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Podcasts and Summaries

“The Radical Consequences of a Digital Economy” | Bob Rice, Managing Partner of Tangent Capital Partners | March 21, 2024

“This is a clarion call. This is a five-alarm fire. It’s not going away. You can’t ignore it out of existence. It’s going to fundamentally change the way most occupations operate.” Bob Rice, Managing Partner of New Jersey-based Tangent Capital Partners, shares the revolutionary implications of Artificial Intelligence on global production, wages, competition, investments, and […]

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“The Challenges of Leadership in Our Times” | Former CIA Director and Defense Secretary Leon Panetta | February 6, 2024

“We could see an American Renaissance or we could see an American decline.” Panetta Institute for Public Policy Chairman Leon Panetta discusses the growing challenges and turmoil facing the United States before a February 6, 2024 meeting of The Economic Club of Florida.

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“Driving Florida’s Sports Economy” | Angela Adams Suggs, President and CEO of the Florida Sports Foundation | November 7, 2023

“It’s not just professional sports…but also includes our recreational, our leisure sports, our amateur sports, and our collegiate landscape.” Angela Adams Suggs, President and CEO of the Florida Sports Foundation shares the growing $70 billion economic impact of Florida’s sports industry before a November 7, 2023 meeting of The Economic Club of Florida.

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“Energy of the Future” | Armando Pimentel, President and CEO of Florida Power and Light Company | October 5, 2023

“It makes sense for our customers to reduce the amount of natural gas that we’re burning at Florida Power and Light and increase the amount of energy that we’re getting from solar.”   Armando Pimentel, President and CEO of Florida Power and Light Company, discusses the challenges of providing customers reliable, affordable power with less

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“The Economics of Culture” | Bill Yeargin, President and CEO of Correct Craft | September 12, 2023

“When you have employees that are engaged, employees that are part of something that’s bigger than themselves, they perform really well.” Bill Yeargin, President and CEO of Correct Craft, shares the lessons he’s learned running a successful Florida business and how corporate culture impacts the bottom line and the lives of employees, before a September

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“It All Starts with Dredging” | Lasse Petterson, President and CEO of Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Company | August 24, 2023

“What we should do is to build very high dunes and very wide beaches after storms. That costs more and maybe the funding is not there.” Lasse Petterson, President and CEO of Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Company outlines the economic impact of its Florida port deepening and beach restoration projects and why the company

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“What’s in a Name? Perspectives on Name, Image, and Likeness” | Panel Discussion | July 27, 2023

“NIL has definitely been able to help me provide for myself and pay for my education here alongside of my softball scholarship.” A panel that includes a student athlete, a lawyer, and a sports agent shares the evolving rules allowing college athletes to be paid by marketing their name, image, and likeness, before a July

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“Making Florida the Safest, Healthiest, and Sustainable State in America” | Katie Yeutter, President of the Florida Chamber Leadership Cabinet | June 6, 2023

“If we don’t address the long term systemic issues of mental well-being, opioids, and preventative health programs, we can never get to safest.”   Katie Yeutter, President of the Florida Chamber Leadership Cabinet and its Safety Council outlines a new effort to improve mental health and substance abuse issues in the workplace and beyond, before

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“Kids, Crypto, Banks and Excellence” | Tom Grady, Co-Founder of The Freedom Institute of Collier County and CryptoLawyers.org | May 23, 2023

“I think kids, crypto, banks, and excellence are tied together with one theme and it’s a very important theme for America in 2023 and 2024 and that is economic growth. We must have economic growth in America in order to meet our obligations.” Tom Grady, Co-Founder of The Freedom Institute of Collier County and CryptoLawyers.org

“Kids, Crypto, Banks and Excellence” | Tom Grady, Co-Founder of The Freedom Institute of Collier County and CryptoLawyers.org | May 23, 2023 Read More »

“Florida’s Insurance Market: The Decade Ahead” | Florida Insurance Commissioner Michael Yaworsky | April 20, 2023

“It’s going to be a very difficult time for a little bit longer before we come to a place hopefully, where we’re past a lot of the past seven years.” Florida Insurance Commissioner Michael Yaworsky discusses the challenges and solutions to Florida’s insurance marketplace, the ninth-largest in the world, before an April 20, 2023 meeting

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