandemic lockdowns.This is one of my favourite conversations - honest, open, vulnerable, inspiring, heart warming. But before we get into it, here’s a quick word about today’s sponsor.<a href="https://www.vowel.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Vowel.com</a> is a game changing AI powered video conferencing platform. Vowel has built-in AI powered meeting summary software that records all your meetings and automatically generates useful summaries at the end of each one! I use it for all my meetings now and have found it so invaluable that I’m also using it for the podcast too to summarise the top takeaways from each episode.If you want to try it, sign up at <a href="https://www.vowel.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Vowel.com</a> using my code “daniellecode” for 3 months free of Vowel. Be quick though as this offer expires in 7 days.Now back to the episode. Here is my conversation with Mark Murdoch.Enjoy!Mahogany Sessions on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@MahoganySessions" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">YouTube</a> / <a href="https://www.instagram.com/mahogany/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Instagram </a>Danielle on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/daniellenewnham" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@daniellenewnham</a> and  Instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/daniellenewnham/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@daniellenewnham </a> / Newsletter <a href="https://daniellenewnham.substack.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>

Mark Murdoch: The Magic of Music

Welcome to the Danielle Newnham Podcast where I interview founders and innovators to learn the inspiring, human stories behind their game-changing work.I may have only just wrapped up series 8 but I am so excited about series 9 that I thought I would bring it forward so it will be launching imminently.And upcoming guests on this series include Mark Murdoch, the founder behind music channel Mahogany Sessions, author and engineer David Auerbach, Kevin Kelly who was the founding Executive Editor at Wired, Hana Walker-Brown who has written a book on brain injury and sport, Peter Faulding – a confined space rescue and forensic search specialist... and more, yet to be announced!I wanted to spread out the scope of guests for this series by focusing on innovators from different fields in order to widen the experiences of the guests I speak to so please do let me know what you think and, as always, please do hit the subscribe button so you are the first to hear each new episode as it comes out.The conversations in this series are even more open and inspiring than ever before yet they are packed full of so many great lessons for all founders and innovators – because these game changers inevitably found themselves with the odds stacked against them, like so many others, and they are here to share their stories and the lessons they learned along the way.I look forward to sharing them with you over the coming weeks.Goodbye for now.

Welcome to the Danielle Newnham Podcast where I interview founders and innovators to learn the inspiring, human stories behind their game-changing work.I may have only just wrapped up series 8 but I am so excited about series 9 that I thought I would bring it forward so it will be launching imminently.And upcoming guests on this series include Mark Murdoch, the founder behind music channel Mahogany Sessions, author and engineer David Auerbach, Kevin Kelly who was the founding Executive Editor at Wired, Hana Walker-Brown who has written a book on brain injury and sport, Peter Faulding – a confined space rescue and forensic search specialist... and more, yet to be announced!I wanted to spread out the scope of guests for this series by focusing on innovators from different fields in order to widen the experiences of the guests I speak to so please do let me know what you think and, as always, please do hit the subscribe button so you are the first to hear each new episode as it comes out.The conversations in this series are even more open and inspiring than ever before yet they are packed full of so many great lessons for all founders and innovators – because these game changers inevitably found themselves with the odds stacked against them, like so many others, and they are here to share their stories and the lessons they learned along the way.I look forward to sharing them with you over the coming weeks.Goodbye for now.

Series 9 Trailer

As it’s International Women’s Day, I wanted to do what we did last year and hand the episode over to some of the amazing women I have had on the show in the past year, and of course I will link to each of their original episodes  below so that you can check them out in full.In order of appearance in today’s show, we have the wonderful Cat Noone of Stark, Noor Shaker of X-Chem and Glamourous AI, Ayah Bdeir of LittleBits, Jane Metcalfe of Wired and Neo Life, Dr Mary-Lou Jepsen of Oculus and OpenWater, Deb Liu of PayPal and Ancestry.com, Jennifer Phan of Passionfroot, Polina Marinova Pompliano of The Profile and Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon of Stemettes.These incredible women each share one piece advice to their younger selves – some of them are utterly heart warming whilst others are funny, useful, serious and above all, they are all important messages I wanted to share with you today. So I hope you enjoy them and check out the full episode of each because they are brilliant and I want you to know about them and share their inspiring stories. Enjoy!

As it’s International Women’s Day, I wanted to do what we did last year and hand the episode over to some of the amazing women I have had on the show in the past year, and of course I will link to each of their original episodes  below so that you can check them out in full.In order of appearance in today’s show, we have the wonderful <a href="https://twitter.com/imcatnoone" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Cat Noone</a> of Stark, <a href="https://twitter.com/noorshak" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Noor Shaker </a>of X-Chem and Glamourous AI, <a href="https://twitter.com/ayahbdeir" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ayah Bdeir</a> of LittleBits, <a href="https://twitter.com/janemetcalfe" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jane Metcalfe </a>of Wired and Neo Life, <a href="https://twitter.com/mljmljmlj" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dr Mary-Lou Jepsen</a> of Oculus and OpenWater, <a href="https://twitter.com/debliu_" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Deb Liu </a>of PayPal and <a href="http://Ancestry.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ancestry.com</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/jenpphan" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jennifer Phan</a> of Passionfroot, <a href="https://twitter.com/polina_marinova" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Polina Marinova Pompliano </a>of The Profile and <a href="https://twitter.com/aimafidon" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon </a>of Stemettes.These incredible women each share one piece advice to their younger selves – some of them are utterly heart warming whilst others are funny, useful, serious and above all, they are all important messages I wanted to share with you today. So I hope you enjoy them and check out the full episode of each because they are brilliant and I want you to know about them and share their inspiring stories. Enjoy!

Women in Tech: Advice to Younger Selves Part II

I wanted  to say a massive thank you for listening to Series 8 of the podcast and thank you to my wonderful guests Steve Furber, Dean Forbes, Michael Gibson, Jennifer Phan, Alvy Ray Smith, Polina Marinova Pompliano and Andrew Zuckerman.Since the beginning of this year, we have learned so much from these inspiring stories - from Steve Furber’s quest to reverse engineer the human brain to Dean Forbes journey from homelessness to billion euro exits. I am forever grateful to my guests for trusting me with their stories and I hope you get what you need from these episodes too be it inspiration, valuable lessons or empowerment in the knowledge that if these people can do it, you can too.So today, as we close out Series 8, I wanted to leave you with some of my favourite snippets from each episode where I ask each guest what’s one piece of advise they’d offer their younger selves.In order of appearance in this episode:Dean ForbesMichael GibsonAlvy Ray SmithSteve FurberJennifer PhanPolina Marinova PomplianoAndrew Zuckerman Enjoy!Danielle on Twitter @daniellenewnham and  Instagram @daniellenewnham  / Newsletter here

I wanted  to say a massive thank you for listening to Series 8 of the podcast and thank you to my wonderful guests Steve Furber, Dean Forbes, Michael Gibson, Jennifer Phan, Alvy Ray Smith, Polina Marinova Pompliano and Andrew Zuckerman.Since the beginning of this year, we have learned so much from these inspiring stories - from Steve Furber’s quest to reverse engineer the human brain to Dean Forbes journey from homelessness to billion euro exits. I am forever grateful to my guests for trusting me with their stories and I hope you get what you need from these episodes too be it inspiration, valuable lessons or empowerment in the knowledge that if these people can do it, you can too.So today, as we close out Series 8, I wanted to leave you with some of my favourite snippets from each episode where I ask each guest what’s one piece of advise they’d offer their younger selves.In order of appearance in this episode:Dean Forbes Michael Gibson Alvy Ray Smith Steve Furber Jennifer Phan Polina Marinova Pompliano Andrew Zuckerman Enjoy!Danielle on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/daniellenewnham" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@daniellenewnham</a> and  Instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/daniellenewnham/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@daniellenewnham </a> / Newsletter <a href="https://daniellenewnham.substack.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>

Series 8 - Advice To Younger Selves

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