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Boardroom Alpha's team talks to the public company and SPAC leaders that are driving return for shareholders, delivering on ESG promises, and more.
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2023 Shareholder Activism and Universal Proxy Update with Michael R. Levin, The Activist Investor
Activism is once again front and center in the news lately with several high-profile situations taking the spotlight, from Trian and Disney (DIS) to E...
Managing ESG and Human Capital Risk with AON's Aria Glasgow
In the latest episode of Know Who Drives Return we sit down with Aria Glasgow, who leads AON's ESG Advisory practice. In her role Aria helps advise co...
Why Board Evaluations are so Important with Korn Ferry's Anthony Goodman
Boardroom Alpha's David Drapkin is joined by Korn Ferry's Anthony Goodman a lively discussion on board effectiveness, the SEC's new universal proxy ca...
Getaround's CEO Sam Zaid on Carsharing and Going Public
Sam Zaid , CEO of Getaround, is a technology entrepreneur with an engineering background and a 15 year history in startups. Getaround is a peer to pee...
Universal Proxy Cards: Okapi CEO Bruce Goldfarb on Who Wins and Who Loses
Bruce Goldfarb, CEO of Okapi Partners, joins David Drapkin to discuss the newly implement Universal Proxy Card process. Bruce and David discuss the ch...
Ajay Kochar, CEO of Li-Cycle (LICY), Talks Lithium Ion Battery Recycling and EVs
Ajay Kochar is the co-founder, President, and CEO of lithium ion battery recycling company Li-Cycle (LICY). An engineering expert in the field, Ajay a...
CDs, DVDs, & Vinyl are Still Big Money with Alliance Entertainment's Bruce Ogilvie & Jeff Walker
Boardroom Alhpa's David Drapkin talks to Bruce Ogilvie (Chairman) and Jeff Walker (CEO) from Alliance Entertainment. Both have long history in enterta...
Is Westrock Coffee's CEO Scott Ford Brewing Up a Winning Public Company?
Join David Drapkin as he speaks to Westrock Coffee CEO Scott Ford. Westrock Coffee is going public company via a $1.1B deal with Riverview Acquisition...
MAPS CEO Chris Beals Talks Cannabis Commerce Tech
With tech valuations hammered by rising internet rates, stepping inflation and of course recession fears, we continue to sift through the wreckage for...
CEO of Wag!, Garrett Smallwood on the Increasing Demand for Pet Care
Garrett Smallwood, CEO of Wag! explains why the pet care segment is immune to inflationary fears and poised for post-pandemic growth.
Gar...
The NYC Pension Funds' ESG Focus and Their Amazon (AMZN) Human Capital Push
AMZN stock is performing, but are warehouse workers paying the price? We talk to Assistant NYC Comptroller Michael Garland on the NYC Pension Funds' m...
Voltus CEO Gregg Dixon on Why The Green Energy Movement will be Digitized
Voltus is gearing up for a $1.3B SPAC IPO in the coming months. We chat with CEO Gregg Dixon, who shares how the company is leading the charge to dece...
Did Activision Blizzard’s Governance Failures Lead to a Quick, Cheap Sale to Microsoft, with Richard Clayton
Boardroom Alpha talks with Richard Clayton, Director of Research at the Strategic Organizing Center (SOC) Investment Group, walks listeners through ho...
Andrew Behar, CEO of As You Sow, on Today's ESG Issues
Are public companies really leaning in to a more suitable, socially responsible future? Boardroom Alpha sat down with Andy Behar, CEO of non-profit sh...
John Bissell and Rich Riley, co-CEOs of Origin Materials (ORGN), on the future of bioplastics
With the movement toward net zero emissions well underway, we continue to take a closer look at the companies that are at the center of this sea chang...
Danimer Scientific's CEO Steve Croskrey on Saving the World from Plastics
Boardroom Alpha talks to Steve Croskrey, CEO of Danimer Scientific (DNMR), on why bioplastics technology is ready for takeoff and how the company is m...
FOXO Technologies CEO Jon Sabes on Finally Disrupting Insurance
Boardroom Alpha sat down with Jon Sabes, CEO of FOXO Technologies. FOXO is an interesting SPAC on our radar, having announced in February an agreement...
Satellogic CEO Emiliano Kargieman on What Sets SATL Apart
Satellogic, founded in 2010 by Emiliano Kargieman and Gerardo Richarte, is a vertically integrated geospatial company. The company operates a 17-satel...
MoneyLion CEO Dee Choubey May Have it Ready to Roar After a Tough DeSPAC
Boardroom Alpha sat down with Dee Choubey, CEO of fintech MoneyLion (ML). Moneylion is a mobile banking and financial membership platform that went pu...
SPACs for Yield with Crossing Bridge Advisors Founder David Sherman
Relative to 2021, the bloom may be off the SPAC rose. But our latest conversation suggests there are still ways to generate positive returns in SPAC i...
Exclusive: Polestar CEO Thomas Ingenlath Joins the Podcast to Talk EVs and GGPI
Boardroom Alpha sat down with Thomas Ingenlath, CEO of Electric Vehicle (EV) maker Polestar. Polestar is a global pure-play electric vehicle company t...
Cepton (CPTN) CEO Dr. Jun Pei on LiDAR and Why Cepton is Positioned to Win
Boardroom Alpha sat down with Dr. Jun Pei, CEO of LiDAR technology specialist Cepton Technologies (NASDAQ:CPTN). Cepton is the newest kid on the LiDA...
Blair LaCorte, CEO of AEye (LIDR), On Why Now is the Time to Look at LiDAR
Blair LaCorte, CEO of AEye (NASDAQ:LIDR), provides his take on Autonomous Driving, why a lidar shakeout is coming, and what the carmakers really want....
Why Companies Should be Focused on ESG in 2022, with Rob Main
The Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) investing trend has been gaining steam over the last decade and has never been more prevalent than eve...
Coffee Company or Lifestyle Brand? Black Rifle Coffee Set for Vote on SPAC Deal with SBEA
Tom Davin, Co-CEO who joined in 2018, and Joe Reece, the executive chairman of the SilverBox Engaged (SBEA) SPAC joined Know Who Drives Return to disc...
Tal Keinan on Sky Harbour Creating a Home-Base for Private Aviation
Tal Keinan, a former Israeli Military pilot and the CEO of Sky Harbour, got the idea to start Sky when he couldn’t find a spot to park his plane. Whil...
Rangeley's Chris DeMuth Jr. on Value Investing and SPACs
Chris DeMuth founded Rangeley Capital and focuses on SPAC and Value investing. Trained in event-driven situations, Chris has a history of consulting f...
Sonder's Francis Davidson on Re-Designing Hospitality and Merger with GMII
For the latest Know Who Drives Return episode, we sat down with Francis Davidson, the founder and CEO of Sonder, a hospitality company that leases and...
Amy Nauiokas on FinTech VC, SPACs, Diversity, and Anthemis Digital (ADAL)
David Drapkin sits down with Amy Nauiokas, the Co-Founder, Co-Chair, and Co-CIO of fintech investing platform Anthemis ($1.2B in AUM), who has been a...
Dave CEO Jason Wilk on Saving Customers Billions and their SPAC Deal with VPCC
Dave CEO Jason Wilk joins Boardroom Alpha's David Drapkin to discuss how DAVE has already saved customers billions, how it is shifting its business as...
HotelPlanner CEO Tim Hentschel on Their 3-Way SPAC Merger with Reservations.com and Astrea Acquisition (ASAX)
HotelPlanner and Reservations.com are going public in a three-way merger with Astrea Acquisition Corp (ASAX) in a $567M EV deal that was announced in...
Brivo CEO Steve Van Till on Cloud-Based Access Control and SPAC Merger with CPTK
Steve Van Till founded Brivo back in 1999. The cloud-based access control company serves all type of real estate from single-family homes up to commer...
Greenbox POS Talking Blockchain and Stablecoin Coyni
Taking a minor break from SPACs on our latest podcast we spoke to Greenbox POS (GBOX), a fintech that utilizes block chain technology to create custom...
SPAC Sponsor Spotlight: Live Oak Merchant Partners
Investment firm Live Oak Merchant Partners is one of the leading "serial" SPAC sponsors, with views of maintaining a long term presence in the asset c...
BM Technologies' (BMTX) Luvleen Sidhu on Becoming a Bank and FinTech Evolution
BM Technologies (BMTX) is a digital, mobile-first FinTech that was born out of BankMobile and boasts ~2M accounts. BankMobile was originally founded b...
Will SeatGeek's Primary Strategy Propel them to Ticketing Victory?
SeatGeek is a vertically integrated, tech-focused ticketing company that is going public via RedBall Acquisition Corp (RBAC). Ticketing is a highly co...
Why Navitas Semiconductor (NVTS) Is the Next Big Thing in Chips with CEO Gene Sheridan
Navitas Semiconductor (NVTS) is the semiconductor leader in gallium nitride ("GaN") semiconductors that is aiming to replace legacy silicon chips for...
Chad Rigetti on why Superconducting and Rigetti is the Best Bet on Quantum Computing
Chad Rigetti is the CEO and founder of Rigetti Computing, a full-stack quantum computing company who has agreed to a SPAC merger with Supernova Partne...
Is Planet Labs (PL) Ready for Primetime as it Goes Public via DMYQ?
Earth Data company Planet Labs is going public thru dMY Technology IV (DMYQ) via a SPAC transaction. Founder and CEO Will Marshall, CFO Ashley Johnson...
CUBI: New Customers Bank CEO Sam Sidhu on Digital Assets, Crypto Banking, and Leadership
Sam Sidhu is the new President and CEO of tech-focused regional bank Customers Bank. He joins the podcast to discuss the bank's digital-first mindset...