Patrick Lee co-founded Rotten Tomatoes, a leading entertainment website directory focused on films and movies, in 1998, and sold it in 2004 to IGN for $10M. Rotten Tomatoes is one of the top 500 most trafficked sites in the world. Patrick is also the co-founder and former CEO of Design Reactor, an internet marketing firm focused on the entertainment industry. Patrick’s current focus is Hobo Labs, which he co-founded with Lyle Fong, and is a stealth mobile gaming company which raised over $4M from investors. Patrick is currently an advisor for countless technology and gaming startups. He was also named #55 on Bizzabo’s list of “The 100 Most Wanted Speakers at Tech Conferences”.
How To Meditate Without Meditating (For Entrepreneurs)
Meditation is officially mainstream. Something that seemed exclusive to yogis, monks and ninja turtles is now be enjoyed* by everyone from misbehaving children in lieu of detention to top performers on the C level of Fortune 500 companies.
Secret Academy Episode – Jason Mayden
Jason Mayden is the co-founder and CEO of Super Heroic, a business focused on creating quality play performance product, technology and services for elementary school-aged children and their families. Prior to this, he was the senior lead designer of the Air Jordan – the highest grossing Nike shoe in history. During his 13+ year career at Nike, Mayden led and contributed to the creation of innovative sport performance products for athletes and cultural icons such as Carmelo Anthony, Chris Paul, Russell Westbrook, Derek Jeter, and Michael Jordan. Currently, Jason is an advisor and media designer at the Hasso Plattner Institute of Design at Stanford University.
Secret to Success – Jason Arasheben
Before he was designing custom jewelry for celebrities, professional athletes and some of the world’s most elite list clientele, Jason Arasheben was broke and sinking in credit card debt as a sophomore at UCLA Law School. Faced with an immediate need to make money fast, he took a chance and spent his last $400 on wholesale silver trinkets from the LA Design District and began to sell them to girls around campus. By the time he was a senior, Jason’s trinket business had spread to six other college campuses and he was already making more money than most Harvard Law School grads and living in LA gave him access to very high net-worth people. A true entrepreneur at heart, he decided to forgo a career in law and take a life-changing risk to jump full force into the jewelry design business.
Secret Academy Episode – Erik Voorhees
Erik Voorhees is an American/Panamanian startup founder. He is a co-founder and former CEO of the bitcoin company Coinapult, a company that transfers bitcoin via email and SMS. Erik is one of the pioneers of the cryptocurrency movement, founding one of the first bitcoin/altcoin exchange companies – Shapeshift.io. He is also the founder of the controversial betting site, Satoshi Dice, which was sold to an anonymous investor in 2013 for 126,315 bitcoins – valued at $11.5M ($997,762,816.58 as of Nov. 17th). This was considered to be the first big bitcoin acquisition. Erik has appeared on highly acclaimed documentaries such as Banking On Bitcoin and The Rise and Rise of Bitcoin.
Secret Academy Episode – Jessica Butcher
Jessica Butcher is the co-founder and director of Blippar – a leading technology company specializing in augmented reality, artificial intelligence and computer vision. Jessica is a technology entrepreneur with vast experience in bringing forth successful businesses over the last 15 years. Jessica is also an angel investor and was named as one of the Inspiring 50 – most inspiring women in European technology in 2016, BBC’s international list of Top 100 Women of 2014, and Fortune Magazine’s Global Top 10 Most Powerful Women Entrepreneurs of 2012.
The Nitty-Gritty On NDAs: Does Your Business Need One?
Does your business need a non-disclosure agreement? The answer is likely, “Yes!” Non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) help protect a business’s sensitive information from getting stolen or shared without permission. They are contracts that commit contractors, vendors, and other project partners to keep a business’s data and trade secrets private.