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Eric Smith, Executive Director of the UA Center for Innovation talks about consolidated solar power technology with David Vili, CEO/Founder of SolarSpace and Hiring Strategies with Talent Store Founder Devon Underwood.

Zach talks with Faith and Culture Contributor Pastor Jeff Logsdon about the dramatic shift away from religion in the last 15 years in the United States, a trend that is shocking on a global scale. Why, and what to do about it? Then, Eric Smith, Executive Director of the University of Arizona Center for Innovation, talks about the record number 40+ startups that have come from our region and from around the country to grow their tech- and science-based ideas there. Big news! 1030 The Voice at 9.

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Eric Smith has over ten years of experience in Technology Commercialization and a passion for entrepreneurship. Eric came to the University of Arizona Center for Innovation after serving as the Commercialization Network Manager for Tech Launch Arizona (TLA), the University of Arizona's office responsible for moving UA research and technological innovation into the marketplace.  While Eric was at TLA, he focused on building and leveraging a network of domain experts and business leaders who consult on university technologies to help reveal their commercial relevance. He also managed the National Science Foundation Innovation Corps grant program, or NSF-I-Corps, which teaches inventing teams about Lean Startup methodology and customer discovery.  An entrepreneur in his own right, Eric started, developed, and sold his first company to embark on a career in various technology startups. He holds a BS, BA in Business Management, B.S. in Entrepreneurship, and an MBA from the University of Arizona. In this episode… First-time founders are always eager to pitch even before figuring out who their customers are and what they want. According to Eric Smith, Executive Director at the UA Center for Innovation, these founders often have one thing in common: they fail to carry out useful customer discovery. The result is an ask that does not inspire confidence in the customer or a potential investor.  How, then, do you carry out useful customer discovery? Eric says ultimately, you need to have a clear understanding of what exactly you're asking for and why you're asking for it. Armed with that information, you should ask your prospects questions that’ll help you discover their pain points and identify who's giving you the money.   Learn more about making confident asks in this episode of the What's Your Ask show with Stephanie Sims as she hosts Eric Smith, Executive Director of the UA Center for Innovation. Stephanie and Eric discuss what to do before you ask, how to conduct better customer discovery, common mistakes made when preparing a pitch, and more.

Episode 5 features Dr. Celeste González de Bustamante, Associate Professor in the School of Journalism at the University of Arizona with dual courtesy appointment at the UA Center for Latin American Studies and Mexican American Studies Department. She received her Ph.D. in history at the University of Arizona. Her research interests include: contemporary and historical issues related to the news media in Mexico, the U.S.-Mexico borderlands, and Brazil; and representations of Latinxs in the media.   Dr. Bustamante joins us today as part of her related knowledge and expertise in setting up A Migrahack here at DU and in Denver. This is a “hackathon” designed to bring together people with expertise on immigration and people who are knowledgeable about how communication systems and data science might be leveraged to address the needs of those most affected by immigration policies. Dr. Bustamante organized an Arizona Migrahack, about how Denver is an ideal place to launch a migrahack, as we have a vibrant community that is facing numerous issues related to immigration and the related well-being of racialized migrant communities in Denver.

Interview with Sharon Salzberg by Chuck Raison, MD, Founding Director of UA Center for Compassion Studies

Learn more about cooperative corporations and this innovative business model at this event featuring Renata Ballesteros-Lopez. Coops found all over the world is the focus of her presentation. This event is sponsored with Alaska Cooperative Development Program and the UA Center for Economic Development. (Sound gaps may occur due to lack of microphone usage after 57.00 min.) Note: An earlier event called Coop Businesses Today was recorded on September 3, 2014. One can view the presentation along side the audio podcast.

This presentation can accompany the audio podcast, Co-op Businesses Today. Cooperative Corporations are collectively owned businesses that are improving economic sectors worldwide. Learn more about this innovative business model at this special event featuring Renata Ballesteros-Lopez. This event is sponsored with the UA Center for Economic Development

Cooperative Corporations are collectively owned businesses that are improving economic sectors worldwide. Learn more about this innovative business model at this special event featuring Renata Ballesteros-Lopez. This event is sponsored with the UA Center for Economic Development.

PROGRAM TOPICExitround CEO Jacobs Mullins visits Dave on this Getting Down to Business® in this program.  Listen as Jacob describes what Exitround does and the opportunity he sees.  Listen to this rare look behind the scenes of a tech startup.  Find out more about Exitround visit www.exitround.com. DAVE’S THOUGHTSA causality of American Revolutionary War was the Indigo Trade in Georgia and South Carolina.  Cotton replaced indigo but was extremely labor intensive.  Eli Whitney came up with an answer to this problem and the cotton industry took off.  Listen as Dave tells this story.  Do you have any questions or comments send Dave an email at David@GDTB.Biz. IN THE NEWSEconomic News Summary April 2013Listen as Dave present his monthly economic grade.  Send questions or comments to David@GDTB.Biz. Some Small Businesses Opt for the Health-Care Penalty Every business needs to decide how they will implement the Affordable Healthcare-Care Act by January 2014.  This news summary explores the options. Send questions or comments to David@GDTB.Biz. BUSINESS WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA This new segment focuses on the UA Center for Economic Development and its programs.  Lemonade Day teaches kids business principles.  Listen as Sam Callen & Katie Abbott talk about how 2,500 participants brought in $287k in sales and donated $68k all in a single day.  This program gives kids the opportunity to learn business principle and earn some money all on Lemonade Day.  Find out more by visiting them at www.LemonadeDay.org.  MARKETING MATTERS Jonathan Lee with a company called Creative Cube Company discusses the “Likes” of Facebook and social media marketing.  Visit Jonathan’s website for more great ideas www.CreativeCubeCompany.com. LISTEN SATURDAYS Getting Down to Business® with David Weatherholt broadcast Saturday’s 8-10 am (AKDT) Fox News Talk KOAN 95.5 FM & AM 1020 – Stream: www.foxnewskoan.com in Anchorage, Alaska.  In Spokane, Washington listen to MoneyTalk 1230 AM KSBN from 9-11 am.