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05-18-12 Employment

05-17-12 Fortune 500 n CA

05-16-12 Construction

05-15-12 Retail Trade

05-14-12 Int'l Trade

05-11-12 Mother's Day

05-10-12 CEO Ranking

05-09-12 Small Biz Rating

05-08-12 Ranking Airports

05-07-12 Best 4 Biking

05-04-12 Most Polluted

05-03-12 CA Slow Growth

05-02-12 State Taxes

05-01-12 Best 4 Small Biz

04-30-12 Fattest Cities

04-27-12 Tourism Contest

04-26-12 Best 4 Singles

04-25-12 Employment

04-24-12 CA Labor

04-23-12 Happiest Cities

04-20-12 SFO Tourism

04-19-12 Biz Climate

04-18-12 CA Counties

04-17-12 Tax Day

04-16-12 Retail Sales

04-13-12 Thirteen Phobia

04-12-12 Int'l Trade

04-05-12 Batter Up!

04-04-12 Densest Cities

04-03-12 Orange Crop

04-02-12 Ranking CA

Minutes Qtr 01/12

03-30-12 Cities for Sex

03-29-12 Financial Losses

03-28-12 Workforce Audit

03-27-12 Cloud Computing

03-26-12 Worst 4 Jobs

03-23-12 Employment

03-20-12 Tech Pay

03-19-12 Angel Investment

03-16-12 CA & St. Pat's

03-15-12 Poorest Counties

03-14-12 Wealthiest

03-13-12 Retail Sales

03-12-12 Int'l Trade

03-09-12 Employment

Minute Plus: Apple

03-08-12 Most Admired

03-07-12 Sales Tax Part#2

03-06-12 Sales Tax Part#1

03-05-12 Top Ten Cities

03-02-12 CA Raisins

03-01-12 Happiest States

02-29-12 Cities for Jobs

02-28-12 HealthCare costs

02-27-12 Socal Biotech

02-24-12 Soc'l Media Jobs

02-23-12 Rudest Cities

02-22-12 Best for B&W

02-21-12 Film Employment

02-17-12 Impact of Olives

02-16-12 Foreclosures

02-15-12 Apps & Jobs

02-14-12 Retail Sales

02-14-12 Valentine's Plus

02-13-12 Int'l Trade Plus

02-10-12 Int'l Trade

02-09-12 Fast Growing

02-08-12 Hot Housing

02-07-12 Farmers Mkts

02-06-12 Most Miserable

02-03-12 Overpricd Cities

02-02-12 Vacant Cities

02-01-12 Womens Wages

01-31-12 Tax Rankings

01-31-12 Bachelors

Minute Plus: Wine Travel

01-27-12 California Wine

01-26-12 Best Companies

01-25-12 Impacts of UCR

01-24-12 Tourism

Minute Plus: Temecula

Minute Plus: Tourism

01-23-12 Most Stressed

01-20-12 Employment

01-19-12 Regained Jobs

01-18-12 Best Managed

01-17-12 Worst Managed

10-13-12 Int'l Trade

01-12-12 Retail Sales

01-11-12 Impacts UC Davis

01-10-12 Most Wired

01-09-12 Want to Live

Minutes Qtr 04/11

12-25-11 Merry Christmas

12-23-11 Cost of X-Mas

12-22-11 VCnCA 3rdQtr

12-21-11 Landscape Impact

12-20-12 Crime Rankings

12-19-11 Employment

12-16-11 Bank Failures

12-15-11 Healthy States

Minute Plus: Anaheim

12-14-11 Best Metros

12-13-11 Retail Sales

12-12-11 Insurance

12-09-11 Int'l Trade

12-08-11 Pop. Growth

Minute Plus: Aptera

12-07-11 Worst for Jobs

12-06-11 Saddest Cities

12-05-11 Best Worst Taxed

12-02-11 Small Biz Index

12-01-11 Most Expensive

11-30-11 Best States

11-29-11 Best 4 Tech Jobs

11-28-11 Cyber Monday

11-25-11 Black Friday

11-24-11 Thanksgiving

11-23-11 Great Places

11-22-11 Most Educated

11-21-11 Employment

11-18-11 Women Startups

11-17-11 Young Startups

11-16-11 Retail Trade

11-15-11 CA Ranked

11-14-11 Int'l Trade

11-11-11 Veteran's Day

11-10-11 Credit Scores

11-09-11 US Chamber

11-08-11 Undesirable

11-04-11 Millionaires

11-01-11 Moms & Cities

10-31-11 Biotechnology

10-28-11 Halloween

10-27-11 Trade Imbalance

10-26-11 Travelers Best

10-25-11 Expensive Zips

10-24-11 Luckiest Cities

10-21-11 Employment

10-20-11 Cyber States 2

10-19-11 Cyber Rankings

10-18-11 Top Solar States

10-17-11 Brain Drain?

10-14-11 Retail Sales

10-13-11 Int'l Trade

10-12-11 GDP Growth

10-11-11 Going Broke?

10-10-11 Crime Rankings

10-07-11 Commuting in CA

10-06-11 Housing Forecast

10-05-11 Recession?

10-04-11 Fastest Part 2

10-03-11 Fastest Growing

Minutes Qtr 03/11

09-30-11 Theft by States

09-29-11 Best States

09-28-11 Tourism Changes

09-27-11 Econ Impact, UC

09-26-11 Sandia Labs

09-23-11 Calif. Wine

09-22-11 Best Cities

09-21-11 Ranking States

09-20-11 Best to Start

09-19-11 Infrastructure

09-16-11 Employment

09-15-11 Minority Biz

09-14-11 Retail Sales

09-13-11 Poverty in Calif

09-12-11 Ranking States

09-09-11 Private Equity

09-08-11 Int'l Trade

09-07-11 Taxing OTCs

09-06-11 SLO & Wine

09-05-11 Labor Day

09-02-11 Football in CA

08-31-11 Best Jobs

08-30-11 Dangerous Jobs

08-29-11 Counties & Jobs

08-26-11 Calif & Beer

08-25-11 Fastest Growing

08-24-11 Cities of Geeks

08-23-11 Cities with Jobs

08-22-11 Employment

08-19-11 Best Towns

08-18-11 Best Places

08-17-11 Housing Part 2

08-16-11 Housing Part 1

08-15-11 Tourism LA

08-12-11 Extra Minute

08-12-11 Retail Trade

08-11-11 Int'l Trade

08-10-11 Dow's Worst Days

08-09-11 Ranking States

08-08-11 CA & Cars Part 3

08-05-11 CA & Cars Part 2

08-04-11 CA & Cars Part 1

08-03-11 CA FreshWorks

08-02-11 Best Cities

08-01-11 Insurance Sector

07-29-11 Small Biz

07-28-11 Ranking CA

07-27-11 Walkable Cities

07-26-11 Ranking States

07-25-11 VC Activity

07-22-11 Employment

07-21-11 R.E. & Gen Y

07-20-11 Brown's Green

07-19-11 Cities & Women

07-18-11 Worst Dressed

07-15-11 Clean Economies

07-14-11 Retail Sales

07-13-11 Int'l Trade

07-12-11 Regions Ranked

07-11-11 Cities Ranked

07-08-11 State Obesity

07-07-11 Econ. Rankings

07-04-11 Happy 4th

07-01-11 CA Fig Crop

Minutes Qtr-02/11

06-30-11 Small Biz Ranks

06-29-11 Ranking States

06-28-11 Busy/Lazy Cities

06-27-11 States Ranked

06-24-11 Seeking Money

06-23-11 Dirtiest Cities

06-22-11 Angriest in USA

06-21-11 Auto Theft

06-20-11 Employment

06-19-11 Father's Day

06-17-11 Vacations?

06-16-11 Shades of Green

06-15-11 Ranking GDP

06-14-11 Retail Sales

06-13-11 CA Budget

06-10-11 Int'l Trade

06-09-11 Film Tax Credits

06-08-11 Best Practice

06-07-11 Green States

06-06-11 Simply CA

06-03-11 Ranking Beaches

06-02-11 Deadliest Jobs

06-01-11 Dangerous Cities

05-31-11 Pedestrian Bad

05-30-11 Memorial Day

05-27-11 Pistachios

05-26-11 SBA Tool

05-25-11 Hot Retailers

05-24-11 Biz Failures

05-23-11 Employment

05-20-11 States At Risk

05-19-11 Small Business

05-18-11 Best for Jobs 3

05-17-11 Best for Jobs 2

05-16-11 Best for Jobs 1

05-13-11 Retail Sales

05-12-11 For Single Moms

05-11-11 Int'l Trade

05-10-11 Tourism & Travel

05-09-11 Air Quality

05-08-11 Mother's Day

05-06-11 CEO Rankings

05-05-11 Best for Men

05-04-11 Best for Women

05-03-11 Laziest States

05-02-11 Highest Crime

04-29-11 Asian Business

04-28-11 Toxic Cities

04-27-11 Drunkest Cities

04-26-11 Richest Counties

04-25-11 CA Science Rank

04-22-11 Earth Day

04-21-11 States' Taxes

04-20-11 Venture Capital

04-19-11 Employment

04-18-11 Tax Day

04-15-11 Making A Living

04-14-11 Retail Sales

04-13-11 Best 4 Small Biz

04-12-11 Int'l Trade

04-11-11 CIO Confidence

04-08-11 Solar Grants

04-07-11 Happy Cities

04-06-11 SpaceX

04-05-11 Getting Worse?

04-04-11 Social Network

04-01-11 Batter Up

Minutes Qtr-01/11

03-31-11 Worst Commutes

03-30 -11 Poor Counties

03-29-11 Expensive Visits

03-28-11 Employment

03-27-11 Highest Gross

03-26-11 Most Profitable

03-25-11 CA Wine Exports

03-24-11 Top Job Training

03-23-11 Mfg in CA

03-22-11 Fastest Growing

03-21-11 Vacant Housing

03-18-11 Teen Jobs in CA

03-17-11 Econ. of Beer

03-16-11 Dying Cities

03-15-11 Japan & CA

03-14-11 Int'l Trade

03-11-11 Retail Sales

03-10-11 CA Entrepreneurs

03-09-11 CA Population

03-08-11 Happiest States

03-07-11 Most Admired

03-04-11 Employment

03-03-11 Most Innovative

03-02-11 Cities & Jobs

03-01-11 Best Towns

02-28-11 Cell Phone Taxes

02-25-11 The Oscars

02-24-11 Top 10 for Kids

02-23-11 Best Cities

02-22-11 Loan Guarantees

02-21-11 Pres. Day Xtra

02-21-11 Films Rebound

02-18-11 LA & NBA Stars

02-17-11 Int'l Trade

02-16-11 Science Rankings

02-15-11 Retail Sales

02-14-11 Valentine's

02-11-11 New Econ. Index

02-10-11 California #1

02-09-11 Rudest Cities

02-08-11 Commercial R.E.

02-07-11 Most Miserable

02-04-11 CA & Super Bowl

02-03-11 Calif. & Egypt

02-02-11 Rural Support

02-01-11 SBA Redux

01-31-11 Top Telecom

01-24-11 Best 4 Walking

01-21-11 Employment

01-14-11 Retail Sales

01-05-11 Export Tools

01-03-11 Skiing in CA

01-01-11 Happy New Year

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CAEO CORNER

 
 

The California Business Minute, CBM goes one-on-one with the CEO's, company founders,
owners, C-level managers and political leaders of California to discuss their opinions about 
business and the economy of the state.

Monthly, CBM interviews such an individual.  Join us as they respond to our questions.
 
But don't worry, we won't be asking tough questions, just insightful because we don't want our
guests impacted by the SEC or under review by the Justice Department for their answers!


Committed to Small Business
Marty Keller
Founder
Small Business Revolution

INTEVIEW WITH MARTY KELLER

Taking Nothing for Granted
Burnie Lenau
President/Founder
LawnMan


INTERVIEW WITH BURNIE LENAU

MARCH-APRIL 2011


                    Embracing Innovation
               For Growth and Expansion

               Winnie Comstock-Carlson
               Publisher
               Comstock's Magazine

 


INTERVIEW WITH WINNIE COMSTOCK-CARLSON
Oct-Nov 2010

Providing High-Value-Added Services

Matt Slepin
Co-founder, Managing Partner
Terra Search Partners

INTERVIEW WITH MATT SLEPIN
 

May - June 2010
 
                              
                        The Work of an Author 
                        The Life of an Entrepreneur
                                                         

                                                                Karen Kostlivy


INTERVIEW WITH KAREN KOSTLIVY
 
March-April 2010  
   Selling the Sizzle, Not the Steak
                An Expert's Perspective


                                                                               Eric Swartz

                                                                                  President,
                                                                                             The Byline Group

Eric Swartz
INTERVIEW WITH ERIC SWARTZ
 
Nov-Dec 2009                          

                          
              A PERSPECTIVE ON BEING
                  HEALTHY AND WELL
           Success in Implementing a Company
              Wellness Program and Beyond

                    Marcia Augsburger
                       Attorney and Owner
                     Wellcom Services Inc
                       
                             

INTERVIEW WITH MARCIA AUGSBERGER
 
SEPT- OCT 09

Inside California's Entertainment Industry

A Perspective on the Innovation in the Film and
Television Industry

                                               Actor and Producer
                                                Bruce Locke

INTEVIEW WITH BRUCE LOCKE
 
                   
               BUSINESS RELOCATION, 
                      SITE SELECTION
                                  & 
                         CALIFORNIA
                 Insight from an Outsider
              Corporate Relocation Guru    
                     
Jan Dickinson         

INTERVIEW WITH JAN DICKINSON
 
                            
                       Helping to Protect
     the Farmers/Growers, Processors,
     Brands and Consumers along with
        California's Multi-Billion Dollar
               Agricultural Industry

                      YottaMark's
                          Scott Carr 

J. Scott Carr
INTERVIEW WITH SCOTT CARR
 
DEC 08 - JAN 09                         
                                         
       A Resort Operator & Family Run Business
                            Mt. Shasta Ski Park's
                               
                           Andy Aguilera


         Read Andy's comments about the issues facing 
         California's ski industry going 'Green' to meet 
         and exceed California AB 32 by reducing its carbon
         footprint and how Mt. Shasta is incorporating 
         innovative programs. In addtion read his 
         philosophy on how to balance business and family. 
                                    Click on below

INTERVIEW WITH ANDY AGUILERA
 
OCT - NOV 08
                Statewide Community Lender
                      Clearinghouse CDFI's
                        
                          Douglas Bystry

         Read Doug's comments about the issues
         facing California specifically during this period
         of a 'credit freeze' and his thoughts about
         the media's unfair treatment of community
         bankers and the community reinvestment act. 
         Click on below

INTERVIEW WITH DOUG BYSTRY
 
SEPT - OCT 08
                     Nationally Renowned           
            SITE LOCATION CONSULTANT

                           James Renzas

         Read Jim's comments about the critical issues
         facing California and what it needs to do to
         ensure opportunities for growing and retaining
         business. Click on below

INTERVIEW WITH JIM RENZAS
 
INSIDE CALIFORNIA'S ECONOMY

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