No matter what you’re passionate about, Silicon Valley is the place to make things happen. George Sokoloff, who runs a systematic hedge fund in Palo Alto, uses modern advancements of machine learning and applies them to finance – it’s something known as quantitative finance. It’s not just about returns; risk is a big part of investing and it involves a fair amount of decision making if you don’t want to lose everything when the next bear market occurs. Stop throwing darts and use a better way to i

Dare to beyond 100? In the throes of the COVID-19 pandemic, health and hygiene are storming the headlines like never before. Lifestyle choices and lifelong health literacy are key components to having a health span that matches your lifespan. With any luck, todays podcast with Dr. Walter Bortz will put medical professionals out of hospitals and out of business as 100 healthy years becomes the new norm.

Very few entrepreneurs think of growing a business in a practical way. Oftentimes, it’s one person or a small group of friends with nothing more than an idea, the drive to see it come to fruition and not much else when that idea becomes a reality. Luckily for us, Dr. Philippe Bouissou has taken his knowledge of steady business growth and it into a formula for how to improve and align a company for success.

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While many entrepreneurs spend their time dealing with legal issues before getting their product to the market, Chris Broaddus looks like he has gotten Moss AI to market before tackling that. VR and AR have existed for decades in the military, but seem to have had a new recovery as technology has become more available to consumers. Forget about time in front of the computer editing pictures, Moss allows you to defy geometry and understand space so you can virtually interact with your home in real time.

Crystal Callahan may sound crazy to some when she swears that everything good in her life has come from Craigslist, but it’s hard to deny looking at what it has brought her. Years after giving her a foundation to spring from, Jack reunites with Crystal who has become an entrepreneur on both east and west coasts. Now, Crystal is sharing her lessons of success and failure by providing other entrepreneurs with the help they need through her newest startup, Makeur.

Years ago, brothers Peter and Dave Winer created LVT, a company that made the computer more than something that sat on your secretary’s desk. In fact, it could be considered a forerunner to the companies today that use outlining and organization around a hierarchy to create new value. This is the software that allowed computers to weave their way into our daily lives. Listen in to find out more about Peter Winer, the technology that got us here and the technology that is building tomorrow.

Working in production, the creative side and the production side of your brain need tools in order to work together harmoniously. Finding locations, talent and crew while dealing with video costs, filming and post production can take a month for a single production. This is why tech entrepreneur, Fade Ogunro, created Bookings Africa as a way to automate the process of sourcing talent and unlock your earning potential.

Part of being a successful business model is knowing how to expose said model to your customer, understand what is happening in the global market and how to replicate it locally. There’s a whole lot going on in Africa and the opportunities for innovation are endless if funding and resources can come together. Dr. Toye is helping the continent receive these vital resources and unlocking entrepreneurship that will impact the world.

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Welcome to The Valley Current where host Jack Russo knows the journey from starting a business to growing a business is no easy trek. His guest, Joe Cucchiara, is taking his 20 years of real estate knowledge and using it to transform the real estate process with his startup: Bundle Select. Listen in and hear how Joe is bringing the industry together to serve consumers with better efficiency, customer service and technology –all done in a way that still saves them money!

Part of the Silicon Valley magic is people helping people get things that seem highly improbable off the ground. Big ideas only become reality if you have the right people working with you. Hiring talent is an immense challenge to undertake and you’ll need an expert to help you find the person who will work best for your company. Today’s podcast features Joe Cucchiara who is scaling up his business (BundleSelect) and Andrew Gardiner (The HireKey), an expert in helping people find talent as they scale up