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There’s not much Professor Myron Moskovitz hasn’t done in his 60 years of legal work. You can pretty much say he’s done it all, from being a Supreme Court clerk, legal aid attorney, and law professo…
What does it take to become a litigation street fighter in San Francisco? In today’s podcast, host Jack Russo interviews Ed King, a veteran litigator who has quite a storied career. Ed began his car…
Over the past decade, FinCEN (Financial Crimes Enforcement Network) has been responsible for a lot of reporting about financial accounts, but recently FinCEN has been trying to keep track of who own…
Can Ukraine survive the upcoming US presidential election? While the Ukrainians bravely continue their battle against Russia, most American’s don’t have the foggiest idea of what life is currently li…
What makes leadership work and what makes it fail? It’s an enormous topic to unpack, but one that is sorely needed. The lack of quality leadership showing not just in Silicon Valley, but nationally …
Traditional companies (such as oil, telecom, and automotive) are being disrupted by companies like Amazon, Nvidia, and Tesla, positioning individuals like Elon Musk, Jensen Huang, and Jeff Bezos to …
Can political prediction markets act as a better analyst than polls and pundits? In prediction markets where people bet real money on election outcomes, Donald Trump’s odds of winning another term s…
Does Biden still have a viable shot at winning another term in the White House? As the race for the presidency gets heated so are the prediction markets, and gamblers at predictit.org currently have…
Are SAFE (Simple Agreements for Future Equity) as safe tax-wise as convertible debt? SAFEs were created by Y Combinator to simplify fundraising by avoiding lengthy negotiations associated with conve…
What really happens in a successful Presidential debate? Do we even know anymore? Between Joe Biden’s word salads and Donald Trump lacking substantive content, it’s hard to determine who is the least…
Is there anything more challenging than starting an independent (in franchised) travel business in the midst of Covid-19 and in a foreign county that is difficult to get to and rains heavily half th…
Donald Trump’s taxes (and the tax code in general) have been a major source of controversy for years. Until now, inflating the value of your property to secure better loan agreements then later deva…
The future of Artificial Intelligence boils down to two possibilities: it’s either your average search engine that’s been overblown or it’s an amazing experiment already being leveraged at its infan…
A college degree is no longer a guarantee you’ll land a rewarding, high-paying job. This is what happened in Laos to Phengta Fachalem, whose family sacrificed the farm to get her educated only to f…
As we go through life, the people we meet imprint themselves onto us in unexpected ways. Whether these people were parents who created a chaotic childhood, medical personnel who provided you with su…
The biggest barrier to change has always been culture. When personal computers were new to the workplace, many employees stuffed their computer into a corner and treated it as furniture or viewed it…
Could the Titanic have avoided the fatal iceberg and completed its maiden voyage? It possibly could have been avoided if Bruce Ismay (White Star Line chairman & managing director) hadn’t ignored Cap…
Taxes may be the price we pay to live in a civilized society, but no one, no matter how wealthy they are, likes paying taxes. Many of us are guilty of procrastinating until the last possible moment …
The increasing availability of artificial intelligent companions is a significant turning point in the development of services. AI’s ability to quickly draft documents or instantly find and summariz…