The Blake Zonca Podcast: Recent Episodes
Blake Zonca
My mission is to draw on the wisdom of great minds who have come before me and share it with my generation. I've found tremendous value in learning from mentors and I hope to broadcast this process so that others can do the same. I look forward to sharing many great ideas, discoveries, and personalities along the way!
Josh Cliffords is the Founder and CEO of FreeWater, the World’s First Free Beverage Company.
Ethan Baehrend is the president, founder, and CEO of Creative 3D technologies. We talk 3D printing, disruptive tech, and the journey of entrepreneurship.
Preston Brown is an entrepreneur with over 18 successfully operating businesses doing combined annual revenues of over $184,000,000 per year. In this episode Preston tells the story of how he got here and the mindset and strategies that helped him along the way.
EPISODE LINKS:
Preston's Links: https://linktr.ee/theprestonbrown
Preston's TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@theprestonbrown
Preston's IG: https://www.instagram.com/theprestonbrown
Preston's Twitter: https://twitter.com/ThePrestonBrown
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Twitter: https://twitter.com/blakezonca
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/blakezonca
Mike Carr is the 2020 World Champion of Public Speaking of Toastmasters International. If you can't communicate your ideas effectively then it's as if you didn't have them at all. Regardless of what business you're in or what technology you are developing, the ability to communicate is one of the highest leverage skills you can develop. In this episode we cover what it takes to be an excellent public speaker and we also discuss the role of mindset and philosophy when doing anything difficult.
EPISODE LINKS:
Mike's Website: https://www.mikecarrofficial.com/
Mike's Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikecarratx
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Twitter: https://twitter.com/blakezonca
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/blakezonca/
Gordon Daugherty is a best-selling author, seasoned business executive, entrepreneur, startup advisor and investor. He is Co-Founder & Chairman of Capital Factory, a startup accelerator, seed stage venture fund, and co-working facility in Austin, Texas.
Admiral Inman is a retired four-star Admiral, former director of the NSA, former director of Naval Intelligence, former deputy director of the CIA, and he has held many other positions in Washington and the intelligence community.
He has also been actively involved in the private sector, being Chairman and CEO of Microelectronics and Computer Technology Corporation (MCC) and being a board member on Dell and Oracle through their IPOs.
Timestamps
Intro - 0:00
Background in the navy and intelligence community - 1:15
Working with presidents - 10:00
The role of technology in intelligence collection - 19:36
Role of Artificial Intelligence in collection - 25:44
Balancing privacy with security - 28:20
Edward Snowden, Metadata, & Terrorism - 31:10
Russia & Putin’s ambitions - 34:31
China & Xi - 41:44
What is the biggest threat to the world - 55:42
What advice would you give to yourself 70 years ago? - 57:56
Social Media:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/blakezonca
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/blakezonca/
Thanks for stopping by! I’m excited to launch my podcast where I aim to draw on the wisdom of great minds to share with my generation. I've found tremendous value in learning from mentors and I hope to broadcast this process so that others can do the same. I look forward to sharing many great ideas, discoveries, and conversations along the way!