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Financing Middle Market Companies: Corporate Fuel's Charles Lachman, Partner, and Vice-President Sam Ticknor, detail the advice and capital their company provides small and medium-sized companies

the CEO Hour, May 27th 2011. Originally aired on February 25th, 2011 - Sam Ticknor's career has spanned investment banking, consulting, and commercial banking. He brings to Corporate Fuel unique experience, allowing him to cover markets both regionally, with a particular emphasis on the Upstate New York market, and internationally, given his international investment banking background. Hear more about the services Corporate Fuel brings to medium sized businesses in Upstate NY on this week's show.  Joining Sam is...

Charles Lachman has spent over thirty years in management and financial positions in both large and small business environments, and he has been a principal equity investor and key management participant in a number of middle market operating companies and strategic investments. Charles was the founding partner of Corporate Investment Partners, a middle market investment banking and financial advisory firm that merged with Corporate Fuel in 2005. http://www.corporatefuelpartners.com

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Grassroots Entrepreneurship: Starting Businesses the Traditional Way - Dave Mammano, CEO and founder of Next Step U, shares his strategy for success

the CEO Hour, May 27th, 2011. Originally aired on November 12th, 2010 - Next Step produces a variety of multi-platform products including print, online, newsletters, custom publishing, social media and more. Next Step’s most recent venture is BackToLearn.com, which helps adult learners find the best college programs for them. Next Step is a leader in its category. It has grown to become a multimillion-dollar enterprise and winner of many prestigious awards and honors, including being named an Inc. 5000 growth company for three consecutive years; a Rochester, N.Y. Top 100 growth company; and Youth Periodical of the Year from the Association of Educational Publishers.

Next Step's CEO, David Mammano's professional mission in life is to help people realize their highest potential through education. To accomplish this mission, David founded Next Step Magazine in 1995. The company has grown to become a nationwide resource helping more than three million students in more than 20,500 high schools with college, career and life planning.  David is a life-long learner and was very interested in The Great Game of Business by Jack Stack, and the fact that WCEOHQ will be highlighting the book on the CEO Hour next week.

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Live from RIT Sanders College of Business - 'Sharpen the Saw' Event: The Great Game of Business

the CEO Hour, May 27th 2011. originally aired on March 4th, 2011 - Our March 4th show will be coming LIVE from the 8th Annual RIT EMBA Sharpen the Saw Day 2011 with our guest Rich Armstrong, President of The Great Game of Business, Inc, taking questions live from the audience beginning at 1pm!

 

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Video Games for Girls: Martha Madison's Marvelous Machines - Victoria Van Voorhis, CEO of Second Avenue Software, creates programs like this one to interest girls in physics

the CEO Hour, May 20th 2011. Victoria Van Voorhis, founder and chief executive of Second Avenue Software Inc. in Pittsford, is developing a software game called Martha Madison's Marvelous Machines in hopes of building the interest of middle-school girls in physics. Helping students reach their potential through technology has become the life's work for the Pittsford resident. Van Voorhis on Thursday was given Digital Rochester's 2011 Technology Woman of the Year award for her efforts.

Second Avenue is a certified women-owned interactive media company in Pittsford, NY that provides content authoring, training services, managed services for learning management systems, custom software development for interactive modules and serious games. Second Avenue offers products and services to clients in publishing, government and Fortune 500 companies including W.W. Norton, Pearson, K¹², and Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. http://www.secondavenuelearning.com

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Large Format Digital Printing: New Company Beats Recession - Mark Laniak, CEO of Excelsus Solutions, shares lessons learned in competitive field

the CEO Hour, May 20th 2011. Located in Rochester, NY, Excelsus Solutions, LLC is a digital printing company offering both large and small format. Excelsus was founded in 2005 by Mark Laniak, who himself has over 28 years printing experience. "We pride ourselves on offering the highest quality digital printing solutions, on time, and with great service." Excelsus Solutions, LLC one of the Rochester Business Alliance's  2010 Rochester Top 100. They specialize in large format digital printing for exhibition graphics or retail displays, posters and short run digital display graphics. They also have a full mounting and finishing service, including cutting and laminating.  Excelsus Solutions, LLC is a WCEOHQ Radio Founding Sponsor. http://www.excelsussolutions.com

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Marathon Man: Bill Rodgers Shows New and Old Runners the Way - Four-time Boston and New York Marathon Winner Bill Rodgers says his only regret, not winning an Olympic medal

the CEO Hour, May 20th 2011.  Running Legend Bill Rodgers will be attending this year's Medved Lilac Races.  He will be appearing at the Medved store during pre race packet pick up and will also be at the race.  Bill is an American runner and former American record holder in the marathon who is best known for his victories in the Boston Marathon and the New York City Marathon in the late 1970s. He was born in Hartford, Connecticut. Rodgers won both races four times each between 1975 and 1980, twice breaking the American record at Boston with a time of 2:09:55 in 1975 and a 2:09:27 in 1979. In 1977 he won the Fukuoka Marathon, making him the only runner ever to hold the championship of all three major marathons at the same time. He made the 1976 U.S. Olympic team and raced the marathon at the Montreal Olympics in 1976, finishing 40th. He did not participate in the Olympics in 1980 due to the U.S. boycott over the invasion of Afghanistan by the USSR. http://www.billrodgersrunningcenter.com

Medved Running & Walking Outfitters is a WCEOHQ Radio Founding Sponsor.

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Banking on Brand Loyalty: Online grocery store specializes in hard to find products - Suzanne Clarridge, CEO and founder of My Brands, explains her success in niche market

the CEO Hour, May 20th 2011. How a Specialty Online Grocery Store is Born

It's About Brand Loyalty...It all began with Hefty® Baggies® in the early 1990's where Suzanne Clarridge, founder and CEO of My Brands, worked for the makers of Hefty products. "Baggies products were losing shelf distribution to other, newer products. As a result, there were many brand-loyal consumers who couldn't find Baggies in their stores. Every company had the same issue but no one had a good solution. This was my "ah-ha" moment - the instant I realized  there was an unmet need and I could build a solution. So in July of 2000, I began developing a business model that helped both consumers and manufacturers with this "where to buy" problem. The result is My Brands. On June 1, 2001 our first order shipped out the door, a case of Hefty Baggies." http://www.mybrands.com

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Keep the Business Growing: Don't Get Stalled by Complexity - Les McKeown, author of Predictable Success, says it's up to management to have a plan

the CEO Hour, May 13th 2011. Les McKeown, an internationally known strategist, bestselling author of Predictable Success: Getting your Organization on the Growth Track - And Keeping It There, will join Bruce and Diana on this week's show.

McKeown is a consultant and coach to hundreds of business leaders. As a serial entrepreneur who has personally launched over 40 businesses, McKeown has  come to realize that the 'growth code' is out there, in plain view for anyone who knows where to look. "There is indeed a code, a pattern, a DNA if you will, to achieving predictable success."  Given the vast amount of time, attention and resources that have been spent on studying the subject of business growth, why do so few businesses, divisions, departments, projects, groups or teams ever fully master it?  Find out this week on the CEO Hour. http://www.predictablesuccess.com

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Direct Marketing: Going Beyond the Mail - Chris Jacobs, CEO Of Valpak, shares how digital solutions like social media can help market your business

the CEO Hour, May 13th 2011. Chris Jacobs, Sr., owner of Valpak of Rochester will follow Les McKeown. 

Each year, more than 70,000 businesses choose Valpak for their advertising needs. They specialize in custom direct mail, social media, digital media, and printing. With nearly four decades of direct marketing experience Jacobs will talk about what Valpak has done to stay vital in a highly competitive business. http://www.valpak.com

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Using Speech Recognition Software: Dragon Training Brings Success - Dana Abramson, CEO of Achieve Results Corporation, says her training program calls for behavior modification

the CEO Hour, May 13th 2011. Dana Abramson, owner of Achieve Results Corp joins the CEO Hour this week.

Achieve Results is the founder of  Skills Training and the Real Time Dictation Technique^TM.  Their Speech Recognition ESSENTIALS^TM  Skills Training, is an instruction delivery method used with Dragon Speech Recognition software that focuses on achieving and maintaining the highest possible accuracy, with minimal training.  Other training methodologies used for instruction of Dragon software focus on the concept of teaching the features and capabilities which typically require a minimum of 3 hours with a professional trainer and hours of practice.  Effective Skills Training significantly reduces the learning curve, while eliminating the frustration and risk of abandonment typically associated with the use of Dragon software. 

Since 1999 Achieve Results Corp has been an innovative leader in the field of speech recognition software training, having trained over 2000 physicians, attorneys, and business executives. Achieve Results also  maintains its gold-certified status - the highest certification level possible - from the developers of Dragon NaturallySpeaking software.  In 2009, Achieve Results Corp, was named Monroe County's "Business of the Month."  http://www.artraining.com

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