The ASK MIKE column provides access to questions & answers from finance and small business expert Michael Gonnerman. Mike has served as a trusted advisor to hundreds of technology CEO’s and investors as well as served on more than two dozen corporate boards. The ASK MIKE column contains a mix of current as well as [...]
Lou Petrovic – Interview
November 8, 2010 By
Lou Petrovic is the Assistant Vice Chancellor for Research Development at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. Among his responsibilities, he is the Director of the Advanced Technology & Manufacturing Center (ATMC) as well as the Director for Commercial Venture & Intellectual Property. I have not had much contact with Lou for several years, so it [...]
Edward D. Tarlow – Interview (Part One)
August 14, 2010 By
Edward D. Tarlow is a founding member of the law firm Tarlow Breed Hart & Rodgers, P.C. The firm’s areas of expertise include corporate law, employment matters, mergers and acquisitions, litigation and dispute resolution, estate planning, taxation, real estate, bankruptcy, and municipal law. When did you decide that you wanted to become a lawyer? Was [...]
Ben Grossman
July 13, 2010 By
Ben Grossman, 30, is co-president of Grossman Marketing Group (GMG). Prior to assuming this role, he served as founder and director of the Green Marketing & Sustainability Practice at GMG. Ben holds a BA from Princeton University and a MBA from Columbia Business School. He previously worked for Goldman, Sachs & Co. and IBM, and [...]
David Grossman
July 13, 2010 By
David Grossman, 33, is co-president of Grossman Marketing Group (GMG). He holds an AB in English from Princeton University. Prior to joining GMG nine years ago, he was Deputy Director of Marketing for the US Delegation to Expo 2000 (the Millennium World’s Fair in Germany). David serves on the boards of the Anti-Defamation League [...]
Ken Montuori
July 12, 2010 By
Ken graduated from the Carroll Scholl of Management at Boston College in 1977 with a BS in management. He joined Wholesale Doors thereafter and worked his way through the production departments to sales. After several years of working with the family business he returned to school and graduated from Suffolk University in 1982 with an [...]
Ken Montuori – Interview
July 7, 2010 By
Ken Montuori is the president of Wholesale Doors, Inc. which is wholesale distributor of commercial & architectural wood doors, hollow metal doors and commercial pre-hung units. Recently I attended a family business seminar where I caught up with Ken and asked him if he would mind being interviewed. I hope that you will enjoy, as [...]
Lori Dernavich LLC
July 6, 2010 By
A highly sought after and trusted Employee Performance Advisor, Lori Dernavich works with senior executives, boards, and business owners to resolve immediate employee crises and provide essential workplace performance solutions, resulting in improved communications, employee accountability, and, ultimately, increased profitability. Most employee performance issues are merely minor distractions, but some, if left unchecked, escalate beyond [...]
David & Ben Grossman – Interview
July 6, 2010 By
The Grossman Marketing Group is a full-service provider of marketing communications materials and promotional products. David Grossman & Ben Grossman are the co-presidents. The company was founded as Massachusetts Envelope Company in 1910 by David & Ben’s great-grandfather Maxwell Grossman. In January the two of you provided the keynote address for an event I was [...]
Lori Dernavich – Interview
July 6, 2010 By
Lori Dernavich of Lori Dernavich LLC is a well respected business advisor who works with C-level executives, HR directors and boards to provide essential workplace performance solutions. Over the past several years you have managed to pull off several changes to your consulting practice that had the potential of significantly hurting your business. The first [...]