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“…while I give a lot of coaching, I also take a lot of coaching from mentors, and read extensively. When you are done learning, you are just done.”

This is Taylor Sparks of the Raleigh-Durham MO.com, where we feature small business owners and entrepreneurs to bring you, hints, tips, insights, and perspectives on what it takes to be successful. Joining us today is Jeff Dudan, who is the CEO/Founder of AdvantaClean Systems in Huntersville, NC founded in 1994. AdvantaClean has over 70 franchise locations in the U.S. including …

“It’s a very snake oil industry. So just make sure that you’re researching the company that you’re going to be working with…”

Interview by Mike Sullivan

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Mike:
Hey, everyone, this is Mike Sullivan. Thanks for joining me again today on MO.com, where we always feature small business owners and entrepreneurs. Today joining us is Billy Canu of SEOHaus. Billy's joining us today to talk a little bit about what small business owners can do to help improve their site's rankings and talk a little …

“Our market is really any website that wants to have more user engagement and know more about those users.”

Interview by Mike Sullivan

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Hey, everyone. I'm Mike Sullivan. This is MO.com, where we feature small business owners and entrepreneurs bringing you hints, tips, insights, and perspectives on what it takes to be successful.

Joining me today is Larry Drebes of Janrain. Janrain is a company that provides it service to over 300,000 websites, and you may have used the service yourself. …

“…a small business dies a 1,000 deaths. You just need to come to grip with that, get over it and move on.”

This is Taylor Sparks of the Raleigh-Durham MO.com, where we feature small business owners and entrepreneurs to bring you, hints, tips, insights, and perspectives on what it takes to be successful. Joining us today is Chef Chris Duke, who founded Anna’s Gourmet Goodies with his wife Debbie in 2001. Chris, thank you for taking the time to speak with MO.com.

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“How many offices have regular foosball competitions? At the same time, we can have fun in our office because our employees work really hard to make each and every event a huge success.”

Interview by Mike Sullivan

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Does your company have an Architect of Adventure?  How about a Master of Monkey Business?  If the answer is no then you obviously do not work for the most exciting, entertaining, and adventurous company in the entertainment industry: Red Frog Events.

Today’s interviewee, Joe Reynolds, is not only the Founder of Red Frog Events, but the Architect of …

“The only way is to care about your community. Keep in touch with them, get them involved somehow, and do remarkable work that gets them buzzing.”

Interview by Mike Sullivan

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According to Walt Ribeiro “the orchestra repertoire is boring, predictable, and repetitive. They play the music from the same 4 dead composers, which it's no wonder why the orchestra scene is dwindling”. He wanted to change this so he created For Orchestra. Through For Orchestra Walt arranges pop songs for orchestra - everything from Lady …

“But if the choice is between having insurance and not having enough money to get to profitability, that’s a pretty easy choice.”

Interview by Mike Sullivan

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Phillip R Thune is an experienced entrepreneur. He helped grow FindWhat.com (a NASDAQ-listed paid search company which changed its name to MIVA in 2005) from 35 people and $500,000 in revenue to over 500 people in Europe and the U.S. and close to $200 million in revenue in five years. He also created HireMeNow.com, LLC …

“If you can’t both be liked and respected, then I think you should be sure that you are respected.”

Interview by Mike Sullivan

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Dr. Madeline Anne Lewis is passionate about helping you.  She runs the Deline Institute for Personal Development whose mission is to provide career coaching, personal and professional development training to individuals, human resource services agencies, Federal, state, local government and educational institutions in the areas of leadership, diversity, women’s issues, professional image, life skills and self-esteem.  Dr. …

“That’s the key: that they share our vision. Of course, they should also want to make money doing this! “

Interview by Mike Sullivan

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Every child should learn a second language. This is the belief of Michael Fee, and this is the vision behind his company Lango. Lango teaches Spanish, Mandarin and French to children ages 18 months to 11-years-old in more than 70 communities across the United States. Classes are taught through Adventure Learning, Lango’s innovative approach that combines stories, …

“Getting acquired by Microsoft was definitely one of the most intensive experiences of my life.”

Interview by Mike Sullivan

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Business owners frequently get frustrated switching from Google Calendar, to PayPal, to Skype and the hundreds of other business management apps to complete daily tasks. vCita founders Itzik Levy and Eran Utmazgin have created the solution.

As CEO of vCita, Itzik created a new way to engage website visitors and manage potential clients online. The online platform is …

“Crowdfunding is not a new concept. For centuries, people everywhere have used the principle of collective action to help improve their communities.”

Interview by Mike Sullivan

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Wayne Chi is giving opportunities to social entrepreneurs available nowhere else. Wayne created Ricebowlproject.com--the first crowdfunding platform for social entrepreneurs working on cause-based projects that benefit the international, national, or local communities. Ricebowlproject.com utilizes the benefits of group efforts where individuals from around the globe can come together to help fund a project. Projects must meet or …

“If you are in this business you cannot be afraid of hard work. Obviously you have to manage your costs. But you have to bring a passion every day. You have to love serving people.”

Founder and President

This is Taylor Sparks of the Raleigh-Durham MO.com, where we feature  business owners and entrepreneurs to bring you, hints, tips, insights, and perspectives on what it takes to be successful. Joining us today is Kenny Moore, the Founder and President of Andys Burgers, Shakes & Fries. With over 100 franchised and company owned locations, Andy's 2010 sales topped $50 million …

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