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Building the Future has quickly become one of the fastest rising nationally syndicated programs. With a focus on interviewing startups, entrepreneurs, investors, CEOs, and more, the show showcases individuals who are realizing their dreams and helping to make our world a better place through technology and innovation.
Making waves in a profession needing them. He founded and manage a high-tech focused law firm, He also is a high-tech entrepreneur/adviser and engaged in the hospitality industry. He founded Kohler Law Group over 15 years ago and his firm has represented 1000’s of venture-backed and publicly traded technology companies worldwide. In addition to being involved in the legal field he has had real-world business experience as a successful entrepreneur and has founded and sold several technology companies. He has been involved in a number of companies: notably in 2005, he co-founded Castfire - a video publishing platform for clients such as Google/Next New Networks, CBS Interactive, ESPN/Disney, Comcast, CNET, PBS and NPR stations, and hundreds more - that was acquired by Alphabird a few years back in '12.
Ryan Scott is an entrepreneur and technologist with a passion for leveraging capitalism to create positive social change. Ryan founded community impact firm Causecast to bring sophisticated technology to corporate volunteer and giving programs. The Causecast Community Impact Platform is a modern employee engagement solution that helps companies of all sizes create measurable social impact by empowering their most powerful brand ambassadors, their people, to lead and give back to their communities. This SaaS (Software as a Service) platform offers volunteering, donation matching, crowdfunding, disaster response, and custom campaigns which all leverage social media, story capture and automation. Subscribe to the Causecast blog Request a demo of Causecast Follow Causecast on Twitter Follow Ryan on Twitter Connect with Ryan on LinkedIN CariClub Tiltify
Veteran journalist and celebrity interviewer Glenn Plaskin is the bestselling author of Horowitz: The Biography of Vladimir Horowitz and Turning Point: Pivotal Moments in the Lives of America’s Celebrities. His profiles and columns have appeared in the New York Times, the Daily News, San Francisco Chronicle, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, Family Circle, US Weekly, Ladies Home Journal, Cosmopolitan, W, and Playboy. His interview subjects have included such figures as Katharine Hepburn, Nancy Reagan, Calvin Klein, Senator Edward Kennedy, Audrey Hepburn, Elizabeth Taylor, Leona Helmsley, Barbara Walters, Diane Sawyer, Donald Trump, Al Pacino, and Meryl Streep. His TV appearances include The Today Show, Oprah, and Larry King Live. He lives in New York City. Visit the author’s website and read the full story at www.glennplaskin.com. A native of Buffalo, N.Y. Plaskin was first trained as a classical pianist, studying under the renowned Kennedy Center honoree Leon Fleisher. With a dramatic change of career in his mid-20’s, he began writing culture profiles for the New York Times, securing his first book contract at age 26. He was encouraged in his writing by then-Doubleday editor Jacqueline Onassis, who would later write: “I’ve known Glenn for some years and am his great admirer. He’s witty, articulate, and has this uncanny ability to draw people out and gain their confidence.” His literary debut was a cause célèbre—the first-ever biography of the legendary pianist Vladimir Horowitz—published in the U.S., Canada, England, France, Germany, Japan, and Finland. Plaskin’s Horowitz book was hailed by the New York Times as “a well-researched biography that will throw much light on Horowitz the man and the artist.” The Los Angeles Times opined: “It is done well, even masterfully.” The Chicago Tribune: “An absorbing well-written and well-balanced portrait…as delicious as a good detective thriller.” Thereafter, the author established himself as one of the nation’s leading celebrity interviewers. As the Celebrity Service International wrote: “When it comes to the brutally competitive world of celebrity journalism, no one is more successful at nailing down the big names than entertainment reporter Glenn Plaskin.” Among Plaskin’s interviews with film stars, politicians, TV personalities, and media figures are classic profiles of Harrison Ford, Al Pacino, Robert DeNiro, Mary Tyler Moore, Peter Jennings, Danielle Steel, Paul Newman, Carol Burnett, Leona Helmsley, Christopher Reeve, Michael Jackson, Diana Ross, Bill Gates, Colin Powell, Bill Cosby, Mike Wallace, among hundreds of others. In recent years, Plaskin has gone beyond celebrity interviewing to writing articles and books focused on service, self-help, and inspiration. He has worked with many of the leading figures in this genre. Read the Celebrity Testimonials “Glenn,” writes Susan Ungaro, the magazine’s former editor-in-chief, “is a master at celebrity interviews and service journalism—with a true gift for creating a compelling story that grips the reader from beginning to end.” Plaskin, a resident of Battery Park City, is surrounded by more than 500 dogs in Lower Manhattan neighborhood, a waterside community that inspired this book and the remarkable events in it. http://www.glennplaskin.com/ http://www.katiebook.com/ http://www.katiebook.com/press http://www.ghostwriteyourbook.com/ http://www.ghostwriteyourbook.com/blog/2013/the-king-of-coaching-tony-robbins-uncensored/ https://twitter.com/glennplaskin
Espree Devora is known as “the Girl who Gets it Done”. She is Comms VP and Podcast host at WeAreLATech, a virtual tourist office for LA Startups, in addition to being a contributing journalist for TechZulu. The podcast was #2 across all of iTunes New & Noteworthy and is currently featured on Apple's 'Inspiring Women's Voices'. On her blog SaveBusinessTime.com, she curates and reviews the best business software for startups to be more productive. She has provided seminars in entrepreneurship and technology to many corporations and universities including CBS, Disney and USC Executive MBA. Connect with Espree on Twitter @espreedevora or LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/espree. http://espreedevora.com/ https://twitter.com/EspreeDevora http://wearelatech.com/ http://womenintechpodcast.com/ http://savebusinesstime.com/ http://justinjackson.ca/
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