September 9, 2018 Exploring new business models, fixing communications and discovering Wellville with Esther Dyson (MDE293) Podcast Share this post: Minter Dialogue with Esther Dyson Esther Dyson is a trained cosmonaut, author, philanthropist and one of the world’s most active angel investors, focusing on breakthrough efficacy in healthcare. Esther is advisor or on the board of many interesting companies including 23andme and Yandex. She’s currently executive founder of Wellville, a fascinating nonprofit project dedicated to demonstrating the value of investing in health. In this wide-ranging conversation, we look at exciting new and different business models, how to improve communications and fix the world’s spam problem, as well as dive into the wonderful Wellville project. Below, you’ll find the show notes and, of course, you are invited to comment. If you liked the podcast, please take a moment to go over to iTunes to rate it. To connect with Esther Dyson: You can find Esther Dyson on Twitter: @edyson You can send an email to Esther Dyson here– But be sure to do your homework before you write! Esther Dyson on Linkedin Sites mentioned: Wellville Supportiv – crowdsourced p2p mental health to instantly match users into hyper-targeted moderator-led groups Family Bridges BoxBe Johann Hari book: Lost Connections ————– Further resources for the Minter Dialogue Radio Show: Meanwhile, you can find my other interviews on the Minter Dialogue Radio Show in this podcast tab, on Buzzsprout or via iTunes. Please don’t be shy about rating this podcast on iTunes here! Music credit: The jingle at the beginning of the show is courtesy of my friend, Pierre Journel, author of the Guitar Channel. And, the new sign off music is “Finger Paint,” written and performed by Josh Saxe, produced by Chase Geiser. Here’s a link on iTunes. I invite you to take a spin on Pierre’s podcast or listen to more of Josh’s music! NEWSletter Subscribe to Minter’s Bi-Weekly NEWSletter and receive a free copy of the exclusive and updated 8 Golden Rules of an eReputation Your Gift For Signing Up 8 Golden Rules of an eReputation SUBSCRIBE! You have Successfully Subscribed! 23andme, adventure, angel investor, boxbe, cosmonaut, empathy, Esther Dyson, genetics, health, journalism, medicine, New Tech, philanthropy, Purpose, space, technologies, Wellville, Yandex Minter Dial Minter Dial is an international professional speaker, author & consultant on Leadership, Branding and Digital Strategy. After a successful international career at L’Oréal, Minter Dial returned to his entrepreneurial roots and has spent the last ten years helping senior management teams and Boards to adapt to the new exigencies of the digitally enhanced marketplace. He has worked with world-class organisations to help activate their brand strategies, and figure out how best to integrate new technologies, digital tools, devices and platforms. Above all, Minter works to catalyse a change in mindset and dial up transformation. Minter received his BA in Trilingual Literature from Yale University (1987) and gained his MBA at INSEAD, Fontainebleau (1993). His newest book Heartificial Empathy, Putting Heart into Business and Artificial Intelligence, bowed in December 2018 and won the Book Excellence Award 2019 as well as being shortlisted for the Business Book Awards 2019. It's available in Audiobook, Kindle and Paperback. He is also co-author of Futureproof (Pearson, Sep 2017) and sole author of The Last Ring Home (Myndset Press, Nov 2016), a book and documentary film, both of which have won awards and critical acclaim. Minter has a new book on leadership, You Lead, How being yourself makes you a better leader, published by Kogan Page, that released January 2021. It's easy to inquire about booking Minter Dial here. View all posts by Minter Dial Previous post Next post