Since the 1970’s Silicon Valley has been the center of technology and entrepreneurship. While those things never belonged to Silicon Valley exclusively, it certainly was the place to be when you launched your startup. Fast forward 50 years and Silicon Valley is still the global powerhouse, albeit upon shifting sands. The SV mentality is on the move and Tampa is the spot for founders and investors in Florida. Marc Blumenthal tells Jack Russo how his venture capital firm, Florida Funders, is turning the Sunshine State into the Startup State.

Covid data is rolling out and though the numbers may differ depending on where you live, we are all learning about how the covid vaccine (or any vaccine) is made and how it works in our bodies. No matter where you stand on vaccine mandates, one good aspect of this discussion has been making health consciousness part of our life in ways we never did before. It’s very possible that the pandemic has become a springboard for younger generations to increase their understanding of the value of good health and medical treatments, ensuring their lives and future generations put quality living at the forefront of their agenda. It is also likely that the millions of Americans who refuse to vaccinate will teach their children similar sentiments. Jack Russo and Leonard Hayflick discuss the future of health literacy in the United States as we move forward in a post-pandemic world.

A steadfast rule of being a judge is remaining impartial to the case before you…. So why did over 100 judges break the law and take on cases where they had financial interests? Part of the problem could lie in that many (if not all) of these judges have a professional manage their investments leaving the judges ignorant of their involvement. It would be a huge undertaking for a new judge to come in and retry all these cases which would take up years of court time, but Jack Russo and Bernie Marren both agree that the losers of these cases want their fair trial. All this data is public but is just now coming to light thanks to the AI that is catching all the bits and pieces humans miss. Has data analytics created enough havoc for the federal judiciary or is this just a small part of a larger problem that goes up to the Supreme Court?

Check out Bernie's inverview on semiconductors HERE.

The people who make us stay with us forever and leave a lasting impression no matter how long or briefly we interacted with them. Bill Fenwick was one of those people for Jack Russo and Dr Leonard Hayflick who was Jack’s first employer and mentor at Davis, Stafford, Kellman & Fenwick and an active proponent of privacy rights for Dr Hayflick. Jack and Len reflect on the impact one man has had on their lives following the passing of Bill Fenwick.

Something plus nothing equals something. This odd mathematical equation is known to investors as the Black-Scholes equation, and it applies to business outside the stock market as well. Plans based on averages are wrong on average, or at least that is the basis of Dr Sam Savage’s book The Flaw of Averages. Any amount of uncertainty in your business plan can lead to unwelcome consequences and what business owners really need is a way to calculate the chances that the average hits their projected outcome and improve that number. Jack Russo asks Dr Sam Savage to explain how Chancification™️ will change the way business is conducted around the world.

Something plus nothing equals something. This odd mathematical equation is known to investors as the Black-Scholes equation, and it applies to business outside the stock market as well. Plans based on averages are wrong on average, or at least that is the basis of Dr Sam Savage’s book The Flaw of Averages. Any amount of uncertainty in your business plan can lead to unwelcome consequences and what business owners really need is a way to calculate the chances that the average hits their projected outcome and improve that number. Jack Russo asks Dr Sam Savage to explain how Chancification™️ will change the way business is conducted around the world.

The price of real estate keeps climbing and the price of money is staying low, but the inflation on goods is getting quite worrisome. Thankfully prime lending rates are safe for now as the Feds have announced we probably won’t see a move on prime lending rates until next year; though there are plenty of other factors that could cause the market to shift and change that projection. To figure out what is going on in California, Jack Russo asks Joe Cucchiara if things are getting better now that Gavin Newsom has been reaffirmed as governor or if Californians are content with getting beat up by the state.

The price of real estate keeps climbing and the price of money is staying low, but the inflation on goods is getting quite worrisome. Thankfully prime lending rates are safe for now as the Feds have announced we probably won’t see a move on prime lending rates until next year; though there are plenty of other factors that could cause the market to shift and change that projection. To figure out what is going on in California, Jack Russo asks Joe Cucchiara if things are getting better now that Gavin Newsom has been reaffirmed as governor or if Californians are content with getting beat up by the state.

Go through history and you’ll find that one of mankind’s greatest missions has always been the quest to conquer death. From the Fountain of Youth to age defying pills and injections, nothing has been able to defy the second law of thermodynamics. While stopping or reversing the effects of aging may be forever out of our reach, Dr Leonard Hayflick believes there are things we can do to benefit the pathways that keep us alive and consequently add to our longevity indirectly. Jack Russo asks if we will be able to do more than manipulate longevity as science progresses or if we will continue to swap one bottle of snake oil for the next.

Go through history and you’ll find that one of mankind’s greatest missions has always been the quest to conquer death. From the Fountain of Youth to age defying pills and injections, nothing has been able to defy the second law of thermodynamics. While stopping or reversing the effects of aging may be forever out of our reach, Dr Leonard Hayflick believes there are things we can do to benefit the pathways that keep us alive and consequently add to our longevity indirectly. Jack Russo asks if we will be able to do more than manipulate longevity as science progresses or if we will continue to swap one bottle of snake oil for the next.