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12/29/07 - This week, hosts Tom Jones, Tim Stearns, Lee Lockhart and Craig Scharton share their thoughts about the year 2007, and the biggest stories in the local business community in the past five year, from the Metro Rural Loop to Running Horse and beyond.
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12/22/07 - Local developer and artist Reza Assemi talks with Tom Jones, Tim Stearns and Lee Lockhart about his current projects in downtown Fresno. Assemi's Vagabond Lofts mixed use housing development was the first new market rate housing in Downtown Fresno in decades. His latest project, H Street Lofts, is nearing completion, and he has other nearby projects in the works. We'll learn more about his thoughts on the future of downtown Fresno, and more.
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12/15/07 - Jessup Wiley, marketing director for Fresno State Wines, joins hosts Tim Stearns and Lee Lockhart to talk about new developments at the campus winery, including a new tasting room at the Farm Market and more.
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12/8/07 - Students from Craig Scharton's Urban Entrepreneurship class at Fresno State are the guests on this week's edition of The Pulse. We'll learn more about their ideas for cool new businesses for downtown Fresno and more.
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12/01/07 - Robert Wood, CEO of Generation Homes talks with Tim Stearns, Craig Scharton and Lee Lockhart about the Valley's housing market and innovation in the industry.
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11/24/07 - Efforts to build capacity at local non-profits are our topic on this week's edition of The Pulse, as Ann Vermel, of the Institute for Non-profit Capacity talks with Tom Jones, Lee Lockhart and Craig Scharton.
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11/17/07 - Marc Raygoza, President/Founder of Vine Global joins Tom Jones, Craig Scharton and Lee Lockhart this week for a talk about his company's e-commerce services. This Fresno based company and CVBI member, offers a suite of e-commerce solutions that enable U.S. online retailers to quickly and cost-effectively expand into international markets.
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11/10/07 - Hank Delcore, Professor of Anthropology at Fresno State, joins Tom Jones and Tim Stearns to talk about how the business world is working with anthropologists and much more.
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11/3/07 - Lawrence Young, President and CEO of Active ES, a southern California based manufacturer of electronic energy control systems for lighting fixtures, is our guest. Lawrence is a graduate of Fresno State, and was this year's Entrepreneur in Residence at the Lyles Center. He talks with Craig Scharton about his business, energy conservation, and about the business climate in the San Joaquin Valley.
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10/27/07 - Bill Myers of SCORE joins Tom Jones and Tim Stearns on this week's edition of The Pulse. We'll learn more about how SCORE helps counsel entrepreneurs, and how established business people can become involved with the group and help mentor others. We'll also learn about Bill's career, which took him from starting his own market research firm, to launching two airlines, and much more.
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10/20/07 - Jamie Holt and Suzanne Bertz-Rosa of Creative Fresno are guests on this edition of The Pulse. They talk with hosts Tom Jones and Lee Lockhart about the follow-up "Report Card" developed by Creative Fresno, as a follow-up to the Creative Economy Council's recommendations for attracting and retaining "knowledge workers" in Fresno.
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10/13/07 - Fresno City Council member Jerry Duncan joins Tom Jones, Lee Lockhart Tim Stearns and Craig Scharton this week on The Pulse. Jerry talks about downtown revitalization, his mayoral campaign, and more.
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10/6/07 - Local bankruptcy attorney Riley Walter joins hosts Craig Scharton and Lee Lockhart for this edition of The Pulse. Walter has over 28 years of experience in bankruptcy, reorganization and insolvency law as well as agricultural law and PACA. We'll learn the latest about the ongoing Running Horse project, how the recent collapse in the housing market is impacting the Fresno area, and what aspiring entrepreneurs can learn from the past mistakes of others.
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09/29/07 - Brad Triebsch, Partner and Co-Founder of the Central Valley Fund is our guest on this edition of The Pulse. Brad will talk about the reasons for launching the first venture capital fund based in the Central Valley with assets of over $50 million, why the Valley has emerged into a hot bed of entrepreneurial activity, and how venture capital is an essential tool for spawning new businesses, growing existing companies, and creating and maintaining quality jobs in the Central Valley. Brad also provides an overview of the 2nd Annual Central Valley Venture Conference and its purpose towards building a thriving entrepreneurial community.
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09/22/07 - Russ Widmar, Director of Aviation for the City of Fresno joins Tim Stearns and Craig Scharton this week for The Pulse. We'll learn more about the two city owned airports, FYI and Chandler, and some of the recent and forthcoming upgrades at those facilities, including a major solar power project, an indoor "forest," new hangars, and much more.
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09/15/07 - Dennis Woods, President and CEO of Fresno based United Security Bank is our guest. Founded in 1987, United Security Bank is one of the largest community banks in the Valley, with over $600 million in assets. We'll find out more about how their business has grown in the past 20 years, their commitment to investing in our community, and thoughts on the Valley's economy.
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09/08/07 - Harry Gaykian of Smith Barney is our guest this week to talk with hosts Tom Jones and Tim Stearns about the stock market, and its impact on the Valley. We'll also learn more about Harry's decades of work with the Bulldog Foundation.
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09/01/07 - We continue our profiles of local companies that are major players in global industries, but little known here at home, with Kate King, CEO of Adco Manufacturing. Their Sanger based firm employs over 120 workers, and makes the assembly line machines that package your breakfast cereal, ice cream, and more, for companies like Sara Lee, Procter & Gamble, and SC Johnson. We'll learn more about their business, how the job outlook in the Valley impacts their operation, and also about their recent honor with the 2006 Central California Excellence in Business Award.
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08/25/07 - On this edition of The Pulse, hosts Tom Jones and Craig Scharton talk with guest Deborah Nankivell, CEO of the Fresno Business Council. The topic is the new Human Investment Initiative to address the roots of Fresno's concentrated urban poverty.
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08/18/07 - On this edition of The Pulse, hosts Tom Jones and Dr. Tim Stearns talk with Jeff Eben, Deputy Mayor of the City of Fresno, and Jon Ruiz, Assistant City Manager for the City about the new downtown plan. We'll find out more about things like the proposed streetcar project to link Downtown to the Tower District, and other elements of the plan.
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08/11/07 - Film is our topic this week on The Pulse, as Tim Stearns talks with guest Ray Arthur, the Film and Entertainment Commissioner for the City of Fresno. We'll learn about Fresno's growing film industry (it's a lot more than just Hollywood feature films) and Arthur's plan to make Fresno a hub for video and film production services between San Francisco and Los Angeles.
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08/04/07 - The Valley's air quality is our topic this week, as Craig Scharton hosts The Pulse, with guest Seyed Sadredin, Executive Director of the San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District. We'll learn more about the progress that has been made in recent years, and also about how far we still need to go, as well as potential solutions to our air quality problems.
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07/28/07 - The Fresno/Clovis area hotel industry is our topic on this edition of The Pulse, as host Craig Scharton talks with locally based hotel/motel and resort broker Roger Story of Hotel/Motel Specialists Inc. We'll learn about new hotels opening up soon in Downtown Fresno and Clovis, about the Valley's business travel and tourism industry, and much more.
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07/21/07 - Keith Kelley, President and CEO of the Fresno West Coalition for Economic Development joins hosts Craig Scharton and Lee Lockhart. We'll find out what Donald Trump's involvement with the Running Horse development means for the residents of West Fresno, learn more about the heritage and diversity of West Fresno, and what's the latest news from the coalition. That's this week on The Pulse.
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07/14/07 - On this edition of The Pulse, we continue our profiles of local businesses that are currently members of the Central Valley Business Incubator. Our two guests are Dr. Rod King, who is developing a company called Galaxy IT, working on a new concept for internet search engines, and Dave Hakim and Larry Slominski from World Water and Solar Technologies, which has an innovative solar powered product for water pumping applications.
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07/07/07 - We continue our profiles of local businesses that are currently members of the Central Valley Business Incubator. In the first half of the program, our guest is Marcus Davis, President and CEO of Creative Solutons, specializing in high-end Web sites, virtual interactive presentations, corporate identities, print advertising, creative marketing concepts and eSolutions. In the second half of the program, our guest is Bob Hayden, CEO of Band of Neighbors, a company developing a crime prevention tool that uses cell phone technology combined with an Internet-based communication system.
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06/30/07 - On this edition of The Pulse - we talk with guests from the new Claude Laval Water and Energy Technology Incubator at Fresno State. We'll learn more about the way the incubator is helping companies like Golden State Enviro-Pure Water, and Oxypro grow and create jobs here in the Central Valley.
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06/23/07 - Tracewell Hanrahan, of the Fresno office of Pacific Community Ventures is our guest, to talk about this innovative organization that is a combination of a not-for-profit community development organization, and a for-profit venture capital firm. We'll learn more about their activities in Fresno in this edition of The Pulse, hosted by Tom Jones and Lee Lockhart.
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06/16/07 - On this edition of The Pulse - Murray Neal of Pinnacle Armor joins special guest host Craig Scharton to talk about his business, which manufactures armor protection for humans, buildings and vehicles. Their innovative "Dragon Skin" product has been in the news recently. We'll learn more about what this innovative Fresno based manufacturing company does, this week on The Pulse.
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06/09/07 - On this edition of The Pulse, our hosts Tom Jones, Lee Lockhart and Tim Stearns talk about Fresno County's budget and retirement woes, a new approach to setting priorities for funding programs, outsourcing and much more.
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06/02/07 - Suzanne Bertz-Rosa, local filmmaker and creative professional, and Craig Scharton, of the Central Valley Business Incubator, join Tim Stearns and Lee Lockhart for this edition of The Pulse. Topics include Suzanne's new film about "boomerangs" - people who left the Valley, and swore that they'd never return, only to later come back in search of home and a better life. We'll also talk about the "boomerang project," downtown revitalization, Mindhub, Creative Fresno and much more.
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05/26/07 - On this edition of The Pulse we learn more about an ambitious plan that will chart the growth and transportation needs of Central California for the next 100 years and beyond, The Metro Rural Loop. This proposed multi-modal transportation corridor will link 17 Fresno and Madera county communities, allow for "smart growth" and help preserve important Valley environmental and agricultural land. Keith Bergthold, assistant planning director for the City of Fresno, and local developer Kevin Castanos of Wathen-Castanos, both are our guests.
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05/19/07 - Our guest on this edition of The Pulse is Jack Chubb, CEO of Community Regional Medical Center in Fresno. Community recently completed its long planned consolidation of services from the former University Medical Center to the new CRMC campus in Downtown Fresno. CRMC is the flagship hospital for Community Medical Centers and the only Level 1 trauma and burn center between Sacramento and Los Angeles, as well as the Valley's only high-risk pregnancy and birthing center, and is home to the largest emergency room in the state of California. We'll learn more about the challenges and benefits of the move, the state of today's healthcare industry and much more.
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05/12/07 - Bill Lyles, President and CEO of Lyles Diversified, and one of Central California's most successful entrepreneurs, is our guest on this edition of The Pulse. Called by some "Fresno's own Warren Buffett," we'll learn more about Lyles' personal journey from humble beginnings as a welder in Avenal, to his current business success in the fields of heavy construction, real estate, and perhaps his highest profile venture, locally based video security manufacturer, Pelco. We'll also learn about his business philosophy, and the two things Lyles says Fresno needs to help improve the economy, create new jobs, and break the cycle of poverty that plagues much of the Valley.
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05/05/07 - The Valley's growing boutique wine industry is our topic on this week's edition of The Pulse. Brett Engelmann, owner of Engelmann Cellars in Fresno, is our guest. His winery produces Cabernet Shiraz, Sangiovese, Zinfandel and Shiraz. We'll learn more about Brett's business, and also about an upcoming event with the Twin Rivers Vintners Association, a group of Fresno county area wineries.
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04/28/07 Bringing new inventions and ideas for products to market is the job of Mike Summers, our guest on this edition of The Pulse - KFSR's Business Roundtable. Mike is the Product Commercialization Manager for the Technology Development Center at Fresno State's Lyles Center. Mike is an accomplished inventor, with such products as the TERI Stick (Throwable Emergency Rescue Inflatable Stick) an emergency flotation device which is now used by police and fire rescue teams. We'll hear about a number of new products from Valley inventors, from soy based glues, to devices which help sanitize food from bacteria, and much more.
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04/21/07 - On this edition of THE PULSE, Blake Konczal, Executive Director of the Fresno County Workforce Investment Board joins Tom Jones, Lee Lockhart and Tim Stearns to talk about their efforts to educate, train and place individuals in jobs. We'll learn how the WIB is focusing on training people for key Valley industry clusters, how growing local businesses may be a more effective strategy for economic development than the traditional model of luring existing companies to move to Valley, and much more.
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4/14/07 - On this edition of The Pulse, Tom Jones, Tim Stearns and Lee Lockhart talk with Len Falter, Area VP for the South Valley for Comcast. We'll learn more about the rollout of Comcast's new phone service, and what other new telecommunications issues are on the horizon in the Valley.
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4/7/07 - This week, Tom Jones, Tim Stearns and Lee Lockhart talk with John S. Shegerian, President and CEO of the Fresno based firm Electronic Recyclers. This fast growing company is now the leading recycler of electronic waste (old computers, televisions, cellphones) in California. They employee over 200 people in Fresno and have plans to grow, both locally. We'll learn more about why recycling old electronics is big business in California, why they chose to locate in Fresno, and much more.
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03/31/07 - This week, Tom Jones, Tim Stearns and Lee Lockhart talk with two guests from the newly formed Center for Economic Research and Education of Central California (CERECC) at Fresno State. The Center provides economic analysis for local business, community groups, and policymakers, and provides educational material to local educators. Dr. Antonio Avalos, Director for Research and Dr. Janice Peterson, Director for Education both talk about their studies, and how their data can help address regional problems such as poverty and unemployment.
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3/24/07 - Tom Burns, of the Central California Small Business Development Center joins Tom Jones and Lee Lockhart this week to talk about their services in the community, how they help businesses grow, what role they play in economic development and much more.
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3/17/07 - Dr. Tom Crow, Chancellor of the State Center Community College District, joins Tim Stearns, Lee Lockhart and Tom Jones to talk about the role community colleges play in economic development. We'll learn more about how the district is aligning its programs to the clusters of the Regional Jobs Initiative, get an update on the restoration of the Old Administration Building and much more.
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3/10/07 - Water is the topic this week on the Pulse: in our first segment, we'll learn more about the Claude Laval Water & Energy Technology Incubator which just opened at Fresno State. The incubator's director Gary Schulz, and one of the incubator members, Matt Angell from PureSense Environmental, will talk about what this first of its kind facility means for the Valley. In the second half of the program, Dr. David Zoldoske, director of the International Center for Water Technology at Fresno State will join the conversation. We'll talk about the Valley's future water needs, new technology, and the upcoming International Water Technology Conference.
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03/02/07 - George Burman joins Tom Jones and Tim Stearns to talk about an innovative new housing development in the works, called Fresno Co-Housing. George talks about green building practices, and the idea behind the co housing movement. We'll also hear from Mark Harris and the Fresno State C.E.O. club about an upcoming banquet celebrating their 10th anniversary.
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2/24/07 - Bob Waterston, Chairman of the Fresno County Board of Supervisors, joins Tim Stearns, Tom Jones and Lee Lockhart, for a discussion about Waterston's plan for the county to run more "like a business" and much more.
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2/16/07 - This week, Brad Triebsch, partner in the Central Valley Fund, joins Lee, Tom and Tim. The Central Valley Fund is a venture capital fund with a focus on small to medium sized companies, in traditional industries in the Valley. The CVF provides private capital to finance later stage growth, strategic acquisitions, ownership transitions and recapitalizations. It was the first venture capital fund to focus on the Valley when it began in 2005, and it now has over $100 million to invest in the area.
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2/10/07 - This week on The Pulse - KFSR's Business Roundtable, Scott Johnson and Melodee Schwamb from City of Fresno's Department of Economic Development provide an update on downtown redevelopment and other exciting projects. Hear firsthand what the City of Fresno has on the drawing board, from the Forest City project to the Sports Town plan on Kern Street and much more.?
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2/3/07 - Kerman farmer Paul Bettancourt joins Lee Lockhart, Tom Jones and Tim Stearns to talk about ag issues, including the farm bill, renewable energy, organic products, and much more.
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1/27/07 - Jim Boren, Editorial Page Editor of the Fresno Bee joins Tom Jones, Lee Lockhart and Tim Stearns to talk about Valley politics, the Bee, downtown revitalization, and more.
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1/20/07 - Lee Lockhart and Tom Jones talk with Mark Harris, President of the Campus Entrepreneurship Organization at Fresno State, also known as the C.E.O. Club. We'll learn more about what the Valley's future business leaders are doing, and about their mentoring program.
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1/13/07 - Lee Lockhart and Tom Jones talk with Chris Fiorentino about Fresno State's Civic Engagement program, the role of the University in the community, and a new designation given to Fresno State by the Carneige Foundation in this area.
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1/6/07 - Lee Lockhart is joined this week by Suzanne Bertz-Rosa to talk about the year ahead in the Valley, Creative Fresno and about Suzanne's new film project.
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