360 One Firm (361Firm) - Interviews & Events

Mark Sanor

361Firm is a global platform to collaborate on investments & philanthropies by/for family offices, institutional investors and thought leaders. Born of a family office’s frustration, inspired by global collaboration of Arthur Andersen and our Alumni Connecting! heritage hosting 360-Roundtables, we are growing a trusted global ecosystem. For context on 360 One Firm (361Firm), our global community is now over 8,000 across Single Family Offices, institutional investors, funds, and CXOs. In 2015, after 10 years with a SFO investing in funds and companies and 10+ as a lawyer and then M&A Partner at Arthur Andersen and EY in Europe, I founded 361Firm. "360" stems from hosting alumni roundtables since 2005 and "One Firm" from the global collaborative culture of Andersen where I and my co-founders were Partners. Since 2015 361 has hosted events in 90+ cities and 22 countries, also since 2019 Weekly Tuesday 11AM ET Macro Briefings, Deep Dives and 10:30AM Global Community Meetups. 361Firm primarily focuses on four areas: (1) Investments via Allocator Sessions (see www.361firm.com/psi2) and our 361Core buy-side member platform (www.361firm.com/core). (2) Raising Capital for Funds and Companies via our broker-dealer platform and syndicate (www.361firm.com/onb); (3) Connecting Strategic Partners and Talent (e.g. CIO Council); and (4) Optimizing Philanthropic Resources and NextGens > Web: www.361firm.com/home > Onboard as Investor: https://361.pub/shortdiag > Onboard Deals 361: www.361firm.com/onb > Onboard as Banker: www.361firm.com/bankers > Events: www.361firm.com/events > Content: www.youtube.com/361firm > Weekly Digests: www.361firm.com/digest FYI, you can subscribe to various 361 events and content at https://361firm.com/subs

  1. 08/27/2025

    361Firm Briefing 281 "Wyoming Wisdom" & Transition to 361Firm.Digital (Aug 26, 2025)

    The Aug. 26 @361Firm Briefing 281 and Meetup covered the Fed, AI, changing global demographics, investing strategies, and the transition to 361Firm.Digital (https://361firm.digital). Video: https://361.pub/A26d Transcript: https://361.pub/a282025transcript Podcast: The 281st 361 Briefing started with the Meetup to introduce 20+ new members* and the transition to 361Firm.Digital on Sept. 1. We also covered Jonathan Pirelli's Distilled Intelligence event in October, Todd Ruppert's new film on wine expert Robert Parker, and real estate market data. In the Briefing, Stephen Burke analyzed the economic impact of demographic changes, particularly in Japan, and the challenges faced by central banks. The discussion also touched on the potential of generative AI, the impact of US policies on international family offices, and the importance of targeted investment strategies. The meeting emphasized the need for a balanced approach to monetary policy and the potential for market melt-ups. We finished with a discussion on 361's revenue-sharing model where members can receive 30-50% for referring in new members. He emphasized the importance of recognizing both originators and chaperones of relationships. Zerrin Aktuna shared her positive experience with referrals. Mark highlighted the importance of leveraging expertise within the community. The meeting concluded with plans for further discussions and follow-ups, including potential events in Capetown and Toronto. *New members who spke included Doug Cunnington, Larry Peterson, Michael Daley, Nicolas Desantis, Sameer Sirdeshpande, Will Hicks, Keith McCall, Troy Neuhaus (Bernstein), Sandy Walsh (Seattle Luxury Real Estate), Lucia Ordonez-Gamero, Nicholas White, Michael Silberberg, Steven Han, John Richmond (Bernstein), Rich Sobel, Susan Weingartner (Cambia Capital), Jonothan Perrelli (Fortify Ventures), Mirla Wade, Beth Servisa, Walter Benadof, Albin George, Jack Wyant, Leslie Bendig, Maleeha Bengali (MB Commodities), Zerrin Aktuna, Mark Sanor, Irina Meyer, Susanna Lindeque, Bill Deuchler, Scott Frohman (Odyseey Elixir), Todd Ruppert, Chris Mayo, Chandler Lewis (360 Social Impact Studios), Trevor Cobb (Avantia Family Office), Jim Sayer (angel investor, retired radiologist) You can subscribe to various 361 events and content at https://361firm.com/subs. For reference:  Web: www.361firm.com/homeOnboard as Investor: https://361.pub/shortdiagOnboard Deals 361: www.361firm.com/onbOnboard as Banker: www.361firm.com/bankersEvents: www.361firm.com/eventsContent: www.youtube.com/361firmWeekly Digests: www.361firm.com/digest

    1h 35m
  2. 07/30/2025

    361Firm Briefing "US Still a Magnet for Capital" Meetup and 361Firm.Digital (July 29, 2025)

    361Firm Briefing "US Still a Magnet for Capital" Meetup and 361Firm.Digital (July 29, 2025) Transcript: https://361.pub/j292025 Video: https://youtu.be/B0nNMwz6ALk Podcasts on Apple (https://361.pub/podcast_apple), Spotify (https://361.pub/spotify), Simplecast (https://361.pub/pods) SUMMARY KEYWORDS Distill Intelligence, startup Summit, Steve Case, Brad Feld, venture speakers, $1 million prize, Lansdowne Resort, 361 Firm, AI platform, family offices, philanthropy, investment memos, collective intelligence, digital platform, personalized dashboard., Generative AI, memory computing, proprietary data, portfolio companies, value creation, co-investment, network leverage, feedback, interpretation, training mechanism, legal docs, engagement, roadmap, decision making, cognitive psychologist. SPEAKERS Stephen Burke, Adam Blanco, Walter Benadof, Giovanni, Michael Hammer, Jason Sonner, Bill Deuchler, Depinder Grewal, Ella Huong, Andrew Fisch, Tim Gallabrant, MICHAEL CONNIFF, Jonothan Perrelli (Fortify Ventures), Austin Fowler, Lubna Dajani, Jose Kreidler, Adam Oestreich, Yasmin Shmuel, Mark Sanor, Sameer Sirdeshpande, Jonathan Clark, Shienne, Chas Walker SUMMARY The 361Firm Briefing and Meetup on July 29, 2025, featured updates on events of 361Firm, provided a Briefing on the US economy in focus and shared the launch of 361Firm.Digital. On events, Mark Sanor introduced Jonothan Perrelli who is hosting his Distilled Intelligence Summit October 14-16 in Virginia, with speakers like Steve Case and Brad Feld. The event aims to bring together 500 attendees, with 100 startups pitching for a $1 million prize. Mark Sanor and Jonathan Perrelli discussed the summit's focus on startups, funders, and operators. The meeting also highlighted the launch of 361Firm Digital, a new AI-powered platform designed to enhance collaboration and decision-making among members, featuring personalized AI assistants and access to relevant deals and content. The meeting discussed the implementation of a memory and governance system using generative AI to summarize and surface insights from past conversations. Yasmin Shmuel highlighted the importance of leveraging proprietary data to enhance decision-making and networking within the firm. Mark Sanor emphasized the need for user engagement and mentioned upcoming one-on-one meetings. Javier Sanchez, the co-founder and head of AI, was introduced. The team plans to refine the AI system based on user feedback to avoid subjective elements and improve accuracy. You can subscribe to various 361 events and content at https://361firm.com/subs. For reference:  Web: www.361firm.com/homeOnboard as Investor: https://361.pub/shortdiagOnboard Deals 361: www.361firm.com/onbOnboard as Banker: www.361firm.com/bankersEvents: www.361firm.com/eventsContent: www.youtube.com/361firmWeekly Digests: www.361firm.com/digest

    1h 33m
  3. 07/28/2025

    Parth Vakil Interview at 361Firm’s Newport Conference - July 2025

    Parth Vakil Interview at 361Firm’s Newport Conference - July 2025 SUMMARY KEYWORDS AI, family offices, investment opportunities, diversification, US-India intersection, Saura Star Capital, Parth Vakil, LP investors, GPS sponsors, asset classes, information advantage, LinkedIn, email contact. SPEAKERS Parth Vakil Parth Vakil 00:00 Parth Vakil with Saura Star Capital. Biggest takeaway, I guess it's interesting hearing everyone's perspective on, I guess the most timely topic there is right now of AI, hearing it from both the family office, LP, investor side of things, and also from GPS sponsors, managers, founders and really, I guess connecting the dots between all those perspectives was super interesting to me. I think sourcing, sourcing and screening are probably the the two biggest opportunities I see in the near term for family offices, with leveraging AI also, I think longer term, it'll allow family offices to diversify across more asset classes than they could otherwise, right? Because you have more information at your favorite tips. Anyone who has any interest in or has ever touched India in in any way, we kind of operate at the the intersection of the US and India. So anything indirectly related to that is in our wheelhouse. Reach me or reach out to me. Find me on LinkedIn. Parth-Vakil@saurastarcapital.com, You can subscribe to various 361 events and content at https://361firm.com/subs. For reference:  Web: www.361firm.com/homeOnboard as Investor: https://361.pub/shortdiagOnboard Deals 361: www.361firm.com/onbOnboard as Banker: www.361firm.com/bankersEvents: www.361firm.com/eventsContent: www.youtube.com/361firmWeekly Digests: www.361firm.com/digest

    1 min
  4. 07/28/2025

    Bruce Pollack Interview at 361Firm’s Newport Conference - July 2025

    Bruce Pollack Interview at 361Firm’s Newport Conference - July 2025 SUMMARY KEYWORDS Newport Conference, Bruce Pollack, business ventures, networking, entrepreneurs, investors, energy, real estate, high tech, AI, Jamaica development, affordable housing, limestone export, strategic partners, South Coast Associates. SPEAKERS Bruce Pollack Bruce Pollack 00:00 My name is Bruce Pollack. I'm the host at this event. I have lived in the Newport area for 20 years, and from the Boston area, I've had many different types of business ventures, starting from restaurants to cell phone technology to real estate, environmental products. So I've been involved in many different types of business, and you know, this was a great event today. Mark did a great job organizing the events and bringing together really a cohesive group of entrepreneurs and investors and interested parties, interested in many different types of investment, from energy to real estate to high tech to AI and so forth. So I found to be a very worthwhile and very positive experience. He's got a great network of people to draw from, and I look forward to working in the future to develop more contacts and networking. So I would say it was very positive events. It was a good use of In other words, a lot it takes. It takes a lot of work to cultivate relationships. So if in one meeting, if you can cultivate several, it's it's a good use of time. So I find it to be as a good use of time great. Some great relationships were made for foster and it was a good opportunity for some of my my fellow organizers that I work with, some some of the people on my team, to sort of meet more of the the audience that we're that we're dealing with, for them to get their name out there a little bit, and an opportunity to network as well. So So overall, I'm very pleased with it and look forward to more events. And it's a great it's a lot of work. I mean, I've, Mark's been here, I've seen the work. We've worked at it. And this was done, by the way, in very short time, because I wasn't supposed to be here. So basically, we did this in like four or five days. So thanks again. Good work. 361 team. And look forward to future endeavors, future networking events. And it's a great social event in terms, in addition to the business, it's a great, just great to talk to people that have similar, similar stories. You know, when you're when you're a visionary. Use that word bullet entrepreneur, because it says a different ring to it. But I find that, you know, you there, there. There aren't a lot of people that really understand that. So ups and downs you go through to get to get somewhere, to get something done, takes quite a bit, probably better sacrifice too, by the way. It's a lot, but, you know, I see, I see it just from this, from Mark's team as well. So we are working on a comprehensive development in Jamaica, a residential, comprehensive development Jamaica encompassing tourist and affordable housing projects as well as limestone export and use of limestone in the country. So we, we have strategic partners in the stone, and we have, we control many properties in Jamaica, and we're, this is, it's a five to seven year plan, which could yield in the vicinity of 5x or higher. 5x would be conservative. So my history is taking properties and getting into deals that people would say, you know, it's not it's not ready, or it's not real. I mean, so forth, so forth. But my belief is that when I see a VIG, when I see something that has the future, that has the potential, that's where I want to be. So LinkedIn or through our website. South Coast associates, SCA Jamaica, gmail.com, 857-222-8157, or LinkedIn. South Coast associates, Bruce Pollock, look forward to any contacts, and we'd be happy to provide any information or come down. Just come on down. Come on down. We'll take a tour. We'll take a ride. Easiest, that's the best way. My uncle told me years ago, you don't you don't talk about it. You You go there. You walk, you, you walk the streets. I grew up in the restaurant business, so um, bought and sold many restaurants in Boston, and you walk the ground, you actually see it for yourself. So thank you again. You. You can subscribe to various 361 events and content at https://361firm.com/subs. For reference:  Web: www.361firm.com/homeOnboard as Investor: https://361.pub/shortdiagOnboard Deals 361: www.361firm.com/onbOnboard as Banker: www.361firm.com/bankersEvents: www.361firm.com/eventsContent: www.youtube.com/361firmWeekly Digests: www.361firm.com/digest

    5 min
  5. 07/28/2025

    Lubna Dajani Interview at 361Firm’s Newport Conference - July 2025

    Lubna Dajani Interview at 361Firm’s Newport Conference - July 2025 SUMMARY KEYWORDS AI ethics, embedded security, privacy, investment decisions, stakeholder perspective, complex problems, agentic safety, autonomous systems, philanthropic investments, commercial reference opportunities, innovation scale, market creation, technology viability, primary market impact. SPEAKERS Lubna Dajani Hi, well, I'm Lubna Dajani. I'm from New York. My background is concentration, AI, particularly AI, ethics team and machine team, embedded security, so semiconductor level and identity and generally privacy. Like always, we're putting quality. Of the people is phenomenal. It was interesting to see how many people, no matter what the conversation was, it always came back to AI, and I think that's great, but I think it's also increases my strong need that I feel for raising awareness and understanding to the impact of how we thinking of AI and the language we use and where we place in our investments. The decisions we're making today will frame the choices we have tomorrow. Where we invest today is going to drive that bubble or the growth of meaningful implementations, but it's I'm delighted to see so many people here that are not only looking to do well. I'm happy to because I have a extensive background in post sectoral collaboration. I am published in on chance of disciplinary collaborations, which really essential when you have a stakeholder perspective that's needed to solve complex problems, challenges that we have today. So I'm here to help anyone think through the implications the safety, the agentic safety, or agentic security of, obviously, of AI and autonomous systems in terms of we also do small investments. And I say small because they are philanthropic more than they are just investments. And so if there's anybody here that wants any help thinking through the process or in scale and creating meaningful commercial reference opportunities that demonstrate the viability of the technologies they're investing in in a way that demonstrates it for the primary market and create impact. That's what we be delighted to do, or just help scale an innovation. If we like it, we'll create a market for it and. You can subscribe to various 361 events and content at https://361firm.com/subs. For reference:  Web: www.361firm.com/homeOnboard as Investor: https://361.pub/shortdiagOnboard Deals 361: www.361firm.com/onbOnboard as Banker: www.361firm.com/bankersEvents: www.361firm.com/eventsContent: www.youtube.com/361firmWeekly Digests: www.361firm.com/digest

    2 min
  6. 07/28/2025

    Chris Lawes - 361Firm Newport July 2025 Interview

    Chris Lawes - 361Firm Newport July 2025 Interview SUMMARY KEYWORDS Chris Lawes, domes.com, immersive environment, Gen AI, content creation, immersive event centers, global community, art, sports, innovation, technology, environmentalism, metaverse integrations, non-traditional experiences, thedomes.com. SPEAKERS Chris Lawes Okay. My name is Chris Lawes. I'm the founder and CEO of thedomes.com I'm from Atlanta, Georgia originally. We're based in Austin, Texas now. And yeah, it's been a fantastic event, as usual, 361 we have a really good time meeting high caliber people from a very wide background of experiences. So specifically for us with the domes, they've always been these beautiful structures that allow you to take an audience into an immersive environment and transport them to other worlds, other worlds of imagination, of education, of knowledge, of entertainment. But content has kind of been the main bottleneck of experiences that are available in those kinds of really intense, large, high resolution environments. So now, with Gen AI, we're able to not only make content much less expensively, we can also make content in real time, so you can actually have an audience going to an immersive environment, and they can generate their own story, their own adventure with their own minds. And Gen AI unlocks that ability that never existed before. Well, what we're doing with the domes is we want to create a very large number of immersive event centers all over the world that will allow you to connect with your local community and also connect with the global community. So if you're into art, if you're into sports, if you're into innovation and technology, whatever it is that your interest is environmentalism, you have a local place you can come together people who are interested in that and learn and experience beautiful, immersive journeys around that subject matter, and you can also connect with the global community of the world that's also interested in that same thing. And so we'll bring the whole world together. We'll bring different cultures and communities together and countries together, and make the world a more prosperous, happy, healthy and uplifting place. Yeah. I mean, we're super happy to be a part of the community and to support all these kinds of events. The domes.com is our domain name. And so anyone that's interested in being either an artist, an investor, a developer, a technologist, someone that wants to create applications on these new layers, Metaverse integrations, you know, just bringing all these new forms of non traditional parts of life, like art and cultural experiences, to the technology world of the metaverse and these in person virtual dome environments just come to website, thedomes.com and there's a form at the bottom, and you can just reach out and say hello, and we'll be happy to know you. You can subscribe to various 361 events and content at https://361firm.com/subs. For reference:  Web: www.361firm.com/homeOnboard as Investor: https://361.pub/shortdiagOnboard Deals 361: www.361firm.com/onbOnboard as Banker: www.361firm.com/bankersEvents: www.361firm.com/eventsContent: www.youtube.com/361firmWeekly Digests: www.361firm.com/digest

    2 min
  7. 07/28/2025

    Meir Rabkin Interview at 361Firm’s 4th Newport Conference - July 2025

    Meir Rabkin Interview at 361Firm’s 4th Newport Conference - July 2025 SUMMARY KEYWORDS AI applications, climate tech, venture capital, Newport Conference, efficiencies, optimization, fundraising, deal flow, impact investing, LPs, family offices, institutional investors, ROI, technology, imagery. SPEAKERS Meir Rabkin - Blue Vision Hello everyone. My name is Meir Rabkin. I am from Montreal. I am the founder of blue vision capital, which is a climate tech venture capital fund that I started a couple years ago. We are in Newport, Rhode Island, in some mansion somewhere off some beach. Can give you more details or not, but it's beautiful, and it's been great connecting with like-minded people. And it's been, it's been a fantastic crowd, and it was an afternoon of really interesting pals. The overall, I would say that what I thought was fascinating is learning about all the different types of applications you could do with AI, from sober dating to, you know, all sorts of various applications, from medicine to technology to imagery. So that was pretty I think at least for me, AI is gonna create a lot more efficiencies in optimization and in a lot of the things that we do, you know, I think as a venture fund, there are a lot of things that are not yet, let's say optimized or efficient. For example, fundraising is one example. I think, deal, flow, sharing, connectivity, which is, I think a lot, a lot of what we shared today. How do you come out of conferences with more connections, with more value, with become more of an ROI? I think that AI could play a really important role. And so pretty excited to see where this takes us. Yeah, we are looking for like minded individuals who are passionate about impact investing. You can subscribe to various 361 events and content at https://361firm.com/subs. For reference:  Web: www.361firm.com/homeOnboard as Investor: https://361.pub/shortdiagOnboard Deals 361: www.361firm.com/onbOnboard as Banker: www.361firm.com/bankersEvents: www.361firm.com/eventsContent: www.youtube.com/361firmWeekly Digests: www.361firm.com/digest

    2 min
  8. 07/28/2025

    Robert Niziol - 361Firm Newport July 2025 Interview

    Robert Niziol - 361Firm Newport July 2025 Interview SUMMARY KEYWORDS Renewable energy, solar energy, battery storage, AI use cases, energy generation, data centers, commercial solar, industrial solar, energy efficiency, grid stability, investment strategies, family office investors, business discussions, political discussions, energy partner. SPEAKERS Robert Niziol All right, another fantastic event, organized by Mark Sanor and 361Firm. Congratulations, guys, guys, well done. And look at this. The value, absolutely beautiful. So congratulations. My name is Robert Niziol. I'm a CEO of Promittens Energy.. We do development, engineering, procurement and construction for commercial and industrial solar and best battery energy storage systems. Today, we talked a lot about AI use cases and different topics, but certainly we discuss in energy, it is estimated that by 2030 I think the AI and the data centers will probably use about 10% of all energy generated in us. That's a huge problem. So being in this sector, I'm very optimistic about the renewable energy because that generation has to happen somewhere. And I still believe that energy coming from solar is still the most affordable. And now, with the with the with the best of the batteries, absolutely great asset, not only provides stability for the grid, but if it's installed behind them, either for the client, it offers savings, but at the same time, also a lot of services for the grid. So yeah, that's what we do. Great conference, a lot of fantastic discussions about business, politics, AI, different investment strategies and things like that. So always great to be here. Absolutely great. Great crowd. Family office investors, happy to be here, and I look forward to attending the next event. Congratulations, guys. Our website is https://www.promittensenergy.com - you can certainly look me up at LinkedIn. Robert Niziol and we open for business. We will would love to be your energy partner for renewable energy. You can subscribe to various 361 events and content at https://361firm.com/subs. For reference:  Web: www.361firm.com/homeOnboard as Investor: https://361.pub/shortdiagOnboard Deals 361: www.361firm.com/onbOnboard as Banker: www.361firm.com/bankersEvents: www.361firm.com/eventsContent: www.youtube.com/361firmWeekly Digests: www.361firm.com/digest

    2 min

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361Firm is a global platform to collaborate on investments & philanthropies by/for family offices, institutional investors and thought leaders. Born of a family office’s frustration, inspired by global collaboration of Arthur Andersen and our Alumni Connecting! heritage hosting 360-Roundtables, we are growing a trusted global ecosystem. For context on 360 One Firm (361Firm), our global community is now over 8,000 across Single Family Offices, institutional investors, funds, and CXOs. In 2015, after 10 years with a SFO investing in funds and companies and 10+ as a lawyer and then M&A Partner at Arthur Andersen and EY in Europe, I founded 361Firm. "360" stems from hosting alumni roundtables since 2005 and "One Firm" from the global collaborative culture of Andersen where I and my co-founders were Partners. Since 2015 361 has hosted events in 90+ cities and 22 countries, also since 2019 Weekly Tuesday 11AM ET Macro Briefings, Deep Dives and 10:30AM Global Community Meetups. 361Firm primarily focuses on four areas: (1) Investments via Allocator Sessions (see www.361firm.com/psi2) and our 361Core buy-side member platform (www.361firm.com/core). (2) Raising Capital for Funds and Companies via our broker-dealer platform and syndicate (www.361firm.com/onb); (3) Connecting Strategic Partners and Talent (e.g. CIO Council); and (4) Optimizing Philanthropic Resources and NextGens > Web: www.361firm.com/home > Onboard as Investor: https://361.pub/shortdiag > Onboard Deals 361: www.361firm.com/onb > Onboard as Banker: www.361firm.com/bankers > Events: www.361firm.com/events > Content: www.youtube.com/361firm > Weekly Digests: www.361firm.com/digest FYI, you can subscribe to various 361 events and content at https://361firm.com/subs