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Danielle Newnham's Substack focuses on interviews with tech founders and innovators, offering insights into their journeys, challenges, and successes. It covers themes such as motivation, innovation, resilience, and the importance of networking, diversity, and entrepreneurial mindset, through varied content including podcasts, books, and personal stories of notable figures in the tech industry.

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The Mac Turns 40!

19 implied HN points • 26 Jan 24
🕹 Technology Podcasts Interview Book Watch Event
  1. The Mac turned 40 years old, celebrating its legacy in technology and design.
  2. Bill Gates shared insights on optimism and relevant topics in an engaging interview.
  3. A new book, 'Women Mean Business', highlights over 500 insights from female leaders in the business world.

James Wise: Why We Need More Entrepreneurs

19 implied HN points • 23 Nov 23
💼 Business Entrepreneurship Investing Venture Capital Technology Health tech
  1. James Wise emphasizes the importance of having more entrepreneurs for the greater good.
  2. Balderton Capital, where James is a Partner, focuses on investing in European startups and has a strong track record.
  3. James Wise prioritizes investing in artificial intelligence, sustainability, health tech, and supports founder wellbeing in entrepreneurship.

The Art of The Impossible

19 implied HN points • 30 Jun 23
💼 Business Entrepreneurship Founders Startups Investing Leadership
  1. The newsletter shares inspiring content for founders, including podcasts, interviews, quotes, books, and videos.
  2. Founders can benefit from learning about what investors look for, pitfalls to avoid in fundraising, and the importance of building a network.
  3. The book 'Super Founders' reveals surprising insights about billion-dollar startups, such as the lack of industry experience among unicorn founders and the role of competition.
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Monday Motivation: Kevin Kelly

19 implied HN points • 24 Apr 23
🎙 Podcasts Interview Startup
  1. Kevin Kelly is a contrarian and has an interesting story about living as if he was to die for six months
  2. Louis Rossetto shared insightful stories and anecdotes about Kevin Kelly
  3. A notable interview with Kevin Kelly was done by This American Life two decades ago

The Art of The Impossible

0 implied HN points • 14 Apr 23
🎨 Art & Illustration Podcast Quote Interview Book Film
  1. The newsletter 'The Art of The Impossible' features content that inspires and emboldens readers.
  2. Podcast discusses key themes of self-styled delusion and obsession among founders and innovators.
  3. Book recommendation 'Clear Thinking' by Shane Parrish offers a roadmap for thinking clearly in any situation.

Tamiko Thiel and the $5 MILLION Supercomputer

0 implied HN points • 02 Feb 24
🎙 Podcasts Interview History
  1. Tamiko Thiel was the lead product designer of a $5 million supercomputer called The Connection Machine in the 1980s.
  2. Despite initial skepticism by experts, Tamiko Thiel and her team at Thinking Machines proved them wrong by creating a revolutionary supercomputer.
  3. Tamiko Thiel later became a pioneering digital artist, focusing on virtual reality projects and receiving degrees in product design engineering and mechanical engineering.

Dame Stephanie Shirley

0 implied HN points • 12 Oct 23
💼 Business Entrepreneurship Technology Philanthropy Remote working
  1. Dame Stephanie Shirley went from being a child refugee to building a £2 billion tech business.
  2. She founded an all-woman software company that redefined working opportunities for women.
  3. Despite facing challenges like sexism and personal loss, Dame Stephanie Shirley's perseverance and success are inspiring.

Monday Motivation: Radia Perlman

0 implied HN points • 05 Jun 23
🕹 Technology Internet Innovation Networks Computer Science Patents
  1. Radia Perlman is a prominent figure in the development of the internet, known as the 'Mother of the Internet' for her invention of the spanning-tree protocol (STP).
  2. Perlman's work revolutionized network design, enabling the Ethernet to expand from small networks to the massive scale we see today.
  3. Aside from her groundbreaking work on STP, Perlman is also an educator, author, and holder of over a hundred patents in the field of computer science.

Join my chat!

0 implied HN points • 08 Feb 24
🕹 Technology Subscription Community
  1. Danielle Newnham has set up a subscriber chat in the Substack app.
  2. The chat is exclusive for her subscribers to connect and learn from each other.
  3. Readers can get 7 days of free access to the full post archives by subscribing.

The Art of The Impossible

0 implied HN points • 04 Aug 23
🎨 Art & Illustration Podcast Quote Interview Book Film
  1. The newsletter 'The Art of The Impossible' shares inspiring stories and content weekly.
  2. The podcast featured Nir Eyal discussing being 'Indistractable' and the importance of time management.
  3. An interview highlighted Dr. Evelyn Granville's achievements as one of the first Black women to earn a PhD in mathematics and her work at IBM and NASA.

The Art of the Impossible

0 implied HN points • 02 May 23
🔬 Science Podcast Interview Book Watch
  1. Podcast featured AMA with Danielle Newnham answering startup and podcasting questions.
  2. Perimeter Institute interview with Sir Anthony Leggett on science and serendipity.
  3. Interview featuring Sarah Tavel discussing the value of intellectual rigor in venture capitalism.

The Art of The Impossible

0 implied HN points • 31 Mar 23
🎨 Art & Illustration Podcast Quote Interview Film
  1. Charlie Munger emphasizes focusing on solvable problems over unattainable ones.
  2. The podcast features Deborah Liu's inspiring journey from overcoming racism to becoming a VP at Facebook.
  3. Wanda Harding, a former NASA engineer, now inspires the next generation of scientists as a teacher.