Business Leaders of America
Jay Lillie
July 21, 2011
Entrepreneurial leaders do not have a mindset that adapts to
failure. Things go wrong, of course, but entrepreneurs don´t
call them "failures" they call them "glitches, mistakes,
bungles, setbacks", but not failing.
When one such entrepreneur was asked about the hardest decision
he ever had to make, he answered that he didn´t know what a hard
decision was. An entrepreneur will approach decision-making with
the idea that there´s a strong likelihood that he/she will be
wrong. This doesn´t dissuade them to the contrary they just
do the best they can and worry about handling obstacles as they
arise.
Here are a few top entrepreneurs in the U.S.:
Sommelier Journal
In an online survey designed by Sommelier Journal and administered by Research Now, while sommeliers, service, and restaurant wine in general received good grades, restaurant wine pricing, by-the-glass programs, and wine advice from staff were criticized by consumers who drink wine and dine out regularly. Results of the study are published in the June 15 issue of Sommelier Journal. A statistical sampling of 400 respondents from around the country were asked to rate fine-dining restaurant wine programs in 12 different categories, using a scale of excellent, good, poor, or bad. Availability of older vintages (combined 54% bad/poor), price (46%), by-the-glass offerings (45%), and wine advice from staff (44%) received the lowest grades. When it comes to price, 64% of those surveyed agreed (17% strongly) that wine is way too expensive in restaurants. In addition, restaurants ignore by-the-glass programs at their own peril: 64% noted that they would rather buy from a glass or small-bottle list because a full bottle would be too much to drink.
The Travel Guru
The Travel Guru, a Palm Springs based travel consultancy, today announced "Sri Lanka Days to Arabian Nights". What is travel consultant Kelly Daoud most looking forward to on his four-week, three-continent, 36,000-mile "journey of a lifetime" beginning Sep. 1? Is it six idyllic days on the paradise island of Malé? Is it exploring the ruins of ancient Greece? Is it staying at the breathtaking Yas Hotel in Abu Dhabi, the wealthiest city in the world? "It has to be the 90-minute hot-air balloon ride over Cappadocia in Turkey," Daoud said. Daoud, who operates his own Palm Springs travel agency, The Travel Guru, will make stops during his September odyssey in Hong Kong, Sri Lanka, Malé, UK, Turkey and Abu Dhabi. Daoud is calling his exotic personal adventure, "Sri Lanka Days to Arabian Nights."
Spreed Inc.
Mobile publishing and advertising leader Spreed Inc. (http://www.spreedinc.com), has partnered with community-based newspaper publisher Metroland Media (http://www.metroland.com), to deliver a full-suite mobile publishing tools for BlackBerry and iphone to help their daily newspapers build, measure and monetize their mobile audience. Metroland Media will roll out applications, – in collaboration with Spreed – for the iPhone and BlackBerry smart phone devices that will enable smart phone users in the Hamilton, Guelph and Waterloo Region to read news from the Hamilton Spectator, the Guelph Mercury and the Waterloo Region Record. The apps will allow advertisers to reach users of smart phones in these markets through highly targeted, rich-media advertising.
Legendary Entertainment
Legendary Entertainment, a leading media company with film, television and comics divisions, is offering Comic-Con attendees at the San Diego Convention Center from July 21-24, 2011, a unique mobile game to connect and engage with one another. The centerpiece of the Legendary initiative at Comic-Con is the SnapTag™, a more accessible QR Code alternative, created by marketing technology company SpyderLynk. The object for Comic-Con fans is to use their phone to "snap and send" as many as 500 unique Legendary SnapTags displayed on the lanyard badges of other show attendees. Those with the most "snaps" at the end win.
Peas-Corp
Peas-Corp is launching a campaign targeting students going back to school. The theme is designed to highlight world peace and positive interaction at US colleges as well as promote opportunities to engage students in an activity that fosters positive communication and interaction. "Our game is perfect for engaging students in a laid-back, fun environment and we were searching for universities where we could launch our promotion for party games and stumbled upon great campus sites featuring organized game nights. This led to an idea to target schools that represent a cross section of American universities." says Jenna Yarbrough, Communications Director for Whirled Peas® The Game. The result is a back to school campaign with a contest in the fall that will ask students to submit short videos of their teams playing the 5 challenges in Whirled Peas. Winning submissions will have a chance of getting one of several free iPads.
PR WIZZZZ ENTERTAINMENT and FAVOR PR for Love Jones Girlz
Imagine the ultimate super group – Kelly Clarkson, Janet Jackson, Rihanna and Lauren Hill; however, imagine those singers as teenagers, and then you have Love Jones Girlz. The group consists of Claire Jones, Noni Storm Chinn, Victoria Strata and Taylor Nirvana Jones who possess the love of performing. There is nothing these young ladies would rather be doing than being on stage. "Love Jones" is a throwback to the term that means "a deep profound love for something." The group consists of three girls from the New York City area and one die hard "Jersey Girl".
Wasatch Advisors, Inc.
Wasatch Advisors, Inc., investment advisors to the Wasatch Funds mutual fund family has named Eugene (Gene) Podsiadlo Director of Mutual Funds for the organization. Mr. Podsiadlo serves on the Board of Directors of Wasatch Advisors (since 2002) and participates in various activities for the firm, including business development, acquisitions, and strategy. He is also a managing director of the firm´s venture capital affiliate, Cross Creek Capital Partners. "We are fortunate to have Gene expand his leadership role with the Wasatch Funds. We value his years of experience in the industry as we continue to grow our business and bring the best active portfolio management to our investors," said Jeff Cardon, President of Wasatch Advisors,
ESQuery
Touchstone Standard Corporation will offer Lawyer 'Background Reports' with the launch of a new WEBSITE: http://www.ESQuery.com. Now the public will be able to 'Verify a Lawyer', when ordering an ESQuery 'Background Report´. ESQuery has recognized that, until now, many people do not know how to get a Background Report on a lawyer, or who to trust to verify a lawyer. ESQuery points out that many people who had a bad experience with a lawyer, or have become the victim of a lawyer, made the major mistake of failing to verify a lawyer. The motto at ESQuery is simple: 'Trust but Verify'. ESQuery believes it is important to trust a lawyer to provide advice on legal matters, but they strongly encourage that-first consumer's verify the lawyer's background with ESQuery.
S&S Private Capital and Score Optimization Systems
Banks have tremendously tightened lending guidelines and increased credit score requirements, making it more and more difficult to qualify for a home loan and other financial solutions. With consumers looking for assistance in meeting the stricter loan requirements, many companies have jumped into the credit repair arena, taking advantage of those with poor credit scores. S&S Private Capital along with its Score Optimization Systems puts consumers in the "know" by giving them a few questions to ask and red flags to look for to avoid falling into credit repair traps.
Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company
The Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company, a more than 164-year-old company, is pleased to announce the promotion of Denise Flannery to Senior Vice President, Strategic Marketing, Planning and Communications. "Denise Flannery has distinguished herself as an outstanding leader whose strategic vision and marketing and communications expertise has significantly strengthened Penn Mutual´s position as an industry leader," said Eileen C. McDonnell, President and Chief Executive Officer.
Emerson
Emerson Network Power, a business of Emerson and a global leader in maximizing availability, capacity and efficiency of critical infrastructure, today announced the results of a survey of more than 240 U.S. data center professionals from a variety of industries showing that data centers are progressing with initiatives to improve data center infrastructure management (DCIM), but still lack the critical insight required to improve availability, enhance efficiency and manage capacity.
Solarbuzz and the NPD Group
Rapidly falling prices in 1H´11 have been unable to stimulate the faltering European PV market, according to the latest Solarbuzz® European PV Markets Report. Signs of a strengthening market in June 2011 were hit by cancellation of the anticipated mid-year incentive tariff reductions in Germany.. "For the past decade, Europe has played a dominant role in creating the demand growth that has fueled global manufacturing capacity expansion," noted Alan Turner, Vice President of European Market Research for Solarbuzz. "This was underpinned by aggressive, uncapped feed-in tariff (FIT) programs that are now being scaled back to reduce costs. Policy adjustments are becoming more frequent, creating uncertainty for investors in PV systems." The downturn in European major markets in 1H´11 left module shipments from manufacturers running well ahead of end-market demand. The resulting increase in downstream inventories quickly spread to the upstream, causing production plans to be reined in. Desperate to stimulate growth, crystalline silicon module price offers from manufacturers have reached new lows of €0.75-1.00/W.
GroupLogic®
On the heels of Apple´s release of Mac OS X Lion, GroupLogic®, the industry´s leading provider of software products that unlock the power of new enterprise platforms, today unveiled ExtremeZ-IP v.7.2, the latest version of the only actively maintained and supported Mac-compliant enterprise file server for Mac Windows compatibility. Today´s release comes complete with support for Mac OS X Lion and will allow organizations to seamlessly use and support multiple versions of Mac OS X. In addition, GroupLogic will now bundle its ShadowConnect at no additional cost, allowing Macs to instantly self-restore previous versions of files and folders from the Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy service (VSS).
Greenfield Arena
GreenField Sports Academy began its journey of creating an indoor soccer field for the Memphis area with the primary goal of installing a superior playing surface. Creating a new indoor soccer option for the Memphis area meant first installing a superior, safe, long lasting, and low-maintenance turf system. While we found there are numerous turf system providers, we also found that most are either unresponsive or technically insufficient. Perhaps our one indoor field was not the top priority for the suppliers who are in search of the next outdoor super complex. However, our one field was our priority at the time, and we know that it could ultimately lead to more both indoor and outdoor fields which are in our long term plans. This means that developing a relationship with our turf supplier was important. Our turf system was a large investment that would stick with our field for many years.
Clopton Capital
Clopton Capital is a Chicago based commercial loan institution that provides financing for commercial real estate nationwide. Everyday, dozens of opportunities are brought to its doorstep which present outstanding investment opportunities. In a double edged move, Clopton Capital is raising funds to supply needed capital for those opportunities and provide outstanding alternative investments for public and institutional investors.
iPhone Speaker Reviews
The iPhone Speaker Reviews website was developed when speaker companies began producing iPhone speaker docks. As the iPhone accessory market evolved, so has iPhone Speaker Reviews. They are pleased to announce the next step in this evolution, the redesign of http://www.iphonespeakerreviews.com This redesign and relaunch has added functionality, improved usability, and enhanced performance designed to decrease page load times.
CONCERT Global Group
CONCERT Global Group announces James P. Lynch as President of its Wealth Management Division. James is a 20 year veteran of the financial services industry where he has served in key management positions at several Wall Street financial services firms including Morgan Stanley and Bank of America investment Services. He will be responsible for recruiting and managing relationships with the growing population of "breakaway brokers and RIAs" that are disenfranchised with the wire house firms and want to set up their own practices and act as true fiduciaries.
Clone Systems, Inc
Clone Systems, Inc. is excited to announce the recent launch of http://www.cloneguard.com via a joint initiative with Virtual Graffiti Inc., one of the top IT solution providers in the nation. The award winning CloneGuard® Security Suite is now available online to SME and Enterprise customers as an add-on to security related product purchases via http://www.cloneguard.com. The CloneGuard® Security Suite will also be promoted through Virtual Graffiti´s portfolio of micro sites that provides an extensive selection of IT security products.
Azavea
In April, Azavea, a geospatial analysis (GIS) software development company, launched PhillyTreeMap.org http://phillytreemap.org/ , a wiki-inspired geographic urban tree inventory application that enables the general public to collaborate with Philadelphia Parks & Recreation, the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society (PHS), and other local groups to map trees in the 13-county, 3-state Philadelphia region. Today, Azavea announces that the code of the PhillyTreeMap.org project is released as open source software under the name OpenTreeMap, and is freely available at: https://github.com/azavea/OpenTreeMap.
TheChartLab.com ("The Chart Lab")
TheChartLab.com ("The Chart Lab"), is being launched by industry veteran Greg Troccoli to meet the growing demand for high quality technical analysis by both institutional and individual investors alike. The Chart Lab was created to deliver timely, actionable and unique technical research. Unlike most services, our research is simple to read but very actionable to generate high impactful trade ideas.
BancTec
BancTec, a global leader in business process outsourcing (BPO) for financial transaction automation and document management, has launched a new Mortgage Servicing Platform. Targeted at both new entrants to the market and existing lenders utilizing legacy systems, the platform enables robust infrastructure and streamlined operational processes to be introduced within customer servicing operations
failure. Things go wrong, of course, but entrepreneurs don´t
call them "failures" they call them "glitches, mistakes,
bungles, setbacks", but not failing.
When one such entrepreneur was asked about the hardest decision
he ever had to make, he answered that he didn´t know what a hard
decision was. An entrepreneur will approach decision-making with
the idea that there´s a strong likelihood that he/she will be
wrong. This doesn´t dissuade them to the contrary they just
do the best they can and worry about handling obstacles as they
arise.
Here are a few top entrepreneurs in the U.S.:
Sommelier Journal
In an online survey designed by Sommelier Journal and administered by Research Now, while sommeliers, service, and restaurant wine in general received good grades, restaurant wine pricing, by-the-glass programs, and wine advice from staff were criticized by consumers who drink wine and dine out regularly. Results of the study are published in the June 15 issue of Sommelier Journal. A statistical sampling of 400 respondents from around the country were asked to rate fine-dining restaurant wine programs in 12 different categories, using a scale of excellent, good, poor, or bad. Availability of older vintages (combined 54% bad/poor), price (46%), by-the-glass offerings (45%), and wine advice from staff (44%) received the lowest grades. When it comes to price, 64% of those surveyed agreed (17% strongly) that wine is way too expensive in restaurants. In addition, restaurants ignore by-the-glass programs at their own peril: 64% noted that they would rather buy from a glass or small-bottle list because a full bottle would be too much to drink.
The Travel Guru
The Travel Guru, a Palm Springs based travel consultancy, today announced "Sri Lanka Days to Arabian Nights". What is travel consultant Kelly Daoud most looking forward to on his four-week, three-continent, 36,000-mile "journey of a lifetime" beginning Sep. 1? Is it six idyllic days on the paradise island of Malé? Is it exploring the ruins of ancient Greece? Is it staying at the breathtaking Yas Hotel in Abu Dhabi, the wealthiest city in the world? "It has to be the 90-minute hot-air balloon ride over Cappadocia in Turkey," Daoud said. Daoud, who operates his own Palm Springs travel agency, The Travel Guru, will make stops during his September odyssey in Hong Kong, Sri Lanka, Malé, UK, Turkey and Abu Dhabi. Daoud is calling his exotic personal adventure, "Sri Lanka Days to Arabian Nights."
Spreed Inc.
Mobile publishing and advertising leader Spreed Inc. (http://www.spreedinc.com), has partnered with community-based newspaper publisher Metroland Media (http://www.metroland.com), to deliver a full-suite mobile publishing tools for BlackBerry and iphone to help their daily newspapers build, measure and monetize their mobile audience. Metroland Media will roll out applications, – in collaboration with Spreed – for the iPhone and BlackBerry smart phone devices that will enable smart phone users in the Hamilton, Guelph and Waterloo Region to read news from the Hamilton Spectator, the Guelph Mercury and the Waterloo Region Record. The apps will allow advertisers to reach users of smart phones in these markets through highly targeted, rich-media advertising.
Legendary Entertainment
Legendary Entertainment, a leading media company with film, television and comics divisions, is offering Comic-Con attendees at the San Diego Convention Center from July 21-24, 2011, a unique mobile game to connect and engage with one another. The centerpiece of the Legendary initiative at Comic-Con is the SnapTag™, a more accessible QR Code alternative, created by marketing technology company SpyderLynk. The object for Comic-Con fans is to use their phone to "snap and send" as many as 500 unique Legendary SnapTags displayed on the lanyard badges of other show attendees. Those with the most "snaps" at the end win.
Peas-Corp
Peas-Corp is launching a campaign targeting students going back to school. The theme is designed to highlight world peace and positive interaction at US colleges as well as promote opportunities to engage students in an activity that fosters positive communication and interaction. "Our game is perfect for engaging students in a laid-back, fun environment and we were searching for universities where we could launch our promotion for party games and stumbled upon great campus sites featuring organized game nights. This led to an idea to target schools that represent a cross section of American universities." says Jenna Yarbrough, Communications Director for Whirled Peas® The Game. The result is a back to school campaign with a contest in the fall that will ask students to submit short videos of their teams playing the 5 challenges in Whirled Peas. Winning submissions will have a chance of getting one of several free iPads.
PR WIZZZZ ENTERTAINMENT and FAVOR PR for Love Jones Girlz
Imagine the ultimate super group – Kelly Clarkson, Janet Jackson, Rihanna and Lauren Hill; however, imagine those singers as teenagers, and then you have Love Jones Girlz. The group consists of Claire Jones, Noni Storm Chinn, Victoria Strata and Taylor Nirvana Jones who possess the love of performing. There is nothing these young ladies would rather be doing than being on stage. "Love Jones" is a throwback to the term that means "a deep profound love for something." The group consists of three girls from the New York City area and one die hard "Jersey Girl".
Wasatch Advisors, Inc.
Wasatch Advisors, Inc., investment advisors to the Wasatch Funds mutual fund family has named Eugene (Gene) Podsiadlo Director of Mutual Funds for the organization. Mr. Podsiadlo serves on the Board of Directors of Wasatch Advisors (since 2002) and participates in various activities for the firm, including business development, acquisitions, and strategy. He is also a managing director of the firm´s venture capital affiliate, Cross Creek Capital Partners. "We are fortunate to have Gene expand his leadership role with the Wasatch Funds. We value his years of experience in the industry as we continue to grow our business and bring the best active portfolio management to our investors," said Jeff Cardon, President of Wasatch Advisors,
ESQuery
Touchstone Standard Corporation will offer Lawyer 'Background Reports' with the launch of a new WEBSITE: http://www.ESQuery.com. Now the public will be able to 'Verify a Lawyer', when ordering an ESQuery 'Background Report´. ESQuery has recognized that, until now, many people do not know how to get a Background Report on a lawyer, or who to trust to verify a lawyer. ESQuery points out that many people who had a bad experience with a lawyer, or have become the victim of a lawyer, made the major mistake of failing to verify a lawyer. The motto at ESQuery is simple: 'Trust but Verify'. ESQuery believes it is important to trust a lawyer to provide advice on legal matters, but they strongly encourage that-first consumer's verify the lawyer's background with ESQuery.
S&S Private Capital and Score Optimization Systems
Banks have tremendously tightened lending guidelines and increased credit score requirements, making it more and more difficult to qualify for a home loan and other financial solutions. With consumers looking for assistance in meeting the stricter loan requirements, many companies have jumped into the credit repair arena, taking advantage of those with poor credit scores. S&S Private Capital along with its Score Optimization Systems puts consumers in the "know" by giving them a few questions to ask and red flags to look for to avoid falling into credit repair traps.
Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company
The Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company, a more than 164-year-old company, is pleased to announce the promotion of Denise Flannery to Senior Vice President, Strategic Marketing, Planning and Communications. "Denise Flannery has distinguished herself as an outstanding leader whose strategic vision and marketing and communications expertise has significantly strengthened Penn Mutual´s position as an industry leader," said Eileen C. McDonnell, President and Chief Executive Officer.
Emerson
Emerson Network Power, a business of Emerson and a global leader in maximizing availability, capacity and efficiency of critical infrastructure, today announced the results of a survey of more than 240 U.S. data center professionals from a variety of industries showing that data centers are progressing with initiatives to improve data center infrastructure management (DCIM), but still lack the critical insight required to improve availability, enhance efficiency and manage capacity.
Solarbuzz and the NPD Group
Rapidly falling prices in 1H´11 have been unable to stimulate the faltering European PV market, according to the latest Solarbuzz® European PV Markets Report. Signs of a strengthening market in June 2011 were hit by cancellation of the anticipated mid-year incentive tariff reductions in Germany.. "For the past decade, Europe has played a dominant role in creating the demand growth that has fueled global manufacturing capacity expansion," noted Alan Turner, Vice President of European Market Research for Solarbuzz. "This was underpinned by aggressive, uncapped feed-in tariff (FIT) programs that are now being scaled back to reduce costs. Policy adjustments are becoming more frequent, creating uncertainty for investors in PV systems." The downturn in European major markets in 1H´11 left module shipments from manufacturers running well ahead of end-market demand. The resulting increase in downstream inventories quickly spread to the upstream, causing production plans to be reined in. Desperate to stimulate growth, crystalline silicon module price offers from manufacturers have reached new lows of €0.75-1.00/W.
GroupLogic®
On the heels of Apple´s release of Mac OS X Lion, GroupLogic®, the industry´s leading provider of software products that unlock the power of new enterprise platforms, today unveiled ExtremeZ-IP v.7.2, the latest version of the only actively maintained and supported Mac-compliant enterprise file server for Mac Windows compatibility. Today´s release comes complete with support for Mac OS X Lion and will allow organizations to seamlessly use and support multiple versions of Mac OS X. In addition, GroupLogic will now bundle its ShadowConnect at no additional cost, allowing Macs to instantly self-restore previous versions of files and folders from the Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy service (VSS).
Greenfield Arena
GreenField Sports Academy began its journey of creating an indoor soccer field for the Memphis area with the primary goal of installing a superior playing surface. Creating a new indoor soccer option for the Memphis area meant first installing a superior, safe, long lasting, and low-maintenance turf system. While we found there are numerous turf system providers, we also found that most are either unresponsive or technically insufficient. Perhaps our one indoor field was not the top priority for the suppliers who are in search of the next outdoor super complex. However, our one field was our priority at the time, and we know that it could ultimately lead to more both indoor and outdoor fields which are in our long term plans. This means that developing a relationship with our turf supplier was important. Our turf system was a large investment that would stick with our field for many years.
Clopton Capital
Clopton Capital is a Chicago based commercial loan institution that provides financing for commercial real estate nationwide. Everyday, dozens of opportunities are brought to its doorstep which present outstanding investment opportunities. In a double edged move, Clopton Capital is raising funds to supply needed capital for those opportunities and provide outstanding alternative investments for public and institutional investors.
iPhone Speaker Reviews
The iPhone Speaker Reviews website was developed when speaker companies began producing iPhone speaker docks. As the iPhone accessory market evolved, so has iPhone Speaker Reviews. They are pleased to announce the next step in this evolution, the redesign of http://www.iphonespeakerreviews.com This redesign and relaunch has added functionality, improved usability, and enhanced performance designed to decrease page load times.
CONCERT Global Group
CONCERT Global Group announces James P. Lynch as President of its Wealth Management Division. James is a 20 year veteran of the financial services industry where he has served in key management positions at several Wall Street financial services firms including Morgan Stanley and Bank of America investment Services. He will be responsible for recruiting and managing relationships with the growing population of "breakaway brokers and RIAs" that are disenfranchised with the wire house firms and want to set up their own practices and act as true fiduciaries.
Clone Systems, Inc
Clone Systems, Inc. is excited to announce the recent launch of http://www.cloneguard.com via a joint initiative with Virtual Graffiti Inc., one of the top IT solution providers in the nation. The award winning CloneGuard® Security Suite is now available online to SME and Enterprise customers as an add-on to security related product purchases via http://www.cloneguard.com. The CloneGuard® Security Suite will also be promoted through Virtual Graffiti´s portfolio of micro sites that provides an extensive selection of IT security products.
Azavea
In April, Azavea, a geospatial analysis (GIS) software development company, launched PhillyTreeMap.org http://phillytreemap.org/ , a wiki-inspired geographic urban tree inventory application that enables the general public to collaborate with Philadelphia Parks & Recreation, the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society (PHS), and other local groups to map trees in the 13-county, 3-state Philadelphia region. Today, Azavea announces that the code of the PhillyTreeMap.org project is released as open source software under the name OpenTreeMap, and is freely available at: https://github.com/azavea/OpenTreeMap.
TheChartLab.com ("The Chart Lab")
TheChartLab.com ("The Chart Lab"), is being launched by industry veteran Greg Troccoli to meet the growing demand for high quality technical analysis by both institutional and individual investors alike. The Chart Lab was created to deliver timely, actionable and unique technical research. Unlike most services, our research is simple to read but very actionable to generate high impactful trade ideas.
BancTec
BancTec, a global leader in business process outsourcing (BPO) for financial transaction automation and document management, has launched a new Mortgage Servicing Platform. Targeted at both new entrants to the market and existing lenders utilizing legacy systems, the platform enables robust infrastructure and streamlined operational processes to be introduced within customer servicing operations
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