Thomas Catalano covers the keynote delivered by Blair Effron, Co-Founder of Centerview Partners, on Sunday, November 5th, 2023 at the 49th International Conference.
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See the statistics for the 2023 IC, from the percentage of first-generation low-income students to acceptance rate.
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So is it true? Does no one read anymore? Is the book-industry slowly eroding along with our collective intelligence? Thankfully, according to James Daunt, CEO of Barnes and Noble, this claim is “utter nonsense.”
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On Sunday, November 5th, James Clavel had the chance to interview Paul Webster, a Managing Partner at Page Executive, a prominent executive recruiting firm in finance.
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Angelique Bellmer Krembs dives into the driving force behind writing You Should Smile More: How to Dismantle Gender Bias in the Workplace.
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From Princeton to Podcaster, Davena Hoskins dives into the unconventional odyssey of 27 Rogue’s founder Scott Newman.
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Interview with Lawrence Wu, a principal at venture capital firm Recharge Capital.
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See what the 2023 IC attendees have to say about the conference!
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Maya Chu interviews Pek Pongpaet Founder & CEO, and Amjad Sidqi, General Manager, at product design consultancy Impekable.
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Human resources notoriously gets a bad reputation, but this is not a sentiment shared by Wagner Denuzzo, the Expert-in-Residence of HR from Silicon Valley executive talent agency A.Team and former executive at global technology giant IBM.
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During the 49th annual International Conference, Ossian Kamal was lucky enough to catch Aman Kapadia, founder of Akaris Global, for a short interview after his seminar.
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Chris Lamontagne is the CEO of Teespring, the world’s largest creator commerce platform. In this interview, Chris emphasizes the importance of growth and momentum in driving successful go-to-market strategies and shares how his experience of launching his first venture at 19 years old propelled him into the world of entrepreneurship.
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Mike Lyons, Head of Corporate and Investment Banking at PNC, shares his experiences in effective leadership strategy and responsible investing, from his close collaboration with the CEO of Bank of America during the 2008 recession to the release PNC’s first annual Green Bond to encourage the transition to a low-carbon economy, at the 45th International Conference.
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As our lives become increasingly digitized in the 21st century, our personal choices, habits, and mannerisms have become intertwined with our online identity. Companies of all industries have been increasingly encouraged to manage and collect data of their clients (or potential clients) in order to compete and strategize effectively in the new global economic system. At the same time, consumers are not only more informed about this phenomenon but are also realizing issues with businesses being in charge of their personal and private data.
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In the decades leading up to the recognition of CSR as a central pillar of business, CSR was typically viewed as an extraneous project of minor importance for businesses during a time where consumers placed a greater emphasis on the quality of a product rather than the quality of a company. However, as technology and information have become readily available and accessible to more and more of the world population, people have evolved in their consumption calculus by evaluating every aspect of the product that makes it what it is.
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The apparel, fashion, and luxury industry (AF&L) is one of the worst-affected industries by COVID-19, with demand and supply restructuring towards consumption of essential goods and services. With both retail and online sales diminishing as people consolidate their wealth to survive the pandemic, the industry has realized that they will not be able to operate their current business until the consumer confidence revives and social distancing relaxes.
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The International Conference is one of Business Today's oldest programs and is in its 46th year of operation. During this episode, we chat with Felipe Bickenbach, the Director of this year's conference, on his experience transforming the flagship event into a weeklong digital event to serve three hundred students across the globe. Felipe shares the challenges and tribulations he encountered while also providing advice for students thinking about hosting digital events themselves. Inside BT is a series that was launched to reflect on how Business Today, a nonprofit that's entirely run by undergraduates, has adapted to the new digital normal created by COVID.
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Pablo Lapuerta, the Executive Vice President and Chief Medical Officer of Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, focuses heavily on genetics and drug development. He discusses the messaging that the pharmaceutical industry needs to do in order to help the public understand the extensive processes behind bringing new drugs to market, improvements that could be made in the FDA’s drug approval process, and a novel drug that he and Lexicon have developed to treat Type I diabetes.
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“I have never been good at the ‘what do you want to be in five years?’ question,” said Gary Briggs, whose prolific career includes time in senior positions at eBay, Google, Facebook, and most recently as the digital director of Michael Bloomberg’s presidential campaign. For Briggs, it is genuine person-to-person connections that matters at the end of the day.
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Mario Gabelli, founder and CEO of Gabelli Asset Management Company Investors (GAMCO Investors), delivered a keynote speech at Business Today’s 45th International Conference. He spoke on a range of topics, from ETFs causing him to be an “endangered species” to an unexpected crash course in geography, in order to stress the importance of pursuing knowledge and global awareness.
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