Critical Mass Business Talk Show | Orange County’s Longest-Running Business Talk Show

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

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.

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

Dave Prizio, President Prizio Construction discusses how his business is addressing the challenges and opportunities within the building industry.

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.

David Hoffman, Managing Partner David L. Hoffman Law Firm, discusses what every business owner and top executive needs to know about trademarks, patents and copyrights

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.”

Guest: Mason Conner, CEO of Village Edocs discusses the challenges he faces leading a fast growth technology company in Orange County, CA. Guest: Ray Dellerba, Founder of Pacific Mercantile Bank discusses how he is positioning his bank to capitalize on various opportunities in today’s economy.

Host Ric Franzi discusses the Q3 Orange County Index and the results of the survey that was sent to over 900 business owners and executives in Southern California. The survey is the only one of its kind designed to provide top executives with insight from peers within the Southern California business community. To learn more about the survey visit www.criticalmassforbusiness.com

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.

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.

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.

Ric Franzi interviews Kathy Dawson of Dawson & Dawson in a "special edition" of the popular business talk show Critical Mass: The Radio Show. Kathy's interviewed is a spirited discussion of how her 2-year old business is growing in an industry she has been associated with for the past 25 years.

Kathy Dawson Founder of Dawson & Dawson discusses with Ric Franzi her experience in building a growing business in a challenging economy. Chas Klivans Founder of The CEO Navigator talked with Ric Franzi about how businness owners can achieve predictable growth within this uncertain economy.

Pati Cinkle Founder of Alar Staffing talks about how a manufacturing firm can improve their light manufacturing workforce while lowering their costs and risks. Didier Malenfant Co-Founder of Readyatdawn Studios discusses the current business environment for console game development and the industry’s future evolution

Monday June 22nd Dennis Kuhl, President Angels Baseball was Ric Franzi's guest and he discussed how his business experience prepared him to lead a sports franchise such as The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. Don Steiner, President Profit Recovery Partners discussed with Ric how business can save a significant amount of money by reducing their non-administrative back office costs.

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.

Monday June 8th Doug Gfeller interviewed Joe Orlando, President Professional Sports Authenticators and Mike Shmaze Founder of Shmaze Custom Coatings. Joe talked about how his firm created loyal clients and differentiation through developing unique client-centered features on this website www.psacard.com. Mike discussed his firm's unique ability to help designers bridge the gap between their designs and the volume manufacturing capacity available in the global marketplace. Mike is launching a design studio which is the only one of it's kind in the US in partnership PP&G and Skinit. Learn more at www.shmaze.com

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.

On Monday May 25th we had two great guests. Al Manfre President of Security Financial Group who talked about the issues every business owner needs to know about to do proper financial planning. Jan Norman Columnist for the Orange County Register and author of the book series "What No One Ever Tells You About...."

On Monday May 18th Damien Navarro, Chief Visionary Officer for Earthbound Media Group was interviewed by Doug Gfeller. Damien and Doug discussed best practices and benefits for using technology applications. EMG is a one-of-a-kind technology driven strategic marketing agency

Monday March 2nd Paul Roberts Founder West Coast Marketing was interviewed by Ric Franzi on Critical Mass The Radio Show. Paul discussed the powerful concept of personal branding and how it can help business owners and top executives differentiate their firms in the market.

Monday March 9th David Poole and Brian Koegle of Poole & Shaffery were interviewed by Ric Franzi on Critical Mass The Radio Show. David and Brian discussed the latest changes in California employment law.

Monday March 16th Elliot Light was interviewed by Doug Gfeller on Critical Mass The Radio Show. Elliot discussed marketing in today's challenging environment.

Monday March 23rd Pamela Wasley, President of Cerius Interim Executives was interviewed by Ric Franzi on Critical Mass The Radio Show. Pam discussed how firms are using the concept of "leadership on demand" to address their executive talent requirements in a new way.

Monday March 30th Doug Gfeller gave an in-depth look at the power of professional coaching and how it can transform a CEOs performance. Doug is a certified master coach and recent past President of the Orange County Chapter of the International Coach Federation. Find out more at www.thecoachingperspective.com

Monday April 6th Ric Franzi was Doug Gfeller's guest on Critical Mass The Radio Show. Ric and Doug explored Critical Mass: The 10 Explosive Powers of CEO PEER GROUPS which Ric wrote and published. The book has been called "the definitive guidebook to the CEO PEER GROUP experience and it is available for sale at amazon.com

On Monday April 13th Louis Russell, President of West Coast Gasket and Mike Haney, President of S&H Rubber were Ric Franzi's guests on Critical Mass: The Radio Show. Both Mike and Louis talked about how their businesses were performing in 2009 and what they were doing differently to capitalize on the current economy.

Ken Potalivo, President of ProGrowth and Michelle Patterson Founder of Event Complete were guests on Monday April 20th and interviewed by Doug Gfeller. Ken talked about how challenging it is in today's economy for service providers and what they must do to survive. Michelle discussed her business Event Complete and explained how her business can help non-profits, businesses and communities through engaging in high profile civic events. Her Taste of Ladera Ranch has raised over $150,000 for non-profits over the past 5 years in Orange County CA.

On Monday April 27th Tom Ziencina, President of DataNet Solutions and Les Walker, CEO of DocuSource were Ric Franzi's guests. Les and Tom discussed the current technology available to business owners and top executives to help them streamline the firm's business processes and reduce unwanted paper.

Marty Snyder, President of Communications Infrastructure Corporation was Doug Gfeller's guest and discussed the future of wireless infrastructure.

Monday May 11, 2009 Tom O'Riordan, CEO of American Sporting Goods and Ralph G. Adamo, President of Intergrity Wealth Management were Ric Franzi's guests on Critical Mass. www.latalkradio.com