Columbia Bizcast
Hear what drives the innovators, leaders, and thinkers of Columbia Business School in this podcast hosted by Fahad Ahmed ’17.
- Update frequency
- every 17 days
- Average duration
- 30 minutes
- Episodes
- 82
- Years Active
- 2017 - 2025
Eat Offbeat: Helping Adventurous Eaters Find Refuge
The startup Eat Offbeat turns refugees into chefs who share their homeland’s cuisines. It all began with a food craving. A native of Lebanon, Wissam Kahi ’04 had been living in New York City for more…
00:19:06 |
Tue 20 Nov 2018
Anna Rawson '15: Beating Your Last Best Score
Why would a pro golfer want an MBA? On this episode of Columbia Bizcast, Anna Rawson ’15 talks about her road to the Business School after winning a national golf championship at the University of So…
00:27:49 |
Mon 12 Nov 2018
Ryan Jacobs '19: The Art of Speechwriting
“Good speeches, as a rule, generally push a single idea,” says the former speechwriter for the Obama Administration. When the Democratic National Committee needed a volunteer speechwriter in 2012, Ry…
00:22:24 |
Mon 05 Nov 2018
Halle Morse '20: The Business of Broadway
For a Broadway performer, a vocal cord injury can be devastating. For Halle Morse ’20, who starred in the mega-hit Mamma Mia!, a battle with pseudocysts was motivation to reassess her career and purs…
00:27:03 |
Sun 28 Oct 2018
Kesha Cash '10: Playing the Hand You're Dealt - The Road to Launching Impact America Fund
Growing up in a low-income household in Orange County had a big impact on the life work of Kesha Cash '10; she recalls using food stamps to buy groceries and scavenging for spare change from the couc…
01:05:18 |
Tue 29 May 2018
Clare Murray ’17: The Growing Field of Impact Investing
Not many people can say their life was changed by a whale. Years before even thinking about Columbia Business School, Clare Murray ’17 was on a family whale-watching trip when she bumped into the chi…
00:34:28 |
Mon 21 May 2018
Matt Wilson ’18: Make Bold Choices — Reflections of a Graduating Student
In a graduation-themed episode, Matt Wilson ’18 discusses his journey to and through Columbia Business School: as a New Jersey kid who loved the creative freedom of punk rock to working in counter-te…
00:35:25 |
Mon 07 May 2018
Brooke Jones-Chinetti ’18: The Hard, Dirty Fight for Women’s Equality
Brooke Jones-Chinetti ’18 served in the military for six years with two deployments to the Middle East. In 2016, she started Your Sequel to bridge the gap between female veterans and industry leaders…
00:58:12 |
Mon 30 Apr 2018
Professor Sandra Matz: Creating Value Through Big Data
Professor Sandra Matz explores how companies can turn customer’s personal data into a value proposition. As a Management Professor, Matz studies human behavior at the intersection of big data and soc…
00:49:27 |
Mon 23 Apr 2018
Ethan Brown ’08: How Relentless Innovation Created Beyond Meat
For Ethan Brown ’08, the journey to disrupting the meat industry began with his childhood, which he split between an urban life in Washington, DC and his family’s Holstein cattle farm in rural Maryla…
00:45:39 |
Mon 16 Apr 2018
April Tam Smith ’10: The Power of Generosity and the Pursuit of Social Justice
April Tam Smith ’10 is laser-focused on social impact – whether it’s through business or her personal commitment to giving back. It’s transformed the way she defines ROI. She is the co-owner of P.S. …
00:31:27 |
Mon 09 Apr 2018
Professor Hitendra Wadhwa — Part II: The Five Pillars of Personal Leadership
In part two, Professor Hitendra Wadhwa and Fahad Ahmed '17 discuss the the five pillars of personal leadership.
00:17:02 |
Mon 02 Apr 2018
Professor Hitendra Wadhwa — Part I: The Importance of Self-Mastery in Leadership
Professor Hitendra Wadhwa’s Personal Leadership & Success is Columbia Business School’s most popular leadership elective. It’s easy to see why. Blending his cultural heritage and experiences in busin…
00:33:42 |
Mon 02 Apr 2018
Stephanie Palmeri ’11: Taking Chances, the Power of Connections, and Tips from the Startup Industry
When Stephanie Palmeri graduated from Columbia Business School in 2011, she took a leap of faith. With no job and two suitcases, she left New York City for Silicon Valley, crashing on the couches of …
00:41:30 |
Mon 26 Mar 2018
Antonia Hyman ’18 — Part II: Columbia Business School’s Black Business Student Association
In part two of her Why CBS interview, Antonia Hyman ’18 speaks in-depth about her leadership role in the Black Business Students Association (BBSA), the upcoming Elevate conference, and the importanc…
00:13:35 |
Thu 22 Mar 2018
Antonia Hyman ’18 — Part I
In a powerful, two-part conversation, Antonia Hyman ’18, who is completing a joint MBA/JD program at Columbia, sits down with Fahad to discuss the influence her family had on her dream to launch a co…
00:26:45 |
Mon 19 Mar 2018
Professor Sheena Iyengar: The Power of Choice
Sheena S. Iyengar is the S. T. Lee Professor of Business at Columbia Business School. Professor Iyengar has taught courses in leadership and entrepreneurial creativity. Her research addresses the imp…
00:35:45 |
Fri 08 Dec 2017
Molly Magnuson ’18: Finding your Purpose
In this episode, Fahad Ahmed ’17 meets with Molly Magnuson ’18, co-president of Columbia Business School’s Student Government, to discuss how life circumstances have helped to define Molly’s passions…
00:33:08 |
Thu 30 Nov 2017
Carolyn Disbrow ’18: Business is Storytelling
Carolyn Disbrow is the Senior Director of Brand Marketing for CNN Worldwide and a member of Columbia Business School’s Executive MBA Class of 2018. In her role at CNN, she oversees internal and exter…
00:22:31 |
Fri 10 Nov 2017
Unite US: Streamlining the Delivery of Health and Human Services
Dan Brillman ’12 and Taylor Justice ’14 are the co-founders of Unite US, a tech startup streamlining the delivery of health and human services. In this episode, Fahad Ahmed ’17 travels to the Unite U…
00:33:26 |
Thu 02 Nov 2017
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