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ActionsTalk #28 – Newser.com

Blake Samic — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 08:32:22 +0000

This week Blake was down in Chicago for Techcocktail and had a chance to sit down with Gary Burtka, the Director of Marketing for Newser.com. Newser aggregates news from many different sources and lets users view human-generated summaries of the news stories.

ActionsTalk #27 – FYIndout.com

Blake Samic — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 01:36:52 +0000

This week Ryan interviews Scott Manley of FYIndout, the central place for professionals to find and promote business applications and services. Find out more at FYIndout.com!

ActionsTalk #26 – Thief Wine

Ryan — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 16:45:35 +0000

ActionsTalk #26 – Thief Wine

This week Blake and Ryan got to go down to Thief Wine at the Milwaukee Public Market in the 3rd ward to taste some wine and chat with Phil of Thief Wine.

This is a great entrepreneurial story of following your passion and providing your customer with a bit more than they expect. Thanks Phil!

Check out the Thief Wine blog for more info.

ActionsTalk #25 – Nicknamestories.com

Blake Samic — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 12:22:08 +0000

This week, Blake caught up with Milwaukee’s own John “The Nickname Guy” Leaf. John talks about the idea behind his forthcoming book about nicknames and the stories behind them. John is collecting these stories in a number of ways, one of which is Nicknamestories.com. Check it out!

You can also follow John on Twitter.

You can read more about John and his plans in this Milwaukee Journal Sentinel article.

ActionsTalk #24 – Unigo.com

Ryan — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 16:15:51 +0000

ActionsTalk #24 – Unigo.com

Ryan hooked up with Jordan Goldman, CEO and Founder of Unigo.com to see what they’ve been up to. After launching in mid-December and 9 months of public beta they’ve covered the top 250 colleges and are service huge amounts of information to college seekers world wide.

ActionsTalk #23 – bizMe.biz

Blake Samic — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 23:20:01 +0000

Happy New Year from ActionsTalk! We’ve been on a brief hiatus for the holiday season, but now we’re back with a fresh crop of startup spotlights!

This week, Blake met up with Amanda Guralski, founder of bizMe.biz, at the Milwaukee Art Museum. Amanda discusses everything from how she got the idea to start an online magazine for young professional women to what her hopes are for the future. Another great Milwaukee startup!

ActionsTalk #22 – Sohobiztube.com

Blake Samic — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 23:30:45 +0000

This Week Blake and Ryan met up with Cd Vann, the founder of Magazine SOHO and Sohobiztube.com. Cd talks about the challenges she’s faced so far and about how she leverages her social networks (online and in person) for reinforcement. Cd has been instrumental in supporting the growth of many Milwaukee businesses.

ActionsTalk #21 – GirlInYourShirt.com

Ryan — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 01:46:10 +0000

ActionsTalk chats with Jenae of GirlInYourShirt.com about how she started the biz, how she got on TechCrunch, and where she’s going from here!

ActionsTalk #19 – Hashrocket

Ryan — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 02:54:48 +0000

Dave Cohn, an ActionsTalk spotlighter, talks to Obie Fernandez, CEO of Hashrocket about Rails development and other awesome going-ons of the Hashrocket team. Thanks for the interview Obie!

ActionsTalk #18 – MixMatchMusic

Blake Samic — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 04:50:53 +0000

This week ActionsTalk met up with Charles Feinn, CEO of MixMatchMusic. Charles tells us all about how the site has the answer for musicians who want to collaborate on, engage fans with, and profit on their music. It’s a great example of how a group of friends saw a gap in the music industry and started a business to fill that gap.

We’d love to hear your comments and questions for Charles.