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Together with Smallbiz America Network (www.smallbizamerica.com) E.Factor organizes a weekly interview with both well-established and starting Entrepreneurs. Learn the secrets that have helped these individuals launch and sustain their businesses.
Spotlight on Embee Mobile with CEO Russell Tillitt
Monday, March 08, 2010 4:11amIn this segment, CEO Russell Tillitt talks about the development of this innovative pre-paid mobile business model, EmbeeMobile.
Russell Tillitt -CEO Russell has led Embee Mobile since its inception in August 2008, and has more than 12 years of mobile and telecommunications industry experience overall. As Embee Mobile’s CEO and Co-Founder, Russell developed Embee’s underlying technology, led initial product development, and continues to head all efforts regarding business strategy and team formation.
Prior to Embee Mobile, Russell worked as Vice President of Engineering for Beatnik, Inc, an industry-leading software and music content provider for mobile phones for 9 years. During that time, Russell gained extensive experience working with carriers and device manufacturers on mobile services that target low-cost, mass market handsets and prepaid subscribers, with particular focus on international markets, including India. At a previous company, Russell led the development of enterprise-grade solutions for large pharmaceutical companies.
Russell earned his BS in Mathematics at the University of Florida, and his MBA with honor s at UC-Berkeley’s Haas School of Business. Russell lives with his wife Candice and two children in San Francisco. Russell enjoys hiking, sailing and playing piano, including the occasional gig at local clubs and events.
E Factor Radio: Monthly Chat with the Founders-Rodney Sampson on E Lounges
Monday, March 08, 2010 3:04amRodney Sampson, one of the founders of the E Factor visits with David Wolf to talk about E Lounges, what they are, where they’re located, and how am E Factor Member can leverage this exciting feature innovation.
Rodney Sampson, one of the founders of the E Factor visits with David Wolf to talk about E Lounges, what they are, where they’re located, and how am E Factor Member can leverage this exciting feature innovation.
Founders Update with Adrie Reinders
Saturday, January 30, 2010 4:40amListen to our quick monthly update with “the Founders” of the E Factor!
In this brief segment Adrie describes a vision for the new E Factor headquarters—slated to be a small business incubator on Market Street in San Francisco. More details to follow.
Meanwhile, the Member of the Month program continues to enhance the experience and functionality of the Member Profiles on E Factor
Finally, look for new discounts for E Factor Members thanks to a new partnership with “WE TRANSFER”—a file sharing service for rich media.
Orderzoom.com with Larry Delisio Jr.
Sunday, January 17, 2010 10:57pmOur guest on this segment has created an innovation in the world of restaurant marketing and order-flow. Larry J Delisio Jr. is the founder of Orderzoom.com, and is revolutionizing how restaurant owners market and how restaurant-goers can find them and place orders online.
Here are some of the questions guiding this interview segment with Larry Delisio:
1. Where did the idea for orderzoom.com come from?
2. How does the site work?
3. What is your pricing model? How Do you make money?
4. Are there any competitors in this space? And, how did you what to show up differently?
5. How does this change the game for restaurant owners-what are the benefits for them?
6. And for the customers-how does it benefit them?
7. What is the current scope of the business in terms of market coverage and also human resources?
8. What new features are you planning to include on the site?
9. What are your c growth and expansion plans for orderzoom.com?
10. You’ll be at the National Restaurant Show – May 2010 – Chicago IL —-Booth #5474-
For more information about orderzoom.com:
E Factor Radio: Monthly Chat with the Founders
Wednesday, January 06, 2010 10:13pmMarion nd Adrie join David Wolf in a discussion looking back at 2009, with a forward-going look at what’s coming for 2010 at the E Factor.
Marion and Adrie join David Wolf in a discussion looking back at 2009, with a forward-going look at what’s coming for 2010 at the E Factor, including the new Member of the Month Contest.
Bobby D and the Business of Racing
Sunday, November 22, 2009 5:34pmOur guest on this segment is a twenty eight year old Dutch racing driver who began his racing career in Formula 3 driving for FGR racing.There Robert Doornbos (aka “Bobby D”) finished fifth in a championship, taking two poles, two wins, and a total of nine podium finishes.
Our guest on this segment is a twenty eight year old Dutch racing driver who began his racing career in Formula 3 driving for FGR racing.
There Robert Doornbos, aka” Bobby D”, finished fifth in a championship, taking two poles, two wins, and a total of nine podium finishes.
After moving up to Formula 3000, he finished won Rookie of the Year honors. He then joined the world of Formula 1 as a race driver for Minardi and Red Bull Racing…the list goes on and on…Bobby D-welcome to the program
http://www.bobbydracing.com
1. Congrats on your successful career in auto-racing so far!
2. What is HVM Racing?
3. How did you get into car racing?
4. How is it different from other forms of car racing?
5. Talk to us about the process of preparing and running a race. What is that like?
6. How important is your TEAM when you’re racing?
7. Besides the Racing itself, you are running a business of racing. How do you manage the business while actively competing?
8. What is your ultimate goal in your racing career? What would you like to achieve?
9. What is your vision for the business called “Bobby D”, and how is it different than your vision for your own racing career? Will there be a “next generation” of your career?
Jill Jayne, the Rockstar Nutritionist
Thursday, October 08, 2009 8:31pmJill Jayne, MS, RD, is the country’s only Rockstar Nutritionist. She is the leading expert in creating and delivering interactive media about health to kids and families. As President and Creative Director of Note to Health, Jayne creates interactive programming that fuses health education with music.
Note To Health’s most popular program is Jump with Jill, the rock ‘n roll nutrition show and CD for elementary kids. Jill is the creator and lead performer Jump with Jill, as well as the Executive Producer of the show’s accompanying audio CD, Get Me Goin’. Jill also writes weekly on her blog “On the Beat with the Rockstar Nutritionist” chronicling her whereabouts and nutritional conundrums during her tour travels and provides critical commentary on food issues and
new food products that are related to kids and families.
Jill’s knack for rock’n roll nutrition is the result of being a registered dietitian mixed with her musical experience as lead singer-songwriter of her band Sunset West. Sunset West has toured and recorded extensively in the mainstream music scene including The Vans Warped Tour and The Next Great American Band on FOX. The band now regularly tours middle and high schools with their nutrition and media literacy show, I Will Not Be Bought. Many Sunset West members are also featured on the Get Me Goin’ CD.
Jill’s experience as an off-Broadway actress, Radio Disney DJ, sketch comedy music writer and performer, and jazz pianist have also contributed to her musical expertise. In addition to being an accomplished musician, Jill is a registered dietitian with a master’s degree in nutrition education from Columbia University and a bachelor’s in nutrition and theater from Penn State University.
The resulting combination launched a unique and exciting career in nutrition entertainment. Before becoming a professional Rockstar Nutritionist, Jill was writer, producer and host of the nationally syndicated, nationally-acclaimed children’s nutrition news program What’s in the News for PBS and a New York City public school teacher.
Jill specializes in professional pizzazz at conferences and events for grown-ups. Part speech, part performance, Jill makes sure her audiences gets the facts about nutrition but in a way that they will surely remember. Jill consults with companies and organizations to re-strategize health-focused products and services. Jill is a short order cook in music production, serving as a top-to-bottom production house for original music and jingles for creative brand delivery.
Jill hails from Pittsburgh and now resides in New York City.
Smallbiz Coaching with Stephanie Ward
Tuesday, September 29, 2009 5:17pmStephanie Ward has been a marketing and business coach to a multitude of clients and knows how to go from a job you aren’t happy in to finding a career that you love. She left behind her years in the corporate world to pursue work she is passionate about: helping other business owners grow profitable businesses.
Stephanie Ward has been a marketing and business coach to a multitude of clients and knows how to go from a job you aren’t happy in to finding a career that you love. She left behind her years in the corporate world to pursue work she is passionate about: helping other business owners grow profitable businesses.
Stephanie is an American citizen who has lived in the Netherlands since 1999. Before she began her coaching business, she worked in the corporate arena in business development, sales, marketing, management and consulting. She is a professionally trained coach who received her training at Coach Inc. and is a member of the International Coach Federation. She has an undergraduate degree in Business Management and a Masters degree in Communication both from the University of Oklahoma.
Stephanie Ward founded her company, Firefly Coaching, in April of 2002. She works with business owners who want to attract more clients and grow their businesses. She has worked clients from: the Netherlands, the United States, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Brazil, Canada, France, Australia, New Zealand, Spain, and the United Arab Emirates.
Stephanie has been featured in magazines, newspapers, newsletters, and on the radio. She has also given workshops, presentations, and guest lectures at Universities. She’s also written two books: No Sweat Networking: Simple Solutions to Overcome Networking Obstacles and 100 Things to BE Before You Die. She has an energetic and enthusiastic personality and is always willing to do an interview.
CaterConsulting with Jody Birnbaum
Tuesday, September 29, 2009 2:18amJody Birnbaum, is the President of Caterconsult, Inc., a Business Management Consultancy, providing core strategies, methods, resources, training and support to entrepreneurs, with a focus on the hospitality industry. Jody is herself a survivor of twenty plus years in the catering business and was the founder and owner of Pear Tree Catering, Ltd.
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Jody Birnbaum, is the President of Caterconsult, Inc., a Business Management Consultancy,
providing core strategies, methods, resources, training and support to entrepreneurs, with a
focus on the hospitality industry. Jody is herself a survivor of twenty plus years in the catering
business and was the founder and owner of Pear Tree Catering, Ltd.
As a fellow entrepreneur with a shared sense of risk and adventure, she knows how challenging
it can be to keep a business strong and healthy for the long run. Caterconsult, Inc. helps
business owners with strategic planning; email and print marketing; website development,
search engine optimization; social networking; contact management; software integration;
leadership, communication, sales training; staff development, financial management and a
host of additional services.
As an adjunct faculty member at the Culinary School of Kendall College, Jody teaches
Introduction to Foodservice Business Planning. Jody designed the course to help students
understand the basic business issues impacting most new businesses including start-up
expenses, build outs, licensing, insurance, taxes, legalities, menu development, pricing, costing,
inventory, human resources, financial management, sales and marketing.
Jody is also a longstanding member of and speaker with Catersource, the country’s leading
catering industry resource. She recently attended the 2009 Catersource Conference and
Tradeshow in Las Vegas, and presented a seminar on CRM, Email Marketing & SEO at The
Special Event 2008 Tradeshow & Conference in Atlanta. Jody is a member of the Leading
Caterers of America, the ICA (International Catering Association), and one of the founding
members of the Chicago Chapter of ISES, (International Special Events Society), in which she
served on the executive board for eight years.
Jody has a passion for food & business, and in an ongoing effort to stay on top of the latest
trends, she travels frequently, dines out often, and attends many industry-related food shows.
Jody has been quoted in North Shore Magazine, The Chicago Sun Times, Catering Magazine,
Chef Magazine, The Daily Herald and Catersource Magazine. Jody has also written articles for
various industry trade magazines and a local dining guide.
Entrepreneur Journeys With Sramana Mitra
Sunday, March 29, 2009 10:33amSramana Mitra has worked in technology, and she’s worked in consumer fashion. She’s founded 3 companies in her life, and has served many others as a Strategic Consultant. She’s a contributor to The Wall Street Journal, writes a weekly column for Forbes, and strategy blog is syndicated by Seeking Alpha, Yahoo! Finance, ReadWriteWeb, Cadwire, Emergic, GigaOm, TheStreet.com and many others. Today—Sramana is on a mission to encourage entrepreneurship at all levels. She says that we need to create jobs, jobs are created by entrepreneurs, and on a global scale, we need to really move the needle on entrepreneurship. As part of her effort to foster entrepreneurship, Sramana has recently written a book entitled, Entrepreneur Journeys.
Sramana Mitra has been an entrepreneur and a strategy consultant in Silicon Valley since 1994. Her fields of experience span from hard core technology disciplines like semiconductors to sophisticated consumer marketing industries including fashion and education.
As an entrepreneur CEO, Sramana founded 3 companies: Dais (Off-shore Software Services), Intarka (Sales Lead Generation and Qualification Software; VC: NEA) and Uuma (Online Personalized Store for selling clothes using Expert Systems software; VC: Redwood). Two of these were acquired, while the third received an acquisition offer from Ralph Lauren which the company did not accept.
As strategy consultant, Sramana Mitra has consulted with over 80 companies, including public companies like SAP, Cadence Design Systems, Webex, KLA-Tencor, Best Buy, MercadoLibre and Tessera among others. Her work has also included numerous startups and VCs, and she played Interim VP Marketing roles for 7 such ventures. Sramana has a proven track-record in turnarounds, both small private companies (Example: think3, with Joe Costello) and divisions of larger companies (Example: a $100 Million Business Unit of Cadence, with Lavi Lev). She has also created major growth strategies through new market penetration, M&A, Industry Roll-ups, etc.
Sramana has developed a well-regarded methodology for Positioning which she has used repeatedly in different situations and across a variety of market segments.
Sramana writes a weekly column for Forbes and is currently authoring Entrepreneur Journeys, a series of books focused on demystifying entrepreneurship. Entrepreneur Journeys (Volume One) is now available from Amazon.com.
Writings from Sramana’s popular strategy blog are syndicated by Seeking Alpha, GigaOm, ReadWriteWeb, TheStreet.com and many other high traffic online business, finance, and technology publishers.
Sramana has a Masters degree in EECS from MIT and a Bachelors degree in Computer Science and Economics from Smith College.
Sramana is an engaging and entertaining public speaker. Here are some video clips of her at Forbes and YouTube. A recent NPR appearance on Marty Nemko’s radio show was particularly animated.
Creative Brainstorming With Dr. Hazel Wagner
Thursday, March 26, 2009 9:54amHazel Wagner teaches companies and their employees how to make better use of their brainpower. She does it through keynotes, seminars, consulting and facilitation on the subjects of power brainstorming, learning how to learn better, tapping into thinking style diversity, and critical, creative, and innovative thinking skills. She applies these subjects to specific business functions and industries. She also volunteers to go to high schools, junior high schools, and colleges to teach her techniques to improve note taking, memory, and grades.
Dr. Hazel Wagner
Founder and CEO: B9D, Inc., a marketing consulting firm.
Author of Power Brainstorming: Great Ideas at Lightning Speed
Contributing author to Speaking of Success and other books.
Hazel Wagner teaches companies and their employees how to make better use of their brainpower. She does it through keynotes, seminars, consulting and facilitation on the subjects of power brainstorming, learning how to learn better, tapping into thinking style diversity, and critical, creative, and innovative thinking skills. She applies these subjects to specific business functions and industries. She also volunteers to go to high schools, junior high schools, and colleges to teach her techniques to improve note taking, memory, and grades.
B9D, Inc: B9D stands for Beyond 9 Dots and refers to the puzzle from which the expression came: Thinking outside the Box.
She founded B9D in 1992 at first to provide marketing and sales consulting to the many new technology companies that were being formed. Many of them were started by brilliant engineers and inventors who either didn’t have the experience to build good marketing and sales teams for their new company or preferred to spend their time and effort on their technology and let B9D handle the marketing and sales.
Hazel has 4 web sites to inform and to answer questions you may have on any of these topics.
http://www.hazelwagner.com
http://www.brainstorming-that-works.com
http://www.brainiance.com
http://www.b9d.com
Key talking points:
1. Why do we need to learn how to think better? Doesn’t thinking come automatically?
2. Is brainstorming something that business people need to learn? I would have thought everyone does it already.
3. How does all this apply to marketing and sales?
4. You talk about creating a brainstorming culture. What does that mean and how does an organization do it?
5. What are some directions you can give our listeners now before they even read your book?
The Smallbiz Brain: Michael Gerber
Tuesday, February 05, 2008 8:33amMichael Gerber’s E-Myth Point of View embodies his commitment to personal growth and the realization that a business owner’s purpose in life can be actualized through his or her business. Michael Gerber’s efforts, his message—his very life’s work has been to empower business owners to gain more freedom, more money, more time, and more life.
The Small Business Revolution Has an Impassioned Leader
Every revolution has a leader…to awaken the spirit, to champion the cause, to lead the charge! Business visionary, entrepreneur, best-selling author and Chairman of E-Myth Worldwide, Michael Gerber has been leading a Small Business Revolution before anyone knew there was one! He called it The E-Myth Revolution, and over the past two decades, he has indelibly touched hundreds of thousands of small business owners throughout the world with his brilliantly insightful, original E-Myth message.
Michael Gerber’s E-Myth Point of View embodies his commitment to personal growth and the realization that a business owner’s purpose in life can be actualized through his or her business. Michael Gerber’s efforts, his message—his very life’s work has been to empower business owners to gain more freedom, more money, more time, and more life.
The Dreaming Room is a place where entrepreneurs can practice a new kind of dreaming—Intentional Dreaming®—which has nothing to do with problem solving and everything to do with transforming your whole life and business in a radically creative and strategic way. The surprising reason that most small businesses fail is not because their dream is too big, but rather too small, too realistic—it isn’t big enough to sustain more life!
The Smallbiz Brain: Melanie Benson Strick
Friday, December 14, 2007 12:55amMelanie Benson Strick, a leader and coach in creating virtual teams for small business to help business growth without going crazy.
Melanie Benson Strick founded Success Connections in 2001 when she left behind a lucrative Corporate job to pursue her passion in life – transforming the lives of overwhelmed, burned out entrepreneurs. Having learned first hand the difference between a struggling solo-practice and a thriving six+ figure business, Melanie works exclusively with entrepreneurs who want to skyrocket their profits so they can experience more time off.
In addition to leading the company, Melanie Strick speaks at many small business seminars and conferences, is a guest expert on many teleclasses and radio shows, and has been featured in Entrepreneur.com along with hundreds of other on and offline publications.
Independent America: The Two Lane Search With Hanson Hosein
Tuesday, November 13, 2007 12:12pmFilmmaker Hanson Hosein visits with David Wolf about the film, “Independent America: The Search for Mom and Pop”.
Hanson Hosein and Heather Hughes are award-winning digital filmmakers.
Their recent film Independent America: The Two-Lane Search for Mom & Pop was an early exercise in the use of digital technology in storytelling and ongoing interaction with its audience. It has been seen around the world, thanks to their innovative grassroots marketing campaign and blog.
Self-produced and self-financed, the award-winning documentary has also been featured by Yahoo!, USA Today, BusinessWeek, Variety, ABC News, National Public Radio, and has been broadcast by NHK Japan, SBS Australia and the Sundance Channel.
Hanson joined forces with partner, Heather Hughes for the film.The duo say they tried to make our 55-day trip without relying on interstate highways, corporate chain restaurants, motels or stores.
What they discovered, and experienced, was surprising. The expedition allowed them to capture an America at a historical and ideological crossroads, where even the health of its democracy hinges on the survival of independent business. And where many citizens are increasingly concerned that they have lost control over the nation’s large and powerful institutions. Which is why “local” matters more than ever.
The Smallbiz Brain: Eric Keiles
Sunday, October 28, 2007 2:22amEric Keiles and his company, Square 2 Marketing is focussed on offering a “new breed” of marketing solutions for small business.
In this episode Eric talks about many concerns, including the differences between advertising and marketing. He points to the importance that you show up different from your competitors. He thinks business owners often don’t take enough time to think about how to really distinguish themselves from brands.
Eric is a 4x entrepreneur who is really committed to providing meaningful advice to smallbiz owners. He and partner, Michael Lieberman, created “Reality Marketing” which departs the typical advertising agency approach in that solutions are quantifyable, customer centric, budget oriented and are results oriented in terms of high ROMI (return on marketing investment).
Here’s a company that is dedicated to helping small businesses with practical and tactical solutions. A refreshing down to earth, results oriented approach to marketing.
Eric has a few additional approaches that he describes here that really make this a worth while segment.
The Smallbiz Brain: David Houle
Saturday, October 27, 2007 8:59pmDavid Houle is a futurist. He helps companies and entrepreneurs think in terms of what might be on the horizon and frame their planning accordingly.
David Houle looks at the world through his own unique prism. Visit his blog, Evolution Shift to get a peak around the corner to help put your business plans (or life plans for that matter) into the context of constant change.
In his book, The Shift Age [to be released January 2008] David explains that the information age is no longer. He’s says three forces are defining our evolution:, the flow to global, and the flow to the individual. He’s referring to the power that is now in the hands of the consumer. We are “free agents” and he says this is key to small business people.
Simply put, Houle says there are to opposing economic “units” emerging. This points to who we are becoming: The “well articulated and defined individual” who considers herself as a “global citizen”.
On the pragmatic side, David discusses what this all means as a business owner in the context of constant change. How do you plan? How do you design a brand? How do you determine your core business is, what your emotional relationship to your customer is?
David Houle is passionate observer of the world we live in, I love these themes and I think you will too.
The Smallbiz Brain: Ron Sukenick
Saturday, October 27, 2007 3:10amRon Sukenick is a expert and master in the area of relationship creation and management.
Ron Sukenick is a expert and master in the area of relationship creation and management and one of the most passionate people I know. And furthermore, he is so very tuned into how people communicate, connect, create value for business in the form of relationships. He believes networking is “a place you come from, not a place you go to.
In this segment Ron discusses strategies, processes and systems that help make relationships work. He’s says “repetition builds reputation”. In his practice, Ron coaches his clients to guide them into creating strategies that help create systems to create purposeful, meaningful relationships in business and in life.
Look for Ron Sukenicks new Radio Show Podcast coming soon to Smallbiz America Radio. Visit his site, http://www.relationshipstrategiesinstitute.com/
The Smallbiz Brain: Laura Ries
Wednesday, October 10, 2007 7:28amLaura Ries, branding guru talks about how NOT to grow your brand. Laura appears regularly on CNBC, Fox News, CNN and is a contributor to the Wall Street Journal, Advertising Age and others.
I’ve had Laura on the show a couple of times and she always delivers gems about branding in her passionate style! This is fascinating subject for anyone in business. She talks about the mistakes companies make when building a brand.
For example, always use PR to build a brand…not advertising. That’s because PR has much more credibility than advertising. Ads are the company talking about themselves—and everyone knows it. This equals very low credibility. PR on the other hand is a collective impression of a product or service and its brand-as it lives in the minds of customers at large. It’s truthful, and this equals very high credibility.
Enjoy the segment and I look forward to your feedback!
Enjoy these great branding books from Ries & Ries:
The 22 Immutable Laws of Branding
The Fall of Advertising and the Rise of PR
The Origin of Brands: Discover the Natural Laws of Product Innovation and Business Survival
The 11 Immutable Laws of Internet Branding
The Smallbiz Brain: Daniel Pink
Wednesday, October 03, 2007 7:21amDaniel Pink says the era of left brain dominance and the information age that it engendered are giving way to a world in which right brain qualities - that is inventiveness, apathy, and meaning - will predominate.
Daniel Pink discusses his book, “A Whole New Mind”, which uses the two sides of the human brain as a metaphor for understanding the contours of our times. Daniel talks with me about why the left brain thinking is no longer dominating as it did in the Information Age, and why we now live in the Conceptual Age where right brain thinking will become increasingly more important to succeed.
The Smallbiz Brain: Jeffrey J. Fox
Monday, October 01, 2007 7:09amJeffrey J. Fox has authored more than a half dozen books on marketing, including “How to Become a Rainmaker” which quickly become a Business Week and Wall Street Journal best seller.
In this segment, Jeffrey unwraps lessons learned from his conversation with Jim Donald, the CEO of Starbucks. He also describes how “dollarization” can apply to any business when it comes to identifying real value in your company.
Smallbiz America recommends these books by Jeffrey J. Fox:
The Dollarization Discipline: How Smart Companies Create Customer Value…and Profit from It
How to Become a Great Boss: The Rules for Getting and Keeping the Best Employees
How to Become a Rainmaker: The Rules for Getting and Keeping Customers and Clients
