We sat down to speak with Silicon Valley-based Anja Manuel, who is co-founder and partner at RiceGatesHadley, LLC, a strategic consulting company about her new book This Brave New World: India, China and the United States. This is the first book that Manuel has written on a subject that she is very familiar and has… Continue Reading
FILMMAKER SUSANNA WHITE ON OUR KIND OF TRAITOR & BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH
Susanna White talks about her film Our Kind of Traitor based on John le Carre novel. We caught up with her in San Francisco when she was here to screen her film at the 59th San Francisco International Film Festival. The first question we asked White was on Benedict Cumberbatch. She worked with him in… Continue Reading
PODCAST: MORGAN NEVILLE & CAITRIN ROGERS ON MUSIC OF STRANGERS: YO-YO MA & THE SILK ROAD ENSEMBLE
Filmmakers Morgan Neville & Caitrin Rogers talk about the making of their film Music of Strangers:Yo-Yo Ma & The Silk Road Road Enesemble. We caught up with Neville and Rogers during the 59th San Francisco International Film Festival where their documentary was screened. On the surface the film appears to be about Yo-Yo Ma and his quest… Continue Reading
REMEMERING RD BURMAN & HOW HE CHASED NEW MUSIC FOR BOLLYWOOD
Today marks the 77th birthday of Rahul Dev Burman (27 June 1939 – 4 January 1994), an influential and iconic Bollywood music director. RD or Pancham as he was known forever changed the musical landscape of Bollywood film music. RD chased new music and introduced it in Indian films, specifically Bollywood films points out Prof Greg Booth. Besides… Continue Reading
President Obama: I Can Wear A T-Shirt Like Mark Zuckerberg In 6 Months Time At GES2016
President Obama attended the Global Entrepreneurship Summit 2016 (GES 2016) at Stanford University on June 24, 2016. He gave a short speech on the importance of innovation and entrepreneurship to the 700 entrepreneurs who had traveled to the summit from all over the world. President Obama underscored the importance of entrepreneurship and how it acts… Continue Reading
PODCAST: PICO IYER ON WRITING, FILMS, AMERICAN POP CULTURE & THE PERSISTENECE OF AMERICAN DREAM
Pico Iyer is an author and essayist, who divides his time between Japan and the US. We caught up with him in 2015 in San Francisco and spoke to him on a wide variety of topics ranging from how he defines his writing to his love for film, sports, American pop culture, the peristence of… Continue Reading
VIDEO: DAVE McCLURE OF 500 STARTUPS
We caught up with Dave McClure, founder and troublemaker at 500 Startups at Global Entrepreneurship Summit 2016 (GES 2016) at Stanford University. McClure has travelled extensively around the world and 500 Startups has invested in over 1,500 startups and we were curious to find out his views on entrepreneurship and if governments should be involved… Continue Reading