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TV Show #32 - Bob Allard, Founder of Extension Engine

Bob Allard is a serial entrepreneur with a strong track record of bringing good people and ideas together. He currently runs multiple companies including: RetentionEngine, a compensation technology firm; ExtensionEngine, a software development services firm (with 50 engineers in Split, Croatia); Referral Monitor, a new web service that helps companies design and manage word-of-mouth marketing campaigns; YouShouldMeet, a social networking service for managing introductions; and R3 Partners, a consultancy that works with entrepreneurs to turn good ideas into great businesses. Even with running these successful businesses, he still finds time for his other passions: his growing family, music, and golf.

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TV Show #31 - Greg Galant, Founder of Venture Voice

What do the founders of Meetup.com, Paypal, and Brooklyn Brewery have in common? They were all featured on Gregory Galant's show, Venture Voice, a terrific podcast about entrepreneurship and venture capital.  In addition to hosting and producing Venture Voice, Greg Galant is also the CEO of RadioTail, a firm that facilitates advertising in podcasts.                   

Greg has clearly had entrepreneurship in his blood from a very young age. In 1996, at age 14, Greg started Halenet, Inc., an award-winning Internet strategy firm. He worked at Newlight Associates, a $120M technology venture capital firm, sourcing investments and managing deal flow and was an associate producer at CNN.com, where he analyzed the latest trends in citizens’ media.

Greg founded the Young Professionals Chamber of Commerce in 2000 to engage students in the business world. He’s been the teacher of its entrepreneurship workshop for high school and college students for the past five years.

Greg has been featured in The New York Times, the Venture Capital Journal, The New York Daily News, Catherine Crier's WOR radio show and News 12. The Suffolk Nassau Chamber of Commerce named him the 2003 “Entrepreneur of the Year”.

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http://www.truenyc.com/interview/gregory-galant.html

Show #30 - Ilir Sela, Founder of Nerd Force, Inc.

Ilir Sela is an entrepreneur who saw a common problem, and formulated a simple, yet ingenious way to provide a service.  Mr. Sela is the Founder and CEO of Nerd Force, Inc., an onsite technology services company supporting small business and residential computer users in the New York Metro area.  If your personal computer or small business is in need of IT repair, a fantastically geeky van can arrive on your doorstep, ready to solve any problem.                   

Since 2003 Mr. Sela has managed Nerd Force from an owner operated computer repair shop in Staten Island, into a successful onsite technology services group, servicing the entire New York Tri State area. In late 2005, he began the process of franchising the Nerd Force system as part of his plan to expand the brand nation-wide, while allowing other quality technicians the opportunity to run their own business.

Check out his wesite: www.nerdforce.com

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