The Pulse - 90.7 KFSR's Business Roundtable, features local business news, analysis, interviews, plus discussion about the important issues facing the San Joaquin Valley and the local business community. It is heard Saturdays at noon and Sundays at 9:00 AM on 90.7 KFSR. More information about The Pulse...
This week on The Pulse, host Tim Stearns talks with guest Paul Bauer, for a talk about some of the common mistakes that entrepreneurs make relative to employment and labor matters.
This week hosts Tim Stearns and Craig Scharton talk with Mike Dodson, President and CEO of local tech firm Lotpath. They talk about how Lotpath is using technology to help track the food supply chain.
This week hosts Tim Stearns and Tammy Sears talk with Stephen Paul of local specialty retailer Bouquet of Fruits and the Gourmet Shopping Network about their company and products.
This week hosts Tim Stearns and Tammy Sears talk about the world of social media with Nick Gundry and Lisa Alvey of the Social Media Club of Fresno. We'll find out more about how local businesses are using connecting with customers and clients thru social media services with Twitter, Facebook and more.
This week hosts Tim Stearns and Craig Scharton talk with Tim Schulz of Revive Industries, a local company that focuses on turning salvaged architectural materials into new pieces of furniture and other items.
This week host Tim Stearns profiles another one of the Valley's many tech companies, Spline Motion Studios, a firm specializing in creating 3D models, animation and interactive Flash applications. Eric Spikes of Spline Motion Studios tells us more about the company, their projects and clients and the challenges and opportunities of being a tech company in the San Joaquin Valley.
This week on The Pulse, we get the latest on some exciting new developments taking place at the historic Warnors Theatre in Downtown Fresno. Hosts Tim Stearns talks with Nancy Marquez of the All Things Fresno Store, which just opened in one of the ground floor retail space on Fulton Street, which specializes in everything from at by local artists to local wine, local books, and much more. Tim also talks with Paul Fontaine of the Fulton Street Project, a new venture that is producing concerts at the Star Palace and Frank's Place venues in the Warnors Theatre Building.
This week on The Pulse, host Tim Stearns talks with Dave Childers, principal of the Academy of Civic and Entrepreneurial Leadership (ACEL). The academy is a charter high school with a focus of media and entrepreneurship. We'll learn more about the curriculum and how ACEL hopes to teach and train the next generation of Valley entrepreneurs.
This week host Tim Stearns talks with Travis Sheridan of the Central Valley Business Incubator and local programmer Irma Olguin about a new project for Valley mobile app developers, the 59 Days of Code.
This week, hosts Tim Stearns and Tammy Sears talk with Case Lawrence, founder of Cargo Bay, and is the CEO of Mighty Oak Ventures. We'll find out what one of the Valley's leading entrepreneurs thinks about the local business climate, his new venture capital firm and more.
Hosts Tim Stearns and Tammy Sears talk with Kiel Famellos-Schmidt, principal & founder of local architecture and design firm Spacio Design. With offices in both Downtown Fresno and Los Angeles, Spacio Design is working on projects throughout the state and abroad, and was recently featured in Architect Mag. We'll find out more about starting a business in the midst of a recession, the design process, and more about Kiel's other project, Archop.
This week on The Pulse, host Dr. Timothy Stearns talks with Fresno State public relations students Kacie Thomas and Amanda Fine, about TALK, the new student operated public relations firm. We'll also learn more about the Fresno State chapter of PRSSA, the Public Relations Student Society of America.
This week, hosts Tim Stearns and Tammy Sears talk with Nick Gundry and Travis Sheridan, the founders of Smartagious.com, a locally based website that bills itself as the "world's first cerebral network." We also talk with Fresno State entrepreneurship students about the upcming "Dream It, Win It" student business competition.
This week on The Pulse, we talk with Glen Margosian of the Fresno based Bravo Beverage Company. For the past five years, Glen has been working on importing Oro di Milano beer from Italy into the the US market, and has recently brought the product to to market in the US as the exclusive importer. Host Tim Stearns talks with Glen about his entrepreneurial journey as an importer and his background in the local beverage industry.
This week on The Pulse, hosts Tim Stearns and Tammy Sears talk Jamin Brazil, the co-CEO and co-Founder of Fresno based market research firm Decipher. The company specializes in online survey programming, data collection, data processing/reporting and custom technology development.
We talk development this week on The Pulse, with two guests from TYCO General, INC, a Fresno based real estate development and construction firm. Our guests are TYCO Executive Vice President Richard Deaver and TYCO CEO Eric Tienken. We'll learn more about how they started their business, how the industry is faring in the recession, and about some of their current projects, such as the Fultonia mixed use development between the Tower District and Downtown Fresno.
Hosts Tim Stearns and Tammy Sears talk with Gary Smith, founder and COO of the Fresno based, international concert industry trade publication Pollstar. We'll find out more about the concert industry and how this world famous company got its start in Fresno.
This week on The Pulse, hosts Tim Stearns and Tammy Sears talk with a sixth generation family business that just moved to Fresno - Betts Spring Company - bringing over 100 jobs to the area. Our guest is Bill Betts, Procurement & Logistics Manager for Betts Spring. The company was founded by William Michael Betts in San Francisco in 1868, making springs for carriages, streetcars and wagons. The company recently moved to Fresno and this week was named the 2010 California Family Business of the year at the 21st Annual California Family Business Awards.
Hosts Dr. Tim Stearns and Tammy Sears talk to local entrepreneur Alan Rudominer, owner of River Park's Apricot Lane Gift Shop, which is closing operations after ten years. Before opening their Apricot Lane franchise, Alan and his wife Jacque spent their careers working in the corporate offices of major retailers including May Company, Kohls and Gottschalks. We'll find out why they're closing after ten successful years, and gain some insights into the world of franchises, and the Fresno retail market.
This week on The Pulse, hosts Tim Stearns and Tammy Sears talk with Brendan Wonnacott of Fresh & Easy, a new grocery retailer that opened three stores, including one in Downtown Fresno this week. We'll learn more about the concept behind Fresh & Easy and why they chose Fresno as their newest market. In the second segment, local entrepreuneur Ricky Snow, General Manager of Chartspace.com, talks with our hosts about his company. Chartspace.com is an online social network that focuses on musicians and online music publishing.
On this edition of The Pulse, Craig Scharton, The City of Fresno's Downtown and Community Revitalization Department Director talks with host Tim Stearns. Scharton has now been on the job for a year, so we'll find out what sort of progress is being made, and how much work remains.
The Pulse - 90.7 KFSR's Business Roundtable, features local business news, analysis, interviews, plus discussion about the important issues facing the San Joaquin Valley and the local business community. It is heard Saturdays at noon and Sundays at 9:00 AM on 90.7 KFSR.