Segment 1: David Smith, Microsoft Vice President, is focused on working with the Small and Medium Business (SMB) partner ecosystem. In this capacity, he is responsible for a global team of sales, marketing and partner management professionals to ensure Microsoft’s ecosystem of partners delivers technology-based high value experiences meeting the unique needs of over 100 million SMB’s across the world.  

Segment 2: Edward G. Brown is the author of “The Time Bandit Solution: Recovering Stolen Time You Never Knew You Had”. 

Segment 3: Ali Valdez is a high-tech executive, business entrepreneur and long-time teacher of yoga and meditation. Through her own practice success and mentoring of others, she has found the key for combining corporate management experience with sacred science of yoga to create a number of successful businesses. 

Segment 4: Barry Moltz shows you how to get your small business unstuck.

Segment 5: Florence Hardy has been a successful attorney and business consultant for over 8 years.  She worked for the City of Chicago, DePaul University and had her own law practice before joining the Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce as Manager of the Small Business Development Center.   

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