From Bias to Better Fundraising: Laura Huang’s Tactics for Founders

In this episode of Conductive Conversations, host Carey Lai sits down with Laura Huang, Distinguished Professor of Management and Organizational Development at Northeastern University and Wall Street Journal best-selling author of EDGE: Turning Adversity into Advantage and You Already Know: The Science of Mastering Your Intuition. A leading thinker on bias, entrepreneurship, and intuition, Laura has held faculty positions at Harvard Business School and Wharton and has been recognized by Thinkers50 and Poets & Quants for her impact on business and leadership.​Together they unpack the real stories and research behind EDGE and You Already Know, why Laura wrote these books, how being underestimated can become your greatest asset, and how her EDGE framework (Enrich, Delight, Guide, Effort) helps founders and leaders turn adversity into opportunity. Laura shares insights from her work on accent bias, investor Q&A dynamics, and her “Ten Nos” exercise, giving tactical tools for navigating perception, bias, and high-stakes pitch meetings.​The conversation also explores the future of work, teaching, and entrepreneurship in an AI-driven world, how AI is changing jobs, how it will reshape the classroom, and how entrepreneurs can use AI as a force multiplier rather than a threat. Drawing from You Already Know, Laura explains intuition as a trainable synthesis of experience and data, and shows how founders can sharpen their “gut feel” to make better, faster decisions in uncertainty.​If you’re a founder, investor, or operator navigating bias, AI, and high-stakes decisions, this episode gives you a playbook for turning disadvantages into an edge and learning to trust what you already know.​👉 Subscribe to Conductive Conversations for more deep-dive conversations with world-class founders, operators, and thinkers.#ConductiveVentures #CareyLai #LauraHuang #EdgeBook #YouAlreadyKnow #VentureCapital #Startups #Entrepreneurship #AI #FutureOfWork #StartupFunding #PitchingInvestors #BusinessLeadership Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.