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Todays show:

Alex leads us into two great talks from Liquidity Summit 2024. First we have Sky Dayton’s “Aviation Safety, Air Taxis and the Future of Flight” (3:28), followed by Mike Jones’ with “Lessons in Brand Building” (24:14)

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Timestamps:

(0:00) Teaser of both speakers.

(1:33) Alex kicks off the show.

(3:28) Sky Dayton’s talk “Aviation Safety, Air Taxis and the Future of Flight”.

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(44:30) Wrap up with Alex.

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