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#GrowSmartBiz Video : Senator Mark Warner Speaks to Small Businesses

September 30th, 2009 ::

Special Note: Mark R. Warner, U.S. Senator from the Commonwealth of Virginia

Mark R. Warner was elected to the U.S. Senate in November 2008, and serves on the Senate’s Banking, Budget, Commerce and Rules committees. He served as Governor of Virginia from 2002-2006 after spending 20 years as a business leader in the high-tech industry.

He gave a great speech at the GrowSmartBiz Conference. Check out the video below:


More about Senator Warner
Senator Warner was the first member of his family to graduate from college, earning a degree from The George Washington University, thanks to part-time jobs and student loans. He received a law degree from Harvard in 1980.

As a private citizen and philanthropist, Mark Warner helped create the Virginia Health Care Foundation, which has provided health care to more than 600,000 under-served Virginians, and SeniorNavigator.com, a referral network for older Virginians and their caregivers.

As Governor of Virginia, Mark Warner inherited budget shortfalls that ultimately grew to $6 billion. He left office four years later with a budget surplus that allowed Virginia to make the largest single investment in K-12 education in state history, key reinvestments in one of the nation’s best public university systems, and record investments in the clean-up of the Chesapeake Bay.

In 2004, Warner chaired the National Governors Association, and TIME Magazine named him one of “America’s Five Best Governors” a year later. Governor Warner’s bipartisan, results-oriented focus resulted in Virginia being designated as the nation’s “best managed state” and its “best state for business.”

He lives with his wife, Lisa, and three daughters in Alexandria, Virginia.http://warner.senate.gov/

REMINDER: Grow Smart Biz Conference on September 29 with Senator Mark Warner and author of "Free", Chris Anderson

September 25th, 2009 ::

GSB-ConfIf you are a casual reader to this blog you have probably heard that on September 29, in Washington, DC, Network Solutions is hosting the Grow Smart Biz Conference.

We have some great speakers with Keynotes by Chris Anderson and Virginia Senator Mark R. Warner for the GrowSmartBiz Conference.

Senator Mark Warner of Virginia

Senator Mark Warner (Photo Courtesy of U.S. Senate)

Senator Warner was elected to the U.S. Senate in November 2008, and serves on the Senate’s Banking, Budget, Commerce and Rules committees. He served as Governor of Virginia from 2002-2006 after spending 20 years as a business leader in the high-tech industry. He also is the co-founder of telecommunications firm Nextel Communications, now known as Sprint Nextel (NYSE: S).

“Senator Warner has been a well-known leader in the high-tech industry for more than 20 years,” said Melina Formisano, vice president of marketing at Network Solutions. “He will provide GrowSmartBiz Conference attendees with a unique perspective due to his vast experiences.”

Chris Anderson of Wired Magazine and best selling author of “Long Tail” and “Free”

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For those of you not familiar with Chris, he is editor-in-chief of Wired, where he wrote an article in the magazine entitled The Long Tail , which he expanded upon in the book “The Long Tail: Why the Future of Business Is Selling Less of More (2006).

Recently, Geoff Livingston of CRT/Tanaka and “The Buzz Bin” and myself had the opportunity to speak with Chris Anderson about his new book “FREE: The Future of a Radical Price” and the impact these business model have on small businesses.

The Grow Smart Biz conference is a premier one-day event featuring renowned small business leaders and well-known industry experts. I will be giving a short presentation on “10 Rules of Killer Business Cards” and guarantee that will be funny and informative. If you haven’t registered, then click here to learn more and register now. Tickets are going fast!

Virginia Senator Mark R. Warner Will Speak at the GrowSmartBiz Conference

September 16th, 2009 ::

Senator Mark Warner (Photo Courtesy of U.S. Senate)

Senator Mark Warner (Photo Courtesy of U.S. Senate)

Network Solutions® is pleased to announce Virginia Senator Mark R. Warner as the special keynote for the GrowSmartBiz Conference.

Senator Warner was elected to the U.S. Senate in November 2008, and serves on the Senate’s Banking, Budget, Commerce and Rules committees. He served as Governor of Virginia from 2002-2006 after spending 20 years as a business leader in the high-tech industry. He also is the co-founder of telecommunications firm Nextel Communications, now known as Sprint Nextel (NYSE: S).

“Senator Warner has been a well-known leader in the high-tech industry for more than 20 years,” said Melina Formisano, vice president of marketing at Network Solutions. “He will provide GrowSmartBiz Conference attendees with a unique perspective due to his vast experiences.”

GSB-ConfThe GrowSmartBiz Conference will be held on September 29 at the Renaissance Hotel in Washington, D.C. The event was created as a result of the Small Business Success Index (SBSI) – an ongoing measurement of the overall health of small businesses commissioned by the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business and Network Solutions. The conference will focus on key areas of business that small businesses view as critical to their success, including:  access to capital, marketing and innovation, and computer technology.

In addition, Wired Editor-in-Chief and author Chris Anderson will keynote the conference.

For more information or to register for the event, visit the GrowSmartBiz Conference site. Don’t forget to follow the conversation on Twitter at http://twitter.com/growsmartbiz and #growsmartbiz.