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May7

“I jump out of bed every day knowing that MemoryBanc will remove the stress of managing and finding personal information when it’s most needed.”

Kay Bransford

MemoryBanc

Chief Curator & President

http://www.MemoryBanc.com

Founded in 2012, MemoryBanc’s mission is to help people secure their personal information so they can easily locate it, share it or pass it onto loved ones. The flagship product, the MemoryBanc Register, helps individuals and families organize and protect their personal, financial, medical, online and household documents and details. In 2013, MemoryBanc received the AARP Foundation Prize for Older-Adult Focused Innovation. This privately-held company is based in Arlington, VA. For more information, call 703.436.2827 or visit MemoryBanc.com.

MO: How did you come up with the concept for MemoryBanc?

May7

“Consumers are truly at a disadvantage when it comes to timeshare issues, so I’m on a mission to bring them unbiased insights and bring trust back to timeshare.”

Lisa Ann Schreier

Timeshare Insights

Founder

http://www.TimeShareInsights.com

Lisa Ann Schreier, The Timeshare Crusader is the founder of Timeshare Insights, a consumer consulting company serving the more than 10 million consumers worldwide who attend a timeshare sales presentation or “pitch” annually, as well as the more than 6 million who already own one or more timeshares. She is the author of two best-selling books on timeshare – “Surviving A Timeshare Presentation—Confessions From The Sales Table” and “Timeshare Vacations For Dummies” Both books have been a hit with consumers who are confused by the industry’s outdated sales and marketing techniques and at a loss as to where to turn for unbiased information. Her blog is now considered required reading for those looking to keep up to date with the sometimes convoluted world of timeshare.

Timeshare Insights is an education and consultant based company dealing with timeshare issues.

They do NOT sell, rent, buy, broker, list, transfer any timeshare nor are they affiliated with any timeshare or timeshare entity.

Their goal is simple…to provide unbiased and independent services to consumers, educate the public and the media about timeshare and serve as a catalyst for positive change in the industry.

MO: How did you come with the concept for Timeshare Insights?

May6

“All companies succeed, or fail, because of the actions and dynamics of the teams within their organization and the first step towards helping them achieve their goals is understanding their benchmark actions and behaviors with a high degree of precision and accuracy.”

Adrian Wood

ShadowmatchUSA

VP Business Development

http://www.ShadowmatchUSA.com/

Adrian Wood has more than 20 years’ experience in business management and leadership. He has passion for making companies of all sizes, from start-ups to global, successful through team development and unique leadership and management strategies across functions and divisions. He is currently partnering with major clients including Bimbo Bakeries, Cisco, Citrix, Sprint and others to make them even more effective by focusing on workplace excellence through team behaviors, not personalities.

ShadowmatchUSA is based in Dallas, Texas, and is the exclusive provider and administrator of Shadowmatch in the U.S. The Shadowmatch Behavioral benchmarking system gives the ability to identify and predict the specific employee habits and behaviors that are responsible for a team’s success. Armed with these powerful insights, leaders can better build, manage, develop and deploy teams and individual employees. By gaining these insights, their mission is to see an increase in employee performance and retention, and a significantly lower onboarding cost and staff turnover.

MO: Can you elaborate on your unique three-step process that helps you identify and predict employee habits and behaviors that are responsible for a team’s success?

May6

“For consumers, we eliminate the hassle of finding a service provider that matches their needs.”

Manpreet Singh

Seva Call

President & COO

http://www.SevaCall.com

Seva Call is a next generation search engine that connects consumers and service professionals in a way that is convenient and beneficial to both- by phone and in real time. For the consumer it eliminates the frustration which comes with trying to find a service provider that is a good fit. For the service provider it brings customers at a much higher retention rate than traditional advertising methods.

MO: How did you come up with the concept for Seva Call?

May6

“Our goal is to have one data interface for all of the different APIs.”

Dave Fowler

Chartio

Founder & CEO

http://www.chartio.com

Dave Fowler’s mom taught him to program when he was 11 and he’s been spending his hours in front of the terminal ever since. In school he studied Physics, two other undergrads and finished with a masters degree in Electrical Engineering.

During and after school Dave worked at IBM on the processor for the Xbox 360 and filed 10 patents. He moved to the Bay Area to pursue a startup and he is happy that fewer people bug him about finding some work-life balance.

Chartio is shaking up business intelligence with a new interface to data. It is simple to set up, easy to use and works with the world’s most popular data sources in real-time by connecting with your database, instead of a stale data warehouse.

MO: How did you come up with the concept for Chartio?

May6

They said it couldn’t be done, I said, “Oh yeah? Let me show you what I can do.”

Nick-Anthony Zamucen

President & CEO

Bio-One Inc.

http://www.BioOneInc.com

“Nick-Anthony Zamucen” the President & CEO of Bio-One Inc. The first and only successful franchised crime scene cleaning company. Nick-Anthony has done for the “crime & trauma scene cleaning industry” what Mark Zuckerberg has done for social media. He is also a published author, business strategist, and an award winning serial entrepreneur that has had tremendous success in various business ventures. He has recently been named to the list of “Top 40 Under 40 CEO’s” and has lead the Bio-One franchise organization to three national franchise awards in the last year.

Bio-One Inc. is the first and only successful crime and trauma scene clean-up franchise. Our franchises are in 10 different states and we are by far, the leader in bio-recovery worldwide. Bio-One’s marketing campaigns are industry specific, innovative and have proven successful year after year.

MO: How did you come up with the concept for Bio-One?

May4

“I’ve been in love with running and racing ever since and became fascinated with the science of athletic performance.”

Dr. Jason Karp

RunCoachJason.com

Founder

http://www.RunCoachJason.com/

Dr. Jason Karp is a nationally-recognized running and fitness coach and owner of RunCoachJason.com. As one of America’s foremost running experts and the 2011 IDEA Personal Trainer of the Year, he has been profiled and interviewed in a number of publications. A rare combination of education and experience, he holds three degrees in exercise science, including a Ph.D. in exercise physiology. He is a prolific writer, with more than 200 publications in fitness and running magazines and five books, including Running a Marathon For Dummies and Running for Women. He is a frequent speaker at international fitness and coaching conferences.

MO: Where does your passion for running and fitness come from?

May4

“I guess I am still crazy, and it has taken me two decades, but I didn’t give up on my dream.”

Diane Bloodworth

scoutPRO

Founder

https://www.scoutPRO.com/

Competitive Sports Analysis (CSA) is a leading provider of highly accurate, predictive data for sports. In 2011, CSA launched its initial product, scoutPROTM Fantasy Football, which uses unique predictive analysis software that combines historical tendencies and subjective ratings to identify the strengths and weaknesses of players in specific situations. Today, scoutPRO Fantasy Football is one of the best tools on the market with a more than 60 percent accuracy rating. After much consumer and industry praise, the company debuted scoutPRO Fantasy Baseball in April 2013.

MO: How did you come up with the concept for Competitive Sports Analysis?

May4

A new way to shop!

Susan Akbarpour

Mavatar

Co-Founder

http://www.Mavatar.com

A visionary and globally focused executive and entrepreneur, Susan Akbarpour has 20 years of hands-on experience in building successful and innovative businesses in media, management consulting and investment.

As a journalist, editor, publisher, businesswoman, investor, social entrepreneur & political fundraiser, Susan has received multiple media, community and business awards and has been a speaker at various conferences and frequently featured by mainstream media outlets.

Susan co-founded Mavatar along with Dr. Brom Mahbod, former Oracle VP of e-business platform in January 2011. Brom is running the company as the CEO and Susan serves the company as the president. New Sentence option: Brom runs the company as the CEO, while Susan is serving as the company’s president.

MO: What inspired you to launch Mavatar?

May4

“I like to think that what I really do is build better environments for learning. Typically, these are technology rich environments, but I am keenly aware that technology is not the answer, it is just a tool to support learning and the process of learning.”

Alan Landever

Fort Leavenworth School District USD 207

Director of Technology Services

http://www.FtLvn.com

Alan Landever is the Director of Technology at USD 207 in Fort Leavenworth Kansas, a four-school district inside the US Army facility. In 2010, he helped develop the CYBER-TEAMS concept and successfully applied for a $2.5M grant to fund the three-year project. He serves as the day-to-day leader of the initiative, now in its second year. CYBER-TEAMS is built on recurring professional development of TEAMS thinking (STEM + Arts Integration) for teachers, plus significant technology upgrades across the district.

The CYBER-TEAMS program has received several awards, including the 2012-2013 Distinguished Program Award from Apple. Alan and his team frequently share their research and experiences at local and national educational technology conferences. Based in part on the success of CYBER-TEAMS, the KU school of Education has placed a cohort of its student teachers with the Fort Leavenworth Schools in order to learn from their technology integration model. Prior to USD 207, Alan worked at the Challenger Center for Space Science Education. One of his first jobs was as a classroom science teacher.

MO: Do you think that the prevalence of social media and our dependence on the internet has should change how and what we teach to students?

May3

“Finding what makes your business unique gives people a way to connect, to relate, and interact, and it can make all the difference in making your company memorable.”

Faith Amon

Frecklefoot Creative

Owner & Creative Director

http://www.FreckleFootCreative.com

Faith Amon is the founder of Frecklefoot Creative, a graphic design house and creative agency based in Orlando, Florida. Faith has a Master’s Degree in Communications from the University of Florida, and over 20 years of experience in design, photography and marketing. Over the last 10 years she has worked in 6 different countries consulting with CARE International to create collateral pieces, and shoot photographs that help to explain CARE’s complex humanitarian work. Faith was named among the Orlando Business Journal’s 40 under 40 in 2011, appeared in USA Toady and on the Today show in 2012 and was recently awarded top honors in the Women in Arts Show of Central Florida.

Frecklefoot Creative is a creative agency that focuses on brand storytelling. The Frecklefoot team utilizes an arsenal of creative inspiration and product leverage to bring brands to life. Over the past 9 years they have helped to build company brands to give them a unique voice in the marketplace. Where is YOUR freckle? Make your Mark.

MO: What inspired you to launch your own company instead of working for an established firm?

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“I jump out of bed every day knowing that MemoryBanc will remove the stress of managing and finding personal information when it’s most needed.”

“Consumers are truly at a disadvantage when it comes to timeshare issues, so I’m on a mission to bring them unbiased insights and bring trust back to timeshare.”

“All companies succeed, or fail, because of the actions and dynamics of the teams within their organization and the first step towards helping them achieve their goals is understanding their benchmark actions and behaviors with a high degree of precision and accuracy.”

“For consumers, we eliminate the hassle of finding a service provider that matches their needs.”

“Our goal is to have one data interface for all of the different APIs.”

They said it couldn’t be done, I said, “Oh yeah? Let me show you what I can do.”

“I’ve been in love with running and racing ever since and became fascinated with the science of athletic performance.”

“I guess I am still crazy, and it has taken me two decades, but I didn’t give up on my dream.”

“I like to think that what I really do is build better environments for learning. Typically, these are technology rich environments, but I am keenly aware that technology is not the answer, it is just a tool to support learning and the process of learning.”

“Finding what makes your business unique gives people a way to connect, to relate, and interact, and it can make all the difference in making your company memorable.”

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