The Rob McNealy Program

In this podcast interview, Rob and Ben discuss a variety of topics about the facilities management industry; how Ben is dedicated to improving the lives of janitors, and how the Simon Institute is developing new ANSI standards to improve worker safety for janitors.

About Ben Walker

Ben Walker is the Chief Operating Officer for ManageMen, Inc., a leading cleaning industry consultancy specializing in training, transitions, auditing and educational materials. In addition to his consulting work, Walker is the author of ISSA’s best selling book: 612 Cleaning Times and Tasks.

 

Links

ManageMen: https://managemen.com/

Simon Institute: http://simoninstitute.org/

About Calvin Weight

Calvin Weight is the CEO of Coinbook. Prior to starting the company, Calvin studied at Brigham Young University in International Business Finance and then completed his Master's Degree in Finance at the University of Utah. He has worked as a Financial Analyst for many years, but has been involved in markets and trading for even longer. He has traded in Foreign Exchange markets, the stock market, options and futures markets, as well as the Cryptocurrency markets. He was introduced to bitcoin in 2012 and survived the MtGOX bankruptcy, the Cryptsy bankruptcy, and most of the major industry drama over the years. Calvin saw first hand the challenges and problems that individuals face in the crypto industry and decided to create an exchange to solve those problems.

Coinbook is a US-based Crypto Exchange. They went live on Oct 31, 2018, the 10 year anniversary of the bitcoin whitepaper. The problems that Coinbook is solving are making the bitcoin buying experience safe and easy. By creating an account with Coinbook you interact with a simple interface that makes buying bitcoin for a new user very intuitive and understandable. We are going to add coins that don't currently trade for US Dollars so we will bring variety to the space. You'll also earn achievements and get rewarded for trading and doing simple things on the platform. Some achievements will result in money or prizes so don't forget to add your t-shirt size to your profile.

Links

CoinBook Crypto Exchange

Calvin Weight on LinkedIn

In this classic show, Rob McNealy and Tyson Holbrook interview Jonathan Johnson, President of Medici Ventures on cryptocurrency and blockchain technology.

About Jonathan Johnson

Mr. Jonathan E. Johnson, III, has been the President of Medici Ventures, Inc, a subsidiary of Overstock.com Inc. since August 2016. Mr. Johnson joined Overstock in 2002. He served as an Acting Chief Executive Officer of Overstock.com Inc. from February 2012 to April 2013 and served as its Secretary from October 2002 to April 10, 2014. He has been an integral part of Overstock's meteoric growth from a small start-up to a publicly traded company with over $1.8 billion in sales and over 1,700 employees. Mr. Johnson was responsible for legal affairs, finance, SEC compliance, investor relations, government relations, facilities, administrative and eventually, human capital management for Overstock.com Inc. He served as the President of Overstock.com Inc. from July 28, 2008 to February 2013. He served as General Counsel of Overstock.com Inc. since September 2002 and served as its Vice President of Strategic Projects since April 2003. He served as Vice President of Corporate Affairs & Legal and Senior Vice President of Corporate Affairs & Legal at of Overstock.com Inc. From May 1999 to September 2002, he served various positions with TenFold Corporation, including Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President, Senior Vice President and General Counsel. From October 1997 to April 1999, Mr. Johnson practiced law in the Los Angeles offices of Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy and from September 1994 to September 1997 he practiced law in the Los Angeles offices of Graham & James, where his practice focused on mergers and acquisitions, securities offerings, international transactions and general corporate work. From February 1994 to August 1994, he served as a judicial clerk at the Utah Supreme Court for Justice Leonard H. Russon and prior to that, from August 1993 to January 1994, he served as a Judicial Clerk at the Utah Court of Appeals for Justice Russon. He serves as Director of Medici Ventures, Inc. and serves as the Member of Board of Trustees at Utah Technology Council. He served as Chairman of the Board of Overstock.com Inc. from April 10, 2014 to May 09, 2017 and served as its Executive Vice Chairman from May 2013 to April 10, 2014. He has been a Director at PeerNova, Inc since May 22, 2017. He has been a Director of Overstock.com Inc. since May 2013. Mr. Johnson holds a Bachelor's Degree in Japanese from Brigham Young University, studied for a year at Osaka University of Foreign Studies in Japan and received his law degree from the J. Reuben Clark, Jr. Law School at Brigham Young University.

Links

Medici Ventures

Jonathan Johnson on LinkedIn

In this classic show, Rob McNealy interviews David Cohen, founder of TechStars on the success of the business. He also interviews Ron Rice, founder of Hawaiian Tropic on the success of the business.

 

Guy Kawasaki, technology evangelist and author, on his book The Art of the Start.

 

Author of 50 Interviews, on learning about new industries through interviews.

 

Brad Feld, Managing Director of Foundry Group Venture Capitalist on venture capital for startups. He also interviews Bob Arciniaga of Advisory Board Architects on the importance for startups to build boards of advisors.

 

Dan Pink, author of Whole New Mind, Free Agent Nation and editor for Wired.

 

John Hickenlooper, future Governor of Colorado on why Denver is good for startup businesses.

 

Famed author Michael Gerber, Author of The E-Myth, on the recipe for successful startups.