Critical Mass Business Talk Show | Orange County‘s Longest-Running Business Talk Show | Hosted by Ric Franzi
2011-06
Episodes
Monday Jun 27, 2011
Critical Mass: The Coaching Perspective June 23, 2011
Monday Jun 27, 2011
Monday Jun 27, 2011
Host Doug Gfeller talks about "What makes great leaders?" Do you have to be "born" a great leader or is it something that you can learn? Listen in as Doug dicusses how coaching can and has helped create great leaders through coaching.
Monday Jun 27, 2011
Critical Mass: Coast to Coast June 23, 2011
Monday Jun 27, 2011
Monday Jun 27, 2011
Vivian Valenty, President of VB Cometics is host Ric Franzi's first guest. Vivian discusses her comestic business and how she has evolved the business model over time.
Rose Marston, President of A.D.Marble talks about her environmental consulting firm. Rose was promoted to President and has expanded the firm's offerings in response to the recession.
Monday Jun 27, 2011
Critical Mass June 22, 2011
Monday Jun 27, 2011
Monday Jun 27, 2011
Socrates Jain, Vice President Business Development, Coface North America speaks with host Ric Franzi and explains how CEOs of mid-market firms use Coface to help them grow their revenues through insurancing their accounts receivables.
Alexandra Braconi, Founder and Owner of Blue Lizard Media, LLC shares her keys to successful branding for small and mid-market firms.
Monday Jun 27, 2011
Critical Mass June 21, 2011
Monday Jun 27, 2011
Monday Jun 27, 2011
Dr. Carol Taylor, President of Vanguard University talks with host Ric Franzi about her experience leading the university through a difficult period and some of the lessons of that experience.
Tina Lustig, Founder of Asana Art shares the entrepreneurial story of her journey building Asana Art a company creating yoga-based works of art.
Monday Jun 20, 2011
Critical Mass: The Coaching Perspective June 16, 2011
Monday Jun 20, 2011
Monday Jun 20, 2011
Host Doug Gfeller discusses how coaching your management team can improve employee engagement and productivity.
Monday Jun 20, 2011
Critical Mass: Coast to Coast June 16, 2011
Monday Jun 20, 2011
Monday Jun 20, 2011
John Starling, Founding Partner of Smith Growth Partners is host Ric Franzi's first guest. John Starling, is the author or "The Order of Black Belt: Mastering The Practice of Growing a Company" and discusses the first section of the book.
David Nester, Owner of Urban Lights highlights his experience buying back his firm and repositioning it in the market as a new venture.
Thursday Jun 16, 2011
Critical Mass June 14, 2011
Thursday Jun 16, 2011
Thursday Jun 16, 2011
Jane Alden Hodgdon, Founder of IBB Designs, LLC and inventor of the Itty Bitty Bra is host Ric Franzi's featured guest. They discuss the inspiration for her firm as well as her strategy for gaining marketshare in an underserved market.
Tuesday Jun 14, 2011
Critical Mass: The Coaching Perspective June 9, 2011
Tuesday Jun 14, 2011
Tuesday Jun 14, 2011
Doug's guest is Neal Rinella, Principal and COO of Taylor Architects. At Taylor they say that "Promoting wellness through architecture is more than our tagline, it is our mission". Doug and Neal discusses how this mission impacts recruitment, retention and training of their staff.
Monday Jun 13, 2011
Critical Mass: Coast to Coast June 9, 2011
Monday Jun 13, 2011
Monday Jun 13, 2011
Rudy De La Garza, CEO of Pree Corp. is host Ric Franzi's featured guest. Pree Corp. is a technology company that focuses on the strategic development, marketing and commercialization of innovative new technologies through aggressive investment and research efforts. Innovations include renewable energy, wireles energy, wireless communications, and solar energy technologies.
Monday Jun 13, 2011
Critical Mass June 8, 2011
Monday Jun 13, 2011
Monday Jun 13, 2011
Chase Rief, Founder and President of Rief Media is host Ric Franzi's featured guest. Chase talks about a variety of marketing topics including the "keys to successful marketing for small and mid-sized firms".
Monday Jun 13, 2011
Critical Mass June 7, 2011
Monday Jun 13, 2011
Monday Jun 13, 2011
Tom Casey, President of Thrust Electric Bikes is host Ric Franzi's featured guest. Tom shares the entrepreneurial story of he and his partner Patrick Rolfes, CEO of Thrust Electric Bikes. Tom talks about their journey to bring to market the first commercial-grade, eco-friendly bike. This bike is growing in popularity with delivery-based restaurant's and other businesses who see the financial and marketing advantage of deploying electric bikes.
Friday Jun 03, 2011
Critical Mass: The Coaching Perspective June 2, 2011
Friday Jun 03, 2011
Friday Jun 03, 2011
Host Doug Gfeller talks about coaching and performance reviews. Why every performance review is a world class opportunity for coaching and improved performance.
Friday Jun 03, 2011
Critical Mass: Coast to Coast June 2, 2011
Friday Jun 03, 2011
Friday Jun 03, 2011
Glenn Bostock, President of SnapCabs is host Ric Franzi's featured guest. Glenn and Ric talk about the innovations he and his company have brought to elevator interiors and much more.
Friday Jun 03, 2011
Critical Mass June 1, 2011
Friday Jun 03, 2011
Friday Jun 03, 2011
Peter Lehrman, CEO of AxialMarket is host Ric Franzi's guest and they discuss how Peter's firm, through the use of technology, makes the market for buying and selling mid-market companies more efficient.
Sheevaun Moran, Author Learn to Meditate in Two Minutes joins Ric to talk about her latest book which she wrote for the busy executive to help them learn how to find time to gain the benefits of meditation.
Friday Jun 03, 2011
Critical Mass May 31, 2011
Friday Jun 03, 2011
Friday Jun 03, 2011
Jim Downes, Senior Director, BBK is host Ric Franzi's guest and they discuss Jim's "Top 10 List" for turning around companies as well as other topics.
Barry Saywitz, Founder and CEO of The Saywitz Company discusses the challenges and opportunities of lease restructuring.