Luminate with Lan Anh Vu

Hosted by Lan Anh Vu, Luminate provides you with exclusive, unfiltered access to the world's most accomplished people in business, politics and society. What is the path to success? What challenges did people face and how did they overcome them? Lan Anh and her guests answer all these questions and much more.

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Robert Cialdini – How to Influence & Persuade Anyone

Today’s guest is Dr. Robert Cialdini. Dr. Cialdini is one of the most renowned psychologists in the world. He is known as the “Godfather of Influence”, because he is the creator of the science of persuasion. He is New York Times and Wall Street Journal best-selling author of Influence, which has sold over five million copies. Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger called Dr. Cialdini's book "Influence" one of the most important books they've ever read. Fortune Magazine lists Influence in their “75 Sm...

Aug 16, 2022•43 min•Season 1Ep. 14

Chris Voss – How to Master the Art of Negotiation

Today’s guest is Chris Voss, who is the founder of the Black Swan Group and the author of the mega bestseller "Never Split the Difference". Chris was the lead international kidnapping negotiator for the FBI. He has been on the front lines of some of the most high-stakes hostage negotiations of the last 20 years. In today’s episode of Luminate, master negotiator Chris shares his journey from the FBI agent to hostage negotiator and we also discuss how we can be more effective negotiators by using ...

Aug 01, 2022•44 min•Season 1Ep. 13

Vaira Vike-Freiberga – From Child Refugee to President of Latvia

Joining us on Luminate this week is the incredible Vaira Vike Freiberga. She became the first female President of Latvia in 1999 and served a second term in 2003. President Vaira is also known as the “Baltic Iron Lady”. She was a hugely popular and successful President, and at one point her approval ratings were as high as 85%. President Vaira was instrumental in achieving membership in the European Union and NATO for her country and raised the nation’s recognition through her international acti...

Jul 26, 2022•42 min•Season 1Ep. 12

Alan Patricof - Pioneer and Legendary Venture Capitalist

Joining us on Luminate this week is Alan Patricof, one of the early pioneers of the venture capital and private equity industries. In 1977, Alan founded APAX Partners, one of the largest private equity firms in the world and in 2006 he also co-founded Greycroft, which is a venture capital firm focusing on investment in the internet and mobile markets. His latest venture Primetime Partners, which is a seed and early-stage venture capital fund investing in companies transforming the underserved an...

Jul 07, 2022•35 min•Season 1Ep. 11

Evan Goldberg - From a Failed Startup to Selling NetSuite for $9.3 Billion

Joining us on Luminate this week is Evan Goldberg, who’s the Founder and Executive Vice President of NetSuite. Evan founded NetSuite in 1998. It’s a cloud computing company that provides software and services to manage business finances, operations, customer relations, and much more. In 2016, Evan sold the company to Oracle for $9.3 billion. In our conversation, Evan talks about his first failed startup and what he learned from that experience, his on-going relationship with his mentor Larry Ell...

Jun 23, 2022•39 min•Season 1Ep. 10

Brian Smith - How I Built a Multi-Billion Dollar UGG With Just $500

Joining us on Luminate this week is Brian Smith. Brian is the founder of UGG boots, a brand that started from humble beginnings and went on to become a multibillion-dollar global icon. Graduating in 1978 as a Chartered Accountant in Australia, Brian came to California looking for the next big opportunity to bring back to Australia. While studying at the UCLA Graduate School of Management he observed that there was no sheepskin footwear in the US. With only $500 in capital to start, he imported b...

May 09, 2022•33 min•Season 1Ep. 7

Joe Foster - How I Built Reebok from $0 to $3.8 Billion

In this week’s episode, we’re joined by a living legend Joe Foster, founder of Reebok. Joe founded Reebok in 1958 with his late brother Jeff, following their family heritage back to 1895. Joe’s Grandfather, also Joseph W Foster, pioneered the spiked running shoe and famously made shoes of some of the world’s best athletes of the early 20th century. Wearing (pumps) made by J W Foster & Sons Ltd, Harold Abrahams and Eric Liddell won Olympic Gold Medals in the 1928 Paris Olympics and were immor...

Apr 19, 2022•47 min•Season 1Ep. 6

Q&A with Serge Haroche - Nobel Prize Winner in Physics

Serge Haroche is on Luminate this week. Serge Haroche is a professor at the Collège de France and holds the Chair of Quantum Physics. In 2012, he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics for “ground-breaking experimental methods that enable measuring and manipulation of individual quantum systems”. Starting in the 1980s, Haroche has designed ingenious experiments to study quantum phenomena when matter and light interact. He has been able to capture photons using a trap made of highly reflecting m...

Jan 02, 2022•31 min•Season 1Ep. 5

Q&A with Mika Hakkinen - Formula 1 Legend

Our guest today is Mika Hakkinen, a.k.a. the Flying Finn. He's a two time Formula 1 world champion and one of the most popular drivers of all-time. And Mika Hakkinen was perhaps the only racer who could challenge Michael Schumacher to his possible limits. Back in 1995 at the Australian Grand Prix, Mika Hakkinen nearly died in a terrible accident, but somehow he was back on track just a few of months after his crash and later became a two-time Formula One World Champion. In this episode, we learn...

Dec 08, 2021•17 min•Season 1Ep. 3

Martti Ahtisaari - From Internally Displaced Person to President of Finland and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate

We are so honored for this week’s distinguished guest, Martti Ahtisaari, former President of Finland and the world’s most renowned and successful mediator in international conflicts. In 2008 he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his leading role in bringing independence to Namibia, Serbia’s withdrawal from Kosovo, and autonomy for Aceh in Indonesia. In this conversation, we talk about his early years, how he helped bring resolutions to conflicts in Namibia and Kosovo and what it takes to be a...

Dec 01, 2021•25 min•Season 1Ep. 2

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