Bob johnston podcast

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Chad Anderson

Episode #
15
June 2, 2020
The head of the first venture fund dedicated to investing in the Space industry discusses why it could be affordable for the typical citizen-tourist to travel to space sooner than we think, the partnership between SpaceX and NASA (and NASA's suddenly-sexy brand), the roughly $400 billion being invested in Space-related startups, how early space tourism resembles early airplane tourism...and more.

Venus Williams & Samer Hamadeh

Episode #
14
May 28, 2020
A riff with Zeel CEO and Venus Williams. We covered a lot of topics ranging from what they each do to keep a calm head during times of crisis, to keeping employees (and yourself) fit using virtual environments. How can you combat “tech neck” (if you’re spending too much time hunching over your device like the rest of us!)? Plus, you’ll hear a lot around their incredible entrepreneurial mindset.

Steve Cannon

Episode #
13
May 19, 2020
Atlanta Falcons CEO, Steve Cannon, discusses his leadership style and approach, serving as CEO the Atlanta Falcons and Atlanta United soccer, plus his days at West Point (and why it breeds leaders). We also discuss his living and working in Germany, military lessons in leadership, working for the Arthur M. Blank Group (owner of Falcons) and, last but very much not least...having 9 kids!

Alisha Valavanis

Episode #
12
May 12, 2020
Seattle Storm's CEO Alisha Valavanis talks leadership, reimagining the team the past several years which led to a WNBA championship in 2018, the force of Force 10 (her sports management firm), coming fro ma family with two identical sets of twins (of which she is one)...and lots more.