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Jan 11, 2016

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I first met Kanten Russell in 2007 at his house in San Diego, through friends of his wife, Julie. I remember inquiring about some of the architectural blueprints he had lying around, and I was amazed to hear about his unique line of work. Kanten got his first skateboard when he was 14, and he...

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Dec 28, 2015

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Access to improved drinking water is a luxury that 663 million people lack (2015 World Health Organization/ UNICEF Joint Monitoring Project. Theresa Dankovich has been intensively studying this global problem and determined to find practical solutions. She created a simple technology design called The Drinkable Book™, which is both a water filter and an instruction...

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Dec 21, 2015

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I discovered Annija Veldre's work when I was scrolling through Bored Panda. I had to do a double-take on her photographs because they were so surreal. I found out she is a 21- year-old self taught artist from Latvia who takes self portraits outdoors. She manipulates it in Photoshop to capture the essence...

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Dec 07, 2015

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Justin Dionisio, co-founder of Hollr, Inc. (with Michael Bachman) was the first incubee in our Imprint Venture Lab II portfolio back in 2011. Our team was easily impressed with Justin’s charisma and creative brilliance, obvious through the depth of his vast ideas. We first launched the GO app, an anonymous, GPS based mobile broadcasting app,...

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Nov 30, 2015

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On a Wednesday evening, in a classroom at the School of Visual Arts in New York, someone is there that shouldn't be. Lucien Ng took all necessary steps to follow procedure, requesting school administration for permission to utilize one of their classrooms as a temporary exhibition space, but he was denied. Why? At any given time...

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Nov 09, 2015

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Yoskay Yamamoto is a distinguished self-taught artist from Toba, Japan. He moved to the U.S. when he was a teenager and is currently living in Los Angeles. He curated his most recent exhibition at GR2 called “81 Bastards” and currently has an installation piece at the Japanese American National Museum for Giant...

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Oct 26, 2015

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I had the privilege of getting to know Clinton Foy when we both served as board members at APCF (Asian Pacific Community Fund), a community based non-profit fund. At the time, he was COO, General Counsel, and head of business development for Square Enix, a $2 billion video game publisher. Clinton managed licensing and...

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Oct 19, 2015

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I met Leeann Leahy at TED Women 2015, and we had an incredibly fun and lengthy conversation chatting about the agency world. I loved hearing her perspectives about this fast paced industry and stories about cutting her teeth on Madison Avenue. She has served various roles including President, Chief Strategy Officer, and Global Planning Director...

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Sep 28, 2015

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I've met some pretty incredible people through the various POW! WOW! events I've attended and been involved with. During POW! WOW! Long Beach, I was lucky enough to meet Matt and Roxy Ortiz, aka Wooden Wave. The creative couple are part of the POW! WOW! family, being artists based in Lana Lane, in the heart...