The Valley Current®️: The Growth of Trade Secret Law in Parallel with the Growth of Silicon Valley
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Release Date: 06/29/2020
The Valley Current ®: The Founding of Silicon Valley
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Today host Jack Russo is joined by guest Jack Balletto for a deep dive into the roots and unique culture that shaped Silicon Valley. The conversation explores the region's evolution from its early military contracts to its role as a tech hub. Balletto reflects on the influential figures like Bob Noyce and Gordon Moore, whose work at Fairchild Semiconductor and Intel laid the groundwork for modern computing. They discuss how Silicon Valley’s openness to new ideas, rapid execution, and the absence of restrictive non-compete agreements allowed talent to flourish and innovation to thrive. The...
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The Valley Current ®: How is the US Election Viewed by Ex-Pats?
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In this episode, Jack Russo dives into a conversation with Bob Acker, who offers a unique perspective as an American expatriate living in Laos. They explore how the U.S. election is viewed from abroad, with Bob expressing concerns about the political climate and rising polarization. From his vantage point, the media’s heavy focus on Trump—five times more coverage than Kamala Harris—has shaped global perceptions, making Trump a polarizing figure even overseas. Bob shares doubts about Kamala Harris’s effectiveness in the current administration, while Jack questions the future leadership...
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The Valley Current®️: Trial Advocacy is Both Art & Science
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Brevity is the soul of wit. Irvin Younger may not have been Shakespeare, but his lectures have become a cornerstone for young lawyers learning the art and science of cross-examinations. Jack Russo and Professor Bob Acker know examinations can be daunting and confusing if you are not properly prepared and can result in a trial loss for you and your client. The trick is to follow Younger’s 10 Commandments which rejects the previously accepted ways of thinking and implements a set of guidelines for skilled and concise examinations that win over judge and jurors. 10 Commandments of...
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The Valley Current ®: Dr. Philippe Bouissou
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Very few entrepreneurs think of growing a business in a practical way. Oftentimes, it’s one person or a small group of friends with nothing more than an idea, the drive to see it come to fruition and not much else when that idea becomes a reality. Luckily for us, Dr. Philippe Bouissou has taken his knowledge of steady business growth and turned it into a formula for how to improve and align a company for success. Like drinking, growth has to be done responsibly and not just for the sake of growth. Check out Blue Dots Partners for more about growing your business responsibly and to check out...
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The Valley Current®: What Can Childrens Books Teach Us About Leadership?
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Storytime is one of the most influential times for children. Childrens' books are loaded with quotes and themes designed to encourage children to become the best people they can be. Over at , Tom Casey and other senior executives spend most of their time teaching people to become more effective leaders and guiding them on how to invest in the development of their employees with the intention of promoting the overall success of the company. Reading children’s books to each other has become Discussion Partners go-to way to figure out what they would have learned about leadership if they had...
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The Valley Current®: Why Smart Folks Get the Science of the Hayflick Limit So Wrong?
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We don’t always get everything right; even smart people don’t really understand the finer points of studies in their field. Take by , a microbiome scientist with a doctorate in genetics who just happened to get everything wrong regarding the Hayflick Limit… and Dr. Hayflick is calling him out on it. Listen in for this epic mic drop where Dr. Leonard Hayflick picks apart Dr. Westreich’s analysis of his eponymous discovery and explains what the Hayflick Limit really entails. Check out Dr. Hayflick's book Howand Why We Age: Encore edition to honor the passing of...
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The Valley Current®: Why is Critical Thinking Important?
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For a brief moment in time, astronomers were able to safely study the sun’s corona simply because it was in the perfect spot at the perfect time. As awesome as it was for us to watch, no major news organization mentioned how unbelievable it was that this happened in an ever-expanding universe. There are many things reported to us that we tend to take at face value. For instance, the media will report how many Palestinians died in Gaza, but not question the accuracy of those numbers which were provided to us from a terrorist organization. Many fundamentalistic religions promote blind faith...
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The Valley Current®: How is A.I. Exponentially Accelerating Innovation?
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In this episode of The Valley Current®, host Jack Russo sits down with tech visionary Ronjon Nag, whose journey through the world of AI and technology is nothing short of inspiring. From his days at Cambridge and MIT to founding a groundbreaking handwriting recognition company with just $500, Ronjon has always been ahead of the curve. His insights into the evolution of mobile technology, including his role in launching the first mobile app store, will captivate anyone interested in the tech industry’s rapid transformation. But it doesn’t stop there. Ronjon’s current venture, R.42, is...
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The Valley Current®: What Does it Take to Own a Castle?
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For most of us, the dream of staying in a castle is something meant for fairytales… but what if that dream was more available than you thought? In this episode of The Valley Current®, host Jack Russo chats with Yvonne Corbett about her remarkable transformation of a historic Scottish castle into a luxurious corporate retreat. Yvonne shares how she and her husband pivoted from hosting weddings to focusing on private and corporate events, drawing on her deep expertise in the Scottish real estate market. The castle, with its modern amenities and rich history, offers a unique venue for...
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The Valley Current®: How Do Experienced Appellate Lawyers Think?
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There’s not much Professor Myron Moskovitz hasn’t done in his 60 years of legal work. You can pretty much say he’s done it all, from being a Supreme Court clerk, legal aid attorney, and law professor to now running his own appellate law firm. Part of Myron’s long-standing success is his understanding of what judges care about and his ability to find themes of injustice instead of focusing on legal technicalities. Host Jack Russo and Myron Moskovitz discuss combating biased rulings, known as the “bad guy” phenomenon, where a judge’s opinions are swayed against a party even with...
info_outlineThe law around trade secrets is a complex set of tort, contract and even fiduciary principles that can create a minefield of civil and even criminal liabilities for individuals, teams and organizations; when you need help navigating this area, you want someone who is both incredibly adept and experienced. Fortunately, today's guest, James Pooley, wrote the book and he is the guru of trade secrets whose mission in life is to elevate trade secrets to the same level of respect as other forms of intellectual property. Listen in as Jack and James Pooley discuss the growth of trade secret law as Silicon Valley itself has grown.