I hosted a table at the
What's Next? Boomer Business Summit's 'On the Beat' Author's Luncheon. It was fun for me, and I hope the same for my guests.
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Sitting on my left was
Eric Fleischer, Senior Manager, Ad Sales Research for
Nick@Nite and TV Land. He'd read my book - and said he'd purchased five additional copies, doling them out to his sales reps. For some reason, I liked him.
On my right was a fascinating, brilliant character:
Astro Teller. We had chatted earlier at a reception, and he'd presented that morning. I brought up some privacy issues with
one of his
products -- and just to goof around a bit, asked:
"So can you tell if someone is having sex?"
"…We think so."
"... Good sex?"
He smiled. Sort of like in this picture.
Astro was a good sport.
BodyMedia has great products, and far be it from me to eschew clichés - this medical/lifestyle company is truly cutting edge and the wave of the future.
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Across from me was
Julie Ruhlander of
Clothing Solutions. Afterwards, I introduced her to a few folks also with companies wholly or partially targeting Baby Boomers as caregivers of their parents.
Margit Novack of
Moving Solutions was one - and has her company taken off! It was great to finally meet and chat with Margit.
Geoff Meredith came late, so we didn't get to huddle until the next day.
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His outfit is
Family Virtual Visits -- pretty much self-explanatory, and a hot idea.
Also at the table: a banking executive from Canada (no surprise - at least the banking part) and a Communications executive from Wal-Mart.
Quite an eclectic group - all interested in advertising to Baby Boomers.