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MMR BLOG UPDATE Feb 7th

To Learn Anything You Must Put Aside The Safety Of Your Ignorance

http://blog.mmrglobal.com/

I want to thank everyone for the enthusiasm and positive comments about my blog, particularly over the last several weeks. In fact I have had several requests from publisher’s networks to publish my blogs on a regular basis for newspapers throughout the country. Although after some of the events of last week, it’s a tempting offer (specifically speaking of the political climate in the middle east), I am convinced the big potential is to take on full time spiritual blog writing after my mission on earth with MMRGlobal is complete.

So who is Bob Lorsch anyway? There is a sign on my office wall that says, “To be Average Scares The Hell Out Of Me”. If any of the readers of this blog have any interest in actually learning facts about MMRGlobal or Bob Lorsch, I am always available to discuss facts vs. fiction at 310-476-7002.

This week, we are at T minus 10 on the countdown to HIMSS where we expect to announce the details of our comprehensive Concierge Medicine launch, Consumer Sweepstakes, Favorite Things Emmy Program and expanded relationship with Kodak. In my spare time I am also working on biotech licensing opportunities worldwide. In addition this coming weekend I am in Orlando at Kodak’s KES meeting in Orlando.

Also, as a result of MMR’s relationship with Lucent in the United States, last week, Unis posted photos on their website of a first meeting between Lucent and Unis in China to discuss Lucent’s interest in the MMR-UnisTH China Joint Venture and possibly becoming an active participant. The value of having Lucent as a potential strategic partner in China could represent a tremendous opportunity.

And since many of you are new to this Blog and may not have known me personally for the past 30 plus years, I thought you would be interested in the following along with a copy of my bio. Click here to view article.

On May 15, 06 for those of you who subscribed to AOL you saw this on the AOL home page on that day.

Robert H. “Bob” Lorsch is a Los Angeles businessman, entrepreneur and philanthropist. He founded MyMedicalRecords, Inc. in 2005, leading the company through a merger with the biotechnology company Favrille, Inc., completed in January 2009. Mr. Lorsch was elected Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of the combined company, which was renamed MMR Information Systems, Inc. and officially became MMRGlobal, Inc. (OTC: MMRF) in June 2010. The name was chosen to more accurately reflect the company’s business as a worldwide provider of its MyMedicalRecords consumer and professional products for the healthcare industry. These include the MyMedicalRecords Personal Health Record (www.mmrvideos.com) and the MMRPro professional solution for physicians and small hospitals (www.mmrprovideos.com). Additionally, MMR’s MyEsafeDepositBox provides secure storage solutions to the insurance, legal and financial services industries (www.myesafedepositbox.com).

As a result of MMR’s merger with Favrille, the company also acquired intellectual property assets, including data and tissue samples from the FavId® vaccine clinical trials to treat B-cell Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma and an anti-CD20 antibody that was developed as a potential candidate for the next generation Rituxan®.

Mr. Lorsch also heads up the private equity and consulting firm, The RHL Group, Inc., (www.rhlgroup.com) with diverse interests in e-commerce, entertainment, and biotechnology. For over 20 years he was in the telecommunications and marketing services industries. From 1994-1998, he was Chief Executive Officer of SmarTalk TeleServices, Inc., leading the company he co-founded for $5000 plus about $400,000 in credit card debt and built it into one of the largest providers of prepaid telecommunications products and services in the world. SmarTalk had a market cap of nearly $1 billion when it moved to Ohio in January of 1998 and Bob retired into eight years of Philanthropy. Prior to that, he partnered with Pacific Bell Information Services to build a voice mailbox system that became part of the WinFax product offerings.

In the 1980s, Mr. Lorsch built and headed the Lorsch Creative Network (LCN), a full-service advertising and sales promotion agency specializing in marketing campaigns for “blue chip” national and international clients, including the ABC, CBS and NBC television networks, Campbell’s Soup, Procter & Gamble, Marvel Entertainment, Johnson & Johnson, Taco Bell, Northrop Grumman, and McDonald’s Corporation, among many others.

Mr. Lorsch also founded Natural Products for Pets, Inc., which he launched in 2001 as the exclusive manufacturer and distributor of the Dancing Paws product line. Offered at major retail specialty stores and on the Internet at www.dancingpaws.com, Dancing Paws is a popular pet nutrient system that is produced at human dietary supplement plants requiring FDA approval. One of the company’s leading products is “Breath-A-Licious,” a dental treat for dogs that is an industry best-seller.

Known early on for his innovation and marketing acumen, one of Mr. Lorsch’s out-of-the-box campaigns was chronicled in the book Barbarians Led by Bill Gates: Microsoft from the Inside, which recounts the first launch of Microsoft. In it, he is described as “a marketing mastermind…a magician who believed anything was possible and simply wouldn’t take no for an answer,” and where in one week “Microsoft had reinvented and redefined the idea of promotion.” Another innovation involves his efforts starting in 1981 to sell advertising on the Space Shuttle and International Space Station to benefit NASA research programs. He has continued to maintain the currency of his copyrighted proposals and has provided expert testimony to the Senate Subcommittee on Science, Technology and Space, expanding the scope of his programs to include future missions to the Moon and Mars.

Mr. Lorsch’s support of science and technology was recognized in 1998 by Vice President Al Gore in his dedication of the new California Science Center in Los Angeles, where the Robert H. Lorsch Family Pavilion stands as the gateway to the museum in historic Exposition Park.

Mr. Lorsch is a Member of the Board of Trustees of the California Science Center at Exposition Park, also having served a four-year term on the State-appointed Board of Directors; Member of the Board and of the Executive Committee of D.A.R.E. America; Member of the Board of Governors of Cedars-Sinai Medical Center; Member of the Board of Governors of the Los Angeles Police Historical Society; and Member of the Board of the Sheriff’s Youth Foundation. He has also served as a National Vice President and President of the Executive Committee/Western Region of the Muscular Dystrophy Association. Further, he has been a major supporter of the John Wayne Cancer Institute; the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation; and the Thalians Mental Health Center at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.

Mr. Lorsch has received numerous awards and proclamations for his public spirit. He was recognized in 2006 by the U.S. Small Business Administration with its “American Spirit Award” for his efforts in disaster preparedness since the early 1980's and MyMedicalRecords.com’s contribution to disaster preparedness in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. He has also received the prestigious “C” Flag Private Sector Initiative award from the White House during the Reagan administration for his work in raising millions for financing state and local earthquake preparedness education. His efforts for this cause, which include serving on numerous earthquake preparedness committees, have also earned him awards from the City and County of Los Angeles, the State of California and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).

On June 5, 2002, Mr. Lorsch was recognized by the City of Los Angeles when the Los Angeles City Council adopted a resolution commending the entrepreneur/philanthropist for his outstanding charitable work and business leadership, and further honored him by creating “Bob Lorsch Day.”

Mr. Lorsch has helped raise millions of dollars for charitable organizations through a combination of direct giving and by creating cause-related marketing programs for national advertisers from which organizations like the Special Olympics have benefited.

For his philanthropy, he has been recognized by the following charitable organizations: the anti-drug, anti-violence organization D.A.R.E. America honored him in 1998 with its coveted Future of America Award at a dinner where he was named D.A.R.E.’s “Man of the Year.” He was instrumental in raising over $2 million for this organization at the dinner, which represents the most successful fund raising event held by D.A.R.E. and is among the most successful money-raising events honoring an individual in the Los Angeles area. The Muscular Dystrophy Association honored Mr. Lorsch in 1999 with its esteemed Humanitarian of the Year award; the Southern California Chapter of the Asthma & Allergy Foundation of America named him Humanitarian of the Year 2000; and Starlight Children’s Foundation (now the Starlight/Starbright Children’s Foundation) honored him in April 2002 with the Golden Wish Award at its 19th annual gala hosted by Jamie Lee Curtis.

In October 2003, Mr. Lorsch was honored by the Wildlife WayStation with its “Paws of Fame” Humanitarian Award in recognition of his philanthropy and unselfish dedication to the world-renowned animal sanctuary. In 2009 he received the Humanitarian Award from the charitable organizations Therapeutic Living Centers for the Blind and Love Across the Ocean.

Mr. Lorsch has been a featured speaker on personal health records and telecommunications at forums nationwide, including MIT. He has also been highlighted in hundreds of national and international newspapers and magazines and has been interviewed on numerous television and radio shows. His career of combining entrepreneurship and philanthropy was the focal point of one of the seven keys to success in the 2007 book, “The Millionaire Zone,” authored by ABC Radio Host and AOL Family Financial Editor Jennifer Openshaw. His entrepreneurial spirit was also profiled on AOL’s Money & Finance Web portal (“From High School (Almost) Dropout to Having $100 Million”) and in the 2007 book, “The Engine of America,” written by Hector V. Barreto, former head of the U.S. Small Business Administration.

Robert H. “Bob” Lorsch, CEO, MMRGlobal
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