Gustavo Chamorro, Interim Director of the Digital Media Center of the Rancho Santiago Community College District. The Digital Media Center offers entrepreneurs a complete package of strategies and tools to help them survie and thrive in the current economic climate.

Craig Kausen of Linda Jones Enterprises discusses the evolution of his art gallery based family business that serves collectors of legendary film director and creator Chuck Jones and related artists’ creations.

Peter Stephan of The Pension Group discusses how to understand the complex subject of 401k retirement plan administration.

Oli Thordarson of Alvaka Networks discusses the lessons he learned by surviving the DOTCOM bubble.

Manuel Ramirez, Managing Partner, Owner Ramirez International discusses how a business owner can ensure he/she has selected the correct CPA for their business

Barry Goldstein, President of American Correctional Solutions, discusses his experiences and lessons learned leading a growing business that provides healthcare to California's inmate population.

Mason Conner, CEO of Village Edocs discusses the challenges he faces leading a fast growth technology company in Orange County, CA.

Ray Dellerba, Founder of Pacific Mercantile Bank discusses how he is positioning his bank to capitalize on various opportunities in today’s economy.

Gloria Robbins, Founder and CEO of Specialized Marketing Services, Inc.: The topic is Gloria’s experiences in leading a growing firm over the past 20 years in the fast paced, direct response marketing industry.

Ari Supran, Chief Operating Office, Sonance: The topic is how his firm is redefining their market presence through refocusing the company on differentiation based on customer-centric issues.

John Robson, Founder of Technical Arts: The topic is how his firm Technical Arts is adapting to the changing manufacturing environment and expanding the niche for high quality, low volume machined parts.

Barry Goldstein, CEO & Founder American Correction Solutions: The topic is Barry’s experiences and lessons learned leading a growing business that provides healthcare to California’s inmate population.

Gary Sahagen, President Sensonetics, Inc.: The topic is  how Gary is transitioning a second-generation family owned business while facing the current economy.

Luis Pineda, General Manager Spectrum Collision, Inc.: The topic is  how his firm was able to create awareness for his high-end service oriented business within a new geography.

Melinda Clark, Founder Luxuriant, Inc.: The topic is how Melinda’s firm Luxuriant has been able to been able to capitalize on marketing her specialty family care products through distribution channels such as HSN.

Kathy Dawson, Founder Dawson & Dawson: The topic is her experience in building a growing business in a challenging economy.

Gil Aouizerat, Founder PCX, Inc.: The topic is the demands of competing in a global, fast paced economy like the computer industry for a successful mid-sized firm.

Mark Vengroff, CEO of Vengroff, Williams & Associates Inc.: As a widely recognized innovator in the way receivables are managed by global organizations, Mark’s topic was “debt collection in difficult times.”

"Ric Franzi and Doug Gfeller have created a "Critical Mass" of business owners, executives, entrepreneurs and experts, all dedicated to sharing information and ideas to help everyone make better, more informed decisions." 

Buzz Rassmusen, Owner HR Packaging: The topic is how his firm has created loyal clients in a unique service-oriented business.

Jeff McKee, Vice President, Trinity Bats: The topic is how Jeff’s firm Trinity Bats has been able to differentiate their firm in a competitive market with a dominant competitor.

Kathy Dawson Founder of Dawson & Dawson discussed her experience in building a growing business in a challenging economy.

Chas Klivans Founder of The CEO Navigator explained how CEOs and business owners can achieve predictable growth within this uncertain economy.

Pati Cinkle, President of Alar Staffing. Pati discusses how light manufacturing firms can improve their workforce while lowering costs and risks.

Didier Malenfant, Co-Founder of ReadyAtDawn Studios. Didier discusses the current business environment for console game development and the industry's future evolution.

Dennis Kuhl, President Angels Baseball Dennis discusses how his business experience applies to running a sports franchise such as the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.

Don Steiner, President Profit Recovery Partners LLC Don's topic is how companies can save significant money by focusing on reducing the indirect administrative and other “back office” operational expenses.

Lisa Nirell, Chief Energy Officer of EnergizeGrowth discussed her new book "EnergizeGrowth NOW!: The Marketing Guide to a Wealthy Company (Wiley June Release).

Dave Darsch, Founder CEO-CF discussed how business owner and top executives in Europe as addressing the business challenges in todays global economic slowdown.

Ryan Heuser, President and Co-Founder of Paul Frank Industries will be discussing the issues and opportunities when making a significant change in your business model"

Al Manfre, President of Security Financial Group discussed what a business owner or top executive needs to know in order to do proper financial planning.

Jan Norman, Columnist and Author covered the some of the timeless lessons contained in her book series "What No One Ever Tells You About......"

Guest: Damien Navarro, Chief Visionary Office of Earthbound Media Group will discuss best practices and benefits for using technology applications. EMG is a one-of-a-kind technology driven strategic marketing agency.

Guest: Marty Snyder, President of Communications Infrastructure Corporation.
" The future of the telecommunications industry"

Guest Ken Potalivo, President ProGrowth: "Keys to surviving in this economy for service providers"

Guest Michelle Patterson, Founder Event Complete: "How Event Complete can bring value to local charities and businesses through their unique business model"

Guest Louis Russell, President West Coast Gasket: "How he and his firm are responding to business climate in 2009"

Guest Mike Haney, President S&H Rubber: "How he and his firm are responding to business climate in 2009"

Guest Ric Franzi: "The 10 Explosive Powers of CEO PEER GROUPS"

Guest Doug Gfeller: "Coaching for Performance"