Business Interviews with Entrepreneurs, CEO's, Founders, Funding Sources, and Policy Makers

May16

“Encourage each and every team member; listen to their ideas because those ideas might just be the very thing that gives your product the big competitive edge.”

Curt Finch

Journeyx

CEO

http://www.Journyx.com

Journyx is not your average software company. They strive to be relentlessly creative and to build tools that help you spend your time on things that matter. After all, time is all we have.

Founded in 1996 by Curt Finch, Journyx offers customers two solutions to reach the highest levels of profitability: Journyx – project, time and expense tracking software – and Journyx PX – resource management software that provides work and financial forecasting for a complete picture of project and budget status, employee time and availability. Journyx has thousands of customers worldwide, including Crate&Barrel, Schlumberger, BP, Big Brothers Big Sisters, Callaway Golf, Honeywell and many others. For more information, visit www.Journyx.com.

BusinessInterviews.com: Can you elaborate on how time-tracking data can facilitate greater profitability throughout an organization?

May13

“Lots of companies collect feedback but only a few make it available to staff in way that shapes the everyday interactions with customers.”

David Jackson

Clicktools

CEO

http://www.Clicktools.com

David Jackson is one of the original founders and CEO of Clicktools, the world’s leader in the field of customer feedback integrated with CRM. His passion is customer experience and he is widely recognized as an expert in the area of customer focused organizations. Much of his time is spent with clients, working with senior managers to design and implement effective feedback measurement and management strategies to build organizations that can continually adapt to meet changing customer needs.

Clicktools provides software and expertise to enable companies to collect, centralize, and act on customer interactions, leveraging the power of CRM. The quality of its software and supporting services has helped Clicktools win the coveted Salesforce AppExchange Customer Choice award in each of the five years it has run.

BusinessInterviews.com: Can you share some examples of how you help companies better understand and serve their customer base?

May12

“Every business in every industry is a technology business today – those that embrace it will gain competitive advantage and survive, those that don’t will not.”

Dan Abbate

Robotaton Corp

Founder & CEO

http://www.robotaton.com

Dan Abbate is the owner of several businesses and has bought and sold countless others that use automation to reduce costs and increase efficiency.

Robotaton Corp automates company-wide business processes for mid-market companies. They focus on event-driven automation, meaning computers talk directly to other computers to accomplish day-to-day repetitive tasks with little to no human intervention.

BusinessInterviews.com: What are some common issues that companies encounter that could be solved by automation?

May9

“The best rule of thumb with domain names is to not make potential customers think too hard.”

Lesa Sorrentino

MMI Agency

Chief Marketing Officer

http://www.mmiagency.com

Lesa Sorrentino is Chief Marketing Officer for MMI Agency, a long-standing, full-service communications firm in Houston, Texas representing local, regional and national brands.

In this role, Lesa serves as the internal voice of the client, providing strategic guidance and marketing expertise to ensure consistent delivery of innovative and results-driven work.

Lesa has more than 25 years of strategic planning, marketing, advertising and public relations experience across industries.

BusinessInterviews.com: What advice do you have for businesses looking for a domain name for their business or new products?

May8

“Social media has really forced brands to focus on content marketing and telling a unique story.”

Joshua Otten

Screenpush

Co-Founder

http://www.Screenpush.com

Co-Founded in 2009 by Joshua Otten as a strategic mobile, social and interactive marketing firm, Screenpush specializes in helping brands connect with their audiences in the digital space and beyond. They work with agency partners, Fortune 500 brands, and small-to-medium sized businesses in creating original marketing and technology solutions.

Their immensely talented team of marketers, designers, strategists, creatives, social media experts, and techies has more than 50 years combined experience in advertising, marketing, design, technology, editorial, sales, business development, and CRM.

BusinessInterviews.com: Can you expand on how your background in film and TV as a creative producer provides you with a unique perspective on brands, social marketing and technology?

May7

“Promoting from within rather than hiring outside executives to come in has always been my preference, and so far it’s worked out great.”

Joy Gendusa

Postcardmania

Founder & CEO

http://www.Postcardmania.com/

Joy Gendusa is the Founder and CEO of Postcardmania a full-service postcard direct-mail marketing and overall lead generation company.

Their services include graphic design, printing, mailing-list acquisition, mailing services, web design, e-mail marketing, Pay Per Click, and DirectMail2.0 in addition to a wealth of free marketing advice. Joy and the team help small businesses all over the country to expand through the use of direct mail marketing and a host of other lead generation techniques.

BusinessInterviews.com: Where does your passion for helping small business come from?

May7

“We take pride in analyzing the candidates that want to join our team; it’s not just about having the right technical skill set or marketing and sales background, but rather having that drive that motivates each person to be the best they can for that day, and how to be better the next day.”

Khaled Farhang

eGuard Technology Services

Founder & CEO

http://www.eGuardTech.com/

Based in Washington DC, eGuard Technology Services was founded in 2002 by Khaled Farhang with a mission to help small businesses in the Washington DC metro area get the most out of their business technology.

Since its founding, eGuard Technology Services has helped many small businesses relieve their technology worries so that they can concentrate on growing their businesses and realizing their goals. eGuard is focused on providing the business tools that small businesses need to compete, providing affordable technology designs based on business requirements.

BusinessInterviews.com: Where does your passion for small business come from?

May6

“I don’t overthink decisions and get paralyzed by details and doubt. I dive in, then evaluate to find ways I can improve. To me, not taking risks is the biggest risk of all because you are limiting your experiences and opportunity for growth.”

Rob Bellenfant

TechnologyAdvice

Founder

http://www.TechnologyAdvice.com

TechnologyAdvice is a B2B marketing company focused on quickly and effectively connecting businesses of all sizes with the IT vendors that best fit their technology needs. Their proprietary SmartAdvisor web tool allows users to sort through hundreds of IT providers based on desired features and budget, providing free and unbiased guidance that saves hours of research in the purchasing process.

Once the SmartAdvisor tool delivers its recommendations, they can put companies in touch with providers or supply additional information. Their website also provides in-depth research on tech products and trends through articles, research reports, white papers and videos.

BusinessInterviews.com: Can you expand on how your mindset as an entrepreneur has always been “Act now. Think later.” and how this approach has influenced your leadership style?

May6

“Being limited actually helps us focus on the things that are working, and not feel pressure to chase the numbers.”

Jon Hainstock

ZoomShift

Co-Founder

http://www.zoomshift.com

ZoomShift is the ideal online employee scheduling software solution for any business that needs to manage and schedule employees. Whether you are scheduling a staff of 15 or 100, ZoomShift is able to make staff scheduling simple. All types of businesses from restaurants and hotels to fire stations and schools are relying on ZoomShift for employee scheduling.

May5

“With Social Q&A, hand raising and microphone passing are a thing of the past.”

John Pytel

Social Q&A

Co-Founder & CEO

http://www.SocialQA.com

John Pytel is co-founder and CEO of Social Q&A, a mobile audience response tool designed for meetings and events. John holds a bachelor’s degree in marketing and entrepreneurship from Michigan State University. Social Q&A is based out of the 1871 incubator in Chicago.

Social Q&A is an event organizer’s best friend, changing how audience question-and-answer is conducted in almost any environment. Accessible from any Internet-enabled device, Social Q&A allows participants to submit questions, which can then be up-voted by other audience members, giving the event host or moderator insight into which questions are most important to the entire group.

Social Q&A is intended for meetings, events and panel discussions, as well as corporate town halls and sales presentations. With Social Q&A, hand raising and microphone passing are a thing of the past. The presenter or moderator no longer needs to field off-topic or duplicate question because they now have real-time insight into what questions are most important to the entire audience.

BusinessInterviews.com: How did you come up with the concept behind Social Q&A?

May2

“It’s only work if you’d rather be doing something else.”

Gabriel Mays

Just Add Content

Founder

http://JustAddContent.com

Just Add Content is a business website platform for businesses. The website builder gets businesses online with a fully functional, mobile friendly, HTML5 website in 60 seconds. All plans include website design, hosting, maintenance, and security.

Just Add Content also features website integrations with hundreds of business apps to automate administrative tasks and streamline business workflows. For example, a website form submission could automatically create an invoice, add a contact to your CRM and mailing list, schedule an appointment, create a new project in your project management software, send a text message summary, and more.

BusinessInterviews.com: Can you elaborate on how you’re leading the business automation movement by providing the most affordable website integration platform around?

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“Encourage each and every team member; listen to their ideas because those ideas might just be the very thing that gives your product the big competitive edge.”

“Lots of companies collect feedback but only a few make it available to staff in way that shapes the everyday interactions with customers.”

“Every business in every industry is a technology business today – those that embrace it will gain competitive advantage and survive, those that don’t will not.”

“The best rule of thumb with domain names is to not make potential customers think too hard.”

“Social media has really forced brands to focus on content marketing and telling a unique story.”

“Promoting from within rather than hiring outside executives to come in has always been my preference, and so far it’s worked out great.”

“We take pride in analyzing the candidates that want to join our team; it’s not just about having the right technical skill set or marketing and sales background, but rather having that drive that motivates each person to be the best they can for that day, and how to be better the next day.”

“I don’t overthink decisions and get paralyzed by details and doubt. I dive in, then evaluate to find ways I can improve. To me, not taking risks is the biggest risk of all because you are limiting your experiences and opportunity for growth.”

“Being limited actually helps us focus on the things that are working, and not feel pressure to chase the numbers.”

“With Social Q&A, hand raising and microphone passing are a thing of the past.”

“It’s only work if you’d rather be doing something else.”

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