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AI and Automation: Lawrence Lerner Of LEADForward On How To Effectively Harness AI Technology In People Operations


October 19, 2023

Seattle, Wa


In large distributed companies, use it for employee development. The larger the company, the greater the need to keep employees engaged, trained, and relevant in their current or upcoming roles. AI can be used to identify trends, recommend training and improvements...

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AI and Marketing: Insights and Workshops with Lawrence

October 18, 2023

Seattle, Wa


“In our business, we’re always weighing out the costs and benefits of how our time gets spent. A time investment to attend Co-Lab is absolutely going to translate into skill enrichments and therefore financial dividends for our company.”


Panel on Artificial Intelligence with Lawrence Lerner, Boaz Ashkenazy, and Amy Balliet

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On The Top 5 Future Payment Processing Trends

October 9, 2023

Seattle, Wa


Full contactless everywhere. No credit cards and card readers are reduced to an NFC chip. Both reduce friction in the card environment, reduce environmental impact in the manufacturing world, and no need for shipping or replacement cards.


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Getting to know the Real Investor, Priest and Polymath

September 3, 2019

Seattle, Wa


Lawrence Lerner Full Interview, Getting to Know the Real Investor, Priest and Polymath


* Algorithmic Trading

* Founder Dating

* The Seattle Community

* 2014 moved here

* Exciting price action at ~$10k

* Cray Super Computers

* Ada Lovelace

* Babbage’s Difference Machine

* Payments in bitcoin/blockchain/crypto

* Technology Evolution

* Trust Revolution

* Religions

* and MUCH MORE!



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International Time
March 5, 2019
Seattle, Wa

“This is my freshman trip to WEF in Davos, Switzerland, after almost a year of weighing the opportunity cost and advantages,” Lerner said. “Davos is where the world comes to set annual initiatives. It’s an opportunity to meet a spectrum of founders, leaders, entrepreneurs, and people actively working for change.”
LERNER Consulting To Support Launch of Groundbreaking Weight Management Device
July 13, 2015
Seattle, Wa

The consumer market for measuring fat burning is about to get real. On June 2, 2015 in Seattle, a city known for game changing innovation, LEVL announced the groundbreaking every day device to measure fat burning at home. For the past five years...
WTIA Cascadia Blockchain Council Profile: Dragonchain
October 31, 2019 
Seattle, Wa

Dragonchain is a Blockchain-as-a-Service (BaaS) platform, originally developed in-house at The Walt Disney Company. In 2016 the platform was open-sourced, and The Dragon Company was born. Designed from the ground up to be enterprise-fist yet leverage the decentralized nature of blockchain...
Workday buys Trusted Key - First Exit for Catena Fund One
July 18, 2019 
Seattle, Wa

Business cloud software giant Workday has acquired Seattle-based Trusted Key in a deal that shows how the startup studio model is gaining traction.
Founded in 2016 by former executives at Microsoft and Oracle...
TF3 | The State of Blockchain in Washington | Arry Yu & Lawrence Lerner
June 18, 2019 
Seattle, Wa

Listen to Arry Yu and Lawrence Lerner talk about the Cascadia Blockchain Council and the Washington Technology Industry Association (WTIA) at TF3 in Seattle on March 28, 2019.
Investor Connect: 
June 8, 2019 
Seattle, Wa

Hall T Martin from TEN Capital Group interviews me about the state of blockchain and Pithia.
After Christchurch: Creating Sacred and Safe Spaces
April 22, 2019 
Seattle, Wa

On March 15th, 2019 a shooter used the Facebook social media platform to broadcast the massacre of 50 Muslim worshippers in Christchurch, New Zealand. How do I write about hate without honoring it?
Crypto for Idiots Interview
April 11, 2019 
Seattle, Wa

Radio interview with Matt Case and Mike Hansen of iheartradio! What's the state of blockchain here in Washington and beyond
Microsoft and T-Mobile Join the Cascadia Blockchain Council 
March 29, 2019 
Seattle, Wa

Microsoft and T-Mobile have joined a group of entrepreneurs, institutions, and other tech giants to create a new hub for the booming blockchain industry in the Pacific Northwest. According to a report from GeekWire, the lot have joined the Cascadia Blockchain Council in order to give blockchain organizations a unified voice around public policy and marketing.
Microsoft, T-Mobile band together with blockchain startups for new Cascadia Blockchain Council
March 28, 2019 
Seattle, Wa

A group of blockchain entrepreneurs, institutions and tech giants are banding together to make the Pacific Northwest a hub for the burgeoning technology. The Cascadia Blockchain Council is an effort to give blockchain organizations a unified voice around public policy and marketing, as well as to create community and share resources.
TF Blockchain: Regulatory Landscape of Blockchain 
March 28, 2019 
Seattle, Wa

An in-depth discussion of blockchain in the current US and global regulatory climates featuring Lawrence Lerner, Jonathan Miner, Joseph Cutler Moderated by Nate Whitehill
INTERNATIONAL TIME

March 3, 2019 
Redmond, Wa

As a business consultant who has helped local manufacturing, technology, and retail companies navigate business internationally, it made sense that he [Lawrence Lerner] would be reached via email at the World Economic Forum in Switzerland for an interview.
Framework for Impact Investing

JANUARY 21, 2019 
Davos, Switzerland

Panel: How to measure impact. Metrics for a new age of Investing
Blockchain: M&A Outlook and Impact of Disrupters on Investments
OCTOBER 10, 2018
Seattle Wa

Join ACG Seattle on Wednesday, October 10th for a discussion on Blockchain at the Washington Athletic Club in Seattle. Our panel will discuss what blockchain is beyond cryptocurrency and the M&A outlook as well as industries prime for disruptive changes from technology.
The Dream of Blockchain Adoption: Why Open Standards Are Key

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018 
BY LAWRENCE LERNER

My career began in the ’80s while the internet was emerging as something beyond a playground for researchers and university students. It was a time of fierce competition and early open source initiatives
Leadership Series - Comotion - Startup Leadership
SEATTLE, AUGUST 24, 2018 
University of Washington

My ongoing series of leadership discussions. This one at UW Comotion
Pithia Signs Investment Deal with Lucidity
SEATTLE, AUGUST 22, 2018 
ASSOCIATED PRESS

Pithia, a venture capital firm today announces their investment in Lucidity to further development of the company’s technology that improves trust and transparency within the digital advertising supply chain.

BY LESLIE ANKNEY

According to Lawrence Lerner, CEO of Pithia, a Seattle-based blockchain venture capital fund, governments’ understanding of cryptocurrency and distributed ledger technology is fundamental to their acceptance and use worldwide.
Collaborate with Blockchain Leaders at Token Forum Seattle

SEATTLE, JULY 8, 2018 
BY JONATHAN KIM

On August 9, 2018, Token Forum will bring together a close-knit group of industry leaders, experts, and entrepreneurs for an intimate deep-dive into the implications and future of blockchain and cryptocurrency.
Washington regulators want to turn around state’s bad rep on blockchain and cryptocurrency

SEATTLE, JULY 6, 2018 
BY NAT LEVY

Earlier this year, a blockchain company called Mobius undertook an initial coin offering, an increasingly popular method of tech fundraising, but excluded six states because they posed “unnecessary risk”: 
Blockchain in Seattle: Meet the Local Players Getting Involved in the Disruptive Emerging Technology

SEATTLE, JUNE, 2018 
BY GIANNI TRUZZI

No one will accuse John Wantz of lacking ambition. The former Target executive and now CEO of the newly formed SHOP global commerce cooperative aims to disrupt the growing dominance of Amazon and loosen its iron grip on brands, shoppers and their behavior data.

The Business of Blockchain: Confessions of Blockchain realist

SEATTLE, MAY 22, 2018 

Blockchain technology, on which digital currencies are based, is poised to be the most important business innovation since the Internet. This talk will show how the technology is more than cryptocurrencies, it is a powerful disruptor whose core technology can be used by any industry. Adoption of blockchain technology is important for businesses to
Investing in the Future of Blockchain: An Interview With Pithia CEO Lawrence Lerner (Exclusive)

SEATTLE, MAY 3, 2018 
BY CRAIG RUSSO

While Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) have been the dominant method for blockchain startups to raise capital in recent years, a more traditional funding source has quickly emerged onto the scene. As the young and
Cryptocurrency-backed venture fund Pithia invests in digital-ID company Trusted Key

SEATTLE, MAY 2, 2018 
BY KAITLYN LANDGRAF BARTLEY

Washington-based venture fund Pithia is aiming to invest in companies that build on RChain, a blockchain technology platform whose tokens helped fund the venture firm
4TH-PHASE AND WOLF SOLUTIONS WIN PITHIA 'JUDGES ALSO REALLY LIKED' AWARDS

SEATTLE, MARCH 29, 2018 

The $1,000 “Judges Also Really Liked” (JARL) awards were sponsored for the first time by Pithia—a Seattle-area venture capital firm focused on blockchain-based businesses. The first Pithia $1,000 JARL award went to 4th-Phase from the University of Washington. 
Cryptocurrency may have its ups and downs, but blockchain’s stock is on the rise

SEATTLE, January 22, 2018 
BY ALAN BOYLE

Even bitcoin’s boosters acknowledge that cryptocurrencies aren’t a sure thing.

Just in the past month, China and South Korea signaled that they might be cracking down harder on trading in digital currencies, which caused bitcoin prices to tumble from a peak of nearly $20,000 per coin to around $12,000.

Facebook for Your Business


Mithra Press, June 2012 



The first book written for small and medium business owners about how to use Facebook for thie business. Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) owners and executives are highly entrepreneurial individuals who have chosen to follow some passion in their lives. You had an idea and a passion to bring something to life and simply put “make money.” Statistics show that many SME close in the first year or struggle to find their relevancy in a changing economy because of reach. Reach can be defined in many ways but for our purposes it will be how an SME touches their customers whether they are individual consumers or other businesses.

Read an excerpt from Lawrence's chapter.

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