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Fashion is a nearly $3 trillion industry that is constantly changing; from brick and mortar to e-com and from fast fashion to sustainable fashion. Joining Joe this week is "the fairy godmother of fashion", Aslaug Magnúsdóttir, the CEO and Founder of Katla, a direct-to- consumer sustainable fashion brand.

This week we learn about "the cloud" from the man known as pioneer of Cloud Computing, Emil Sayegh, the President and CEO of Ntirety.

It is silly to say that retail is dead. We’ve all seen the hot takes and the think pieces, but you know what. People still buy crap. And not only from Amazon. On this episode, Joe talks to the founder & CEO of Ohi, an e-commerce solution that offers Amazon-level delivery speed to smaller brands.

Helium is the world’s first decentralized telecom network for IoT devices. It is a peer-to-peer-network built for the Internet of Things (IoT) and IoT devices. This week Joe speaks with Helium's COO, Frank Mong, about the Helium Hotspot, a wireless consumer-owned device that in tandem with nearby hotspots, acts as the backbone of the world’s first peer-to-peer wireless network, “The People’s Netwo...

On the latest episode of ForbesBooks Radio, Joe talks to Rob Girling, the co-founder and co-CEO of Artefact, about the future of work environments and how businesses can take a more strategic approach to identify opportunity areas in the evolution of the modern workplace.

This week we're joined by Adam Witty, Co-founder, BPR 360, and CEO, ForbesBooks. He stops by our studios to chat about his new book co-authored with former Ford CEO, Alan Mullaly. The book walks through Alan's famous Working Together Operating System that he credits with helping lead Ford through the Great Recession.

In this episode we talk to Chris Zadeh and Angelique Schouten, the authors of Monkey Money Mind. In the book the authors explore the psychological influences that spur our irrationality and mute our reason when it comes to financial decision-making. Chris and Angelique's Monkey Money Mind focuses on why we stop thinking when we start spending.

This week we’re joined by Sona Menon the Head of North American Pension Practice at Cambridge Associates. Sona tells us about her nearly 20 year career of advising on assets of over $16 billion. She works with a variety of institutional investors that include public, union, and non-profit plan sponsors; health care institutions; and other investors with multi-asset pools.

Jeff Shavitz, the President of Merchant Advocate Ventures, is our guest this week on ForbesBooks Radio. He tells us how his company has helped save over $100 million in excess credit card fees.  Merchant Advocate deciphers the landscape, educates clients and expose hidden fees. Jeff's company helps merchants save money from the unregulated credit card industry without having to switch processors.

This week we’re joined by Alan Snyder, the Founder and managing partner at Shinnecock Partners, a Los Angeles-based alternative investment firm that specializes in third-party futures managers. Alan has overall responsibility for all aspects of the business, including portfolio management, client identification and on-boarding, legal, compliance and supervision of employees. Also on the show, Alan...

Patti Brennan, the President and CEO of Key Financial, joins us this week on ForbesBook Radio. Her wealth management firm provides clients with personalized financial plans with multiple scenarios, stress tests and what if's. Patti and Key Financial have garnered recognition by Forbes, The Financial Times and Barron's as one of the Top Advisors in America year after year for over a decade.

This week we’re talking to Keith Lemer, the CEO of WellNet Healthcare Group. Keith tells us how his company provides businesses with fully-integrated, performance-driven healthcare benefit management solutions. WellNet Healthcare Group delivers health plans, wellness and cost management programs that are powered by sophisticated technology and engagement professionals.

This week we’re talking to Dr. Tillmann Sachs, the Chief Investment Officer at J8 Capital Management. Find out how his company uses independent return drivers in highly liquid markets to efficiently construct a systematic investment strategy that is an enhancement over CTA beta and offers true portfolio diversification.