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Paul Chaney Serves as Featured Guest AdvisorWe are pleased to introduce Paul Chaney as ideablob.com’s guest advisor for the week of October 6, 2008. Paul is the Internet marketing director for Bizzuka.com, a Web content management software company that targets the SMB market. He also serves as president of the International Blogging and New Media Association (IBNMA), a one year-old nonprofit trade association focused on helping blogging, podcasting and social media grow as an industry. |
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Three Babson College Entrepreneurship Professors Serve as Guest AdvisorsWe are pleased to introduce three outstanding professors of entrepreneurship from Babson College – one of the preeminent schools for entrepreneurship in the United States. Andrew Zacharakis, Dr. Candida Brush and Jennifer Walske are serving as ideablob.com Featured Guest Advisors for the week of September 29, 2008. Professor Zacharakis is The John H. Muller, Jr. Chair in Entrepreneurship at Babson College, Director of the Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference and past president of the Entrepreneurship Division of the Academy of Management. He is also a past chair of Babson’s Entrepreneurship Department and a past Director of their Arthur M. Blank Center for Entrepreneurship. Zacharakis’ writings and research focus on two major areas of entrepreneurship: the venture capital decision-making process and entrepreneurial growth strategies. Zacharakis is also the author of five books, and his research has been published in numerous academic journals. … more |
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Alice Krause, Founder of NewsonWomen.com, Serves as Guest Advisor
We are pleased to introduce Alice Krause as ideablob.com’s guest advisor for the week of September 22, 2008. Alice runs NewsonWomen.com, the daily news site she founded in 2005 that focuses on women's achievements and gathers information to help women get ahead. Alice started her career in banking, spending many years working in finance. As a mother of three, Alice worked full-time, part-time, and flextime during the course of a 17-year career at the bank in corporate lending and in retail banking as a credit executive. |
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Oliver Turner Serves as This Week's Guest AdvisorWe are pleased to introduce Oliver Turner as ideablob.com’s guest advisor for the week of September 15, 2008. Oliver Turner, the director of marketing for The Virginia Chutney Co., helped to turn his mother's chutney-making hobby into a successful specialty food business. The Virginia Chutney Co. produces all-natural, slow-cooked chutneys and sells them to specialty food distributors and retailers such as Whole Foods Market and Cowgirl Creamery. Their market niche of "Southern Style Chutneys Best Served with Cheese" has allowed them to benefit from the growing popularity of gourmet cheeses and local food, and has helped them reach the foodie customers that appreciate and are willing to pay for high-end chutney. www.virginiachutney.com Before the chutney business, Oliver was a journalist in the Telecom industry, wrote two screenplays, ran a small landscaping business, and invented a specialty pillow called the "snuggle-eez." … more |
Hanan Lifshitz This Week's Guest Advisor
We are pleased to introduce Hanan Lifshitz as ideablob.com’s guest advisor for the week of September 8, 2008. Hanan is currently the Co-Founder and CEO of palore.com, an internet data company. He brings a wealth of experience in technical, marketing and business aspects, following over 10 years of experience in the hi-tech and venture capital industry.
After serving in the IDF Intelligence Corps as a system designer and a team leader, Hanan joined HyperBanner as a project manager. He was responsible for the design, development and testing of a new Internet product. Hanan went on to join Flash Network, where as a product manager, he engaged in defining new network products and managing their development; and later as a Marketing Manager, researched new markets and helped redefine the company's product line. After two years at Flash, Hanan joined Sadot, a venture capital fund, as an investment manager, performing comprehensive due diligence for companies seeking funding. Hanan has also worked closely with several start-ups in the field of communication and networking as a marketing and technical consultant.
Hanan graduated from Tel-Aviv University and holds an M.A. in Philosophy Magna Cum Laude.
Will Robinson - This Week's Guest Advisor
We are pleased to introduce Will Robinson as ideablob.com’s guest advisor for the week of September 1, 2008. Robinson is currently a SCORE counselor and incoming Chair of the Wilkes Barre, PA SCORE chapter. SCORE is a nonprofit association dedicated to educating entrepreneurs and the formation, growth and success of small business nationwide.
Robinson, who retired in 2008, was the CEO/President of George & Lynch, Inc., one of the largest, most diverse infrastructure contractors serving the Mid Atlantic region of the United States. He has served on the Board of Directors & Executive Committee of the Delaware State Chamber of Commerce and the Delaware Business Roundtable. He’s a past president and board member of the Delaware Associated Builders & Contractors and the Delaware Contractors Association. Robinson also serves on the Board of a charter public high school, a junior college and a 12,000 member senior center.
… moreLee Fox, Founder of KooDooZ.com
We are pleased to introduce Lee Fox as ideablob.com’s guest advisor for the week of August 25, 2008. Fox is a passionate entrepreneur and philanthropist. Her experience spans the entertainment, technology and new media sectors where she has taken title as CEO (mobile/wireless); VP of Marketing (professional services); Content Creator (TV writer / Brand Management Producer), and Board Member (currently Chair of AeA LA Council, the nation’s largest non-profit tech association).
Mother of three, coach and active humanitarian, Fox has focused the last two years on the development of KooDooZ.com, an internet youth property whose mission is to teach kids (9-15yrs) how to turn every day challenges into lifelong achievements by providing the methodology and opportunity to become valued change-makers.
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Jeff Jones
We'd like to introduce Jeff Jones as ideablob.com's guest advisor for the week of August 18, 2008.
Jones is the Program Director for MicroMentor, a nonprofit web community connecting entrepreneurs with volunteer business mentors and advisors.
MicroMentor's mission is to build businesses that increase economic activity and employment opportunities in low and moderate income communities.
MicroMentor is a pilot program within Mercy Corps' Social Innovations division. Mercy Corps is a non-profit, humanitarian agency that implements community-led and market-driven programming in over 35 developing countries.
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Jeremy AmesJeremy Ames Featured as ideablob.com Guest Advisor What: Jeremy Ames is the executive editor and CEO of NuWire, Inc. NuWire, through NuWireInvestor.com, provides news and information on real estate investment and other forms of alternative investing. Ames will be sharing his expertise as ideablob.com’s featured guest advisor during the week of August 11, 2008. Where: www.ideablob.com Who: Ames has built a career around service-based businesses for investors. In addition to founding NuWire, Inc., he co-founded an investment-focused real estate brokerage and a financial services firm specializing in self-directed investing (Guidant Financial Group, Inc.). In 2007, he received recognition as the Small Business Administration’s Young Entrepreneur of the Year. … more |
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Dick LarkinDick Larkin Featured as ideablob.com Guest Advisor What: Dick Larkin, also known as The Small Business Commando, helps small businesses improve their marketing and customer relationships through online marketing. He will be sharing his expertise as ideablob.com’s featured guest advisor during the week of August 4, 2008. Where: www.ideablob.com Who: Larkin publishes the "Small Business Commando News," an electronic newsletter directed toward small business marketing issues. He is currently the Executive of Strategic Partnerships for Spot Runner, a technology-driven advertising services company whose mission is to actively revolutionize the way advertising is created, targeted, bought and sold. Larkin was formerly President and co-founder of Weblistic, an online marketing firm acquired by Spot Runner in 2008. Larkin specialized in local search engine marketing, video creation and saturation, and mobile advertising. … more |
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