w3w3.com

Ethnic tension reached a peak...

A Time for Reconciliation –
Project C.U.R.E. - Republic of Rwanda
1596_ 8/4/14 - Twenty years ago the world saw the most gruesome civilian uprising known in our time: the Rwandan genocide—a period the international community laments as one of the largest preventable losses in recent history. By early 1994, ethnic tensions between the majority Hutu and marginal Tutsi populations in Rwanda had reached a peak. And before the world knew what was happening, nearly 1 million Rwandans had been slaughtered in one of the swiftest and most grisly massacres of our day. In April 2004, the University of Denver hosted with Project C.U.R.E. an event featuring H.E. President Paul Kagame, of the Republic of Rwanda. The Arena at the Ritchie Center was packed with 1000s in the audience. During an earlier break, Larry interviewed - Eugene Nyagahene, founder and CEO of Radio 10, Rwanda’s first private radio station since the genocide. In 1994 the radio in Rwanda had been used as a tool to help in the genocide, broadcasting false stories of safe passage and misleading people to come out of hiding and ultimately face their deaths. Rawandan's lost trust, feared and rejected radio. For Nyagahene, his long efforts and hard work to broadcast again, represents a new beginning for Rwandan radio, which had been controlled by the government for a decade.
RELATED LINKS: H.E. President Paul Kagame Event Photos KEYWORDS: Rwanda, Paul Kagame, Eugene Nyagahene, Radio Free, University of Denver, DU, Marc Holtzman, Project C.U.R.E.

Supporting business and technology in Colorado for 15 years...

Valuable Information @ Your Fingertips...
1593_ 8/4/14 - w3w3® Media Network is all about supporting business and technology in Colorado. We specialize in creating valuable links and relationships to help you grow your company, build your team, get insights to various industries, keep you up-to-date, raise money, increase your income and profits, and so much more...Venture Capital; Tech Transfer; Communications Technology Professionals; Mergers and Acquisitions; It's the Law; Training Trends; Colorado Companies to Watch; Mastering Change; Looking for Money; In the News; below are a few examples…

Business Organizations:
Calendar of Events, Photos, Interviews and more
**8/5/2014 ACG Denver, David Liniger, ReMax
 

1593_ 8/4/14 - Some organizations have their own portal page on w3w3.com, or what we call a Channel. As a result, we help promote their events, cover the events, interview their key people and their keynote presenters, take pictures and post their photos on our website, add their stories on the w3w3.com podcast directory and the blog. Check out the Association for Corporate Growth (ACG) Denver Channel which is loaded with interviews, photos, text, variety of links, special and monthly events, and other specific information. ACG-Denver includes representatives from companies, private equity, finance, and professional service firms. ACG-Denver helps Colorado business owners and senior executives navigate the growth business community through valuable content; best-of-class resources; capital formation; and networking and connections with an influential community of executives growing companies locally, statewide and worldwide.
RELATED LINKS: ACG Denver || ACG Denver Channel || KEYWORDS: Association for Corporate Growth, ACG Denver, Business Channel, Colorado, Business Organizations, Events, Photos, Interviews

Gaming company focused on teaching critical technology skills.

Gaming company focused on teaching critical technology skills
1581_ 7/14/14 - This is Lucy Sanders, the CEO for the National Center for Women and Information Technology or NCWIT, along with Larry Nelson of w3w3.com Media Network. We are interviewing a company in the 'gamification space', sort of the culmination of the education and gaming field and also an NCWIT member company in our entrepreneurial alliance. Moira Hardek is the president and CEO of Galvanize Labs a hybrid gaming company focused on teaching critical technology skills. They have produced a number of educational video games. Most recently a game called 'Taking Charge' that submerges players in captivating, learning stories while peaking on some of the fundamental building blocks of a quality technology education. "This is a key building block for any career. (We challenged the kids to name a career that didn't involve technology - there really aren't any.)" Moira said, "There are four pillars that describe who we are and what we believe, and can very effectively solve any problem. The first is Data: To collect data and information to properly analyze the problem. We believe very strongly in education - you always have to acknowledge your power, so education is big for us. Game theory is what drives everything for us and so that's our 3rd pillar. Game theory is all about creating internal motivation. So it's not just gamification, it's not just having fun, but creating motivation for your user. Then the fourth pillar being a great user experience." listen for more...
RELATED LINKS: Galvanize Labs || NCWIT Home || NCWIT Blog || Heroes Channel || KEYWORDS: Moira Hardek, Galvanize Labs, Hybrid Gaming, Taking Charge, Gameification, Lucy Sanders, National Center for Women and Information Technology, NCWIT, Entrepreneur, bytes=18114249
LISTEN TO: Moira Hardek, Pres/CEO, Galvanize Labs

Powered by Podbean.com

Global leader in the health and fitness industry...

Understand what do people want, what do they need
1569_ 6/23/14 - We are at the Mountain Desert Region EY Entrepreneur of the Year Finalists Reception at the Governor's Mansion here in Denver, Colorado, speaking with Andrew Wyant, President, General Manager of the National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM), the global leader in the health and fitness industry. NASM is really in the online education business and they focus on personal trainings. If you go to the gym and see a personal trainer, they have to go through a certification process. NASM is involved in delivering the online education that gets them ready for that certification exam, prepares them for jobs and gets them working. Andrew tells us they are really in the fitness and wellness space. it's not just about exercise alone, it can be about diet, it can be about wellness and there are great opportunities for us to keep building this business by helping Americans get in shape. NASM has been around for 25 years and is founded in good exercise science. But what we were able to do was take a great product and start to market it to America. . Andrew's advice for entrepreneurs included "Know your customer. For me the foundation of everything we do is understand what do people want, what do they need." Listen, there's more...
RELATED LINKS: National Academy of Sports Medicine || EY Entrepreneur of the Year Program || EY 2014 Finalists || Economy Builders || Mastering Change || KEYWORDS: Andrew Wyant, National Academy of Sports Medicine, NASM, Health and Fitness Industry, EY, Ernst & Young Denver, Governor's Mansion, Entrepreneur of the Year, Finalists Reception, Entrepreneurship, bytes=3743141
LISTEN TO: Andrew Wyant, President/Gen Manager, National Academy of Sports Medicine

Powered by Podbean.com

Focus on the technology industry

The legislature's attitude was, everything is subject to sales tax
1569_ 6/23/14 - It has taken a lot to get here, to this celebration of the earned successes of the CTA Public Policy Committee during the last legislative session as it relates to the tech industry. We are talking with Bill Mueldener, Principal, State and Local Tax Services, at HEIN with a heavy focus on the technology industry. Bill is also a board member, part of the executive committee at CTA and serves as the co-chair of the public policy committee. Bill's involvement in the association over the last several years has been working to develop policies that are business friendly to help foster the technology development and the industry within Colorado. When the economy took a downturn and the government was naturally looking for different ways to find revenue it came to the attention of the legislature that they should assess tax and make software itself a taxable transaction. The legislature's attitude was 'everything is subject to sales tax, it can't be that big of a deal'. But it's not just a big deal monetarily, but the collection burden, those kinds of things were a big issue...listen for much more...
RELATED LINKS: HEIN || Colorado Technology Association || Podcast Directory || Software Channel || Event Photos Slide Show || KEYWORDS: Bill Mueldener, Hein, Colorado Technology Association, CTA Public Policy Committee, Software, Sales Tax, Legislature, Business Connection Place, bytes=6658824
LISTEN TO: Wm Mueldener, Principal, HEIN

Powered by Podbean.com

Started to celebrate successful entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs worldwide make a difference
1566_ 6/16/14 - Entrepreneurs make a difference. They not only have great ideas, but also the drive to make them a reality. They use their fresh thinking and hard work to create positive social change – bringing new concepts and products to market, and creating jobs and wealth. EY's commitment to entrepreneurial companies, in both emerging and developed economies around the world, helps ensure that we’re working with more of tomorrow’s global leaders, today. The Entrepreneur Of The Year Awards program was started to celebrate successful entrepreneurs, so they could share their stories, inspire others and receive the recognition they deserve. That first program took place in 1986 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. By 1987 it was held across 11 US cities. And in 1993 the program started to expand internationally. Today the program spans more than 140 cities in 50 countries, which together represent more than 90% of the global economy. Over the past five years, more than 6,500 entrepreneurs joined the Entrepreneur Of The Year alumni. A “who’s who” of both developed and emerging markets, these alumni include many household names. Over half of today’s top 100 NASDAQ companies have won Entrepreneur Of The Year, and most received the award before they achieved top 100 status. Ten years ago EY decided to go global and started World Entrepreneur Of The Year. Held annually in Monaco, Entrepreneur Of The Year country winners compete for the World Entrepreneur Of The Year title. Today we are talking with Jim Wilson, director of the Mountain Desert Region of the program and past winner and current judge, Mike Shehan, Co-Founder, CEO, spotXchange,..listen for more...
RELATED LINKS: EY Entrepreneur of the Year Program || spotXchange || Economy Builders || Mastering Change || KEYWORDS: Jim Wilson, Ernst & Young, Mike Shehan, spotXchange, EY Entrepreneur of the Year Program, EY Mountain Desert Program, Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico, Worldwide, bytes=6658824
LISTEN TO: Jim Wilson, Partner, Assurance Services, Ernst & Young, and Mike Shehan, Co-Founder/CEO, spotXchange

Powered by Podbean.com

When Nonprofits become big business

LISTEN: Nonprofits need to be run like businesses
1563_ 6/9/14 - The keynote speaker at the monthly ACG Denver program was Lloyd Lewis, President, ARC Thrift Stores. Lloyd spoke on the need for nonprofits to be run like businesses, and the successes this approach has achieved at Arc: •Revenue and employment has more than doubled •Earnings have quintupled during his tenure •More than $65 million in revenue •$28 million distributed to charity •1,300 employees (160 employees with disabilities) •Over 3 million customer transactions annually •Nearly 900,000 square feet of stores, warehousing, and corporate office space under lease. Lloyd is responsible for the operation of 22 retail thrift stores across the Front Range, from Fort Collins to Pueblo, now doing in excess of $65 million in annual revenue with over 3 million customer transactions annually. Lloyd is in his ninth year as President, and during his tenure revenues and employees have more than doubled and earnings have more than quintupled. Also during his tenure Arc Thrift stores has distributed $28 million to 12 Arc advocacy chapters who help people with intellectual and developmental disabilities find jobs, housing, medical services, services in schools, etc...Listen for more…
RELATED LINKS: Arc Thrift Stores || ACG Denver || Event Photos Slide Show || M&A Channel || Community Reach || KEYWORDS: Lloyd Lewis, ARC Thrift Stores, ACG Denver, Nonprofits, Front Range, Down Syndrome, Governor Hickenlooper’s Human Services Transition Team, bytes=4441968
LISTEN TO: Lloyd Lewis, President, Arc Thrift Stores

Powered by Podbean.com

Building Relationships

LISTEN: Industry Briefing and High Tech Session Recap
1561_ 6/9/14 - We are at the CTA Industry Briefing & Legislative Session Celebration speaking with JB Holston, Chairman, Sitrion and Co-Chair of CTA's Public Policy Committee to talk about the legislative session and CTA's public policy efforts in general. JB said their committee got together about a year ago and decided to make some changes to effect better results from their efforts. They began by "...identifying the key issues we wanted to talk about well ahead of the next legislative session and the other thing was to start developing relationships with the legislators so that as the session started we could have conversations with folks that knew us, we'd gone to lunch with, had coffee with, talked about some of these issues informally with. That was a big change in the way CTA had been involved in the legislative process and I think it paid big dividends this year." The other speakers were: Erik Mitisek, CEO, CTA; Bill Mueldener, Principal, Hein & Associates; Annette Quintana, CEO, Istonish; Roberta Robinette, President-Colorado, AT&T; Sandra Solin, President and CEO, Capitol Solutions; Nissa Szabo, Industry Affairs Manager, CTA...Listen for more interesting details of this hugely successful public policy committee's work during this legislative session.
RELATED LINKS: Sitrion || Colorado Technology Association || Event Photos Slide Show || Mastering Change || Software Channel || KEYWORDS: JB Holston, Sitrion, CTA, Industry Briefing & Legislative Session, Public Policy Committee, Legislative Process, Erik Mitisek, Bill Mueldener, Bill Mueldener, Annette Quintana, Roberta Robinette, Sandra Solin, Nissa Szabo, bytes=5765227
LISTEN TO: JB Holston, Chairman, Sitrion

Powered by Podbean.com

Annual Entrepreneur of the Year Event

[LISTEN]  Winners Celebrating in the Governor's Mansion  
  1564_ 6/9/14 - We are at the Mountain Desert Region EY Entrepreneur of the Year Finalists and Hall of Fame Reception at the Governor's Mansion here in Denver, Colorado, speaking with Scott Hefner, Managing Partner of the Ernst & Young Denver office. Scott has been all over the country working on the Entrepreneur of the Year program, he said, "This is one of the best in the country. To be able to celebrate in the governor's mansion and have all of our finalists that were hand selected by our judges, many of which are former winners and other major business entrepreneurs and private equity folks themselves is - it's quite an honor for them and it's an honor for us to have them here." Larry asked, "This is a fabulous event, w3w3® covers it every year - Why does Ernst & Young focus and put so much energy behind this program?" Scott said, "Our whole intent as an organization, is building a better working world. That is our tag line and we say that for a reason." ...For more information please call the EY Entrepreneur expert, Courtney Storey at 720.931.4411, if there's an answer she will have it.
RELATED LINKS: EY Entrepreneur of the Year Program || EY 2014 Finalists || Event Photos Slideshow || Economy Builders || Mastering Change || Podcast Directory || KEYWORDS: Scott Hefner, EY, Ernst & Young Denver, Governor's Mansion, Entrepreneur of the Year, Finalists Reception, Entrepreneurship, bytes=3341482
LISTEN TO: Scott Hefner, ‎Denver Office Managing Partner at Ernst & Young

Powered by Podbean.com 

Management and Analytics Service helps customers achieve...

Uncover cyber-attacks, detect and prevent breaches
1557_ 6/2/14 - We are speaking with Stefan Zier, Chief Architect at Sumo Logic at the Glue Conference. Stefan began by telling us a bit about his company, "Sumo Logic...provides a log management analytic service in the cloud and people use this product for three different use cases, generally." Sumo Logic immediately transforms Big Data logs into new sources of operations, security and compliance intelligence. Starting with log data, the single-largest enterprise data set, Sumo Logic Log Management and Analytics Service helps customers achieve unprecedented operational efficiencies, a stronger security posture and more streamlined compliance with regulatory mandates by providing real-time actionable insights from raw machine data. Sumo Logic enables IT operations teams to perform rapid root cause analysis of critical IT infrastructure; Dev Ops teams to quickly analyze and troubleshoot production application issues; and IT Security teams to uncover security incidents buried in terabytes of log data. Founded in 2010 by experts in log management, scalable systems, Big Data and security, Sumo Logic is backed by Accel Partners, Greylock Partners, and Sutter Hill Ventures and headquartered in Redwood City, California. In February, Sumo Logic launched enterprise security analytics to detect and investigate cyber attacks Sumo Logic, the next generation machine data intelligence company, today announced Sumo Logic Enterprise Security Analytics to rapidly uncover cyber-attacks, detect and prevent breaches and reduce the costs of maintaining compliance. You can register to try Sumo Logic's revolutionary log management service for free, Click here to register to try Sumo Logic’s revolutionary log management service for free.
RELATED LINKS: Sumo Logic || Register for free || GlueCon 2014 || Mastering Change || Software Channel || KEYWORDS: Stefan Zier, Sumo Logic, Glue Conference, Machine Data Intelligence, Big Data Logs, Security, Compliance Intelligence, Accel Partners, Greylock Partners, Sutter Hill Ventures, Redwood City, California, bytes=4408114
LISTEN TO: Stefan Zier, Chief Architect,Sumo logic

Powered by Podbean.com