The Jess Larsen Show on Innovation & Leadership

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Smash Virtual Studios & EMC2 Hotel Chicago: Scott Greenberg (co-hosted with Shane Snow) Dec 15, 2022

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Shane Snow joins Jess Larsen and gives the backstory history of his film technology company ShowRunner and how it started his relationship with Scott Greenberg.

Scott talks about his hotels and how he includes entertainment to innovate and provide an immersive customer experience that leaves an impact.

They also discuss how to create an unstoppable product and the best philosophies when it comes to recruiting and retaining the best talents.

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What is this Andreessen Horowitz backed CEO doing differently? Neighbor's Joseph Woodbury Dec 13, 2022

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How Synapse grew to 15m users & processing $67 Billion/yr Dec 13, 2022

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Sankaet is the CEO of Synapse, a fin tech company that reached a $1 billion valuation last year. In this episode he and Jess discuss appetite for risk and tech in its renaissance, product market fit, the importance of becoming an expert in your industry and building great teams early, as well as articulating vision, mission and values of the company.

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Investing in 22 Unicorns & building 2 businesses over $500M: Gaurav Garg, Wing VC Founding Partner Dec 10, 2022

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Gaurav has built 2 companies from 0 to $500 million and invested as an early stage venture capitalist in 20 businesses that went public for over a billion each and 2 others who were acquired privately for over a billion each.

He has appeared on the Midas list for his work as an investor and sits on the boards of 15+ companies.

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CEO of $7B Alcor Fund gives advice on growing internationally Dec 09, 2022

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George shares his experience managing a Fund from Chicago that has a portfolio of companies across multiple continents ranging from Artificial Intelligence, Software, Aerospace, Oil & Gas, Manufacturing, Engineering Services, Investment Banking, and HR Solutions.

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Zero to Billion lessons with Treasure Data CEO Kazuki Ohta Dec 08, 2022

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After originally co-founding and growing to $100m in annual recurring revenue, Kaz has now rejoined Treasure Data as CEO, together with Hironobu Yoshikawa (Chairman) and Dan Weirich (COO/CFO). On the journey to scale the company to $1b ARR, as a Softbank Vision Fund portfolio company.

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“Hook Points”, billions of views & $1 Billion+ for clients: Brendan Kane Dec 07, 2022

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Brendan authored the best selling books One Million Followers: How I Built a Massive Social Audience in 30 Days and Hook Point: How to Stand out in a 3-Second World

He most recently developed The Hook Point Guide to Going Viral and talks to Jess about how to cut through the 200 billion messages per day that go out on mobile and social media so that your organization's message actually reaches your ideal audience.

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How Lululemon's Founder invented a $400 billion industry: Chip Wilson Dec 05, 2022

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Chip’s entrepreneurial and apparel career began on the West Coast in 1979 as Founder & CEO of Westbeach Snowboarding Ltd. After selling Westbeach in 1997, he founded lululemon athletica inc. in 2018, creating an entirely new category of technical apparel now called “athleisure” - a $400 billion global industry. Lululemon went public in 2007, and has a current market cap of approximately $41 billion.

Chip Wilson is a serial entrepreneur, philanthropist, devoted husband and dedicated father to five sons. He creates possibilities for people to live longer, healthier, more fun lives in his pursuit to elevate the world from mediocrity to greatness.

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Kenny Loggins, The LA Dodgers, Oakland A's & Jason Turbow Dec 02, 2022

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Jason Turbow is the bestselling author of four books. His most recent, Still Alright, released in June, is a collaborative autobiography of Kenny Loggins.

His other three are They Bled Blue about the LA Dodgers; Dynastic, Bombastic, Fantastic about the Oakland A’s; and The Baseball Codes

He has written for publications including the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Sports Illustrated and Wired.

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6 Netflix & Hulu Comedy Specials, Movies & Music with Anjelah Johnson Dec 02, 2022

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Starting her career as an Oakland Raiderette, professional NFL Cheerleader, Anjelah Johnson pursued her dream of acting and became an internet sensation with over 100 million views of her viral video, “Nail Salon” which led to many stand-up, television, and film opportunities.

Anjelah signed a record deal with Warner Bros. Records to release a full album titled, “Gold Plated Dreams”, which She’s toured twice selling out both times.

In June 2009 Anjelah recorded her first one-hour special for Comedy Central and Warner Bros followed by 3 more specials picked up by Netflix and Hulu.

Anjelah resides in Los Angeles with her husband and continues to act and tour the country with her sold-out comedy shows.

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