#421 Voice Actor Rob Paulsen and Author/Entrepreneur Riz Virk
Rob Paulsen is the voice of Pinky from “Pinky and the Brain,” Yakko from “Animaniacs,” Raphael (and Donatello) from “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” and Carl Wheezer from “Jimmy Neutron.” He has an Emmy, Annie and Peabody Award. Rob will reprise his original role in the “Animaniacs” reboot on Hulu this fall/winter. Rob has huge social media numbers. His new memoir Voice Lessons was released late last year by Viva Editions, an imprint of Start Publishing. Ironically a man who uses his voice for work found himself with throat cancer (now recovered.) He is this year’s 2020 Spokesperson for The HNCA’s (Head and Neck Cancer Alliance) Oral, Head and Neck Cancer Awareness Program.
A graduate of MIT and Stanford, Ruiz Virk is a successful entrepreneur, angel investor, bestselling author and video game industry pioneer. His video games have included Tap Fish, which has been downloaded over 50 million times. Budding entrepreneurs face a challenging road. The path is not made any easier by all the clichés they hear about how to make a startup succeed―from platitudes and conventional wisdom to downright contradictions.