Podcast appearances and mentions of jeff vinik

In Episode 123 of The TBD Podcast, Garrett sits down with James Nozar, the former CEO of SPP. Strategic Property Partners (SPP) is the real estate development firm backed by Jeff Vinik and Cascade Investment that led the charge on Tampa's massive $3.5 billion Water Street District, a first-of-its-kind urban project for the city. In this episode, James unpacks how the project came together from scratch, the challenges of transforming empty parking lots into a walkable downtown, and why intentional design, public-private collaboration, and culture matter more than ever. They also talk about the future of Tampa, what's next for Water Street, and the lessons other cities can learn from its success.0:00:00 - Who is James Nozar?0:13:10 - Water Street0:43:16 - Sparkman Wharf0:49:23 - Behind the Scenes of Water Street1:09:58 - The Future of Tampa1:19:17 - Gasworx1:31:39 - Future of Water Street

In episode 100 of The TBD Podcast, Garrett Greco sits down with Jeff Vinik, a pivotal figure in Tampa's transformation. Former majority owner of the Tampa Bay Lightning and the visionary behind the Water Street Tampa development, Vinik has played a monumental role in shaping the city's future. In this conversation, Jeff talks about the challenges of building Water Street Tampa, why it required close coordination with local government, and the lessons learned along the way. He explains how his decisions have impacted Tampa's growth, shares stories from his time with the Lightning, and discusses how the city could look decades from now. If you're curious about the work that goes into reshaping a city and the people behind it, this episode offers valuable insights. 0:00:00 - Intro 0:04:15 - Buying the Tampa Bay Lightning 0:23:40 - Developing Water Street Tampa 0:56:28 - Bonuses for Lightning Employees 1:05:00 - Selling Stake in Water Street

Tampa Bay Business Journal Real Estate Editor Ashley Kritzer shares details from her interview with Jeff Vinik and the soon-to-be new owners of the Tampa Bay Lightning.

In this edition of 32 Thoughts, Kyle and Elliotte kick things off by discussing Jeff Vinik selling a majority stake in the Tampa Bay Lightning while remaining in control for three years. Kyle and Elliotte talk about the aura that is building around the Leafs-Bruins game this Saturday (7:45), and the fallout from the testy exchange between Brad Marchand and head coach Jim Montgomery (12:00). Afterwards, Elliotte unwraps his theory on Elias Pettersson's struggles of late (15:00). Kyle then highlights the Minnesota Wild who are undefeated in regulation this season (29:00). Elliotte briefly talks about the Rangers sending Matt Rempe to the AHL (32:45). Then the guys talk about the Detroit Red Wings who have won three in a row (34:13). The fellas talk about a possible connection between Chad Ruhwedel and Utah HC (38:00). The Final Thought focuses on Shea Theodores extension with the Vegas Golden Knights (41:28). Kyle and Elliotte answer your questions in the Thought Line (47:46).In the final segment of the podcast, Kyle and Elliotte sit down with defensemen Philip Broberg of the St. Louis Blues (1:10:04). Email the podcast at 32thoughts@sportsnet.ca or call the Thought Line at 1-833-311-3232 and leave us a voicemailThis podcast was produced and mixed by Dominic Sramaty and hosted by Elliotte Friedman & Kyle Bukauskas.The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the hosts and guests and do not necessarily reflect the position of Rogers Sports & Media or any affiliates.  

Jeff Vinik's generous gifting and impact; What's next for Endeavor and business predictions around the World Series.

The Tampa Bay Lightning lost their first home game of the season, 4-2 to Minnesota. The Bolts got goals from Brandon Hagel and Nikita Kucherov who has a 7-game point streak to start the season. Conor Sheary cleared waivers and was sent to Syracuse while owner Jeff Vinik announced the sale of part of the team while still maintaining control for the next 3 years.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Tampa Bay Business Journal Real Estate Editor Ashley Kritzer - Jeff Vinik wants to sell the Lightning and Whataburger is coming to Tampa Bay.

In this surprise summer emergency 32 Thoughts podcast, Elliotte Friedman delves into the St. Louis Blues' offer sheets on Edmonton Oilers Philip Broberg and Dylan Holloway. Elliotte also touches on the Toronto Maple Leafs captaincy changing from Tavares to Matthews (13:29). He also unpacks the Cody Glass trade from Tuesday (18:37), and Jeff Vinik beginning the sale process of the Tampa Bay Lightning (19:47). He finishes the podcast tying up a couple loose ends from around the league. Email the podcast at 32thoughts@sportsnet.ca or call the Montana's Thought Line at 1-833-311-3232 and leave us a voicemailThis podcast was produced and mixed by Dominic Sramaty and hosted by Elliotte Friedman.The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the hosts and guests and do not necessarily reflect the position of Rogers Sports & Media or any affiliates. 

The lessons from NBC's big Olympic performance; Jeff Vinik eyeing Lightning transition? Wasserman lands a leader for new property sales division

Pat and Aaron dive into the recent news of Tampa Bay Lightning owner Jeff Vinik selling the team and what it means for the Bolts immediate future. Will Vinik still be in charge of operations? Who will be the majority owner now? What is Vinik's legacy in Tampa Bay? We break it all down here as the NHL offseason rolls on!

Tune in on Monday, 7/3/23, for a S-O-L-O episode of The Doctor Whisperer Show featuring host, Sharon Fekete. This upcoming episode is titled, "Jeff Vinik leaves Water St. & the FREEDOM to design your life." ▪︎ ▪︎ ▪︎ Thank you to our sponsor, SRA 831b Admin, for supporting the show! Click here to learn more: ⁠http://831b.com⁠And thank you to our sponsor, Doc2Doc Lending! Doc2Doc offers personal Loans designed for Doctors, by Doctors, at rates that just make sense. They believe that the traditional lenders overestimate the risk of lending money to physicians, focusing too much on the challenges of their financial past, and giving them insufficient credit for the promise of their financial future. Click here to learn more: ⁠https://lnkd.in/egtuRuxP#entrepreneur #businessofmedicine #podcasthost #WaterStreet #Wellness #Freedom #businessofmedicine #JeffVinik #July4thWeekend --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thedoctorwhisperer/message

ABC News Legal Analyst Royal Oakes discusses the U.S. Supreme Court ruling on affirmative action. Tampa Bay Times Entertainment & Events Reporter Sharon Wynne runs through events around the Tampa Bay area this weekend, including all the big 4th of July events. Tampa Bay Business Journal Real Estate Editor Ashley Kritzer discusses her exclusive report on Lightning Owner Jeff Vinik selling his stake in the company redeveloping Water Street in Downtown Tampa.

In the 7a hour, NewsRadio WFLA Anchor Chris Trenkman runs through today's top stories, including President Biden's visit to the University of Tampa later today. Tampa Bay area schools have been receiving multiple bomb and mass shooting threats. Governor DeSantis responds to Trump's claims that he "groomed high school girls." Tampa Bay Business Journal Real Estate Editor Ashley Kritzer checks in to discuss the Gas Worx development in Ybor City and Jeff Vinik's new penthouse. Ryan runs through more fallout from President Biden's State of the Union address. A Florida bride got a surprise during the exchange of her wedding vows.

Tampa Bay Business Journal Real Estate Editor Ashley Kritzer checks in to tell us about the upcoming groundbreaking for the Gas Worx development in Ybor City, Jeff Vinik's new penthouse in The Tampa Edition, and the demolition underway for the future site for One Tampa.

PODCAST: Jeff Vinik, Owner of the NHL's Tampa Bay Lightning, joins Sports Business Radio for an in-depth conversation. In the 12 years that Vinik has owned the Lightning, the team has made the playoffs 9 times, has been to the conference finals 7 times, has won the Prince of Wales Trophy 4 times and the Lightning won back to back Stanley Cups in 2020 and 2021 and came close to a three peat earlier this year, losing to the Colorado Avalanche in the Stanley Cup Finals. Vinik is widely regarded as the best Owner in the NHL and one of the best team owners in professional sports. He has helped reshape the downtown Tampa Bay area with his vision for developing the area around the arena and he is one of the most community minded team owners in all of sports. LISTEN to this conversation on Apple podcasts or Spotify podcasts. WATCH this conversations on the Sports Business Radio YouTube channel at www.sportsbusinessradio.com. Follow Sports Business Radio on Twitter @SBRadio and on Instagram @SportsBusinessRadio. This week's edition of Sports Business Radio is presented by Rhone, the Official Menswear partner of Sports Business Radio. Rhone makes the absolute highest quality, best fitting and most comfortable performance driven clothing for men. Rhone is offering Sports Business Radio listeners 15% off your purchase - go to Rhone.com and enter promo code SBR15 at checkout to receive 15% off your purchase. #NHL #GoBolts #Owner #Hockey #TampaBay #ChampaBay #JeffVinik #SportsBusinses #SportsBusinessRadio Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Zack Milliron talks about the first week of preseason action for the Tampa Bay Lightning and what could be some areas of concerns showing. Then, he goes into detail why the last week of preseason practice is important for the Lightning as they are about 10 days away from the regular season. Also, special thanks to the Lightning and Jeff Vinik for donating two million dollars towards Hurricane Ian relief efforts.

Tampa Bay Business Journal Real Estate Editor Ashley Kritzer checked in to discuss her recent interview with Tampa Bay Lightning Owner Jeff Vinik, including his work transforming Downtown Tampa.

On the eve of his team's return to the Stanley Cup Finals, with an opportunity for a rare three-peat on ice, business leader, philanthropist and Lightning owner Jeff Vinik joins us. In this episode hosted by TBBJ Real Estate Editor Ashley Gurbal Kritzer, Vinik provides an update on his real estate developments and tells us why Tampa Bay will weather an economic downturn better than most cities.

The shift of founders building startups in other regions outside of Silicon Valley is an interesting trend that has been taking shape especially since the pandemic hit and working with remote employees really hit its stride. So, what does it take to build a thriving tech ecosystem in a city or region? Well, it takes a lot of different components plus you need the people who can execute on a vision. Lakshmi is a builder of these ecosystems from her time in Chicago to what she is doing now in terms of building up a robust startup scene in Tampa Bay, Florida. As CEO of Embarc Collective, she has helped to build out the vision of Jeff Vinik, who is the owner of the Tampa Bay Lighting. Today, Embarc Collective is thriving with a 32,000 sq ft facility and over 100 startups. In this episode of our podcast, we cover: * Detailed advice on how to build out a successful tech ecosystem. * Lakshmi's background story and the foundational years of her career. * Her experience at 1871 which is Chicago's technology hub for over 450 startups. * How she landed her current position at Embarc Collective and what they have accomplished over the past 4+ years. * A deep dive into the tech scene in Tampa Bay. * Three tips on how founders should leverage their own local startup community. * And so much more. If you like the show, please remember to subscribe and review us on iTunes, Soundcloud, Spotify, Stitcher, or Google Play.

My guest today is my friend, Chris Pizzo, Co-Founder and General Partner of Druid Ventures. Druid Ventures is a boutique investment firm focused on Blockchain and Crypto. Druid's team consists of Crypto and Web3 OGs including myself and Scott Melker and LPs ranging from prominent high net worth individuals and family offices. Chris has a background in investing in and working with companies to shape their goals and success. Prior to Druid Ventures, Chris was a Vice President for SCP & CO, a mid-market investment firm. Before his work at SCP and CO, Chris developed and managed the coaching and corporate partnership programs at Embarc Collective, a Tampa-based innovation hub spearheaded by Jeff Vinik. Previously, Chris held the position of Associate at the investment firm Murray-Bertron, LLC. While there, Chris divided his time between working with portfolio companies on operational improvements and sourcing/executing new transactions. Prior to his position with Murray-Bertron, Chris co-founded VitalStream Networks, a remote patient monitoring company seeking to reduce hospital readmissions and achieve the quadruple aim. We discuss a variety of important topics including Druid Ventures, talent acquisition, crypto sectors to watch, early-stage investing, and much more. We begin our conversation by discussing Tampa's burgeoning crypto scene. We also discuss how COVID is decentralizing talent and how Tampa is at the forefront of attracting this new wave of builders. We also touch on how crypto is dominating the mindshare of the youth and attracting them to the space in unprecedented numbers. Our conversation pivots to discuss how crypto has changed the culture around work and the importance of working for a company you believe in. The next major topic we discussed was the possible impact of Biden's Executive Order on Cryptocurrency. Chris discusses how the executive order will lead to more regulatory clarity to open the doors for further investment into the crypto space. We follow our discussion about the Executive Order opening further investment into crypto by discussing the role of venture capital in crypto. Chris discusses why venture investing is vital to help progress the space forward. We also discuss why investing in bear markets is the best time to invest and frameworks for investing during volatile periods. Chris does an excellent job at explaining the market dynamics that exist within venture and how the current inflationary macro landscape is driving valuations artificially higher. Our conversations shift to discuss the future of DAOs. Chris discusses the possible pitfalls for DAOs but also discusses why DAOs are the future. Our next major discussion topic centered around where the next big opportunities could be within crypto. Chris breaks down possible sectors that could be disrupted by blockchain technology and crypto. Our final topic centered around the future of the metaverse and the real-world impact the metaverse is having. Please enjoy my conversation with Chris Pizzo. -- ParaSwap: If you want to make a swap at the best price across the DeFi market, check out https://untoldstories.link/paraswap. ParaSwap's state-of-the-art algorithm beats the market price across all major DEXs and brings you the most optimized swaps with the best prices, and lowest slippage. -- This podcast is powered by Blockworks. For exclusive content and events that provide insights into the crypto and blockchain space, visit them at https://blockworks.co

On this episode of the Startup of the Year Podcast, we hear a fireside chat that Frank Gruber did with Jeff Vinik at our 9th Annual Startup of the Year Summit, which we hosted with Embarc Collective in Tampa, Florida. Aside from standing up Embarc Collective, Jeff is the owner of the back-to-back Stanley Cup Champion, Tampa Bay Lightning. He is also an incredibly accomplished entrepreneur, investor, and philanthropist. His efforts are transforming the Tampa Bay region as it was recently listed by Forbes as a top emerging tech city. Read the article: www.forbes.com/sites/forbestechcouncil/2021/08/24/emerging-tech-cities-in-the-us/?sh=6533935fa917 We also want to mention that we will be livestreaming the event, so if you cannot attend in-person, make sure to watch it on our Youtube channel at: soty.link/ESTYouTube Lastly, we invite you all to join our community today to access the support, expert advice, and resources you need to elevate your startup by going to: est.us/join Thank you for listening, and as always, please check out the Established website and subscribe to the newsletter at www.est.us Checkout Startup of the Year at www.startupofyear.com Subscribe to the Startup of the Year Daily Deal Flow: www.startupofyear.com/daily-dealflow Subscribe to the Startup of the Year podcast: www.podcast.startupofyear.com Subscribe to the Established YouTube Channel: soty.link/ESTYouTube *** Startup of the Year helps diverse, emerging startups, founding teams, and entrepreneurs push their company to the next level. We are a competition, a global community, and a resource. Startup of the Year is also a year-long program that searches the country for a geographically diverse set of startups from all backgrounds and pulls them together to compete for the title of Startup of the Year. The program includes a number of in-person and virtual events, including our annual South By Southwest startup pitch event and competition. All of which culminate at our annual Startup of the Year Summit, where the Startup of the Year winner is announced, along with an opportunity at a potential investment. Established is a consultancy focused on helping organizations with innovation, startup, and communication strategies. It is the power behind Startup of the Year. Created by the talent responsible for building the Tech.Co brand (acquired by an international publishing company), we are leveraging decades of experience to help our collaborators best further (or create) their brand & accomplish their most important goals. Connect with us on Twitter - @EstablishedUs and Facebook - facebook.com/established.us/.

What an amazing night to follow up with the Stanley Cup Champions Tampa Bay Lighting boat parade. The after party was on our show with our distinguished guests emcee Greg Wolf In-game host, Sonya Bryson-Kirksey National Anthem Singer and the owner of a multi generational family owned business right here in the Tampa Bay area. Bobby Newman from J.C. Newman Cigar Co. America's Oldest Family Owned Premium Cigar Maker est. 1895. We talk to our guest about the phenomenal season the Bolts had, the boat parade that was cut a tad short because of heavy rain and what's it like to work for a top notch organization. Plus how Jeff Vinik has brought a community together to not only believe in this organization, but how far his hands has reached out to help. It is a must listen and you will feel as if it is game 5 all over again.

Despite her years of experience consulting for venerable brands, and her celebrated successes leading business development at 1871 in her native Chicago, Lakshmi Shenoy describes herself as a “Starter CEO,” with a propensity to come to the table with as much acknowledgement of the things she doesn't know, as the things she does. And it's that growth mindset that makes her, and the organization she leads, Embarc Collective, perfect partners for aspiring entrepreneurs in the fast-growing tech hub of Tampa, Florida.In her talk with Jesse, Lakshmi discusses the extraordinarily creative paths she's taken—from her first scrappy campaigns to save the earth's rainforests, to turning a sociology degree into a coveted advertising role at Leo Burnett, to finding ways to keep Chicago's graduating business talent from breezing out of the Windy City. You'll hear why she left Chicago to come to Tampa Bay at the invitation of Jeff Vinik, and learn the unique approaches she's taking now as she helps put Tampa on the map as a rising hub for top entrepreneurs in tech.Guest BioLakshmi Shenoy is the CEO of Embarc Collective, where she leads the mission to make Tampa Bay a prime destination for diverse startup talent. Before moving to Tampa, Lakshmi lived in Chicago and served as the Vice President of Strategy & Business Development at 1871, the top university-affiliated business incubator in the world. Prior to 1871, Lakshmi focused on growth strategies for a variety of businesses through previous roles at Prophet Brand Strategy, Time Inc., Procter & Gamble, and Leo Burnett. She earned a Bachelor of Arts in sociology from the University of Chicago, and a Masters of Business Administration from Harvard Business School. Lakshmi was recognized in 2017 as one of Chicago's “20 Rising Brand Stars” by Ad Age.Helpful LinksEmbarc Collective websiteLakshmi on St. Pete X podcastArticle: Jeff Vinik's Embarc Collective innovation hub opens in TampaLakshmi on LinkedIn and Twitter

10 Tampa Bay anchor Ryan Bass and Rob Higgins, president/CEO of the Super Bowl LV Host Committee, complete their game week coverage of Super Bowl 55 from the Tampa Convention Center! On this final podcast, presented by Reliaquest, we hear from NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell who praised Tampa for their success pulling off hosting Super Bowl LV amid a pandemic! The guys also reflect on the recent run of success for Tampa Bay sports teams and welcome in Lightning owner Jeff Vinik to discuss the big game in town, Water Street's makeover and the Bucs run up to the Super Bowl. Plus, PREDICTION TIME for Rob and Ryan!

“Jeff Vinik has mastered the ability of a sports team in a community to have a great organic partnership. He has given so much to this community over the years that it's almost like people's civic duty to give back. And we've been the benefactor of that. ” On this episode of Fired Up, Matt Hill, Vice-President of Premium Seating and Group Sales for Vinik Sports Group, talks about great ownership with a sincere commitment to the players, staff and most importantly – the community. Having grown up in the East coast of Canada, he dreamed of the NHL from the player perspective. He grew up in a rink and played the game for a number of years. It afforded him some opportunities for college and a little bit of a minor pro hockey after that. But quickly realized it was not going to pay the bills long enough and needed to go up and get on with real life. Matt coached for a while at the university where he played and was also running a little player development program for some local youth. He was still involved in the game, but wanted more, he wanted the NHL. Matt’s good friend, Brad Richards, who was playing for the Lightning talk with Matt. It was through that conversation that the front office became his calling. Still involved with the sport he loves and as competitive as ever as part of a winning team. ***IGNITE FAN INSIGHTS*** www.ignitefaninsights.com Ignite Fan Insights observes fans from key sports, their behavior, and their loyalty to the sports they follow. We encourage you to subscribe to Ignite Fan Insights. It's free and you'll receive a steady flow of information allowing you to better understand sports fans along with nuggets of wisdom from sports industry leaders. Your subscription includes: three e-publication reports per year based on surveys with over 3,000 U.S. sports fans; twelve to twenty-four podcasts, e-newsletter, blogs and industry-relevant webinars. Subscribe today at www.ignitefaninsights.com

This week on the podcast, we’ll be rebroadcasting some of our best of 2020, including this conversation with Lightning Owner Jeff Vinik, who joined SBJ Publisher & Exec Editor Abe Madkour at the virtual Dealmakers in Sports conference earlier this month, discussing the state of the reigning Stanley Cup champions, and how the NHL has adapted and continues to adapt during the pandemic.

Featured this week, an interview with the owner of the Stanley Cup-winning Tampa Bay Lightning, Jeff Vinik.

10 Tampa Bay anchor Ryan Bass and Rob Higgins, president/CEO of the Super Bowl LV Host Committee, are joined by a trio of excellent partners that help further our mission of forward, forever, together through sustainability efforts around Super Bowl LV! First up, Jack and Susan Groh of NFL Green help explain all the ways they're working to make Tampa Bay a more beautiful place, thanks to the NFL and sponsors' help. Wait until you hear about how the "golden shovel" arrived on our shores! Next, Florida Aquarium President and CEO Roger Germann stops by to showcase their work with the Super Bowl LV Sustainability Program, and updates us on how the "100 Yards of Hope" coral restoration project is coming along. He has a great Jeff Vinik story, too! And lastly, we welcome back TECO's Rene Gallant to explain the "Sun to Go" program and how it'll benefit our city not just for the big game, but long after the Super Bowl leaves town!

The guys are joined by Britney vanFrankfoort, who talks about winning Budweiser's Bubble contest. They also talk about Jeff Vinik's impact on the Lightning, Jack Eichel, and who you'd like to watch debate from the sports world

Kelly and Andy host Jeff Vinik, Jeff Vinik owns the Tampa Bay Lightning and is the leading developer behind the Water Street Tampa project. The Lightning’s success under Vinik has coincided with the emergence of a development company, Strategic Property Partners (SPP), LLC and its plan to develop approximately 60 acres in downtown Tampa’s south core into a new district entitled ‘Water Street Tampa’. SPP, a partnership between Vinik and Cascade Investment, LLC of Kirkland, Washington, is expecting to deliver approximately $3 billion in investment to bring Water Street Tampa to life and reinvent the blocks surrounding AMALIE Arena into a walkable, 24-7 live, work, play and stay wellness district. Vinik shares lessons learned over his incredibly successful career.

All successful founders, entrepreneurs, or business people have two things in common: integrity and persistence in always getting better at what they’re doing - and these are two traits that most angel investors look at when they’re considering to financially support a startup.That’s exactly what our guest today focuses on – finding people that he knows he could trust and that are willing to go the extra mile for their business. Jeff Vinik is a man wearing many hats and throughout his professional career, he’s managed to switch from being a successful Wall Street investor to then being a hedge fund guy, to joining the real estate industry, to owning a sports team – the Tampa Bay Lightning – and on top of that, to being an early-stage tech investor.Being in Jeff’s shoes is not an easy ride, and it takes a certain discipline in doing your due diligence and learning as much as you can about the industry you’re in or you’re thinking of joining. Today, we discuss his professional journey, why he wanted to switch gears and be part of multiple areas, as well as the types of people that he aims at surrounding himself with.If you’re curious to learn more about Jeff and his early-stage investing, then tune in, and enjoy the show!Some questions I ask:How did you go from hedge fund to real estate? (02:19)How has COVID affected your business? (07:42)How did you get into early-stage technology investing? (12:20)Do you have any stories there about a deal that you invested in that you’d never do again? (16:34)What do you look for in founders? (17:44)What do you do in your spare time? (29:38)In this episode, you will learn:The role Bill Gates plays in Jeff’s real estate ventures. (06:35) Jeff’s thoughts on how the Tampa Bay area is going to evolve post-COVID. (04:40)The four Ds of angel investing. (15:29)Jeff’s experience with investing in eSports. (21:11)The story of Embarc Collective. (24:37) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

All successful founders, entrepreneurs, or business people have two things in common: integrity and persistence in always getting better at what they’re doing - and these are two traits that most angel investors look at when they’re considering to financially support a startup.That’s exactly what our guest today focuses on – finding people that he knows he could trust and that are willing to go the extra mile for their business. Jeff Vinik is a man wearing many hats and throughout his professional career, he’s managed to switch from being a successful Wall Street investor to then being a hedge fund guy, to joining the real estate industry, to owning a sports team – the Tampa Bay Lightning – and on top of that, to being an early-stage tech investor.Being in Jeff’s shoes is not an easy ride, and it takes a certain discipline in doing your due diligence and learning as much as you can about the industry you’re in or you’re thinking of joining. Today, we discuss his professional journey, why he wanted to switch gears and be part of multiple areas, as well as the types of people that he aims at surrounding himself with.If you’re curious to learn more about Jeff and his early-stage investing, then tune in, and enjoy the show!Some questions I ask:How did you go from hedge fund to real estate? (02:19)How has COVID affected your business? (07:42)How did you get into early-stage technology investing? (12:20)Do you have any stories there about a deal that you invested in that you’d never do again? (16:34)What do you look for in founders? (17:44)What do you do in your spare time? (29:38)In this episode, you will learn:The role Bill Gates plays in Jeff’s real estate ventures. (06:35) Jeff’s thoughts on how the Tampa Bay area is going to evolve post-COVID. (04:40)The four Ds of angel investing. (15:29)Jeff’s experience with investing in eSports. (21:11)The story of Embarc Collective. (24:37) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This episode features our Co-Founder, Sharon, and her brother, Sean, as they torture each other about the current Tampa Bay Lightning vs New York Islanders playoff series. According to Sharon, "Sean has always been the HOCKEY black sheep of the family as we all grew up Ranger fans in NY except for Sean." Sean has remained a true die hard Islander fan while Sharon fell head over heals for the Lightning when Jeff Vinik walked in and bought the team in 2010. If you happen to LIKE the Islanders, check out his podcast Hockey Night In New York. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/13th-ave-media/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/13th-ave-media/support

The 16:9 PODCAST IS SPONSORED BY SCREENFEED - DIGITAL SIGNAGE CONTENT   Real estate developers have long used scale models, drawings and photo-realistic visuals to help market their projects, but a massive new urban development in downtown Tampa kicks things up several notches to help lease everything from condos to office space.   The marketing center for the Water Street development is selling a $3.5 billion project that covers 56 acres of prime West Coast Florida property. When prospective buyers walk in, the lights come up on a presentation that blends projection mapping, visualized, real-time data and interactive digital signage.   The centerpiece is an elevated table that has some 450 3-D printed scale-model building, very specifically illuminated by a halo of a dozen laser projectors.   Instead of sales people walking clients through the space, and then heading to a meeting room to talk details, a custom iPad app controls what people see on the model - all drawn from real-time data sets.   I spent time recently speaking with Devin and Caitlin Wambolt, the D and C (I assume) in DCBOLT, the solutions provider that did the projection mapping. They were joined by Dorian Vee of IMERZA, which developed the custom program, sitting on top of 3D gaming technology.   Subscribe to this podcast: iTunes * Google Play * RSS   TRANSCRIPT   All right, so I have three of you on a podcast. I don't think I've done that in the past. We've got folks from DCBolt and Dorian from IMERZA.  DCBolt’s Caitlin and Devin, can you tell me a bit about the company background and how you got to where you are now in terms of what you're doing? Caitlin: Sure thing. So back in 2012, we started DCBolt, Devin and I were actually in Chicago. We were both going to 3D animation school, 3D animators nerds met in the classroom. From that point, we did our first project, we started DCBolt but our first project which was a nightclub in Chicago, where we designed a custom projection map stage, we did custom LED all throughout the nightclub. And from that point on, we were like, we're hooked.  Projection mapping was our baby. And we started getting into more of the custom content aspects of immersive design. Then we slowly found ourselves in Orlando, which is currently where we're based, where we're working with the parts  doing a lot of custom animation, immersive media, things like that. And the rest is history. Devin: Yeah, and this is Devin from DCBolt. Just to piggyback on that a little bit. My personal history and experience and background leading up to the 3D animation school was working for and with a couple of really key large AV integrators up in the Northeast region. So I essentially was getting my schooling on the world of AV and how systems worked, how to design them on a hardware level, the infrastructure requirements, how to run large projects.  At the same time, I was using that knowledge and experience to pay for the schooling needed to do the graphic element, learn the programs, learn the 3D world. And then around 2010-2011 is when projection mapping just started on the radar of people who were kind of familiar with both worlds of how projectors work, how to use them, and also how to make some custom graphics. We were able to start connecting dots and we started seeing some really really cool and interesting, one of a kind projects cropping up on the internet and YouTube. And I had actually just moved to Chicago, freshly in, I don't know, my second apartment, maybe I had a bunch of boxes leftover.  And I was either going to have to break the boxes down, throw them out, or I had just seen this really, really cool. It was actually a facade of a cityscape, projected onto these boxes. I forget exactly what the advertisement was, but it was an advertisement for something. And I remember being very wowed and in awe of this amazing video that I just witnessed on YouTube. And this is back before we had advertisements. This is back in the day and, and so I took the boxes that I had in my living room and I stacked them up in my apartment and I covered them in white paper. And I made my very first attempt at 3D projection mapping just using Photoshop and a projector that I happen to have leftover from a project. One thing led to another and before we knew it... Caitlin: We were creating content for those boxes. Devin: Yeah, we were using that project. I brought that project to the school and we started using it for all the different students to make content for. It was just a fun new thing, a new medium that people hadn't experienced yet. So one thing led to another, we ended up doing a couple nightclubs, made a bunch of videos and then eventually made our way down to Florida to help work on Harry Potter World. Okay, yeah, that technical background is really important. I have run into motion graphic designers who have found their way into digital signage-ish projects, and they're obviously very good at the creative side of things, but they were just completely lost in the woods, when it came to some of the technical things, and particularly going back 9-10 years to the early days of projection mapping, it was really super complicated then. If you didn't know what you're doing, you'd be total deer in the headlights. Devin: Yeah, a lot of it was trial and error, and there weren't a lot of tutorials or people out there to reach out to for help.  Caitlin: No Point cloud. Devin: But that was the fun of it, really, you know, it was raw. And, you know, shortly thereafter, more and more software started becoming available to help with mesh warping and alignment tools and different things like that, which essentially evolved to the point where we were able to do something like we did in Tampa Bay with Dorian and his team. So the brief answer to your question as a background, DCBolt, we really found ourselves in the niche where we speak the language and can really speak to and understand all of the things that a content media team needs to know in order to do their jobs. But we also speak the language and understand all the variables and different aspects involved with the infrastructure that comes along with making these systems.  A lot of people go and do a show or go and do an event and it has to be up and running for 6-12 hours and then they can break it down. When we design a system, we want it to be running 6-12 hours a day for up to 10 years. So there's a lot of different variables and redundancies and different things that we take into account as far as what brands that we choose to use and what kind of equipment we use, what's doing the video processing, the routing, the power backups, remote control, all of that comes into play. And then we can also relate all of those technical details to immediate team or to someone like Dorian’s team who has an amazing team of programmers, and they know everything they need to know about the video game world and we were able to converse with them and go back and forth and figure out the common ground of how to make get them what they need to get us what we need, so we can project on this city. Right, and I would imagine that while you could probably get some gigs here and there in Chicago. If you want steady work with substantial budgets, you really ought to be in a place like Orlando or maybe Las Vegas, something like that, where these are the kinds of shows that as you said, may run for 10 years as opposed to one night for a brand launch or something. Devin: Definitely and never to take away from those. There's just as much work and effort and talent for creating those productions. You know, it's just from our niche standpoint, we really specialize in installations that are meant to be permanently installed, at least or semi-permanently installed and used on a regular basis. We go for bulletproof design. So that's kind of where we set ourselves apart from most other companies that are similar to us. Caitlin: We have the experience of the live show world, but we definitely prefer the permanent installation world. Devin: The integration world, yeah. So, Dorian tell me about your company. Dorian: Hi, I'm Dorian Vee. I'm the co-founder and CTO of IMERZA, an experiential software company with primary focuses in the real estate and real estate development world. And our roots actually grew out of an architecture firm. In addition to a merger, we also have a design firm that's based in Sarasota, Florida. That's been around 30+ years and does a wide range of work from master planning through complex urban mixed use stuff.  And what happened was, a little shy of 10 years ago, we started to look towards interactive, real time 3D tech to really change the decision making process internally. And so we started writing our own software on top of game engines to go through any level of decision you can think of whether it's entitlements and approval decisions or finished selections and things like that. And then we started pulling in all sorts of different data and being able to visualize data in these yet to be physically built environments in the game engine. And what happened was our clients started dragging their potential buyers into our office and ultimately selling million-dollar residences out of our work room, which is, as you can imagine, by no means a residential sales center.  And it happened enough times that we realize there's obviously something there for sales and marketing. And we set out to build out this platform for both real estate developers but also real estate marketing. And actually, Devin and I met several years ago through a mutual friend in Boston. And he introduced me to Devin and we had in mind, for one of our architecture projects, this badass projection maps experience for this interior courtyard of this building. And we brought Devin down to consult on it and see how we could do it. Unfortunately, the Client ultimately wound up not doing it. But what was interesting on the Tampa project, Devin was approached by strategic property partners to consult.  And at the same time, they had approached us for our experiential tech to help them through development decisions. And then when the RFP finally went out, we realized Devin was consulting on it and gave him a call and said, why don't we team up for this? This is just a slam dunk. If we mix what you're doing with what we're doing, it'll be something that's never been done before. All right. So you guys have referenced the Tampa project, so can you give me information on what that was all about? It's up and running now, correct? Dorian: That is correct. The Tampa project is a marketing center. It is the marketing center for a multibillion dollar real estate development in downtown Tampa, Florida. The development itself consists of about 56 acres of privately owned real estate downtown. And the company that's doing it is Strategic Property Partners, for which one of the major partners is Jeff Vinik, who is the owner of the Tampa Bay Lightning and their marketing team has seen some cool projection map city stuff done in other cities worldwide.  They had this idea and they said, “Hey, we want to do something similar to that, but wouldn't it be cool if we could actually just show all of these data sets in real time, whether that be market data, real estate market data, whether that be demographic data, or even traffic data, things like that.” And  nothing like that had been done before in a projection mapping scenario. These were things that we were doing with our technology, just on the game engine side of things. And they wanted to make this the centerpiece of their marketing center. So the concept was that we would 3D print a 16-foot diameter scale model of downtown Tampa, put in all of the buildings they're currently designing, build it modularly so that as their second and third phases get designed, we could then easily replace those buildings. But then projection maps all of this information and data and color and content onto that scale model, while at the same time showing related content on the surrounding video walls to that scale model.  Devin: Yeah, we did about a three month discovery process with SPP directly just to help define an eyesight and determine what is the map boundary going to be, what section of Tampa is going to be, even just to determine whether it was going to be a square versus a circle, you know, how large is this model going to be in the physical room. And then we worked with them and the architects to work backwards from the physical restrictions of the size and height of the ceilings in the room to essentially design a system and find all the proper lensing that we knew would be able to cover this entire model and all of its intricate little surfaces from 360 degrees.  Because their goal was to have people to walk all the way around this model, mitigating as much shadow casting as possible. So we went through a three month process discovery for that, and essentially determined the best approach and the most efficient approach for covering the surfaces from all the different angles with the least amount of projectors needed, but enough to give us the level of detail that we needed, while also doing the best to mitigate as many shadows as possible. Caitlin: Right and it's a fine level of detail. Devin: A very fine balance between the number of projectors, distance of image throws, lensing selections, and then how we kind of use the mapping software to merge that entire world together from the game engine, which Dorian's team worked on. And then we actually developed some custom bits of software to make the game engine talk directly through the projector mapping software.  Dorian: One of the other interesting things was that most projection mapped experiences, at least that I've seen, are meant to be viewed at a distance of at least 10 feet away. Whereas this is a table that you sometimes upwards a room full of 50 people are surrounding and are directly on top of and looking at and because of that it had to be a very, very fine detail of these models. Caitlin: That dual construction of this is really fascinating to me as well because obviously this is a development where things are changing, there are phases that are already on the docket. We're talking about lots of changes. So down to the building, the individual building construction, that was a huge criterion for the client and down to the table being modular. So everything is really designed with room for growth, with room for those changes that we foresee. Devin: Ties right back into us. We really like doing projects that have a 5-10 year shelf life and we enjoy the challenges that are brought forth by making sure we're designing with the future in mind. As the city evolves and develops physically, you look out the window, you see a new building, well, we are prepared with IMERZA to completely update everything both digitally and physically when it comes to the scale model as well. Dorian: Yeah, and that's one of the super cool things about real time rendering, and what really gets me excited about it is if this were to be done, with traditional offline rendering and traditional media capabilities, that would have meant, if one of those buildings gets redesigned, which will inevitably happen, all of that content would have had to have been re-rendered. And then, you know, of course paid for and that would have gotten just extremely pricey. And being able to do this and push through all of this content, in real time at runtime was just such an enormous cost savings to the client then what other traditional media companies were proposing. So when I've seen scale models of new developments, and admittedly I have not had a lot of cause to see many of them, but in my travels, I have bumped into them. They would most typically just be described as a scale model of a set of buildings that may be nested in a larger urban area.  And you can look at it from different angles and see the ones that are colored differently. And the other ones are kind of beige or whatever so you know these are the new buildings. With the property developers who said that's not enough, we need to do more than this to actively sell, is it about sizzle? Dorian: It's about telling a story and showing data and showing how Tampa as a city is growing and the movements of people and where Millennials are settling, how the nearby buildings are performing over time both from a rent perspective, but also like an occupancy perspective.  One of the things that I found pretty interesting and that was a total surprise to me on the data side of things is once we started pulling in these data feeds, and we could then visualize them in a 3D form, not in you know, tabular, Excel sheets and that sort of thing, you start to see things that you wouldn't necessarily have expected, like, naturally, I would have expected that the buildings along the waterfront would have had a higher rent growth year over year. But then when we visualize it on the table, you could see that it actually it's the buildings that are in the downtown core that are actually having higher rent growth. And that's something that you absolutely couldn't do with the traditional scale model. And that was critical for them to be able to get the high priced rents they're looking for. So when you're doing a sales presentation, in a more typical marketing center, you would take the prospective tenants into this area and show them the scale model and show them some elevations and everything else and then go to a meeting room and then run the Excel spreadsheets or PowerPoint decks that show all the different data components that you want to pitch versus this where, I guess, you could do the whole meeting just around the scale model, right? Devin: One of the really great benefits of having the entire model and basically the entire section of the city that's being discussed in this gaming environment as well is that this is as close as we can get to an actual hologram going on and in front of them.  We've also been able to cater very special presentations in different storytelling modes depending on who the viewer is. So if it's a sales meeting versus if there's someone who maybe is interested in buying a condo or something at this top level of the new edition building, versus someone who owns the stadium right there and they want to see...  You know, Coca Cola comes in and they want to know, how is my branding going to look in the city? Well, you know, the immersive platform, we can upload a Coca Cola logo, and then they can visualize it on the model in front of them and all the renderings everything happens in real time. And you know, so depending on who the viewer is, we have many different modes that the presenter can go through to tell the story and they also have the ability to kind of shoot from the head. If something comes up, they can point at a building on a map and it will highlight directly on the model in front of them. They can drop the viewers almost anywhere and show them the view at certain times of a day and stuff that you just couldn't do in any other kind of working environment. Caitlin: Right. Isolating floor levels too, and giving them that first person perspective of what it's going to be like to live in this building or what they're going to see. It’s huge and it makes for a really compelling sales tool.  Dorian: Yeah, and we have just been talking about the super cool part, which is the scale model but as part of the overall deliverable, there are also two touchscreens kiosks that users could navigate this future version of Tampa themselves also in the room, but yeah, just like Devin and Caitlin were saying, it's an incredibly flexible tool for storytelling.  They do have different teams. They've got a commercial team, that's all they care about, and their focus is commercial leasing. And then they have different real estate agencies that are interested in selling different residences. And then they've got a whole advertising team because obviously the stadium is right there. And we wrote a system that allows them to basically take a package of assets of billboards of digital signage, actual video mp4 files, and drop that into the content management system. And what it will do is, it will automatically ingest all of those assets and apply them to what Devin had mentioned, every specific billboard where it's supposed to go and suck in all of those video assets and do it all on the fly. And it is controlled just off a tablet? Dorian: It is off of a custom iPad controller that was written for the project. So who manages the day-to-day? Obviously, you've mapped the data tables and everything, so that's okay. But as you described, you want to put in assets from Coca Cola or whatever, is that a managed service that you guys or one of your companies does or are the people at the real estate company doing that? Dorian: We built a whole content management system that they can themselves upload new content to, they can create their own tours where they can say, I want to play this content then I want to see this on the table and I want to see these videos on the screens. So they can arrange all of that themselves. We haven't quite turned that over to them yet. We're still the gatekeepers on it for the first few months. But once everything's totally solidified, we'll turn that over to them and they will be running it on their own. Devin: And on the systems side we've also built in a bunch of presets on the programming of the actual infrastructure so they can choose lighting presets, audio presets, there's some lighting under the table, they have control of so they can really choose and set select any specific presets they want. That ties back into the video game engine, so when they choose one thing, everything in the room is going to react to it. The lights go down, the sound comes on, the AV system itself integrates seamlessly with it. Dorian: Yeah, for instance when they are talking about the parks and nearby parks, the soft under lighting glow of the table can turn green and you can hear birds chirping in the audio. It's very subtle, but definitely very effective things, creating that overall immersion and experience. So how does your client measure that this is working and that the investment in time and money that they put into this is doing a better job? Dorian: When you see 50 people enter the room and the system is off, everyone comes in, they all surround it. They're all milling about. Everyone's seen the scale model before and then the sales director hits the on button and the lights go dark and that system goes on. And 50 people at once go “whoa!” and start whipping out their phones. It was a pretty good proof of concept for them. Yeah, sure, but there's a CFO in that company who's going to be saying, okay, that's all very nice, I'm glad people are excited, but is this selling more real estate for me? Dorian: Yeah, I mean that is something that will get uncovered over time. Obviously, tools like this are going to be required in the near future. That's exactly why IMERZA as a company was created. The need to explain projects more in depth and the time of just being able to sell off a plan is gone. People expect to be able to experience the future and this project is on a whole nother level. Now six months ago, pre-pandemic, people would have looked at this and said, “okay, this is the future, this is how commercial real estate is going to be sold”, but then pandemic hit and huge swathes of the population started working from home and companies started announcing we're just going to let people work from home forever now and commercial property groups started thinking, “Oh dear god, our leasing rates are going to drop to the floor.” So how does this fit into the “new normal”? Dorian: Yeah, there's a lot of that going on and it's been pretty interesting on the real estate market to see how the pandemic has affected it. Interestingly, the housing markets actually picked up traction, at least in Florida. With the commercial leasing side really, it's not so much that anything has slowed down, they're just rethinking how you design your elevators and how you design the communal areas.  We have not seen from our side any bit of slowdown really even on the investment side. Since COVID hit, we've landed six new projects and surprisingly, we totally expected it to slow down but if anything it's picked up. It was absolutely unfortunate for the SPP guys that the month after this amazing marketing center opened, COVID hit and they had to shut it down but they are open again and they're starting to give presentations again. Fortunately, because a lot of these tools were written in software, they could, during that couple months period where they were down, they could give remote presentations to people that couldn't be there in the marketing center. They could still see the content. They just couldn't see it in person. Go ahead, Caitlin. Caitlin: I was just gonna say yeah, if nothing else, this pandemic has just given so many people all the time they needed to be more creative and more expressive and creating more immersive experiences that will really sell the idea so I feel like, just like IMERZA, DCBolt really hasn't slowed down and now we're seeing even more interest because people have more time to really put more thought into solutions like these. So just piggybacking off of what Dorian said, I think, yeah, if nothing else, the time has been really helpful for a lot of companies to think up more creative solutions. Devin: To be completely honest. Having the little break in time actually gave us the time we needed to get a breather. We were pedal to the metal to get the Tampa project done on the timeline we had and so we feel so blessed that we actually had it done and launched before the timeline. Dorian: Which was a ridiculous timeline by the way. (Laughter) Devin: I forget the total number of 3D printers but at one point, we had over two hundred 3D printers going at the same time for different locations across the country. Caitlin: But it was worth it. Devin: Yeah, it's been a nice breath of fresh air for us. We certainly have many things coming out of this and it doesn't feel like it slowed down, but I'm scared to think of how fast we'd be going right now without the COVID pumping up the brakes.  I'm just looking for the silver lining but I feel like everything's gonna pick back up. I don't think that this is going to be a permanent new world that we're living in and people are always going to want to continue to develop real estate and come up with new marketing centers and new ways of conveying new ideas.  Just by that short pre-COVID one month that we had, we saw so many people get excited in ways that they haven't been excited before about real estate and visualizing data even. A lot of times these are boring conversations that people have in conference rooms looking at spreadsheets, and now they're standing around them actually getting excited about a boring topic like restaurant revenues and things like that, that normally people don't care to even discuss but now they can visualize it. They can say, “Oh, that's where my friend lives down that street. There's a great restaurant. There’s a new footpath there” and it's kind of literally stepping outside of the box gaining a new perspective on, in this case, the entire city, and all the people who are city planning, making big decisions, it gives them the opportunity to look at it from a different perspective, literally walk all the way around it if they want to, and discuss it with everybody in the same room. And I don't think that the value in that is ever gonna go away. Dorian: I think another and it's not related to COVID but more so than the Tampa project, we pushed a lot of technological limits. And there was an enormous amount of innovation that happened on this project both from just the the projection mapping point of view and pushing all of this real time content at the pixel density that we were doing that to just how do you get multiple real time computers with high end GPUs in their frame locked running at 90 frames a second and all of this sort of stuff.  So there was a heck of a lot of innovation that happened, that, that we can carry through into new projects. And what I do find interesting and some of the conversations that we're having with companies is, you know, just these types of experiences are ones that can be enjoyed by people that are standing 5-6 feet apart and shared, immersive experiences. So I do think we'll actually see a bit more of this type of content, whether it's projected onto a table or outward onto the walls or something like that. These types of experiences, I think, we're gonna see more of them. Alright guys, thank you very much for your time. I'm sorry to cut you off there but we try to keep it to 30-35 minutes and I'm sure we could have talked for three hours.

Brian is the co-founder & President of Synapse, Florida's largest technology & innovation conference held in Amalie Arena each year. Before that he successfully escaped two large Fortune 500 / S&P 500 companies to be an entrepreneur himself. Brian knows innovation, he knows entrepreneurship and he came on the show to share his thoughts and ideas on how to survive and thrive in this challenging economy we find ourselves. SPONSOR: SecureStartup (www.securestartup.com) - Secure and easy startup documents between founders and investors.0:25 - Brian discusses how lucky he and his team were to have held the 2020 Synapse Summit in Tampa (Over 7,300 registrants, Sara Blakely keynote) considering the COVID-19 shutdowns that followed soon thereafter.6:25 - SPONSOR SecureStartup (Securestartup.com) - Secure and easy startup documents between founders and investors.12:20 - Survivor-preneurship. This pandemic can give you that push and lead you need toward entrepreneurship. You don’t need to be a born entrepreneur to be a successful entrepreneur.13:40 - Is job security real? People often talk about how risky it is to create a start up but working for someone else is risky as well. COVID-19 has shown us this with 20+ Million Americans filing for unemployment over the last couple of weeks.16:15 - Brian discusses his time in the corporate world and how speaking his mind and taking responsibility for his mistakes siloed him from coworkers.21:10 - Brian talks about why his first company went down in flames and how important that experience was for him.22:15 - Brian talks about Popcorn Apps, one of his early startups.26:50 - Entrepreneurship may not be what you think. Brian talks about how most people overlook how much work goes into being an entrepreneur.31:20 - Opportunity only comes to those that are always seeking it and fighting for it. Sometimes it’s not the opportunity that you expected but if you are constantly looking for it, opportunity will find you.36:45 - “I’d love to find a way to help” - Brian’s words to Jeff Vinik, resident Tampa Bay billionaire and owner of the Tampa Bay Lightning, after cold walking up to Jeff after one of his talks and striking an unsolicited conversation. This bold step was the beginning of Synapse.42:15 - Brian tells the story of how Marc Blumenthal, co-founder of synapse, and he met over barbecue to discuss innovation and connectivity in Tampa Bay.45:40 - “What problem are you solving?” Brian talks about how the best businesses always solve a problem that customers have. What problem is your business solving?48:20 - Brian, a 2006 World Series of Poker competitor, answers the question of luck vs. skill in starting a business through the example of poker. Some see poker as gabling/luck but with proper preparation/skill, you can put the odds in your favor in both poker and business to give you a better chance at success.55:50 - This pandemic is one big cluster of problems. Find a solution to one of the many problems we currently face, and create a business around it. If you see a problem, you see a business.1:03:40 - Brian discusses the two books that he always recommends to someone looking to start a business, ‘The Lean Startup’ by Eric Ries and ‘Made to Stick’ by Chip Heath & Dan Heath. The Lean Startup describes how to build a business on little to zero capital and Made to Stick discusses the importance of storytelling and how to make your business standout in the busy world of business.1:06:10 - Brian discusses his experience with founding agreements and how important they are to the long term success of the business. You have to be willing to work together and fully trust your business partner - if you are having problems constructing your founding agreement, you most likely have deeper issues than the agreement itself.1:11:15 - You (the business) are not the hero in the story of the purchase. You are the guide that helps the hero (the customer) overcome the problem that they are faced with. Too many businesses try to make themselves the hero. Seek to help, not to get the attention of your customer, and you will win their business. 1:19:30 - The rich get richer. But if you don’t have money to invest what do you do?... Invest in yourself. Use this time to dig your well before you’re thirsty and take action steps to create opportunities for yourself.1:23:30 - The people who do the opposite of the rest of the world are the ones who usually end up being massively successful. When people are slowing down, that’s the time to speed up. Now is the time to speed up and get in on the ground floor of this new normal that we find ourselves.1:26:00 - Should I reduce prices during a pandemic? Your discounted price is your true price. If you drop your price now, customers will expect the reduced price from now on.ClosingSynapse Summit: https://synapsefl.com/summit/Allen's Book 'Quit to Start': www.quittostart.com

Today we sit down with Frank Carriera, Executive Vice President at CBRE. He leads the firm’s multifamily investment sales platform in Tampa Bay, the market with the highest net migration rate in all of the Southeast.     Listeners will hear how Tampa’s multifamily growth stems from its increasingly diversified economy, impressive job creation spearheaded by the financial, tech, and healthcare industries. Infrastructure investments from the likes of Tampa Bay Lightning owner, Jeff Vinik, have also helped.     In our conversation, Frank highlights some of the market’s most promising neighborhoods for multifamily investments such as the burgeoning Tampa Heights.  We also discuss the keys to capitalizing on Tampa’s deal opportunities: using technology to add value, the importance of—and how to select—high quality property management, and managing around the pipeline of new supply.     Ultimately this episode offers deep insight into a dynamic and growing market.    Note: this episode was recorded before the Coronavirus outbreak, so some of the market quotes may be different, but the drivers are not... Do you have a question you'd like answered on the next episode? Let us know what it is, call: 646-450-1833 Hope you enjoyed the podcast! Please leave a short review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes. It's quick to do, and helps improve the show - Click HERE to leave a review.   Get the latest updates on Instagram and Linkedin

10 Tampa Bay anchor Ryan Bass and Rob Higgins, president/CEO of the Super Bowl LV Host Committee, welcome Tampa Bay Lightning chairman and owner Jeff Vinik, the 55th guest of the Tampa Bay 55 podcast, to discuss his charitable efforts and stepping up to help in the fight against COVID-19. They also discuss Alex Killorn's popular "Dock Talk" series, the NHL's 24-team playoff proposal and why the Bolts window for winning a Cup isn't closing any time soon.

Peter Schorsch hunkers down with lobbyist Ron Pierce, president and CEO of Tampa-based RSA Consulting Group. He began his legislative career in 1998 working in the Florida Legislature as a District Legislative Assistant in the House, later working with Sen. Tom Lee in the spring of 2000, becoming Lee’s Policy Adviser during his tenure as Senate President from 2004-2006. Pierce discusses work in the time of coronavirus, relegated to online correspondence. Peter speculates about the possibility of businesses maintaining work-from-home models even when the virus passes. Working from home, Peter argues, reduces company overhead and gives workers the option to purchase houses in more affordable suburbs rather than buying into the high-rent, high-priced housing market in urban work centers. Pierce said that is something under consideration in his company, though new clients will still need that crucial one on one interaction to build relationships and trust. He discusses how a smaller firm like his can compete in Tallahassee, which comes down to competency and relationships. He also offers some insight into his work with transportation giant Uber. Pierce has worked with the company for the past seven years, developing a relationship with the company amid Hillsborough County’s battle between ride-share and traditional taxis under the now-shuttered Public Transportation Commission. Pierce helped usher in local policies allowing the company to operate under a legal framework in the county before statewide regulations were put in place. Now, his work centers on ensuring clients understand the ever-changing rules in the coronavirus economy — when can they open, how can they open? The two also talk about Jeff Vinik and his efforts in the Tampa Bay community to provide education and resources for residents and businesses as coronavirus restrictions continue to wreak havoc on daily life. Special Guest: Ron Pierce.

A whole lot of hockey talk as we take your calls and talk Bolts hockey, Jeff Vinik and COVID19 in our first ever call in show. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/shooterandthestache/support

Shooter & the Stache are joined by the Tampa Bay Lightning in-arena host and Tampa Bay Legend Greg Wolf to talk Bolts during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Greg talks about how be began as the Bolts host, what were his favorite moments as host. The guys talk about how the franchise has evolved under Jeff Vinik. Why Stache almost got kicked out of Game 7 of the 2004 Eastern Conference Finals. They discuss NHL commissioner Gary Bettman's plan to possibly bring back the remainder of the season in 4 locations. And more great hockey talk. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/shooterandthestache/support

10News anchor Ryan Bass and Rob Higgins, president/CEO of the Super Bowl LV Host Committee, join each other on Zoom to discuss the next steps in planning for Super Bowl LV, including Business Connect and the ambassador program! Today's pod was also an all-Lightning lineup, with winger Alex Killorn joining the guys to discuss his time away from the ice, when we may see hockey back and the popularity of his #DockTalk series and why he's pushing for Tom Brady to make an appearance! Ryan and Rob also welcome Steve Griggs, the CEO of the Tampa Bay Lightning, to talk about the generosity of the club during the pandemic, their rise to one of the best all-around franchises in sports, his background and how he came to work for Jeff Vinik and how excited the team is to be involved in Super Bowl LV!

Jeff Vinik, Owner of the Tampa Bay Lightning, joined AM Tampa Bay to discuss how he and his family will be providing advertising across several forms of media (print, outdoor, television, radio, social and digital) to help people get information on where they can get financial assistance during these hard times.

This episode of the Somewhat Frank Podcast, Frank Gruber talks with John Guidos about the current state of affairs with the recent Coronavirus pandemic.  The guys also chat about how to stay positive during times of isolation and suggest to listeners that sometimes it is best to remember to breathe. The discussion was loosely based on the latest newsletter which is shared below. March has come in like a lion. I don’t think anyone expected to see what’s happened in the last few weeks across the globe with the Coronavirus pandemic. It’s been a surreal, unprecedented experience (at least in my time on Earth). While the information is coming in hotter than a Las Vegas summer day, it’s hard not to keep your eyes off of it. That’s why it’s important to take a step back and remember to breathe (while keeping an adequate social distance, of course). That said, if you’re able to, I hope you can work from home for the next couple of weeks. Why? It’s the responsible thing to do. The quick of it is, there are not enough hospital beds to handle the worst-case scenario that this virus can bring. So the best thing to do is to slow the burn and in doing so allow our health professionals a chance to help those that get sick. There’s a great article by Vox that explains the importance of flattening the curve and we can learn a lot about how Tawain has handled the virus in their country. Ok, be safe out there, and please social distance. And as Fred Roger’s would have said in hard situations like this, “always look for the helpers.” Speaking of helpers, a bunch of entrepreneurs & techies worked 24×7 to turn volunteering app VOMO into something everyone & every org can use for free to help out during COVID-19 as it’s more important than ever to be a good neighbor.  ICYMI This past week we hosted our first virtual pitch competition to replace our SXSW event which was supposed to take place on March 14th. You can tune into the event where 14 startups pitched 28 judges for a chance at Startup of the Year glory, prizes, and a potential $10K investment. You can view the full virtual event here. Celebrating (People In My Network) —Sean Percival on his upcoming book (now taking pre-orders) shipping in a month titled, The Accelerator Survival Guide: How to lead, design and execute great programs. —Brittany Heyd for her work in Hawaii which got her recently recognized by Hawaii Business. —Rohit Bhargava has a new WSJ Bestseller book titled, Non-Obvious Mega Trends. Free Thanks to our partnership with the .US domain, you can go and secure a domain for free for your next business idea or startup (this is the perfect time for those new projects!). Just go to this link to sign up for your free .US domain and get started building something cool.  Reading Lasers. —Lasers could cut the lifespan of nuclear waste from “a million years to 30 minutes,” says Nobel laureate Open layouts in offices are now swinging the other way. —A Quiet Respite in a Bustling Open Workplace It’s not just you, Apple has been slowing you down. —Apple fined for slowing down old iPhones Here’s a fail-fast approach to hiring. —The Body Shop will start hiring the first person who applies for any retail job Recycling is broken. —The fraught future of recycling Vitamin D is critical and often overlooked. —Are you getting enough Vitamin D? Scary – autonomous vehicles can be hacked! —Hackers stuck a 2-inch strip of tape on a 35-mph speed sign and successfully tricked 2 Teslas into accelerating to 85 mph Lobster Blood? —Lobster blood could be used in new cancer drugs This could be groundbreaking! —This edible blob filled with water means you don’t need a plastic bottle Maine is fast-tracking this new way of creating immunity to Lymes Disease a tick-borne illness —Researchers move forward with a shot against Lyme A new model for selling coffee and tea. —Panera debuts $9/month unlimited coffee and tea subscription Finally, there appears to be a cure for HIV. —Two HIV patients cured Watching I had the pleasure of watching the film, Jane. It’s a documentary made from the lost footage of Jane Goodall’s first missions to watch, document, and learn about chimpanzees. She is an amazing human. I loved it and hope you do too. It’s also a great break from the current news. Listening On one of my latest podcast episodes, I catch up with Lakshmi Shenoy, the CEO of Embarc Collective, the unique innovation hub rooting itself in Tampa Bay. I love Tampa, so I’m really excited about what’s happening down there backed by Jeff Vinik, the Tampa Bay Lightning hockey team owner. Listen to it on Apple Podcasts or Google Podcasts.  Testing With remote work, a hot topic, and with our virtual event coming up this week here’s the webcam that I’ve been testing to make remote work better. Logitech C922 Pro HD Stream Webcam which offers 1080p quality video a low-to-medium price point. Sure, there are better Logitech cameras out there but this one should do most of what you need unless you’re looking for 4K quality or other specific bells and whistles.  Selling If you or anyone you know might be interested in living in downtown Las Vegas (DTLV), we have a great loft downtown for sale. We love DTLV and this place is right in the heart of it. We have many fond memories from both work and life but now with a little one, we have outgrown it and headed east for the foreseeable future.  Playing I’ve been playing a game that John Guidos shared with me called the Houseparty app. It’s a way to social distance but connect with friends and family and play games together. Give a try and let me know what you think about it. Finally, it’s a stressful time, so be good to be one another, and remember to breathe.  Get updates like this in your inbox before they hit the web by subscribing to the newsletter here.  

Shooter and the Stache are joined by their very first guest Seth Kushner, Tampa Bay radio personality and co-host of the Tampa Bay Lightning Podcast "Block Party" with Dan Girardi. The boys talk about their thoughts on the NHL suspending the season due to CO-VID19 and what might happen next, how Seth became a hockey fan, the greatness of Jeff Vinik. tickle me Espo, how long Jon Coopers leash is and our favorite guests and moments of the Block Party and more. Make sure to go check out the Block Party Podcast (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-block-party-with-dan-girardi/id1484432609) --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/shooterandthestache/support

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This week, writers Mark J. Burns and Bill King talk Major League Soccer and its humble beginnings as the league prepares to launch its 25th season. Then, writer John Lombardo takes a look at the exposure jersey patches are generating for NBA teams. Finally, Publisher and Executive Editor Abe Madkour joins the podcast to talk about the NFL's upcoming CBA and Tampa Bay Lightning owner Jeff Vinik's approach with his rebranded Vinik Sports Group.

This week on the Block Party Dan Girardi and Seth Kushner are joined by Lightning Legend and Community Ambassador Brian Bradley as they discuss what it’s like to be drafted in an expansion draft by the Tampa Bay Lightning, what it was like playing in Expo Hall and the Thunder Dome, how Jeff Vinik saved the Lightning franchise and what it was like to travel in the early days of the team including finding new hotel rooms at 2:30am because the team didn’t pay the bill for previous stays.

Today’s episode features millionaire investor and owner of the NHL’s Tampa Bay Lightning, Jeff Vinik, as he shares his vision and advice for the development of the Tampa Bay region and how we can best attract investors and entrepreneurs to the region. This interview was held at the University of Tampa’s annual State of Tampa Bay Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Event on November 14th, 2019.

Friday's Pat and Aaron Show was especially goony. The guys discussed Mike Vrabel saying he would cut off his junk to win a Super Bowl and asked what appendage you'd cut off to secure that the Rays stay in Tampa for eternity. The guys were joined by Steve Carney to discuss the Rays returning to the field on Friday night. Joe Smith also joined us to give us the answer to the question Tampa Bay sports fans have been asking; would Jeff Vinik be interested in buying the Rays?

Tampa Bay Sports fans have asked frequently if Bolts owner, Jeff Vinik would be interested in buying the Rays. Joe Smith from the Athletic recently asked Jeff that question and he joined Pat Donovan and Aaron Jacobson on Friday afternoon to give us the answer.

In the final edition of the Tampa Win Cup podcast, Todd reads the open letter Lightning owner Jeff Vinik wrote to the fans two years ago. Is another letter forthcoming to apologize now? Todd thinks so and wonders why the […] The post More Valuable Addition In February: A Third Jersey Or Matt Duchene?; It’s The Final Edition Of The Tampa Win Cup Podcast appeared first on JoeBucsFan.com.

Love the Tampa Bay Lightning? Need a podcast about them? This is the show for you. Chad Schnarr (Bolt Prospects) and Andrew Weiss (random guy) talk Lightning hockey, the epic ownership of Jeff Vinik, and figure out how the playoffs might shake out. Plus, a weekly Q&A and a new game we like to call, A Numbers Game. It doesn't really have a name yet, but that's not a bad placeholder. There's really no explanation for buttered pigs. It'll come up on the podcast. But this is what happens when I get to upload the episodes! - Andrew Follow us on Twitter: @BoltProspects / @Weiss_NW

Jeff Vinik, Steve Yzerman and Julien BriseBois announce that Yzerman will step down as GM, and be replaced by BriseBois

Sunshine and beaches might be first thing you think of when you think of the Tampa Bay, Florida region. And rightly so, it’s gorgeous and has a handful of the top beaches in the country if not the world. But there’s more than crystal clear ocean water in the upcoming startup community. Tampa is a rising city for starting and running a business but is coupled with a solid work, live, and play lifestyle. On this episode of Somewhat Frank, I talk with Lakshmi Shenoy the CEO of innovation hub in Tampa Bay, Florida about her newly launched initiative called Embarc Collective. Embarc Collective was spearheaded by Tampa Bay Lightning owner Jeff Vinik, and it continues to garner support from others in the community under Shenoy’s leadership. Embarc Collective will be located just north of the Water Street Tampa neighborhood in downtown Tampa, where Vinik has partnered with Cascade Investment, LLC to transform the area into an urban, mixed-use waterfront district. As a central physical hub for the region as it will bring together startup companies, venture capitalists, academic resources, and startup-focused partners to help open opportunities, inspire iteration, push progress, and put Tampa Bay on the map as a prime destination for diverse startup talent both locally and globally – and did I mention the beaches? Find out what’s behind Embarc Collective, from the CEO herself as she asks the community for feedback via a survey as a guide to helping the Tampa Bay startup ecosystem.

In this episode of the 'SKATE YOUR WAY TO THE TOP' Podcast, Ben Robinson provides a quick hockey-specific summary from Day 1 of the 2018 MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference in Boston, Massachusetts. This was a league and owner-centric hockey panel featuring Gary Bettman (NHL Commissioner) and Jeff Vinik (Tampa Bay Lightning NHL Owner).

In our intro this week we touch on this past weekend's events plus some things that are coming up in the near future. As we transition into sports, we talk about the Rays apparent fire sale and what it could mean for trying to get money out of fans for a new stadium, as well as discuss some of the USF position battles as spring practice is set to start next week. And at 52:24 we move on to spoil Black Panther. ***SPOILER ALERT***If you have not seen Black Panther and do not want it spoiled, avoid this segment! Music credit: Ice Flow, Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Lightning Owner Jeff Vinik At The NHL All Star Legacy Project

In today's edition of the Lightning Round, Pat Donovan & Zac Blobner ask you what you would get for Lightning owner Jeff Vinik for Christmas? Especially if we supplied you with a million dollars to start!

Tampa Bay Lightning owner Jeff Vinik joins The Pat & Aaron Show live from Bolts Fan Fest.

The Pat and Aaron Show was live from Amalie Arena for the Tampa Bay Lightning's Fan Fest, and were joined by Brian Engblom, Kevin Payne, Elizabeth Frazier, Steve Yzerman, Bobby The Chief Taylor, Dave Mishkin, Brian Bradley, Bolts owner Jeff Vinik, Lightning founder Phil Esposito, and Cedric Paquette!

Our intro this week is entirely about our young men shipping off to kindergarten and all that that entails. At 31:04 we shift to sports to talk about the NFL's return, the first episode of Hard Knocks with the Bucs and the recently released study on a possible USF on campus stadium. And at 1:05:17 we move on to the spoiler section of the show to analyze the most recent episode of Game of Thrones. ***SPOILER ALERT*** If you have not yet seen episode four of this season and don't want it spoiled, avoid this segment. Music credit: Ice Flow, Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Our intro this week is actually most of the show as we spend quite a bit of time recapping Easter weekend, including egg hunts and the USF Spring game, talking Star Wars nerds and the Last Jedi trailer, break out a new segment called Butt Stuff with Devo, discuss Devo's grievances with Nintendo and take a look at Kendrick Lamar's new album. At 54:12 we move on to sports to take a quick look at the playoffs in action, and how the NHL playoffs are putting everything in sports to shame right now. We also take a minute to discuss USF's new partnership with Jeff Vinik. Music credit: Ice Flow, Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

A Letter To Bolts Fans From Owner Jeff Vinik As Read By Aaron Jacobson

Jeff Vinik And JP: Lightning Fan Fest

Lightning Power Play Podcast host Matt Sammon discusses building a contender and takes a look at the Community Hero program.

The Drew Garabo LIVE Featured Cut of the Day, June 3rd.

The main topic in this week's opening is one of the fun things about being a dad: rough housing with our sons. At 10:42 we get into the biggest sports topic of the week: the DeflateGate punishment, reactions to it, and what it could mean moving forward. At 33:55 we move on to the NHL, where the Lightning have advanced to take on the Rangers in the Eastern Conference Finals. At 44:51 we take a few minutes to talk about the latest developments surrounding the possibility of USF getting an on-campus stadium. And at 51:20 we move away from sports to give a movie review and discuss some movie sequel news. Music credit: Ice Flow, Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/.

Lightning sale - Jeff Vinik