David
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We changed television. We were the first ones who put major talent together and let them just play. The Home Box Office (HBO) people like to know exactly what's going to happen. Putting together talent to jam was a little dangerous. But for me, that was perfect. Having Fats Domino, Ray Charles and Jerry Lee Lewis play together on the same stage with Paul Shaffer as music director and Ronnie Wood, from the Stones, on guitar, was pretty wild. It was an iconic show and broke all the records for Home Box Office subscriber satisfaction. Paul Shaffer had 12 year old fans and 80 year-olds love Ray Charles. It had a demographic that was never beat. I also worked with Sarah Vaughan and Dizzy Gillespie, and did a big Latin show in ‘89. My last big production was Aaron Neville's Christmas in New Orleans with Linda Ronstadt; they have pretty cool voices together. I was the executive producer and producer. I not only put the show together, raised the money, made the deals. I also produced the show itself.
Sharon and Jeff
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We’re really into music. I had a dream when I was a little girl that I’d become an agent to find new and upcoming talent. Jeff plays guitar and I love to sing (not well – I just love it). I was raised on George Benson, Marley and Brubeck. We love going to concerts – we always have music in the house. When someone asks if I want to go to a concert – I always say, ‘I will go to any concert.’
Leticia
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Hi. I’m a little bit of a hummingbird. Reach out to me if you would like help engaging emotionally with your audience, in a meaningful way, whether it is through social media and digital marketing, programming or event development, as well as in developing cookbooks.
Matt
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We were living in Chicago, my wife and I were dating at the time and I started something in early 2007, called Generation Obama to encourage 20, 30 and 40 year-olds to get involved in the campaign. Following the election, I joined the administration and we moved to Washington. That's where we had our kids, Lila and Grant.
Josh
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I walked in as a line cook right before Art Basel and I got absolutely crushed my first two nights. And then the sous chef left for vacation and turned to me and said, 'the station is yours.' Learning by fire was absolutely awesome. I started as a line cook and then I became a roundsman and I learned all the stations, then became junior sous, and then ended up spending a month at Nobu 57 in New York, and then I was promoted to executive sous chef for the new one in Los Angeles. I did all of my major management training with Nobu. The experience was amazing.
Nicolas
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We receive the cannabis from our cultivation site, and we extract it using a proprietary form of extraction that's CO2 based. Everything is measured to the hundredth or thousandth of a gram. This is a science laboratory that's producing medical grade cannabis products. The cannabis oil is refined and processed into various forms of medication, including topical balms, absolutes, and vapor cartridges.
Robbie
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I think the one that stands out was during president Obama's last year in office. He came to the house and we did a private event for him and about 20 people. I was involved in everything from designing the menu to meeting with secret service. It was an unbelievable and humbling experience. When you hear his motorcade roll up, the house is literally shaking, and then all of a sudden he is standing right there in the house. The biggest thing that I remember is when I said, 'Mr. President, I'd like to introduce you to my wife Julie.' I have a photo of that exact moment hanging in our house.
Don
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My goal as a parent was to do the exact opposite of what my parents did. My mother was an alcoholic and kind of a drug addict. My father was an alcoholic. He worked hard, he was a truck driver. He came home and just wanted to get the day over kind of thing. My goal was never to be anything like them and to try to be involved in my children's lives as much as possible.
Jessica
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A vision board is a powerful tool utilizing the law of attraction. It is a board you create that displays images that represent what you want to be, do, or have in your life. A sort of collage in a way, but they are more goal specific. You can also do boards which focus on how you want to feel. The limited space of a board helps you focus on the specific goals or things you want to manifest in your life. You can have multiple boards on different things at one time. With my boys, I’ll grab a small poster board, some magazines, and glue. They are powerful because when you place it in a space where you will see it throughout the day, you are essentially doing visualization exercises each time you look at it. When you visualize, you emit a powerful frequency to the universe, your brain also trains your body for those goals to become your reality.
Robyn
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Right now, I am training a service dog for my daughter. He's a four month old puppy. My daughter has a condition called complex regional pain syndrome. I've trained dogs in the past but not as a service dog. There's a lot of learning on my end going into it and he's super smart and bringing a lot of joy to our family.