{"href":"http://player.captivate.fm/services/oembed?url=http%3A%2F%2Fplayer.captivate.fm%2Fepisode%2F6ea02e5f-6ac2-405a-9a3f-3fa7b5a04a67","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Captivate.FM","provider_url":"https://www.captivate.fm","width":600,"height":200,"type":"rich","html":"","title":"287. Interview Craig Weiss - Serial Entrepreneur and Venture Capitalist Shares His Predictions on Emerging Business Opportunities in the Coming Years","description":"Join Susan as she interviews Craig Weiss - a Venture-Capitalist, serial entrepreneur, and published author.\u00a0 In this interview, Craig shares some of his predictions on emerging technologies that will revolutionize the world in the coming decades.\u00a0\u00a0\n Craig says that there are complicated problems that need solutions that have yet to be developed.\u00a0 But the good news is that these solutions ARE complicated - complexity prevents your competition from solving the problem that could make you successful.\u00a0 If it were easy, everyone else would be doing it.\n Craig\u2019s company, Flagstaff Ventures, invests in early-stage consumer products and services.\u00a0 He meets a lot of entrepreneurs and says that qualifying the entrepreneur is even more important than qualifying the product or service they are offering.\u00a0 Craig feels a successful founder is someone who has passion and a \u201cnever quit\u201d attitude.\u00a0\u00a0\n However, a good founder must also be able to identify when it is OK to pivot when things are not working. Pivoting is not quitting, it is keeping your eyes on the big picture, and being willing to try something else to achieve your goals.\n \u00a0\n About Craig:\u00a0 Craig has founded or co-founded half a dozen companies.\u00a0 During his three and half years as President & CEO of NJOY, Inc. he led the company to a $1B valuation.\u00a0 An inventor, Craig Weiss has 14 patents to his own name, including five for medical devices.\u00a0\u00a0\n Craig is the Managing Member of Flagstaff Ventures, a Venture Capital firm focused on early-stage consumer products and services.\u00a0 He is also the Co-Founder & CEO of venture-backed Retainer Club & Mouthguard Club.\u00a0\u00a0\n Before becoming an entrepreneur, Craig Weiss was a patent attorney, where he focused on the drafting and prosecution of patent applications for medical device, e-commerce and business method inventions.\u00a0\u00a0\n A published author, Craig co-authored I Am My Brother's Keeper, which features a foreword from Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu.\u00a0 The book is also the subject of the Nancy Spielberg produced documentary, \"Above & Beyond,\u201d in which Craig appears as one of the historians.\u00a0 Craig's newest book, \"Fighting Back\" was published on May 17, 2022.\u00a0\u00a0\n \u00a0\n Connect with Craig:\n Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/craig-weiss-9890127/\n Websites:\n flagstaffventures.com\n retainerclub.com\n mouthguardclub.com\n fightingback.com\n \u00a0\n About The Host Susan Sly is a tech Co-founder and Co-CEO, a tech investor, best-selling author, keynote speaker, entrepreneur and host of the highly acclaimed podcast \u2013 Raw and Real Entrepreneurship. Susan has appeared on CNN, CNBC, Fox, Lifetime Television, The CBN, The Morning Show in Australia and been quoted in MarketWatch, Yahoo Finance, Forbes, and more. She holds Certificates in Management and Leadership, Technology and Operations, and Strategy and Innovation from MIT. Susan is the author of 7 books. Her book project with NY Times Best Selling Author, Jack Canfield, made six Amazon Best Selling lists.\u00a0\n Connect With Susan:\n Facebook https://www.facebook.com/SusanSlyLive Twitter https://twitter.com/Susanslylive LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/susansly\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/e6f2f4a3-f2b0-41e4-a1e5-c12f7ee920b9/a81cda2178c7e21db22c1a945fde13ce.png"}