THIS WEEK: 5 Things I Think You'll Love

Hi all, I hope you have had a great week.This newsletter was first published yesterday but there was an issue on LinkedIn's side and I don't think anyone received it into their inbox so apologies if you receive this twice.

Back to normal proceedings... As always, if you are looking for a great podcast, quote, interview, book and film to consume this weekend, please read on.

PODCAST

This week, I had the great honour of interviewing entrepreneur and investor Soraya Darabi, co-founder of TMV venture fund.

In this interview, Soraya opens up about her background from riding around in her father’s yellow cab as a child in New York to how and why her focus now is to empower more underrepresented founders and investors in the tech space

Listen wherever you get your podcasts: Apple?here, Spotify?here, Audible?here, Google?here, Simplecast?here.

QUOTE

“There are two mistakes one can make along the road to truth.?Not going all the way, and not starting.”?Siddhrtha Gautama

INTERVIEW

There aren’t many founders who can say they sold their business for $1.5 BILLION. Let alone a woman... Let alone a woman in her sixties…

But that’s what Lynda Weinman did when she sold Lynda.com to LinkedIn in 2015. Read the lessons I learned from Lynda here.

BOOK

This week saw the release of Sherrell Dorsey's book, Upper Hand: The Future of Work for the Rest of Us which offers up a personal exploration of how to ensure that marginalized communities aren't left behind as technology continues its inexorable march forward. In the book, readers will learn to think about how we can strategically shape the coming decade to include Black and Brown communities, offering guidelines, insights, and frameworks for navigating the new world of work.

Sherrell is founder and CEO of The Plug - a platform delivering news, insights and analysis on trends in Black innovation) and will be on the podcast soon so do shout if you have any questions for her. Buy the book here.

FILM

If you're looking for something to watch this weekend, you may want to check out this week's lengthy (5 hour) presentation from ARK - a video of all the presentations and talks from their research on Big Ideas that will impact us all.

"Change appears to happen slowly and then all at once. Over time, innovation could displace industry incumbents, increase efficiencies, and gain majority market share. With the right understanding of disruptive innovation and a long-term time horizon, investors can capture exponential growth opportunities which we believe deserve a strategic allocation in their portfolios. For this reason, ARK focuses on opportunities likely to scale as technologies converge, transforming entire industries and potentially creating the new world order."

Watch the full event here.

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Thank you, as always, for reading this newsletter and for listening to?the podcast. I appreciate you.

Have a lovely weekend and see you on the other side.

Danielle