Respect

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This is to recognize the various people in my life who I respect and admire. Each has positively influenced me in some capacity, and if they were not in the world I would be a much different person today. No particular order…and missing people :(

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My parents - Thanks for life, and a great foundation to build on.

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My Wife - An outstanding partner. I don’t deserve her.

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My Brother - The rock star..

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Mike Patterson - Entrepreneur to the bone. Motivator and true concept man - one of the best. I enjoyed every minute.

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Roger Blackwell - The BEST business marketing professor I ever had the pleasure to learn from. Also an outstanding speaker.

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Keith Dingwall - Business & financial planning guru. I mastered the art of excel business modeling from you. :)

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Seth Deutsch - Sales, Sales, Sales. This guy knows how to sell technology. Also the tallest person in the world.

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Morten Lund - The most accomplished person I know - from every angle in life. Amazing. Truly inspiring.

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Michael Skok & Hemant Taneja - The most visionary VC ’s I have ever met.

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Jim Moran - Advisor, and a repeat offender of building wildly successful companies from nothing.

Lonnie Bowers - May he rest in peace. The short time I knew him was outstanding. Most genius technical mind I’ve ever come across.

Kevin Greene - Veteran telecom man who is now making the world a better place.

Brad Burnett - Gave me opportunities he didn’t have to in the beginning. Thank u.

Rick Sedlacek - High school basketball coach and social studies teacher. Accepted nothing but excellence. I loved him.

NEVER MET

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Jimmy Buffett - Self proclaimed “failed country singer,” but figured out how to sell “escapism” and made a fortune out of it. Love his brand and music.

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Ray Kurzweil - Inventor and futurist. Concepts are mind blowing.

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Terry Grossman - Health and longevity. Get on his diet.

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Steve Jobs - 100% amazing story. Can’t even scrape the surface on him here. Beat cancer, built products that disrupted multiple industries and transcended age and gender. Read his book.

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Sam Walton - Another amazing story. Pure inspiration.