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ASU+GSV Summit SessionsService-as-a-Software: The Future of the Agent and Human WorkforceRecorded live at the 2025 ASU+GSV Summit in San Diego, this session featured Nate Ober, AI/ML Strategist at Amazon Web Services; Candice Faktor, Co-founder & CEO of Disco; Michele Catasta, President of Replit; and Steven Syverud, Strategic Product Management at Anthropic. The conversation was moderated by Raymond Kattoula, Vice President at GSV Ventures.The session explored the transformative impact of AI-driven agents on the workforce, organizational design, and the future of learning. Panelists tackled urgent questions around how humans can effectively collaborate with AI, whether teams of the future will be managed by people or algorithms, and...2025-04-2340 min
Magnet Network Live On The PodCandice Faktor - Unlocking Human Potential with AI-Powered LearningCandice Faktor joins us to discuss how AI can help unlock human potential. Candice Faktor is the co-founder of Disco, an AI-powered social learning platform. Faktor is also a keynote speaker on the future of work and believes we must invest in upskilling our workforces and use AI to augment human potential. Faktor shares why AI is more empathetic than we might think and how it can help us break free from the mundane.
Highlights from our conversation include:
1. Canadian organizations don’t have the capacity to offer upskilling opportunities, which has hurt productivity. If we...2025-02-1911 min
The Future Skills PodcastS4 Ep. 05: Insights from Magnet Network LiveIn this bonus episode of the Future Skills Podcast, new host Jeremy Strachan dives into highlights from the Magnet Network Live event held in Toronto in October 2024, where leaders gathered to address Canada’s talent, training, and skills challenges. The episode features insights on AI, productivity, and Canada’s “12/21 problem,” where outdated learning models fall short in a 21st-century workforce. Key discussions focus on the need for risk-taking in business, the importance of social and emotional skills, and the critical role of trust in the workplace. Strachan also explores immigration’s role in Canada’s future, barriers faced by inte...2024-12-0427 min
Community UnlockedEpisode 10: Creating the Future of Learning Communities with Candice FaktorJoin us as Candice Factor, co-founder and co-CEO of Disco, shares her journey in community building and transformative learning. From scaling Wattpad to pioneering new ways of learning with Disco, Candice provides valuable insights into the future of education and the role of community in lifelong learning.2024-07-1046 min
Edtech InsidersWeek in Edtech 12/01/2023: Meta's Multimodal Leap, StraighterLine and Acadeum's College Course Sharing, Plus Special Guests: Sara Mauskopf of Winnie and Candice Faktor of DiscoSend us a textIn this episode of Week in Edtech, Ben and Alex discuss:1. Big Tech:Meta launches “Seamless” LLM for speech-to-speech translation. Multi-modal innovationMeta’s Instagram also made news in all the wrong ways2. Higher Ed:StraighterLine Partners with Acadeum to Offer College Course Sharing3. In Other News...U.S. Department of Education Holds Off On New Rules for Third-Party Servicers… For NowCurriculum Associates Acquires SoapBox LabsParentSquare Acquires Remind2U finances unveiled by Phil Hill, doesn't lo...2023-12-061h 03
The Action CatalystCLIP: Immigrant Motivation and the Trap of SuccessCandice Faktor, CEO and Co-Founder of virtual online learning startup Disco, and a serial tech entrepreneur, talks about possessing the unique motivational drive of an immigrant, and how if we’re not careful, we can waste incredible time and energy conforming to someone else’s idea of success.Hear Candice’s full interview in Episode 427 of The Action Catalyst.2023-06-0102 minThe Action CatalystCatching Disco Fever, with Candice Faktor (Learning, Tech, Entrepreneurship, Self Care)Candice Faktor, CEO and Co-Founder of virtual online learning startup Disco, and a serial tech entrepreneur, explains going from a victim to the agent of our lives, possessing the unique motivational drive of an immigrant, learning to be calm and creating a sense of self, why the pandemic was the single best time in the world to start a company, and how to build your own "live learning empire".2023-05-2328 min
On Work and RevolutionChanging the world with decentralized learning communities with Candice Faktor, Co-Founder of Disco“The best way to change your circumstance is through learning.”Follow Candice on LinkedIn
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DisrupTVDisrupTV Episode 268, Bill Nussey, Andy Laudato, Candice FaktorThis week on DisrupTV, we interviewed Bill Nussey, CEO & Founder of Freeing Energy, Andy Laudato, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of The Vitamin Shoppe and Candice Faktor, CEO/co-founder of Disco.
DisrupTV is a weekly Web series with hosts R “Ray” Wang and Vala Afshar. The show airs live at 11:00 a.m. PT/ 2:00 p.m. ET every Friday. Brought to you by Constellation Executive Network: constellationr.com/CEN.2022-02-251h 03
Chatter that MattersGAME-CHANGER MATTERS to Candice FaktorCandice Faktor is a game-changer, an attribute I admire as it involves vision, strategy, and resilience. In this episode, you will get inside the mind of someone who has positively impacted the status quo by bringing a higher level of passion and pursuit to every enterprise she has worked. You will learn how Candice creates value and, in turn, monetizes it. You will also learn about Candice’s first start-up, Disco.co, and how she has set her sights on enriching and ensuring that every moment we spend in front of a screen learning is live and alive.2021-12-2839 min
Fine Tune with Corby FineEP34 - Building Live Learning Empires with Candice FaktorCandice Faktor is on a mission to help creators make a living teaching what they love by re- imagining the future of learning through her platform, Disco. She believes the future is learning live together and Disco's vision for learning leaves the industrial age behind and looks to a world of lifelong learning, that's live, with peers, led by trusted creators and accessible from anywhere.Prior to Disco, Candice has held various positions including Global GM and Head of Business at Wattpad, one of the world’s largest storytelling communities, which sold for US$660MM. Her love of...2021-11-2324 min
COFFEE CULTURE with Holly ShannonCandice Faktor: Helping you Transform your IP into a Learning ExperienceSpecial Disco VIP Link, move to the front of the line! https://www.disco.co/culturefactorDisco website Candice Faktor Twitter Holly Shannon’s WebsiteZero To Podcast on AmazonHolly Shannon, LinkedinHolly Shannon, InstagramHolly Shannon, ClubhouseMusic by Paco Hallak
2021-10-2138 min
Spirit of Success57: In Order to “See” You Need Space with Candice FaktorBetween stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom. - Viktor Frankl
This is one of the most powerful quotes around today and if you consider it carefully and apply it to your life, you will see dramatic changes.
This is what my guest today, Candice Faktor did. Candice has a long history of working in the tech industry in a variety of executive positions.
Candice is someone who I admire deeply for many reasons, but especially for her...2021-06-2834 min
UntangleCandice Faktor - Creating Your Personal Vision for 2021After last year, we might be a little shy to do visioning or goal setting for 2021, but this week’s guest, learning expert Candice Faktor, makes it empowering to do this year. She guides us in how to create inspiring guiding principles for the year and then allow the year to unfold as it will, in service of you. In this episode, she’ll walk you through how to do it, step by step, and shares insightful jewels of wisdom along the way.
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SHARING LIFE LESSONSSeason 4; Episode: 31: Love yourself and create alignment between your head, heart, and soul (spirit)!Welcome to the first episode (Episode #31) of SEASON 4 of 'Sharing Life Lessons'. A podcast that brings you stories from around the world to have fun with and to learn from because stories inspire, stories teach, and stories heal!! Together we are creating a library of stories.
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The target audience fo...2020-10-1435 min
The Afterglow PodcastThriving in Life and in Tech with Candice Faktornotes2020-09-0954 min