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Under the Current

Under the Current tells the stories behind the life and work of creative people who come at things in unconventional ways.
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They’re globetrotting DJs and design studio owners; magazine publishers and marketing professors.

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Gary Chou & Christina Xu

Gary Chou and Christina Xu on entrepreneurship education and harnessing the power of networks

David Lavin

David Lavin on representing some of the world's leading intellectual talent

Daniel Pianko

University Ventures' Daniel Pianko on new opportunities in higher education

Marc Lewis

Marc Lewis on running the world's most successful advertising school

Todd Hansen

SXSW's Todd Hansen on live event programming and spotting talent & trends

Andrea Rosen

Adobe's Andrea Rosen on creativity and the future of work

James Cooper

Betaworks’ James Cooper on building products, brands, and communities

Rob Fitzpatrick

How to create compelling workshops, programs and products with Rob Fitzpatrick

Laura Nestler

Duolingo's Laura Nestler on growing global communities

Alex Klein

Kano co-founder Alex Klein on fostering curiosity and creation through technology

Shanley Knox

on bringing in those who don't belong, dealing with unwieldy moments, and the audacious hope of building something new

Sims Foster

the future of the hospitality industry, and doing business for local good

Jonathan Stark

on funding the mission, and why marketing can drive us mad

Olaf Boswijk

on building spaces for arts and culture, finding new perspectives on our natural world, and the importance of staying naive

Dmitry Koltunov

on building communities in startups and hiphop, and the freedom of getting things wrong

Steve Bodow

on writing and producing, working in sprints, and overcoming procrastination

Rob Fitzpatrick

on books as product design, reframing marketing, and business partner marriages

Georgina Wilson-Powell

building an ethical media business, creating support structures as a solo founder, and recovering from failure

Andrew Hutton

what emerges in early stage companies, discovering founder identities, and launching and relaunching

Zoe Scaman

non-linear careers, sharing work in public, and dealing with self doubt

Taneshia Nash-Laird

how cultural institutions help shape cities, creating platforms for others, and rediscovering deferred dreams

Luciana Rozenberg

going from prototype to products, form and function, and why big cities matter

Dave Clarke

engineering as procrastination, what it means to be punk, and the future of the electronic music scene

Joey Cofone

the co-founder of Baronfig on the mirage of failure, recognising the spectrum of what’s difficult, and alternative approaches to rebranding