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Recommendations to CEOs

Implement a Business Intelligence (BI) tool (Micro Strategies or Tableau)

Define your data strategy.

Outside review of data and data strategy (overcome confirmation bias)

Additional Topics: Define your Data Strategy (ahead of time). Stepping on toes (when data doesn’t confirm assumptions), Data Science, Unstructured Data. Artificial Intelligence, Data Analysis, data miner insult, CIA Text mining, Analytics on demand. How Fortune 100 use data. Saving lives with data analysis. Electronic Health Records (EHR). Digital medical records. Healthcare Industry, Natural Language Processing (NLP), Python Package, NLTK, sentence parsing capabilities. Reverse the question.  Specific question data analysis technique. Proximity search techniques. Sentiment mining, sentiment analysis. start at the back of the book.  Sequential patterns. Radial Method, computational biology and cryptography. Atari AI win. Artificial Intelligence hype vs reality. Reinforcement learning for AI. Genetics. What is AI? How computers interpret audio signals. Digital perception of sound. Difference between BI (Business Intelligence) and AI, Irish Music, Markovian Process, Relational databases, SQL database analytics, association rules, Retail Market Basket Analysis, Data Strategy, Hadoop, clustering algorithms, misaligned technology and corporate strategy, common mistake trying to create user engagement,  Clickthrough rates, CPM, ECPM,  Techniques to overcome Confirmation Bias.

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Guest: Brian Dolan, Host Alex Vorobieff, Co-Host Paul Roberts

Brian Dolan's contact info:

email: [email protected]

website: https://verdantai.github.io/ 

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/buddha314/

During our interview with Don Wynns, VP of OEM and Partnerships at HG Data, host Mark Godley will cover buying trends and the quality of data throughout the past two decades and what the future holds. Other topics we will touch on are: ABM, GDPR, third party data and the ethics of B2B data build processes. We promise this will not be as dry as it sounds! Join us or listen later, but either way, if you are a data wonk you don't want to miss this.

As President and Chief Investment Officer.  Using their proprietary investment strategy they call ROTAROME. Focused on investing vs. speculating, he much prefers investing over speculating. He is fcused on the business, vs. the stock price, which he considers to be investing, as opposed to speculation, which would be a focus on the stock price.   He uses the ROTAROME method of stock analysis as a metric to determine which businesses to focus on and purchase.  ROTA measures the business itself and ROME seeks to evaluate and measure the relative "Cheap or Expensive" current price of the stock. They seek a high number in each over a period of time.  This is a very interesting method of analysis and interview.  We hope you enjoy it.

Listen to Bryan, Portfolio Manager for the Infrastrucure Fund, focusing on utilities, telecom, energy, transportation/Logistics, which are all part of this fund.  These highly regulated sectors represent about 25% of the U.S. economy, and are becoming more key to the economy and political landscapes.  Expecting these assets to become more valuable in the near and longer term future, Bryan makes compelling points re: the future opportunities of this space.  Loaded with misperceptions by investors, Bryan addresses the need to be focused on this strategy.

Meet Paula Steurer:

Behind every great brand is an innovator who refuses to settle for anything less than success. Founding Sterling Public Relations, Inc. in 2008 as a Publicity, Branding and Marketing hybrid, Paula Steurer has earned a reputation for excellence. Committed to her clientele and their diverse brands, Paula’s innovative vision, strategic approach, and tenured industry relationships have played a vital role in propelling each company to the forefront of their respective industries. With a passion for building brand identities and her innate ability to connect, engage and drive brands to the next level, Paula has become a trusted authority among entrepreneurs and executives.

With a dynamic background in all facets of marketing, and a portfolio of clients ranging from start-up companies to internationally recognized brands, Paula’s vast experience provides a comprehensive platform for turning ideas into reality. By custom tailoring a blend of services for each client, based on their individual goals, synergistic campaigns take flight- working progressively to achieve optimum results. Recognized and awarded by discerning organizations, Paula’s service driven and solution oriented philosophy has become synonymous with her namesake brand. Through her leadership, Sterling Public Relations has become the in-demand firm for brands who desire a competitive edge.

About Sterling Public Relations:

Sterling Public Relations, Inc. was founded in 2008 by media maven and strategist, Paula Steurer. Offering comprehensive branding, public relations and marketing solutions for local and national brands alike, Sterling PR specializes in supporting brands in the luxury lifestyle sector. Fusing together dynamic strategy, first class branding and tenured industry relationships, Paula Steurer and the Sterling PR team of seasoned professionals have earned a reputation for excellence. Representing a wide range of brands with diverse needs on both a business to business and business to consumer level, Sterling PR custom tailors service packages for each client to meet their individual goals. All services offered are handled in-house, ensuring seamless operations and efficiency. As a bi-coastal firm, the team is able to support brands across the country with offices in Orange County, California, Dallas, Texas and Manhattan, New York.

Dedicated to giving back to the community, Sterling PR proudly supports the following organizations and their philanthropic efforts: Childhelp, CASA: Court Appointed Special Advocates, CHOC Children’s, The American Cancer Society, JDRF: Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, Second Harvest Food Bank, The OC Food Bank and Working Wardrobes. www.SterlingPublicRelations.com @SterlingPR on Instagram. 

The Zandbergen Report, where wealth strategies and investment wisdom collide, is led by host Bart Zandbergen, and is LIVE every Tuesday at 2pm on OC Talk Radio. The show is also available on iTunes, iHeartRadio, Spotify and Stitcher.

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I was thrilled on this episode, "GDPR WTF And What Now?" to talk to Amy Holtzman, VP, Marketing at Splash.

In recent months we worked with Splash on a webinar and a great guide on GDPR. There's a lot to know so we're continuing the conversation.  Before getting into GDPR, we talk a bit about company culture and building a marketing team from scratch.  Really good insights! Check out "The Uncomplicated Guide to GDPR". One of the things that was kind of fun about working with Splash on this is it that they definitely take a more casual approach. I think GDPR guides sometimes can be a little intimidating and can be very legalese.  This one is different.  Listen in to this episode to hear the latest and what to do next.  You can read a full transcription of this episode on our blog starting Monday, 7/23/18.

Dusty has worked for over 30 years with executives, families, and communitiesas well as with private and public companies. He has trained and coachedexecutives and teams in creating high performance outcomes. Dusty has beena pioneer in the process of creating systemic accountability by aligningleadership and group behaviors with strategy to produce bottom-line results.He has worked and traveled extensively in Europe and the United States. He isthe author of The Heart of Leadership: Twelve Practices of Courageous Leaders,released in an updated, revised edition in paperback and The 7 Acts of Courage:Bold Leadership for a Wholehearted Life. He has written over two hundredarticles on topics such as leadership, team-based creativity, personal mastery,team effectiveness, personal effectiveness and business strategy and writes abi-weekly column for the Triad Business Journal.Dusty is a fellow in the School of Engineering at Virginia Tech, and received hisMasters in Clinical Social Work in Marital and Family Therapy and SystemsManagement from UNC Chapel Hill. He currently lives in Kernersville, NC with hiswife Christine, a family physician. Dusty is the proud father of three youngadults.

Tony-In November 2008, I was driven to Southern California by my brother, and dropped off with a change of clothes and a backpack. To start my life over again after a life long battle with Drug & Alcohol Addiction that was capped off of what I call 18 months of Hell.  I lost a business, multiple homes and ton of money in a business deal with my sister and others.  Eventually living on the streets and in the dessert for 8 months.  Of course, at the time I would tell you it was all “their” fault.  But, today I know I had a lot of responsibility in those relationships and outcomes.  I entered a Sober Living and began my life of Recovery.  Early on I wanted to get a job and realized that even with my 25 years of restaurant experience I was NOW Unemployable.  My record and current circumstances left me HOPELESS.  Then during my early recovery, I started seeking a relationship with a loving God, not the one I had as a child (damning) God put into my life a Christian woman that had multiple businesses that allowed me to work with her in several of them.  At the same time, she was reading the Bible and speaking into my life in a way that was foreign to me.  During one of those days at work we were doing a Wedding Shower for her now Daughter in Law and that is when I met Ann (my wife).  Shortly thereafter while I was riding a train up to Central California to do a Wedding for a family friend, I was praying to God that I just met, what do you want me to do with my life?  He said, start writing.  On that paper had our business name, “Hope Café & Catering” and our Mission: “To reach the outcast, outsourced and overlooked.  To teach them a trade, how to feed themselves, their family and the community.”  I looked down and said, clearly this is from God.  As I had no desire to get back into the restaurant business especially having employees.  I got baptized and in October 2009 asked Ann to marry me.  Much to my surprise she said yes! August 2012, we purchase 50% of an existing catering company as we were waiting on God to show us where and how this “Hope Café & Catering” was going to happen.  It was clear a short time later that God had a plan and it looked nothing like I imagined.  We took on our legal dba.  Hope Café & Catering and today operate out of our 6,000 sq. ft Commercial Kitchen centrally located in Pasadena serving all of Southern California.  Extending that HOPE I was looking for early on to those that feel HOPELESS. out of rehab, having just lost my business and all my money, I was without hope. I am intentional about using the business God has given us to employ people that many business owners may not choose such as the disenfranchised, recovering persons, veterans, people with mental and physical disabilities. HOPE Café has provided food for the Grammys, the Emmy’s, and the X-Games as well as Indy Car and NASCAR events.  Our corporate clients are in the hundred’s including:  Kaiser Permanente, The City of Pasadena, Southern California Edison, Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, Warner Brothers, and The Rose Bowl.  My family lives in the east San Gabriel Valley. 

 

Ann-I was raised in a conservative Christian home, married young and had two beautiful Children.  After 19+ years of marriage, my husband had an extramarital affair, And I found myself in the middle of a messy divorce. This was a painful and agonizing experience, as we were prominent members in Our church and community.  My world came crashing down. I didn’t have time to Wallow in self-pity. I knew that I had to find a way support myself and my two children, Because my e

Show Notes  This week I intend the topic of core beliefs and how they evolve over a lifetime. For example, when a person begins skiing, at any age, the slope provides a giant masterpiece to be explored and experimented with. After time, we find our paths and routes that we most enjoy and so we begin to use them more often.  Before long our skiing experience begins to be limited to the grooves of the path we have laid and son that path becomes a rut which is quite difficult alter.  Now take that example and consider that I have discovered that over the years we have lived the more ruts we have developed in which often there is little room for creativity and change. As a result our lives become comfortable and predictable, when all along there resides deep within a little imp pleading for change and new ways. Some hear that voice and some don’t. I have read that is why retired people are attracted as a means of learning new ways of life and seeing people in other cultures. Their comfort zone is no longer quite as comfortable. Many of us long for something new and something exciting.  But my question is, why wait for retirement? What if we were to attempt to broaden the scope of our lives to include adventuring into areas that were once unacceptable and even taboo? What if we were to experiment with other belief systems, other cultural styles of life, new activities, and a generally open mind to accept beliefs and ways of life that challenge our personal status quos?   You can get more information and regular updates from Charlie at thenextchapter.life

Gray Construction generates $1.3b in annual revenues. Two thirds is repeat business from blue chip companies such as Starbucks, Toyota & Kraft Heinz. James Norris Gray started building barns in central Kentucky and incorporated in 1960.  The company survived his unexpected death 12 years later. His wife mortgaged the farm to keep the company afloat as the next generation learned to lead it. Today, Gray uses its 3 core values to realize its purpose:

"To make a difference in people's lives by creating unforgettable customer experiences and great projects."

Guest Brian Silver, Host Alex Vorobieff, Co-Host Paul Roberts

Topics Covered:

Construction Industry, ESOP, International Customers, Core Values, Purpose Statement, Strategic Planning, Vistage, Using a Facilitator, Strategic Planning, Exponential Growth, Keeping Core Values Alive, Generating Return on Safety, Safety Improving the Bottom Line, Subcontractors, Safety Processes, Working with Different Cultures, Customer Driven, Customer Centric, Investing in Training, Customer Experience, Acquisitions, Culture, Same Page Alignment, Generational Differences, Bringing Core Values Alive, Key Questions, Peter Drucker, Jim Collins, Good to Great, Built to Last, John Wooden, Jack Welch, Ryan Holiday, Ego is the Enemy, The Difference Between Leadership and Management, Stoic Philosophy, Marcus Aurelius,  Confronting Reality, Feedback, Confrontational vs Collaborative, Implementing Software, IT projects, Growing Organically, Growing through Acquisition, Diversification.

 

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