Economic Shocks: CEOs of ServiceNow, CommerceIQ and the S.F. Fed on Strategy in Turbulence

Raging inflation produced some strange ripple effects last week. The Federal Reserve is hiking interest rates to cool down the economy, which seems to be working somewhat with home price growth slowing and gas prices moderating. But then we got the hot jobs report, suggesting economic activity won’t cool down on its own.

Tom Siebel, CEO of C3 AI, on Surviving Elephant Attacks and Bear Markets: CNBC Working Lunch

Growth tech stocks are mostly above their lows from early May, but they're far from the heights of late 2021. This week on Working Lunch, I bring you up close with C3 AI CEO Tom Siebel, a serial entrepreneur who's used to battling back from a tough situation:

Platform for Growth: ServiceNow CEO Bill McDermott on Optimism and Priorities in a Shifting Market

This past week I spoke with ServiceNow CEO Bill McDermott about his outlook for tech transformation in an inflationary environment, and explored the roots of his relentless optimism —?that didn’t let up even when a tragedy cost him his left eye:

S.F. Fed President Mary Daly on Battling Inflation, Why She Dropped Out of High School, And Her Lowest Career Moment

Last week, Federal Reserve officials were out in force to remind the market that inflation is a rough beast that isn’t nearly tamed. San Francisco Fed President Mary Daly joined me in a Fortt Knox 1:1 to talk about the economy and her personal journey:

CommerceIQ CEO Guru Hariharan on the Shift in Direct to Consumer Retail, and His Path to Unicorn Status

I spoke with CEO Guru Hariharan of CommerceIQ about how smaller businesses are navigating an economy where the giants are getting stronger:

New Cohesity CEO Sanjay Poonen on Data Security, and Why He Took the Job

I’ve known Sanjay Poonen for years, through his roles at SAP and VMware. Last week when Cohesity announced him as their new CEO, we talked about the opportunity ahead:

Why Sell Your Company to Amazon? Two Founder Perspectives as We Ponder the iRobot News

Amazon last week said it plans to buy Roomba maker iRobot for $1.7 billion. No Amazon or iRobot execs were available for comment. But this spring I spoke with Ring founder Jamie Siminoff and eero founder Nick Weaver, two consumer electronics entrepreneurs who sold their companies to Amazon a few years back. They offered interesting insight:

Was Pelosi's Taiwan Trip Good for Business? On the Other Hand

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi made a controversial visit to Taiwan this week that some saw as a dangerous provocation of China and some saw as a show of solidarity with a trade partner. Was the trip good for business? I argue both sides in the latest On the Other Hand, on CNBC's Squawk Box:?

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