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Launch 2025
Presented by Jefferies Prime Services. Six episodes that explore the critical questions that need to be top of mind for every alternative fund founder in the mid 2020s—and some answers that can help build a more successful launch.
Crying Over Spilled Milk: The Disruption Solution
In the season two premiere of Invisible Forces, Jefferies’ Aneta Markowska and Storm Duncan are joined by business leaders and historians to look at how the pandemic is rapidly transforming everything along the $10 trillion global supply chain - from vital medical equipment to fresh produce to jigsaw puzzles and beyond.S2:EP1
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What Makes Makers Tick?
In our season 1 finale, we explore the force that has underpinned every episode in the season: the brilliant entrepreneurs, thinkers, and founders behind groundbreaking and culture-shifting companies. We talk to three successful founders about the entrepreneurial spirit that drives their work: Aaron Rasmussen, who just launched Outlier.org and co-founded MasterClass, Angela Lee of 37 Angels, and Transfix CEO, Drew McElroy.S1:EP6
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Building a Boom: Brand Lessons for Creating Explosive Value
Jefferies expert Steph Wissink walks us through what’s been happening in the beauty industry over the past decade. It’s a sector that just underwent a long boom period. Conor Begley, co-founder of Tribe Dynamics, shares why “Earned Media Value” is one of the most powerful metrics for companies in search of their “next big thing.”S1:EP5
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A Tech Revolution for Financial Services
Our hosts are joined by Jefferies’ Vaughn Harvey, and Jesse McWaters, financial innovation lead for the World Economic Forum, to discuss artificial intelligence in the financial services sector. We’ll also hear from Betterment CEO Jon Stein and IEX CEO Brad Katsuyama, two entrepreneurs already relying on AI to disrupt different areas of the financial space – from online financial advising to building better exchanges for the next decade.S1:EP4
28:56
You Are What You Buy
Listen to views on consumers’ interest in authenticity from Jefferies expert, Randy Konik, along with the Head of Diamond Producers’ Association, and an expert from Wharton Business School.S1:EP3
34:22
Biotech – From Bench to Bedside
Curious about the cutting edge of biotech? Jefferies’ Michael Yee and Jared Holz walk through some of the biggest biotech breakthroughs of the last decade, and speak with a family who expects an entirely different life for their son because of it.S1:EP2
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The $10 Trillion Question
In the premiere episode of Invisible Forces, Jefferies’ Storm Duncan joins our hosts to weigh in on how technology can continue to help improve mobility and efficiency. We’ll also hear from two entrepreneurs disrupting different areas of mobility: Lime CEO, Brad Bao, and Drew McElroy, the CEO of Transfix.S1:EP1
19:25
Introducing: Invisible Forces
Jefferies’ first podcast series exploring the surprising currents moving markets, driving innovation and disrupting entire business models28:56