Eric Keosky-Smith joins Tim to share how a career that started with color terminals in the ’80s led to launching Intel’s Pentium across Europe, then into startups, U-Haul’s multifamily strategy, and now mission-driven business development in Arizona. Eric unpacks the “three legs” of true biz dev—strategy, marketing, and relationships—and why educating beats selling. He gets candid about failures (including four years with no salary), the cost of leaving Silicon Valley without a contact list, and how networking with an open heart can unlock big, boring, billion-dollar opportunities.
They also dig into senior-focused innovation: telehealth-enabled affordable housing, fall prediction tech, and the brain-health power of social connection. Eric shares his new purpose: helping the people who help others.
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