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May15

“There has been a lack of actionable information on how much to feed your dog given their activity levels and thus, most advice is far too generic and may not be suited for your particular situation. No wonder why more than half of all dogs in this country are overweight or obese.”

Steve Pelletier

SlimDoggy

Founder & CEO

http://www.SlimDoggy.com

Steve Pelletier has been in the software business since 1998 and has recently launched SlimDoggy. Previously he has founded an advertising technology company, (ironically named “FatTail”). Pelletier has worked on Wall Street and began his career at the Ronald Regan White House. He is passionate about both fitness and dogs.

SlimDoggy provides tools and technology that helps dog owners keep their dogs fit and healthy. SlimDoggy helps dog owners’ answer several key questions related to their dog including: “how much should I feed my dog?”and “what should I feed my dog?”

MO: What lessons did you learn while working on Wall Street and at the White House that you’ve been able to apply to running your own business?

May13

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“Entrepreneurship is an adventure that is similar to climbing a mountain, where you know where you want to go, but you have no idea what the elements are going to throw at you along the way.”

Bryan Leeds

Xsync

Co-Founder

http://www.Xsync.org

Bryan Leeds is the co-founder of Xsync, which is a new mobile app that simplifies sending media files from your mobile to any other type of mobile device. Xsync’s patent pending technology is like an electronic handshake, whereby two phones can connect and exchange stuff. Xsync uses NFC (Near Field Communication) or the mobile device’s camera to connect two devices that are near to each other, so users don’t have to type anything on their phone or connect to a network when they want to send media files to others around them. Additionally, the app makes it easy to receive files, as all media automatically syncs into the user’s device when they receive files with Xsync.

The app is free, and the coolest part about Xsync is that people on the receiving end don’t even need the Xsync app to receive files from Xsync. All they need is a smartphone equipped with any standard QR reader.

MO: Can you talk about Xsync was created to answer a simple question?

May8

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“Companies that proactively adopt variable talent acquisition and management programs are prepared to succeed. When it comes to your workforce, change or die.”

Mark Hall

PinPoint Resources

Founder & CEO

http://www.PinPointResources.com

Mark Hall is the Founder and CEO of Talent LogistiX, PinPoint Resources and Tech Trades since the firms’ creation in 1993. Drawing upon over 30 years of experience in the workforce solution, technology and recruitment sectors, Mark’s primary focus is developing the company’s business and service strategies, to maintain manageable growth and to ensure impeccable service delivery. He created these companies to provide the marketplace with a much needed workforce solutions partner that operates on the time-honored principles of honesty, community service, integrity, trust and accountability.

MO: Where does your strong entrepreneurial spirit come from?

May6

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“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?

May4

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“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

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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?

Apr29

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“A lot of businesses jump into social media too quickly and try to have a presence everywhere. Business owners who do this will burn out — fast.”

Jim Belosic

ShortStack

Co-Founder & CEO

http://www.ShortStack.com

What do you get when you cross web and graphic design skills with a pancake obsession? A blog, a book deal and the inspiration for a new business venture. Or at least the inspiration for the name of a new business venture. That’s the story of Jim Belosic, author of OMG Pancakes! and co-founder/CEO of ShortStack, a software company he founded in 2010 to help small-business owners and big-name agencies create custom apps for Facebook, websites and mobile browsing.

ShortStack users can create contests and sweepstakes, newsletter signup forms and integrations with the most popular social networks, including Instagram, YouTube, Twitter and more. The ShortStack platform consists of more than 40 tools, 70+ templates, and an extensive library of support documents, videos, references, and an email support system. ShortStack is the platform of choice for some of the biggest brands and celebrities on Facebook, including NBC News, ZipCar, Newegg.com, Black and Decker, Pitbull, Falken Tire, Ford Racing and Lynda.com.

MO: How did you come up with the idea for ShortStack?

Apr27

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“Having been a venture capitalist earlier in my career, I know that having capital and great investors can be a huge accelerator of growth.”

Ted Paff

Customer Lobby

President

http://www.customerlobby.com/

Customer Lobby enables local businesses to collect, manage and publish customer reviews with its reviews management and syndication application. Using Customer Lobby, businesses can get more customers, build their online reputation and capture leads from automated outreach.

MO: How did you come up with the idea for Customer Lobby?

Apr25

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“Lots of wantrepreneurs have great ideas written on hundreds of napkins – What separates the real entrepreneurs is the ability to execute.”

Danny Boice

Speek

Co-Founder & CTO

http://Speek.com

The concept for Speek was pieced together from a cocktail napkin and a hotel gift shop notebook. Founders Danny Boice and John Bracken tossed their ideas back and forth over a round of adult beverages after a tech conference in New York City. Speek was born.

Make super simple, free and visual conference calls with Speek. Choose an easy-to-remember personal link (i.e., speek.com/YourName) for your calls, instead of fumbling for a traditional phone number and PIN.

MO: Can you talk about the process of taking Speek from a concept on a napkin to launching a business around it?

Apr25

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“The biggest things we did right were a total focus on web marketing, hiring slowly and finding really good quality human beings to work with us, listening to our early customer to craft a service that met their needs.”

Casey Halloran

VacationsCostaRica.com

CMO

http://www.VacationsCostaRica.com

Founded in 1999, Vacationscostarica.com has grown from a 2 person startup to becoming Central America’s largest online travel agency. They offer unique, customized vacations to Costa Rica, Panama and Nicaragua. Their clients choose them for their superior in-country knowledge and outstanding service before, during and after their stay. From the moment they meet their customers at the airport until they leave, their team is on-call 24/7.

MO: Can you talk a bit about the journey from growing from a 2 person startup to a multi-million dollar organization with minimal startup capital or outside investment?

Apr23

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“Don’t just embrace change; rather instill it into the fabric of your culture. An agile mindset allows your business to aggressively play offense and defense in the ever-changing business world.”

John Hurley

SmartFile

President & Co-Founder

http://www.SmartFile.com

Two serial entrepreneurs, John Hurley and Ben Timby, founded SmartFile in 2009. Their idea was to create a simple web-based FTP product, and in the fall of that year, SmartFile was released for public consumption.

Since then, SmartFile has served thousands of companies and has helped share millions of files in over 140 countries. Built on an open source API file-sharing platform, SmartFile offers business a secure, branded way to easily send and receive files. From Fortune 500 companies to the one-man enterprise, SmartFile has been the trusted platform chosen by customers to move big data in a secure environment.

MO: Can you talk about the development process of having the initial concept for SmartFile and then taking it to market?

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“There has been a lack of actionable information on how much to feed your dog given their activity levels and thus, most advice is far too generic and may not be suited for your particular situation. No wonder why more than half of all dogs in this country are overweight or obese.”

“Entrepreneurship is an adventure that is similar to climbing a mountain, where you know where you want to go, but you have no idea what the elements are going to throw at you along the way.”

“Companies that proactively adopt variable talent acquisition and management programs are prepared to succeed. When it comes to your workforce, change or die.”

“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.”

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

“Lots of wantrepreneurs have great ideas written on hundreds of napkins – What separates the real entrepreneurs is the ability to execute.”

“The biggest things we did right were a total focus on web marketing, hiring slowly and finding really good quality human beings to work with us, listening to our early customer to craft a service that met their needs.”

“Don’t just embrace change; rather instill it into the fabric of your culture. An agile mindset allows your business to aggressively play offense and defense in the ever-changing business world.”

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