Interview

October 30, 2019

"Throwing rocks at the Google bus" — Bookclub with WeTransfer's Damian Bradfield

Damian Bradfield, co-founder and chief creative officer of WeTransfer shares his top book recommendations about social isolation, the trust deficit in tech and philanthropy.


Chris Sisserian

4 min read

Damian Bradfield, COO at WeTransfer

When WeTransfer launched in 2009 the Dutch startup did something seemingly impossible — it made file sharing cool.

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The Trust Manifesto by Damian Bradfield
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