Venture Capitalist & Climate Technology Thought Leader
Molly Wood: Biography at a Glance
- Molly Wood is the founder and CEO of MWM, where she writes and podcasts about, advises, and invests in tech solutions to the climate crisis.
- Her podcast, Everybody in the Pool, covers climate solutions and the people who are building them, from investors and corporations to individuals who are overhauling their lives.
- Molly spent more than 20 years covering technology and business as a writer, serving as a tech columnist at The New York Times and an executive editor at CNET.
- She is also recognized as a podcast pioneer, having launched Buzz Out Loud, one of the first commercially successful podcasts. She has also hosted This Week in Startups (covering startups, technology, markets, media, crypto, and more) and How We Survive (a narrative podcast about solutions to the climate crisis).
- Molly is also the host of Microsoft's WorkLab podcast, where she is joined by economists, technologists, and researchers to explore the future of work in the age of AI.
- Molly has been recognized for her dynamic reporting by the Webbys, the National Magazine Awards, and is a Gracie Award winner.
- She is sought-after to discuss business, technology, climate storytelling, and capitalistic solutions to climate change.
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Biography
Molly Wood is a longtime journalist turned climate tech investor. She is the founder and CEO of MWM, where she writes and podcasts about, advises, and invests in tech solutions to the climate crisis. Previously, she was a managing director at LAUNCH, an early-stage venture capital firm.
A podcast pioneer, Molly launched one of the first commercially successful podcasts way back in 2005 (Buzz Out Loud). She also developed and launched video series and original podcasts at CNET/CBS, the New York Times, and Marketplace, where she created both Make Me Smart and How We Survive.
Molly's podcast, Everybody in the Pool, covers climate solutions and the people who are building them, from investors and corporations to individuals who are overhauling their lives.
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AI and the Future of Work
AI is not coming: it's here, and it's the biggest tech transformation of our lifetimes--which is saying a lot. As a longtime tech journalist and the host of Microsoft's WorkLab podcast, Molly Wood has a front row seat to how workplaces are navigating this change.
In this conversation, Molly shares surprising data and explores the trends transforming the way we work. She leaves audiences with insights on how a growth mindset, human-centered skills training, and a deliberate strategy for rolling out these new tools can help companies thrive through this historic disruption.
Capitalism Will Either Kill Us or Save Us... or Both
Runaway consumption and fossil fuel profits created climate change and global warming, but now the free markets might be the best chance we have to incentivize change in the other direction.
By framing the climate crisis as an engineering problem and a business opportunity, Tech Journalist Molly Wood discovered a new path to explore climate resilience, adaptation, and solutions. In this conversation, she offers her refreshingly hopeful perspective and details how human ingenuity can find ways to survive and move toward a better future.
ESG for Investors, Customers, and Compliance
ESG compliance and reporting are no longer optional, but they are still not easy or standard. But with the growing interest in responsible investing, new solutions are being invented every day. In this conversation, Venture Capitalist Molly Wood offers a look at the ESG startup landscape and how it’s changing the way businesses operate.
Minimum Viable Data: Why Less is More
Hoovering up every possible piece of data has been the norm for business for decades. But that norm is now riskier than ever in terms of security, reputation, and regulation.
In this conversation, Tech Journalist Molly Wood clearly defines the harms of excessive data collection and privacy invasion. Molly re-writes the data playbook, offering consumers insight into how to protect their data and teaching businesses how to minimize their risk.
