"It always reminds me of what we hear about NCAA Basketball Final Four weekend, where up-and-coming coaches go to mingle and share resumes with high-level programs."
"For those of us who love the spoken word formats, it is crucial that we get together to support each other and learn from others who have been there before."
"To see what it's grown into now, it's outstanding. There's a need for the industry for it to have become this. I credit the entire BSM team and Jason [Barrett] for growing it to what it is now. The results every year get bigger and bigger."
"I was talking to people in the national security establishment, intelligence officers, military people...who'd served in multiple different presidential administrations. They were all telling me the same thing. This is real."