We strategize, design and deploy in the disciplines of Master Data Management, Data Warehousing and Business Intelligence.

We tend to take a different approach to information management than what you would usually find. We target business goals. We also believe that the one-size-fits all approach to information management leads to companies making do with solutions that are “good enough” and “almost” what they had in mind.

Between William McKnight and his team, we have some of the broadest information management experiences and successes. William has worked on over 60 end client programs to varying degrees.

We have a proven, streamlined approach that we adapt for a client’s specific needs. Our implementations are an infusion of the latest best practices from recent, personal experience.
Specialties

master data management, data warehousing, business intelligence, information management

1. Let’s talk about the current climate of activity in terms of transactions you’re seeing. What are you seeing right now in terms of activity?
2. When is it a good time to sell a small or mid sized business?
3. What are some of the key drivers or situations you find that cause business owners to want to consider selling their business?
4. Let’s walk through the process you follow to prepare owners to take the companies to market…
5. As we know…the credit markets have been tight. What are you seeing in terms of the way transactions are being financed?
6. Let’s talk about growing a business…perhaps by buying a competitor. Under what circumstances do you recommend growth by acquisition? And when is it not a good idea?

MORE INFORMATION FROM THE MARX GROUP:

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Organizations are constantly in a game of one-upmanship.

Companies fight like mad to gain the smallest ounce of competitive advantage, only to have that fleeting win trumped by another competitor’s urgency. Each incremental gain becomes zeroed out as global competitors quickly copy and adapt. At the end of the day, the only sustainable competitive advantage-for individuals and companies-is creativity.

There is an undeniable correlation between the most innovative companies and those with cultures that nurture creativity. While these environments were looked down upon in the past as being “soft”, establishing a corporate culture that enables team members to express their creativity is now fundamentally linked to business success.

Josh has identified six common myths and seven key blockers that inhibit creativity. The good news is that each of them can be conquered and removed forever. Once you break free from the shackles of these obstacles, you will enjoy an overwhelming sense of freedom and your creativity will soar.

And, Urs Koenig specializes in leadership development for business owners and the next generation.

With their diverse backgrounds and personality styles, Lauren and Urs have the ability to guide clients straight to the heart of their communication challenges, tackle the tough decisions and get them resolved in a positive way, and then help them develop a plan to get to the next phase of their lives.

Here are some of the questions guiding our discussion:

1. We keep hearing about how so few businesses manage to survive the transition from one generation to the next. Why is that?
2. What do business owners tend to get wrong about what it really takes to transition to a next generation?
3. Let’s say you’ve been brought in by a business owner who wants to transition out of his or her business in the next couple of years. What does your process look like?
4. What’s the most important ONE thing a business owner listening needs to do to get started on his or succession plan?
5. Aside from the services you offer at Red Point, what kind of help and/or resources are available for business owners looking to transition out of their businesses?
6. For each of you-what would you say are your own personal connections to the work your now doing with business owners around transition and succession planning?

As a radio personality and public speaker, Marsha can be heard every week on the nationally syndicated talk radio show “The Family Roundtable” where problems that modern families face are discussed.

Marsha and her co-hosts have enjoyed interviewing family experts as well as celebrities such as Tony Curtis, Ed Begley Jr., Augusten Burroughs, Faith Evans, Vicki Lawrence, Denise Jackson, Janine Turner and Rose Rock.

Dave has been a business coach for hundreds of business owners the last four years working with Howard Partridge’s Phenomenal Products Inner Circle program.

Recently, he has been touring the country with Mr. Partridge, in their Making a Difference Tour where they teach business owners how to work on their businesses rather than in their businesses. Dave has been a regular featured writer for the carpet cleaning industry’s top trade magazine, ICS Magazine for three years and his popular articles have made him one of carpet cleaning’s favorite writers.

Probably most important, though, has been Dave’s ability to balance work and home life. Dave has always made it a priority to not only grow his business but to spend quality and quantity time with his wife and daughter and now grandchildren, too. He has always thought that you can have it all and even when his business was a small one truck operation, Dave figured out how to have at least four weeks or more of vacation per year. That type of thinking has paid off as he spends countless hours on the beach now with his beautiful wife, daughter, son-in-law and two grandchildren. You can have it all and Dave DeBlander talks it and walks it.

On the Book:

Forty Words (To Awaken the Entrepreneur Within) is a book that promotes the idea that entrepreneurs in America can have a thriving business and have a fabulous personal life at the same time. Author, Dave DeBlander, a long time business owner and writer, asked seventy-five very successful business people to describe to him in one word what it takes to be a success. Those seventy-five people came up with forty different words which Mr. DeBlander examines. While looking at those words, Mr. DeBlander gives many illustrations concerning those words and asks the reader to look at how the reader measures up to them. Mr. DeBlander also weaves in many stories of his own career and his wife’s, a National Sales Director in Mary Kay, to encourage the reader to be the best that they can be. He has the ability to prod and to probe into the readers brain and with humor and simplicity give the reader the idea that with the right attitude and some planning, they can have it all. While looking at the forty words, it is Mr. DeBlander’s hope that the reader will have an “aha moment,” where the light will come on and the reader will realize what is holding them back or what can propel them to thrilling success.

1. When you first set out to start Benchmark Email ins 2004-what problem or set of problems were you looking to solve?
2. How do you define “permission-based” email marketing?
3. How has email marketing changed since 2004?
4. As you talk to small business owners around the globe-what are they saying are the most pressing challenges they face around email marketing?
5. What do business owners tend to misunderstand about email marketing?
6. Give us a tour of the services and feature-sets you provide today at Benchmark Email-how does it work?
7. What is your value proposition-and how are you doing this differently than your competition?

• According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 51.1% of 16 to 24 year olds were unemployed in July, the highest percentage in the history of record.

• And according to a recent Pew Research Center study, nearly 40% of 18-29 year olds have been unemployed or underemployed since December 2007.

• SCOTT’S MISSION: to help young people overcome the devastating epidemics of youth unemployment and underemployment (which affect over 100 million millenials worldwide) by teaching them how to build successful businesses that are capable of generating real revenue.

• Last month, Gerber launched the Young Entrepreneur Council, an advocacy group comprised of some of today’s most successful young entrepreneurs and business leaders. Members include Aaron Patzer, founder of Mint.com (acquired by Intuit last year for $170 million); David Hauser, founder of the Grasshopper Group; Nick Friedman of College Hunks Hauling Junk; Matt Mickiewicz, founder of Sitepoint and 99designs.com; Michael Mothner, founder of Wpromote; Jake Nickell, co-founder of Threadless; Neil Patel, founder of KISSmetrics; Ramit Sethi, founder of IWillTeachYouToBeRich.com; Shama Kabani, founder of the Marketing Zen Group; and Dan Schawbel, founder of Millenial Branding.

• Gen-Yers are encouraged to enter Gerber’s “Death to the Resume” contest by sending video links of themselves destroying their resumes to Scott@askgerber.com. The most creative videos will be posted on NeverGetaRealJob.com to be voted on by the community. The ten videos with the most votes by January 1, 2011 will receive one-on-one coaching from Scott Gerber and select members of the Young Entrepreneur Council. For more information, visit NeverGetaRealJob.com/burnyourresume.

It exists as an expert in the complex world of structured finance.

Through its ability to lend or invest singularly or in conjunction with other institutions or investors, American Enterprise has been able to resolve many of the complex issues surrounding corporate finance as a result of BH Capital Ltd participation.

Melanie RembrandtAs the founder of Rembrandt Communications©, LLC, Melanie is a public-relations consultant, SEO copywriter and published writer with over 20 years of extensive experience and an excellent track-record for success.

She specializes in helping entrepreneurs get the national media attention they need via targeted public-relations and SEO copywriting efforts.

Melanie offers tips and insights via her blog and monthly newsletter, “Rembrandt Writes Insights®.” And she provides in-depth training presentations to various businesses and organizations nationwide.

Melanie is also the author of “Simple Publicity-How to do your own public relations to boost sales, awareness and credibility fast… without spending a lot of money,” Secrets of Becoming a Publicist,” published by American Writers & Artists, Inc., “7 Steps to Successful Public Relations,” and the host of the SmallBiz America Radio Channel, “PR and SEO Quick Tips with Melanie Rembrandt.”

A magna cum laude graduate of the prestigious UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television, Melanie is the official, public relations and SEO copywriting expert for StartupNation and PINK Magazine Online.

Melanie only accepts a limited number of clients. Then, she acts as an extension of your team, provides the individual attention you deserve and uses her in-the-trenches media relations and SEO copywriting experience to help your business succeed.

Melanie Rembrandt And with over 200 published articles related to e-commerce, technology, HR, small business, entertainment, and more, Melanie is also a member of the following organizations:

Click here for “Rembrandt’s PR and Writing Blog for Startup Success!”

To boost sales, awareness and credibility with media coverage and SEO copywriting, put Melanie’s expertise and unique background to work for your business. Please contact us at info@rembrandtwrites.com!

1. What do most small business owners or consumers misunderstand about the whole subject of credit?
2. Overview of credit scores, the reporting bureaus, how they work, what the FICO mean and what effects them.
3. How does a bankruptcy effect an individual or couple’s credit profile moving forward?
4. Is there such a thing as GOOD DEBT?
5. When you talk about how the credit system treats us in the Real World-what do you mean?
6. The banking perspective: How banks view you tomorrow with your choices today?
7. Managing credit lines-Paying your bills-A bad thing?
8. You have tips about How to spot the scams. What scams are you talking about and how do we spot them?

To learn more about Wayne Stanford,

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Donald Trump says, “His story is not only compelling, it’s fun, inspiring and full of sound business advice.”

Harvey Mackay says, “If anyone is king of the jungle, it’s Steven Schussler. Entertaining and inspiring, a must-read for aspiring entrepreneurs!” -#1 New York Times best-seller….

Without a college degree, Schussler became the CEO of a company twice named by Fortune Magazine as one of the top 100 fasted growing companies in America.

Here are some of the questions guiding our discussions:

1. You had some major challenges in the beginnings. Tell us about the process that lead to the success of RainForest Cafes…

2. You have said the importance of researching a new product or service concept is paramount to success. How does an entrepreneur approach the matter of getting market validation for a new concept?

3. So much of doing business is about relationships. Let’s talk about the power of a first impression. I think you have a story to share around this theme.

4. We’re sitting together in late 2010. What is your sense about the current business-startup environment. How can entrepreneurs overcome the tight credit markets and low consumer spending headwinds.

Here are some of the questions that guided our discussion.

• What’s the biggest thing business owners get wrong about building their brands online?
• What lead you into the field of online marketing-ell us about your experiences leading up to the work you’re now doing?
• Let’s shift gears-the book is Attention-why did you write it and what gap did you want to fill in the market with it?
• Creating a compelling hook
• Maintaining a good brand name online
• Going from idea to success in eight hours
• Twenty-six ways to generate killer ideas
• Three truths for coming up with great ideas
• Making money from online videos
• Making money from social media
• Getting and keeping subscribers
• The universal truths of selling on the Web
• Filled with case studies, references, and proven examples of what works

Dr. Barbara Weaver Smith, founder and president of The Whale Hunters©, has an exceptional leadership background that began in higher education and successfully transitioned to entrepreneurship. With partner Larry Smith, she built the consulting firm Smith Weaver Smith, Inc., now celebrating more than
a decade of significant achievement in the education and economic sectors. Career highlights include serving as a dean at Ball State University, president of the Indiana Humanities Council, and founder of two thriving companies. She is known for inspiring, initiating, and managing accelerated change
through an uncanny ability to understand “how things work“in diverse organizations.

Dr. Smith has led more than 50 complex collaborations involving business, government, higher education, and not-for-profits. These partnerships created new ventures in economic development, education, and regional planning that resulted in millions of dollars in private and public investment. Through that work, Dr. Smith perfected a transformational, collaborative sales process that dramatically accelerates an organization’s growth trajectory: The Whale Hunters Process™.

In 2004, Dr. Smith founded The Whale Hunters to bring this proven change-management process to small, mid-sized, and large companies. Her Whale Hunting specialties include implementing the process, coaching the village, training RFP teams to win their hunts, and deal coaching for an RFP hunt. Dr. Smith guides entrepreneurs, CEOs, and sales leaders with education, peer coaching, and team training on this winning process that has helped transform more than 300 companies and counting.

Dr. Smith’s honors included being named by the late Governor Frank O’Bannon as Sagamore of the Wabash, the state of Indiana’s highest civilian honor, for service to the state of Indiana. As a renowned author of Whale Hunting: How to Land Big Sales and Transform Your Company (Wiley: 2008), Winning Whales with an RFP, and Whale Hunting Women, Dr. Smith is also an influential business leader and respected keynote speaker at events throughout the country.

Paling founded Sales Management Services in 1998 to provide practical advice to business executives, owners, and entrepreneurs seeking to increase their revenue and improve their sales organization’s performance. Sales Management Services’ roster of clients includes companies in the software, construction, medical, telecommunications, manufacturing, delivery, and the recruiting industries.

For more information on Sales Management Services, visit http://www.salesmanagementservices.com.

A respected voice on the topic of sales, Paling has contributed articles to Mass High Tech, The Boston Business Journal, Women’s Business, and Entrepreneur.com discussing a variety of sales topics. She is also the publisher of Sales Management Tips, a monthly newsletter for sales management executives.

Paling appears regularly as a panelist for the Women’s Enterprise Initiative (WEI), offering advice to small businesses such as a kitchen cabinetry distributor and a travel agency as well as serving as an instructor at the CEO Boot Camp, a three day instructional seminar for presidents of emerging growth organizations. She makes frequent presentations to local area business groups such as The Mass Technology Leadership Council on the subject of hiring and managing salespeople. She is a former Vice President of Membership and Board member of the Society of Professional Consultants. Suzanne has a B.A. in communications from the University of Missouri.

Lovato has extensive management experience in the areas of start-up companies, corporate finance, computer system and software development, international trade development and relations, as well as strategic planning, and sales and marketing development. He has been employed and intricately associated in business management, public relations, national advertising, budgeting, corporate finance, recapitalization of financial institutions, corporate turnarounds, asset-based lending, diversified agricultural companies, automobile industry consulting, travel industry, auto rental and leasing, and management and capitalization of a chartered insurance company.

Formally educated in New Mexico where he now resides, Lovato has founded and developed several nationally recognized companies ranging from local financial firms to international travel and communications-related businesses. His experience in the corporate finance environment has led him to management and control of publicly traded corporations. His expertise in marketing, management, and corporate finance, in addition to numerous international contracts, coupled with his demonstrated successes, offer a diverse alternative resource not often found in the executive marketplace. Lovato has served on the Governor’s Business Advisory Council for two administrations, and serves on several regional and national boards of directors. His merchant banking and business accomplishments have been featured in several national publications.

Lovato’s experience as a publisher with over 500 books to his credit, led him to publish his first book, “The Obstacle Course”, which recounts his experiences during the start-up of his first business, an auto rental electronic reservation system. That system ultimately grew to be the 8th largest auto rental operation, as well as a notable public company of the 1980’s. Packed with lessons learned and practical business advice it is a “must read” for people starting a business, currently running their own business, and executives seeking insight and inspiration.

Lovato is currently reprising his “best practices” structure of his auto rental operation into a new national pre-owned automotive brand AutoStar Superstores. His home nestles in the foothills of the Sandia Mountains in Albuquerque, where he lives with his wife Gale of 34 years and their five sighthounds.

He’s also the creator of one of the fastest-growing book series in the world, Wake Up? Live the Life You Love. Now, with over 30 books in print.

His last 26 books have been best sellers.

Steven E the bestseller guru is dedicated to teaching people to find their purpose in life. He’s worked with many of the leading inspirational authors and speakers including Michael Gerber, John Assaraf, Harvey McKay, Michael Drew, Wayne Dyer and many others.

Services Include:

1. Take your own book to the best seller list: We guarantee we can make it a bestseller: http://www.bestsellerguru.com or call Steven E direct: 562-884-0062

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3. Take pictures or get video of your book, product or service with Hollywood stars before the Emmys or Oscars: email: stevene@wakeuplive.com or call Steven E direct: 562-884-0062

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