{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"upside","title":"CC012: how Cleveland is rallying their community around a new tech movement // a Coffee Chat with Bernie Moreno (Blockland)","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/a4d64aef\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3695,"description":"Interview begins: 06:26\r\nDebrief begins: 51:58\r\n\r\nBernie Moreno is the President of the Bernie Moreno Companies. He has 20+ years in the retail automotive business. In 2005, he purchased what has become the largest volume Mercedes-Benz dealership in the Central US. At one point, he owned 21 dealerships. \r\n\r\nHe is on the board of Dryver, a personal driver company and owns Hotcards, an online print broker. \r\n\r\nHe also founded Ownum, which is an incubator for blockchain and other technology companies. One of those first companies is Champ, which digitizes car titles.  \r\n\r\nHis was the first Mercedes-Benz and Porsche dealership in the US to accept virtually all kinds of crypto currency. \r\n\r\nBernie helped start the Blockland Cleveland Blockchain Solutions Conference, an effort to make Cleveland the epicenter of blockchain technology for business and government applications.  \r\n\r\nThe Blockland initiative exists to educate and promote real-world blockchain applications, while establishing and leading a blockchain ecosystem with support from private, public and philanthropic individuals and organizations.\r\n\r\nThe Solutions Conference took place in Cleveland December 1-4, 2018, with over 2000 attendees, 149 speakers, and more. \r\n\r\nLearn more about Blockland Cleveland: https://www.blocklandcleveland.com\r\nJoin the Blockland Cleveland Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/932341216950947\r\nFollow upside on Twitter: https://twitter.com/upsidefm \r\nSubscribe to the update: https://upside.fm/update","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/qhlBwGFVyVQpTQUPz91SL_FZ9LxsieuifdWQEs8peZY/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzkxLzE2MDU2MzQx/MjktYXJ0d29yay5q/cGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}