If you're interested in technology, innovation and the history of Silicon Valley, join Megan Smith, former U.S. Chief Technology Officer, and Sarah Kerruish, Emmy-nominated filmmaker and CSO at Kheiron Medical, as they share their inspiring stories. Learn how the collapse of General Magic laid the foundation for today's tech landscape and transformed the lives of billions. Discover how former employees turned setbacks into ground breaking successes, developing innovations like the iPod and launching companies such as eBay and Android. Take a captivating journey through the highs and lows of tech history with these two remarkable founders.

GO TO Highlights from this episode (Scroll-to points)
(03:03) - Growing up in a world between storytelling and technology
(09:40) - Elite female leadership and imposter syndrome 
(15:06) - The story of where it all began for General Magic
(18:03) - Bringing big ideas to life and persistence after failure
(23:39) - Learning to execute vs born executors
(26:06) - The Power of failure
(29:57) - Life after general magic, Google, the White House, and AI enabled cancer diagnostics
(47:13) - Quick fire questions, from favourite books to dinner party guests

If you're interested in technology, innovation and the history of Silicon Valley, join Megan Smith, former U.S. Chief Technology Officer, and Sarah Kerruish, Emmy-nominated filmmaker and CSO at Kheiron Medical, as they share their inspiring stories. Learn how the collapse of General Magic laid the foundation for today's tech landscape and transformed the lives of billions. Discover how former employees turned setbacks into ground breaking successes, developing innovations like the iPod and launching companies such as eBay and Android. Take a captivating journey through the highs and lows of tech history with these two remarkable founders.
GO TO Highlights from this episode (Scroll-to points) (03:03) - Growing up in a world between storytelling and technology (09:40) - Elite female leadership and imposter syndrome  (15:06) - The story of where it all began for General Magic (18:03) - Bringing big ideas to life and persistence after failure (23:39) - Learning to execute vs born executors (26:06) - The Power of failure (29:57) - Life after general magic, Google, the White House, and AI enabled cancer diagnostics (47:13) - Quick fire questions, from favourite books to dinner party guests

Businesses of the future are going to be based on science and technology, from AI to mRNA and Blockchain to Fusion, science and technology are revolutionising the way we work and being applied to the global challenges of our time. Join Hannah Prevett, a business journalist with The Times, every Thursday, as she meets the scientists who are turning breakthroughs into world changing businesses.  If you’re wondering how to turn your idea into a lab-based discovery, deliver the perfect pitch to secure funding and grow, all whilst avoiding pitfalls along the way, then join us as we help solve the science of business.

Businesses of the future are going to be based on science and technology, from AI to mRNA and Blockchain to Fusion, science and technology are revolutionising the way we work and being applied to the global challenges of our time. Join Hannah Prevett, a business journalist with The Times, every Thursday, as she meets the scientists who are turning breakthroughs into world changing businesses.  If you’re wondering how to turn your idea into a lab-based discovery, deliver the perfect pitch to secure funding and grow, all whilst avoiding pitfalls along the way, then join us as we help solve the science of business.

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