The Look Back sits down to discuss Past, Present and Future Proofing with multi-industry entrepreneur Jay Samit. Jay is an old friend of ours and former music, tech and software executive. He is also stoked about his new best-seller(“FutreProofing” and his prior killer read “Disrupt You”). In our chat, Jay shares a slew of stories about the his time in the music industry, from the Beatles to Napster, along with the rise of music downloads, NFT, Crypto and what it takes to become successful in your own business. So many great tips and insights for budding entrepreneurs.

Before he bought the Dallas Mavericks and took them to a championship and before he was tapped lead shark on top rated tv show Shark Tank Mark Cuban was a networking reseller, coding and connecting companies to networks and we gave him a column at CRN, the tech newspaper I was working on at the time. We cover the round trip and more on The Look Back. come along for a fun ride with America’s #1 Entrepreneur.

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A catch up convo with Bobby Napiltonia as he shares his view from the cockpit of Salesforce Twilio Creative Labs and more. Talk about ‘built for speed’. That’s Bobby. Glad he could slow down for our podcast!

He transformed the industry once - coaching retailers how to sell tech while teaching tech how to sell to traditional retail (former exec with Merisel, Kenfil, HP and many other places). And he continues to transform businesses by advising, consulting and helping others find truth through trust. The passion to find a better path still burns inside this amazing innovator.

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The most suspenseful roller coaster ride of tech has been the evolution of the smartphone and Ed had a huge role in the formation of this amazing industry segment. In the beginning, there was Palm (among others) with amazing tech and UI, and then Handspring, both places where Ed played a major role in directing product, sales and marketing. Come go on a fun ride with us as Ed shares historical perspective to one of the greatest innovations in tech, along with other insights that are compelling and instructive.

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Heidi was the head of T-Maker software - remember them back in the '80s, baby? It was a great word processing program for the Mac - back in the daze when there weren’t many women CEO’s in software or tech. Heidi offers a nostalgic look back to those times with a mix of fun stories and lessons in building teams, tech and a maniacal focus, as a company, on user satisfaction. She readily admits to using many of those criteria as she advises startups in her role as a VC.

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The Look Back sits down with Kathy Kolder, the amazing Co-Founder of the iconic computer superstore chain Fry’s Electronics (which just closed down after 36 years in business). We talk about the evolution of computer products and bringing chips to the increasingly tech-nerd public, along thoughts on being a female executive in the early days of the tech industry.

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Meet my mentor Marty Mazner. I met him in the early daze of the PC Software industry. He was running marketing at AshtonTate (dBase) and later founded Frameworks. But he was also a publisher in the special interest media days as head of Ziff Davis/West. He’s a brilliant marketer and entrepreneur and unstoppable idea machine. We cover some fun turf.

A long overdue update with computer industry legend Dave Freeman, a computer retailing pioneer, a tech collector and social impact photographer. We talk about the early days of computer industry and some huge milestones that Dave and his peers ushered in to the Silicon Valley.

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