Month: October 2019

The Savvy Entrepreneur Radio Show recently was joined live in the studio of WLCB Lakes Radio 101.5 FM by Mark Goodman, CEO/President of e-Conversation Solutions and a long-time SCORE volunteer.

Mark has a wealth of different kinds of business experience. He held several positions, including Director of Business Development, at Motorola, was an executive for a Silicon Valley company, and was also a film buyer for General Cinema Theatres. Mark is the past workshop chair for SCORE Illinois.  He;s also a frequent SCORE advisor and workshop presenter.

Mark talks about SCORE and the many free and low-cost resources SCORE provides,  as well as the best ways to find and use SCORE mentors and other resources. Mark also shares some of his insights on what makes businesses successful.

The show was originally broadcast live, but you can still listen to it here by clicking on the embedded player.

Thanks for listening, and thanks to Mark and SCORE for being our guest.

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Greg Baker, Managing Partner of Bascom Ventures recently joined The Savvy Entrepreneur show live in the studio of Lakes Radio WLCB 101.5 FM.

Greg earned a degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he developed his lifelong affinity for the university.  It was then that he also had an internship that he says changed his life.

Greg is now Managing Partner of Bascom Ventures, a venture capital fund for  Wisconsin Alumni, and a part of a larger alumni venture community called Alumni Ventures Group.

Greg talks about Bascom Ventures, the kinds of companies it invests in, and the many unique advantages of alumni investing.  We also talk about Alumni Ventures, of which Bascom Ventures is part. Alumni Ventures offers a similar venture capital investing platforms to other alumni groups, and provides some unique shared services to all its funds. Greg also shares some VC insights on what makes businesses successful, and some tips for pitching to VCs.

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