Gordon Logan - Sport Clips
Gordon talks about Sport Clips and the success of the franchise model he built.
David Allen - Getting Things Done
David talks about GTD and how it can help you, your business, and your success.
Chris Babel - TRUSTe
Chris provides great information about online privacy and what you can do for your business.
Mar25
Flooring America is a division of CCA Global Partners the nation’s largest floor covering cooperative. With more than 500 independent, locally-owned flooring retailers, Flooring America’s member stores work hard every day to become the most recommended flooring stores in North America.
MO: Can you talk about your Five Star Selection System and how it can help guide customers through the decision making process?
Mar22
As the founder and CEO of LivePerson, Rob LoCascio is the guiding force behind the company’s vision of creating meaningful connections between businesses and their customers through real-time engagement and data intelligence.
Beyond his business, Rob is deeply committed to connecting with his local community. He is the founder of Feeding NYC, a hunger-relief project that feeds thousands of families – virtually every shelter in New York City every Thanksgiving. He was recognized as “Person of the Day” by Huffington Post in 2010 for his efforts, and today, Rob writes regularly for the Huffington Post’s “Good News” column.
LivePerson, Inc. (Nasdaq: LPSN) offers a cloud-based platform that enables businesses to proactively connect in real-time with their customers via chat, voice, and content delivery at the right time, through the right channel, including websites, social media, and mobile devices. This “intelligent engagement” is driven by real-time behavioral analytics, producing connections based on a true understanding of business objectives and customer needs.
MO: What are some of the ways that you fulfill your mission of “creating meaningful connections” in the world?
Mar21
Steven Dupree is a General Partner at Richmond Global, where he identifies and invests in seed- and early-stage companies across verticals such as digital media, mobile, and consumer Internet — but any technology that addresses a clear market need interests him. Dupree’s true passion is customer acquisition, and he provides marketing tips for entrepreneurs through his e-newsletter, MarketFound.
Mar20
Launched in August, 2012, Star Fantasy Leagues gives users a unique fantasy sports experience that no other site can offer.
Star Fantasy Leagues offers both cash and free daily, weekly tournaments for the NFL, NBA, and soon for every major sport. The site has unique games in paid/free formats not provided by any other site!
Have a group of friends that always gets a league together for fantasy football? Run it for free or for cash through our privately, custom-made leagues! SFL provides the most gaming options of any competitor, while offering the most user friendly experience. Whether you are new to the game, only play for fun, or pour endless hours into daily research, SFL offers the perfect end-to-end fantasy adventure.
MO: Do you have any recent success stories that you’d like to share with our readers?
Mar19
From the writing program at SUNY Potsdam to a semi-professional career in 3D computer graphics to a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from Syracuse University, David Dewhirst has explored just about every medium one could imagine. He brings all of these skills, plus years of online business experience, to ThreeTwelve Creative after many successful years as a Software Engineer at MediaBrains/AgingCare.com. With all of these skills, he is sure to please — or at least entertain.
ThreeTwelve Creative provides a unique but important solution to SMEs: They handle all aspects of a company’s online presence, from website through social media to blogging and other content generation, pay-per-click management, landing pages, lead nurturing, and beyond. If it’s online, ThreeTwelve does it – allowing its clients to focus on their own core business.
MO: What are some recent examples of what you call “Bringing the Online Awesome”?
Mar18
Rachael Qualls is the founder and CEO of Angel Capital Group. She founded the organization in 2007, after she realized there was a lack of structure and strategy in conventional, early-stage investment programs. With five locations nationwide, Angel Capital Group is the only angel investment group to date that is not geographically specific in its investment focus. Its unique model not only provides angel investors with a wide range of high-quality deals, but it also offers talented startups and entrepreneurs a reliable capital source.
Rachel attributes much of her success to the fact that she considers herself both an entrepreneur and an investor. As a founder of several startups herself, she has a unique skillset that has allowed her to create an angel investment group unlike any other. Connect with Rachael on Twitter and Google+.
Mar15
Tom Dedin is the founder and CEO of Constructus International, a group of professional consultants who help contractors improve their profitability through continued education and the implementation of cutting-edge business practices.
Mar14
The Science of People is curated by Vanessa Van Edwards who travels around the country sharing the latest research with audiences.
As an acclaimed writer and behavioral investigator, Vanessa is a professional people watcher—speaking, writing and cracking the code of interesting human behavior for audiences around the world.
Vanessa is a published Penguin author and a Huffington Post columnist. She regularly gives keynotes and appears in the media to talk about her research.
The Science of People works with companies, brands and individuals on how to use body language, nonverbal communication and human lie detection in the business environment.
MO: Can you recall the moment when you decided that you wanted to become a professional people watcher?
Mar13
Jeremy McBee is the owner of Wood Stone Floor to Ceiling, the premier source for interior home needs in Columbia, Mo. Since 2008, Wood Stone has specialized in granite and quartz countertops, as well as carpet, tile, hardwood, cabinetry, sinks, and faucets. With a Creative Granite facility, Wood Stone fabricates all of their countertops in-house so customers never have to worry about a middleman.
Mar11
Kevin Cook is Dialogic’s President and CEO. Kevin stepped into this leadership role in August 2012 and has been with Dialogic since late 2008, serving in various executive management positions, including chief operating officer and executive vice president of Worldwide Field Operations. Before Dialogic, Kevin served as Vice President, North America at Avaya Inc., where he directed a 1700-person organization that spanned sales, services, and field marketing functions.
Kevin is steering Dialogic (Nasdaq:DLGC), known as the Network Fuel™ company, to inspire the world’s leading service providers and application developers to elevate the performance of media-rich communications across the most advanced networks. They boost the reliability of any-to-any network connections, supercharge the impact of applications and amplify the capacity of congested networks. Forty-eight of the world’s top 50 mobile operators and nearly 3,000 application developers rely on Dialogic to redefine the possible and exceed user expectations.
MO: What are some ways that Dialogic works to redefine the possible and exceed user expectations?
Mar11
When I Work is the easiest way for businesses to schedule and communicate with their employees. It puts the work schedule in everyone’s pocket as a text message or on their smartphone. When I Work helps restaurants, retailers and healthcare providers run more efficiently and simplify labor management. With over 50,000 monthly active users and hundreds of new businesses signing up every week, When I Work is reinventing the way businesses manage labor and communicate with staff.
MO: What inspired you to launch When I Work?
