Scott Galloway is Professor of Marketing at NYU’s Stern School of Business and a serial entrepreneur. In 2012, he was named one of the world’s best business professors by Poets & Quants. He has founded nine companies, including Prophet, Red Envelope, L2, and Section4. He is the New York Times bestselling author of The Four, The Algebra of Happiness, and most recently, Post Corona: From Crisis to Opportunity.
Scott Galloway has served on the boards of directors of The New York Times Company, Urban Outfitters, Panera Bread, and Berkeley’s Haas School of Business. His Prof G and Pivot podcasts, No Mercy / No Malice blog, and Prof G YouTube channel reach millions. In 2020, Adweek named Pivot Business Podcast of the Year.
Drawing from his experience as a serial entrepreneur, Scott offers thoughts and research on how to find happiness, success,
and meaning. His mix of stories and no-BS insight meets unexpected, hard-won wisdom about meeting life’s challenges.
From “don’t follow your passion” to “forgive yourself and move on,” he offers data and anecdotes that inspire and entertain.
Scott shares his thoughts and insights on how to achieve financial security and reveals his personal frameworks for making financial and career decisions. Having founded nine companies, he’s gone from shopping for private jets to a negative net worth in 2008 and back to financial security. This presentation includes personal as well as researched insights and is the basis for an upcoming book in 2024.
Scott offers insights into future trends and predictions by exploring the state of the economy, reflections on the ad ecosystem, and examining AI’s transformative potential. Scott highlights remote work’s benefits for travel and experience-driven companies, focusing on the emergence of time-as-product companies. He also touches on the surge in ultra-luxury products and the deepening income inequality. Scott concludes by emphasizing the critical importance of connection and perspective.
Scott takes a deep dive into the current state of AI. He provides context for its rise and shares his unique perspective on why he is hopeful about its potential to reshape the future, drive innovation, and create new opportunities.
Instead of presenting, Professor Galloway is available for one-hour private Q&A sessions with leadership teams or small groups. Get Scott’s take on the challenges or questions your organization is facing and lean on his experience as an entrepreneur, academic, and board member.
Since the Covid pandemic began in 2020, we’ve seen an unprecedented acceleration in business, education, and technology. Professor Galloway cuts through the noise and highlights the products and trends that are receiving too much vs. too little attention and investment. He discusses creative solutions in health tech, higher education, transportation, financial technology, and related fields that will shape the next decade and beyond.
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