Latest Boardrooms Podcast Episodes
Leah Solivan: The Entrepreneur's Journey to the Boardroom.
Boardroom Governance with Evan Epstein - April 22, 2024 12:30 - 56 minutes(0:00) Intro. (1:10) About the podcast sponsor: The American College of Governance Counsel. (1:57) Start of interview. (2:40) Leah's "origin story." (3:41) Her time at IBM. (4:48) Her founding story of TaskRabbit (Boston, 2008). (12:43) The evolution of her board at TaskRabbit, and how to...
Jeffrey Saviano (EY): "I Feel Strongly That We Need a Hippocratic Oath for AI"
Boardroom Governance with Evan Epstein - April 15, 2024 12:30 - 59 minutes(0:00) Intro. (1:10) About the podcast sponsor: The American College of Governance Counsel. (1:58) Start of interview. (2:43) His role at EY and appointments at Harvard's Safra Center for Ethics (ELSCE), MIT and Boston University. (5:23) Defining AI. Reference to the 1956 Dartmouth AI confer...
Amy Banse: On Board Dynamics and Listening Through Company Stages.
Boardroom Governance with Evan Epstein - April 08, 2024 12:30 - 55 minutes(0:00) Intro. (1:12) About the podcast sponsor: The American College of Governance Counsel. (2:00) Start of interview. (3:10) Amy's "origin story." (6:23) Her time leading Comcast Ventures, and how Corporate Venture Capital (CVC) has evolved. (9:08) Why SF/Silicon Valley as a tech hub for ...
Teresa Johnson: On ESG, Boardroom Diversity, and Truth to Power.
Boardroom Governance with Evan Epstein - April 01, 2024 12:30 - 57 minutes(0:00) Intro. (1:04) About the podcast sponsor: The American College of Governance Counsel. (1:51) Start of interview. (2:54) Terry's "origin story." (5:18) The start of her legal career with O'Melveny & Myers. (8:35) Her time at Howard Rice and her current role at Arnold & Portner (the fi...
Mary Inman: On Theranos, Meta and Representing High Profile Whistleblowers.
Boardroom Governance with Evan Epstein - March 18, 2024 12:41 - 58 minutes(0:00) Intro. (1:27) About the podcast sponsor: The American College of Governance Counsel. (2:14) Start of interview. (3:30) Mary's "origin story." (5:32) Her start as a whistleblower lawyer at Philips & Cohen. The advent of US Whistleblower reward programs (CFTC, SEC, IRS, Transportation,...
Katherine Henderson and Amy Simmerman: 2023 Delaware Corporate Law and Litigation Year in Review
Boardroom Governance with Evan Epstein - March 04, 2024 13:30 - 52 minutes(0:00) Intro (1:02) About the podcast sponsor: The American College of Governance Counsel. (1:49) Start of interview. (2:37) Katherine Henderson's "origin story." (5:05) Amy Simmerman's "origin story." (8:02) The origin and focus of their Delaware Corporate Law and Litigation Year in Revie...
Vice Chancellor J. Travis Laster of the Delaware Court of Chancery: Ten Years of Trados, A Discussion of Fiduciary Duties.
Boardroom Governance with Evan Epstein - February 26, 2024 13:30 - 49 minutes(0:00) Intro. (2:27) About the podcast sponsor: The American College of Governance Counsel. (3:13) Start of interview. [Interviewer: UC Law SF Professor Abe Cable. Reference to his article "Does Trados Matter?" (2019)]. (4:17) Summary of the Trados case by Vice-Chancellor Laster. (9:44) Con...
Alexandre Rangel: Institutional Investors' Engagement in Latin America.
Boardroom Governance with Evan Epstein - February 12, 2024 13:30 - 47 minutes(0:00) Intro. (1:10) About the podcast sponsor: The American College of Governance Counsel. (1:57) Start of interview. (4:00) Alexandre's "origin story." His time as Commissioner of the Brazilian Securities and Exchange Commission (CVM) (2020-2023). (7:34) On his OECD background note on Ins...
Richard Blake: WSGR's 2023 Silicon Valley 150 Corporate Governance Report.
Boardroom Governance with Evan Epstein - February 05, 2024 13:30 - 53 minutes(0:00) Intro. (0:55) About the podcast sponsor: The American College of Governance Counsel. (1:41) Start of interview. (2:21) Richard's "origin story." His position as Chair of WSGR's public company practice and Chair of the Nasdaq Listing and Hearing Review Council. (7:30) On the origins an...
Scott Kupor: Navigating the VC and Startup Governance Landscape in 2024.
Boardroom Governance with Evan Epstein - January 29, 2024 13:30 - 49 minutes(0:00) Intro. (1:36) About this podcast's sponsor: The American College of Governance Counsel. (2:23) Start of interview. (3:33) On the collapse of SVB and its impact to Silicon Valley and the VC industry. (9:05) On the state of private markets. *Reference to Aileen Lee's post on Unicorn upd...
Nicolas Darveau-Garneau: "The Greatest AI Risk is Inaction."
Boardroom Governance with Evan Epstein - January 16, 2024 13:30 - 1 hour(0:00) Intro. (1:28) About the podcast sponsor: The American College of Governance Counsel. (2:14) Start of interview. (3:09) Nick's "origin story." (6:36) On his first startup IMix.com (focused on music streaming) (7:55) His pivot as an equity analyst at Sanford Bernstein. (8:32) His fo...
Nicolas Darveau-Garneau: "Boardroom Alert: The Greatest AI Risk is Inaction."
Boardroom Governance with Evan Epstein - January 16, 2024 13:30 - 1 hour(0:00) Intro. (1:28) About the podcast sponsor: The American College of Governance Counsel. (2:14) Start of interview. (3:09) Nick's "origin story." (6:36) On his first startup IMix.com (focused on music streaming) (7:55) His pivot as an equity analyst at Sanford Bernstein. (8:32) His fo...
Joe Grundfest: "The Biggest Governance Trend for 2024 is the Corporation as a Piñata."
Boardroom Governance with Evan Epstein - January 09, 2024 13:30 - 50 minutes(0:00) Intro. (2:21) About this podcast's sponsor: The American College of Governance Counsel. (3:08) Start of interview. (3:50) On collapse of SVB & other banks. Lessons for board members. *Reference to video from Stanford Rock Center (12:00) On the state of private markets and unicorns. D...
Elizabeth Pollman and Yifat Aran: Ousted, Startup Failure and Equity Compensation in the Unicorn Era.
Boardroom Governance with Evan Epstein - December 27, 2023 13:30 - 1 hour(0:00) Intro. (1:28) About the podcast sponsor: The American College of Governance Counsel. (2:15) Start of interview. (3:16) Yifat's "origin story." (6:20) Yifat's bio and positions at the University of Haifa and Technion - Israel Institute of Technology. (8:00) About Elizabeth Pollman, P...
Larry Clinton: "The Essence of Cybersecurity is that All the Incentives Favor the Bad Guys."
Boardroom Governance with Evan Epstein - December 19, 2023 13:30 - 1 hour(0:00) Intro. (1:21) About the podcast sponsor: The American College of Governance Counsel. (2:08) Start of interview. (2:49) Larry's "origin story." (4:49) About the Internet Security Alliance (ISA). Founded in 2000 by former Congressman Dave McCurdy, former chairman of the House Intellige...
Joe Nocera and Kate O'Leary: Unpacking HBO's Succession (Season 4).
Boardroom Governance with Evan Epstein - December 11, 2023 13:30 - 55 minutes*Prior episodes reviewing Succession: Season 1: E98 (May 22, 2023) Season 2: E102 (June 26, 2023) Season 3: E109 (Sept 11 , 2023) 0:00 -- Intro. 2:12-- About the podcast sponsor: The American College of Governance Counsel. 2:58 -- Start of interview. 3:54 -- On the influence and leadershi...
Ker Gibbs: On Geopolitics and US-China Relations.
Boardroom Governance with Evan Epstein - December 04, 2023 13:30 - 1 hour0:00 -- Intro. 1:26-- About the podcast sponsor: The American College of Governance Counsel. 2:13 -- Start of interview. 3:47 -- Ker's "origin story." 7:41 -- His history with the American Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai (AmCham). 9:42 -- About his book “Selling to China. Stories of Succes...
John Coates: The Problem of Twelve, Index Funds and Private Equity.
Boardroom Governance with Evan Epstein - November 20, 2023 13:30 - 1 hour0:00 -- Intro. 1:26-- About this podcast's sponsor: The American College of Governance Counsel. 2:13 -- Start of interview. 2:45 -- John's "origin story." His time at WLRK and at the SEC. 4:15 -- His focus at Harvard Law School and Harvard Business School. 4:39 -- About his book THE PROBLEM...
Abby Adlerman: On Board Oversight, Accountability, Risk Mitigation and Strategy (OARS).
Boardroom Governance with Evan Epstein - November 13, 2023 13:30 - 57 minutes0:00 -- Intro. 1:14-- About this podcast's sponsor: The American College of Governance Counsel. 2:09 -- Start of interview. 2:41 -- Abby's "origin story." 4:11 -- Her time at Hambrecht & Quist. Distinctions between IPO market in the 1990s and the current environment. Her time as a CEO of a ...
Private Companies and Startup Governance: with Evan Epstein, Heidi Roizen and Dan Siciliano.
Boardroom Governance with Evan Epstein - November 07, 2023 13:30 - 1 hour0:00 -- Intro. 1:27 -- About this podcast's sponsor: The American College of Governance Counsel. 2:23 -- Intro of Webinar (and speakers) by Nancy Easterbrook, Executive Director of SVDX. 5:33 -- Start of webinar by Dan Siciliano, Chair of SVDX. 6:40 -- Some differences between private (VC-ba...
Julie Daum: "The Aging of U.S. Boards and Lack of Turnover is a Real Issue."
Boardroom Governance with Evan Epstein - October 30, 2023 12:30 - 50 minutes0:00 -- Intro. 1:11-- About this podcast's sponsor: The American College of Governance Counsel. 2:08 -- Start of interview. 2:47 -- Julie's "origin story." She started her work with boards in the early 1980s with Catalyst (a non-profit women's organization whose mission is to promote women in...
Mauro Cunha: Governance and Board Experience from Brazil.
Boardroom Governance with Evan Epstein - October 23, 2023 12:30 - 50 minutes0:00 -- Intro. 1:38-- About this podcast's sponsor: The American College of Governance Counsel. 2:34 -- Start of interview. 3:13 -- Mauro's "origin story." 4:11 -- About AMEC, and his time as CEO of the organization (2012-2017). Prior, he was Chairman of IBGC (2008-2010). "My first mission ...
Brian Stafford, CEO of Diligent: "Companies That Do ESG The Right Way, Tie It Back To Their Strategy."
Boardroom Governance with Evan Epstein - October 16, 2023 12:30 - 45 minutes0:00 -- Intro. 1:21-- About this podcast's sponsor: The American College of Governance Counsel. 2:17 -- Start of interview. 2:49 -- Brian's "origin story." He founded a startup that sold cars online in the dot com era (CarOrder) based out of Austin TX. He later worked at McKinsey & Co. From t...
Joyce Cacho: "ESG Provides An Opportunity To Do Some Hard Work."
Boardroom Governance with Evan Epstein - October 09, 2023 12:30 - 59 minutes0:00 -- Intro. 1:10 -- About new podcast sponsor American College of Governance Counsel. 2:28 -- Start of interview. 3:17 -- Joyce's "origin story" 5:22 -- Joyce's academic focus and executive career before joining boards of directors. 8:12 -- On her board journey. "It began with non-profi...
Suzanne Brown: The NYSE Board Diversity Initiative.
Boardroom Governance with Evan Epstein - September 26, 2023 12:30 - 53 minutes0:00 -- Intro. 1:43 -- Start of interview. 2:11 -- Suzanne's "origin story" "One of my proudest jobs was working with the NJ Pandemic Relief Fund" 14:12 -- Joining the NYSE Board Diversity Initiative. *reference to Chief ("the only private membership network focused on connecting and supporti...
Victor Arias: "Boards Are Looking For Strong Core Values: Integrity, Ethics, Leadership and Judgment."
Boardroom Governance with Evan Epstein - September 18, 2023 12:30 - 51 minutes0:00 -- Intro. 2:02 -- Start of interview. 3:02 -- Victor's "origin story" 5:30 -- Joining Stanford University's Board of Trustees, and later the board of Popeye’s Louisiana Kitchen (NASDAQ: PLKI). 9:06 -- His current position as Managing Director and Practice Leader, Consumer and Retail at...
Sean Berkowitz and Kate O'Leary: Succession (Season 3)
Boardroom Governance with Evan Epstein - September 11, 2023 12:43 - 1 hour0:00 -- Intro. *reference to our episodes reviewing Succession Season 1: E98 of this podcast (May 22, 2023) and Season 2: E102 (June 26, 2023). 2:00 -- Start of interview. 3:50 -- About Sean Berkowitz and the Enron Case: prosecuting Ken Lay and Jeff Skilling (2006). 7:05 -- On whistleblowers...
HBO’s Succession with Sean Berkowitz and Kate O’Leary (Season 3)
Boardroom Governance with Evan Epstein - September 11, 2023 12:43 - 1 hour0:00 -- Intro. *reference to our episodes reviewing Succession Season 1: E98 of this podcast (May 22, 2023) and Season 2: E102 (June 26, 2023). 2:00 -- Start of interview. 3:50 -- About Sean Berkowitz and the Enron Case: prosecuting Ken Lay and Jeff Skilling (2006). 7:05 -- On whistleblowers...
Heidi Roizen: On Startup Governance and The Startup Solution.
Boardroom Governance with Evan Epstein - September 05, 2023 12:30 - 1 hour0:00 -- Intro. 1:35 -- Start of interview. *Link to our first episode: E6 from June 2020. 2:18 -- On the origin story of her new podcast: The Startup Solution with Heidi Roizen. 4:23 -- The Case of the Boardroom Blow-Up. How entrepreneurs should go from 'pitching' to 'partnering' with their...
David Larcker and Brian Tayan on "The Art and Practice of Corporate Governance."
Boardroom Governance with Evan Epstein - August 28, 2023 12:30 - 1 hour0:00 -- Intro. 1:38 -- Start of interview. 2:26 -- On the origin story of their latest book: "The Art and Practice of Corporate Governance." 7:32 -- About the Boeing 737Max case. The cultural shift. "Safety was just a given." 12:29 -- About Netflix's "Radical Transparency in the Boardroom."...
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