Franklin Tsung is the founder and principal at BlackCrown Holdings. He also worked as the COO of App Crown, an financial technology platform, and the Founder of TS Equity LLC, all based in NYC. Franklin’s story is interesting because he grew up in a startup culture - Franklin’s father created what became the first online trading platform, used by companies such as TD Ameritrade and Pershing. In our discussion, we talk about Franklin’s journey in creating his companies, his theories on Business as what society is created to do, and of course, how Franklin focuses.

Sam DeBey is a digital animator and a good friend of mine. Sam’s story has brought him from being an art student in San Jose, to living in his mom’s hotel in the Seychelles, to sailing his boat down the eastern seaboard during hurricane sandy. As an animator, he has made videos you might have been exposed to - some with Vin DiCarlo, and others with Ashton Kutcher’s company A-Plus.

We explore how sam maintains his creativity, how he started his life as a freelancer, mistakes he has made and how to avoid them, his method of keeping resolutions, and how he focuses

Ali Hamed (@alibhamed) is a venture capitalist living in NYC, and is a Co-Founder and a General Partner at CoVenture.

In this interview we talk about what CoVenture is and what they’re doing with the World Bank, the easiest email he had to send, what qualities he looks for in founders, and of course: how he stays focused.

Saeed Jabbar is primed to be a creator. Saeed grew up in Guyana, moved to NYC when he was a child - this gives him a particularly interesting perspective on life in the US. We talked about meditation, optimizing his life, his “hyperbolic time chamber”, and how he focuses. Finally, we talk about his new class called “Inclusion”.

In this episode recorded at NYC’s Belgian Beer Hall, I interviewed Luke Willoughby - a go-getter in the media world. Luke found his way to NYC by being very creative with his resume, and worked at media companies to satisfy the left side of his brain, while finding an interesting way to satisfy the right side of his brain. Listen in to hear how luke hustled his way into the NYC media scene,why Eckhart Tolle’s “The Power of Now” is Luke’s favorite book, and how Luke focuses.