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The private dollars that help fund our national parks

by Kai Ryssdal and Bridget Bodnar
Oct 25, 2017
The National Park Foundation helps fill the gap when the Park Service's $3 billion budget falls short.
Point Reyes National Seashore
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Can we get a critical mass of women in tech within a decade?

by Kai Ryssdal and Bridget Bodnar
Oct 18, 2017
Reshma Saujani, the CEO and founder of Girls Who Code, wants to solve Silicon Valley's gender diversity problem. And she says she's well on her way.
Reshma Saujani, founder of Girls Who Code, accepts the Diversity Advocate Award at the 34th Annual Walter Kaitz Foundation Fundraising Dinner in New York City in September.
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Hearst’s Joanna Coles says magazines are here to stay

by Kai Ryssdal and Bridget Bodnar
Oct 11, 2017
"There is no secret sauce, apart from deep passion for women's journalism," says the chief content officer.
“I've had several female bosses," Joanna Coles says. “They've all been super supportive. I don't like the tropes, particularly in my industry, that the senior women are mean to the junior staff.”
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How the world's largest hotel company adapts to a changing economy

by Kai Ryssdal and Robert Garrova
Oct 4, 2017
A conversation with Marriott CEO Arne Sorenson.
“We don't ever want to be the cheapest provider of lodging services,” says Arne Sorenson, president and CEO of Marriott International.
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CEO Satya Nadella explains his vision for Microsoft and the future

by Kai Ryssdal and Bridget Bodnar
Sep 28, 2017
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said putting PCs on every desk was just the beginning.
Satya Nadella, chief executive officer of Microsoft, speaks during a Microsoft event in May 2017 in New York City.
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CEO Satya Nadella on why he's hitting refresh at Microsoft

by Kai Ryssdal and Bridget Bodnar
Sep 27, 2017
The "consummate insider" talks about the course change he's planned for the legacy tech company.
Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft Corp., speaks at the Microsoft annual shareholders meeting in Bellevue, Washington, in 2016.
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Rebecca Minkoff started off "just a designer." Now it's her job to inspire, too.

by Kai Ryssdal and Bridget Bodnar
Sep 7, 2017
The luxury brand's eponymous founder is also selling a lifestyle, carefully crafted with her brother and partner, Uri.
Fashion designer Rebecca Minkoff walks the runway in New York City in September 2014.
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Why Chronicle Books is watching retail's slide very closely

by Kai Ryssdal and Bridget Bodnar
Aug 30, 2017
Chronicle Books want you to happen upon their titles in stores like Sur La Table and Urban Outfitters. Which makes declining retail sales a tricky proposition for them.
Tyrrell Mahoney, president of Chronicle Books.
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Women CEOs outperform men, so why aren't companies giving them the top job?

by Kai Ryssdal and Bridget Bodnar
Aug 17, 2017
Julie Creswell at the New York Times and Jena McGregor at the Washington Post have both written about the lack of women at the top of corporate America.
General Motors CEO Mary Barra holds a media briefing prior to the start of the 2015 GM Annual Meeting of Stockholders at GM world headquarters June 2015 in Detroit, Michigan. 
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Boingo's CEO figured out how to monetize "free" Wi-Fi

by Kai Ryssdal and Bridget Bodnar
Aug 2, 2017
David Hagan explains how the company went from charging $74.95 a month to giving away the service and still stayed in business.
David Hagan, Boingo CEO, thinks the smartphone of the future is “going to be distributed within us.”
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