Tech vs Media

IN THIS EPISODE:

• Crystal Rose Pierce shares how she began coding at the age of 11.  
• How she has managed to keep her finger on the pulse of whats new, especially with Crypto -- having become involved early around 2012
• How Crystal used her expertise to become one of the wealthiest women in Crypto, named by Forbes one of the top worm in BlockChain, and is often referred to as the 'First Lady of Crypto
• Crystal breaks do...

IN THIS EPISODE:

• WHAT IT'S LIKE FOR A DISRUPTIVE TECH COMPANY TO WORK WITH THE MUSIC AND THE MOVIE INDUSTRY
• ROB GLASER PREDICTS WHO IS A BIGGER COMPANY 5 YEARS FROM NOW: NETFLIX OR ROKU
• WHO HAS MORE USERS IN 2-3 YEARS: INSTAGRAM OR TIK TOK
• WHO IS THE BETTER VISIONARY BILL GATES, STEVE JOBS, OR ELON MUSK?
• WHAT WAS IT LIKE TO JOIN MICROSOFT WHEN IT WAS ONLY 250 PEOPLE?
• WHAT TO DO AND HOW TO SEE THE FUTURE OF TECHNOLOGY BE...

Skogmo began his media career working as a casting intern for big budget films such as Batman Begins and then worked for the creator of Judge Judy in the mailroom, where he sorted through audience-submitted VHS tapes (the “old-school” way of sourcing content).

Now the premiere, fast channel enterprise, Jukin Media wasn’t always an empire. It began as a start-up in Skogmo’s apartment, where his entrepreneuri...

Christy Haubegger, the Executive Vice President, Communications, and Chief Enterprise Inclusion Officer of Warner Media, joins Richard to discuss the process of programming content for a global audience. One of the biggest challenges for a company like Warner Media is ensuring they are catering to an audience on the international scale, rather than solely American media. Christie’s goal is to ensure content refle...

Brock Pierce shares his incredible life stories and lessons he’s learned, from being a former child-actor, becoming a crypto-billionaire, running in the 2020 U.S. Presidential election, and currently running in the 2022 Vermont Senate Race. Pierce grew up in the entertainment field, but after seeing how the future was being shaped by new technology and the internet, he pivoted to gaming, an industry that was booming in the ea...

Mellody started at Ariel Investments as a college intern while at Princeton, and is now Co-CEO. She discusses why she has spent 31 years at Ariel, and how her relationship with Ariel founder John Rogers shaped her college choice, her career, and her outlook on business. She also shares how her husband, George Lucas, has helped shape her understanding of entertainment and film, from spending time at Skywalker Ranch, becoming Yoda&rs...

This week’s special guest is music visionary and executive Marc Geiger: co-founder of Lollapalooza, founder and CEO of Artist Direct, head of World Wide Music for William Morris for 20 years, and current CEO and Chairman of SaveLive. As someone who has been named one of the most important people in music and has worked closely with legends such as Trent Reznor and the Rolling Stones, Geiger is the go-to expert for the current...

Will live music come back as big as it was?  How will live sports be affected?  What’s happening at the nexus of sports and gaming?

Meet Casey Wasserman, Chairman and CEO of Wasserman, Chairman of the Super-bowl in LA next week, Chairperson of the 2028 Olympics coming to LA and a very generous philanthropist following in the footsteps of his grandfather Lew Wasserman the original Media Mogul.

In this episode we wi...

Richard Wolpert, a 35 year veteran of Technology and entertainment (Apple, Disney, RealNetworks, 4xCEO) shares the amazing lessons learned on past, present, and predictions of the future of media and technology, and of how these two categories have and will continue to converge or clash.

Having been on both sides of the technology and media industries for over the last 35 years Richard has learned the good the bad and the ugly. Th...