Stephen Powers: Creating the Future of Entertainment

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Stephen Powers is a creative entrepreneur, Grammy-winning record producer and the CEO of Wisdome LA, an immersive, multi-media art park in downtown LA that many are calling “the future of entertainment.” That’s no accident, as Stephen has deep roots in the music industry, having founded dozens of record companies and produced albums for the likes of Tina Turner, the Beach Boys and many more. At Wisdome, with its five geodesic domes and dizzying audio and visual technological capacities, there is no longer the traditional divide between artist and audience. Early in his life, he headed off to MIT as a teen to pursue a degree in molecular biology. But a chain of events led him down a very different path in life, where Stephen was forced to find true tenacity to build an incredible life and journey. This Episode’s Heavy-hitter’s: Wisdom LA is based on the concept that Domes are the most optimal way to experience live entertainment. Stephen explains that they’ve created a Dome composed of essentially movie screens, so it creates the experience of AR/VR without goggles. Stephen was profoundly impacted in his early life when his sister lost her life to a drunk driver who caused an accident. Stephen eventually opened a performing arts center in her name, called Charlotte’s Web. Tragically, ten years later Stephen’s other sister was lost in a plane accident along with her wife and child. Stephen, who was normally a very positive person, became “mad at God” for years until he started to seek out spiritual guidance. Stephen founded his own very successful record label, and reminds artists that record labels can offer important value like artist development and marketing, although the distribution element has become less important with the popularity of streaming. Stephen became the Director of Entertainment at the Olympics by a literal hat draw, when the committee needed to replace their current director, and went digging in a drawer to find candidates. They ended up calling Stephen, he had 4 phone interviews in one day, and was given the job. The POZCAST is brought to you in partnership with Vincere, the Recruitment Operating System. The all-in-one tech platform, purposefully built for recruitment & staffing to unify your Front, Middle & Back office operations. Vincere is designed by recruiters, for recruiters. Both the company and the platform are the unique creations of successful recruiters who sold their business, saw a need for better rec tech, and made it happen. If you're looking to upgrade your recruitment tech and give your recruiters a new, modern OS, visit vincere.io/pozcast for an exclusive offer. Thanks If you enjoyed this episode, please leave a review: https://ratethispodcast.com/thepozcast #thePOZcast is brought to you by our friends at Interseller – the prospecting + outreach platform of recruiters and sellers. Whether you’re doubling down on business development or recruiting talent, Interseller does all the heavy lifting of finding contact data, automating the email and follow-up process, and syncs all that rich data into 20+ CRMs and ATSs. Reach out and get going in a 2-week *free* trial today and let them know you heard about them from Adam on #thePOZcast. Check out a free demo today! https://bit.ly/2Fbm/BZ For more, please visit out www.thePOZcast.com Thanks!