Employment Law explained by Mark D. Holmes, mdholmeslaw.com, Orange County

Mark: How often do you get paid $40 to stand up and talk? Thanks so much for everybody in the group who’s been helping me out on the Thomas house thing. It means a lot to me, as I think most of you now know. I’m here to talk today about employment law. I put…

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Google+ Profiles explained by Sean Sloan, Open-Interactive.com

Sean: One of the things that people asked was what’s the most important thing that they could do every day for their website to benefit their business online. This might sound like a self-serving sort of answer, but the thing that you can do is to blog or write about your own company in an…

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Interior & Exterior House Painting with John Thomas of Thomas & Associates Painting Services

John Thomas: You know I just want you guys to think of Thomas painting as someone that’s totally reliable, can do quality work. I put together some show and tell here of some different things that you might not think of us as doing. It’s just like I want it to be something that comes out…

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How We Protect Your Mails with Jim Duncan of AIM Mail Center

Jim: Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays. I really enjoy this industry. And the best part about it, in fact, the oil industry was great, very lucrative. But you deal with the oil well. When you deal with people it’s so much more enjoyable. So much more enjoyable. Now the reason I got this business was I…

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Branding with Graphic Designer Ed. Hansbury, The Office at Socona

Ed: I’ll start out a little bit about branding because right now it seems like that’s a big thing that everybody is interested in. They want to be branded. They want to have a brand. But it’s one of those catch phrases that people don’t really understand and things get confused. So to help you…

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General Contractor Bruce Beinlich, C.R. BEINLICH & SONS presents his specific management in the construction business.

Bruce Beinlich: Beyond that, when I first started in the business many, many, many years ago, when I was going to college and going to high school and shortly thereafter. What I did most of all was finish carpentry. Which would be hanging doors, installing crown molding, baseboard molding, shelving, things of that nature, and I…

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Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine Day in Orange County with Dr. Mary Snyder, Integrated Acupuncture Service

Dr. Snyder: Now, the reason I went to two high schools, just so you know, is that they built Fountain Valley High School and they didn’t have enough kids to go there. So they changed the school boundaries when I became, when I was about 14 years. So, I had to go to Fountain Valley…

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Healthy Living and Nutrition in Orange County with Sally Chiappone, Juice Plus +

Sally: Firstly, thank you very much for allowing me to speak. Secondly, I had a great time in Orlando. Did a little bit of vacationing and went to our conference. The other thing is that some of you may have received, in fact, maybe all of you have received my newsletter on health and nutrition.…

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Carpet For Rental Property in Orange County with Ken Radzai of B C Flooring, Inc.

Ken: Okay, today I would like to talk about something that isn’t really the most exciting part of our business; in fact it’s a little bit on the boring side. But, with that being said, it’s carpet for rental property. You know, no owner really wants it or is excited about it. The only thing…

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Networking Makes You Smarter! But You Knew That…

News Flash! I just ran across this very interesting blog post on the Scientific American site. Its titled “You can increase your intelligence: 5 ways to maximize your cognitive potential”. These five primary principles are: 1. Seek Novelty 2. Challenge Yourself 3. Think Creatively 4. Do Things The Hard Way 5. Network Here’s the initial…

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Panasonic Phone Systems Orange County with Dennis Jenkins of DennisJenkinsco.com

Dennis: So, I’ve been running around at the last minute here, doing my little creative thing, because… the word came up this morning early on and said something like, “techno babble.” Well, it’s just like talking about T1’s and all this stuff. And there’s like two other people in the room that really understand what…

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Auto Repair Huntington Beach with Val Schepens, Mike’s Auto Repair

Val: I am so relieved to be speaking to you; it’s like talking to my family today. I just got . . . completed, as you know, the Goldman Sachs program. It was a very intense 4 or 5 month program. You talk about getting ready for a presentation, 3 minutes exactly, on spot, counting…

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Landscape Designer Orange County by Jesus Arizaga, Arizaga Landscape Design

Jesus: We do everything that is landscape and hardscape. Crystal wants to visit us when we doing a . . . I told her, “That’s not a . . . probably it’s not a very nice day to come to see my work because it’s very dirty.” We’re fixing a koi pond with a leak.…

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Property and Casualty Insurance in Orange County with Eric P. Evans, Chrysalis Insurance Company

Eric: Well, good morning, everybody. My lovely assistant Chris is handing out some envelopes because we’re going to do something a little exciting today, sort of a little put you on the spot. Bring you in. Who has envelope number one? Mark: Is this a one? Eric: That is a one. It’s a Roman numeral…

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Health Insurance Orange County with Crystal Budd, HealthPlans4Less.com

Crystal: Good morning everybody. It is my honor to be up here to speak to you today about healthcare reform, better known as the Affordable Care Act or Obamacare. As you know, it became law on March 23, 2010, and we’re embarking on the most significant, sweeping changes we’ve ever seen in healthcare that are coming.…

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Computer Systems and Networking in Orange County with Marc Winger, Zephyr Networks

Marc Winger: Your computer, so that’s an area where we focused a lot of our energies. We have a lot of people out in the field doing that pretty consistently where we’re out there making sure that your interface into this larger network of the rest of the world is safe, secure, and productive. That’s…

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Online Marketing & Creative Solutions in Orange County with Sean Sloan of Open Interactive

Sean Sloan: Part of the challenge in what we do is staying on top of evolving technology and there’s a lot of study and work that goes into doing that. And then we try to you know, bring those things that we learn, we bring them to you. So last week you heard me mention…

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Whole Food Nutrition in Orange County with Sally Chiappone, Juice Plus +

Sally: My passion is to make sure that everybody has the opportunity to know that they can be healthy for the rest of their life, versus being sick for the rest of their life. This is my website, which everybody can get to just by typing in SallyTakesJuicePlus.com, and you can go in here. Today, we’re…

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Business Attorney Orange County with Mark D. Holmes, mdholmeslaw.com

Mark: Hi. My name is Mark Holmes; I’m the group Business Attorney. I’m going to talk to you about contracts today. Why am I going to talk to you about contracts today? Contracts are an integral part of your business. Everybody out here who has their own business is very good at what they do.…

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