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David Rothkopf in the news…We host him March 15 with David Lazarus (Los Angeles Times)

Posted on 12 March 2012 (0)

We host David Rothkopf this Thursday, March 15 in conversation with David Lazarus of the Los Angeles Times.  Ticket info here. David Rothkopf is the internationally acclaimed author of Superclass: The Global Power Elite and the World They are Making , and Running the World: The Inside Story of the National Security Council and the Architects of American Power, [...]

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@JimStengel in the news — @LiveTalksBiz on Feb 2 — with Dean Judy Olian @Uclaanderson @LiveTalksLA

Posted on 30 January 2012 (0)

We’re looking forward to hosting Jim Stengel at Live Talks Business Forum on Feb 2 at The City Club on Bunker Hill — 54th floor of the Wells Fargo Tower.  On a clear morning, a spectacular view of Los Angeles… He’ll be in conversation with Judy Olian, Dean, UCLA Anderson School of Management. Ticket info [...]

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Jim Stengel (speaks Feb 2) on Super Bowl Ads + 5 questions with Stengel @LiveTalksLA @LiveTalksbiz

Posted on 30 January 2012 (0)

We host Jim Stengel, former Global Marketing Officer at Procter & Gamble Thursday, February 2 at our Live Talks Business Forum at The City Club, downtown Los Angeles.  He’ll be in conversation with Judy Olian, Dean, UCLA Anderson School of Management.  Event info and tickets here. Stengel speaks at TED later this month and we [...]

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Nobel laureate Daniel Kahneman in the news…we host him Nov 4 at Live Talks Business

Posted on 01 November 2011 (0)

Very much looking forward to hosting Nobel laureate Daniel Kahneman this Friday, Nov 4 at The City Club, downtown Los Angeles.  He will be in conversation with neuroeconomist Paul Zak.  More info an ticket info here.  They’ll discuss Kahneman’s book, Thinking, Fast and Slow.   Here are links to some of the interviews with Kahneman [...]

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Video from our event with Eric Ries on Sept 15 – On The Lean Startup & Entrepreneurship

Posted on 23 September 2011 (0)

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Jennifer Granholm in the Los Angeles Times…we host her Sept 29 at Live Talks Business

Posted on 19 September 2011 (0)

An excerpt from George Skelton’s Sept 18 column in the Los Angeles Times: Spending cuts are necessary and tax breaks can help, but they aren’t the whole answer. Government must also pick winning industries and invest in them, developing public-private partnerships. It must pour money into educating the workforce, especially in community colleges. And it [...]

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Gov. Granholm (we host on Sept 29) in the NYT on Jobs, Economy..

Posted on 18 September 2011 (0)

Article in the New York Times, Sept 18 on Gov. Granholm’s new book and the economy. We host her at Live Talks Business on Sept 29.  Here’s an excerpt: And yet, Jennifer M. Granholm, the former Democratic governor of the state, who led it through much of its rocky last decade, says she sees a key [...]

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Eric Ries in Fast Company…we host him at Live Talks Business on Sept 15…

Posted on 11 September 2011 (0)

We host Eric Ries on Sept 15. Here’s an excerpt from an interview with Eric Ries in Fast Company: FAST COMPANY: Really, should we become entrepreneurs or should I buy an instructional book on poker and take my chances in Atlantic City? Eric Ries: If your goal is to make money, becoming an entrepreneur is a sucker’s [...]

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James O’Shea event, Sept 7 — an LA Downtown News top 5 “Don’t Miss” event for the week…

Posted on 04 September 2011 (0)

The Los Angeles Downtown News likes our event with James O’Shea this week at the City Club (Sept 7), making it on their top five “Don’t Miss List”.  Here’s a clipping…

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Lawrence Lessig (at Live Talks Business on October 28) — on the Howard Schultz pledge on political contrubutions

Posted on 03 September 2011 (0)

  We host Lawrence Lessig on October 28 discussing how ‘the economy of influence’ defeats the will of the people. His new book is REPUBLIC, LOST: How Money Corrupts Congress—and a Plan to Stop It. Lessig recently commented on Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz’ pledge to withhold campaign contributions “until [politicians] strike a bipartisan, balanced long-term debt deal that [...]

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