Critical Mass for Business

Arman Sadeghi Speaks at TEDXNewportCoast

Richard (Ric) Franzi, MBA — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 20:02:33 +0000

One of the members of the Critical Mass Business Community recently delivered a TEDX Talk.

Arman Sadeghi is the Founder of All Green Electronics Recycling in Tustin, CA.

CEOPEERGROUPS: Twitter Followers hit 150,000

Richard (Ric) Franzi, MBA — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 17:06:05 +0000

Thank you to all who have decided my tweets on the power of peer learning are interesting and have begun to follow my twitter account ceopeergroups.

I am committed to creating interesting tweets and re-tweeting important information for entrepreneurs, business owners and CEOs.

It is gratifying to see our online communities to continue to expand.

Niche Markets Mean Success and Critical MassTV Coming Soon!

Richard (Ric) Franzi, MBA — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 19:05:44 +0000

Guest: Paul Roberts, Producer Critical Radio Shows

Ric has invited long-time radio show producer Paul Roberts to join him to discuss Critical MassTV. Critical MassTV is in development and will premier later this year as an Internet TV show featuring Orange County business leaders. Critical MassTV will provide an opportunity to get to know the business owners and CEOs who run mid-market Orange County firms that are the backbone of our local economy.

Join us at 4:00 and learn more about this exciting new show.

Guest: Mona Lisa Faris, President and Founder of Olive Tree Publishing joins the show at 4:25 pm.

Mona Lisa Faris is the proud publisher of the Black EOE Journal, Hispanic Network Magazine, The Professional Woman’s Magazine and U.S. Veterans Magazine. Unforgettable name, creative thinker, entrepreneur, sales and marketing guru and mentor are all monikers used to describe OC Metro’s “Orange County’s Women Making a Difference”.

Join us with Mona Lisa Faris, Founder of Olive Tree Publishing and learn from her how her focus on diversity has contributed to her success and building her brand.

HEAR BOTH GUESTS TUESDAY STARTING @ 4:00PM PST

100,000 Twitter Followers!

Richard (Ric) Franzi, MBA — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 16:26:08 +0000

It is very gratifying to me that my twitter feed CEOPEERGROUPS has exceeded 100,000 followers. I consider Twitter to be another “channel” to reach our audience of life long learners. My tweets are designed to share ideas and insights from my direct work with CEOs and business executives in Orange County as well as retweeting messages from the community of people I am following. If you want to follow me simply click the Twitter Logo below!

Race on the Base Sprint Triathlon

Richard (Ric) Franzi, MBA — Sun, 26 Feb 2012 16:12:47 +0000

My wife Debra Franzi, Mike Haney of S&H Rubber and I completed the Los Alamitos Race on Base Sprint Triathlon yesterday! In this picture taken by our daughter Rachel you see us joined by Mike’s wife Beth Haney.

It was fun and challenging at the same time.

Executive Conference Panelists

Richard (Ric) Franzi, MBA — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 01:23:21 +0000

We are proud to announce our 4 panelists for the upcoming March 29th Executive Conference dealing with Cyber Threats CEOs Need to Know

The conference will help you to understand what risks your company is facing and what you can do to protect your firm. Click Here To Register

Melanie Woodruff, Director of Information Security Experian

John Vigouroux, CEO M86 Security

Alim Malik, Shareholder Jackson DeMarco Peckenpaugh Tidus

Michael Grant, Directory Technology Practice Barney & Barney

First Critical Mass Invitational Golf Tournament

Richard (Ric) Franzi, MBA — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 15:41:10 +0000

Friday is our first golf tournament with members of our community. We will be playing at the Anaheim Hills Golf Course and it should be a blast. Can’t wait to get out and have fun with this group of great people. Hopefully the weather will be nice.

Weekend Retreat

Richard (Ric) Franzi, MBA — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 16:22:51 +0000

We just concluded our annual weekend retreat which we call “Strategies for Success”. This 2-day program is developed by Executive Forums and delivered to our international network of CEOs and business owners. This year we held our retreat at the Mission Inn and Spa in Riverside, CA.

The focus for this year is the concept of Happiness.

This time away for the normal work week demands gives our clients a chance to think about bigger picture ideas and the concept of happiness as presented this year is very powerful.

Thanks to our members who made this weekend such a fun learning experience.

Cyber Threats and What CEOs Need To Know

Richard (Ric) Franzi, MBA — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:56:01 +0000

I am very excited about our upcoming Executive Conference on March 29th!

We will be discussing Cyber Threats to Companies and What CEOs Need To Know.

Today I am pleased to announce one of our panelists.

Alim Malik, Attorney

Jackson DeMarco Tidus Peckenpaugh

Alim brings a depth and breadth of knowledge on a variety of topics related to cyber security, intellectual property and trade secrets to the panel.

REGISTER HERE TODAY!

CEO Peer Group

Richard (Ric) Franzi, MBA — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:04:46 +0000

Today we are.meeting some of our peer group members and learning about the Zappos culture and hos to bring more happiness into our business and personal lives. Thanks to Executive Forums for another outstanding retreat!