The Andy Forbes Files

The Andy Forbes Files: Dave Gilbert, Quality & Product Development Manager, TydenBrammall

a.forbes@earlystage.com — Mon, 2 Apr 2007 22:34:00 GMT

Andy talks to Dave Gilbert, Quality & Product Development Manager, TydenBrammall about Dave's experience in setting up a manufacturing operation in China.

Keywords: Dave Gilbert TydenBrammall China

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The Andy Forbes Files: Martin Smith, President, SmithMcClure & Co. Wealth Management Advisors

a.forbes@earlystage.com — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 01:24:00 GMT

Andy talks to Martin Smith, President, SmithMcClure & Co. Wealth Management Advisors about the personal financial issues revolving around entrepreneurship, both before and after starting a company.

Keywords: Martin Smith SmithMcClure Wealth Management

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The Andy Forbes Files: Thomas Meylan, Director of Leadership Programming, EvolvingSuccess

a.forbes@earlystage.com — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 00:14:00 GMT

Andy talks to Tom Meylan, Director of Leadership Programming, EvolvingSuccess. Tom has been a life-long student of human behavior and motivation and his specialties are skill identification, the mechanism of delegation in highly productive businesses, and corporate culture engineering. Andy and Tom talk about EvolvingSuccess, training seminars EvolvingSuccess is offering in the Washington, D.C. area in the March/April 2007 timeframe, and Tom's soon-to-be-released book - Optimizing Luck .

Keywords: Thomas Meylan EvolvingSuccess

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The Andy Forbes Files: Rob Cherny, Lead Web Developer, Navigation Arts

a.forbes@earlystage.com — Tue, 20 Feb 2007 12:16:00 GMT

Andy talks to Rob Cherny, the Lead Web Developer at Navigation Arts, about the pros and cons of web standards, the various web browsers, and past and future browser wars, and developing great web sites.

Keywords: Rob Cherny Navigation Arts Web Standards

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The Andy Forbes Files: Wil Schroter, CEO and founder, the Go BIG Network

a.forbes@earlystage.com — Tue, 20 Feb 2007 11:45:00 GMT

Andy talks to Wil Schroter, the CEO and founder of the Go BIG Network about:

The Go BIG Network,
VC driven vs. lifestyle businesses,
Wil's book - Go big or go home, and
Free vs. "For Fee" web sites

Keywords: Go BIG Network Wil Schroter

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The Andy Forbes Files: Michael Mealling, VP Business Development, Masten Space Systems

a.forbes@earlystage.com — Tue, 20 Feb 2007 02:40:00 GMT

Andy talks to Michael Mealling, the VP Business Development, Masten Space Systems about the similarities and differences between running an information technology startup and a space startup.

Keywords: Masten Space Systems

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The Andy Forbes Files: Ian Mooers, GMU, and the Patriot Entrepreneur

a.forbes@earlystage.com — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 17:00:00 GMT

Andy talks to Ian Mooers, the Coordinator, Entrepreneurial and Business Development Programs at George Mason University about EntrepreneurshipWeek USA, and the Patriot Entrepreneur newsletter .

Keywords: GMU EntrepreneurshipWeek Patriot Entrepreneur

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The Andy Forbes Files: Jo Neuber & the U.S. Civilian Research & Development Foundation Eurasian Innovation & Investment Forum

a.forbes@earlystage.com — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 02:37:00 GMT

Andy talks to Joanne Neuber, the Senior Program Manager, Industry Division, U.S. Civilian R&D Foundation about the U.S. Civilian Research & Development Foundation Eurasian Innovation & Investment Forum, March 27, 2007 - March 28, 2007, Tysons Corner, VA, USA.

Keywords: CRDF Eurasian Innovation Investment Forum

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The Andy Forbes Files: Joanne Neuber and the U.S. Civilian Research & Development Foundation

a.forbes@earlystage.com — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 02:25:00 GMT

Andy talks to Joanne Neuber, the Senior Program Manager, Industry Division, U.S. Civilian R&D Foundation about the U.S. Civilian Research Development Foundation.

Keywords: U.S. Civilian R&D Foundation

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The Andy Forbes Files: Marshall Ferrin, GMU and the CRDF Eurasian Innovation & Investment Forum 2007-2-9

Fri, 9 Feb 2007 23:37:00 GMT

Andy talks to Marshall Ferrin, the Director of International Business Development at the Mason Enterprise Center, School of Public Policy, George Mason University about the U.S. Civilian Research & Development Foundation Eurasian Innovation & Investment Forum, March 27, 2007 - March 28, 2007, Tysons Corner, VA, USA.

Keywords: GMU CRDF Eurasian Innovation Investment

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The Andy Forbes Files: Konstantin Guericke, VP Marketing and Co-Founder at LinkedIn 2-23-2006

Sat, 11 Mar 2006 23:16:00 GMT

Andy talks to Konstantin Guericke, the VP Marketing and Co-Founder at LinkedIn, about how LinkedIn is managing growth. Topics include the process of deciding which features to add to LinkedIn and balancing new features against enhancing the stability of the current system.

Keywords: LinkedIn startup management

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The Andy Forbes Files: Product Segmentation 2-3-2006

a.forbes@earlystage.com (Andrew Forbes) — Sat, 4 Feb 2006 16:03:00 GMT

Andy talks to Jeffery Fry, the CEO and President of Videodisgo, Inc. about product segmentation.

Keywords: product segmentation

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The Andy Forbes Files: Peter Ashley, General Manager, New Media and Micropayments, Paypal 1-27-2006

a.forbes@earlystage.com (Andrew Forbes) — Sat, 28 Jan 2006 16:49:00 GMT

Andy talks to Peter Ashley, General Manager, New Media and Micropayments, PayPal, and dicusses Paypal's implementation of B2C and B2B micropayments.

Keywords: Paypal B2C B2B micropayments

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The Andy Forbes Files: Technology Company Insurance 1-19-2006

a.forbes@earlystage.com (Andrew Forbes) — Sun, 22 Jan 2006 21:42:00 GMT

Andy talks to Jim Cochran, the President of Techinsurance, and discusses the general liability, errors and omissions, and workmen's compensation insurance needs of small technology companies.

Keywords: technology company insurance general liability errors omissions workmens compensation

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The Andy Forbes Files: Technology Company Marketing 1-18-2006

a.forbes@earlystage.com (Andrew Forbes) — Sun, 22 Jan 2006 21:07:00 GMT

Andy talks to Jeffery Fry, the CEO and President of Videodisgo, Inc. about how small technology companies should approach marketing a new product or service.

Keywords: technology company marketing

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The Andy Forbes Files: Moving to Disk To Disk Backup 1-6-2006

a.forbes@earlystage.com (Andrew Forbes) — Sat, 14 Jan 2006 17:16:00 GMT

Andy talks to Tony Alam, a product manager for DS3 Data Vaulting. DS3 is a leader in the disk to disk backup space and Tony describes DS3's services and why small businesses should consider moving from in-house tape to outsourced disk-to-disk backup services.

Keywords: tape disk online backup

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The Andy Forbes Files: Accepting Credit Cards 12-11-2005

a.forbes@earlystage.com (Andrew Forbes) — Sun, 11 Dec 2005 21:30:00 GMT

Interview with Robert Renzulli on the process of setting up a merchant account so your business can accept credit cards.

Keywords: Robert Renzulli Merchant Account Credit Cards

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The Andy Forbes Files: Andrew Sherman 9-8-2005

a.forbes@earlystage.com (Andrew Forbes) — Sun, 11 Sep 2005 18:05:00 GMT

Interview with Andrew Sherman, Partner, Dickstein Shapiro Morin & Oshinsky, and Co-Founder of Grow Fast Grow Right.

Andrew talks about the Grow Fast Grow Right seminars, and shares some of his thoughts on entrepreneurs and entrepreneurship.

Keywords: Andrew Sherman Grow Fast Grow Right Entrepreneur

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The Andy Forbes Files: Jeff Marmins 8-29-2005

a.forbes@earlystage.com (Andrew Forbes) — Tue, 30 Aug 2005 12:14:00 GMT

Interview with Jeff Marmins, President, Marmins Group LLC, Chairman of the Capital Campaign for the Folsom Lakes College Fine Arts Center, and author of the Effective Human blog.

Jeff talks about the characteristics of successful entrepreneurs.

Keywords: Jeff Marmins Group Entrepreneur Growth Vision Passion

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The Andy Forbes Files: Jim Kannar 8-9-2005

a.forbes@earlystage.com (Andrew Forbes) — Wed, 10 Aug 2005 12:08:00 GMT

Interview with Jim Kannar.

Jim is the CEO of Home Design Elements, and he talks about the differences between running a technology company and non-technology company. He also talks about many of the issues all small companies have in common - where to go to find affordable health insurance, retirement plans, HR services, etc.

Keywords: Jim Kannar Home Design Elements Small Company Benefits

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The Andy Forbes Files: Kyrre Roksund 1-6-1005

a.forbes@earlystage.com (Andrew Forbes) — Wed, 20 Jul 2005 00:23:00 GMT

Interview with Kyrre Roksund.

Kyrre talks about the differences when doing business and raising money in the U.S. and Europe.

Keywords: Kyrre Roksund Amparo

The Andy Forbes Files: Mark Lewyn 1-6-2005

a.forbes@earlystage.com (Andrew Forbes) — Thu, 14 Jul 2005 14:08:00 GMT

Interview with Mark Lewyn, Paxfire.

Mark talks about his experience raising money from the CIT GAP fund.

Keywords: Mark Lewyn Paxfire CIT GAP raising money

The Andy Forbes Files: Todd Tweedy 1-3-2005

a.forbes@earlystage.com (Andrew Forbes) — Tue, 12 Jul 2005 17:45:00 GMT

Interview with Todd Tweedy.

Todd talks about internet advertising from the customer point of view and the large web site operator point of view.

Keywords: Todd Tweedy internet advertising

The Andy Forbes Files: Larry Payne 1-3-2005

a.forbes@earlystage.com (Andrew Forbes) — Mon, 11 Jul 2005 19:40:00 GMT

Interview with Larry Payne, Branch Sales Manager for Strategic Accounts, Xspedius.

Larry talks about the telecom services sold by Xspedius.

Keywords: Larry Payne Xspedius telecom telephony

The Andy Forbes Files: Jeff Salinger 5-6-2005

a.forbes@earlystage.com (Andrew Forbes) — Sat, 9 Jul 2005 15:37:00 GMT

Interview with Jeff Salinger, Principal, Stuart Mill Capital.

Jeff talks about the process of preparing to raise money, and talks as well about some of the basic principals of running a successful business.

Keywords: Jeff Salinger Stuart Mill Capital Venture Capital VC

The Andy Forbes Files: Marshall Ferrin 5-6-2005

a.forbes@earlystage.com (Andrew Forbes) — Sat, 9 Jul 2005 14:28:00 GMT

Interview with Marshall Ferrin, Director of International Business Development at the Mason Enterprise Center, George Mason University.

Marshall talks about the services the Mason Enterprise Center makes available to companies that want to open offices outside of the U.S.

Keywords: Marshall Ferrin Mason Enterprise Center Europe South America Asia Expansion

The Andy Forbes Files: Richard Lewis 1-3-2005

a.forbes@earlystage.com (Andrew Forbes) — Sat, 9 Jul 2005 13:14:00 GMT

Interview with Richard Lewis.

Richard talks about factoring for government contractors.

Keywords: Richard Lewis factoring finance alternatives

The Andy Forbes Files: Bob Henig 1-6-2005

a.forbes@earlystage.com — Fri, 8 Jul 2005 17:57:00 GMT

Interview with Bob Henig, Owner, Bob's BMW Motorcycles.

Bob talks about his experience starting a BMW parts company that later became a BMW motorcycle dealership.

Keywords: Bob BMW Entrepreneur SBA

The Andy Forbes Files: Dr. Earl Smith 12-28-2004

a.forbes@earlystage.com — Fri, 8 Jul 2005 15:13:00 GMT

Interview with Dr. Earl Smith, Executive Director & CEO, Longview Consulting, Fellow, The Zazi Forum, CEO, Smith LLC.

Earl is a serial entrepreneur, political and social theorist and published author. He is a veteran of Wall Street and has founded and managed two non-profit and five for-profit companies. Earl talks about boards, directors, and advisors.

Keywords: Earl Smith board director advisor

The Andy Forbes Files: Joe Walsh 1-3-2005

a.forbes@earlystage.com — Fri, 8 Jul 2005 15:06:00 GMT

Interview with Joe Walsh, Director, Entrepreneurship at Center for Innovative Technology.

Joe talks about CIT and the CIT GAP fund and their investment criteria.

Keywords: Joe Walsh CIT GAP angel investment fund

The Andy Forbes Files: Steve Fisher 12-23-2004

a.forbes@earlystage.com — Fri, 8 Jul 2005 15:03:00 GMT

Interview with Steve Fisher, CEO, Slipstream, Co-Chariman, NVTC Entrepreneur Committee 2005.

Steve talks about the NVTC Entrepreneur Committee and some of the events and activities planned for 2005.

Keywords: Steve Fisher NVTC Entrepreneur Committee Slipstream

The Andy Forbes Files: Fred Diamond 12-30-2004

a.forbes@earlystage.com — Fri, 8 Jul 2005 14:50:00 GMT

Interview with Fred Diamond, Founder, Diamond Marketing.

Fred has worked with dozens of small-to-medium businesses looking to significantly increase revenue with better go-to-market strategies. He has also helped Korean, Israeli, and Singaporean companies enter the US market.

Keywords: Fred Diamond marketing

The Andy Forbes Files: Bill Gardner 1-3-2005

a.forbes@earlystage.com — Fri, 8 Jul 2005 14:42:00 GMT

Interview with Bill Gardner, CEO O~3 Entertainment.

Bill talks about the current state of the computer and console games industry, and explains how a startup can break into the market.

Keywords: Bill Gardner O~3 Entertainment games computer console

The Andy Forbes Files: Ed Meagher 12-27-2004

a.forbes@earlystage.com — Thu, 7 Jul 2005 21:16:00 GMT

Interview with Edward Francis Meagher, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Deputy Chief Information Officer, Department of Veterans Affairs.

Ed talks about the VA's use of software and services from smaller companies.

Keywords: Edward Meagher Department Veterans Affairs