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133 The Best Communication Wins with Brian Sparkes!

133 The Best Communicators Win with Brian Sparkes! Brian Sparkes is an experienced consultant with a demonstrated history of working in higher education, and startup culture. Experienced in high stakes communication, presentation skills, strengthening emotional intelligence in leadership and teams, business development, building business culture, community and social capital. We talk about How does one […]

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132 From for Profit to Non-Profit and everything In-between With Maya Tussing

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Maya Tussing Bio Maya is the Partner of Fairlight Advisors which helps nonprofit leaders fulfill their mission with first-class financial and investment solutions honed while working at the most respected institutions in the world. Prior to Fairlight, Maya was the Head of BlackRock’s Institutional Index Allocation Group, where her team managed over $200B across all

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130 Technology beyond Government with Dimitri Kusnezov

. Dr. Dmitri Kusnezov received A.B. degrees in Physics and in Pure Mathematics with highest honors from UC Berkeley. Following a year of research at the Institut fur Kernphysik, KFA-Julich, in Germany, he attended Princeton University earning his MS in Physics and Ph.D. in Theoretical Nuclear Physics. At Michigan State University, he conducted postdoctoral research

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130 Creating the Microprocessor and beyond with Marcian “Ted” Hoff

BIOGRAPHY OF MARCIAN E. HOFF Dr. Marcian Edward “Ted” Hoff was born in Rochester, New York.  His degrees include a Bachelor of Electrical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York,  (1958) and  an MS (1959) and a Ph.D. (1962), both in Electrical Engineering, from Stanford University, Stanford, California.  In the 1959-1960 time frame he

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129 Investing in Deep Tech with Deepak Gupta

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Deepak Gupta Deepak is a Managing Partner at Blue Bear Ventures (BVB), a seed fund investing in Applied Biology and Sustainable Economy startups emerging out of top-tier research universities in the US.He is also a startup leadership coach and coaches’ founders through their entrepreneurial journey. As a trusted advisor, he helps individuals with functional expertise in

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Ep 124 Agile Merger & Acquisition Process with Kison Patel

Kison Patel In a world of increasing technological disruption, M&A is becoming necessary in order to stay relevant. However, these transactions are failing because important deal processes, such as diligence and integration, are being poorly conducted and without proven techniques for success. As a former M&A advisor, I’ve seen these challenges first hand and set

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121 Intel’s importance to Silicon Valley with James Cape

James Cape James has worked in the Silicon Valley high technology industry since 1983. During his first eighteen years he worked at Intel Corporation where he gained broad experience in a variety of sales, marketing, and venture capital positions. On today Show we Talk about: What are some critical competitive advantages that Silicon Valley has?

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119 What the Financial Industry Doesn’t Tell You with Patrick Geddes

Patrick Geddes  From early in his career in the investment industry, Geddes was eager to look out for consumer interests above the industry’s motivations. That passion led him to serve as Research Director and CFO at the financial services firm, Morningstar; teaching graduate-level portfolio theory at UC Berkeley Extension; co-founding Aperio Group, a $42 billion

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