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IP: Why did you write Restart Entrepreneurial Immigration?
Mardan Afrasiabi: Well, I initially started thinking about the ideas behind Restart Entrepreneurial Immigration in the 2005 time-frame after I sold my company Stonehouse Technologies to a global outsourcing firm called Symphony Services. In my various visits to India, I saw first-hand the unbelievable entrepreneurial spirit of the...

IP: What exactly is a “Mass Action”?
Rob Herrington: A "mass action" is any form of aggregated litigation, where multiple parties (usually plaintiffs) are pursuing similar claims against a common defendant or defendants. The most well known form is the class action, where one or more named plaintiffs seek to represent a class comprised of thousands of individuals who have...

Prosecutions for white collar crime seem to be increasing in number. Are there just more in the media spotlight or are prosecutors focusing more on this area? Although prosecutors in the federal system are not elected, I believe they are at heart politicians. They are going to prosecute those cases in which they think they can get a conviction. People are angry now about the economy:...

Why mythology as a subject? Over the last several years I have become fascinated with how the goddess stories relate to women I know and to myself; how contemporary these archetypes feel.
You go onstage as a powerhouse speaker, concert pianist and as an artist; does anything frighten you? I’m a storyteller, so speaking to an audience is truly delightful. With my art...

The May issue of the journal Scientific American featured a fascinating article about stem cells and a new development. Can you give us a quick summary? In brief, it described the recent development of a novel type of experimental stem cells referred to as induced Pluripotent Stem Cells, or iPSCs. iPSCs are produced by isolating skin cells –or technically any type of cells and...

Your new book is about personal brand strategy? Why the title "Fame 101"? If there were a Fame School, where professionals learn to package, market, and roll out their expertise, Fame 101 would be the textbook for every course. As authors we try to give the readers a complete education in personal branding, thus the college-course sounding title.
Are we talking about Paris Hilton and...

IP: We saw your comment on Ainslie Waldron's book The Ultimate Secret for Business www.suttonhart.com. You wrote "It's Business Unusual for Australia's Leading Business Thinker", yet Ainslie doesn't typically begin looking for problems and solutions within companies in their finances but rather in human resources, marketing, and communications. This seems the opposite of your methodology. How do...

Your stem cell theory is based on a non traditional perception of health and disease. Can you tell us first about the traditional? The traditional way of looking at health and disease is that someone is attacked by bacteria or a virus and you must do things to eliminate the virus or bacteria. Or, perhaps that person might have an organ that is not functioning as it should and they develop a...

Ainslie, in your new book The Ultimate Secret for Business www.secretforbusiness.com you write that you believe business leaders should follow a holistic approach to management. What do you mean by this? As I studied the management style of hundreds of business owners and leaders over the past fifteen years I found they typically fall into two categories. One is the most prevalent and this...

You've got a great acting career but suddenly there's buzz everywhere about your band Enation. What's going on there? We've released our new record, World In Flight and we're really excited about it. We've had Enation for over six years now, and have had some good exposure in the past, but this year it really took off with much more national exposure Two Enation songs were featured on CW's...

Andy, what is Film Festival Season; we’ve all heard of the Sundance Film Festival – has it grown beyond that one event? Well, yes and no. Actually there’s been an explosion of film festivals since the heralded 1980’s where Sundance was established as a beacon for independent film. But since then Independent Film has become big business and the large festivals that...

Ainslie, you’ve written a lot recently about recession-tuning your business; aren’t most businesses doing this already? Certainly businesses of every size are cutting back heavily in response to the contracted economy but I’m suggesting that most companies are missing out by focusing solely on reducing expenses. Recession Tuning a business isn’t slashing expenses,...

What is your position regarding Obama’s reversal of Bush’s stem cell policy? President Obama was facing a significant dilemma. It is a very delicate situation, mostly because the information that has been presented to the American public was twisted to serve political aims.
What information are you referring to and in what way was it twisted? An emphasis was placed on...

The February 9 Time Magazine cover reads: "How the Coming Revolution in Stem Cells Could Save your Life – Diabetes, Heart Disease, Parkinson's". We have been hearing about Stem Cell science for years. What is new in this article? Can you summarize the key point? The key point of the Time article is the description of a recently developed new way of creating stem cells, by manipulating...