Building The Future Radio Show

Laura Ries is a leading marketing strategist, bestselling author and television personality. In 1994, Laura founded Ries & Ries, a consulting firm with her father and partner Al Ries, the legendary Positioning-pioneer. Together they consult with companies around the world on brand strategy. In addition, they have traveled to over 60 countries from Chile to China and India to Indonesia teaching the fundamental principles of marketing. With Al, Laura is the co-author of five books on branding that have been worldwide bestsellers. Her first solo book, Visual Hammer will be released in March 2012. Visit Ries.com for more info. Laura is a frequent marketing analyst on major news programs from the O’Reilly Factor to Squawk Box. She regularly appears on Fox News, Fox Business, CNBC, CNN, HLN, and is frequently quoted by the Associated Press, Bloomberg, The Wall Street Journal and other news outlets. In addition, Laura writes her own popular blog RiesPieces.com. A graduate of Northwestern University in Evanston

Founded in 2002, Valor Partners is a true search firm - our clients are software and technology companies ranging from the innovative startup to the established market leader -who rely on us to find and attract talent that is hidden; the candidates that are too difficult and time consuming to find or recruit without us. We have over 15 years of dedicated technology search expertise focused on building leadership, sales, and marketing teams for our clients; it's all we do. However, we don't view our service as simply providing candidates to our clients; our true value is in the deep insight we can share: about the candidate, the search strategy, the market, about how we can succeed together. http://www.valorpartners.com https://twitter.com/ValorPartners https://www.facebook.com/ValorPartners

I've spent the past 15 years starting and building businesses. With Andrew's Roadmaps, I run intensive educational boot camps for startup founders. We've had more than 200 CEOs come through our program in the past 18 months. *Founder & CEO of sixdegrees: Original social networking site of 3.5 million members. Sold in December 2000. *Founder & CEO of Joltage, Inc: First company to provide operational support system to wireless networks. *Founder & CEO of I Stand For, Inc. Full service technology ASP to political campaigns and non-profits. Sold in March 2006. *Co-Founder & Chairman of Xtify. Location-based services platform that allows any web site to location-enable their service. Acquired by IBM in 2013. *Founder & Chairman of MeetMoi. The first location-based mobile dating service available across all major carriers in the United States that matches users based on preferences and proximity. Acquired by Match.com in 2014. *Co-Founder & Chairman of Indicative. *Founder of Andrew'

Bank Labs is a combination of seasoned executives with deep expertise in community banking, bank technology and alternative finance techniques. We have been founders/leaders in banks ranging from $200 Million in assets to $1.5 Billion in assets in addition to leading multi-billion-dollar technology companies. Our principals are local business leaders, board members, founders and technology and real estate investors. We experienced first-hand how traditional community banking has evolved; clients now access accounts, apply for loans and pay bills via the Internet. True mobility tools to make bankers jobs more productive have not kept pace. Bank Labs mission is to change that. We create cloud-based solutions that target noisy, spreadsheet-based processes. Bank Labs helps community bankers become more efficient so that they can get back to banking, improve productivity, and allow more time to build relationships. This includes providing technology-based marketplaces to help our community bank clients g

Increasingly, new employees and junior members of any profession are encouraged—sometimes stridently—to “find a mentor!” Four decades of research reveals that the effects of mentorship can be profound and enduring; strong mentoring relationships have the capacity to transform individuals and entire organizations. Organizations that retain and promote top talent—both female and male—are more likely to thrive. But the mentoring landscape is unequal. Evidence consistently shows that women face more barriers in securing mentorships than men, and when they do find a mentor, they may reap a narrower range of both career and psychological benefits. Athena Rising is a book for men about how to mentor women deliberately and effectively. It is a straightforward, no-nonsense manual for helping men of all institutions, organizations, and businesses to become excellent mentors to women. Co-authors W. Brad Johnson, PhD, and David Smith, PhD, draw from extensive research and years of experience as experts in mentoring rel

Frank Connolly is a senior editor at MindEdge Learning, an innovative online education firm based in Waltham, Mass. Before joining MindEdge, Connolly worked as a journalist, covering politics, government, religion, and sports for several alternative media outlets, including Worcester Magazine and the Boston Phoenix. He later spent 25 years as a political consultant and pollster, advising candidates for local, state, and federal office. A graduate of Harvard College, he lives with his wife and two children in Medford, Mass. http://mindedge.com/ https://twitter.com/mindedgeonline https://www.facebook.com/MindEdgeOnline/

We are changing the way that the world collects business information. We use crowdsourcing to gain access to our client's shoppers who then utilize the latest in smart phone technology to deliver near real time access to business information. Field Agent provides better coverage in less time and in a more cost effective solution than current providers of research, retail auditing, data collection and mystery shopping services. Jicco offers instant answers to pressing retail questions. The first platform of its kind, Jicco combines the speed and simplicity of a search engine interface with Field Agent’s mobile crowdsourcing system to generate on-demand photos, information, and shopper feedback from stores across the country. www.fieldagent.net info.gojicco.com/ twitter.com/fieldagentapp http://www.buildingthefutureshow.com/tv-episodes/2017/7/17/rick-west http://www.buildingthefutureshow.com/past-shows/2017/6/29/rick-west http://www.buildingthefutureshow.com/past-shows/2015/11/3/7/rick-west

PLAYLiveEvents on the Play Entertainment Network, joins the wildly successful PLAYDiscover feature along with our popular PLAYAllAccess service, solidifying the Play Network as the best end-to-end solution for all event goers and organizers. PLAYLiveEvents is a powerful tool that uses geofencing technology to connect all event attendees as they arrive at an event inviting them to interact with each other, with the event and with the event organizer on a live social platform. Watch for the fourth and most exciting PLAYEN feature coming soon, PLAYSocial. https://playen.co https://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/playen-discover-your-city/id898624004?mt=8 https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.playentertainment.android.Play

I have been challenging the status quo for as long as I can remember. From being labeled a devil’s advocate in high school to a contrarian in college, I refuse to go with the flow or accept things as they are. Delving into and exploring what others take for granted, I thrive when creating innovative, logical, and elegant solutions. I consider myself a visionary. Growing up in a family of entrepreneurs, it was only a matter of time before I started my own company. As a trained architect with over ten years of experience, I’ve worked internationally on projects in countries including Japan and France, as well as with Hillier, the award-winning firm in Princeton, New Jersey. I have also worked in the health care industry, housing, and urban design. As a teaching assistant at the University of Pennsylvania, I led seminars on planning urban infrastructure systems. While there, I noticed that available methods unnecessarily restricted users’ ability to gain knowledge to make better decisions—too much of the answer

Louise, voted “Baltimore’s Best” Mediator by Baltimore Magazine 2002 and named one of “Maryland’s Top 100 Women” for the years 2004, 2007 and 2009 by The Daily Record, founded Baltimore Mediation in 1993, the first transformative mediation firm in Maryland. The firm offers mediation, facilitation, negotiation, and conflict resolution training. Louise, nationally known for her elicitive design and conflict resolution and transformation skills training and mediation, is one of the originators of “marital mediation” for couples in conflict wishing to preserve their marriages and for “team mediation” for business executives and managers wishing to maintain productivity while working through difficulties. An adjunct Law Professor at the University of Maryland (since 1998), she designed and continues to teach what was the first certificated mediation training course offered by a Maryland law school. At Harvard Law School’s Program on Negotiation, she taught conflict transformation theory, personal reactivity and

Push Payments provides payment processors, banks, and mobile providers the ability to move money in real-time between bank accounts. The slow, painful and complex process of interfacing with large payment networks is no longer an issue with the intuitive Push Payments platform. We provide our clients with the infrastructure necessary to achieve an unprecedented advantage over competitors. Simple, secure and smart API interfaces empower banks and their fintech partners to create better user experiences and best in class market solutions via instant money movement. https://www.pushpayments.com https://twitter.com/pushpayments https://www.facebook.com/PushPayments

Jess Jacobs is an actress, speaker, and advocate known for her work supporting women’s rights globally. She is currently collaborating with Population Services International (PSI) and the Maverick Collective, in partnership with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, to develop advocacy tools that will increase access to safe and legal reproductive care for women internationally. Jacobs speaks frequently on how gender equality can solve our greatest social and economic disparities and she contributes to Thrive Global, The Estia Collective, and more. www.jessjacobs.com https://twitter.com/jessjacobsx https://www.facebook.com/pg/jessjacobsofficial

Robert "Bobby" Klinck is the founder of Klinck LLC, an intellectual property boutique in Washington, D.C. He represents innovators, entrepreneurs, and businesses in intellectual property matters. His practice focuses intellectual property advising, planning, management, monetization, and litigation. Mr. Klinck has significant experience in intellectual property matters. He has assisted clients in developing strategies to monetize their intellectual property and has litigated contested infringement suits. He has represented clients with intellectual property spanning diverse technologies, including systems for the use in electronic commodity exchanges, online advertising, medical devices, computer chips, wireless data transmission systems, and chemical compounds. He is the author of Klinck LLC’s Startup IP Blog, Klinck LLC’s [Non]Obvious Insights Newsletter, and a book entitled Patent Litigation Primer: A Guide For Inventors And Business Owners. Free courses and books here: https://www.klinckllc.com/entrepr

The Blockchain Competition 2017 is a first-of-its-kind event designed to bring together cutting-edge startups, innovative investors and open-minded industry partners in a synergy of blockchain and insurance technology. Held in the heart of Switzerland's Crypto Valley (Zug), the Blockchain Competition offers teams and startups a chance to put their blockchain ideas for insurance to the test - with the possibility of winning $100 000 (no-strings attached) plus a range of other benefits including: free office space/coaching/access to C-level contacts. The Blockchain Competition is initiated by Lakeside Partners & inacta AG. http://www.blockchaincompetition.ch https://www.facebook.com/blockchaincompetition https://twitter.com/blockchain_comp

Co-founder and Chairman/CEO of K4Connect where we provide a "connected-life" software platform serving older adults and those living with disabilities, making their lives simpler, healthier and happier. Raised over $10M in venture capital including such investors as Intel Capital, Sierra Ventures, Reinsurance Group of America, Lowe's Home Improvement and other value added investors. Headquarters in Raleigh, North Carolina (the "Triangle"). Previously co-founded and former Chairman/CEO of AuthenTec, a leading provider of fingerprint sensor and security solutions, acquired by Apple in October, 2012 (only public company ever acquired by Apple). The AuthenTec fingerprint sensor is now the foundation of the iPhone's and iPad's Touch ID. Raised over $70 million in venture capital (including such investors as The Carlyle Group, Texas Instruments, Sierra Ventures, Stonehenge Growth Capital and others), led the company’s successful IPO in 2007 (NASDAQ) and recruited an excellent management team. Helped grow company f

Social entrepreneur and passionate advocate. A champion for accessibility, participation, engagement and inclusion for those with mental health, memory impairment, cognitive challenges, developmental and intellectual needs: all ages. Recreational Respite and its team partners with many organizations globally to maximize program and service development and its delivery, while minimizing the dollars needed to ensure accessibility: http://recrespite.com/outreachprojects/ International keynote speaker, leader, educator and mentor: http://recrespite.com/about-us/our-story/. RBC Canadian Women Entrepreneur Award (nominee): 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017. Co-Creator and Founder of Family Caregivers Unite! http://www.voiceamerica.com/Show/1669 https://twitter.com/recrespite https://www.facebook.com/recreationalrespite

SolBid provides turn-key solar power solutions to businesses nationwide through our proprietarily constructed solar design and proposal application. Matched with our unique set of finance solutions and installation partnering model, SolBid is changing the future of commercial solar power acquisition. http://www.solbid.com https://twitter.com/solbidinc https://www.facebook.com/solbid

Tom Goldenberg is a software engineer, entrepreneur, writer, and speaker interested in developing amazing products for startups and agile companies. He was awarded as a Top Voice in Technology by LinkedIn in 2016, and has appeared on the BBC and numerous podcasts on the subjects of software engineering and entrepreneurship. He is the author of the mobile development tutorial "Build React Native,"​ and is the creator of several iOS and Android apps. Commandiv is an investment platform that allows you to shape your own automated investment strategy, personalized to you. We offer hedge-fund level investment strategies (downside protection, etc.) so that individual investors can get the same value as larger institutions. https://www.commandiv.com https://twitter.com/commandiv https://www.facebook.com/commandiv

After founding Sub Pop, signing Nirvana, and putting Seattle on the map while orchestrating the worldwide Grunge phenomenon, Bruce Pavitt took a step back. He "retired" from the music industry to raise a family on Orcas, a remote island in the Northwest corner of Washington State. It’s a small community, so it wasn’t long before he met musician, producer and tech entrepreneur, Adam Farish. The two bonded over a shared love of music, and discussed what the future of the industry would look like. They agreed it would be participatory, interactive, and mobile. Fast forward 10 years, and iOS technology finally caught up to their shared vision. Soon Adam began to design a new audio format and platform that would allow any listener to remix music on their phone. Adam then showed his prototype to Bruce. Bruce, given his history in promoting regional culture, immediately saw it as a way to revolutionize the music industry. They officially incorporated as 8Stem in 2015, and set out to launch music 2.0. 8Stem is a re

Helped influence the Government to procure national motorways instead of the town by-passes commissioned by the National Roads Authority in 1999. Helped expedite the M50 Motorway and save €400m. This included its realignment: a) near Sandyford Village – so that the village was not enclosed by motorway type roads; b) away from sensitive areas of Finglas, Ballymun and Santry. This enabled this section to open sooner - it was to open 10 years after the Tallaght to Sandyford section but instead was opened 5 years before it; c) at Redcow to remove the last set of lights during its latest upgrade. Played a key role in the Government decision for a Dublin Metro - assembled a Japanese consortium and in 2000 presented to the Cabinet Committee for PPPs a proposal. After the meeting the Cabinet pledged to proceed with a metro. In 2003 presented plans to the Government Oireachtas Joint Committee on Transport on how the cost of a metro could be reduced and also instigated the visit of a Spanish delegation to them. Th