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The Economics of Battery Storage
Join Kayo Founder and host, Lindsay Burton, and featured trailblazer Mary Doswell, Founder and CEO of Doswell Strategic Consulting Services, for a discussion on the economics of battery storage.

How Private Equity Supports Portfolio Companies During COVID-19
Join Kayo Founder and host, Lindsay Burton, and featured trailblazers Kristen Rathfelder, Director of Private Equity at RSM, and Kate Rubenstein, Managing Director of Portfolio Operations at The Blackstone Group, for a discussion on how private equity supports portfolio companies during COVID-19.

What Makes a Great Fundraiser Today?
Whether you’re recruiting a for a new role on your team, or you’re an investor relations executive trying to up your game, join Kayo Founder and host, Lindsay Burton, and featured trailblazer Sasha Jensen, Founder of Jensen Partners, for a discussion with the industry’s leading executive search firm for capital raising candidates.

Career Transitions: From Litigator to IKEA Exec
Join Kayo Founder and host, Lindsay Burton, and featured trailblazer Angele Robinson-Gaylord, President of the North America Real Estate Cluster at IKEA Group, to hear about her journey from litigator to real estate exec, and what lessons she learned along the way.

Energy Transition: What’s the Future of Hydrocarbons?
Join Kayo Founder and host, Lindsay Burton, and featured trailblazer Danielle Patterson, Partner at Vinson & Elkins, for a discussion on the future of hydrocarbons.

Water: Understanding Its True Value
What is the true value of water? Join Kayo Founder and host, Lindsay Burton, and featured trailblazer Cindy Wallis-Lage, President of Black & Veatch, for the discussion on this episode of The Weekly Knockout.

Assembling Your Personal Board of Directors
Who should be on your personal board of directors and why? Join Kayo Founder and host, Lindsay Burton, and featured trailblazer Lauren Dillard, Executive Vice President of Global Information Services at Nasdaq, for the discussion on this episode of The Weekly Knockout.

Cross-Fund Sales: No Longer Taboo?
Join Kayo Founder and host, Lindsay Burton, and featured trailblazer Nicole Washington, Partner at Kirkland & Ellis, for a discussion on how some GPs are getting creative, navigating conflicts, and pursuing paths to liquidity.

Evolution in Higher Ed
Join Kayo Founder and host, Lindsay Burton, and featured trailblazer Susan Cates, Partner at Leeds Equity Partners, for a discussion on how the pandemic is accelerating change in higher education, workforce development, and the opportunities that creates.

The Youth Mental Health Crisis: Can Technology Help?
Join Kayo Founder and host, Lindsay Burton, and featured trailblazer Stephanie Nieman, Principal at SJF Ventures, for a discussion on how technology can help the mental health crisis impacting America’s youth.
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