Chasing The White Rabbit

* Casey Lau (Co-Host Rise Conference) and I discuss the conference business post-Covid: * Are people getting Zoom fatigue? * How the conference industry will change post Covid * New competition models such as Clubhouse, Podcasts, Webinars * Revenue models behind the conference industry * Growth areas in the industry

* Maria Nguyen (Founder of the Art of Plating) and I talk about this unique aspect of the culinary experience: * What is plating? * The personal expression involved in serving your food * Simple tactics to up your plating experience * The shift to 'At home' culinary experiences and new business models because of Covid * 3d printing in food

* Dr. Rabindra Watson  (nationally renown medical GI) and I talk about why the Gut is so interesting and as important as the brain, we discuss: * The comparisons of the complexities and unknowns of the Amazon forest to the Gut * How to think about probiotics, vitamins, and supplements * Enhancing your system vs. Fixing your system - and the marketing and lobbying behind the decisions you make * Tips to clean and healthy living * Note: Dr. Watson is a Director of Bariatric EndoscopyInterventional Endoscopy Services, California Pacific Medical Center & anAssociate Clinical Professor of Medicine University of California, San Francisco

* Todd Gitlin of Safire Partners discusses the landscape for start-ups, the funding stages, and valuations, and: * What companies are telling him about recruiting top talent * The qualitative levers to pull to get hired: bring capital, or talent, or customers * New business models are emerging * A list of companies in LA that are hiring * How to tell your story and get through the noise

* This week I get to speak to Matthew Hertz (supply chain guru) on the impact of Covid on supply chains and how that affects the consumer, we talk about: * The archetypes of supply chains AC (After Covid) * Redundancies and contingencies in other places besides China * Some industries have fast-tracked growth by 5 years AC (After Covid) * New business models emerging from pressures on the supply chain * Non-essential businesses using FBA (fulfilled by Amazon) have to look elsewhere * The evolving delivery experience