Gordon Kraft Chairman, CEO, founder, Entrepreneur at www.bigkahuna.net gkraft@mac.com
Summary Entrepreneur increasing due to economy, Boating Industry needs retraining eLearning, EDU Plan, Product Genius, Natural Salesman
Experience Chairman, CEO, founder at www.talkstory.com January 1997 - Present (15 years 11 months) TalkStory.com BLOG was aimed at Telling my Story as well as TalkStory Offshore Racing, Inc. back in 1998-2000. Original idea was to be a CHAT room for Hawaii... Chairman, CEO, founder at www.bigkahuna.net January 1997 - Present (15 years 11 months) The www.bigkahuna.net is the Big Kahuna Network. BLOG of my Entrepreneur experience and suggestions for EDU Plan. Chairman, CEO, founder at www.aiengines.com January 1997 - Present (15 years 11 months) www.aiengines.com is my Skunk Works, for Entrepreneurial efforts over the past 12 years... Chairman, CEO, founder at AVstreams.com January 1997 - Present (15 years 11 months) www.avstreams.com is my Quicktime demo site. Chairman, CEO at gkraft 1965 - Present (47 years) Still kickin', brain works great, excellent researcher, trying to Help folks... 1 recommendation available upon request Chairman at Real Estate Hot Sheets, Inc. 2007 - 2009 (2 years) Real Estate Hot Sheets was a "PrinterNet" newspaper of the Real Estate market for the Naples and South Florida area, It is impossible to sell a Franchise without a UFOC Agreement, in place so placed it on Issuu.com with hot clickable ads. And attempted to get "Friends and Family" to sell ads directly.
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Michelle Minarcin Craft was the Founder and CEO. smart marketing wiz... Director - Angel Investor at Starpower 1998 - 2009 (11 years) StarPower sells to the affluent Home Theater marketplace, on a National basis. Director, Acting Chairman at APBA Offshore Racing, LLC. 1999 - 2003 (4 years) VP Television Chairman - Angel Investor at Broadband Networks Corp. 1998 - 2003 (5 years) Broadband Networks Corp BBNC was the Assets of Nuko, Inc. bought from Bankruptcy by Ralph Manefredo an old friend from Microform Data Systems. I have known Ralph since 1972. BBNC manufactured MPEG2 Broadcast video networking equipment and systems. Chairman - Angel Investor at Thunder Marine Service Corp. 1998 - 2003 (5 years) Thunder Marine was a Performance Boat Service company for Thunder Marine and local customers. Gene Weeks of Team Lazzara was CEO. Angel Investor at Moses Computer, Inc. 1998 - 2003 (5 years) Moses Computer did a Peer to Peer LAN. Frank Berko was the Chairman and CEO. Worked with Frank at Microform Data Systems, Inc. and Award Software, Inc. Chairman, CEO, founder at TalkStory Offshore Racing, Inc. March 1998 - November 2000 (2 years 9 months) TalkStory Offshore Racing, Inc. was my APBA Offshore Racing TEAM. F2-33a, 34' Baja, F2-33b, OuterLimits 37', F2-33c, OuterLImits 37' replacement. L333, 36' Spectre Cat. Founder, Chairman, CEO at DiagSoft, Inc. 1987 - 1996 (9 years) DiagSoft, Inc. was sold to Sykes Enterprises, Inc. in 1996. I had a "3 year non compete" so I had to find something else to do...
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VP Sales at Award Software, Inc. 1985 - 1987 (2 years) VP Sales, started Award BIOS "sticker sales", sold over 5M stickers at $2-$12ea. Award also developed LazerPress Typesetting for early Laser Printers. And was involved in many Technology developments. Rene Vishney from my Fairchild Semi, and Caelus Memories days was CEO. Bob Stillman from Artelonics days was Chairman, VP Engineering. VP Product Management at Handle Technology, Inc. 1983 - 1985 (2 years) UNIX System V AT&T OEM agreement for a UNIX Office Suite similar to Microsoft Office... VAX 750 next to Lake Tahoe, give them "Lift Tickets" they would code for almost free... Tommy Harlan, Chairman, CEO. Founder, Chairman, CEO at GKE Software 1982 - 1983 (1 year) Published CONDOR rDBMS, and distributor for Pearl and Knowldegeman rDBMS, plus SuperCalc, WordStar, Select WP, etc. Accounts: BusinessLand, MicroAge, Micro-D, etc. National Sales Manager at Artelonic, Inc. 1980 - 1982 (2 years) Artelonics built the first Intel 8086 Multibus PC Office Automation Workstation, prior to Convergent and IBM's PC. Bill O'Dell CEO Funding by Shell Canada, Ltd. National Sales Manager, Director Advanced Systems, Manager Software Dev. at Microform Data Systems, Inc. 1973 - 1980 (7 years) Microform Data Systems developed: Bell System Directory Assistance Systems for 411... CARMS designer - Computer Assisted Records Management. PBOS - Paperless Business Office Systems.
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Courses Independent Coursework Computer Science
Projects Office Automation Workstations 1973 to Present Members:Gordon Kraft, speaker for Office Automation conferences, Microform Data Systems, Artelonics Combination of Static and Dynamic Information, multiscreens, convergence of Home Theater and Internet, Digital Board Room
Skills & Expertise Entrepreneurship Development Event Management Angel Investing Early Stage Companies Business Development Board of Director experience Strategic Planning Strategic Leadership Start-up Ventures Business Modeling Retail Thought Leadership Investor Relations Private Equity Funding Sales Product Development Marketing Strategy Business Planning Blogging Operations Management P&L Management Product Management Customer Service Capital Competitive Analysis Leadership Go-to-market Strategy Management Consulting E-commerce Page4
Venture Financing M&A experience Due Diligence Consumer Electronics Trade Shows Contract Negotiation Strategic Alliances Market Research Management Marketing Management Public Relations Investments Incubation SmartBuilder New Venture Development Lean Startup Learn.com Racing Internet Entrepreneur New Ventures
Education University of Wyoming Foothil Jr. College De Anza College none, Business Administration and Management, General, 1961 - 1966
Interests Working with Board of Directors and Founders, effective communicator between Investor's and Founders... Very strong Technology background, Product Design, Product Development, Sales, Marketing... atypical Entrepreneur... Computer Industry, Boating, Fishing, Travel
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Gordon Kraft Chairman, CEO, founder, Entrepreneur at www.bigkahuna.net gkraft@mac.com
1 person has recommended Gordon "Gordon is an Exceptional individual with a very diversified range of talents including Software, Hardware and all things of a philisophical nature. He has been a great friend and mentor to me over the years and I would highly recommend Gordon to anyone seeking a venture partner/advisor." — Gene Weeks, Director of Field Service & Offshore Race Coordinator, Lazzara Yacht Corp, was with another company when working with Gordon at gkraft
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