His business took on established players in hollywood and succeeded. Like most Mixergy readers, I've read his essays on starting startups. Now that you have a sense of who's a good fit for a Mixergy interview, if there's anyone else you recommend, please tell me in the comments or by email. Also, there are a few people who I haven't included on this About this request I

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asked Wil to come to Mixergy to teach his online sales techniques, and to talk about his latest company, Affordit.com . Build it profitably so that I can come back and interview you for Mixergy. So I said, you know, Wil instead of doing it over coffee or over a drink, lets come on Mixergy and let me ask you questions directly. When my friend Wil Schroter builds web sites, he's more concerned with attracting revenue than eyeballs. When we get together in person, I like talking to him about how he builds revenue-generating sites like goBIGnetwork.com , because he's so methodical

Previously, Shira hosted NBC’s 1ST LOOK and OPEN HOUSE, DirecTV’s HAVOC ON THE 101, was a correspondent on CourtTV’s HOLLYWOOD HEAT and Reelz Channel’s daily movies news show, DAILIES. ( was a correspondent on a court TV show called Hollywood Heat and I've been a talking head on CNN, MSNBC, Fox News Channel. Like, “Hey, Shira Lazar, live from Hollywood.” What I admire about Shira Lazar is that she's too much of a go-getter to wait for the perfect TV gig to come to her. I've watched her build her reputation and fan-base using new media tools like Qik, Wordpress and Twitter.

Andrew Warner of Mixergy also digs into the Dot Com archives for some advice on what you can learn from the (last) Internet Bubble . TheWrap --focused on Hollywood and entertainment news-- announced funding from Maveron on Monday. And, In our Friday Southern California technology news roundup: The The economy continues to be in the news this week, as Broadcom is cutting 200 employees as it sees a glum Q1. But,

So what does this have to do with Haystack, the company that’s sponsoring me here on Mixergy? If their background intrigued me, not are they picture perfect, are they out of central casting in Hollywood? Interviewee: …If their background intrigued me, not are they picture perfect, are they out of central casting in Hollywood, but if their background intrigued me, they're almost invariably are called in for a meeting, and said…go ahead. This interview is full of stories of successful entrepreneurs because Jerry Colonna has invested in or worked with some of the best of them.