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Prof Robin Hanson | Are People Really Good? Hidden Motives In Everyday Life Mar 10, 2021

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Robin Hanson is an associate professor of economics at George Mason University and a research associate at the Future of Humanity Institute of Oxford University. He has a doctorate in social science, master's degrees in physics and philosophy, and nine years of experience as a research programmer in artificial intelligence and Bayesian statistics.

With over 3100 citations and sixty academic publications, he's recognized not only for his contributions to economics (especially, pioneering the theory and use of prediction markets), but also for the wide range of fields in which he's been published. He is the author of The Age of Em: Work, Love, and Life when Robots Rule the Earth.

Robin has strong and controversial views (backed by his research) regarding various institutions in society, and discusses how many routine activities we take for granted, carry hidden motives based on the evolution of ourselves and our society. Some of the points we touch on are items such as, how charities don’t really exist to help others, our schools don’t really exist to educate students, and our political expression isn’t actually about choosing wise policies.

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https://twitter.com/robinhanson

https://overcomingbias.com

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Talking Points

00:00 – Prof Robin Hanson | Are People Really Good? Hidden Motives In Everyday Life

09:33 - Our conscious mind, subliminal justification of our actions and our evolution from ancestors

13:32 - We are designed not to understand our true motives for our actions

16:15 - Why do people laugh?

26:45 - Status moves. How we dominate interaction with other people.

32:34 - A simple conversation, isn’t just a simple conversation

42:05 - Social violations & ‘faking it’

47:33 - Signalling & showing off

54:42 - Medicine doesn’t really make us healthier

01:09:43 - Why politics is never about adopting better policy

Eric Siu, CEO of Single Grain, Author of Leveling Up | How To Master The Game Of Life Mar 07, 2021

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Eric Siu is an investor, founder and advisor to companies. He is the Chairman of digital marketing agency Single Grain, which has worked with companies such as Amazon, Uber, and Salesforce. He also hosts two podcasts: Marketing School with Neil Patel and Leveling Up, an entrepreneurial podcast where he dissects growth levers that help businesses scale.

In his youth, Eric was not academically or socially successful, but he was a serious high-level eSports and poker player. He ultimately found how to convert his focus and success in gaming into a very successful career in marketing.

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https://twitter.com/ericosiu

https://www.levelingup.com/

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Talking Points

00:00 – Eric Siu, CEO of Single Grain, Author of Leveling Up | How To Master The Game Of Live

03:24 – Eric's story

05:27 – Entrepreneurship and gaming.

09:05 – What are "power ups" and how can you use them in your life?

12:27 – The apprentice mentality - humble yourself

17:17 – Mindset shifts and mental models

19:02 – Life mission

24:17 – Eric's definition of success and the importance of leverage

Greg Steltenpohl, ‎CEO of Califia Farms | Lessons Learnt Building Califia Farms Feb 21, 2021

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Greg Steltenpohl is the Founder of Califia Farms, one of the fastest growing plant-based beverage companies in the world. Greg is an visionary brand builder and serial entrepreneur with a focus on utilizing creative principles to build mission based organizational cultures that achieve world class results. Greg has led Califia Farms’ meteoric growth as an innovative leader in premium, natural beverages that make it easy and delicious for consumers to live a plant-based lifestyle.

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https://www.linkedin.com/in/gregsteltenpohl/

https://twitter.com/CalifiaFarms

Jennifer Colosimo, President at FranklinCovey | The Role of Leadership in Uncertain Times Feb 14, 2021

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Jennifer Colosimo serves as president of FranklinCovey’s enterprise division. Previously, Jennifer was senior vice president of sales and operations in the United States and Canada. She has also led teams in IT, learning and development, and corporate social responsibility while with Accenture, DaVita, FranklinCovey, and several private equity-backed organizations. She coauthored the book Great Work, Great Career with Dr. Stephen R. Covey.

She has been a featured speaker and panelist at numerous conferences speaking on business acumen, strategy execution, culture change, employee engagement, and women in leadership. Jennifer has delivered on-site training and keynotes to over 50,000 people across 45 states and 12 countries. Her career has included executive team development, global operations, operations and finance for a Training Top 125 and Learning Elite recognized corporate university, system implementations and process improvement, and managing the CSR and sustainability functions of a Fortune 200 organization.

Jennifer received her undergraduate degree from the University of Utah and her graduate degree from Purdue University. Her volunteer interests focus on character-based leadership development for women and girls. She serves as a trustee for the Women’s Foundation of Colorado and was a board member of the Girl Scouts of Colorado for 10 years. She lives with her husband Will and beloved dog Rex and receives occasional texts from her grown daughters.

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https://www.linkedin.com/in/jennifercolosimo/

https://twitter.com/jencolosimo

Darren Marble, Co-Founder & CEO of Crush Capital | Creating TV That Allows Viewers To Invest in IPOs Jan 27, 2021

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Darren Marble is a serial entrepreneur and creative who lives in Los Angeles, CA. He is the Co-founder and CEO of Issuance, a marketing platform for digital securities, the CEO of CrowdfundX, a financial marketing firm, and Co-founder of Crowd Invest Summit, producer of Crypto Invest Summit.

Darren Marble is the Executive Producer of Going Public®, a new original series that allows viewers to invest in IPOs.He is also the CEO of Issuance, the leading provider of technology and marketing solutions for Reg A+ issuers raising capital in the US and Canada. His clients have raised over $250 million to date.

Previously, he was Founder & CEO of CrowdfundX, a financial marketing firm that pioneered direct-to-investor retail marketing using the Reg A+ securities exemption. CrowdfundX marketed historic Reg A+ IPOs to NASDAQ, NYSE, and OTC Markets. The company was acquired by Issuance in 2019.

His insights have been featured in the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, Forbes, and the Los Angeles Business Journal, to name a few.

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https://www.linkedin.com/in/darrenmarble

https://twitter.com/darrenmarble

https://goingpublic.com/

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Michelle Seiler Tucker, Mergers & Acquisitions Specialist | Lessons Learnt From Selling 1000+ Companies Jan 20, 2021

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Michelle Seiler Tucker is the Founder and CEO of Seiler Tucker Incorporated. She holds a M&AMI (Mergers & Acquisitions Master Intermediary) title and as a 20-year veteran in the M&A industry, she has a wealth of experience regarding buying, selling, fixing, and growing businesses. Her and her firm have sold over a thousand businesses in almost every vertical and have a remarkable track record of success.

In addition to being featured in INC, Forbes, and USA Magazine, Michelle is a Keynote Speaker and makes regular radio and TV appearances on Fox Business News and CNBC. She has spoken alongside many prominent speakers: Eric Trump, Kathy Ireland, Mayor Rudy Giuliani, Donna Karen, Stedman Graham, Randi Zuckerberg, Steve Wozniak, and more. She is the Best-Selling Author of the book “Sell Your Business for more than It’s Worth” and has a new book coming out called “Exit Rich®.”

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https://seilertucker.com/

https://twitter.com/MSeilerTucker

https://www.instagram.com/michelleseilertucker/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/michelleseiler/

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Sam Jacobs, Founder of Revenue Collective | A Community For Sales & Marketing Executives Jan 13, 2021

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Sam Jacobs is one of the leading figures in revenue development at high-growth companies around the world, and is recognized as one of the top go-to-market executives in the country. He is the Founder of Revenue Collective, the leading global community for customer-facing executives, with more than 2,000 members around the world. Sam also hosts the Sales Hacker Podcast, which generates roughly 40,000 downloads per month and has featured guests ranging from Dan Pink to Mark Roberge, and many more.

Prior to Revenue Collective, Sam spent 15 years leading go-to-market teams in the greater New York City area, including serving as Chief Revenue Officer of Behavox and The Muse, Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Livestream (acquired by Vimeo/IAC in 2017), Senior Vice President of Sales and Business Development at Axial, and Managing Director at Gerson Lehrman Group.

He’s helped businesses scale revenue anywhere from $0 to just shy of $300M, and has been instrumental in the raise of more than $1B in institutional capital across various companies. Sam graduated with degrees in Commerce and Economics from the University of Virginia. He lives in the West Village of New York City with his wife and two mostly blind, old dogs.

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https://www.linkedin.com/in/samfjacobs/

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Leven Rambin, Actor | Terminator, Hunger Games, Grey's Anatomy & Just Getting Started Jan 06, 2021

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Leven Rambin is an American actress. She is known for playing look-alike half-sisters Lily Montgomery and Ava Benton on All My Children, and for her recurring roles on Grey's Anatomy and Gone, as well as Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, One Tree Hill, Wizards of Waverly Place, and CSI: Miami.

She appeared in the sci-fi film The Hunger Games (2012) as the District 1 tribute Glimmer, and appeared as Clarisse La Rue in the fantasy film Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters (2013).

Most recently Leven played Kara in The Big Ugly and will be starring in the 2021 film, The Forever Purge.

Rambin is a fashion enthusiast and has written several editorials on New York Fashion Week for Paper Magazine and Page Six. Rambin is very passionate about autism research and awareness as well as the humane treatment of animals. Rambin is also involved with Surf for Life, an organization that creates educational and cultural development projects in coastal communities around the world.

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https://www.instagram.com/levenrambin/

https://twitter.com/levenrambin

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Michael Blanche, Co-Founder of Surfside | Entrepreneur, Identity & Marketing Leader, The Future of Marketing Ecosystems Dec 13, 2020

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Michael Blanche is changing the world of marketing and advertising. Previously CTO at SITO, Head of Product at Momentum and Founder of Comsite, he is a serial entrepreneur who's revolutionizing the way brands can market to customers with Surfside.

Since its inception, Surfside has been on a mission to build an ecosystem of products that make customer acquisition smarter, faster and more engaging for modern brands.

By combining a single customer view with advanced audience modeling, media activation, and cross-channel measurement, Surfside empowers clients to find and attract qualified consumers through monetization of their online and in-store audiences.

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https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelblanche

https://twitter.com/michaelblanche

Bob Burg, Author & Speaker | Influence, Success & Profit: The Go-Giver Way Dec 06, 2020

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Bob Burg shares how a subtle shift in focus is not only a more uplifting and fulfilling way of conducting business but the most financially profitable way, as well. For 30 years he’s helped companies, sales leaders, and their teams to more effectively communicate their value, sell at higher prices with less resistance, and grow their businesses based on Endless Referrals.

Bob regularly addresses audiences, sharing the platform with notables including today’s top thought leaders, broadcast personalities, Olympic athletes and political leaders including a former United States President.

Although for years he was best known for his book Endless Referrals, over the past few years it’s his business parable, The Go-Giver (coauthored with John David Mann) that has captured the imagination of his readers.

The Go-Giver, a Wall Street Journal and BusinessWeek Bestseller, has sold over 975,000 copies. Since its release it has consistently stayed in the Top 25 on Porchlight’s (formerly 800-CEO-READ) Business Book Bestsellers List. The book has been translated into 29 languages. It was rated #10 on Inc. Magazine’s list of the Most Motivational Books Ever Written, and was on HubSpot’s 20 Most Highly Rated Sales Books of All Time.

Bob is the author of a number of books on sales, marketing and influence, with total book sales approaching two million copies.

The American Management Association named Bob one of the 30 Most Influential Leaders and he was named one of the Top 200 Most Influential Authors in the World by Richtopia.

Bob is an advocate, supporter and defender of the Free Enterprise system, believing that the amount of money one makes is directly proportional to how many people they serve.

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https://www.instagram.com/realbobburg/

https://burg.com/

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