Rapid Response: What the Democrats' campaign changeup means for business, with Axios’ Alex Thompson

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Entrepreneurship, Business, Management, Reid Hoffman, Mindset, Diversity & Inclusion, Jeff Berman, Bob Safian, Startups

4.6 • 4.4K Ratings

🗓️ 23 July 2024

⏱️ 28 minutes

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With Kamala Harris suddenly poised to become the Democratic presidential nominee, expectations have been turned on their head for voters, fundraisers, and the business world. Axios political correspondent Alex Thompson joins Rapid Response host Bob Safian to share what his sources have said behind the scenes about what drove Biden’s decision-making, the role of business leaders going forward, and how the Harris 2024 enterprise is going into startup mode.

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0:00.0	Hi, it's Bob Safian. You've been hearing me as the host of rapid response in this feed for a few years now.
0:07.0	Well, I'm excited to share that rapid response has expanded into its own feed.
0:12.0	We're releasing shows twice a week,
0:14.3	focusing on the urgent issues
0:16.1	that business leaders are dealing with in real time.
0:19.9	While some rapid response episodes appear
0:22.4	on Masters of Scale,
0:23.6	many of our best are only available every week
0:26.5	in the rapid response feed.
0:28.5	To make sure you catch it all,
0:30.3	search for rapid response,
0:32.1	wherever you get your podcasts and subscribe.
0:35.0	See you on the other side.
0:38.0	There's this frame that like,
0:40.0	oh Biden bowed out gracefully.
0:42.0	That's the one happened here. Oh, Biden bowed out gracefully.
0:43.4	That's the one happened here.
0:44.9	Joe Biden was pushed out of this race
0:47.0	by the Democratic Party and by leaders of the Democratic Party.
0:50.4	It is surprised me how quickly every leader of the Democratic Party has endorsed Kamla Harris.
0:58.0	Top Democrats had signaled publicly and privately that they prefer to have at least some sort of a competition
1:05.5	rather than a coronation and really the story that people should be paying attention
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