Nadal recharges his battery by heading off to the beach, and then he is back in training for the next tournament. Nadal, after he loses a match, he’s a very gracious loser, acknowledging that the other guy played better and did an awesome job,” Brad explained to me. He likes the limelight and the attention he gets. He sees Nadal as having a blend of both extrinsic and intrinsic motivation. As he explains, “People fall along a continuum.” Brad uses tennis star Rafael Nadal as an example. I met Brad through a good friend, Bing Gordon, the founder of EA Sports, and we quickly became friends. I consider Brad a good friend and an expert at understanding the difference between intrinsic and extrinsic motivation. “Can you be totally intrinsically motivated? “Not necessarily, it’s not always black and white,” says Brad Feld, partner at the Boulder, Colorado-based venture capital firm Foundry Group. His focus and motivation provide unbeatable inspiration for his team at Integrate and Jeremy Bloom’s Wish of a Lifetime.. Jeremy specializes in moving fast and making an impact. He does commentary for College Football and is an Olympic Sports Television Analyst and has worked for ESPN, Fox, NBC and The Pac-12 Network. Outside of business, Jeremy has continued to maintain his name within the sports world. Also in 2011 Jeremy was named by Forbes as 30 under 30, tech executives under the age of 30 making waves in the technology space and in 2013 Jeremy was a finalist for the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year. Integrate was named as the "Best New Company" at the 2011 American Business Awards in New York City. The company has raised over $25M of venture capital from Comcast, Foundry Group and Liberty Global. Through Jeremy’s vision and leadership, Integrate is transforming the global advertising market. In April 2010, Jeremy co-founded the marketing software company Integrate, the first advertising technology provider that empowers media buyers to plan, launch, analyze, and optimize marketing campaigns across performance, digital and traditional media. In 2009, Jeremy entered into the business world and launched, a health portal creating a dialogue between health experts and ordinary people throughout the world. The non-profit has granted over 1000 wishes in all 50 states and has plans to expand to Canada and across the US. In addition to his athletic achievements, Jeremy possesses a driving motivation to give back to those around him leading him to, in January 2008, found Wish of a Lifetime, which grants lifelong wishes to 80, 90, & 100+ year old people. While playing with the NFL in Philadelphia for the Eagles, he completed a business entrepreneurship program at Wharton Business School where he studied real estate and finance. He was also an All-American football player at the University of Colorado and played professional football as a wide receiver and return specialist in the National Football League for the Philadelphia Eagles and the Pittsburgh Steelers. In 2005, he won a record six straight World Cup events, the most in a single season in the sport's history. He is a three-time World Champion, two-time Olympian, eleven-time World Cup gold medalist and a member of the United States Skiing Hall of Fame. In addition to his professional life, Jeremy is an accomplished athlete in both skiing and football. While playing with the NFL in Ph Jeremy Bloom is CEO of the Marketing Technology company, Integrate and founder of Wish of a Lifetime, a nonprofit organization. Jeremy Bloom is CEO of the Marketing Technology company, Integrate and founder of Wish of a Lifetime, a nonprofit organization.
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