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Raising Capital - Acorns to Oaks Series
Guest: William Cloutier, Managing Director, Wall Street To Main Street Topic Title: Raising Capital Description: What do I need to know about how and when to raise capital as a small business? How do angel investors and venture capital investors make the decision to invest in a business? Do I need a comprehensive business plan in order to raise capital? What are the relative advantages and disadvantages of raising money from friends, from banks and from investors?
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"People Ready" by Microsoft
Guest: William Topel, Partner, Powership, Inc. Topic Title: “People-Ready” by Microsoft. Description: Small to Medium size businesses for years have been striving to understand and align themselves with technology that works and solves their business issues. These companies struggle with many complex matters. This session will allow you to hear from one of Microsoft’s top business partners on how you and your people can grow with technology through Microsoft’s recently announced new vision of “People-Ready”. The session will discuss new technology solutions that are available for you and your company to take advantage of. The solutions will provide you with opportunities that you never thought possible for your company regardless of the fact that you may be 2 people, 22 people, or 202 people.
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Growing A Business Through People
Guest: Katherine Topel, President, Powership, Inc. Topic Title: Growing a Business Through People Description: Katherine Topel is the founder and President of POWERSHIP®, INC. She recently authored a book by the same name. POWERSHIP® is a nine part proven process guaranteed to engage your people, execute the impossible and get you results you can take to the bank. For over 15 years she was a CEO of a prestigious consulting firm in the Chicago area that she also founded. She utilized the POWERSHIP Culturescape™ model to grow the firm from only 3 people to a multi million-dollar corporation. Her extensive experience in the IT, Consulting, Manufacturing, Logistics, and Supply Chain industries allows her to have the understanding of what it takes to run a company large or small in today’s business world.
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Entrepreneurs Showcase - Jeff Marpe
Guest: Jeff Marpe, Director, linenine Topic Title: Entrepreneurs Showcase Description: linenine is a visual communications company specializing in commercial video and films. Jeff founded linenine over 15 years ago and this show will explore many of the challenges he has faced. Linenine has developed films for many of the world’s largest companies including Apple, Pfizer and Budweiser.
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Entrepreneur Showcase: Tom Casale
Guest: Tom Casale, President, Simplified Solutions Topic Title: Entrepreneurs Showcase Description: Simplified Solutions is an Internet focused marketing startup company devoted to helping companies use the internet to make money. Our Simplified Solutions are simply the best web products and new web marketing services available. Whether it's email marketing, building websites for associations, or businesses, ecommerce, custom webcasting, or search engine marketing- we know how to deliver what you need. This show will explore how Tom has grown his company into a successful competitor in a crowded Internet marketplace.
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Entrepreneur: Allan Hug
Guest: Alan Hug, President, Safeplace Technologies Topic Title: Entrepreneurs Showcase Description: Safeplace Technologies is a security services startup company focused on supporting emergency responders by providing detailed video of the interiors and floor plans for the building to which they are responding. Allan is a successful entrepreneur and this show will focus on the plans for Safeplace and the challenges he is facing.
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Entrepreneur: Chuck Duff
Guest: Chuck Duff, President, Thai Bodywork Topic Title: Entrepreneurs Showcase Description: Thai Bodywork is a services company devoted to training practitioners of Thai Massage. Emerging from a strongly Buddhist tradition, the practice of Thai yoga massage is a practical expression of Metta, compassion toward oneself and others. Performed on a mat in comfortable clothes, this "lazy man's yoga" creates a therapeutic "dance" incorporating rhythmic motion, invigorating stretches, palming and thumbing along energy lines to invoke emotional calming and deep relaxation. This show will focus on Chuck’s transition from a single massage practice to a business in which he trains other therapists.
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Entrepreneur: Amanda Klingman
Guest: Amanda Klingman, President, Klingman Group Topic Title: Entrepreneurs Showcase Description: Klingman Group specializes in recruiting for small to medium size law firms and in outsourced HR services for small to medium size companies. Amanda is a successful entrepreneur who has faced many challenges as she has grown her business. This show will focus on how she has achieved her success.
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Successful Networking
Guest: Sharan Tash, President, The Professional Networker Topic Title: Successful Networking Description: What must I do to be a successful networker? What is the best way for me to learn how to be an effective networker? Why should I network on a regular basis? Is there a business for which networking is not helpful? How important is my elevator pitch in networking? What is the role of one on one meeting in networking? I am spending a lot of time networking, but I am not getting leads – what am I doing wrong?
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You Don’t Have To Be Perfect To Be Great
Guest: John DiPietro, President, ABC/D – Advanced Business Concepts/DiPietro Topic Title: You Don’t Have To Be Perfect To Be Great Description: John is the author of a new book, You Don’t Have To Be Perfect To Be Great, and it is going to be the bible for creating successes in sales and service. It gives several helpful points on gaining success based upon the actual work he did with Tim McGraw, Neil Diamond, Jay Leno, Kenny Rogers and many stars of the NFL, NBA, NHL and even the clowns from the GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH!
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Supply Chain Management
Acorns to Oaks: Growing Your Small Business with Host Tom Long Guest: Herbert C. Shields, President, HCS Consulting Topic Title: Supply Chain Management Description: With gas prices so high, what can I do to manage all my transportation costs? What should I be doing to manage my various vendor relationships to maximize my value? How many vendors should I be using for each area of supply? Should I try to help my vendors improve their own internal processes? Is there software that can help me manage my supply chain?
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Self Aware Management
Acorns to Oaks: Growing Your Small Business with Host Tom Long Guest: Steve Wyrostek, President, Rent A Manager Topic Title: Self Aware Management Description: Self Aware Management consults real life examples, best practices, found management in literature and even verse to help managers realize that great management begins with the vigilant self-awareness of the manager. What is your definition of management? What are some examples of management gone awry that we may be familiar? What are some examples of good management? You say in literature there are examples of good management- Can you discuss a few of them? What is Self-Aware Management?
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Change Management For Small Business
Acorns to Oaks: Growing Your Small Business with Host Tom Long Guest: Patrick Seaton, President, Innovative Management Tools Topic Title: Change Management For Small Business Description: What are the foundations of change management? What are the key aspects of planning for change? What are the best ways to overcome resistance to change? What are the best ways to include and engage employees in the change management process?
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Raising Capital
Acorns To Oaks - Growing Your Small Business With Host Tom Long Guest: William Cloutier, Managing Director, Wall Street To Main Street Topic Title: Raising Capital Description: What do I need to know about how and when to raise capital as a small business? How do angel investors and venture capital investors make the decision to invest in a business? Do I need a comprehensive business plan in order to raise capital? What are the relative advantages and disadvantages of raising money from friends, from banks and from investors?
Disc: $10.50
 
Management Systems For Small Business
Acorns to Oaks: Growing Your Small Business with Host Tom Long Guest: Brad Farris, President, Anchor Advisors Topic Title: Management Systems For Small Business Description: What is a system? Why have systems? What are the steps for creating a standard process? What are the critical management systems I need for my small business? What software is there to support my various business systems?
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Is The Internet Of Use To A Small Business?
Acorns to Oaks: Growing Your Small Business with Host Tom Long Guest: Crystal Jurczynski, President, Crystal Point Consulting Topic Title: Is The Internet Of Use To A Small Business? Description: How can my small business take advantage of the internet? What is Search Engine Optimization and how do I take advantage of it? Should I consider using pay-per-click?
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Advertising, Branding And Small Business
Acorns to Oaks: Growing Your Small Business with Host Tom Long Guest: Eric Zitron, President Topic Title: Advertising, Branding And Small Business Description: I seem to be wasting my money by advertising, what can I do? How do I decide the best media to use? Where dos advertising fit in my overall marketing strategy. How important is branding to a small business?
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Leadership And Small Business
Acorns to Oaks: Growing Your Small Business with Host Tom Long Guest: Al Ritter, President, The Ritter Consulting Group Topic Title: Leadership And Small Business Description: What is the difference between leaders and managers? How do I know if I am a good leader? How do I develop my employees into leaders? Is leadership different today versus many years ago?
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Business To Consumer Marketing and Pricing
Acorns to Oaks: Growing Your Small Business with Host Tom Long Guest: Patti Guerzo, President, Guerzo Business Solutions Center Topic Title: Business To Consumer Marketing and Pricing Description: I sell to consumers not other businesses, how should I market my products and services? How do I decide what price to charge for my offerings?
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Sales Management In the New Millennium
Acorns to Oaks: Growing Your Small Business with Host Tom Long Guest: Robert Lambert, Partner , Samurai Business Group, LLC Topic Title: Sales Management In the New Millennium Description: With the end of the Baby Boomer age, how is sales management different? Without sales we have no business, so why is managing sales such a problem? How can I do a better sales forecast? What do I have to do to double sales in the next 12 months?
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