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About Landon

Landon Loveall is a certified financial planner and dedicated advocate for tech professionals to increase their wealth through financial, investment, and stock option planning. He is a partner of KB Financial Advisors which has been specializing in maximizing stock options for tech employees since 2014.

Landon regularly shares his thought leadership on the KB Financial Advisors blog about the unique scenarios presented by employee stock options. When he's not assisting clients, Landon enjoys kayaking down the Duck River with his wife Melissa and their three children in Columbia, Tennessee.









Today We Talked About



* Financial Planning Basics

* 401K planning

* Maxing out your retirement

* Supplemental Wages

* Taxes

* Investments

* Roth IRA

* Budgets

* Consistence

* YNAB - YNAB









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* Website









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About Lois

Lois’ eighteen years as CEO and co-founder of a workforce analytics and talent management software company, gave her front-row seats to people watching within the corporate habitat. Working with clients around the world developed her deep curiosity around people’s choices and the stories surrounding them.



She continues to collaborate with her software co-founder and husband, Ross. She weaves the stories around his technology vision in their debut novel, titled Moral Code. A science-fiction for readers from book clubs to AI technologists. Bringing strong women in STEM into the possibilities of powerful ethical artificial intelligence has been creative passion project.



Upon selling their company, Lois founded the nonprofit My Future Story and published two children’s books to engage kids in their exploration of career opportunities. “STEM Club Goes Exploring” and “Kids Go To Work Day”.



Lois is now engaged in writing and advocacy for voting rights and civic education. She volunteers with several organizations improving education and many other issues that matter to her communities.



She writes because there are stories to tell and wonders to interpret and translate for others. She believes in science and rejects the concept that embracing technology leads to a dystopian future.



Raised in Iowa and then Missouri, Lois moved to warmer Texas, as soon as she had the power to choose. Her favorite quote is “Live like others won’t, until you can live like others can’t.” Residing on a tree-filled acreage, she seldom writes creatively in a conventional desk chair.







Today We Talked About



* Lois's background

* AI

* Co-founding Software Company

* Reseach for fiction writers

* Moral Code

* STEM

* Leading through the community

* Using Interns properly









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* Website

* LinkedIn

* Book









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About Jeff

Jeff Wetzler is co-CEO of Transcend, a nationally recognized innovation organization, and an expert in learning and human potential.

Wetzler combines unique leadership experiences spanning more than 25 years in business and education, as a management consultant to the world’s top corporations, a learning facilitator for leaders around the world, and as Chief Learning Officer at Teach For America.

Jeff earned a Doctorate in Adult Learning and Leadership from Columbia University and a bachelor’s in psychology from Brown University.

Based in New York, he is a member of the Aspen Global Leadership Network and is an Edmund Hillary Fellow.









Today We Talked About



* Jeff's background

* Ask?

* Learning

* Fear

* Curiosity

* We feel certain

* respect by trying first

* Start with Why

* Make it Safe

* The ASK approach

* 5 Practices



* Choose Curiosity - what can I learn from this person?

* Make it Safe

* Pose Quality Questions - Underutilized questions (reactions)

* How we Listen to the answers - door knob moment

* Reflect and Reconnect - sift it and turn it













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* LinkedIn

* Website

* Book









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About Brandon

Brandon Epstein is a world class Mental Performance Coach with over fifteen years of experience coaching professional athletes, entrepreneurs, and executives. He founded the Jump Rope Dudes Initiative, an online fitness community with over a million members, and is the author of Programmed To Fail: How to Break Through Your Mental Blocks and Achieve Greatness. He lives in in Fort Lauderdale, FL with his wife and two daughters.







Today We Talked About



* Brandon's background

* Chris Weidman

* Don't operate from obligation

* Ego

* Focus

* Mindset

* Jump Rope

* Inspiration vs. Obligation

* Mindset



 







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* Website

* LinkedIn

* Book

* Instagram

* Youtube









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About Dr. Ronald Razmi

Dr. Ronald Razmi, is known as "The Digital Health Decoder," and is a transformative force in the $4 trillion U.S. healthcare industry, providing clarity in the complex landscape and translating science, digital apps, and data into pathways for improved lives.





Dr. Razmi's journey began at the Mayo Clinic over two decades ago, where he became a global leading expert in cardiac patient care. Notably, he has treated current and future Hall of Famers, award-winning actors, heads of state, and world leaders, a testament to his exceptional skills and reputation. Afterwards, he built the software system, cardiovascularmri.com, to serve as a platform for education and training of cardiologists in using MRI in managing their patients. He is a co-author of "Handbook of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Imaging."



As a McKinsey consultant, Ron worked with the world's top life sciences companies in strategy, M&A, and product development. In 2011, he founded Acupera, a population health management software company that enables healthcare organizations to use data, care pathways, and AI to industrialize care delivery and patient management.



Ron is the author of the upcoming book, "AI Doctor: The Rise of Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare" that offers relevant insights into AI's transformative potential, bridging the gap between technology and health.











Today We Talked About



* Ron's background

* AI

* Medicine

* Digital Data Sharing

* Data in the same language

* Short-term, Mid-term, Long-term outlooks

* The future

* Challenges of AI in healthcare









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* LinkedIn

* Website

* Book









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About Elliott





Elliott is CEO of High Alpha Innovation, the leading venture builder that partners with organizations and entrepreneurs to solve big problems through startup creation. Prior to High Alpha Innovation, Elliott led business design at High Alpha, the Indianapolis-based venture studio; he has also worked in innovation and strategy consulting at Innosight, in corporate venturing, and as an entrepreneur to bring new ideas to market. Originally from California, Elliott has a deep entrepreneurial background as a founder, advisor, and investor. He earned a B.S. in Finance from BYU and an M.B.A. from the UCLA Anderson School of Management, where he was a Venture Fellow.











Today We Talked About



* Elliott's background

* Digital Transformation

* Scaling business

* Start-ups

* Efficiency vs Innovation

* Facebook

* Innovation in Nature

* More Experiments

* Faster, Cheaper, Weider.

* Structure your experiments

* Autonomy

* Launch External Startups

* Be surprised by what you learn

* Learning Problem vs. Execution Problem











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* Website

* X

* Book











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