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Vlad Molchadski is a Co-Founder of Dallas based BizTraffic, LLC (2007), an online marketing, web design and development, analytics, social media and strategy company.
Vlad earned his BA at Saint Martin's University (Washington State) in Business Management. Prior to BizTraffic, he was a Director at 1-800-CashOffer / FastHomeOffers.com, connecting 100k+ motivated sellers each year with real estate professionals throughout North America. Prior to that, he held successful leadership roles in consumer finance and mortgage lending verticals.
Vlad is fluent in Russian and immigrated to the United States in the late 90's.
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BA Business and Finance, St. Martin's University, Lacey, WA 2002
Published Mar. 17, 2013
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After working for more than 25 years in the publishing industry, the company I worked
for downsized and I accepted an attractive buyout package. Now I’d like to start my own
business. What do I do first?
About the Author
This column is brought to you by the Merrimack Valley Chapter of SCORE, with nearly
70 current and former business executives available to provide free, confidential, one-on-one
business mentoring and training workshops for area businesses. Call 603-666-7561 or visit
merrimackvalley.score.org for information on mentoring, upcoming workshops and volunteer
opportunities. SCORE is a national, non-profit organization and a resource partner of the U. S.
Small Business Administration.
Published Mar. 5, 2013
Choosing Among Sole Proprietorships, Single-Shareholder Corporations And Single-Member LLCs For New Businesses
Choosing Among Sole Proprietorships, Single-Shareholder Corporations And Single-Member LLCs For New Businesses
Q: I’m starting a new business in New Hampshire. I will be its only owner. Should my business be a sole proprietorship, a single-shareholder corporation or a single-member LLC?
About the Author
John Cunningham is a N.H. business lawyer whose practice is focused on LLC law and tax. He chaired the N.H. Business and Industry Association committee that drafted the Revised New Hampshire Limited Liability Company Act, a radical revision of New Hampshire LLC law that went into effect on January 1st. LLCs are, by a wide margin, the entities of choice for N.H. business start-ups.
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City: Bakersfield, CA
25 years' experience in consulting with Enterprise Management Systems for small business. 5 years' experience as day trader/investor.
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MBA - Agribusiness, Santa Clara University
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Academia ~ MIS (Management Information Systems), Websites, and IT support (e.g., xANs, Linux and Microsoft PCs, servers, router(s)/ switch(s) to further maintain networking support for academic administration and student databases, applications, websites and other computing systems. Duties include (the monitoring of): Academic Structure, courses and classrooms are examples; Curriculum Assignments by Scheme and Pupil, via an intranet; creating Evaluation tools and templates from pre-established data set(s); Academic and Pupil Details; entering data for general attendance and registration; etc. Duties also included working with: Guidance Office management to set academic standards and policy, Assistant Academic manager to establish coursework delivery systems and standards; and, Academic Director on mission/goals/objective statements.
Corporate ~ Work deployment and migration contracts to include remote tools and applications such as Citrix and LogMeIn applications for companies such as: Washington Mutual, Kaiser Permanente, LaTable, EDM, Bentley Inc., Qwest (now Century Link), etc. Deployed and migrated computing upgrade projects newly installing and/or refurbishing PC/servers with varying operating systems on Linux/UNIX and Microsoft platforms. Other tasks include ACLs troubleshooting, running scripts for security programs to include SUS updates; swapping hardware components, and other tasks as needed for project success. Utilized WINS/DNS and assigned groups and permissions, to include creating shared group and user accounts in Active Directory facilitated by Aleita network management tool for Internet, intranet and extranet site management; installed, configured, and troubleshoot VoIP (Spectrum, Metrocall) over T1 lines and various xANs (e.g., LANs, WANs, W-WANs, etc.). On an as needed basis, Cisco configurations to include IOS installs and resetting routers and switches.
Organizations ~ As a Board member tasked with maintaining and increasing membership and client base. Responsibilities include: maintaining websites(s) as a source of information and updates; designing training labs models; coordinating/managing training lab teams; designing organizational strategies with other Board members/directors; analyzing the use of Oracle products with related technologies; working to use social media for organizational informational needs; networking with/on outside organizational technical committees to determine appropriate internal and state-of-the-art technologies that might be used in technical training models and to recruit members; and, other duties as assigned.
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MSMgtSci, MSCIS, PhD
A+, MCP, OCP/DBA
Published Feb. 8, 2013
Q: What are limited liability companies (“LLCs”), and what should businesses know
about them?
A: LLCs are a new type of business entity that emerged in the early 1990s. They have many important legal and tax characteristics, but the key ones are these:
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Liability shield. LLCs provide their owners (called “members”) with a statutory liability shield that is essentially identical to the corporate shield.
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About the Author
John Cunningham is a N.H. business lawyer whose practice is focused on LLC law and tax. He chaired the N.H. Business and Industry Association committee that drafted the Revised New Hampshire Limited Liability Company Act, a radical revision of New Hampshire LLC law that went into effect on January 1st. LLCs are, by a wide margin, the entities of choice for N.H. business start-ups.
Published Feb. 7, 2013
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I’ve recently taken my business plan for a new and innovative consumer product to several banks seeking funding, but have had no success. What are some other financing options that might be available to me?
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My partner and I have been running our laser engraving business ourselves for the past two years. We’ve reached the point now where we’re both completely maxed out, so we’re considering hiring at least one employee. Where do we start Read more.....
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Over the past 15 years, nearly two-thirds of new jobs have been generated by small businesses. Yours may be one of them. That’s good news for your local economy, for your customers whose expectations for quality service are higher than ever, and for you, as you can focus your energies on other priorities.
Published Jan. 8, 2013
Beginning in January, Bloomington Library staff and guests will give short presentations on resources and information available to the local business community.
In an informal lunchtime setting guests will gain a comprehensive understanding of the ways in which the Library can contribute to, serve and support small businesses and their efforts.