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Bob Rice

Bob began his career as a trial lawyer at the U.S. Justice Department, and later became a partner at Milbank, Tweed, Hadley and McCloy, where his practice focused on new financial products. In the late ‘90s he left the law and founded a software and hardware technology venture that merged with a public company (VWPT) of which Bob became Chairman and CEO. He transitioned its business model from a desktop software publisher into an early leader in interactive media and advertising, setting the stage for its subsequent sale... Read more

Deirdre Bolton

Deirdre Bolton is an anchor on Bloomberg Television and host of "MoneyMoves," airing weekdays at 1pm ET, across Bloombergs digital platforms including Bloomberg Television and Bloomberg.com. Bolton provides a daily look at global money flows into alternative assets, including hedge funds, private equity, venture capital, angel investing, real estate and natural resources, and shows where the worlds savviest global investors are placing their bets outside of traditional investing.... Read more

Jim Jubak

Jim made his first personal investment in the early 1980s when zero coupon Treasury bonds were paying 12%. (Unfortunately, this opportunity followed a not terribly lucrative period earning a Ph.D. in English from the University of Virginia. Jim’s lack of capital to invest at 12% insured that he wouldn’t retire by the age of thirty-five.) As a financial journalist for Venture and Worth Jim covered the boom of the 1980s and the crash of 1987. In the early 1990s he wrote the first comprehensive book, The Worth Guide to Electronic Investing, about what was then a new effort to put computers to work for individual investors.... Read more

Scudder Fowler

After graduating with a B.A. in Philosophy in 1994, Scudder led business development efforts for an interactive marketing agency at Publicis, as well as two tech start-up ventures, which were later acquired by public companies. In 2004, he founded Liminal Group, an executive education and professional development consultancy. He currently serves on the board of the Esophageal Cancer Education Foundation and is supports several non-profit organizations that help veterans.... Read more

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