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Creating a Meaningful Life | Wally Hawley
About Wally Hawley Wally Hawley is a co-founder of InterWest Partners (1979), one of the larger venture capital partnerships in the United States, formed to make equity investments in diversified U.S. growth companies. His prior experience includes seven years as President of SHV North America Holding Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of a Netherlands…
Liberal Arts in the 21st Century | Reed Wilcox
About Reed Wilcox Reed Wilcox is president of Southern Virginia University. He previously served as co-founder and chief development officer, and currently serves on the board of directors of Clene Nanomedicine, a science-based company with proprietary technology integrating nanotechnology, advanced materials science, plasma physics, and biotechnology. Clene’s proprietary nanomedicine technology is a new form of…
Making a Difference | Sharlene Wells Hawkes
About Sharlene Wells Hawkes Sharlene Hawkes was previously VP of Communications with Monarch Health Sciences where she was responsible for all corporate brand communications. Additionally, she was one of the first women to work for ESPN and worked as an award-winning sportscaster nearly 15 years, covering such events as World Cup Soccer, the Kentucky…
The Art and Science of Creating an Album | Chris Shreenan-Dyck
About Chris Shreenan-Dyck Chris Shreenan-Dyck is a renowned Canadian music producer and recording engineer. He was nominated for Engineer Of The Year at the 2012 Juno Awards, and five of the albums he has worked on have won Junos (Canada’s version of the Grammy Award), as well as having received multiple nominations. Chris has…
Rustic Pathways | Chris Stackich
About Chris Stakich Chris is the Chief Executive Officer of Rustic Pathways. An expert on travel and service-based education, Chris leads Rustic Pathways with an eye for innovation and excellence. Since graduating from Harvard in 2001, Chris worked in virtually all areas of our organization, from running programs in Costa Rica to managing our…
Business Writing- Get to the Point | Elizabeth Danziger
Transcript, Business Writing- Get to the Point | Elizabeth Danziger Alan Welcome back. I’m here today with Elizabeth Danziger. She is the founder of worktop communications. Welcome to today’s show. Elizabeth Hi, nice to be here. Alan So Elisabeth communications is huge in today’s world, and how we effectively communicate will make a difference…
Identifying Disruptive Opportunities | Aaron DeBevoise
About Aaron DeBevoise Aaron is a serial entrepreneur. During his career he cofounded Machinima, a production company focused on action sports documentaries, StyleHaul Inc, a vertical network focused on Fashion and Beauty as well as other projects. Prior to starting his own venture. Currently he serves as the Founder and CEO of Network of…
The Midas Touch | Dixon Doll
About Dixon Doll For more than 35 years, Dixon has influenced and guided entrepreneurs, investors and executives in the computer, communications, and internet industries. Dixon was named to the Forbes Midas List for four consecutive years and received the 2013 Special Achievement Award in VC from the International Business Forum. He was elected to…
Telemedicine | Clay Whitehead
About Clay Whitehead Michael is co-founder and CEO of Drchrono. He has worked as a software engineer since 2000. He had implemented components of the Bloomberg Terminal, used by customers worldwide. Michael has a B.E. in Computer Engineering & Computer Science from Stony Brook University. Michael attended Columbia University in Information Systems. Clay is the…
Disruptive HR Models | Keith Kitani
About Keith Kitani Keith Kitani is the founder and CEO of GuideSpark. He’s a successful entrepreneur and software executive with over 20 years of experience building technology companies. He has been building Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) products and businesses since 1999 when he co-founded Presedia (a rapid eLearning company) and sold it to Macromedia in 2003. At…
Maintaining Relevance | Dirk Lorenz
About Dirk Lorenz Dirk Lorenz ventured out and acquired Fremont Flowers while only 21 and has owned and operated the business for over 25 years. Dirk takes pride in giving back to the community and has started several events at Fremont Flowers over the years such as Good Neighbor Day and Welcome Teacher Day. Dirk…
Is the Market OverValued? | Hal Heaton
About Hal Heaton Hal Heaton is a Professor of Finance at the BYU Marriott Graduate School of Business where he teaches advanced courses in finance and capital markets. Before joining the faulting at BYU, Hal worked at Boston Consulting where he dealt with strategic planning issues for large firms. He has also served on…
The Excitement of Starting Companies | Jim Castelez
About Jim Castelez Jim Castelez is the founder and CEO of Motiv Power Systems; a company that works to retrofits diesel trucks into electric vehicles. Before he founded Motiv Power Systems, Jim worked as Chief Architect at an EV start-up focused on designing electric buses. Jim received a BS in Engineering and Economics from…
Life of a Leader | Richard King
About Richard King Richard King served as the World President of Rotary International from 2001-2002, supervising the work of 350,000 members in 163 countries around the world. During his tenure, Rotary has it’s greatest one-year growth record in its history, with an increase on some 75,000 new members and a new Rotary club formed…
PJMB Commercial Leadership Success | Mark Barkdull
About Marc Barkdull Marc Barkdull is a real estate developer/investor with 25 years experience in the Bay Area. Currently Marc is President and CEO of PJMB Commercial, Inc., which manages his real estate investment portfolio of 2.2 million square feet of Office, Flex and retail properties throughout California and Utah. Marc has also developed and…
Building Barriers of Entry | Alfred Mandel
About Alfred Mandel Alfred Mandel has been an entrepreneur since his teens and has over thirty years experience in technology businesses, Steve Beals notably at Apple Computer and Redgate Communications. He co-founded and ran Tenex Medical Investors, which become this country’s largest angel investor group for the health and life sciences. In its eight years…
Standing Firm | Lily Mei
About Lily Mei For over 20 years, Lily Mei and her family have proudly called Fremont home choosing our city for its family-friendly environment. Lily is both proud to be a contributor to the growing success of Fremont’s public education system and be a proud parent of two current students. Interview Transcript: Lily…
Drchrono | Daniel Kivatinos
About Michael Nusimow & Daniel Kivatinos Michael is co-founder and CEO of Drchrono. He has worked as a software engineer since 2000. He had implemented components of the Bloomberg Terminal, used by customers worldwide. Michael has a B.E. in Computer Engineering & Computer Science from Stony Brook University. Michael attended Columbia University in Information…
Overwatch | Lane Livingston
About Lane Livingston Lane Livingston is currently the CEO of Fibernet, a company that provides hosting, managed IT solutions, design services, and colocation in our state-of-the-art data center facility. Lane has 30+ years of experience in the High-tech industry. Along with over 20 years in internet services, over 15 years is delivering services and…
Healthcare Update: Federal Subsidies Illegal | Dennis Wolfe
Transcript, Healthcare Update: Federal Subsidies Illegal | Dennis Wolfe Alan Welcome back. I’m here today with Dennis Wolfe. He is the founder of one 800. We care for you I help consulting website and also is the co host of a nationally syndicated radio show Wayman. And look, Dennis, welcome to the show. Dennis…