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Business Valuations and More with Chris Kauza of Soltus Group

Saturday, December 27th, 2008

In this Podcast Episode

Rob McNealy interviews Chris Kauza of Soltus Group about the services the Soltus Group provides Mid-Market and Emerging Growth companies in the areas of investment banking, business valuations and business operations.

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Chris Kauza’s Bio

Chris Kauza

As a Managing Director with the Soltus Group, Chris Kauza brings over 18 years of professional experience across diverse industries, in both type and scale. The Soltus Group helps companies grow in ways that best fit their strategy and situation.  Their professional consulting and services-oriented group focuses on recognizing, realizing, and growing corporate value for their clients and subsidiaries.  They help clients to develop world-class Advisory Boards, to create strategic partnerships for new market growth, and to assist with strategic capital placement.

Chris managed large and small mission-oriented teams for major institutions within the telecommunications, consulting, information technology and outsourcing industries. In each role Chris, consistently inspires, motivates, and leads by example to deliver quality results. Chris’ previous work includes Ameritech, AMS, Sun Microsystems, and ACS, and is an active volunteer to several charities and non-profit organizations.

Chris is a Founding Board member of Ubuntu Now, a non-profit organization that actively promotes the practice and principles of peace and kindness, with direct focus on victims of trauma and violence, creating economic opportunities for marginalized and underprivileged classes, and support for other social causes that provide stability to our world.

Chris received his BAs and an MS in Public Policy Analysis from the University of Rochester, and holds an MBA from Pepperdine University.
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Brad Feld on Building Capitol & Bob Arciniaga on Advisory Boards

Saturday, August 11th, 2007

In This Podcast Episode

Rob McNealy interviews venture capitalist Brad Feld of www.Feld.com to discuss getting investors for your business. Rob also interviews Bob Arciniaga of Advisory Board Architects about building your board of advisors.

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Brad Feld’s Bio

Brad Feld has been an early stage investor and entrepreneur for over 20 years. Prior to co-founding Foundry Group, he co-founded Mobius Venture Capital and, prior to that, founded Intensity Ventures, a company that helped launch and operate software companies and later became a venture affiliate of the predecessor to Mobius Venture Capital.

Brad currently serves on the board of directors of Oblong and Zynga Game Network for Foundry Group. Previously, Brad served as chief technology officer of AmeriData Technologies. AmeriData acquired Feld Technologies, a firm he founded in 1987 that specialized in custom software applications. Brad had grown Feld Technologies into one of Boston’s leading software consulting firms prior to the acquisition. He also directed the diversification into software consulting at AmeriData, a $1.5 billion publicly-traded company which was acquired by GE Capital in 1995.

In addition to his investing efforts, Brad has been active with several non-profit organizations and currently is chairman of the National Center for Women & Information Technology and co-chairman of the Colorado Governor’s Innovation Council. Brad is a nationally recognized speaker on the topics of venture capital investing and entrepreneurship and writes widely read and well respected blogs at www.feld.com and www.askthevc.comBrad has been an early stage investor and entrepreneur for over 20 years. Prior to co-founding Foundry Group, he co-founded Mobius Venture Capital and, prior to that, founded Intensity Ventures, a company that helped launch and operate software companies and later became a venture affiliate of the predecessor to Mobius Venture Capital.