King of Networking

I joke that I'm the king of networking, but my guest today is legitimately the most well-connected person I know. Everywhere I go, *someone* knows her! She's risen up the HR ranks at NBC, Live Nation and now Netflix. Enjoy my conversation with Dorothy Hammond.

Today's guest is a venture capitalist with a long career assessing startup companies, both as an institutional investor at Hummer Winblad and Disney's Steamboat Ventures and as an independent at his own Airwing Ventures. Meet my friend and fellow start-up enthusiast, Dan Beldy.

Anyone with dreams of working in entertainment will enjoy my conversation with Emmy-winning VFX supervisor Jay Worth. His unusual path led to some of the most popular TV shows of the last decade: Westworld, Fringe, Person of Interest, and many, many more.

Creative agency. Hedge fund. Ramen brand. Youth training non-profit. Video game technology. Few people do such a variety of things, but not my friend and serial founder Eden Chen. He'll surprise you with his approach to doing it all.

"When are you going to interview Alan?" I made you wait a few episodes for this fan favorite, but now please enjoy my conversation (first of a trilogy maybe?) with my long-time business partner, friend, mentor and former boss, Alan Beard.

Meet an artist in the midst of "making it." My friend, screenwriter Jeremy Adams, after a decade toiling in obscurity, seems to be launching a new project every month. From CW's Supernatural to Lego projects to Teen Titans Go! to Mortal Kombat, he's on the up and up.

In 2009, she took a chance on two unproven jokesters and helped us get a book deal for Historical Tweets. Didn't know it at the time, but this was the catalyst for everything good that's happened to me since. Meet the legendary Kate McKean, VP of the Howard Morhaim Literary Agency.

A month after our initial interview, Billy and I met again to share a few thoughts on racial inequality, Black Lives Matter and what we can each do in our sphere of influence.

First post-COVID interview: see ya nice podcasting equipment, and hello Zoom! Glad I made the effort to re-connect with Billy Parks, former client, colleague and now good friend. He's made a career of turning his love for creativity and instinct for culture into big business. He's a powerhouse you gotta hear more about.

I stopped by the Disney offices in Burbank, CA to chat with longtime friend and former client Jennifer Miles, Executive Director of Brand Marketing. Recorded on the last day of anyone being in-office, anywhere, ever. #ThanksCOVID