Elon Musk recently made a stratospheric jump to being one of the top five billionaires in the world. It’s only fitting that he be welcomed (roast style) by some of his compadres, Vision Masters Not-Jeff Bezos and Not-Mark Zuckerberg. The other two, Not-Bill Gates and Not-Bernard Arnault could not be reached for comment.

We hope you enjoy our interviews with the powerhouse Vision Masters in our Not series. This one is a tongue-in-cheek roast with the interviewee well researched in all his characters.

So far, we have interviewed all Vision Masters (Visionaries see things, Vision Masters make them happen). One thing we’ve found that most (not all) Vision Masters have in common is that they are arrogant. Some in a confident way, some in a disrespectful way, some in a near impossible to tolerate way, and some are truly inspiring leaders.

One thing they all have in common is they are stratospherically successful and we can say that their arrogance, in whatever form they demonstrate it, is an essential component of their unique, innovative mindset. It appears, thinking your ideas and leadership style is better than anyone else’s, drives them forward with a level of confidence that is unshakable.

Each of our interviews is a result of the NOT interviewee reading dozens of articles, interviews, watching videos of his character in action. It allows him or her to distill down the persona of the person they represent.

Love them or not, you get an unfiltered look into the attitude, mindset, and success factors that drive them to keep going and achieve often life-changing results. So with that said, our NOT Mark Zuckerberg interview will either inspire or piss you off. You tell us.

Watch the video interview on our blogs. wwwintelliversity.org

Welcome to the new world of progress, mutual respect, and good health. This is possibly the most transformative, innovative initiative that stands to bring continuing peace to the middle east.

I’m Robert Steven Kramarz, executive director of Intelliversity, the “innovation accelerator for the real world.” For example, we work with venture capitalists to make sure that the most amount of capital is transferred to the most effective founders — those we call Vision Masters – those rare men and women that do not just envision the future but make it happen.

Our most important health diplomacy project now is Project, Jericho. This ground-breaking project is based upon the fact that collaboration in healthcare is made possible by a common language – the language of medicine. Healthcare also has a common culture; the culture of evidence-based science, and a common set of felt needs. These needs include the need for greater vitality and reduced suffering for ourselves, our families, and our communities. With this in mind and inspired by Abraham Accords, we now think that four major goals are possible:

• Greater win-win economic growth throughout the Islamic Middle East
• Higher levels of medical outcomes throughout the Islamic Middle East
• Knowledge transfer of the latest treatments to these ends
• Where possible, conversations that may lead to peace agreements that were not possible before

We’re proposing a modern medical tourism facility to be constructed in or near the town of Jericho, which as you may know is something of an oasis in the Jordan River Valley. It’s to be staffed entirely by Palestinian doctors, nurses, and assistants. It will be informed by science from the United States, Israel, and elsewhere. It will provide the most advanced cancer care and it will serve the entire Arabic-speaking Middle East, including both the Gulf States, Palestine West Bank in Gaza, North Africa, Jordan, and the other countries.

Now, we understand that such health diplomacy – or medical diplomacy – project is very challenging, so we’re were at C3 Summit to request advice, your feedback, your suggestions, your ideas, and, if possible, your assistance. We also invite you to consider that your own goals and your own projects be achievable in the real world so that we can also call you a “vision master.”

Thank you for your support.

Our Not interview series focuses on Vision Masters vs. Visionaries. A Vision Master is often both. No innovation comes to fruition without Vision Mastery.

Think Tesla (Visionary) and Westinghouse (Vision Master). Tesla’s legacy lives on, not because he made it so, but because Westinghouse was a Vision Master and combined the vision + the necessary actions to bring electricity to the world. While Tesla died broke, Westinghouse when on to commercialize electricity, which gave rise to 1,000’s other innovations and products. Judgments aside about motives or outcomes, the Vision Master sees the future and makes it HAPPEN.

For our interviews, we choose people that you cannot get an audience with BUT our Not interviewee has spent a considerable amount of time getting into the head, heart, and philosophy of the person they are representing, which brings to life their brilliance in actionable ways. Today we are interviewing Not-Warren Buffet.

Warren Buffet is a Vision Master. He is the king of investment and long-term king at that. He envisioned a way of looking at investing, acted on it at the highest level, and has become one of the wealthiest people in the world. When Buffet speaks, listen. It might be the moment you become a Vision Master of the highest order.

Buffet wisdom: You give me that right leadership balance and a killer trend to take advantage of; you’ve got my attention, and you certainly have the attention of the people you’re trying to raise capital with.

See the video here:  https://intelliversity.org

There may just be some billion-dollar coaching here.

How often do you get to interview the richest person in the world? Today, we spent 15-minutes with Not-Jeff Bezos on the topic of raising capital. There aren’t too many people that can offer more insight than a guy worth 175 billion dollars.

His vision changed the way the world shops and in the process employs 1,000,000 people. As one of the world’s largest employer, he created an entire economy.

We may not all be a Jeff Bezos, but we can steal his methods from his successes and take our own vision to another whole level!

Read the blog and watch the video on our Investor Access Website.

Today’s Not interview is with Not-Bill Gates. Talk about a guy who broke all the molds that typically lead to success! Here’s a guy that drops out of college and goes on to found the world’s largest software company and goes on to be the richest person in the world (for all but four years) between 1998 and 2017.

He wrote his first computer program when he was a teenager, a game like tic-tac-toe. Someone at the school noted his innate ability for computer coding, a new field, and tasked him with writing a program to schedule student’s classes. He sneakily wrote, what was one of the first algorithms, that placed him in classes with a “disproportionate number of interesting girls.” Gates has always been a step ahead (maybe several) of the pack.

Gates and his wife Melinda plan on leaving the bulk of their fortune to the Gates Foundation, leaving each of their three children 10 million dollars. Bill is a believer in his children following their own entrepreneurial spirit. The Foundation’s motto is “All lives have equal value. We are impatient optimists working to reduce inequality. In May 2020, the Gates Foundation said it would spend $300 million to fight the coronavirus pandemic, funding treatment, detection, and vaccines.

If we have your attention, let’s talk to Not-Bill Gates. We hear he’s an interesting character.

See the video and read the blog here:  https://intelliversity.org/blog

Steve Jobs is the second Vision Master (those that MAKE vision reality) in our "Not" interview format. Via these interviews, we bring you some of the (replicable) footprints of brilliance they leave as they pass through life. Our interview today, with Not-Steve Jobs, shows us the critical nature of the Vision Master's choice of Execution Master (those that execute the vision day to day). In Job's case, he got it wrong before he got it right.

At Intelliversity, our commitment to increasing the fundability of innovative startups is tied to building powerhouse teams that investors can trust. That commitment has raised the rates of clients' funding from a national average of 3% to 67%. The lessons from Vision Masters that change the world are gold. We pass that gold on to you with the wish for your wild success!

So, on to Not-Steve Jobs!

You can find the complete blog and video here:  https://intelliversity.org/blog

In our experience, not many people, even innovators, rate three interviews. But NOT-Elon Musk is a complex, often misunderstood or maligned, crazy brilliant innovator. He is not just a “visionary” (sees the future). Musk is a Vision Master (makes it happen). How does he do it? This week’s topic is about the women that Not-Elon surrounds himself with to empower his Vision Mastery. We’ll be talking about his personal life but the focus is on his widely successful business life.

You might say that Not-Elon, sometimes a Jerk, sometimes even an Asshole, has a not-so-secret formula, and it involves an entirely different part of his visionary thinking. He recognizes that women hold a belief in him like nobody else does, and therefore make extraordinary Execution Masters. Without an Execution Master (or several), a Vision Master is not likely to succeed, let alone to an atmospheric level (pun intended).

Enjoy this interview either via podcast, video, or transcript, and let us know what you think.
Key Takeaways are found at the bottom if you don’t have time to view or read it.

EVERYTHING, everything, everything in this unconventional blog is essential to getting funding faster at a higher valuation.  This is because, If you raise capital like everyone else, you’re going to get the same results as everyone else — bupkis, zero, zilch in the time you need it.  Everyone else focuses on products and markets.  As Vision Master, you HAVE to focus on your team and yourself as its leader if you’re going to win.

If you are inspired to discuss funding your business, make a complimentary appointment with our Executive Director, Robert Steven Kramarz to talk.

You can find the complete video here:  https://intelliversity.org/the-not-elon-musk-interview-part-3/

This is the second in a series of “Not’ interviews with famous innovators. These interviews are many things. Unique, memorable, and designed to be packed with insights. To be a “Not “personality, the speaker must be exceptionally well versed about their innovator. To prepare, the speaker must listen to interviews, study their impact on innovation, and/or read extensively about the person they are emulating so they not only know them but so that they can BE them.

Our guest speaker today is Not Elon Musk. He’s coming up on being a legend in his time. This Vision Master has an extremely rare success rate – he’s never failed despite numerous ventures.

Enjoy the video here:  https://intelliversity.org/the-not-elon-musk-interview-part-ii/
and the transcript of the interview below.

This is the first in a series of “Not’ interviews with famous innovators. These interviews are special. They require our Not speaker to be exceptionally well versed about their character. The speaker must listen to numerous interviews or read extensively about the person they are emulating so they not only know them but so that they can BE them.

Our guest speaker today is Not Elon Musk. He’s a pistol; we can tell you that. But there can be no doubt; this Vision Master is brilliant. Enjoy the video and the transcript of the interview below.

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These are exciting and stressful times in the business world – especially for those who are looking for funding.  Everyone has to adapt to stay relevant, to succeed, but CEOs and Founders looking for funding have to be veritable contortionists. New businesses and projects have unique challenges in finding start-up and second-round capital in the wake of COVID-19. Who knows what investors are thinking as a result of the immense pace of change?

We do. Investors are in the same swirl that we all are. They are conflicted. On the one hand, they need to invest – but on the other, they want to reduce their risk. With the changing, fast-moving business landscape, can you blame investors for wanting to place their bets on a winning horse? But the best horse must have an excellent jockey. The jockey that delivers innovation and translates it into a return.  A jockey that can adapt to the rapidly changing circumstances during the race is a Vision Master.

I invite all you “jockeys” to read on and get a leg up in the crowded field of finding investment. Enjoy the interview.

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In this interview, we chat with Dr. Stephie, the author of Brilliance Extraction.  A system for capturing the knowledge of vision masters into Intellectual Capital that may be leveraged for business growth.

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A well-balanced team combined with Covid-19 pivot means funding

Description:  Pick the right kind of capital to fit your company, then rigorously assess in advance your ability to pass due diligence since you only get one shot with each investor, and apply some habits taught by the U.S. Marines.  Regarding Covid-19, make sure you raise enough and conserve capital since you may not have another shot if the recession is long.

Briefer description:  How to rigorously assess your ability to pass due diligence in advance, since you only get one shot with each investor.

As Vision Master, you're already thinking about a business pivot now.  Pivoting is not necessarily a complete change of plan; it can be a modification of the original plan. 

Will the most obvious pivot work? Probably not. It has to last, past the crisis, right? It has to comfort investors, right?

Burke's Business Power Tools supplies a set of proven tools that allow founders to pivot by modifying their original plans.  This interview lets you meet the man behind these tools and gives access to these tools at half price.

George Kenney is a successful venture capitalist who is here today to help Vision Masters understand what private investors want from them.

Welcome Vision Masters! This interview with Mark Cofano, the founder of Innovation Weeks, and a futurist.  In this podcast, you will learn what a futurist and why Mark's perspective matters.

Like usual, the Intelliversity podcast gives you a practical tip or two for success as a Vision Master (a success-hack) and some general principles for vision masters, mostly around funding.  It’s all about being unconventional as a founder, because “If you behave like everyone else, you’ll get the same results as everyone else.”

How Will Angel Investors React to COVID-19 and Possible Recession?

tarting a business is like a surfer trying to catch just the right wave. The wave is the trend that you’re trying to catch the time and then this happens and happens to all of us. So you got to try again. The fact is that of companies that are funded, only 10% ever succeed. So that means we’ve got to find big deals to cover for all of the other deals that don’t succeed. We can only bet on the best shots.