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Six Habits of Professional Leaders
This article will discuss six habits of Professional Leaders. Leadership in the workplace comes in many different styles and forms. Not all people in positions of leadership have the necessary skills to excel at their position. To be successful in business leadership, developing and honing numerous talents, abilities, and attributes is necessary. Some professional leaders are…
How Small Businesses Are Being Empowered with Big Data | Dan Forootan
“How Small Businesses are Being Empowered with Big Data”, Dan Forootan Transcript, Interview by Alan Olsen, Host of The American Dreams Show: Dan Forootan: I started my first company at 16 years old when I was in high school. I loved technology and Bill Gates was my idol. I started playing with stocks in eighth grade.…
The True Value of Communication
The True Value of Communication Communication is extremely valuable in all relationships and in almost every setting. If you want to have a successful relationship with your spouse you must be able to communicate effectively with each other. If you want to have a positive relationship with your children, then you have to learn to communicate with them. Communication in…
A Guide to Family Business Decision Making
The topic of group decision making has spawned many academic studies, books, and white papers. It is never easy to get a group of human beings to make a decision together; it’s hard enough for a single individual to make a decision! Add to the mix more people with their cultural differences, values, needs, desires,…
State of Real Estate in The SF Bay Area: A Moment with Nancie Allen, Broker at Masterkey Real Estate Advantage
Transcript of Nancie Allen interview, “State of Real Estate in The SF Bay Area”: Alan Olsen: Can you walk us though your career path? Nancie Allen: I’m a born and bred Fremont resident. I moved here when I was 2 and I went to the public schools here. I still live about a mile…
Where the Future of Cryptocurrency is Headed? Miko Matsumura, Co-founder of Evercoin
Transcript: Alan Olsen: So Miko you are a cereal entrepreneur founder of crypto currency company; you have done a lot in your life but for the listeners, can you bring us a history of your timeline of what brought you up to where you are to day and what brought you to the crypto currency…
The Next Gen 911 | Vic A. Merjanian
Interview Transcript of: The Next Gen 911 | Vic A. Merjanian Alan Olsen: Can you share a little about your background with us? Vic A. Merjanian: Many years ago I was at UCSD as an undergrad and I found myself in situations with friends with family and we needed help. But there wasn’t really an…
The Biggest Side Job Mistake
Everyone Wants To Make More Money Who doesn’t want more money? For many that means picking up a side job to earn a little more cash. There are literally hundreds of side jobs out there and while most are only good for a few extra dollars, some can bring in enough to be a significant…
How One Man’s Film Brought Peace to a War Torn Region | Kenneth Carlson
Transcript: Alan Olsen: Can you tell us a little about your background? Ken Carlson: I graduated from Brown University in 1986 and I played football there. I got offered scholarships around the country to play and I decided to go Ivy League and got a great education so it kind of started me off…
Art As An Investment | Jim Hedges
Interview Transcript For Jim Hedges, Art as an Investment, By Alan Olsen, Host of the American Dreams Show Alan Olsen: Welcome back. I’m here today with Jim hedges. Welcome. Jim Hedges: Thanks so much for having me. Alan Olsen: Jim, for the guests. Can you give us the background of what inspired you to do…
Trak Fertility: Helping Men Become Dads | Karen Drexler
Transcript: Alan Olsen: Can you tell us a little about your background? Karen Drexler: I’m an entrepreneur in the medical device segment. What really got me here was an illness in my family. When I was in high school, my father was diagnosed with diabetes and ended up passing away pretty quickly from complications of…
The Power of Investing With ESG | Peter Kellner
Interview Transcript of: The Power of Investing With ESG | Peter Kellner Alan Olsen: Can you tell us a little about your background? Peter Kellner: I got out of college in the early 90’s with a real passion for sustainability. I went to Budapest, Hungary on a scholarship. My family is actually from Budapest and…
Maynard Webb, Author of “Dear Founder: Letters of Advice for Anyone Who Leads, Manages, Or Wants to Start a Business”
Transcript: Alan Olsen: Can you tell us a little about your background? Maynard Webb: I majored in criminal justice in college and was going to go on to law school. I got hired by IBM my senior year as a co-op student and a security guard, and then I was hired permanently by them and shipped from…
Charitable Donations May Avoid Capital Gains Tax
Charitable Donations May Avoid Capital Gains Tax Charitable donations may avoid capital gains tax if structured properly. Many family offices choose to be engaged in philanthropy at some level. Unfortunately, selling stocks and other securities in order to make a charitable donation often results in the need to pay capital gains tax. One way to…
Service Through Public Health | Dr. Jacob Eapen
Transcript: Alan Olsen: Can you share a little about your background? Dr. Jacob Eapen: I was born and brought up in India in a southern part of Indian, a state called Kerala. Did my undergraduate, Doctorate and did my post graduation there and moved to Africa where I was a consultant pediatrician for a…
Holding the Sun, Poems of Inspiration from the Travels of DeAnna Morgan
Interview transcript for the American Dreams Show “Holding the Sun, Poems of Inspiration from the Travels of DeAnna Morgan”: Alan Olsen: Your husband, Randal Morgan, has a documentary film degree out of Stanford, how did get involved in helping with documentaries and what role was that? DeAnna Morgan: I always was in the background with…
The Man Behind Morganstar Media | Randall Morgan
Interview transcript of Randall Morgan for the American Dreams Show, “The Man Behind Morganstar Media”: Alan Olsen: Can you tell us about your background and how you ended up working with Jane Goodall? Randall Morgan: I was a graduate student at Stanford, and had just finished my masters in documentary film, in walks Jane…
Restoring the California Dream | Lenny Mendonca
Interview transcript of Lenny Mendonca for the American Dreams Show, “Restoring the California Dream”: Alan Olsen: Can you share a little about your background? Lenny Mendonca: I went from growing up on a dairy farm in Turlock California milking cows to Harvard where I majored in economics and government. From there I went…
California, Who’s Really Running the Government? | David Crane
Interview transcript of David Crane, “California, Who’s Really Running the Government?”, by Alan Olsen, Host of the American Dreams Show: Alan Olsen: Can you share a little about your background? David Crane: I was born and raised in Denver and graduated from public high school out there. I graduated from the University of Michigan…
How Hiring An Esquire Is Revolutionizing Hiring For Contract Attorneys | Julia Shapiro
Interview transcript of Julia Shapiro, “How Hiring an Esquire is Revolutionizing Hiring for Contract Attorneys”, by Alan Olsen, Host of the American Dreams Show: Alan Olsen: Can you share a little about your background? Julia Shapiro: I was and am an attorney and I practiced at a large commercial litigation firm. I went pretty…