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IN THIS ISSUE:
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POLL: Would you prefer to have the company you invested in ... VOTE NOW!
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Been There Done That
Bahman Atefi, CEO of Alion
Lunch on June 28 -
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Special Interview
Bob Kipps
KippsDeSanto & Co
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Executive Spotlight
Bruce Klein
Cisco Federal
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PLUS:
From Bob London:
Why on earth would Snyder buy Dick Clark Productions? Imagine the possibilities!
Web 2.0 Spotlight – Trulia is True Web 2.0
In Web Business, Ken Yarmosh of Viget Labs shows you how to
Get Reviewed on Google Maps
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The Buyback Wave
Jack London
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How will you ride it? How will your company or portfolio benefit? Forbes Magazine columnist and money manger, Ken Fisher, talks about how a company’s low yielding cash can be used to retire high yield equity like your company stock. While dividends are nice, many investors feel buying back company stock with profits and available cash is better. Local company CACI International was mentioned by Forbes as a prime example of this investment strategy.
We caught up with Jack London, CACI Chairman, President, and CEO, who commented, “Forbes has locked on to our strategy like a guided missile. Forbes recognizes our strategy to capitalize on a plan for strategic mergers and acquisitions that will contribute to CACI’s long term growth.”
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Don Peebles
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Don Peebles at POC Next Week
Speaking of investors, Don Peebles, author of The Peebles Principles: Tales and Tactics from an Entrepreneur's Life of Winning Deals, Succeeding in Business, and Creating a Fortune from Scratch, will be dispensing advice at the Potomac Officers Club next week when he appears. Click here to register.
Dan Snyder buys Dick Clark? For an amusing view, read humor columnist Bob London.
Click here to read more.
Bahman Atefi
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Atefi on June 28th
If you are looking to learn how to grow your company, come and hear Bahman Atefi, CEO of Alion Science and Technology, speak at the always well attended “Been There Done That” series. Click here to register.
Executive Spotlight: Bruce Klein of Cisco
We catch up with Bruce Klein of Cisco, vice president for the company’s federal organization. He discussed how Cisco will be using Web 2.0 as part of the company’s overall strategy. Click here to read more.
Andrew Sherman
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Grow Your Business Fast & Right on July 18th
Noted author Andrew Sherman will be speaking on the topic of Raising Capital. Seating is VERY limited for this event. Click here to register.
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Philippe Cousteau from EarthEcho on 7/19
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GreenBiz for Executives - July 19th Event
Business is Green event will provide your company with ways to improve the bottom line, make employees happier and help the environment all at the same time. Click here to register.
Web 2.0 Spotlight
We profile Trulia as a hot Web 2.0 company this week.
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Executive Spotlight
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Bob Kipps
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Bob Kipps
Co-Founder
KippsDeSanto & Co
Bob Kipps recently co-founded KippsDeSanto & Co and serves as Managing Director. KippsDesanto is focused on providing M&A and other investment banking services to the IT, Defense and Technology sectors. Bob recently won the Dealmaker of the Year award. We sit down to hear about his new firm’s strategy and approach as well as his views on the M&A market over the next couple years.
Click here for the full interview.
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Upcoming ExecutiveBiz Events
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Bahman Atefi: Been There Done That -
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EVENT DETAILS
Date: June 28, 2007
Time: 11:30 AM - 1:30 pM
Location: Tower Club Tysons
ExecutiveBiz Members Only: $85
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Sponsored by:
Aronson Capital Partners
***Refund Policy: No refunds will be given 24 hours prior to the event.
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Bahman Atefi
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ExecutiveBiz invites you to join us as we welcome Bahman Atefi, Chairman and CEO of Alion Science and Technology, as the third speaker in our newest members only series: "Been There Done That". This series focuses on bringing expert speakers to discuss strategies in successfully building and selling your business. Over the past four years Alion has grown from 1,600 employees to approximately 3,700 employees through organic growth and strategic acquisitions. Bahman Atefi has been involved in over 11 acquisitions within the last ten years. This event is currently limited to ExecutiveBiz members and special guests of our sponsor, so you can expect a small, quality group of like minded executives which means that space is very limited register now!
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GreenBiz for Executives -
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Conserving corporate resources through sustainability
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EVENT DETAILS
Date: July 19, 2007
Time: 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM
Location: Westwood Country Club
ExecutiveBiz Members: $95
Non-Members: $75
(Become a member and attend for free: $295)
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Green. It's on the cover of Fortune, Time, Newsweek, and many others; it's a part of large corporate strategies for giants like Google, Apple, IBM, Booz Allen, Lockheed Martin and hundreds more. The once called green movement has shed it’s “tree hugging” past and found center stage in both mainstream and corporate America as the sustainability. There are also hundreds of thousands of dollars to be saved by corporate America each year by reducing energy costs.
ExecutiveBiz presents an expert panel discussion featuring the esteemed panelists. The discussion will explore energy security, sustainable business, and the many ways companies of every size and shape can benefit from a sustainable approach and much much more! This is a must-attend event for all executives.
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Executive Spotlight
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Bruce Klein
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Bruce Klein
VP
Cisco Federal
Bruce Klein is the VP for the Cisco’s federal organization. We catch up with him about his job, the company’s Web 2.0 strategy, and the hot trends he is tracking.
Click here for the full interview.
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Featured Jobs from ExecutiveBizJobs.com
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Web 2.0 Spotlight
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Trulia is True Web 2.0
Trulia.com is one of many web 2.0 companies that have discovered success in just a short amount of time. Despite launching less than 20 months ago, Trulia has raised over $17 million, $10 million of which has come from Sequoia Capital alone.
The site allows users to search for homes by zip code, price range, the number of bed and baths, and square feet. Trulia is more than a real estate search engine, however; it is the epitome of web 2.0. If there’s one thing that defines web 2.0, it’s knowledge sharing. Trulia Voices is the site’s online community which lets potential homebuyers ask and answer questions with other homebuyers.
Of course, there are many more features that Trulia offers such as real estate guides which depict a snapshot of average listing prices, average and median sales prices, the average sales price per square foots, and number of sales according to city or state. Other visual tools include a results page with a Google map displaying homes that match your criteria as well as heat maps that illustrate price and popularity trends in different regions across the United States.
With a Trulia account, you can save homes of interest, write notes, and subscribe to email alerts. With email alerts, the service will automatically send updates on the newest listings that fit your needs.
Some of the earlier web 2.0 investments of Sequoia Capital are Google and Youtube. Could Trulia be another win for them?
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Bob London's Lighter Side of Business
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Bob London is president of London, Ink LLC, a full-service marketing and communications firm and serves as a Virtual VP of Marketing for growth-stage companies that need hands-on project-based leadership in marketing strategy and planning. More information is available at www.londonink.com.
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Get Reviewed on Google Maps
by Ken Yarmosh, Internet Marketing Strategist at Viget Labs
[Republished from from Viget's Four Labs blog]
Did you know that you can essentially get free advertising on Google just by registering your business on Local Business Center? By doing so, your business may rank for local (and relevant) queries on Google via Google Maps.
 But that is not all.
Google just rolled out a new feature that allows local businesses to be reviewed too. So, now client X or patron B might throw their two cents about your company into an easily accessible review linked off of Google.com.
That might scare you, encourage you to do better, or be fine because you are sure that people are happy with your business.
Think about it though, would you choose the business with outstanding reviews or the one with nothing to validate it? Similar to soliciting offline customer feedback, Google Map reviews are going to be key for any local business.
In sad news, my favorite Chinese food place in Falls Church - New Dynasty (previously on speed dial) - recently shut down. I wonder what would have happened if it had some reviews?
What do you think? Join the conversation by commenting here.
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Ken Yarmosh is an Internet Strategy Specialist at Viget Labs, a DC-area web consulting and development firm that plans, designs, builds, markets, and supports leading web solutions.
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Do you know a great web designer? Send her to
www.teamviget.com. She will thank you, and so will we.
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Upcoming Events
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Breakfast Series featuring Andrew Sherman -
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Grow Your Business Fast & Right
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EVENT DETAILS
Date: July 18, 2007
Time: 8:00 AM - 9:15 AM
Location: Tower Club Tysons
ExecutiveBiz Members Only: $50
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***Refund Policy: No refunds will be given 24 hours prior to the event.
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Andrew Sherman
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Raising capital is one of the most basic of all business activities, but as many new entrepreneurs quickly discover it does not come easy. Understanding this process can help your company achieve rapid and sustained growth.
ExecutiveBiz invites senior executives to meet, connect and discuss the specific sequence of actions required in raising capital. The conversation will be led by Andrew Sherman, Senior Partner at Dickstein Shapiro and author of over 16 books and published articles. The dicussion will focus on issues affecting business growth for companies at all stages, including developing strategies to leverage intellectual property and technology assets.
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Consensus of the Crowd
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Potomac Officers Club
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ExecutiveBiz works in partnership with The Potomac Officers Club. The Potomac Officers Club is a non-profit board of trade dedicated to improving business conditions in the Greater Washington area. For more infomation, please visit www.potomacofficersclub.com.
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Message from the Editor
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Message from the Editor
This digital magazine is designed to serve the needs of the local business community. Please contact us with your content ideas or advertising requests. We currently reach nearly 50,000 area executives.
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