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Sal Khan's Fireside Chat from the SPC Archive

Sal Khan, founder of Khan Academy, shared his founder story and approach to radically innovating in education.

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AI Summarizes Holden Karnofsky

We asked AI to give us the TLDR of Holden's recent talk with SPC. We still needed a human.

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Mike Krieger's Fireside Chat from the SPC Archive

Mike Krieger, co-founder and former CTO of Instagram, joined us for a conversation shortly after leaving the social media giant he helped build.

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Dennis Woodside's Fireside Chat at SPC

The President of Impossible Foods shared insights about the future of food and working in an analog industry after a long career at technology companies like Google and Dropbox.

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Announcing the New American Frontier Speaker Series

A new speakers series, open to the public, exploring the intersection between government & tech—and the industries that will shape the future.

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Operating in the Changing Startup Environment with Elad Gil & David Sacks

Two legendary company builders and investors share what founders need to know to navigate a market downturn.

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David Ebersman's Fireside Chat with South Park Commons

David Ebersman, co-founder & CEO of Lyra Health, joined us for a conversation on founding a mental health startup.

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Announcing SPC NYC

SPC is opening a New York City space and launching an IRL Events Series to celebrate—read on to find out more!

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From the Archive: Chris Cox’s Fireside Chat at SPC

Chris Cox, CPO of Meta, joined us for a conversation during a period when he had stepped away from Facebook and found himself in -1 to 0.

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Li Jin’s Fireside Chat with South Park Commons

Li Jin, general partner at Variant Fund, joined us for the second time to discuss her perspectives on web3, DAOs, investing, the creator economy, and more.

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Taiwan’s Audrey Tang on Innovation Governance

Taiwan's Digital Minister Audrey Tang joined us for a conversation about her career in government and using tech innovate and improve democracy.

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Cofounder Dating Best Practices

Gloria Lin, CEO of Siteline, joined us to discuss the trials, tribulations, and best practices in finding the right cofounder.

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Accessible Design for a Remote World: In Conversation w/Dylan Field of Figma

Figma cofounder & CEO Dylan Field joined us for a conversation about starting a design platform and keeping it stealth for years.

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Viruses, cancer and wellness: A chat with Sue Desmond-Hellmann

Former CEO of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Dr. Sue Desmond-Hellmann joined us for a conversation about the pandemic and opportunities in healthcare and tech.

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Finding and Holding onto Your North Star: Fireside Chat with Ben Brook

Ben Brook, cofounder of Transcend, joined us for a conversation on his experience founding the successful data privacy company.

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Simon Willison: My career in side projects and open source

The co-creator of the Django web framework, Simon joined us for a discussion of his lessons taken from a career full of open-source projects.

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Universal Basic Income — rationale and implementation

SPC hosted Elizabeth Rhodes and Chris Hughes for a panel discussion on Universal Basic Income (UBI). Below is an edited…