Dive into the minds of inventors, entrepreneurs, and visionaries to learn about their inventions, the failures they overcame, and how they took their ideas to market.
CEO 101: Lew Dickey and the Realm of Radio
Recalling his time in the radio business, guest Lew Dickey tells host James Di Virgilio that, as a CEO, it is important to recognize that you are often forced to take things as you go: “The landscape is changing—you might be able to see a little bit around the corner, but nobody has perfect vision into the future.
CEO 101: Rick Carlson and SharpSpring
When Rick Carlson founded SharpSpring in 2012, he didn't think of himself as a CEO.
An Edible Radio Transmitter That Monitors Medications
Medicine that talks to you.
Helping Diabetics Keep Their Vision
Diabetes sometimes leads to loss of vision.
A Neural-Enabled Prosthetic Hand
A big problem for most prosthetics is they don’t send sensory information back to the brain.
Biomechanics, Orthopedics, and Innovation
“I remember early in my career,” says Gary Miller, “attending orthopedic conferences just listening to the surgeons talking to each other.
A Readily Accessible Device for Autotransfusions
When Carolyn Yarina, today's guest, walked into her university's Center for Entrepreneurship one day as an undergraduate, she was convinced that she would never become an entrepreneur herself.
Deep Brain Stimulation to Treat Parkinson’s Disease
The fight for a cure to Parkinson's Disease has been a decades-long battle, with several treatments evolving alongside the evolution of medicine as a practice.
Better Employee Evaluations
How do you measure the performance of people whose achievements are hard to measure?
Music and the Brain
Nina Kraus, a professor of communication sciences, neurobiology, and physiology at Northwestern University in Chicago, has done a lot of research on the effect of playing music on processing sound, learning, and brain development.
Bitcoin: What is it Good For?
Is Bitcoin a store of value during a financial crisis?
Advanced Weather Predictions
The weather; everyone talks about it, so the old joke goes, no one does anything about it.
Meet The Hosts
Richard Miles
Richard Miles is a co-founder of the Cade Museum for Creativity & Invention. A career Foreign Service officer with the U.S. Department of State, Miles’ assignments included serving with a provincial reconstruction team in Karbala, Iraq and on the staff of the National Security Council at the White House, along with postings in Argentina, Germany, and Barbados. During the 2016 presidential campaign, Mr. Miles served as a Latin America policy advisor to Governor Jeb Bush.
James Di Virgilio
James Di Virgilio is one of the country’s leading fiduciary investors and financial planners and is among the elite 1% of the finance industry to hold both CIMA® and the CFP® designations. He is the co-founder of Chacon Diaz & Di Virgilio Wealth Management and was named a Gator 100 Honoree for spearheading one of the fastest-growing companies founded by a University of Florida Alum.
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