Website: www.sidecut.vc
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/sidecut-ventures
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/michaelwma

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When you realize that Saddam Hussein has a crush on you - it’s a good time to leave Iraq. 

Zainab Salbi, founder of Women 4 Women International, joined us live at the Salon to talk about her childhood in the gilded Hell of Saddam Hussein’s inner sanctum, how she left, and how she became an indomitable force to end rape as a weapon of war.

A few notes from our conversation with Zainab:

0:08:10 “Between Two Worlds: Escape from Tyranny: Growing Up in the Shadow of Saddam“ - Zainab Salbi

6:28:00 Women for Women international

12:58:00 Sin -> “Heram”, Shame -> “Eyb”

21:32:00 “We build our temples for tomorrow, strong as we know how, and we stand on top of the mountain, free within ourselves.” - Langston Hughes

35:43:00 A Punk Salon with Nicholas Thompson 

Connect with Zainab and her mission:

• Zainab’s LinkedIn and Instagram
• Daughters for Earth LinkedIn and Instagram
• How are women charting a new course for people and planet? | London School of Economics Inequalities
• HERO Podcast, FP + Daughters for Earth
• Ted Talk: The Mother of all Battles is the health of Mother Earth
• Ted Talk: Women, wartime and the dream of peace

Punks & Pinstripes is a vetted executive community unlocking greatness through reinvention. 

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Website: https://punksandpinstripes.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/punks-pinstripes
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/punksandpinstripes/

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Sharon Rodriguez had to first escape from a Malaysian “prison” before building a billion dollar startup. 

Sharon and her team at MetLife found themselves locked in yet another political pissing match inside a Malaysian office tower when they came to a mutual agreement that life was too short for corporate C-Suite “jail”. Thus began her covert operation to escape and create Unqork, a pioneer no-code platform that became a unicorn. 

Sharon joined us at the Punks & Pinstripes Salon to talk about why great innovators aren’t seduced by promotions, what you lose when your startup gets huge, and how the true power of AI is that you can build a huge company with a tribe of fifty people.

Sharon is happy to connect with listeners:
Email: sharon@nevado.ai
Linkedin: Connect with Sharon
Follow Nevado AI: here or visit www.nevado.ai

Punks & Pinstripes is a vetted executive community unlocking greatness through reinvention. 

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LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/punks-pinstripes
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“One day you’re writing code for IBM and the next you’re riding in an armored car in Cambridge with Tony Blair.”

Working with Larry Ellison, Tony Blair, and Ginni Rometti taught Stephanie Trunzo a lot about power. Specifically, that we need a new version of it. 

She joined us at the Punks & Pinstripes Salon to talk about scale, AI, and how to build epic sh*t without losing your soul. 

About MERGE & Stephanie:

MERGE has redefined what it means to be a marketing and technology agency in today’s ever-evolving world as an AIgency. Consumers expect brands to know them, and MERGE helps clients deliver whole human marketing to meet individuals where they are in context, empowering healthier, happier lives.

As CEO, Stephanie Trunzo brings Big Tech, health, wellness, and psychology expertise to the company, introducing a new mental model for marketing.

Follow and flow with Stephanie:

MERGE Website: https://mergeworld.com/aigency
Stephanie's Bio: https://www.mergeworld.com/merge-ceo
Stephanie's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sltrunzo/
Stephanie's Instagram: www.instagram.com/sltrunzo

Punks & Pinstripes is a vetted executive community unlocking greatness through reinvention. 

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LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/punks-pinstripes
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/punksandpinstripes/

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In 2004, the artist Peter Tunney found himself broke and homeless. So he barricaded himself into the NYC nightclub Crobar. And lived there for the next 321 days.

Ten years earlier Tunney was a biotech investment banker. Peter joined us at the Punks & Pinstripes Salon to talk about his many incarnations, and the red thread that ties them together.

A few notes from our conversation with Peter:

7:53:00 Tissue plasminogen activator (Cleveland Clinic)

19:54:00 “Find out what you want to do in your life and then reverse engineer your life so you can do it.” paraphrase from Hunter Thompson

26:57:00 The Time is Always Now (Peter Tunney Art)

31:54:00 The Prisoner of Crobar (Observer)

40:43:00 “To affect the quality of the day, that is the highest of the arts.” by Henry David Thoreau (Goodreads)

40:51:00 “I'm still running against the wind.” by Bob Seger (Genius) 

40:57:00 “Nothing happens unless first a dream.” by Carl Sanburg (Goodreads)

47:15:00 “Write it on your heart.” Ralph Waldo Emerson (Goodreads)

54:26:00 “I wish I didn’t worry so much about outcomes.” Peter Tunney

Follow Peter and his incredible journey of creation:

Website: https://www.petertunneyart.com/
Instagram: www.instagram.com/petertunney/
TedTalk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFn7T1ZQNKs

Punks & Pinstripes is a vetted executive community unlocking greatness through reinvention. 

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Website: https://punksandpinstripes.com/
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Nick Thompson’s dad was once a rising superstar in the US State Department and finished his life running a gay brothel in Bali. 

Nick joined us at the Salon to talk about his incredible new memoir “The Running Ground”. We delve into his complicated relationship with his Dad, his recovery from cancer, and how running transforms trauma into post-traumatic growth.

A few notes from our conversation with Nick:

• The Running Ground by Nicholas Thompson
• Why I Run by Nicholas Thompson (The Atlantic)

Keeping pace with Nick:

Website: https://www.nickthompson.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicholasxthompson/
Substack: https://substack.com/@nxthompson
Tiktok: ​​https://www.tiktok.com/@nxthompson
Strava: ​​https://www.strava.com/athletes/3985218

Punks & Pinstripes is a vetted executive community unlocking greatness through reinvention. Want to check it out? Join a Salon.

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"I'm a woman. We're angry every fu**ing day."

That anger is exactly why Cindy Gallop walked away from the top of the advertising world to build Make Love Not Porn. Here we talk about her crusade for better, healthier sex - and when she finally told her parents about her new job and what her second mountain journey has been like since.

A few notes from our conversation with Cindy:

2:19:00 Cindy Gallop Ted Talk

4:00:00 The Mission of Make Love Not Porn

21:10:00 Anger is an Energy by John Lydon

22:52:00 Percent of venture capital funding given to female founders

24:11:00 Leap Frog by Nathalie Molina Niño

Follow Cindy as she is “making her own fu**ing hope.”

• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cindygallop/
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cindygallop/
• Substack: https://substack.com/@dearcindy

Punks & Pinstripes is a vetted executive community unlocking greatness through reinvention. Want to check it out? Join a Salon.

• Website: https://punksandpinstripes.com/
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/punks-pinstripes
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/punksandpinstripes/

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